(NPR) 'Forgotten Astronaut' Michael Collins Dies

'Forgotten Astronaut' Michael Collins Dies



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'Forgotten Astronaut' Michael Collins Dies







Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins (left) at a 2014 event with Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke (right.)



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'Forgotten Astronaut' Michael Collins Dies



Collins was the crew member who stayed in orbit on the Apollo 11 command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Later he oversaw building of the National Air and Space Museum.