US astronaut Buzz Aldrin pictured on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission
From left, Col. Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Colonel Collins. As Colonel Aldrin and Mr. Armstrong made their historic landing, Colonel Collins piloted the spacecraft Columbia in orbit 60 miles above the moon.Credit...Associated Press
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The Apollo 11 mission’s lunar module, called Eagle, on July 21, 1969.Credit...NASA/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Michael Collins during training at Cape Canaveral, Fla., in June 1969, one month before the mission to the moon.Credit...Associated Press
When the Apollo 11 crew members splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a successful mission, they were American heroes.Credit...NASA
Colonel Collins in July 1966, during training for the Gemini 10 mission.Credit...Associated Press
