I knew I was alone,” he observed later, “in a way that no earthling has ever been before.” That quote is immortalized on a ...

Michael Collins — the “forgotten astronaut” aboard the first spaceflight ever to land humans on the moon — died Wednesday after a battle with cancer, his family announced. He was 90.

Widely respected as an astronaut and writer, Michael Collins had no regrets about his role in NASA's most famous mission.

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins reflects back on the historic Moon landing as the 50th anniversary approaches.

Gemini and Apollo astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon during the world's first lunar landing mission, has died at the age of 90.

We come here to celebrate the late, great astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted Apollo 11 to the Moon and back in 1969, and died today at the age of 90. As opposed to the Irish revolutionary ...

Remembering Michael Collins The National Air and Space Museum looks back at the extraordinary life of pilot, astronaut, and statesman Michael Collins, who has died at the age of 90.

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the ship from which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left to make their historic first steps on the moon in 1969, died Wednesday of cancer, his ...

NASA astronaut Michael Collins, who kept the Apollo 11 spacecraft in the moon’s orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped foot on the surface in July 1969, has died. He was 90 years old ...

American astronaut Michael Collins, who stayed behind in the command module of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin traveled to the lunar surface to become the first ...

(Reuters) -American astronaut Michael Collins, who as pilot of the Apollo 11 command module stayed behind on July 20, 1969, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin traveled to the lunar surface to ...

FILE PHOTO: Former astronaut Michael Collins listens at a 40th anniversary celebration of the Apollo 11 mission and the walk on the moon while on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 21, 2009.