On July 20, 1969, at 1:46 p.m., Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin separated the Eagle landing craft from the Apollo 11 command module. Michael Collins stayed behind, firing the rockets, moving about ...

Michael Collins may not be a household name like his fellow Apollo 11 crew members Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, but he played a pivotal role in the success of the epic mission. When Armstrong ...

Michael Collins, the man who stayed behind aboard the Apollo 11 command module while crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the moon and walked into history, died Wednesday after a ...

“Michael Collins lived a life of service to our country.” The Apollo 11 lunar module in the ascent stage, with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin aboard, was photographed from the ...

Editor's note: On April 28, 2021, Michael Collins' family announced that the Apollo 11 astronaut had died. After a battle with cancer, the family reported, Collins (90) passed away "peacefully ...

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, at an Explorers Club dinner in Manhattan in March, commemorating the moon mission’s 50th anniversary.Credit...Krista Schlueter for The New York Times ...

At 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off into the Florida skies from Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the launch Tuesday, NASA spoke to ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Michael Collins, the NASA astronaut and retired Air Force general who piloted Apollo 11's mission to the moon, died early Wednesday, according to a statement from his family.

Michael Collins did not walk on the Moon ... But Collins has no sense of being an outsider when it comes to Apollo 11. His task was so critical to the mission, and he was so close to his ...

Michael Collins, the NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, has died at age 90 after battling cancer. His family shared the news Wednesday after his ...

Related: Michael Collins, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot As the command module pilot on NASA's Apollo 11 mission, Collins circled the moon while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down at ...

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon alone while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic first steps on the lunar surface, died Wednesday. He was 90. Collins died ...