Michael Collins, one of the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission, dies

2021-05-01T09:43:55.270Z

The man had flown the module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon Michael Collins, American astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned mission to the moon, died of cancer at the age of 90 on Wednesday, his family said in a statement. A command and service module pilot, he had remained in orbit while fellow missionaries Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. Science VIDEO. 50 years of man on the Moon: "Apollo 11 prev