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Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, has died at 90
CBS News ^ | April 28, 2021 | Alex Sundby

Posted on 04/28/2021 9:50:01 AM PDT by rdl6989

Astronaut Michael Collins, one of the three members of the successful Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969, died Wednesday after battling cancer, his family said in a statement posted to Twitter. He was 90.

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KEYWORDS: apollo11; astronaut; collins; michaelcollins; moon; nasa
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To: bk1000

Whoa, that’s heavy.


21 posted on 04/28/2021 10:06:48 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Salamander

I thought of that Jethro Tull song too.


22 posted on 04/28/2021 10:07:34 AM PDT by lasereye
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To: rdl6989

I was only four years old in 1969, so I didn’t get to experience all this great stuff. I looked up Collins’ family, and saw that he an at least three others were general officers in the US Armed Forces. That’s pretty cool. I know a lot of that is political (who you know), but that’s still incredible to me.


23 posted on 04/28/2021 10:07:58 AM PDT by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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To: rdl6989

Memory Eternal!!!!


24 posted on 04/28/2021 10:08:17 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Preachin'

And to think this happened in the middle of a pandemic.


25 posted on 04/28/2021 10:08:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: lasereye

:)


26 posted on 04/28/2021 10:08:36 AM PDT by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: rdl6989

once more, beyond the beyond. God’s speed Mike.


27 posted on 04/28/2021 10:10:32 AM PDT by dadfly
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To: bk1000

I’m with you L.E.M
Though it’s a shame that it had to be you
The mother ship
Is just a blip from your trip made for two
I’m with you boys
So please employ just a little extra care
It’s on my mind
I’m left behind when I should have been there
Walking with you


28 posted on 04/28/2021 10:11:13 AM PDT by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: rdl6989
RIP Michael Collins. If you are looking for a good read about the astronaut program in general and Apollo in particular I highly recommend his book Carrying the Fire. This leaves only Buzz as a living Apollo crew member.
29 posted on 04/28/2021 10:13:48 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Yo-Yo
Collins did the first space docking during Gemini X


30 posted on 04/28/2021 10:15:36 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: irishjuggler
Apollo 11 was peak America. We’re a far different (worse) country than we were 52 years ago.

The Apollo program was remarkably successful. It is amazing to see what they accomplished in a few years.

October 1968: Apollo 7 - First Apollo flight to orbit the earth with three astronauts

December 1968: Apollo 8 - First use of the Saturn V and first manned flight to orbit the moon

March 1969: Apollo 9 - First test deployment of lunar excursion craft while orbiting earth

May 1969: Apollo 10 - Test deployment of lunar excursion craft while orbiting the moon

Apollo 11: July 1969 - landed on moon and returned safely to earth

That's getting it done. After seeing all those test missions go like clockwork, excitement was at a fever pitch wen Apollo 11 took off. I was glued to the television that summer! No way we could accomplish such a feat in Biden's America.

31 posted on 04/28/2021 10:18:22 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: rdl6989

And on National Super Hero Day.


32 posted on 04/28/2021 10:22:30 AM PDT by rey
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To: rdl6989

My favorite Apollo 11 story is that Collins told Armstrong that if he had a pair, when he stepped onto the Moon he should scream “What the hell is that?!” and cut his microphone, lol.


33 posted on 04/28/2021 10:26:31 AM PDT by skepsel
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To: Sans-Culotte

RIP Mr.Collins, l use to watch his daughter, Kate on All My Children in the hey day.


34 posted on 04/28/2021 10:27:18 AM PDT by jonsie
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To: rdl6989

RIP hero

Buzz Aldrin survives (91)


35 posted on 04/28/2021 10:29:29 AM PDT by Az Joe (FREE CHAUVIN!)
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To: rdl6989

RIP


36 posted on 04/28/2021 10:29:49 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: skepsel

Rotfl! I’ve never heard that story.


37 posted on 04/28/2021 10:31:15 AM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: rdl6989

RIP. Not many of the Apollo astronauts left.

I hope some of them will still be here to see us return to the moon.


38 posted on 04/28/2021 10:34:11 AM PDT by Renfrew
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To: rdl6989

Buzz is the last.


39 posted on 04/28/2021 10:34:22 AM PDT by NoLibZone (Capitol surrounded by troops vetted to shoot us. Never again ask why the Jews walked into the cars.)
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To: rdl6989

May God bless Commander Collins and the entire Apollo 11 crew. I will never forget their mission, and how it changed the world.


40 posted on 04/28/2021 10:39:56 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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