Michael Collins

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United States Air Force officer aerospace engineer astronaut author human test pilot

Michael Collins was an American astronaut and command module pilot on the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing mission.

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instanceOf United States Air Force officer ⓘ
aerospace engineer ⓘ
astronaut ⓘ
author ⓘ
human ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Science in Military Science ⓘ
astronautGroup NASA Astronaut Group 3 ⓘ
awardReceived Collier Trophy ⓘ
NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
NASA Exceptional Service Medal ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
crewmate Buzz Aldrin ⓘ
Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ
surface form: Neil Armstrong
dateOfBirth 1930-10-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-04-28 ⓘ
dateOfRetirementFromNASA 1970 ⓘ
education United States Military Academy ⓘ
surface form: United States Military Academy at West Point
employer NASA ⓘ
familyName Collins ⓘ
genre non-fiction space memoir ⓘ
givenName Michael ⓘ
graduationYear 1952 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank Major General ⓘ
name Michael Collins self-link ⓘ
notableWork Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys ⓘ
occupation aerospace engineer ⓘ
astronaut ⓘ
author ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
partOf Apollo astronauts ⓘ
surface form: Apollo 11 crew
performedExtravehicularActivity Gemini 10 ⓘ
surface form: Gemini 10 mission EVA
placeOfBirth Rome ⓘ
surface form: Rome, Italy
placeOfDeath Naples, Florida, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs of the United States ⓘ
Director of the National Air and Space Museum ⓘ
Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
roleInMission Apollo 11 command module pilot ⓘ
selectedAsAstronaut 1963 ⓘ
spacecraftFlown Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia ⓘ
Gemini 10 ⓘ
surface form: Gemini 10 spacecraft
spaceMission Apollo 11 ⓘ
Gemini 10 ⓘ
timeInSpace about 10 days ⓘ

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Apollo 11 → commandModulePilot → Michael Collins ⓘ
Apollo 11 → crewMember → Michael Collins ⓘ
Michael Collins → fullName → Michael Collins ⓘ
Michael Collins → name → Michael Collins self-link ⓘ