biography
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Collins, Michael (astronaut)
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| lived:
| (1930– )
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| biography:
| Astronaut, born in Rome, Italy. He performed two space walks on the Gemini 10 mission (1966) and piloted the Apollo 11 command module, which circled the Moon as the first manned vehicle landed there. He later became director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum (1971–8), and vice-president of LTV Aerospace and Defense Co (1980–5), founding his own firm in 1985. He published Carrying the Fire (1974), an account of his experiences in the space programme. |
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