Michael Collins (astronaut)
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Michael Collins was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on t
Collins in 1969
1969 commemorative plaque in via Tevere, Rome, marking Collins' birthplace
ARPS Class III graduates. Front row: Ed Givens, Tommie Benefield, Charles Bassett, Greg Neubeck and Collins. Back row: Al Atwell, Neil Garland, Jim Roman, Al Uhalt and Joe Engle
Collins (right) with John Young (left) and a model of their Gemini spacecraft and Titan II booster
Frank Borman
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Frank Frederick Borman II was an American United States Air Force colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman. He was the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fl
Borman in 1964
To acquaint Aerospace Research Pilot School students with some of the techniques of space flight, three F-104s were fitted with rocket motors and reaction controls for use beyond the atmosphere.
Borman (right) is joined for breakfast before the Gemini 7 mission by fellow astronauts
Gemini 7, as seen from Gemini 6