Michael Collins

Michael Collins

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930 in Rome, Italy) was a former American astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew in space twice. His first spaceflight was Gemini 10, in which he and command pilot John Young performed two rendezvous with different spacecraft and Collins undertook two EVAs. His second spaceflight was as the command module pilot for Apollo 11. While he orbited the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first manned landing on the lunar surface. He is one of only 24 humans to have flown to the Moon. Prior to becoming an astronaut, he had attended the United States Military Academy, and from there he joined the United States Air Force and flew F-86s at Chambley-Bussieres Air Base, France. He was accepted to the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in 1960. He unsuccessfully applied for the second astronaut group but was accepted for the third group. After retiring from NASA in 1970 he took a job in the Department of State as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. A year later he became the director of the National Air and Space Museum. He held this position until 1978 when he stepped down to become undersecretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1980 he took the job as Vice President of LTV Aerospace. He resigned in 1985 to start his own business. He was married to Patricia until her death in April 2014, and they had three children: Kate, Ann, and Michael, Jr. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Collins(astronaut), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title : Michael Collins
  • Popularity : 3.23
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1930-10-31
  • Place of Birth : Rome, Italy
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  • Also Known As : Μάικλ Κόλινς
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Michael Collins Movies

  • 1989
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    For All Mankind

    For All Mankind

    7.763 1989 HD

    A testament to NASA's Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the missions and astronaut interviews, the documentary...

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  • 2007
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    In the Shadow of the Moon

    In the Shadow of the Moon

    7.5 2007 HD

    Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving...

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  • 1972
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    Moonwalk One

    Moonwalk One

    6.2 1972 HD

    This documentary by Theo Kamecke from 1970 gives an indepth and profound look at the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. NASA footage is interspersed with...

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  • 2012
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    First Man on the Moon

    First Man on the Moon

    8 2012 HD

    Neil Armstrong's family and friends, many of whom have never spoken publicly before, tell the story of the first man to set foot on the moon. ...

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  • 2004
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    Astronauts Gone Wild: An Investigation Into the Authenticity of the Moon Landings

    Astronauts Gone Wild: An Investigation Into the Authenticity of the Moon Landings

    1 2004 HD

    Astronauts Gone Wild: An Investigation Into the Authenticity of the Moon Landings is a 2004 documentary film produced and directed by Bart Winfield...

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  • 1995
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    Doomed Mission: The True Story of Apollo 13

    Doomed Mission: The True Story of Apollo 13

    1 1995 HD

    DOOMED MISSION: THE TRUE STORY OF APOLLO 13 is also the story of the highs and lows of the Apollo Space program. In man's quest to explore distant...

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  • 2012
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    Apollo 11: First Steps On the Moon

    Apollo 11: First Steps On the Moon

    1 2012 HD

    A unique documentary, profiling this historic mission through the eyes of all three astronauts and several top Nasa officials who participated in it.

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  • 2024
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    Hazardous Journey - The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    Hazardous Journey - The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    10 2024 HD

    July 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are 240,000 miles from earth facing the most hazardous venture in the history of space flight;...

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  • 2019
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    Apollo: The Forgotten Films

    Apollo: The Forgotten Films

    7.3 2019 HD

    Recently discovered footage reveals the secret history of NASA's first landing on the moon, and using this brand-new evidence, former astronauts and...

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  • 1969
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    Footprints On The Moon

    Footprints On The Moon

    4 1969 HD

    1969 documentary film covering the flight of Apollo 11 from vehicle rollout to splashdown and recovery.

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  • 2019
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    Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    7.85 2019 HD

    A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.

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  • 2019
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    The Day We Walked on the Moon

    The Day We Walked on the Moon

    4.8 2019 HD

    On July 16, 1969, hundreds of thousands of spectators and an army of reporters gathered at Cape Kennedy to witness one of the great spectacles of the...

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  • 2009
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    Youth in Revolt

    Youth in Revolt

    6.169 2009 HD

    As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family...

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  • 1969
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    The Eagle Has Landed: The Flight of Apollo 11

    The Eagle Has Landed: The Flight of Apollo 11

    9 1969 HD

    A 1969 documentary on the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon made by NASA, telling the story of the historic first landing of men on the Moon in July,...

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  • 2019
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    Als keiner schlafen wollte - Die Mondlandung

    Als keiner schlafen wollte - Die Mondlandung

    1 2019 HD

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  • 1990
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    The Other Side of the Moon

    The Other Side of the Moon

    1 1990 HD

    The Other Side of the Moon features eight Apollo astronauts who intimately share their experience of going to the moon, describing what happened to...

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  • 2021
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    Apollo 11: Quarantine

    Apollo 11: Quarantine

    6 2021 HD

    Summer 1969. The astronauts of Apollo 11 successfully land and walk on the moon. The crew will now quarantine for 21 days following contact with...

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  • 2019
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    On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime

    On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime

    1 2019 HD

    A collection of excerpted on-screen interviews with fifteen of the Apollo astronauts.

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  • 2019
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    Chasing the Moon

    Chasing the Moon

    8.4 2019 HD

    An unprecedented look at the decade-long odyssey to land a man on the moon. This documentary pulls back the curtain on the familiar narrative of the...

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  • 2003
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    Days That Shook the World

    Days That Shook the World

    6.3 2003 HD

    Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003. The programme features various...

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