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Michael Collins

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October 31, 1930 in Rome, Italy

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Michael Collins is 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.

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Books by Michael Collins

Average rating: 4.27 · 280 ratings · 42 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey 4.35 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1974 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Liftoff: The Story of America's Adventure in Space by Michael Collins, James Dean (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Mission to Mars 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	Flying to the Moon and Other Strange Places (Piccolo Books) 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1981	My rating:
	First on the Moon: A Voyage with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions	My rating:
	NASA/ART: 50 Years of Exploration by James D. Dean, Bertram Ulrich, Tom Crouch (Introduction) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Test Pilots: The Frontiersmen of Flight by Richard P. Hallion, Michael Collins (Foreword) 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Space shots: An album of the universe by Fred Hapgood, M. Fred Collins, Michael Collins (Introduction) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1979	My rating:

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“I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.”
― Michael Collins

tags: communism , democracy , freedom , history , hope , individualism , philosophy , politics , revolution , socialism

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“I really beleive that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of, let's say 100,000 miles, their outlook wouls be fundamentally changed . The all-important border would be invisible, that noisy arguement suddenly silenced. The tiny globe would continue to turn, serenely ignoring its subdivisions, presenting a unified facade that would cry out for unified understanding, for homogeneous treatment. The earth must become as it appears: blue and white, not capitalist or communist; blue and white,not rich or poor; blue and white, not envious or envied.”
― Michael Collins

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“Q: What were you thinking when your colleagues were out there making cosmic history?
A: I just kept reminding myself that every single component in this spacecraft was provided by the guy who submitted the cheapest tender.”
― Michael Collins

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