| Michael Collins  Born: 31-Oct-1930
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 28-Apr-2021
Location of death: Naples, FL
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Astronaut Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Apollo 11 command module pilot Military service: US Air Force Mike Collins was the third man in the historic Armstrong and Aldrin Apollo 11 mission that put the first men on the moon on July 20, 1969. As pilot of the command module Collins circled in lunar orbit until Armstrong and Aldrin returned in the lunar launch craft. Collins was also the first man to space walk from one spacecraft to another (Gemini 10, July 1966).
In 1970 Mike Collins retired from the Air Force and left NASA. After a brief stint as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, he served as the first Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum (1971 to 1978). Collins has also authored several books about space, including Liftoff, Space Machine and the acclaimed Carrying the Fire. Father: James Lawton Collins (soldier)
Mother: Virginia Stewart
Wife: Patricia M. Finnegan (social worker, m. 1957, d. 2014, two daughters, one son)
Daughter: Ann Collins Starr
Daughter: Kate Collins
Son: Michael Collins (d.)
High School: St. Alban's School, Washington, DC
University: BS, US Military Academy, West Point (1952)
Alfalfa Club 1977
American Astronautical Society Fellow
Association of Space Explorers
National Space Society Board of Governors
Hollywood Walk of Fame
National Aviation Hall of Fame
Ticker-Tape Parade for the crew of Apollo 11 (13-Aug-1969)
Asteroid Namesake 6471 Collins
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Apollo 11 (24-Jan-2019) · Himself
Youth in Revolt (11-Sep-2009) · Old Man
In the Shadow of the Moon (19-Jan-2007) · Himself
For All Mankind (Jan-1989) [VOICE]
R.O.T.O.R. (1989) · Voice [VOICE]
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