Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin and command module pilot Mike Collins were assigned to the first moon-landing mission in January 1969, six months before launch.

The three men who flew on the Apollo 11 mission were Neil Armstrong, Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins. The mission went according to plan, and three days after the men launched from ...

Mission commander Neil ... Armstrong was the flying ace, Buzz Aldrin the scholar. Michael Collins was a crack test pilot, too, but also a wordsmith who described the trio as "amiable strangers ...

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President George W. Bush welcomes Apollo 11 Astronauts Michael Collins, left, Neil Armstrong, center, and Buzz Aldrin to the Oval Office on July 21, 2004. The astronauts visited the White House to ...

The Apollo 11 mission ... not uncommon. Armstrong did not schedule any birthday party on Aug. 5 of that year as he and his fellow astronauts Michael Collins and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin went into ...

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the Moon while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the surface, has died. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman ...

For the crew of Apollo 11, life was never the same after landing on the moon. Although Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins didn’t stay with NASA long after the mission was complete ...

This March 30, 1969 photo made available by NASA shows the crew of the Apollo 11, from left, Neil Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, module pilot; Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, lunar module pilot.

Michael Collins, the man who stayed behind aboard the Apollo 11 command module while crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the moon and walked into history, died Wednesday after a ...

D.C. Neil Armstrong wore his gold Omega Speedmaster when he and his Apollo 11 crewmates Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins made a visit to Canada in December 1969, a month after being presented with ...