Collins

Michael

USA

International order nº: 33

US astr. nº: 22

Personal data:

Birthdate:	31.10.1930
Birthplace:	Rome / ITALY
Marital status:	married
Children:	three
Selection date:	17.10.1963
Job:	CMP
Status:	Ret. 12.12.1969
Date of death:	28.04.2021
Age:	90
Place of death:	Naples (Florida), US

Spaceflights:

Ord. num.	Startup spacecraft	Date and time of launch (UT)	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing (UT)	Duration
1	Gemini-10	22h.20m.27s. Jul 18, 1966	Plt	Gemini-10	21h.07m.06s. Jul 21, 1966	2d.22h.46m.39s.
2	Apollo-11	13h.32m.00s. Jul 16, 1969	CMP	Apollo-11	16h.50m.35s. Jul 24, 1969	8d.03h.18m.35s.
Total duration:						11d.02h.05m.14s.

Note:Was at selenocentric orbit in Command and Service Module (CSM) of "Apollo-11" ; while landing of two another members of the crew on the Moon surface.

The crew of Apollo 11: from left to right, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin.

EVA′s:

Date of beginning	Time (UT) of beginning	Duration	Explanation
Jul 19, 1966	21:44	0:49	Collins and Young; spacecraft "Gemini-10"
Jul 20, 1966	23:01	0:39	Collins and Young; spacecraft "Gemini-10"
Total:		1h.28m.	EVAs: 2

Backup assignments

No.	Mission	Job	Date
1	Gemini 7	PLT

Additional information

Bachelor of Science from U.S. Military Academy, 1952; Major General, USAF Reserve, Ret.; selected in 1963 as Military Astronaut - Class 3; from 1970 - 1971 he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs; later he was Director of Smithsonions Institution National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.; currently he Chief of his own advising company forr aviation and aeronautics (Michael Collins Associates).

External links:

Wikipedia: Astronaut information

Ref.: #6, #16, #21, #98 - update: 10.11.2025

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