Topline Michael Collins, known as the “loneliest man in history” for being the often-forgotten astronaut who stayed aboard Apollo 11 and orbited the moon alone while his teammates took man’s first steps on the moon, died Wednesday at age 90, his family said. Astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, studies … [+] flight plan during simulation training at the Kennedy Space Center. Bettmann Archive Key Facts The former astronaut died surrounded by family after battling cancer, according to a statement from the Collins family. Collins never became a household name like Apollo 11 crew members Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin after the 1969 moon landing, in part because Collins stayed behind to pilot the spacecraft while the other astronauts took their highly publicized moon… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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