From left to right, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin. – AP / SIPA
Michael Collins, American astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned mission to the moon, died of cancer at the age of 90 on Wednesday, his family said in a statement.
A command and service module pilot, he had remained in orbit while fellow missionaries Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon.