Astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot of the historic Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, has died at the age of 90.
Collins was one of the third group of astronauts appointed by NASA in October 1963. In 1966, he served as pilot on the three-day Gemini 10 mission, during which he set a world altitude record and became the third American spacewalker to complete two extravehicular activities. His second flight was as command module pilot of the historic Apollo 11 mission in July 1969. He remained in lunar orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon.
