He died at 90 Michael Collins, one of the Apollo 11 astronauts. He had been fighting cancer for some time. The family announced it, underlining that he had “always faced the challenges of life with grace and humility and faced the last days in the same way”. “Our beloved father and grandfather died today after a courageous battle against cancer. He spent his final days with his family by his side, ”Collins’s family wrote on Twitter. “Mike has always dealt with the challenges of life with grace and humility and he faced this, his final challenge, in the same way ».
Collins was born in Rome, as his father at the time had a military post at the US embassy in Italy. It has often been nicknamed “The forgotten astronaut” because unlike Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, he never walked on the moon but in the historic 1969 mission he remained at the controls of the lunar module, revolving around them. Collins is the second Apollo 11 astronaut who disappears. Armstrong died in 2012, while Aldrin is 91 today.
On 22 April, on the occasion of Earth Day, he wrote on his Twitter profile: «I am sure that, if everyone could see the Earth floating just outside their windows, every day would be Earth Day. There are few more fragile or more beautiful things on Earth, we work together today and every day to protect our home ».
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