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Michael Collins

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930 in Rome, Italy) is a former American astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew in space twice. His first spaceflight was Gemini 10, in which he and command pilot John Young performed two rendezvous with different spacecraft and Collins undertook two EVAs. His second spaceflight was as the command module pilot for Apollo 11. While he orbited the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first manned landing on the lunar surface. He is one of only 24 humans to have flown to the Moon. Prior to becoming an astronaut, he had attended the United States Military Academy, and from there he joined the United States Air Force and flew F-86s at Chambley-Bussieres Air Base, France. He was accepted to the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in 1960. He unsuccessfully applied for the second astronaut group but was accepted for the third group. After retiring from NASA in 1970 he took a job in the Department of State as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. A year later he became the director of the National Air and Space Museum. He held this position until 1978 when he stepped down to become undersecretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1980 he took the job as Vice President of LTV Aerospace. He resigned in 1985 to start his own business. He is married to Patricia, and they have three children: Kate, Ann, and Michael, Jr. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Collins(astronaut), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Oct 31, 1930 In Rome, Italy
Movie/TV Credits:
59
First Appeared:
In the movie The Long Arm 1956-06-01
Latest Project:
Movie One Night in Millstreet 2024-04-05
Known For
Poster of Als keiner schlafen wollte - Die Mondlandung
Poster of The Day We Walked on the Moon
Poster of Apollo 11
Poster of The Eagle Has Landed: The Flight of Apollo 11
Filmography
Movie One Night in Millstreet Self 2024-04-05
Movie 100 Years of Ulysses Self - Politician (archive footage) 2022-06-16
Movie Agape 2022-11-16
Movie John Lewis: Good Trouble Self 2020-07-03
Movie The Bloody Border Self - Politician (archive footage) 2020-08-24
Movie Float Like a Butterfly Uncle Tommy 2019-05-10
Movie Captive State Robert Watts 2019-03-15
Series Chasing the Moon Self 2019-07-08
Movie Apollo 11 Self (archive footage) 2019-03-01
Movie Apollo: The Forgotten Films Self (voice) 2019-07-20
Movie Als keiner schlafen wollte - Die Mondlandung Self (archive footage) 2019-07-20
Movie On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime 2019-07-14
Movie The Day We Walked on the Moon Self 2019-07-08
Movie American Fable Newscaster 2017-02-17
Movie Team Spirit David 2016-11-05
Movie Transformers: Age of Extinction CIA Analyst 2014-06-25
Movie King of the Travellers Francis Moorehouse 2013-03-31
Movie Stalker Karl 2012-07-13
Movie First Man on the Moon Himself 2012-01-01
Movie Youth in Revolt Old Man 2009-09-11
Movie In the Shadow of the Moon Himself 2007-01-19
Movie KFC: Members Only - Zombie Comatose 2005-01-01
Movie Road to Nowhere 2005-01-01
Movie Astronauts Gone Wild: An Investigation Into the Authenticity of the Moon Landings Himself 2004-01-01
Series Days That Shook the World Himself - Apollo11 Astronaut (archive footage) 2003-11-01
Movie Genealogies of a Crime Le comédien américain 1997-05-04
Movie Hijacked: Flight 285 Salesman 1996-02-04
Movie Trojan Eddie 2nd Traveller 1996-09-09
Movie The Running Gun 1992-01-01
Movie Single White Female Cashier Manager 1992-08-14
Movie Defenseless Policeman 1991-08-23
Movie The Other Side of the Moon Self 1990-01-01
Movie Cast the First Stone Foreman 1989-11-13
Movie For All Mankind Narrator - Apollo 11 (voice) 1989-11-01
Movie Frank Nitti: The Enforcer 1988-04-17
Movie Barfly "Elbow Inn" Bartender 1987-09-02
Movie Love Scenes 1984-01-01
Movie Bear Island Ship's Captain 1979-12-05
Movie Journey into Fear Purser 1975-08-08
Movie Moonwalk One Self 1972-11-01
Movie Footprints On The Moon Himself 1969-10-02
Movie The Eagle Has Landed: The Flight of Apollo 11 Himself 1969-07-31
Movie A Tap on the Shoulder Police sergeant 1965-01-06
Movie Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger (voice) (uncredited) 1964-09-20
Movie The Secret Thread Police Inspector 1962-01-05
Movie A Prize of Arms Leigh 1962-12-11
Movie The Devil's Daffodil 1961-07-20
Movie Serjeant Musgrave's Dance Pugnacious Collier 1961-10-24
Movie Jackpot Detective at Jackpot Club (uncredited) 1960-01-01
Movie Sink the Bismarck! Lookout - Second Destroyer (uncredited) 1960-02-11
Movie Beat Girl Police Sergeant Outside Strip Club (uncredited) 1960-08-21
Movie Naked Fury Detective Sergeant 1959-01-01
Movie The Heart of a Man Director 1959-08-06
Movie Web of Evidence Detective Sergeant Trevor 1959-04-28
Movie Violent Playground Police Officer in Patrol Car (uncredited) 1958-01-14
Movie The Square Peg Airman Handing Out Tea (uncredited) 1958-12-04
Movie Campbell's Kingdom Worker 1957-09-03
Movie The Long Arm 1956-06-01
Movie The Battle of the River Plate Chief Yeoman, HMS Ajax (uncredited) 1956-10-30