Michael Collins

Michael Collins is an astronaut from United States of America affiliated with the government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration, embarked on 2 space flights and engaging in 2 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) (Major General, USAF, Ret.) was an American former astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew into space twice. His first spaceflight was on Gemini 10, in which he and Command Pilot John Young performed two rendezvous with different spacecraft and undertook two extra-vehicular activities (EVAs, also known as spacewalks). His second spaceflight was as the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11. While he stayed in orbit around the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left in the Lunar Module to make the first manned landing on its surface. He is one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon. Collins was the fourth person, and third American, to perform an EVA; and is the first person to have performed more than one EVA.
- Date of Birth: 10/31/1930
- Date of Death: 04/28/2021
- Status: Deceased
- First Flight: 07/18/1966
- Last Flight: 07/16/1969
- In Space: No
Launches
Spacewalks
Gemini 10 EVA 1
The spacewalk began at 07/19/1966 21:44 UTC and ended at 07/19/1966 22:33 UTC on the Low Earth Orbit for a total of 49 minutes.
Gemini 10 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 07/20/1966 23:01 UTC and ended at 07/20/1966 23:40 UTC on the Low Earth Orbit for a total of 39 minutes.