News alert: Astronaut Michael Collins, a pilot on the first successful mission to the moon, dies at 90
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Collins launched from Kennedy Space Center with Apollo 11 crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 16, 1969, kicking off an eight-day mission that culminated in a successful landing on the moon. He was tasked with piloting the command module while Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the surface in the lunar module. |
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