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irisblue

(37,524 posts) Wed Apr 28, 2021, 01:05 PM Apr 2021

Astronaut Michael Collins passed away today at age 90

Link to tweet

from the 2nd tweet....The image Michael Collins took of Eagle returning from the lunar surface is significant for containing every human alive at the time....

...except himself.

Think about that.

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Astronaut Michael Collins passed away today at age 90 (Original Post) irisblue Apr 2021 OP

Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins. Now only Buzz is left. Botany Apr 2021 #1

bumping b/c I like the photo he took irisblue Apr 2021 #2

Botany

(77,352 posts)

1. Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins. Now only Buzz is left.

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Wed Apr 28, 2021, 01:19 PM

Apr 2021

I saw the Apollo 11 capsule @ the Smithsonian a few years go and it is really tiny.

irisblue

(37,524 posts)

2. bumping b/c I like the photo he took

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Wed Apr 28, 2021, 05:25 PM

Apr 2021

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