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Michael Collins - Discovering History's Heroes (Hardcover)
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Michael Collins - Discovering History's Heroes (Hardcover)
Series: Jeter Publishing
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Jeter Publishing presents the second nonfiction biography in a
brand-new series that celebrates men and women who altered the
course of history often without recognition. On July 16, 1969, a
Gemini rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Previous launches had focused on getting astronauts into space,
docking two spacecraft, and even walking in space, but this mission
was different. Apollo 11 was designed to land two astronauts on the
moon and then bring them back to Earth. Four days later, two
astronauts, Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, did walk on the moon.
But did you know that there were actually three astronauts aboard
the rocket on July 16? Michael Collins didn't get to walk on the
Moon, but his contribution is just as important as Armstrong and
Aldrin's. Prior to joining NASA, Collins was in the Air Force and
flew fighter jets. After joining NASA, he made two trips into
space, performing one of the first EVAs or Extravehicular
activities (in other words, walking in space) as well as making
that trip to the moon. Collins continued to contribute even after
leaving the space program. He took a job in the State Department
and even served as director of the National Air & Space Museum
and as undersecretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington,
DC. He may not have walked on the moon, but he's one of only
twenty-four people to travel there. In fact, without Michael
Collins, that first moon landing might never have happened.
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