News about Michael Collins

The secret feuds and disgusting truths at the center of historic Apollo 11 landing revealed - as mission hits major milestone

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 20, 2024
Today marks the 55th anniversary of the epic Apollo 11 moon landing, but the historic mission hid secret feuds and the disgusting truths that many Americans may not known about. The Apollo 11 crew included (from left to right) 38-year-old commander Neil Armstrong, 39-year-old Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, the pilot of Eagle and former test pilot 38-year-old Michael Collins, whose job was to navigate and stay on board the command module.

Margate City mayor apologizes to Jason and Kylie Kelce for rude 'drunk' fan who told them they'll 'never be allowed back in this town again'

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 29, 2024
The former Philadelphia Eagles center and his wife were trying to enjoy an evening at Steve & Cookie's By The Bay when a fan aggressively pursued them after being denied a picture. On Wednesday, Mayor Collins joined the Mike and Diane Morning Show on 95.1 WAYV to speak on the unpleasant interaction. He also offered to take care of a make-up date for the Kelces. 'On behalf of the City of Margate, I'd like to formally apologize to Jason and Kylie Kelce for the experience they had in Margate over the holiday weekend,' Collins said.

Jailed Rotherham grooming gang ringleader who admitted historic rape of a 13-year-old girl who he plied with drugs and alcohol is handed further 12 year prison term

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 24, 2024
A jailed Rotherham grooming gang ringleader, who admitted to the historic rape of a 13-year-old girl he plied with drugs and alcohol, has been given 12 more years in prison. Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar was jailed for 23 years at Sheffield Crown Court in 2018 for sexual offences against three vulnerable victims between 1998 and 2005. But he has now been convicted of another rape after a woman who was the victim of sexual abuse in the early 2000s came forward after seeing news reports of his convictions, a court has heard. The 42-year-old began to groom the girl when she was just 13, giving her alcohol and drugs, the court heard. The victim, described engaging in sexual activity with him four or five times a week for about a year in his car and an apparently empty house in Rotherham.

We have a lift-off!: A small step into space artefacts could turn into one giant leap for your wealth

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 6, 2024
Many people over the age of 60 will recall the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 16, 1969, when Nasa astronaut Neil Armstrong made history along with his colleagues Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. With the landing's 55th anniversary of the first landing this year, there has been a surge in demand by collectors of space memorabilia from the Golden Age of Space (1950s-1970s) who want their own piece of history. Consider the following: Think about the equipment, pictures, and autographs.

How the 'NASA Nazis' helped transform sleepy Alabama farming town into America's 'Rocket City' and win the Space Race - but dark legacy of 'our Germans' led by former SS officer remains divisive

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 16, 2024
Huntsville, Alabama, is incredibly proud of its nickname Rocket City, which has been praised for its crucial role in America's space race triumph. The city, which shifted from a cotton market town to a space travel hub in the 1950s, is home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, which led to the launch of the Saturn rockets that put the first man on the moon. However, there is also a dark side to this epic tale: many of the men who supervised the groundbreaking work were Nazis, who were recruited after the Second World War through a top-secret mission.

REVEALED: Cops visited Texas house of horrors EIGHT TIMES where pregnant woman was kidnapped, locked up and raped for five years by a rapper - as new images show inside of her filthy garage cell

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 8, 2024
In the last year, Houston police said they had received eight calls from the house where Lee Carter allegedly held a woman captive for five years. A judge led a defendant out of the room before reading aloud court papers due to the allegations' nature. Before releasing it on Tuesday, Carter was ordered to be held on a $100,000 bond in the Harris County Jail. When police discovered the nearly 30-year-old victim in April, she was malnourished and weighed just over 70 pounds, and she had not appeared in two months, according to legal documents.

While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, Apollo 11 astronaut Apollo 11 astronaut who remained in orbit shared his tale of being on the moon

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 18, 2023
You often think of the Apollo 11 mission, which saw astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon. Michael Collins, the man who hasn't often thought of being on the moon but who successfully paved Neil Armstrong's ascent to become the first man to walk on the moon, is the man that doesn't often think about. You'd expect the trio to be honoured on arrival if they were the first successful human mission to the moon, but Collins details the extraordinary steps they took upon their arrival. We were put into quarantine for two weeks before his death in 2021,' he told 60 Minutes Australia: "We were put into quarantine for two weeks." Some of our scientists were worried about the pathogens that we might have brought back from the moon, which may have been potentially lethal to humankind. So, the cosmopolitan explorer explained, 'Well, their answer to that was to put us inside a hermetically sealed container carrying a massive colony of white mice.'

As the country looks to become the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the surface later this month, India's moon mission sends back its first photographs of the lunar landscape

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 8, 2023
After the United States, the former Soviet Union, and China, the world's most populated nation is hoping to become only the fourth nation to achieve a controlled'soft landing' on the moon. India will also be the first nation to land a spacecraft near the south pole, which is where NASA is aiming to return human boots to the moon in 2025 as part of the Artemis program, if it goes well. Last Saturday, India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft began photographing craters on the moon's surface as it came closer to its target.

Where are the Apollo astronauts now?

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 16, 2023
Walter Cunningham died earlier this month at the age of 90. He was the eighth Apollo astronaut to die in the last five years. His family said he died from natural causes 'after a full and complete life.' Michael Collins, who was a member of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's historic first moon landing mission, died in 2021, though Apollo 9's Jim McDivitt, 16's John Young, 12's Alan Bean, and 15's Alfred Worden have all died recently. So who is left of the 32 astronauts who flew on the Apollo missions in the 1960s and 70s? Eleven people are still alive, including four who walked on the moon. MailOnline takes a look at what happened to the illustrious US spacemen.

The message sent by Queen Elizabeth to the Apollo 11 crew on the moon's silicon disk was embedded on a silicon disc left on the moon in 1969

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 9, 2022
Queen Elizabeth's message was etched on a small disc that was carried by the Apollo 11 crew to the moon in 1969 and was left on the lunar surface. The queen's complete message reads: "I salute the British people's skills and courage that brought man to the moon.' May this project contribute to humanity's growing understanding and well-being. The Queen also spoke with Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin three months after they returned to Earth.

Inside $18 billion Orion spacecraft that will fly to the moon on Saturday as part of Artemis I

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 1, 2022
The spacecraft, which is set to launch uncrewed atop NASA's latest mega moon rocket on Saturday, will cost more than $18 billion (£15.2 billion) and will be used for the US space agency's Artemis program. By 2025, this exciting mission will return humans to the moon, as well as land the first woman and first person of color on Earth's sole natural satellite. MailOnline looks inside the spaceship to see what it has and how comfortable it will be for astronauts, as well as Commander Moonikin and Snoopy on the Artemis I flight, which will fly to the moon and eventually to Mars.

Watch Artemis I launch live as NASA blasts Space Launch System to the moon

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 29, 2022
The £19 billion Space Launch System will lift off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and launch an uncrewed Orion spacecraft into orbit for a 42-day, 1.3 miilion-mile journey around the moon in a matter of hours. The Artemis I mission is a significant first step if the US space agency wants to achieve its target of landing humans on the moon surface in three years' time, with possibly including the first woman and first person of color. As the countdown to humanity's return to the moon's first stage gets closer, NASA is hosting a live stream of the launch - which you can view here.

Artemis I: Everything you need to hear about NASA's moon mission, which is scheduled to launch today

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 29, 2022
NASA is just hours away from launching the world's most robust rocket. Between 08:33 and 10:33 BST), a lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, will take place. If all goes as expected, another flight will launch in 2024, this time with astronauts on board, before human boots graced the lunar surface a year later as part of the US space agency's ambitious $93 billion (£63 billion) Artemis program. On Artemis III, the first woman and the first person of color will walk on the moon, perhaps as early as 2025. MailOnline has everything you need to hear about the forthcoming Artemis I mission, as well as how to track the flight live.

SLS v Saturn V: How NASA's new rocket compares to Neil Armstrong's launch vehicle

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 11, 2022
On August 29, the massive space launch System (SLS) is expected to launch a mission that will see an uncrewed Orion spacecraft carry a six-week mission to lunar orbit and back. The rocket, which weighs in at 5.5 million pounds (2.5 million kg) and is capable of producing nearly 40 meganewtons of thrust, is the modern equivalent of the Saturn V, the massive launcher that brought Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the moon in 1969. MailOnline compares how the cars stack up against each other, from their height, weight, and top speed to cost per acquisition, fuel type, and payload capabilities.

How the Apollo Age has changed the first men on the Moon

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 20, 2009
The three Apollo 11 astronauts have come together for what may be the last time, 40 years since their historic Moon mission. The once brave pioneers had silver hair and weatherbeaten faces, but Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins, 78, and Buzz Aldrin, 79, all looked hale and hearty at their rare reunion.

Shy Neil Armstrong's Moon landing 40th anniversary celebrations. Nasa's Moon Landing 40th anniversary party

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 16, 2009
The first man to step onto the moon will miss a Nasa function to commemorate the landmark mission's 40th anniversary.

In these amazing photographs, the women they left on Earth are captured: 40 years since the moon landing, the Apollo families' tears and ecstasy are shown

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 3, 2009
These remarkably moving photos, which were published for the first time, depict Armstrong, Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, and Michael Collins' wives as they watch them propelled 239,800 miles to the Moon. These photographs depicted these women's brittle emotions, whose job was to establish the image of domestic bliss, which was an essential element of the American space dream.