NASA

Michael Collins just before Apollo 11

Michael Collins poses in his space suit for this formal portrait taken on July 1, 1969, two weeks before the liftoff of Apollo 11. Michael Collins was the command module pilot, and circled the moon while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface. Michael Collins was born in 1930, so he turned 39 the year this photo was taken.

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