Apollo 11 pilot Michael Collins dies

Updated April 29 2021 - 3:54am, first published 3:49am
Apollo 11astronaut Michael Collins, pictured during training for the moon mission, has died.
Apollo 11astronaut Michael Collins, pictured during training for the moon mission, has died.

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the ship from which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left to make their historic first steps on the moon in 1969, has died of cancer. He was 90.

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