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Military Career
Born in Italy, on October 31, , where his father, United States Army Major General James Lawton Collins, was stationed. After the United States entered World War II, the family moved to Washington, D.C. where Collins attended St. Albans School. During this time, he applied and was accepted to West Point Military Academy in New York, and decided to follow his father, two uncles, brother and cousin into the armed services.
In , Collins graduated from West Point with a B.S. He joined the Air Force that same year, and completed flight training in Columbus, Mississippi. His performance earned him a position on the advanced day fighter training team at Nellis Air Force Base, flying F Sabres. This was followed by an assignment to the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing at the George Air Force Base, where he learned how to deliver nuclear weapons. He also served as an experimental flight test officer at Edwards Air Force Base in California, testing jet fighters.
READ MORE: How Lan • American astronaut (–) Michael Collins Collins in Rome, Italy Naples, Florida, U.S. Patricia Finnegan &#; &#; Time in space Total EVAs Total EVA time Mission insignia Michael "Mike" Collins (October 31, – April 28, ) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11command module Columbia around the Moon in while • Buzz Aldrin grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. His mother, Marion Moon, was the daughter of an Army Chaplain and his father Edwin Eugene Aldrin was an aviation pioneer. Buzz graduated one year early from Montclair High School and he attended the US Military Academy at West Point, graduating third in his class with a BS in mechanical engineering. He then joined the Air Force where he flew F86 Sabre Jets in 66 combat missions in Korea, shot down two MIG′s, and was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross. After a tour of duty in Germany flying F′s, he earned his Doctorate of Science in Astronautics at MIT and wrote his thesis on Manned Orbital Rendezvous. Selected by NASA in into the third group of astronauts, Aldrin was the first with a doctorate and became known as “Dr. Rendezvous.” The docking and rendezvous techniques he devised for spacecraft in Earth and lunar orbit became critical to the success of the Gemini and Michael Collins (astronaut)
Born ()October 31, Died April 28, () (aged&#;90) Resting place Arlington National Cemetery Education United States Military Academy (BS) Awards Spouse Children 3, including Kate Relatives Space career Rank Major General, USAF 11d 2h 4m Selection NASA Group 3 () 2 1h 28m Missions Gemini 10
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