“The Forgotten Astronaut”, Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 command module and stayed in lunar orbit while Armstrong and Aldrin got the glory for being first two men to walk on the moon.
RIP, astronaut Michael Collins
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“The Forgotten Astronaut”, Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 command module and stayed in lunar orbit while Armstrong and Aldrin got the glory for being first two men to walk on the moon.
Major General Collins lived a long, truly incredible life. We should all be so driven. RIP.
Man, dude got way up there.
Adios amigo.
Adios amigo.
on a serious note, I missed meeting Buzz Aldrin at the USS Intrepid by a few minutes. I was not happy
You can't dance, You can't talk, and now You can't walk either. rip
He was like the grounded/sick kid watching his friends playing outside through the window.
Now he's looking down upon the Earth from that big endzone in the sky. Enjoy eternity, your star will forever shine bright.
Championship winner and a much better PG than given credit for imo.
It was really an awesome day. No idea he was even there. I just went as a tourist. They have the Enterprise on display there. It was the space shuttle that never actually went into space. I was walking around the display and came upon two astronauts that were filming a documentary (Mike Massamino and Ron Garan). I just stood there and listened to them talk. They were just talking about life in space and what not, pretty casual conversation. But I'm a huge space dork so I loved every second of it. There was also a group of kids there on a field trip. At one point someone that worked there asked if they could get a picture so the whole class got a pic with them. One of the workers at the Intrepid asked why I didn't hop in. I said I wasn't with them and I was just some random guy that was enjoying the conversation.
Her and I talked for a few minutes and she just said "Do you want to see something cool?" and I said "Is this gonna make me mad?". She said yes.
Buzz Aldrin was there literally 10 minutes before I showed up. If I had just gone straight to the space display I'd have seen him!!!!!!
I did get to meet 2 astronauts, which is as star struck as I've ever been. But dammit I've never met anyone that walked on the moon. And at this point I probably never will
Farewell sweet prince. You were the most underrated of The Price Is Right hosts...
Cool story. I met an astronaut when I got to go to Kennedy Space Center on my Honeymoon. Told my wife I always wanted to visit there so we made a special trip to Cape Canaveral on our way from the beach to Orlando.It was really an awesome day. No idea he was even there. I just went as a tourist. They have the Enterprise on display there. It was the space shuttle that never actually went into space. I was walking around the display and came upon two astronauts that were filming a documentary (Mike Massamino and Ron Garan). I just stood there and listened to them talk. They were just talking about life in space and what not, pretty casual conversation. But I'm a huge space dork so I loved every second of it. There was also a group of kids there on a field trip. At one point someone that worked there asked if they could get a picture so the whole class got a pic with them. One of the workers at the Intrepid asked why I didn't hop in. I said I wasn't with them and I was just some random guy that was enjoying the conversation.
Her and I talked for a few minutes and she just said "Do you want to see something cool?" and I said "Is this gonna make me mad?". She said yes.
Buzz Aldrin was there literally 10 minutes before I showed up. If I had just gone straight to the space display I'd have seen him!!!!!!
I did get to meet 2 astronauts, which is as star struck as I've ever been. But dammit I've never met anyone that walked on the moon. And at this point I probably never will
Got to do one of the tours. Ended up doing the space shuttle tour since it is what I grew up with. Stood by the big countdown clock, saw a shuttle on the launchpad in the distance, and some various other buildings. Ended up seeing the astronaut at the visitor's center and shook his hand. Don't remember what his name was.
You realize this is the Paddock?
We were at Cape Canaveral the week of the final space shuttle Atlantis launch. It was already on the launch pad being prepared for the launch. The launch was scheduled for Friday of the next week so we weren't around to see the take off but I wish we were. I wanted to go to KSC and didn't think my wife and daughters who were 11, 7 and 3 at the time would enjoy it but they did as well.
This is from a picture I have (cropped everything but the shuttle). It's like a couple miles away I think from where we were.
I looked up launch dates and supposedly there was one like 4 or 5 days before we were there. Might have been delayed. I would have definitely timed a visit to see the launch if I knew about it.
I met him once, when he visited my junior high school. I was like 12 though, and don't remember it well.
