Weekend read: The forgotten astronaut of Apollo 11
My recommended read for this weekend is an article from a couple of years ago, written by Robin McKie for The Guardian. It describes Michael Collins’s experience as the Command Module pilot on the Apollo 11 mission – and, in particular, his fears over whether his colleagues Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin would make it back from the moon’s surface to the Command Module.
I thought it gave a fascinating insight into the emotional impact of a unique human experience.
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