Michael Collins
publication date: Monday, July 15, 2019 (part of Summer 2019)
category: 
Science
clue: He too made the voyage from the Earth to the Moon (except for the final descent), and designed the mission patch.
explanation: Collins stayed in orbit in the command module during the Apollo 11 landing. more…
difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates
Apollo 11 Week: Few events have captured the imagination of the world like the first Moon landing on July 20, 1969. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the historic event, here are seven people whose work made it possible.Similar Goos
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Gene Kranz
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