MICHAEL COLLINS

NAME: Michael Collins (Major General, USAF, Retired) Aerospace Consultant and Author,
Washington D.C.
NASA Astronaut

PERSONAL DATA:
Born October 31, 1930, in Rome, Italy.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:

EDUCATION:
Graduated from Saint Albans School in Washington, D.C.; received a Bachelor of Science
degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in 1952. He also
attended the Harvard Business School in the advanced management program. He has
honorary degrees from six colleges and universities.

MARITAL STATUS:
Married to the former Patricia Finnegan of Boston.

CHILDREN:
Kathleen, May 6, 1959; Ann S., October 31, 1961; Michael L., February 23, 1963.

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SPECIAL HONORS:
Collins has received numerous decorations and awards, including the Presidential Medal for
Freedom in 1969, the Robert J. Collier Trophy, the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy,
and the Harmon International Trophy.

EXPERIENCE:
Prior to joining NASA, Collins served as a fighter pilot and an experimental test pilot at the
Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, from 1959 to 1963. He
logged more than 4,200 hours flying time.

NASA EXPERIENCE:
Collins was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963. He
served as pilot on the 3-day Gemini 10 mission, launched July 18, 1966, during which he set
a world altitude record and became the nation's third spacewalker, completing two
extravehicular activities (EVAs).

His second flight was as command module pilot of the historic Apollo 11 mission in
July 1969. He remained in lunar orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became
the first men to walk on the Moon.

Collins has completed two space flights, logging 266 hours in space, of which 1 hour
and 27 minutes were spent in EVA.