I know his name because of Norm Mcdonald. He went all the way to the moon then couldn't step down the rope ladder.

'Collins, who died in 2021 at age 90, was the first person to orbit the moon solo'
Apollo X CM pilot John Young: "Am I a joke to you?"

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It says alone, not solo, so you can interpret it as he was first to be the only one in a lunar orbit. But I guess they just forgot about 10.

I saw him speak at an event in 2019. He had the crowd rolling with laughter the entire time, seemed like a great guy all around. His book is an excellent read!

Imagine going to the moon and still being the less important Michael Collins

Was Snoopy ever out of "sight" of Charlie Brown? Maybe the solo vs. alone distinction is that Collins was the first person to be out of contact with any other humans while on the far side of the moon, while Eagle could still talk to Earth.

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In the summer of 1969 he was further removed from other humans than any other person ever.

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He's the most important one in my view. 500 years from now, I'm pretty confident he will be the one remembered the best.

Off topic, I know, but I always thought flag officers were buried with an all-officer color guard.

His picture of the moon and the earth, with all other humans beings in existence in it, is stunning

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That reminds of the pic Collins took of the LEM Ascent module coming up from the moon with a partial earth in the background.

While a great shot all by itself it took on a more interesting tone when you realized that every human being alive at that point except one was in that picture.

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This is what I was trying to find out. Snoopy went down to about 10 miles above the surface. Haven't been able to find out what altitude Charlie Brown's orbit was, but you'd guess it was far enough apart to test the rendezvous radar and other systems.

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BTW: Collins was not the first person to orbit the moon solo. The first was John W. Young

Is there another Michael Collins I should be familiar with?

You’re not Irish are you?

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Doubt it. Very few people know who he is now

People might care more when we live in space.

Must have been a great event! His book is so interesting with his mostly pragmatic tone amid the craziness of the programs and handfull of "wait you want us to do WHAT while up there?? " moments.

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Leader of Ireland and its military during the revolution and subsequent civil war. Big part of the reason why Ireland exists as a country now.

Buzz and Niel, you know, they were his friends and probably didn't want him to feel bad. "It was alright, I mean I prefer the Command Module, myself." "But I saw you playing golf!"

Is that a fucking dune buggy???

Which book?

They won't care how they got there.

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys

Someone needs to post that with the caption:

Everybody*

*not pictured: Michael Collins

Bro what? He died like a year ago, they are burying him now? Wtf?

but he's still the most famous michael collins outside the UK: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins

What does the UK have to do with anything

click the link. i'd assume if you lived in the British Isles there's a much higher chance you're more familiar with the Michael Collins who was an Irish Nationalist or the British Actor or the British Footballer

You seem too be confused as to what the UK is