How bored was Michael Collins on Apollo 11?

Radio communication is line of sight. He would lose direct communication any time he was over the horizon from the landing site. read more

He was certainly not bored. By the time all the training was complete, and Aldrin and Armstrong were on the Moon, Collins had gotten quite used to his role on the mission. read more

I t was the secret terror that gripped astronaut Michael Collins throughout the Apollo 11 project 40 years ago. As his spacecraft, Columbia, swept over the lunar surface, Collins - the mission's third and largely forgotten crewman - waited for a call from fellow astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to say their lander craft had successfully blasted off from the Moon. read more

Michael Collins, command module pilot of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Photograph: Corbis I t was the secret terror that gripped astronaut Michael Collins throughout the Apollo 11 project 40 years ago. read more

Michael Collins, command module pilot on Apollo 11 Credit: NASA As Neil Armstrong and Edwin"Buzz" Aldrin took man's first steps on the moon, a third crew member orbited high above. read more