Collins flew the Columbia around the Moon while his crewmates landed.
Moon Landing
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    Chris Kraft was NASA’s visionary first flight director, who guided astronauts as they orbited Earth and landed on the Moon. 
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    Flew Apollo 12 and Skylab 3 missions… 
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    Eugene “Gene” Cernan, the former NASA astronaut who remains the last human being to date to set foot on the surface of the moon, died Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. 
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    Legendary broadcaster Walter Cronkite, who died five years ago this week at age 92, was often cited as “the most trusted man in America.” 
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    Not many people would have the presence of mind or the creativity of instinct to hit golf balls on the moon. 
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    First man on the moon Neil Armstrong routinely credited the thousands of scientists, technicians, and others who made his historic flight possible. 
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    Long before the Space Race began, Robert Goddard believed that rockets would one day reach the moon.