Question: Who was Michael Collins?
(a) Economist
(b) Astronaut
(c) Politician
(d) Author
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- On 28 April 2021, Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut died of cancer.
- He was part of the three-man Apollo 11 mission crew to perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth.
- He piloted the ship from which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left to make their historic first steps on the moon in 1969.
- The Apollo 11 Mission ended the space race between the United States and Russia and fulfilled President John F Kennedy’s challenge to reach the moon by the end of the 1960s.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay