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“All the months of calm dispassionate analysis give way to a few minutes of emotion, an outburst of hope and horror as the inert beast comes alive for the first time, shakes itself and its new-found tail of fire, and starts slowly-so slowly-to move. For the first few seconds it is purely a spectacle, for with the eyes alone involved, one can see but not succumb. But when the great crackling Mach 1 roar arrives, and the very ground under you shakes, then you are there, you are part of it, and you laugh or cry or yell or whisper”

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Michael Collins
Michael Collins

Michael Collins, an American astronaut born on October 31, 1930, and died on August 22, 1922. He was the command module pilot of the Apollo 11 mission, playing a crucial role in the first human moon landing. more

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