michael collins was the only member of the apollo 11 moon expedition who did not walk on the moon.
michael collins was the only member of the apollo 11 moon expedition who did not walk on the moon.
who was the only member of the apollo 11 moon expedition who did not walk on the moon?
michael collins
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first on the moon: a voyage with neil armstrong, michael collins and edwin e. aldrin, jr. () is a book by the crew of the apollo 11 moon landing (neil armstrong, michael collins, buzz aldrin) in collaboration with gene farmer and dora jane hamblin, first published in 1970. epilogue by arthur c clarke in the first edition. it describes the events leading up to and during the apollo 11 mission, the first crewed landing on the moon. it was first published in june 1970 by little, brown and company.
first on the moon (1970 book)
in his august 28, 2009 associated press story appearing in the "brisbane times", toby sterling recounted how a spokesman for the dutch national museum, amsterdam's rijksmuseum, acknowledged on august 26, 2009, "that one of its prized possessions, a rock supposedly brought back from the moon by"…apollo 11… "us astronauts, is just a piece of petrified wood.."… "the museum acquired the rock after the death of former prime minister willem drees in 1988. drees received it as a private gift on october 9, 1969 from then-us ambassador j. william middendorf during a visit by the three apollo 11 astronauts, part of their ‘giant leap’ goodwill tour after the first moon landing." the museum acknowledged that though they did vet the moon rock they failed to double check it. the museum was under the incorrect belief that this moon rock was one of the 135 apollo 11 moon rocks that were presented to the nations of the world by the nixon administration. "it's a nondescript, pretty-much-worthless stone," said frank beunk, a geologist involved in the investigation. the genuine apollo 11 moon rock given to the dutch is in the inventory of a different museum in the netherlands, which is, in fact, one of the countries where the location of both the apollo 11 and apollo 17 gift rocks is known.
stolen and missing moon rocks