Michael Collins (astronaut) Michael Collins (astronaut) Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) (Major General, USAF, Retired) is an American former astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew into space twice. His first spaceflight was on Gemini 10, in which he and Command Pilot John Young performed two rendezvous with different spacecraft and undertook two extra-vehicular activities (EVAs, also known as spacewalks). His second spaceflight was as the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11. While he stayed in orbit around the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left in the Lunar Module to
Celebrate the Century September 1999. Denomination: 33¢ No of stamps in sheet: 15 The stamps: Background image: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin sets up seismic equipment to record lunar tremors. Intaglio stamp: Buzz Aldrin's . Title: "Bicentennial, Watergate, and Earth Day". Date of issue: 18 November 1999. Denomination: 33¢ No of stamps in sheet: 15 The stamps: Background image: Ships gather in New York Harbor under the Statue of Liberty to take part in Bicentennial celebrations, July 4, 1976, marked the 200th birthday of the United States. Intaglio stamp: Videocassette recorder. On the occasion of the unveiling of the Boeing 747 stamp by the USPS,