Space | Cosmos | Galaxy on Instagram: "Michael Collins, the man behind the camera, is the only human, living or dead, who isn't in the frame of that picture. The iconic photo of Earth rising above the lunar horizon? Well, there's a fascinating detail about the astronaut who captured it. While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were taking their historic steps on the Moon, Collins was piloting the Command Module alone, orbiting the Moon. It's a testament to the unique perspective and sacrifice of the

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Sports & Stream Content on Instagram: "Barca 🩷 On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission achieved the first human landing on the Moon, marking a pinnacle of human engineering and the Space Race. Launched by a Saturn V rocket from Florida, the mission carried three astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. ​While Collins remained in lunar orbit aboard the Command Module Columbia, Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the Sea of Tranquility in the Lunar Module, Eagle. With only seco