Michael Collins Research Paper

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Michael Collins, along with Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, was an astronaut onboard the Apollo 11. Everybody knows Collins' teammates but most people fail to remember Collins himself. He wasn't only and astronaut though, he was also in the US Air Force and acted as a major General, following in his fathers footsteps. He was very smart and attended Harvard University. He was also a loving husband to Patricia N. Finnegan and a great father to his 3 children.

I connect to Michael because we were both born in a different place than we ended up. He was born in Italy and moved to the US. I was born in Seattle and moved to Hawaii. We both also care about what other people think because when he was on the spacecraft he was so worried that he'd be

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