Michael Collins Role In The Flight Of Apollo 11

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I chose this source because this website talked all about what he did as an astronaut in Apollo 11 and it speaks about his life before and after his time as an astronaut. This page even has things that Collins himself had said or thought during this event. The bias of this source was very easily noticeable. It's obvious that the author, Robin Mckie, was on Michael Collins' side because he said things like, "He would not suffer a fate of global notoriety. In fact, the opposite happened." You can sense that he feels bad for Michael and actually states, "But the name Michael Collins is rarely recalled, despite his critical role in the historic flight of Apollo 11."
This source, unlike others, included pictures. It had an interesting picture that

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