Astronaut Michael Collins, Pilot of Apollo 11 Mission, Dead at 90

Astronaut Michael Collins, Pilot of Apollo 11, Dead at 90 

March 30, 1969 crew of the Apollo 11 including Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who helped pilot the ship which took Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon for a historic journey, has died Wednesday of cancer, according to his family.  Collins was a part of the three-man crew which helped end the space wars between the United States and Russia.  The Apollo 11 landing to the money also fulfilled former president John F. Kennedy's dream of America sending the first man to the money before the end of the 60's decade.  

Though he traveled some 238,000 miles to the moon and came within 69 miles, he never set foot on the moon like his colleagues Armstrong and Aldrin did.  None of the men flew in space after the Apollo 11 mission.