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Topic: Happy Birthday astronaut Michael Collins (10/31)
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Mike Isbell
Member Posts: 551
From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 10-31-2005 05:13 PM
  
Astronaut Michael Collins who flew on Gemini 10 (and performed an EVA to retrieve an experiment package from an Agena Upper Stage that Gemini 8 had previously docked with), was born 75 years ago today, October 31, 2005, in Rome, Italy. He also flew on an Apollo mission (I just can't quite seem to remember which one). Happy bithday Gen. Collins and may you have many more! |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 10-31-2005 05:57 PM
Not only is it Mike Collins' birthday, but this means that all three members of the Apollo 11 crew are now 75 years old. Anyone else feel like time is just racing away?Anyway, Happy Birthday, Mike - with that many candles on your birthday cake you really are Carrying the Fire! |
Rob Joyner
Member Posts: 1308
From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 10-31-2005 10:50 PM
Happy Birthday Michael Collins! And many revolutions more! |
danpal
Member Posts: 48
From: Roma, Italy
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 11-01-2005 03:24 AM
Happy Birthday Mike from your native city. |
Spacefest
Member Posts: 1168
From: Tucson, AZ
Registered: Jan 2009
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posted 10-31-2009 07:38 PM
Happy Birthday Mike Collins. Born Halloween, 1930 in Rome. |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 10-31-2009 09:15 PM
Here's a question for all you high school teachers out there - could Mike Collins run for President? My understanding is his father was an attaché on official military at the time, in Rome. |
golddog
Member Posts: 210
From: australia
Registered: Feb 2008
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posted 10-31-2009 09:58 PM
It's also the birthday of one of his daughters |
DChudwin
Member Posts: 1096
From: Lincolnshire IL USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 10-31-2009 10:10 PM
Best birthday wishes to an accomplished aviator, skilled writer, and aspiring artist -- a true Renaissance man. While he is best known for his Gemini and Apollo flights, Mike, as Founding Director of the National Air and Space Museum, did more than almost anyone to help educate the public about space. |
AJ
Member Posts: 511
From: Plattsburgh, NY, United States
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 10-31-2009 10:18 PM
A very happy birthday to Mike! what a guy!  |
danpal
Member Posts: 48
From: Roma, Italy
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 11-01-2009 02:57 AM
Happy birthday Mike, from Rome. I live not too far from via Tevere 16 where you was born. |
Scott
Member Posts: 3307
From: Houston, TX
Registered: May 2001
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posted 11-01-2009 07:42 AM
Happy (Belated) Birthday Mike Collins! |
Mike Isbell
Member Posts: 551
From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 10-31-2010 01:56 AM
Happy 80th birthday Gen. Collins. May you have many more to come! |
chappy
Member Posts: 231
From: Cardiff, S. Wales, UK
Registered: Apr 2006
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posted 10-31-2010 02:57 AM
Wishing Michael Collins a VERY happy birthday and have a good one from all space buffs in Wales. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 10-31-2010 06:23 AM
Happy Birthday to a true renaissance man. Test pilot, astronaut, writer, artist, wine connoisseur and a true gentleman.Have a wonderful birthday General and best wishes for many more.
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Rob Joyner
Member Posts: 1308
From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 10-31-2010 07:43 AM
Happy Boo-thday, Mr. Collins! After meeting this man and seeing just how young at heart he still is, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that he went trick-or-treating tonight! |
AstroAutos
Member Posts: 803
From: Co. Monaghan, Republic of Ireland
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 10-31-2010 09:41 AM
Have a great birthday General!Octogenarian really is a dirty word.. |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 10-31-2010 11:48 AM
Happy Birthday Mike Collins. Yes he could run for President as he was born to American parents which makes him a US citizen |
Kite
Member Posts: 831
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 10-31-2010 12:58 PM
A very happy 80th birthday to Mike Collins. We would love you to come over to this side of the pond and give us a talk. |
danpal
Member Posts: 48
From: Roma, Italy
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 10-31-2011 12:44 PM
Happy Birthday from Roma Mr. Collins. Felice compleanno Mike. |
MarylandSpace
Member Posts: 1337
From:
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 10-31-2011 01:30 PM
Happy Birthday Gen. Collins.You are an American Treasure. |
fredtrav
Member Posts: 1673
From: Birmingham AL
Registered: Aug 2010
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posted 10-31-2011 02:00 PM
Happy Birthday Gen. Collins and many many more. |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 10-31-2011 02:07 PM
Happy birthday Gen. Collins. Yes he could run for President since his parents were US citizens |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 10-31-2011 02:54 PM
Happy Birthday General Collins. |
music_space
Member Posts: 1179
From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 10-31-2011 03:27 PM
Happy anniversary, sir. "Carrying the Fire" keeps you young forever! |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 10-31-2011 04:58 PM
Happy Birthday Gen. Collins. You Carried The Fire for many us armchair astronauts. |
wickball
Member Posts: 107
From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 10-31-2011 05:56 PM
Mike Collins, My granddaughter has the same birthday as yours; pretty cool for this Papa! |
bwhite1976
Member Posts: 281
From: Belleville, IL
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 10-31-2011 11:14 PM
Happy Birthday Mr. Collins. A true pioneer of space! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-31-2015 10:21 AM
Time Magazine's Jeffrey Kluger paid tribute to Michael Collins on the ocassion of his 85th birthday today. If an uninteresting word ever passed Michael Collins' lips, no one was ever around to hear it. That's saying something because Collins, who turns 85 on October 31, was a NASA astronaut—part of the third group of spacemen selected for the program, in 1963 — and astronauts were not known for their lyricism.Not so in the case of Collins, who, to most space historians' minds, was the poet laureate of the astronaut class — and has, in the half century since, never lost that title to anyone else. |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 10-31-2015 12:23 PM
Happy 85th Birthday to General Collins. |
AlanC
Member Posts: 147
From: Scotland
Registered: Nov 2014
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posted 10-31-2015 12:27 PM
I agree with Time; I'm reading "Carrying the Fire" at the moment and Michael Collins certainly has a good turn of phrase.Happy Birthday! |
Kite
Member Posts: 831
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 10-31-2015 06:11 PM
Happy 85th birthday Michael Collins and wishing you many more. |
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