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

Lab360 on Instagram: "Apollo 14 was the eighth crewed mission of the United States' Apollo program and the third to land on the Moon. On Sunday, January 31, 1971, Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell began their nine-day journey. Shepard and Mitchell successfully landed on the Moon on February 5, in the Fra Mauro region—originally intended as the landing site for Apollo 13. During their two lunar walks, they gathered 94.35 pounds of Moo

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