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Larissa

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19. BBC Interview with Michael Collins
Fri Apr 30, 2021, 02:03 PM
Apr 2021

The host of the BBC's show HARDtalk, Stephen Sackur, interviewed Michael Collins on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. These astronauts knew that the chances of the mission failing somewhere along the line were relatively high, but they were optimistic about surviving. (In the event of a mishap, a statement had already been drawn up.) Collins mentions that the maneuver they prepared for the most, during the training for the mission, was the rendezvous and docking of the lunar "Eagle" module with the "Columbia" (manned by Collins) for the return flight home. Talk about having the "right stuff!" The other thing I never thought of was the loss of contact with Mission Control during Collins' flybys on the far side of the moon.



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