Amiable stranger' just sort of popped out one time ... Returning to Earth with fellow moonwalker Buzz Aldrin and command module pilot Mike Collins, Armstrong was celebrated as an international ...

This March 30, 1969 photo made available by NASA shows the crew of the Apollo 11, from left, Neil Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, module pilot; Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, lunar module pilot.

Collins later coined the term “amiable strangers” for the Apollo 11 astronauts ... Clockwise from left: Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 10 lunar module pilot Gene Cernan, Apollo 10 ...

Michael Collins was a crack test pilot, too, but also a wordsmith who described the trio as "amiable strangers." Apollo 11's astronauts had six months to gel as a crew and prepare for humanity's ...

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon alone ... Still, Collins called the group “amiable strangers” because the trio never developed as intense a bond as other crews.

Collins piloted the command module Columbia, which carried the first humans to the moon. He was 90.

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the ship from ... Still, Collins called the group “amiable strangers” because the trio never developed as intense a bond as other crews.Of ...

Michael Collins was a crack test pilot, too, but also a wordsmith who described the trio as "amiable strangers." Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world The moon landing was a ...

“Michael Collins wrote and helped tell the story ... Still, Collins called the group “amiable strangers” because the trio never developed as intense a bond as other crews.

Michael Collins was a crack test pilot, too, but also a wordsmith who described the trio as “amiable strangers.” Apollo 11’s astronauts had six months to gel as a crew and prepare for ...

Michael Collins was a crack test pilot, too, but also a wordsmith who described the trio as "amiable strangers." Apollo 11's astronauts had six months to gel as a crew and prepare for humanity's ...