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∙ 10y agoThere was no Apollo 2. Apollo 1 was to have been the first manned Apollo flight, but it caught fire during a routine ground test a month before the scheduled launch. All 3 astronauts inside died.
I think you're asking which astronaut orbited the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin walked below. That man would be Michael Collins, who accompanied Armstrong and Aldrin on Apollo 11.
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Yes Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon in 1969. Neil Armstrong needed a partner and the astronaut program was all volunteers. Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins were chosen for Apollo 11.
Armstrong, Aldrin, their Apollo 11 crew-mate Michael Collins, every other Apollo astronaut, and every person to have stood on the moon up until now, have been citizens of the USA.
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Astronaut Michael Collins was the Command Module Pilot of the Apollo 11 mission, and stayed in the Command Module while Armstrong and Aldrin were on the lunar surface.
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Michael Collins
Yes Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon in 1969. Neil Armstrong needed a partner and the astronaut program was all volunteers. Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins were chosen for Apollo 11.
Armstrong, Aldrin, their Apollo 11 crew-mate Michael Collins, every other Apollo astronaut, and every person to have stood on the moon up until now, have been citizens of the USA.
Michael Collins, the third astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission, remained on the command module which was orbiting the moon.
Allen Shepard
Astronaut Michael Collins was the Command Module Pilot of the Apollo 11 mission, and stayed in the Command Module while Armstrong and Aldrin were on the lunar surface.
Michael Collins.
Michael Collins who orbited the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin descended to and walked on the lunar surface. Michael Collins
Michael Collins stayed in lunar orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
The Apollo 11 crew that travelled to the moon included Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module Eagle on the moon on July 20, 1969. NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the Moon. When NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon he spoke the famous words, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
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