Michael Collins PPK Content

Among the belongings Collins took were three flags: the United States Flag, the DC flag, and the Air Corp flag; as well as a spoon, a razor and shaving cream, scissors, and a toothbrush. Why do you think he may have brought these things into space?

Michael Collins was one of the three astronauts on the Apollo 11 mission. While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin experienced the lunar surface, Collins stayed on the Columbia command module and orbited the Moon. Prior to joining NASA, he was a navy test pilot. After his time in NASA, during which he was also the third American to walk in space, he became the Director of the National Air and Space Museum.