Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Dead At 90

File photo - These fourteen pilots have been assigned to begin training for astronaut positions with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The photograph was taken in October 1963. Front row, from the left, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., William A. Anders, Charles A. Bassett II, Alan L. Bean, Eugene A. Cernan and Roger B. Chaffee. Back row, from the left, Michael Collins, Walter Cunningham, Donn F. Eisele, Theodore C. Freeman, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Russell L. Schweickart, David R. Scott and Clifton C. Williams Jr. --- American astronaut Michael Collins, who flew the Apollo 11 command module while his crewmates became the first people to land on the Moon on July 20, 1969, died on Wednesday after battling cancer, his family said. Photo by NASA via CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM