Moon landing: Michael Collins exposes ‘something we never talked about’ from Apollo 11

“But when you see those beautiful on top of the Apollo command module, you say ‘here we go, it’s all okay.’”

Mr Collins went on to reveal how all three of them were well aware that death was a possibility, but they would never speak of it.

He added: “I certainly know the three of us were keenly aware of the dangers involved.

“But it was not something we ever talked about, we never said whether it was too dangerous or we shouldn’t do it.

“It was way back in some obscure dark corner of our minds, but we had more important things to do, or more immediate things to take care of.”

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