What were the names of the first astronauts on the Moon?
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Although Michael Collins joined Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during their Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, only the latter two were actually able to set foot on its surface. According to NASA, Collins instead circled the Moon in the command module Columbia so the others could make it back home.
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What were the names of the first astronauts on the Moon?
- Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr.
- Alan Shephard and Walter Cunningham
- Michael Collins and John Glenn
- Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova
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