Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returns to launch pad to mark 50 years

At NASA's invitation, Michael Collins spent the golden anniversary Tuesday morning at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A in Florida. He marked the precise moment -- 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969 -- that their Saturn V rocket departed on humanity's first moon landing. Buzz Aldrin was an unexplained no-show. Mission commander Neil Armstrong -- who took the first lunar footsteps -- died in 2012.

The spacesuit that Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong wore for that one small step on the moon is back on display in mint condition. The Apollo 11 crew of Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins launched to the moon 50 years ago Tuesday. Armstrong died in 2012.Apollo 11's astronauts are returning to the exact spot from where they flew to the moon 50 years ago.

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