Astronaut Michael Collins returns to Apollo 11 launch site 50 years to the day since mission lifted off

Michael Collins, right, speaks to Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Launch Complex 39A Image: NASA/Frank Michaux/Associated Press Michael Collins, right, speaks to Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Launch Complex 39A Image: NASA/Frank Michaux/Associated Press APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUT Michael Collins returned to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin today.

At NASA’s invitation, Collins marked the precise moment — 9.32am on 16 July, 1969 — that the Saturn V rocket blasted off. “We knew that everyone would be looking at us, friend or foe, and we wanted to do the best we possibly could,” he said. The reunion kicked off a week of celebrations marking each day of Apollo 11′s eight-day voyage, and NASA televised the original launch video of Apollo 11, timed down to the second.

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