Micheal Collins
Michael Collins was the astronaut who was not on the Apollo 11 mission. He was the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11 and stayed in lunar orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon.
Michael Collins remained in orbit around the moon while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to its surface during the Apollo 11 mission. Collins circled the moon alone in the command module, eagerly awaiting the return of his fellow astronauts.
There were only three astronauts on Apollo 11 , all the other astronauts did not go .
The third astronaut in Apollo 11 was Michael Collins. He stayed in lunar orbit in the command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon's surface.
The 12 people who have walked on the moon during the Apollo missions stayed for varying amounts of time. The longest single stay was about 3 days during the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972, while the shortest stay was less than a day during the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969.
Michael Collins was the astronaut who was not on the Apollo 11 mission. He was the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11 and stayed in lunar orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon.
Michael Collins remained in orbit around the moon while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to its surface during the Apollo 11 mission. Collins circled the moon alone in the command module, eagerly awaiting the return of his fellow astronauts.
There were only three astronauts on Apollo 11 , all the other astronauts did not go .
Michael Collins stayed in lunar orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
Apollo 2 was an unmanned mission launched in 1966. It was destroyed about six hours into the flight. You are probably confusing it with Apollo 11 (eleven) the first mission to land on the moon. The astronaut in the command vehicle that stayed in orbit around the moon was Michael Collins.
The third astronaut in Apollo 11 was Michael Collins. He stayed in lunar orbit in the command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon's surface.
The 12 people who have walked on the moon during the Apollo missions stayed for varying amounts of time. The longest single stay was about 3 days during the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972, while the shortest stay was less than a day during the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969.
No Apollo 11 stayed on the moon for a little over 24 hours in all.
Michael Collins stayed in the spacecraft orbiting the moon while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. He was responsible for piloting the Command Module and reuniting with Armstrong and Aldrin after their historic moonwalk.
Michael Collins
The Apollo 17 astronauts were Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ronald Evans. Cernan and Schmitt landed on the Moon in 1972, making Schmitt the first scientist-astronaut to walk on the lunar surface. Evans remained in lunar orbit aboard the command module.
Astronauts stayed inside the Apollo Command Module during launch and reentry. This module was attached to the Saturn V rocket during launch and detached for reentry to bring the astronauts safely back to Earth.