The Explorers' Club, № MXXV

The Space Race—Astronaut Group 3 (the "Fourteen"), Part IV
Michael Collins (31 October 1930-28 April 2021), Major General, U.S. Air Force—He flew Gemini X (1966) & Apollo 11 (Columbia & Eagle, 1969); during Gemini X, he conducted only the fourth-ever E.V.A.; he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, director of the National Air & Space Museum, & undersecretary of the Smithsonian Institution; author of Carrying the Fire, et al.

Commentary: It is Providential that this week's episode of "The Explorer's Club" is published on the third anniversary of Major General Collins's death. I did not have the date of his demise in mind when I was scheduling "The Explorers' Club," but I am grateful for this blessed happenstance, having failed to commemoriate properly Collins's death back in 2021.

Bonus! Space Race Song o' the Day: The Fourteen—Michael Collins
John Craigie, "Michael Collins" from No Rain, No Rose (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)

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The Boy Least Likely To, "Michael Collins" from The Great Perhaps (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)

The Wayback Machine Tour of Michael Collins
"The Explorers' Club," № DCCCXXX: The 55th Anniversary of Gemini X
"The Explorers' Club," № DCXCVIII: The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11, Part I
"The Explorers' Club," № DCXCIX: The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11, Part II
"The Explorers' Club," № DCC: The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11, Part III
"The Explorers' Club," № DCCII: The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11, Part IV

Requiescat in pace.