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Article: How the three astronauts have adjusted to life on Earth
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 16, 1994
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THE THREE-strong crew of Apollo 11 has planned no reunion on
Wednesday for the 25th anniversary of man's first step on the Moon.
While the popular imagination might like to think of Neil
Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins sharing a joke
as they crack a six-pack in front of the video, the three ageing
spacemen are unlikely even to see each other on that day.
The three personalities on board Apollo 11 were very different,
which helps to explain their attitude to each other. They are still
friends, but are not particularly close. Armstrong has become
famous as the highly private man who concedes no press interviews
from his home on a farm in Ohio. At most astronaut reunions, he ...