Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, dies aged 90

Collins, known as the forgotten astronaut', kept command module flying while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon

American astronaut Michael Collins, who was part of the Apollo 11 original moon landing crew and kept the command module flying while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 90, his family said on Wednesday.

Collins had cancer. He was sometimes known as the forgotten astronaut" because he didn't get to land on the moon, while Armstrong and Aldrin became household names.