'The Forgotten Man' - Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies aged 90

His grandfather, Jeremiah Bernard Collins, emigrated from Dunmanway in Co Cork in the early 1860s to Cincinnati, Ohio in the US.

Astronauts Neil Armstrong, left, Michael Collins, center, and Edwin A Aldrin are pictured in this 1969 Apollo II crew portrait. Collins passed away on April 28, 2021, after a 'valiant battle" with cancer. Picture: AP Photo/File

Astronaut Michael Collins, who was part of the Apollo 11 crew which first landed on the moon, has died at the age of 90.

Collins' family confirmed the news on Wednesday in a statement on Twitter, saying he passed "after a valiant battle with cancer."