Apollo may have started off as a technology showdown with the then-Soviet Union, but the worldwide enthusiasm for and awe at the first human landing on the Moon were big surprises for Michael Collins, the command module pilot of Apollo 11. Fifty years ago, Collins circled the Moon aboard Columbia...
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