A fantastic book. Inspiring, thought provoking, and witty. Collins captures his journey as an astronaut in vivid detail.

Bit of a longer audiobook about 20 hours but well worth listening to. Very informative and interesting. Recommend it to people being intrigued by space and astronauts!

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing I decided to read Michael Collins autobiographical account of the mission. This book is at times poetic and at time tedious, which both seem to reflect the realities of the life of an astronaut. Michael Collins is precisely the person you want to walk you through the history. As the man who remained in the command module during the first moon walk he is both participant and observer with unparalleled access and perspective. He provides exacting detail of each step of the process with a few moments of profound reflection. While not an effortless read it is well worth the journey.

This book was awesome. Specific things that I enjoyed about it were the heart-racing descriptions of spacewalks, the idea of Michael alone behind the moon without radio communications for points of time, and how scientifically advanced NASA was even back in the 1960s to be able to figure all the engineering and mechanics out.

Incredibly detailed and a must read for anyone who is interested in space.

Lots of entertaining nuggets; gets clichéd towards the end.

I liked it so much I couldn't put it down once I started reading.

I really wanted to know the thoughts of an astronaut, not only about what is was like to go around the moon, but also about the training and how one ends up signing up to something like this. I found answers to most of the questions I had in this book.
Collins decided against using a ghostwriter, a great decision since his easygoing and humble personality shines through and made me want to learn more about him and his remarkable career. Also, his sense of humor had me laughing out loud more than once, keeping the reading light but without shying away from acknowledging all the risks that came with being an astronaut. Maybe some readers will think he goes into too much detail at times but I ate up every piece of information and found it fascinating.

This is a must read for anyone interested in the space race and the experiences of an astronaut from the Apollo era.

Really good book. Maybe a little too wordy at times, but fascinating if you love space & NASA.