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It was written by his then crewmate Gavin Geddes - who was amazed to be told it had been found 47 years after they dropped it overboard.

The officer said when he learned the extent of Prosper's plans, it was "very overwhelming knowing that it was me and my crewmate that managed to prevent this from happening".

His crewmate Michael Collins said Aldrin "resented not being first on the Moon more than he appreciated being second".

The mission yielded a stunning and unprecedented photo by Borman's crewmate William Anders that came to be known as "Earthrise" - a blue and white Earth seen as a partial orb rising over the blank lunar surface.

Diamond, 63, and a crewmate went missing on the fishing vessel Evening nearly two weeks ago after they departed the Westport Marina in Grays Harbor.