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2 days ago · Buzz Aldrin (/ ˈ ɔː l d r ɪ n /; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission.
Jun 14, 2024 · Buzz Aldrin (born January 20, 1930, Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American astronaut who was the second person to set foot on the Moon. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York (1951), Aldrin became an air force pilot.
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Jun 5, 2024 · Apollo 11, U.S. spaceflight in which astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the culmination of the Apollo program and a massive national commitment by the United States to beat the Soviet Union in putting people on the Moon.
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4 hours ago · Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin plant the US flag on the moon in 1969. The US is now in talks with China about how to protect it and other traces of the Apollo 11 mission.
Jun 8, 2024 · Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11) NASA. Buzz Aldrin, right, along with his crewmates Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins, before their mission to the Moon. On 21 July 1969, former fighter pilot Edwin...
Jun 8, 2024 · Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11) On 21 July 1969, former fighter pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin left his lunar landing craft and became the second person to step on the surface of the Moon....
Jun 7, 2024 · Fellow astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin was the second person on the moon, following Armstrong a few minutes later. Aldrin radioed back to Houston, declaring the sight a “magnificent desolation ...
