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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.
May 25, 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.
Sep 12, 2023 · Buzz Aldrin. By: History.com Editors. Published: September 12, 2023. copy page link. Print Page. NASA. Buzz Aldrin became the second man to walk on the moon during NASA’s 1969 Apollo 11...
Oct 12, 2023 · An engineer and fighter pilot in the Korean War, Dr. Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin was selected in NASA’s third astronaut class and went to space on Gemini XII before becoming the lunar module pilot for Apollo 11 and landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Quick Facts.
The pilot of the Apollo 11 lunar lander Eagle, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin was one of the three Apollo 11 astronauts and the second person to set foot on the Moon. One of the most reproduced NASA images, this photograph of an Apollo 11 astronaut on the Moon shows Buzz Aldrin. Neil Armstrong served as photographer—he can be seen reflected in Aldrin’s visor.
Jul 20, 2009 · It’s been 40 years since Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. became the second human in history to set foot on the moon. Though he retired from NASA not long after the Apollo 11 mission, he’s still awfully...
Apr 2, 2014 · Astronaut Buzz Aldrin was one of the first people to walk on the moon. He and flight commander Neil Armstrong made the Apollo 11 moonwalk in 1969. Updated: Nov 12, 2019. (1930-) Who Is Buzz...
Jul 20, 2023 · Buzz Aldrin is a former NASA astronaut who is famous for being part of the three-man crew that voyaged to the moon on the Apollo 11 mission with Neil Armstrong and...
Buzz Aldrin, original name Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr., (born January 20, 1930, Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.), 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.
Mission to the Moon: The remarkable story of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot. All images, footage and audio © Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and NASA. Nineteen minutes after Armstrong first stepped foot on the Moon, Aldrin was the second person in history to walk on the Moon.
