Buzz Aldrin
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 94 |
| Web site | buzzaldrin.com |
| Date of birth | January 20,1930 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Mountainside Medical Center |
| Glen Ridge | |
| New Jersey | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Lois Driggs Cannon |
| Beverly Van Zile | |
| Anca Faur | |
| Parents | Marion Moon |
| Edwin Eugene Aldrin Sr. | |
| Height | 178 (cm) |
| Job | Astronaut |
| Actor | |
| Engineer | |
| Author | |
| Fighter pilot | |
| Education | Montclair High School |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| United States Military Academy | |
| Severn School | |
| Awards | NASA Distinguished Service Medal |
| Air Medal | |
| NASA Space Flight Medal | |
| Collier Trophy | |
| NASA Agency Honor Awards - Exceptional Service Medal | |
| Legion of Merit | |
| Air Force Distinguished Service Medal | |
| Hubbard Medal | |
| Distinguished Flying Cross | |
| Congressional Gold Medal | |
| Official site | buzzaldrin.com |
| Space missions | Apollo 11, Gemini 12 |
| Apollo 11 | |
| Gemini 12 | |
| Children | Janice Aldrin |
| Andrew Aldrin | |
| James Aldrin | |
| Full name | Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. |
| Nickname | Buzz, Dr. Rendezvous |
| Siblings | Fay Ann Aldrin |
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| ID | 450128 |
No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon
Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration
Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon
Look to the Stars
LSC CPS1 () : LSC CPS1 Lunar Handbook
Reaching for the Moon
The Return
The Lunar Base Handbook: An Introduction to Lunar Base Design, Development, and Operations
Encounter with Tiber
Men from Earth
First on the Moon: The Astronauts' Own Story
Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program - Managers Explain What Made Apollo a Success, the First Lunar Landing As Told by the Astronauts, Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Historical Perspective
Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program - Apollo Expeditions to the Moon (NASA SP-350 Illustrated Edition) - First-Hand Accounts by Astronauts and Managers Including Von Braun, Aldrin, and Collins
Apollo - America's Moon Landing Program: Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing with Unique Observations about the First Lunar Landing - Astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins
The Simpsons
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
In the Shadow of the Moon
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Moonwalk One
Apollo 11
The Wonder of It All
Dark Side of the Moon
Journey to the Moon: The 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
Rocket Science
The Other Side of the Moon
Apollo 11: The Eagle Has Landed
British television Apollo 11 coverage
Sports Beyond Extreme: Vol 1
First Man
Buzz Aldrin Life story
Buzz Aldrin is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. He was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission and became the second person to walk on the Moon after mission commander Neil Armstrong.
2001: A Space Odyssey library book returned 53 years late
... Notable events in the year the book was taken out include The Beatles final public performance, the Concorde supersonic airliner s first flight and US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin becoming the first people to walk on the Moon...
Buzz Aldrin marries for the fourth time, aged 93
...The former US astronaut Buzz Aldrin has got married for the fourth time on his 93rd birthday...
Buzz Aldrin's moon jacket sells for sky-high $2. 8m
...The space jacket worn by Buzz Aldrin while flying to the Moon has sold at a New York auction for $2...
The woman who paid $250,000 to go into space
... You can vividly remember the moment in July 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin was the first man to walk on the moon for a walk...
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... You might say it was broken in 1969 when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were there, which is true, but since then we ve become much more aware of how we should preserve these planetary bodies...
Apollo 11: 'I helped the world watch Moon landing'
...About 600 million people watched Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the Moon in July 1969...
Buzz Aldrin marries for the fourth time, aged 93
The former US astronaut Buzz Aldrin has got married for The Fourth time on his 93rd birthday.
Mr Aldrin piloted The legendary Apollo 11 spaceflight in 1969, becoming one of The First Two People to walk on The moon after The Mission 's commander, Neil Armstrong .
The former pilot said that he and new wife Anca Faur were as " excited as eloping teenagers".
He is one of only three people alive to have walked on The moon.
Pictures from their Los Angeles ceremony were shared by Mr Aldrin on Twitter.
" On my 93rd birthday and The Day I will be honoured by Living Legends of Aviation I Am pleased to announce that my long-time love Dr Anca Faur and I have tied The Knot , " he tweeted.
Dr Faur, 63, who has a PhD in Chemical Engineering , is The executive Vice President of Mr Aldrin's company, Buzz Aldrin Ventures.
In 1969, an estimated 600 million people witnessed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become The First people to walk on The moon as part of The Apollo 11 mission. It was The largest television audience in history at The Time .
Almost overnight, Mr Aldrin became one of The Most famous names on The Planet - The ensuing months was a blur of media appearances, photo opportunities and after-dinner speeches.
" I hadn't thought that much of what would come afterward, " Mr Aldrin told The Los Angeles Times in 2001. " I was not that prepared or comfortable to be thrust into The Public eye that much. "
Before The famous Moon Landing , Mr Aldrin piloted fighter planes on US Air Force Combat Missions during The Korea war.
In 2018 he founded a non-profit Think Tank , The Human Spaceflight Institute .
Source of news: bbc.com
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