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- Buzz Aldrin (/ ˈɔːldrɪn /; 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.
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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.
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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Sep 12, 2023 · Buzz Aldrin is a former American fighter pilot and astronaut best known for his involvement in the historic Apollo 11 mission that first put a man on the moon.
Nov 12, 2019 · 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.
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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.
Dec 6, 2021 · Buzz Aldrin is a veteran astronaut who became only the second person to ever set foot on the moon. Part of the Apollo 11 spaceflight commanded by Neil Armstrong, he made the journey to the...
He pioneered underwater training techniques to simulate spacewalking. In 1966 on the Gemini 12 orbital mission, Buzz performed the world’s first successful spacewalk – extra-vehicular activity (EVA), and set a new EVA record of 5 1⁄2 hours.
