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Buzz Aldrin

American former astronaut and engineer · buzzaldrin.com
Buzz Aldrin 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. He was the second person to walk on the... Wikipedia
Born: January 20, 1930 (age 94 years), Mountainside Medical Center, Glen Ridge, NJ
Space missions: Apollo 11 and Gemini 12
Spouse: Anca Faur (m. 2023), Lois Driggs Cannon (m. 1988–2012), Beverly Van Zile (m. 1975–1978), and more
Doctoral advisors: Walter Wrigley; Robert Halfman; Myron Hoffman; Norman Sears