Buzz Aldrin
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Aldrin in July 1969
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 NASA Astronaut |
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| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
| Born | Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. January 20, 1930 Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Other names
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Dr. Rendezvous |
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Other occupation
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Fighter pilot |
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United States Military Academy, B.S. 1951 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sc.D. 1963 |
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| Rank |
 Colonel, USAF
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Time in space
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12 days 1 hour and 52 minutes |
| Selection | 1963 NASA Group 3 |
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Total EVAs
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4 |
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Total EVA time
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7 hours 52 minutes |
| Missions | Gemini 12, Apollo 11 |
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Mission insignia
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| Retirement | July 1, 1971 |
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| Website | www |
| Spouse(s) |
Joan Ann Archer (m. 1954; div. 1974) Beverly Van Zile (m. 1975; div. 1978) Lois Driggs Cannon (m. 1988; div. 2012) |
| Children | 3 |
Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr., January 20, 1930) is an American engineer and former astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, he was one of the first two humans to land on the Moon, and the second person to walk on it. He set foot on the Moon at 03:15:16 on July 21, 1969 (UTC), following mission commander Neil Armstrong. He is a former U.S. Air Force officer with the Command Pilot rating. He also went into orbit on the Gemini 12 mission, finally achieving the goals for EVA (space-walk work) that paved the way to the Moon and success for the Gemini program; he spent over five hours on EVA on that mission.
Aldrin was born January 20, 1930, in Mountainside Hospital, in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. His parents were Edwin Eugene Aldrin Sr. (1896–1974), a career military man, and Marion (Moon) Gaddys (1903–1968), who lived in neighboring Montclair. He is of Scottish,Swedish, and German ancestry. Aldrin was a Boy Scout and earned the rank of Tenderfoot Scout.
After graduating from Montclair High School in 1947, Aldrin turned down a full scholarship offer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (which he would later attend for graduate school), and went to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. The nickname "Buzz" originated in childhood: the younger of his two elder sisters mispronounced "brother" as "buzzer", and this was shortened to Buzz. Aldrin made it his legal first name in 1988.
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