Date of Birth
20 January 1930,
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Birth Name
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.
Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)
Spouse
Trivia
Astronaut, second man on the moon.
Aldrin's mother's maiden name was Moon.
Had his first name legally changed to "Buzz" in 1979.
Moonwalker. Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 11, making him the second man to walk on the Moon.
Society of Operating Cameramen, (SOC) Recipient, Technical Achievment Award (1995) "NASA, First live television broadcast from the Moon. (1969)"
His Swedish ancestors were blacksmiths who emigrated to America from the province Värmland in Sweden.
Elected to the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2007 for his services to enterprise and space (inaugural election). Official induction ceremonies held in May 2008.
In 2007 at age 77, he underwent plastic surgery for a face-lift. Claims that being subjected to countless bouts of G-force as a fighter pilot and astronaut caused his jowls to sag prematurely.
Flew twice for NASA. Once on the first manned lunar expedition Apollo 11 with Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins and once on Gemini 12 with Jim Lovell, the last Gemini mission. On the historic Apollo 11 mission, the lunar module was Eagle and the command module was Columbia.
Honorary member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
Personal Quotes
[Oo joining Neil Armstrong in first walk on the Moon, 20 July 1969] Beautiful! Beautiful! Magnificent desolation!
[on why no famous photos were taken of Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 landing on the moon] As the sequence of lunar operations evolved, Neil had the camera most of the time, and the majority of pictures taken on the moon that include an astronaut are of me. It wasn't until we were back on Earth and in the lunar receiving laboratory looking over the pictures that we realized there were few pictures of Neil. My fault, perhaps, but we had never simulated this in our training.
Where Are They Now
(2009) Release of his book, "Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey From the Moon" by Buzz with 'Ken Abraham'.
(1996) Release of his book, "Encounter with Tiber" by Buzz with John Barnes.
(1989) Release of his book, "Men From Earth" by Buzz with Malcolm McConnell.
(1973) Release of his book, "Return to Earth" by Buzz with Wayne Warga.
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