Buzz Aldrin
Astronaut
Nationality	American
Status	Retired
Born	January 20, 1930 (1930-01-20) (age 78) Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.
Other occupation	Fighter pilot
Rank	Colonel, USAF
Space time	12 days, 1 hour and 52 minutes
Selection	1963 NASA Group
Missions	Gemini 12, Apollo 11
Mission insignia

Buzz Aldrin (born January 20, 1930 as Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glen Ridge is a borough in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A fighter pilot is a military aviator trained to engage other aircraft and typically pilots a Fighter aircraft. See also Colonel In the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force, colonel 1957 - Man In Space Soonest Group 1 - USA Neil A Armstrong, Albert S Gemini 12 (officially Gemini XII) was a 1966 Manned spaceflight in NASA 's Gemini program. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ) is an American aviator and astronaut, who was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An astronaut or cosmonaut (космона́вт) is a person trained He was the second person to set foot on the Moon, after Mission Commander Neil Armstrong. Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5 1930 is a former American Astronaut, Test pilot, University Professor, and United States

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Military career 2 Retirement 2.1 The UFO and Apollo hoax allegations 2.2 Honors and roles in the arts 3 Media 4 References 5 External links

Biography

Aldrin was born to Marion (nee Moon)^[1] and Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Sr. , a military man in Montclair, New Jersey,^[2] where he became a Tenderfoot in the Boy Scouts of America. Montclair (mɒnʔ kɫeɚ or maŋ kleɚ is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The Boy Scouts of America ( BSA) is the largest youth organization in the United States with over five million ^[3] He attended Montclair High School in Montclair, New Jersey, and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Montclair High School is a comprehensive four-year Public high school located in Montclair, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States Montclair (mɒnʔ kɫeɚ or maŋ kleɚ is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, West Point is a federal military reservation (and a Census-designated place) located North of the Village of Highland Falls in Orange County New York The nickname "Buzz" originated in childhood: his sister mispronounced "brother" as "buzzer" as a toddler, and this was shortened to Buzz. He made it his legal first name in 1988. ^[4][5]

Military career

Aldrin graduated third in his class in 1951 with a B.Sc. degree. A Bachelor of Science ( BS, BSc or BSc in the UK; less commonly S He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and served as a jet fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, where he flew 66 combat missions in F-86 Sabres and shot down two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 aircraft. An officer is a member of an armed force who holds a position of authority Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned officer Military rank in many Armed forces. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

After leaving Korea, Aldrin was an aerial gunnery instructor at Nellis Air Force Base in southern Nevada, and later an aide to the dean of faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. An air gunner ( AG) is a member of an Air force Aircrew who operates flexible-mount or Turret -mounted Machine guns or Autocannons Nellis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Clark County, Nevada. Nevada ( is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. The United States Air Force Academy ( USAFA or Air Force) is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air

Following this assignment, Aldrin flew F-100 Super Sabres as a flight commander at Bitburg, Germany in the 22nd Fighter Squadron. Bitburg (ˈbɪtbʊʁk is a city in Germany, capital of the district Bitburg-Prüm, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

Aldrin earned his D.Sc. degree in Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. DSc ScD SD, or DrSc are common abbreviations for the Latin Scientiæ Doctor, meaning Doctor of Science. Astronautics, or Astronautical Engineering is the branch of Engineering that deals with machines designed to exit or work entirely beyond the Earth's atmosphere. Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. His graduate thesis was Line-of-sight guidance techniques for manned orbital rendezvous. A dissertation (also called thesis or disquisition) is a document that presents the author's Research and findings and is submitted in support of candidature After leaving MIT, he returned to the Air Force and was assigned to the Gemini Target Office of the Air Force Space Systems Division in Los Angeles, and later to Edwards Air Force Base at the U. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Edwards Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located on the border of Kern County and Los Angeles County California in the Antelope S. Air Force Test Pilot School.

Aldrin was selected as part of the third group of NASA astronauts in October 1963. Astronaut Group 3, was the third group of Astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program After the deaths of the original Gemini 9 prime crew, Elliott See and Charles Bassett, Aldrin was promoted to back-up crew for the mission. Charles Arthur "Art" Bassett II ( December 30, 1931 &ndash February 28, 1966) was a United States Air Force officer and The main objective of the revised mission (Gemini 9A) was to rendezvous and dock with a target vehicle but when this failed Aldrin improvised an effective exercise for the craft to rendezvous with a co-ordinate in space. Gemini 9A (officially Gemini IX-A) was a 1966 manned spaceflight in NASA 's Gemini program. He was confirmed as pilot on Gemini 12, the last Gemini mission and the last chance to prove methods for EVA. Gemini 12 (officially Gemini XII) was a 1966 Manned spaceflight in NASA 's Gemini program. Extra-vehicular activity ( EVA) is work done by an Astronaut away from the Earth and outside of a Spacecraft. He utilized revolutionary techniques during training for that mission, including neutrally-buoyant underwater training. Such techniques are still used today. Aldrin set a record for extra-vehicular activity and proved that astronauts could work outside the spacecraft.

Much has been said about Aldrin's desire at the time to be the first astronaut to walk on the moon. ^[6] Differing NASA accounts have it that he had originally been proposed as the first, but the configuration of the lunar module was changed, or that protocol demanded that the commander (Armstrong) be the first. (In addition, in a March 1969 meeting between senior NASA personnel Deke Slayton, George Low, Bob Gilruth, and Chris Kraft, it was suggested that Armstrong be the first partly because Armstrong was seen as not having a large ego. Donald Kent “Deke” Slayton (March 1 1924 – June 13 1993 was one of the original " Mercury Seven " NASA astronauts George Michael Low, born George Wilhelm Low ( June 10, 1926 &ndash July 17, 1984) was a NASA administrator and 16th President Robert Rowe Gilruth ( October 18 1913 - August 17 2000) was an American aviation and space pioneer Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr (born February 28 1924 is a retired NASA engineer and manager who was instrumental in establishing the agency's Mission Control )^[7] Nonetheless, Aldrin may have had an even more singular contribution. Armstrong's famous "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed," were the first words intentionally spoken to Mission Control and the world from the lunar surface. However, the actual first words ever spoken on the moon, at approximately 20:17:39 UTC on July 20, 1969, were very likely Aldrin's "Okay. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Engine Stop" (although Armstrong leaves open whether he said "Shutdown" first. )^[8][9][10]

Aldrin is a Presbyterian, and is known for his statements about God. The Presbyterian Church (USA or PC (USA is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. After landing on the moon, Aldrin radioed earth with these words: "I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours, and to give thanks in his or her own way. " He received Communion on the surface of the moon, but kept his Communion a secret because of the lawsuit brought by Madalyn Murray O'Hair regarding the reading of Genesis on Apollo 8. Madalyn Murray O'Hair ( April 13 1919 – September 29 1995) was an American atheist and activist ^[11] Aldrin, a church elder, used a pastor's home Communion kit given to him by Dean Woodruff and recited words used by his pastor at Webster Presbyterian Church. He celebrated Communion alone, without his colleague Armstrong participating. ^[12][13]

Retirement

In March 1972, Aldrin retired from active duty after 21 years of service, and returned to the Air Force in a managerial role, but his career was blighted by personal problems. His autobiography Return to Earth provides an account of his struggles with clinical depression and alcoholism in the years following his NASA career. Major depressive disorder, also known as major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, clinical depression, or simply depression Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions His life improved considerably with his marriage to Lois Aldrin. Since retiring from NASA, he has continued to promote space exploration, including producing a unique computer strategy game called "Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space" (1992). Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space, frequently abbreviated BARIS, is a space simulation and strategy game for MS-DOS.

The UFO and Apollo hoax allegations

In 2005, while being interviewed for a documentary entitled "First on the Moon: The Untold Story," Aldrin told an interviewer that they witnessed an unidentified flying object (UFO), i. e. an object that was simply unidentified, not a form of extraterrestrial life. Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth. Aldrin told David Morrison, an NAI Senior Scientist, that the documentary cut the crew's conclusion that they were probably seeing one of four detached spacecraft adapter panels. The crew were told that their S-IVB upper stage was 6,000 miles away. The S-IVB (sometimes S4b always pronounced "ess four bee" was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company and served as the third stage on the Saturn V and second However, the panels were jettisoned before the S-IVB made its separation maneuver, so this panel would closely follow the Apollo 11 spacecraft until its first midcourse correction. ^[14] When Aldrin appeared on The Howard Stern Show on August 15, 2007, Stern asked him about the supposed UFO sighting. The Howard Stern Show is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern on Howard 100, one of two channels on the subscription-based Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Howard Allan Stern (born January 12 1954 is an American radio host and Television personality. Aldrin confirmed that there was no such sighting of anything deemed extraterrestrial, and said they were and are "99. 9 percent" sure that the object was the detached panel. ^{[15][16][17][18]}

One conspiracy theory involving Aldrin stems from a supposed Apollo moon landing hoax by the U. A conspiracy theory attributes the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually Political, Social or Historical events or the concealment S. government. On September 9, 2002, filmmaker Bart Sibrel, a proponent of the conspiracy allegations, confronted Aldrin outside a Beverly Hills, California hotel. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Bart Winfield Sibrel is a Nashville Tennessee -based amateur filmmaker who claims that the six Apollo Moon landings between 1969 and 1972 California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Sibrel called Aldrin "a coward, a liar, and a thief," saying "You're the one who said you walked on the moon and you didn't. " Aldrin punched Sibrel in the face. ^[19] Beverly Hills police and the city's prosecutor declined to file charges. Sibrel suffered no permanent injuries.

Honors and roles in the arts

• The Aldrin crater on the Moon near the Apollo 11 landing site is named in his honor. Aldrin is a tiny Impact crater located on the southern part of the Mare Tranquillitatis, to the east of Sabine.
• In 1967, Aldrin received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Gustavus Adolphus College. Gustavus Adolphus College is a private liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in St
• In 2001, President Bush appointed Aldrin to the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry was formed jointly by United States President George W ^[20][21]
• Aldrin received the 2003 Humanitarian Award from Variety, the Children's Charity, which, according to the organization, "is given to an individual who has shown unusual understanding, empathy, and devotion to mankind. Variety the Children's Charity was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 10, 1927 when a group of eleven men involved in Show "^[22]
• Aldrin is on the National Space Society's Board of Governors, and has served as the organization's Chairman; an inductee of the Astronaut Hall of Fame; and a member of The Planetary Society, with Aldrin's pre-recorded voice appearing on nearly every episode of the Society's Planetary Radio. The National Space Society (NSS is an international nonprofit 501(c(3, educational and scientific organization specializing in Space advocacy. The United States Astronaut Hall of Fame is located in Titusville Florida. The Planetary Society is a large publicly supported non-government and not-for-profit organization that has many research projects related to Astronomy. Planetary Radio is a weekly 30-minute Radio show devoted to Space exploration and Astronomy, hosted and produced by Mat Kaplan and The Planetary
• Aldrin has appeared in numerous film and television productions.
• The British television comedy group Monty Python, on October 20 1970, ran an episode called the "Buzz Aldrin Show" with a few references to him and his photo superimposed over the credits while The Star-Spangled Banner was played. Monty Python (sometimes known as The Pythons) is the collective name of the six creators of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British Television Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony " The Star-Spangled Banner " is the National anthem of the United States of America
• Cliff Robertson played Aldrin in the 1976 TV-movie Return to Earth based on Aldrin's own memoir. Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson III (born September 9, 1925) is an Academy Award - winning American Actor with a
• He voiced an animation of himself in "Deep Space Homer", a 1994 episode of The Simpsons in which he flies into space with Homer Simpson and fictional astronaut Race Banyon. " Deep Space Homer " is the fifteenth episode of The Simpsons ' fifth season and first aired on February 24 1994 Homer Jay Simpson is a main fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family.
• Aldrin was portrayed by Larry Williams in the 1995 film Apollo 13.
• Aldrin played the role of Reverend Woodruff in the 1996 TV movie Apollo 11, while his own character was played by Xander Berkeley, who had previously played the small role of Henry Hurt in Apollo 13. Alexander Harper Berkeley (born December 16, 1955) is an American Actor.
• The matter of who would make the first step on the moon was dramatized in the 1998 miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, based on Andrew Chaikin's book A Man on the Moon, in which Aldrin was portrayed by Bryan Cranston. From the Earth to the Moon is a twelve-part HBO Television Miniseries (1998 co-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, For the musician of the same name see Kid Beyond. Andrew Chaikin is an author speaker and space journalist A Man on the Moon (ISBN 0-14-027201-1 is a book by Andrew Chaikin, first published in 1994 Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7 1956) is an American actor Voice actor, writer and director.
• Buzz Lightyear, a character in the movie Toy Story, is named after him. Buzz Lightyear (created May 26, 1995) is a Fictional character that first appeared in the full-length CGI animated film Toy Story Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-generated Comedy film, directed by John Lasseter and starring Tom Hanks
• Aldrin voiced himself in a 1999 episode of Disney's Recess. Recess is an American animated television series that was created by Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere, and produced by

• Aldrin collaborated with science fiction author John Barnes to write Encounter With Tiber and The Return. John Barnes (born 1957 is a prolific American Science fiction author whose stories often explore questions of individual moral responsibility within a larger social Encounter With Tiber (ISBN 0-340-62451-5 is a 1996 Science fiction Novel written by former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and science fiction writer The Return is a 2000 novel that was written by Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes.
• He appeared in a 2003 interview with Ali G in the British comedy series Ali G in da USA, during which Ali G referred to him as Buzz Lightyear and asked him if he thought man would ever walk on the sun. Ali G ( AKA Ali stair Leslie G raham was a satirical Fictional character invented and played by English Comedian The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Buzz Lightyear (created May 26, 1995) is a Fictional character that first appeared in the full-length CGI animated film Toy Story
• In 2005, through Flatsigned Press, Aldrin released two signed limited edition books, Men From Earth and Encounter With Tiber. Based in Nashville Tennessee The FlatSigned Press is an internet retail rare book and publishing company specializing in the publishing of rare and collectible Limited Edition hand
• In a 2006 episode of NUMB3RS entitled "Killer Chat", Aldrin plays himself and is seen at the end escorting Larry from the FBI headquarters on his way to his launch to the International Space Station. NUMB3RS (pronounced Numbers) is an American Television show produced by brothers Ridley and Tony Scott.
• On December 26, 2006, UK TV channel Channel 4 transmitted a 50 minute opera by British composer Jonathan Dove called Man on the Moon, especially made for television. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Jonathan Dove (born July 18, 1959) is a British Composer of Opera and choral works and theatre film orchestral and chamber music It tells the story of Aldrin's trip to the moon interleaved with the effects the experience had on him and his marriage. Aldrin was played by Nathan Gunn, and Joan Aldrin by Patricia Racette. Nathan Gunn (born 1970 South Bend, Indiana) is a Baritone Opera singer from the United States Patricia Lynn Racette is an internationally-known Operatic Soprano from the United States.
• In 2007, Aldrin participated in the documentary In the Shadow of the Moon. In the Shadow of the Moon is a 2006 British Documentary film about the United States ' manned missions to the Moon.
• He plays himself in the 3-D animated film Fly Me to the Moon. Fly Me to the Moon is a Belgian CGI animated 3D feature film It was released in digital 3D in Belgium on January 30, 2008
• The story of Apollo 11, through the eyes of Aldrin, was recently reimagined as a musical. 'Moon Landing' was written, composed and directed by Stephen Edwards, and performed at Derby Playhouse, and included inventive scenery, including a floating shuttle capsule. Derby Playhouse is a theatre situated in Derby, England. It has been operated by Derby Playhouse Ltd since it opened in 1975
• In 1986, after the Challenger explosion, he appeared in the Punky Brewster episode "Accidents Happen" as himself to encourage a disheartened Punky to continue pursuing her dream of becoming an astronaut. The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster took place on January 28 1986 when ''Challenger'', a Space Shuttle operated by NASA, broke apart Punky Brewster was an American Sitcom about a girl named Punky Brewster ( Soleil Moon Frye) being raised by her Foster parent The following is an episode list for Punky Brewster, an American Television series.
• Aldrin is the model for the MTV Video Music Award moonman. ^[4]
• For contributions to the television industry,Buzz Aldrin was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at Hollywood and Vine . The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Hollywood and Vine, the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, became famous in the 1920s for its concentration ^[23]

Media

Aldrin is one of the astronauts featured in the documentary In the Shadow of the Moon. In the Shadow of the Moon is a 2006 British Documentary film about the United States ' manned missions to the Moon.

References

External links

• Official website
• Buzz Aldrin's Official NASA Biography
• 10 Questions for Buzz Aldrin on Time. com (a division of Time Magazine)
• Buzz Aldrin Honored as an Ambassador of Exploration
• Pictures of Buzz and Lois Aldrin with Ben Solms and Aimee de Heeren
• Buzz Aldrin's Roadmap to Mars (Popular Mechanics, December 2005)
• "Satellite of solitude" by Buzz Aldrin: an article in which Aldrin describes what it was like to walk on the Moon, Cosmos science magazine
• Buzz Aldrin describes walking on the Moon for MSN.
• "SWINDLE Interview" SWINDLE Magazine interview with Buzz Aldrin

Persondata
NAME	Aldrin, Buzz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Astronaut Fighter pilot
DATE OF BIRTH	20 January 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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