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[[File:Aldrin.jpg|thumb|right|Aldrin in a official photo for the Apollo 11 crew, 1969]]
Dr. '''Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr.''', retired Colonel (born January 20, 1930) is an [[Americans|American]] [[pilot]] and [[astronaut]]. He was born in [[Glen Ridge, New Jersey]]. He was one of the first people to walk on [[the Moon]] (with [[Neil Armstrong]]) during the [[Apollo 11]] mission.
The Lunar Lander Module landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969.<ref>Buzz Aldrin, Ken Abraham: (2009) "Magnificent Desolation", Random House Publishers, p. 26</ref>
He was 39 when he set foot on the moon. He earned a [[Bachelor of Science]] in [[Mechanical Engineering]] from the [[military academy]] [[West Point]] in 1951. After graduate and postgraduate studies, he received a [[Doctorate]] of Science in [[Astronautics]] from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) in 1963. He received an honorary Doctorate of Science from [[Gustavus-Adolphus-College]] in 1967.
== Later life ==
Aldrin left [[NASA]] in March 1972. He has been [[marriage|married]] three times: to Joan Archer, to Beverly Zile, and to his current wife, Lois Driggs Cannon. He had three children with Joan, named James, Janice and Andrew. He married Cannon on [[Valentine's Day]], 1988. He is the oldest [[contestant]] on the television series ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]''. He competed in 2010.
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[[File:Aldrin.jpg|thumb|right|Aldrin in a official photo for the Apollo 11 crew, 1969]]
Dr. '''Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr.''', retired Colonel (born January 20, 1930) is an [[Americans|American]] [[pilot]] and [[astronaut]]. He was born in [[Glen Ridge, New Jersey]]. He was one of the first people to walk on [[the Moon]] (with [[Neil Armstrong]]) during the [[Apollo 11]] mission.
The Lunar Lander Module landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969.<ref>Buzz Aldrin, Ken Abraham: (2009) "Magnificent Desolation", Random House Publishers, p. 26</ref>
He was 39 when he set foot on the moon. He earned a [[Bachelor of Science]] in [[Mechanical Engineering]] from the [[military academy]] [[West Point]] in 1951. After graduate and postgraduate studies, he received a [[Doctorate]] of Science in [[Astronautics]] from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) in 1963. He received an honorary Doctorate of Science from [[Gustavus-Adolphus-College]] in 1967.
== Later life ==
Aldrin left [[NASA]] in March 1972. He has been [[marriage|married]] three times: to Joan Archer, to Beverly Zile, and to his current wife, Lois Driggs Cannon. He had three children with Joan, named James, Janice and Andrew. He married Cannon on [[Valentine's Day]], 1988. He is the oldest [[contestant]] on the television series ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]''. He competed in 2010.
== References ==
{{wikiquote}}
{{Commons category|Buzz Aldrin}}
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aldrin, Buzz}}
[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American astronauts]]
[[Category:American aviators]]
[[Category:Apollo astronauts]]
[[Category:People from New Jersey]]