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5 days ago · Aldrin wrote two autobiographies, Return to Earth (1973), which told the story of his experience with depression following the Apollo 11 mission, and Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon (2009, with Ken Abraham).
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1 day ago · Buzz Aldrin ( / ˈɔːldrɪn /; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) 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 man to walk on the Moon after mission commander Neil ...
3 days ago · Description. Apollo 11 was the first mission in which humans walked on the lunar surface and returned to Earth. On 20 July 1969 two astronauts (Apollo 11 Commander Neil A. Armstrong and LM pilot Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr.) landed in Mare Tranquilitatis (the Sea of Tranquility) on the Moon in the Lunar Module (LM) while the Command and Service ...
2 days ago · Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin was the second to step on the Moon. Michael Collins did not get to step on the Moon but was on the command module as the pilot orbiting the Moon. While there, the astronauts placed an American flag on the surface and collected lunar rocks and core samples that were later returned to Earth.
4 days ago · Aldrin returned to the LM first, after 1 hour 41 minutes on the lunar surface, Armstrong followed about 12 minutes later, at 05:09:32 UT, after transferring the sample boxes up to Aldrin and placing a packet of memorial items on the ground. The EVA ended at 5:11:13 UT when the LM hatch was closed.
1 day ago · The $93-billion plan to put astronauts back on the Moon. “There’s a lot we need to relearn or figure out,” says Juliane Gross, a planetary scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in ...
3 days ago · Buzz Aldrin: A Journey Through Space by po's WorkspaceOUTLINE: 00:00:00 Introduction00:00:49 Early Life and Education00:01:59 Military Career and NASA Select...
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