Buzz Aldrin

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Buzz Aldrin was born January 20th, 1930, was the second man to walk on the moon. Aldrin was born Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr., and is a former NASA Astronaut, and Colonel USAF (Ret.). Aldrin legally changed his name in 1988 because his childhood nickname was "Buzz" received from by his sister—she mispronounced "brother" as "buzzer", which was shortened to Buzz.

The iconic image from Apollo 11 is of Buzz, taken by Neil Armstrong during their historic moonwalk on July 20, 1969. Only the commander had a camera fixed to their space suit so the vast majority of the first lunar landing photos are of Buzz (or the Lunar Module Pilot).

Aldrin has spent 12 days and 1 hours in space. Aldrin is a recipient of the Presidential Medal for Freedom received in 1969, in addition to the Robert J. Collier Trophy, the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, and the Harmon International Trophy. Aldrin also flew in the Korean War, flying 66 missions and shooting down 2 MiG-15's.

Aldrin is a Presbyterian and received Communion on the surface of 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." Aldrin did not specifically mention this Communion by name because of the lawsuit by an atheist following the reading of Genesis on Apollo 8.

Buzz only flew on Apollo 11, but would go on to be involved with the space program promoting space exploration and in 2001 was appointed to the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry by President Bush.