Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin
Full name	Edwin Eugene Aldrin
Personal Information
Gender	Male
Date of birth	20 January 1930 (age 73)
Place of birth	Glen Ridge, NJ
Nationality	United States
Professional Information
Occupation	Astronaut (former) Chief Astronaut (temporary) Fighter pilot (former) Engineer
Affiliation	NASA
Missions	Apollo 11
Series Information
Real person	Yes   →
Actor	Chris Agos
Season	One
Episodes	6
First seen	1x01
Last seen	1x10

Buzz Aldrin was an astronaut for NASA and part of the Apollo 11 mission. He was the third man on the Moon, following Alexei Leonov and Neil Armstrong respectively.

History

While the landing module Eagle had a rough landing, Aldrin and Armstrong safely landed but lost transmission with Michael Collins in orbit and Mission Control in Houston for over 4 hours. Eventually, they managed to re-establish communications and notify they had safely landed.

Gene Kranz did not feel confident about Neil turning the LEM to a vertical position as it would cost them a lot of fuel. He told this to Wernher von Braun, but the latter was confident. Neil and Buzz were authorized to turn Eagle over, which they did by detaching the top part. They managed to fly again and reach Michael Collins, who was still waiting for them in the Command and Service Module in Moon's orbit.

After Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin stayed at NASA and in 1974, he temporary replaced Deke Slayton as Chief of Astronaut Office after Deke assigned himself to the prime crew of Apollo 24.

Gallery

Buzz Aldrin & Neil Armstrong two weeks before Apollo 11

Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin on the Moon

Mike, Buzz, and Neil celebrating their Moon landing at the Baldwins

Buzz Aldrin, Head of the Astronaut Office, with Weisner & Deke Slayton

Behind the scenes

• In real life, Buzz Aldrin first flew into space aboard Gemini 12^W from November 11 to November 15, 1966, alongside fellow astronaut Jim Lovell^W. There, they rendezvoused their Gemini spacecraft^W with the Agena target vehicle^W (also known as the GATV or Gemini-Agena target vehicle), before Aldrin performed an EVA and conducted several experiments, proving that humans can indeed work in space, as well as taking the first space selfie.
• Like in the show, he did fly alongside Neil Armstrong^W on Apollo 11^W as LEM pilot from July 16 to July 24, 1969. He then retired from NASA and the airforce in 1972.
• In 2002, Aldrin punched Apollo denier Bart Sibrel^W in the jaw after the latter constantly harassed him via poking him with a bible and demanding he swear on it.
• It is unknown if Buzz Aldrin flew on Gemini 12 in the show's timeline as well.

See also

• Neil Armstrong
• Michael Collins
• Apollo 11

External links

•   Buzz Aldrin on Wikipedia