Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin is an American astronaut and engineer who became the second person to walk on the Moon during Apollo 11 in 1969.

Neil Armstrong: American astronaut who commanded Apollo 11 and became the first person to walk on the Moon. Armstrong walked ahead of Aldrin as Apollo 11’s commander.
Apollo 11: The 1969 NASA mission that first landed humans on the Moon. Aldrin landed in the lunar module and walked on the Moon during this mission.
Project Gemini: NASA’s 1960s human-spaceflight program that developed techniques for Apollo lunar missions. Gemini gave Aldrin experience with rendezvous, spacecraft operations, and spacewalking.
Moon landing: The arrival of a spacecraft or crewed vehicle on the Moon’s surface. Aldrin’s walk formed part of the first crewed Moon landing.
Michael Collins: American astronaut who piloted the Apollo 11 command module while Armstrong and Aldrin explored the Moon. He remained in lunar orbit while Aldrin worked on the surface.
Gemini 12: The 1966 NASA mission that completed the Gemini program with a four-day Earth orbit. Aldrin’s spacewalks demonstrated procedures that had challenged earlier Gemini crews.
Apollo program: NASA’s human-spaceflight program that sent astronauts to the Moon between 1968 and 1972. Apollo provided the spacecraft, training, and mission framework for Aldrin’s lunar flight.
Apollo 11 lunar plaque: A plaque attached to the Apollo 11 lunar module commemorating the first human landing on the Moon. Aldrin helped leave this statement of the mission’s achievement on the lunar surface.
James Lovell: American astronaut who commanded Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 and flew four space missions. Lovell and Aldrin served together on Gemini 12.
Apollo 8: The 1968 mission that carried the first humans into orbit around the Moon. Aldrin served as backup command-module pilot for this lunar mission.

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