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Buzz Aldrin is an American former astronaut, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. He was the second person to walk on the Moon after mission commander Neil Armstrong. He made three spacewalks as pilot of NASA’s 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. Following the deaths of Armstrong in 2012 and pilot Michael Collins in 2021, Aldrin is the l…
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A busy eleven minutes later we were in Earth orbit. The Earth didn't look much different from the way it had during my first flight, and yet I kept looking at it. From space it has an almost benign quality. Intellectually one could realize there were wars underway, but emotionally it was impossible to understand such things. The thought reoccurred that wars are generally fought for territory or are disputes over borders; from space the arbitrary borders established on Earth cannot be seen.
a coward, a liar, and a thief,
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Space Daily: The second man to walk on the Moon later dug out his old expense claim from the trip, and it turns out Buzz Aldrin was reimbursed the grand sum of 33 dollars and 31 cents, not for the rocket or the spacecraft, but for the ordinary travel expenses of getting hims
ScienceBlog.com: Buzz Aldrin tomó la comunión en la superficie de la Luna en 1969, pero la NASA le pidió que no lo mencionara por radio
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“A busy eleven minutes later we were in Earth orbit. The Earth didn't look much different from the way it had during my first flight, and yet I kept looking at it. From space it has an almost benign quality. Intellectually one could realize there were wars underway, but emotionally it was impossible to understand such things. The thought reoccurred that wars are generally fought for territory or are disputes over borders; from space the arbitrary borders established on Earth cannot be seen.”
“a coward, a liar, and a thief,”
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Okdiario: The felt-tip pen that saved Apollo 11 sold for around 780,000 euros, and Buzz Aldrin did not use it to write
IMDb: Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness Episode 6 Ending Explained: How Armstrong’s Giant Leap Becomes Buzz Aldrin’s Worst Day
Ultimate Guitar: How Frank Sinatra's 'Fly Me to the Moon' Ended Up on a Cassette Buzz Aldrin Carried to the Lunar Surface in 1969
Space Daily: In the weeks before Apollo 11 launched, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins spent their quarantine signing hundreds of autographs, not for fans, but so their families could sell them if the mission killed them, since no insurer would cover astronauts
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heise online: Buzz Aldrin's moon marker sold for nearly $860,000
The Guardian: One small pen for one giant fee: Buzz Aldrin’s mission-saving felt-tip sells for over $850,000
Wonderwall: Buzz Aldrin moves closer to his family after wife's death
radaronline: WORLD EXCLUSIVE: 'Abandoned' Buzz Aldrin's Tragic Last Days — Apollo Moon Landing Legend, 95, 'Living in His Own Filth and Dying of a Broken Heart' as Sad Photo Reveals ...
Yahoo: Anca Aldrin, wife of NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, dies at age 66. What to know
E!: Buzz Aldrin’s Wife Anca Faur Dies 2 Years After Wedding
New York Post: Jonas Brothers reveal Buzz Aldrin ‘refused’ to take a picture with them when they met
AAP rated the claim “Former US astronaut Buzz Aldrin admits in a video there was no moon landing.” False. The short clip is taken out of context from a video in which Aldrin repeatedly mentions landing on the moon..
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AAP rated the claim “Astronaut Buzz Aldrin suffered a heart attack after tweeting about “evil” in Antarctica.” False. Dr Aldrin had altitude sickness, not a heart attack, and the tweet is a fake..
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New York Post: Legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin ‘wholeheartedly’ endorses Donald Trump
People: Buzz Aldrin on Being Married to 'Love of My Life' Anca Faur: 'I Have Never Been Happier' (Exclusive)
Lead Stories rated the claim “Buzz Aldrin said Apollo 11 mission was staged” Fake Post.
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In the 2024 presidential election, Aldrin endorsed Trump.
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Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated the claim “Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Said The Moon Landing Was Fake” Misleading.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Footage shows astronaut Buzz Aldrin saying Moon landing was fake” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Buzz Aldrin admits that the first moon landing was fake” False.
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Futurism: 93-Year-Old Buzz Aldrin Eats Lavish Breakfast While Wearing Three Wristwatches
Lead Stories rated the claim “Buzz Aldrin Did Say Moon Landing Didn't Happen” Cut-Off Quote.
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Awarded Living Legends of Aviation (2023).
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Received an honorary promotion to the rank of brigadier general in the United States Air Force, as well as being made an honorary Space Force guardian
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The Guardian: Over the moon! Buzz Aldrin marries ‘long-time love’ on his 93rd birthday
Hollywood Life: Buzz Aldrin: 5 Things About The Astronaut, 93, Who Got Married For The 4th Time
USA Today: Buzz Aldrin gets married on his 93rd birthday to his 'longtime love,' Anca Faur
His 93rd birthday, Aldrin married for the fourth time, to his 63-year-old companion, Anca Faur
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Full Fact rated the claim “Buzz Aldrin admitted the Moon landings were faked in an interview.” In the clip, Mr Aldrin appears to be explaining why astronauts haven’t returned to the Moon in decades, not that they never went at all. In other interviews, Mr Aldrin clearly claims he went to the Moon..
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USA Today rated the claim “Video shows Buzz Aldrin admitting the moon landing didn’t happen” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Buzz Aldrin admitted that the moon landing “didn’t happen.”” False.
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The Guardian: Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11 jacket sold at auction for record $2.7m
Snopes.com rated the claim “Astronaut Buzz Aldrin admitted during a television appearance with Conan O'Brien that the 1969 moon landing was fake.” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Buzz Aldrin’s comments during an interview with Conan O’Brien prove the moon landing was fake.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name was Moon.” True.
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Snopes rated the claim “Michael Collins once joked with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin that, upon landing on the moon, they should say "'Oh my God, what is that thing?' then scream and cut your mic."” False.
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Neil, Mike and I would be standing together to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of our moon landing
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The Guardian: 'We had 15 seconds of fuel left': Buzz Aldrin on the nervy moon landing
Aldrin was awarded the Starmus Festival's Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication for Lifetime Achievement
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Buzz Aldrin admitted in an exchange captured on video that he never went to the moon.” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Say Buzz Aldrin “passes UFO lie detector test leaving experts convinced that he encountered alien life.”” Pants on Fire.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Voice analysis of Buzz Aldrin and other former astronauts revealed the existence of extraterrestrials.” False.
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Helped to launch the diving program at the Atlantis Hotel, Dubai
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Aldrin was involved in a legal dispute with his children Andrew and Janice and former business manager Christina Korp over their claims that he was mentally impaired through dementia and Alzheimer's disease
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Helped to launch the diving programme at the Atlantis Hotel, Dubai
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Snopes rated the claim “Buzz Aldrin said that his greatest achievement was successfully restraining himself from punching President Trump.” False.
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Won Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2017).
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His hometown middle school in Montclair, New Jersey, was renamed Buzz Aldrin Middle School
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Sold his Westwood condominium; this was after his third divorce in 2012
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And pilot Michael Collins in 2021, Aldrin is the last surviving Apollo 11 crew member, and the oldest living astronaut
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“2012 quote from interview video at 1:28,”
Awarded California Hall of Fame (2011).
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Account by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin describes his taking Communion on the moon.” True.
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Celebrated his 80th birthday in the Galápagos Islands, swimming with sharks
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“Don't waste the Earth — it is our Jewel!”
“Perhaps, if I had it to do over again, I would not choose to celebrate communion. Although it was a deeply meaningful experience for me, it was a Christian sacrament, and we had come to the moon in the name of all mankind – be they Christians, Jews, Muslims, animists, agnostics, or atheists. But at the time I could think of no better way to acknowledge the enormity of the Apollo 11 experience than by giving thanks to God.”
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“Words said when he first stepped onto the Moon; Buzz Aldrin and Ken Abraham, Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon (2009, Random House): p. 33-34.”
Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2008).
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Stern asked him about the supposed UFO sighting
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Aldrin confirmed to Time magazine that he had recently had a face-lift, joking that the g-forces he was exposed to in space "caused a sagging jowl that needed some attention"
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The Space Foundation awarded him its highest honor, the General James E
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Awarded Horatio Alger Award (2005).
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While being interviewed for a Science Channel documentary titled First on the Moon: The Untold Story, Aldrin told an interviewer the Apollo 11 crew had seen an unidentified flying object (UFO)
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And campaigned for Paul Rancatore in Florida in 2008, Mead Treadwell in Alaska in 2014 and Dan Crenshaw in Texas in 2018
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Aldrin was lured to a Beverly Hills hotel on the pretext of being interviewed for a Japanese children's television show on the subject of space
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Awarded National Aviation Hall of Fame (2000).
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Won Langley Gold Medal (1999).
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While celebrating the 30th anniversary of the lunar landing, Vice President Al Gore, who was also the vice-chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents, presented the Apollo 11 crew with the Smithsonian I
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Aldrin founded Starcraft Boosters, Inc
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The National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2000, and the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2008
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Arose as a result of Fay's mispronouncing "brother" as "buzzer", which was then shortened to "Buzz"
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Joined the University of North Dakota (UND)'s College of Aerospace Sciences at the invitation of John D
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Aldrin proposed a special spacecraft trajectory now known as the Aldrin cycler
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Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1982).
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“Apollo Expeditions to the Moon (1975)”
From complications following a heart attack
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In lieu of a second DSM for his role in both the Korean War and in the space program, and the Legion of Merit for his role in the Gemini and Apollo programs
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Aldrin became Commandant of the U
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Won Hubbard Medal (1970).
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Won NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1970).
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Awarded Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations (1970).
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“[Appena disceso sulla Luna] Magnifica desolazione.”
Conferred to them by Vice President Spiro Agnew in 1971
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The Apollo 11 team were co-winners of the Iven C
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“Bonica! Bonica! Magnífica desolació.”
“Marte ha visto sorvoli, veicoli in orbita, schianti, analisi col radar e arrivo di razzi, nonché rimbalzi, rotolamenti, spalate, perforazioni, cotture e perfino esplosioni. Che cosa manca? Mettere piede su Marte.”
“But failure is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign that you are alive and growing.”
“Credo che abbia più risentimento per non essere stato il primo sulla Luna che apprezzamento per essere stato il secondo. (Michael Collins)”
“Ricordi che disse Buzz Aldrin sceso sulla luna? [...] Nessuno lo ricorda, perché Armstrong scese per primo. (Jonathan Archer, Star Trek: Enterprise)”
Commented: "It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the Moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements
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The astronauts addressed a joint session of Congress where they thanked the representatives for their past support and implored them to continue funding the space effort
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(UTC), nineteen minutes after Armstrong first touched the surface, while command module pilot Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit
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(UTC), nineteen minutes after Armstrong first touched the surface
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At 13:32:00 UTC (9:32:00 EDT), and entered Earth orbit twelve minutes later
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Awarded Order of Culture (1969).
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Won Cullum Geographical Medal (1969).
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Richard Nixon (1969).
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For his role as Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11
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With Gordon Cooper and Gene Cernan as their backups
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Won NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1966).
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On Gemini 12, during which he spent over five hours on extravehicular activity
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NASA announced another round of selections, this time with the requirement that applicants had either test pilot experience or 1,000 hours of flying time in jet aircraft
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To Joan Archer (1930–2015), a Rutgers University and Columbia University alumna with a master's degree
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When he accompanied aircraft from the 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron in an attack on an airbase in North Korea
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Aldrin graduated third in the class of 1951 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering
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Traveled with a group of West Point cadets to Japan and the Philippines to study the military government policies of Douglas MacArthur
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While Aldrin was still at West Point and did not yet have its own academy
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But had other ideas about his future career
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At Mountainside Hospital in Glen Ridge, New Jersey
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Born 1930-01-20.
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