Biography
Astronaut, born on January 20, 1930 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. He trained at West Point, flew combat missions in Korea, and later flew in Germany with the 36th Tactical Wing. In October 1963, Buzz Aldrin was selected by NASA as one of the early astronauts. In 1966 he set a world record by walking in space for 5 h 37 min during the Gemini 12 mission. He was the second man to set foot on the Moon in the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
In 1993 Buzz Aldrin received a U.S. patent for a permanent space station he designed.
He founded a rocket design company, Starcraft Boosters, Inc., and the ShareSpace Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to opening the doors to space tourism for all people.
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