Buzz Aldrin Quotes


This is the LM pilot. 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.


Citations

Aldrin, Buzz. Apollo 11 Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 20 July 1969.

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Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin
  • Born: January 20, 1930
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Fighter Pilot

Buzz Aldrin is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. Aldrin made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and as the lunar module pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander Neil Armstrong were the first two people to land on the Moon.