Edwin Eugene Aldrin, better known by his stage name Buzz Aldrin, was an American fighter pilot, engineer, and former astronaut
Edwin Eugene Aldrin, better known by his stage name Buzz Aldrin, was an American fighter pilot, engineer, and former astronaut. As the commander of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, he completed three spacewalks. He and mission commander Neil Armstrong were the first two individuals to set foot on the Moon because he was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission.
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