Buzz Aldrin is an American engineer, fighter pilot, and former astronaut with an estimated net worth of 12 million dollars. Buzz Aldrin is famous for being one of the initial two humans who walked on the Moon which that he achieved together with Neil Armstrong in 1969. Prior to that the mission, he was a combat pilot throughout the Korean War, and made three spacewalks while Pilot for Gemini 12 in 1966. After his departure from NASA at the end of 1971, Aldrin was named the Commandant for the US Air Force Test Pilot School.
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The name "Buzz" originated in childhood due to one of the two older sisters mistakenly pronounced "brother" as "buzzer" and later shortened to Buzz. Aldrin took it as his legally-valid first name in the year 1988.
Technically, the second one to step on the Moon He was the lunar module's pilot of Apollo 11, during the first lunar landing by a human in the history of mankind. The first time he stepped foot at Moon at 03:15.16 UTC. Moon in the time of 03:15:16 (UTC) in July 21st, 1969. He was following the commander of the mission Neil Armstrong. The first words Aldrin spoke on his trip to the Moon included "Beautiful view. Magnificent desolation."
Early Life and Education
Buzz Aldrin was born as Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. in 1930 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Parents included Edwin Sr., a Standard Oil executive and former World War I Army aviator and Marion. Aldrin also had older siblings, Madeleine as well as Fay Ann. When he was a kid Aldrin was an active Boy Scout, and played football at Montclair High School.
His father encouraged him to enroll at the United States Naval Academy, Aldrin enrolled in the local Severn School to prepare. However, because of being sick of seasickness which he was suffering from, he chose to enroll at West Point. United States Military Academy at West Point. In 1951, he graduated the third class and earned the BS degrees in mechanical engineering.
Military Career
After graduating Aldrin was promoted to an assistant lieutenant within the United States Air Force. Aldrin was transferred from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, and learned how to fly fighter jets. In 1952 He became part of the 16 In all, he completed 66 combat missions in Korea in which he shot off 2 MiG-15 aircraft. 16th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. He was involved during the Korean War. For his work the pilot was awarded 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses and three Air Medals.
In the aftermath of his wartime service, Aldrin was an instructor in aerial gunnery at Nellis and then was a graduate of his Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. From 1956 until 1959, he was piloting several F-100 Super Sabres as a flight commander based at West Germany. When he returned to the United States Aldrin went on to master's level at MIT and graduated in 1963 with the Doctor of Science degree in Astronautics. Then, he was assigned in the Gemini Target Office of the Air Force Space Systems Division.
NASA Career and Apollo 11
It was 1963 when Aldrin got selected to be one of the 14 participants of NASA's Astronaut Group 3, making Aldrin the first astronaut to have an doctorate. Aldrin was later selected to be an integral part of the back-up crew on Gemini 10. His first space flight was in 1966 aboard Gemini 12, during which the astronaut spent more than five hours doing extravehicular activities.
Three years after, on the 16th of July 1969 Aldrin had joined Apollo 11 as the Lunar Module Pilot when the craft was able to take off on NASA's Kennedy Space Center. On the 21st of July, Aldrin and mission commander Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon and became the first two individuals to do so.
In addition being an Presbyterian Elder, Aldrin was an earliest person conduct an observance of the religion in the lunar surface, when the two of them took communion in private. After returning to Earth the crew was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Aldrin would go on to give numerous public appearances, speeches, as well as being involved in the design of space shuttles. With no further opportunities at NASA However Aldrin left NASA in the year 1971 with the goal of joining his former position in the Air Force. Aldrin completed his NASA career by spending 289 hours in space.
Post-NASA Career
After his departure from NASA, Aldrin was appointed to the post as Commandant for the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School located at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Under his leadership the commander fought with his superior Brigadier General Robert M. White, and received unwanted attention because of his famed position.
In the end, Aldrin was afflicted with symptoms of depression that were exacerbated due to the deaths of his father and grandfather and, as a result, Aldrin was hospitalized for 4 weeks. In 1972, Aldrin retired as a colonel of the Air Force.
While he struggled with addiction and depression following having left NASA as well as the Air Force, Aldrin kept insisting on space exploration. He was a student at in the U.N.D.'s College of Aerospace Sciences in 1985 and assisted in developing the college's Space Studies program.
Then, in 1998 Aldrin established the non-profit foundation for education, ShareSpace which is dedicated to promoting the benefits of STEAM. He advocated for an expedition of humans to Mars and, in 2015, and the Florida Institute of Technology, presented an overall plan to NASA regarding the colonization of the planet by 2040.
Personal Life
The year 1954 was the time that Aldrin was married to his former wife Joan Archer; they had three children: Janice, James, and Andrew They divorced in 1974. Then, Aldrin was married to Beverly Van Zile from 1975 until 1978. He married his third wife, Lois Driggs Cannon, in 1988. They divorced in the year 2012. Aldrin has resided mostly throughout Los Angeles and Orange County. Los Angeles and Orange County regions throughout his life, including Beverly Hills, Westwood, Emerald Bay, and Laguna Beach. He also lived for a time in Satellite Beach, Florida.
Honors
As one of his many honors, Aldrin was awarded the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal in 1969 in recognition of his service in the mission of Apollo 11. He also was awarded the Legion of Merit for his Gemini and Apollo service along with his NASA Distinguished Service Medal and the Collier Trophy, the latter of which was awarded to the entire Apollo 11 crew. Apollo 11.
The year 1982 saw him become among of the ten Gemini astronauts who were inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame. Then the same year, he was inducted into the American Astronaut Hall of Fame, the National Aviation Hall of Fame as well as the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
Other awards include The Smithsonian Institute's Langley Gold Medal, the Harmon Trophy, the Space Foundation's General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award, and several honorary degrees awarded by universities and colleges.
Real Estate
In 1998, Buzz and his wife Lois bought $1.34 million to purchase a condominium located in LA's Westwood neighborhood. After divorcing, Buzz put the house up to be sold at $3.3 million. The unit was sold on June 14, 2014, for $2.857 million.
