Basic Information About Buzz Aldrin
Category | Celebrities |
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Professions | Fighter pilot, Astronaut, Pilot, Writer, Actor, Author |
Net worth | $12,000,000 |
Date of birth | 1930-01-20 (94 years old) |
Place of birth | Glen Ridge |
Nationality | United States of America |
Spouse | 14 February - Lois Driggs Cannon ( 1988 - 28 December 2012) (divorced) Beverly Van Zile - (31 December 1975 - 10 April 1978) (divorced) 29 December - Joan Ann Archer ( 1954 - 1975) (divorced) (3 children) |
Gender | Male |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Buzz Aldrin win?
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Buzz Aldrin roles
Movie / Series | Role |
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Buzz Aldrin |
Unacknowledged | Self (archive footage) |
Numb3rs | Self 1 episode, 2006 |
Futurama | Self 1 episode, 2011 |
The Simpsons | Buzz Aldrin 3 episodes, 1994-2000 |
30 Rock | Buzz Aldrin 1 episode, 2010 |
Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Self 2 episodes, 1997 |
Sesame Street | Self 1 episode, 2005 |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self 1 episode, 2014 |
Chelsea Lately | Self 1 episode, 2014 |
WWE Monday Night RAW | Self 2 episodes, 2010 |
Tattletales | Self 5 episodes, 1975 |
Miles from Tomorrowland | Commander Copernicus 1 episode, 2017 |
Modern Marvels | Self - Lunar Module Pilot: Apollo 11 2 episodes, 2001-2004 |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Surprise Appearance 1 episode, 2016 |
The Carol Burnett Show | Self (uncredited) unknown episodes |
Head of the Class | Self 1 episode, 1989 |
Top Chef | Self 1 episode, 2010 |
Recess | Self 1 episode, 1999 |
The Big Bang Theory | Buzz Aldrin 1 episode, 2012 |
Da Ali G Show | Self / ... 2 episodes, 2003 |
Conan | Self 1 episode, 2013 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest 1 episode, 2000 |
Buzz Aldrin's Quotes
- [on joining Neil Armstrong in first walk on the moon, 20 July 1969] Beautiful! Beautiful! Magnificent desolation!
- [on why no famous photos were taken of Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 landing on the moon] As the sequence of lunar operations evolved, Neil had the camera most of the time, and the majority of pictures taken on the moon that include an astronaut are of me. It wasn't until we were back on Earth and in the lunar receiving laboratory looking over the pictures that we realized there were few pictures of Neil. My fault, perhaps, but we had never simulated this in our training.
- There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.
- We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources looking at just the dirty spots and trying to make them clean. Or we can lift our eyes up and look into the skies and move forward in an evolutionary way.
- I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime.
Interesting Facts about Buzz Aldrin
- Astronaut, second man on the moon.
- Aldrin's mother's maiden name was Moon.
- Had his first name legally changed to "Buzz" in 1979.
- Moonwalker. Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 11, making him the second man to walk on the Moon.
- Society of Operating Cameramen, (SOC) Recipient, Technical Achievment Award (1995) "NASA, First live television broadcast from the Moon" (1969).
- His Swedish ancestors were blacksmiths who emigrated to America from the province Värmland in Sweden.
- Inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2007 for his services to enterprise and space (inaugural election). Official induction ceremonies held in May 2008.
- In 2007, at age 77, he underwent plastic surgery for a face-lift. Claims that being subjected to countless bouts of G-force as a fighter pilot and astronaut caused his jowls to sag prematurely.
- Flew twice for NASA. Once on the first manned lunar expedition Apollo 11 with Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins and once on Gemini 12 with Jim Lovell, the last Gemini mission. On the historic Apollo 11 mission, the lunar module was Eagle and the command module was Columbia.
- Honorary member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
- Jokingly credited in Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Buzz Aldrin Show (1970) as actor, writer and makeup artist.
- Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California on January 14, 1993.
- His nickname "Buzz" originated in childhood. The younger of his two older sisters mispronounced 'brother' as 'buzzer', which was then shortened to 'Buzz'.
- Wrote a 2009 memoir "Magnificent Desolation," telling in detail his problems after his return from the moon with divorce, drinking, depression, and despair and checking into rehab in 1975 where he started the long climb back to sobriety and hope.
- He is portrayed by Corey Stoll in First Man (2018).
- The Cartoon Spokesperson for Honey Nut Cheerios Cereal is named after him.
References & Fact Checks ✅
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https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/buzz-aldrin/ - Author: United States Air Force
- Date taken: 1953
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U.S. National Archives and Records Administration - Author: Buzz Aldrin
- Date taken: 14 May 1953date QS:P571,+1953-05-14T00:00:00Z/11
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https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/buzz-aldrin/ - Author: United States Air Force
- Date taken: 1954
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- Date taken: 1966
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- Date taken: Taken on 13 November 1966
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) or Archive.org - Author: NASA
- Date taken: 15 November 1966
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- Date taken: 24 February 1969
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- Author: Neil Armstrong
- Date taken: 21 July 1969
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Apollo 11 Image Library (image link) - Author: NASA / Neil A. Armstrong
- Date taken: 20 July 1969
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NASA (original upload; ALSJ (AS11-40-5877))
This image or video was catalogued by NASA Headquarters of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: AS11-40-5877.
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- Date taken: 21 July 1969
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