How old is buzz aldrin

In , NASA selected him as an astronaut.

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Buzz had previously been rejected by NASA because he did not have any experience as a test pilot. However, his PhD made him an expert in spacecraft rendezvous and docking. This is when 2 crafts arrive close to one another at the same orbit and then join together in space. The skills and ideas Buzz brought were key to the successes of the Gemini and Apollo missions and are still used today.

In , Buzz was part of the two-person crew on the Gemini 12 mission. He set a new record for longest space walk or EVA, extravehicular activity. During the EVA, Buzz also took the first 'selfie' in space. Buzz was then chosen for the Apollo 11 mission. This was the first mission to land people on the Moon. Buzz was the second person to step on the Moon, the day after Neil Armstrong.

Buzz was given his nickname as a child. His older sister mispronounced 'brother' as 'buzzer', which was shortened to 'buzz'. He made it his legal first name in Name Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.