Buzz Aldrin

	BUZZ ALDRIN Colonel, USAF U.S. Astronaut
	Born Montclair, New Jersey, January 20, 1930. Graduate United States Military Academy 1951. USAF Pilot School 1952. Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1963. Air Force test pilot and combat veteran of the Korean war with two victories. On the Gemini XII flight in 1966 established a new record for extravehicular activity, spending 5 1/2 hours outside the spacecraft. Performed the first space rendezvous using on-board computations and made the first fully automatic reentry of a spacecraft. As pilot of the "Eagle" on the Apollo XI mission, placed the spacecraft safely and precisely on the surface of the moon, and back into space for docking with the "Columbia" for the return flight to earth, assuring the success of this historic flight.
	Elected to the International Aerospace Hall of Fame 1971