Buzz Aldrin

One of the most famous pictures of Buzz Aldrin on the Moon.

Dr. Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., retired Colonel (born January 20, 1930) is an American pilot and astronaut. He was the second human to walk on the Moon (after Neil Armstrong) during the Apollo 11 mission. He was 39 when he set foot on the moon. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the military academy West Point in 1951. After graduate and postgraduate studies, he received a Doctorate of Science in Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1963. He received an honorary Doctorate of Science from Gustavus-Adolphus-College in 1967.

Later life

Aldrin left NASA in March 1972. He has been married three times: to Joan Archer, to Beverly Zile, and to his current wife, Lois Driggs Cannon. He had three children with Joan, named James, Janice and Andrew. He married his current wife (Lois) on Valentine's Day, 1988. He is the oldest contestant on the television series Dancing with the Stars. He competed in 2010.