Happy birthday, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin! The famed astronaut, the second person ever to walk on the moon, turned 90 on January 20, 2019. Aldrin along with Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969. He stepped on the lunar surface just 19 minutes after Armstrong. Born in 1930, Aldrin served in US Air Force during the Korean War before studying Astronautics. Buzz Aldrin Punches Conspiracy Theorist Who Asked Him to Swear on Bible if He Walked on Moon and Called Him a Liar (Watch Viral Video).

Raised in New Jersey, Aldrin obtained his PhD in astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His first space mission, Gemini 12, was launched on November 11, 1966, sending him and James Lovell on a four-day mission to test spacewalk methods. It was NASA's final Gemini program, making way for historic Apollo missions. From ‘When Was the Moon Landings’ to If the ‘First Mission Was Fake,’ Top Googled Questions About Apollo 11 Space Mission Answered.

On Buzz Aldrin's 90th Birthday, Here Are Some Fun Facts About Him and Apollo 11 Mission:

  1. His real name is Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. "Buzz" was his nickname which was given by his sister Fay Ann.

  2. His mother’s maiden name is Moon.

  3. While walking on the moon, Aldrin and Armstrong wore diapers.

  4. The first moon meal was bacon and coffee. But mostly, the astronauts ate dehydrated beef and vegetables

  5. On the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, Aldrin told a crowd at the Newseum that he peed in his pants on the moon.

Aldrin retired from NASA in 1971 and returned back to the Air Force. He has written several books and made several notable television appearances, with stints on "The Big Bang Theory", "The Colbert Report", "Top Chef" among others.

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