Buzz Aldrin

With a mother whose maiden name was Moon, Buzz Aldrin seemed destined to travel there. On July 20, 1969, he and Neil Armstrong became the first men in history to walk on the lunar surface. Aldrin has since been immortalised as an MTV statuette (the ...  

From the moon to the Barrier Reef, the astronaut reflects on his journeys of a lifetime.  

Listen to Jack White and Astronaut Buzz Aldrin discuss blunderbuss guns, Frank Sinatra and pretty young things in their interview with Interview magazine.  

Stephen Colbert isn't the only non-musician interrogator who can get Jack White out of his comfort zone...  

Sponsoring the event, representatives of energy firms Principal Solar and Hunt Consolidated unveiled a plaque transcribing ... the year of the Wright brothers in 1903; 66 years later Neil and I walked on the lunar surface; 66 years after that ...  

If the recent New York Times profile didn't reveal enough about Jack White's personal life for you, who better to turn to than astronaut Buzz Aldrin? Interview Magazine paired the two for a conversation that covered such topics as moon jet lag, Buzz Aldrin ...  

Veteran Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, graced the small screen Thursday (May 3) to present TV comedian Stephen Colbert with a special award for his work in promoting space exploration to the public. "I could not be T ...  

Astronaut Michael Collins traveled to the moon on Apollo 11, but stayed in orbit on board the Command Module Columbia while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface. In 1986, he led a 12-member task force that advised astronaut Sally Ride, NASA Special Assistant for Strategic Planning, on NASA's long-range future. His advice: don't go back to the moon, go for Mars.  

A 27-year-old University of Arizona law student won the "Space Race 2012" contest today, earning him a free ride to space. Gregory Schneider accepted his prize during a Seattle Space Needle ceremony on Wednesday from 82-year-old Buzz Aldrin, who was one of the first men to walk on the moon. The contest, sponsored by the Space Needle and private spaceflight company Space Adventures, opened on August 1, 2011, attracting over 50,000 entrants...  

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Jack White is so impossibly cool that, when he asked Buzz Aldrin to be his interviewer in the latest issue of Interview magazine… the former astronaut obliged. No related posts. No related posts.  

SECOND man on the moon Buzz Aldrin opened an exhibition in Sydney of images that depict the moments where he changed the world forever. No stranger to life changing moments, Dr Aldrin discussed the events in his life and his ‘since today’ moment where ...  

Buzz Aldrin says Aussie could be the first to walk on Mars "There's a pioneering spirit here, just like there was in US" Australia's deserts could provide Mars-like territory for training THE second man to step foot on the Moon - Buzz Aldrin - believes an ...  

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"Apollo 11 was about exploration, about taking risks for great rewards in science and engineering, about setting an ambitious goal before the world, and then finding the political will and the national means to achieve it."  

Canadians' average weekly earnings were $886.45 in February, StatsCan says Feds to speed up food regulatory process Canucks' Roberto Luongo's next chapter unfolding Lawyer suggests drug smuggler could get conditional sentence RIM turnaround could take ...  

Q: We all know Neil Armstrong's first words after setting foot on the moon, "That's one small step for man..." But what did the second guy on the moon say?— AbileneA:If this isn't a setup for a joke, I don't know what is. I asked a couple of friends and got these possible answers:  

On Thursday, May 3, Stephen Colbert will be presented with the National Space Society's 2012 Space Pioneer Award for Mass Media on his popular show, The Colbert Report, on the Comedy Central cable network. The award will be presented by Apollo XI Astronaut ...  

On Thursday, May 3, Stephen Colbert will be presented with the National Space Society's 2012 Space Pioneer Award for Mass Media on his popular show, The Colbert Report, on the Comedy Central cable network. The award will be presented by Apollo ...  

Sign up to receive daily headline news from The Gazette. Canada is set to become one of a handful of countries in the world that will retain its illustrious AAA credit rating in the coming years, economists ...  

Q: We all know Neil Armstrong's first words after setting foot on the moon, "That's one small step for man..." But what did the second guy on the moon say?— AbileneA:If this isn't a setup for a joke, I don't know what is. I asked a couple of ...  

Attention Festival Fans! The Festival has been awarded spaces for 18 people to march in the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade. We have decided to give our fans the opportunity to win these spaces to march alongside legendary NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the Festival's Mondo Spider and other personalities in the 100th Celebration of the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade, Saturday April 14, 2012 in Washington, DC! To win a space in...  

WASHINGTON - Organizers of the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade are announcing a lineup of celebrities joining the festivities this week. Singer Marie Osmond and astronaut Buzz Aldrin are among the honorary marshals of the parade on Saturday ...  

When ninemsn was offered the opportunity to interview Buzz Aldrin, we wondered what you could possibly ask a man who has given countless interviews over four decades since he walked on the moon. So we asked users of the social media site reddit to submit ...  

ninemsn: Buzz Aldrin, thanks very much for speaking to ninemsn and fielding questions from reddit users. The first question I have for you, I wanted to start in those few minutes before you took that giant leap into an unknown environment. A reddit user ...  

WASHINGTON — Organizers of the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade are announcing a lineup of celebrities joining the festivities this week. Singer Marie Osmond and astronaut Buzz Aldrin are among the honorary marshals of the parade on ...  

Buzz Aldrin, along with Neil Armstrong, made the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk, becoming the first two humans to set foot on another planet. Paul Murray catches up with one of the most famous people on planet Earth.  

By Larry Bock Founder and organizer, USA Science & Engineering Festival A visit to Washington, DC in the spring is always exciting, but this season the 'wow" factor in the nation's capital goes up a notch with the 100th Celebration of the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade on Saturday, April 14. Always a must-see event with its spectacular array of lavish floats, marching bands, performers, giant helium balloons and other festivities...  

SEATTLE _ At the base of the Space Needle on Wednesday, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin announced that a recent law-school graduate from Arizona had won a trip to suborbital space, as part of the 50th-anniversary celebration of the World's Fair. Gregory ...  

Got an idea for a classical cartoon, or a reaction to this one? Leave your thoughts in the comments section. Pablo Helguera is a New York-based artist working with sculpture, drawing, photography and performance. You can see more of his work at Artworld ...  

Jack White has revealed he has an ambition to play the first ever vinyl record in outer space. The former White Stripes man was speaking to astronaut Buzz Aldrin in a feature for Interview Magazine and told Aldrin, who was the second ever man to walk on ...  

Although on Tuesday Senators proposed a $US300m cut to the agency's funding request for commercial space transportation, it added money for development of launch and capsule systems for human exploration of deep space. And NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld ...  

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is behind a bill moving in the Hawaii Legislature that would establish an aerospace high-technology district in Hilo for companies seeking to advance space exploration. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports Big Island Rep. Bob Herkes introduced House Bill 2872, which passed the Senate last week, at the suggestion of longtime friend and Apollo 11 astronaut Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon.  

Chang Diaz, Chilton, and Precourt join such Hall of Fame luminaries as Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins of the historic Apollo 11 mission, John Young and Robert Crippen, the crew aboard Columbia for the very first space shuttle mission in ...  

NASA Climate Change Letter Belongs To Long Tradition Of Fake ExpertiseWASHINGTON -- When former NASA administrators, astronauts and engineers released a letter earlier this week attacking the science of climate change, its veneer of legitimacy kicked off a media blitz. Yet none of the letter's 49 signatories are climate scientists, and with more than 18,000 people currently working for NASA, to say nothing of the tens of thousands more who...  

In March, a Buzz Lightyear toy that spent almost a year and a half orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station was formally inducted into the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. But that’s not the coolest part. Before Buzz ...  

In March, a Buzz Lightyear toy that spent almost a year and a half orbiting the Earth on the International  

From May 2008 through September 2009, a Buzz Lightyear toy spent 468 days in orbit around the Earth. But the space ranger didn't go into his mission cold; he got some training from a fellow who knows a thing or two about life in space: second man on the ...  

Chang, Chilton and Precourt all logged hours on the Russian Mir space station. The hall of fame counts 82 astronauts among its inductees including Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Alan Shepard.  

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is behind a bill moving in the Hawaii Legislature that would establish an aerospace high-technology district in Hilo for companies seeking to advance space exploration. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports Big Island Rep.  

Stephen Colbert To Receive NSS Award from Buzz Aldrin May 3 on The Colbert Report "On Thursday, May 3, Stephen Colbert will be presented with the National Space Society's 2012 Space Pioneer Award for Mass Media on his popular show,...  

Schneider ended up with the best time, and Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin opened the envelope and read the winner’s name. Aldrin was intrigued by the contest and by the performance of the two finalists, "I've been kind of out and back," he ...  

He is also a graphic designer, filmmaker, musician and prolific blogger. Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in all the Confusion? by Johan Harstad. UWA Publishing, $34.95. Publicly, Harstad presents a jovial face but the opening line of Buzz Aldrin tells us ...  

Clearly not a sentimentalist then. I would need to try another tack. See the video above for what happens when we asked Buzz Aldrin to moonwalk As well as his achievements as an astronaut, Aldrin has co-authored two science fiction novels (The Return and ...  

She has watched shuttle launches and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon. She has met many astronauts, including Aldrin. She still has the paper she wrote in first grade about the space program. She followed in her father’s footsteps ...  

"It's hard to believe they would do the same thing to John Glenn or Buzz Aldrin," said Tenoch Flores, California Democratic Party communications director. Attorney Charles Bell, who represents Dillman, said he disagreed with Connelly's ...  

Re "GOP gets petty by seeking to wipe 'astronaut' off the ballot" (Viewpoints, March 28): Jose Hernandez, and for that matter John Glenn and Buzz Aldrin, should not be using the title "astronaut." They should be using "American hero."  

“The hardest part of being a judge is when there is somebody who is an icon like a Buzz Aldrin — or someone who I have so much respect for off the dance floor — and then they come out and do a routine that you know they tried their ...  

On his Bezos Expeditions website, the Amazon chief said the five engines that sent Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on their way to the moon on July 16, 1969, were located with sophisticated deep sea sonar. The engines fired in concert ...  

Dudley Foster doesn't have the name recognition of Buzz Aldrin, but the underwater explorer faced many similar challenges when he first saw the Titanic nearly three decades ago. Colloquially known as an "aquanaut," Foster was part of the team that captured ...  

Greenwich resident Paul Henry Nargeolet watched NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin press his fingers against the submarine window as they plunged... Faced with the tying run on base in the seventh hitting and the middle of the Darien batting order due up ...  

The first-stage Apollo 11 engines that Bezos claims have been found helped lift Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins toward the moon in 1969, Scientific American reports. Bezos does not say how the team was able to prove their authenticity.  

In this July 16, 1969 file photo provided by NASA, the Saturn V rocket that launched Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on their Apollo 11 moon mission lifts off at Cape Kennedy, Fla. For more than four decades, the powerful engines that ...  

The chart you see above shows Buzz Aldrin's EKG readout in the final moments before touchdown, which is marked by the long vertical line about three-fourths of the way through the graph. It's a rare, alternative glimpse of a critical moment in history ...  

But while trying to spread the word about the possibilities of space, Dr Buzz Aldrin said he was sceptical of climate change theories. “I think the climate has been changing for billions of years,” he said. “If it’s warming now, it may cool off later.  

Now the 45-year-old spaceflight enthusiast says he plans to bring one or more to the surface. Apollo 11 carried Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on the first Moon landing in 1969. The F-1 engines were used on the giant Saturn V rocket that ...  

They still belong to NASA. "We'll keep you posted," Bezos concludes. Here's more about the F-1 engines and the Saturn V that sent Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to their historic July 20, 1969, moonwalk: The Saturn V rocket was 111 meters (363 feet ...  

Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on their historic trip on July 16, 1969. "I'm excited to report that, using state-of-the-art deep sea sonar, the team has found the Apollo 11 engines lying 14,000 feet below the surface, and we're making plans to attempt to ...  

In an hour-long conversation with Alex Malley of CPA Australia, Armstrong retold the story of his life as an astronaut, culminating in the 1969 landing, with his crewmate Buzz Aldrin, on the lunar plain they called Tranquility Base. "I should say I thought ...  

Skinner admitted he had named their son after American astronaut Buzz Aldrin. He said: 'Now I know celebrity types get condemned for giving their babies unusual names. 'So this is the name that I went for. He's called Buzz B-U-Z-Z. If you're my age ...  

Neil Armstrong During Apollo 11 Buzz Aldrin took this photo after Armstrong completed his lunar EVA during Apollo 11. NASA/via Wikimedia The immortal first words on the moon, uttered so shakily by a man who has done his best to avoid the spotlight ever ...  

"Nearly 43 years after we first walked on the moon, we have taken another step in demonstrating continued American leadership in space," said Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin, the second man to step onto the moon. The bell-shaped capsule- 19 feet tall and 12 feet ...  

The competition, sponsored by the Space Needle during its 50th anniversary celebration, will conclude Wednesday, when the winner is announced by renowned astronaut Buzz Aldrin. About 55,000 people initially signed up for the contest. Through a random ...  

The competition, sponsored by the Space Needle during its 50th anniversary celebration, will conclude Wednesday, when the winner is announced by renowned astronaut Buzz Aldrin. About 55,000 people initially signed up for the contest. Through a random ...  

The parade featured NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, who was on the space station with the Lightyear toy, and Apollo moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, the character's namesake. For Lasseter, the Buzz Lightyear figure's entire journey, from the space station to ...  

In an online announcement Wednesday, Bezos said he is drawing up plans to recover the sunken engines, part of the mighty Saturn V rocket that launched Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on their moon mission. It was not immediately clear ...  

If they're real, they were plucked from the lunar surface by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, given by then-President Richard Nixon to former Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, pilfered by a Costa Rican mercenary soldier-turned Contra ...  

On Wednesday, the remaining two finalists will go head-to-head at the Space Needle and, afterward, famed astronaut Buzz Aldrin will conclude the nine-month contest by announcing the winner. The person with the most contest points will get a sub ...  

Only five “manned” moon landings have been successfully executed since Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin famously touched ground in 1969. Nearly 40 years have passed since the last one and questions regarding NASA’s future have been posed ...  

I can only imagine how it must have felt to sit in front of the television set or radio and experience Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin step foot on the moon. What pride and astonishment must my parents have felt in that moment. I want to feel that.  

The rocket’s five first-stage F-1 engines ignited at 9:32 a.m. July 16, 1969, to lift Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins from their Kennedy Space Center launch pad. The engines are now lying 14,000 feet beneath the surface of the ...  

One of the more unusual Holy Communions in history involved an unearthly setting: the moon. Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin wrote about the experience of having a private Lord's Supper in Guideposts magazine, a year after the first lunar landing.  

In an online announcement Wednesday, the Amazon.com CEO and founder said he is drawing up plans to recover the sunken engines, part of the mighty Saturn V rocket that launched Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on their moon mission.  

At the base of the Space Needle on Wednesday, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin announced that a recent law-school graduate from Arizona had won a trip to suborbital space, as part of the 50th-anniversary celebration of the World's Fair. Gregory ...  

Singer Marie Osmond and astronaut Buzz Aldrin are among the honorary marshals of the parade on Saturday, along with Olympians Kristi Yamaguchi and Benita Fitzgerald Mosley. The parade includes giant balloons, marching bands from across the ...  

His favorite interviews include conversations with space pioneers Buzz Aldrin, Scott Carpenter, Bonnie Dunbar, Donna Shirley, Alan Sheperd, Steven Squyres and Don Brownlee. Dave has won awards for his on–air conversations with historians ...  

The rocket’s five first-stage F-1 engines lit at 9:32 a.m. July 16, 1969, to lift Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins from their Kennedy Space Center launch pad. The engines are still a “modern wonder,” Bezos wrote on the Web ...  

“Nearly 43 years after we first walked on the moon, we have taken another step in demonstrating continued American leadership in space,” said Apollo 11’s Buzz Aldrin, the second man to step onto the moon. The capsule— 19 feet tall and 12 ...  

But hindsight is 20/20. “Buzz” Aldrin was second, freeing him up for a more authentic response. With his dramatic ladder pause, he became the first to “visit the little astronaut’s room” on the moon. Then there was Michael Collins.  

Apollo 11, which brought Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin to the moon, was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on July 20th, 1969. Here’s a video of the Apollo 11 launch.