Buzz Aldrin is the Topps!
F~A~R~V~A-Yankee Northern Allfather
Moonwalker says company unfairly profited from his historic achievement
Jim Seida / MSNBC.com file
Buzz Aldrin sued Topps Inc. this week in federal court in Los Angeles,
saying the company had unfairly profited from his historic achievement
msnbc.com staff and news service reports
LOS ANGELES - Former lunar astronaut Buzz Aldrin is not over the moon
about the use of his photo on a series of trading cards.
The 80-year-old Aldrin sued Topps Inc. this week in federal court in Los
Angeles, saying the company had unfairly profited from his historic
achievement when they used an iconic photograph of Aldrin standing on
the moon in a series of "American Heroes" trading cards.
In documents filed with the court, attorneys representing Aldrin noted
that the astronaut has received settlement payments amounting to more
than $760,000 over the years for infringements due to unauthorized
commercial use of Aldrin's image.
Topps attorney Michael Kahn told the Los Angeles Times that the firm has
a First Amendment right to include a factual description of the Apollo
11 mission and it included an image of Aldrin in his lunar suit because
he is "an American hero."
Aldrin's lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages and an order
prohibiting Topps from marketing the cards.
CollectSpace founder Robert Pearlman, an expert on space-related
collectibles, noted that Aldrin is just one of several astronauts who
have contested the commercial use of their images. For example, Aldrin's
commander on the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong, brought legal
proceedings against Hallmark for the use of his name and voice in a
holiday ornament. That case was settled out of court for an unspecified
amount.
Similar lawsuits have been brought by shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless
as well as Apollo 12's Pete Conrad and Apollo 15's Jim Irwin and their
families, Pearlman said.
"NASA's position is that while the photographs taken on the moon, in
space, and elsewhere during the astronauts' careers with the space
agency are public domain â€" meaning no copyright is asserted
â€" if the images are used for commercial purposes, permission
should first be sought from the person(s) depicted," Pearlman told
msnbc.com in an e-mail.
Pearlman said he appreciated Aldrin's view, but worried that such legal
disputes "could dissuade Topps and other trading card companies from
producing astronaut- and space-themed products, which would be
unfortunate."
"Dating back to the 1960s, space trading cards have been a great way to
engage kids in learning about space history," Pearlman said.
This report includes information from The Associated Press and
msnbc.com. CollectSpace provides further information about Aldrin vs.
Topps, including links to legal documents in the case.
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F~A~R~V~A-Yankee Northern Allfather
NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Status Retired
Born January 20, 1930 (1930-01-20) (age 80)
Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.
Other occupation Fighter pilot
Rank Colonel, USAF
Time in space 12 days, 1 hour and 52 minutes
Selection 1963 NASA Group
Total EVAs 4
Total EVA time 8 hours 4 minutes
Missions Gemini 12, Apollo 11
Mission insignia
Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an
American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and
astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned
lunar landing in history. On July 20, 1969, he was the second human
being to set foot on the Moon, following mission commander Neil
Armstrong.
Contents
1 Early life
1.1 Military career, 1.2 NASA career, 1.3 Retirement, 1.4 Aldrin Cycler,
1.5 Criticism of NASA, 1.6 Books, 1.7 Personal life
2 Honors
3 Pop culture and media
4 UFO claims
5 Hoax allegations
6 Notes
7 External links
Early life
Aldrin was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey,[1][2] to Edwin Eugene Aldrin,
Sr., a career military man, and his wife Marion Moon.[3][4] He is of
Scottish, Swedish,[5] and German[6] ancestry.[7] After graduating from
Montclair High School in 1946,[8] Aldrin turned down a full scholarship
offer from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and went to
the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The nickname "Buzz" originated
in childhood: the younger of his two elder sisters mispronounced
"brother" as "buzzer", and this was shortened to Buzz. Aldrin made it
his legal first name in 1979.[9]
Military career
Aldrin graduated third in his class at West Point in 1951 with a B.S. in
mechanical engineering. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in
the U.S. Air Force and served as a jet fighter pilot during the Korean
War. He flew 66 combat missions in F-86 Sabres and shot down two
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 aircraft. The June 8, 1953 issue of LIFE
magazine featured gun camera photos taken by Aldrin of one of the
Russian pilots ejecting from his damaged aircraft.[10]
After the war, Aldrin was assigned as an aerial gunnery instructor at
Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, and next was an aide to the dean of
faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy (which had recently begun
operations in 1955). He flew F-100 Super Sabres as a flight commander at
Bitburg Air Base, Germany in the 22nd Fighter Squadron. Aldrin then
earned his Sc.D. degree in Astronautics from MIT. His graduate thesis
was Line-of-sight guidance techniques for manned orbital rendezvous. On
completion of his doctorate, he was assigned to the Gemini Target Office
of the Air Force Space Systems Division in Los Angeles before his
selection as an astronaut.
NASA career
Aldrin walks on the surface of the Moon during Apollo 11.
Aldrin was selected as part of the third group of NASA astronauts in
October 1963. Test pilot experience was no longer a requirement, so this
was the first selection that he was eligible for. After the deaths of
the original Gemini 9 prime crew, Elliot See and Charles Bassett, Aldrin
was promoted with Jim Lovell to back-up crew for the mission. The main
objective of the revised mission (Gemini 9A) was to rendezvous and dock
with a target vehicle, but when this failed, Aldrin improvised an
effective exercise for the craft to rendezvous with a coordinate in
space. He was confirmed as pilot on Gemini 12, the last Gemini mission
and the last chance to prove methods for EVA. Aldrin set a record for
extra-vehicular activity and proved that astronauts could work outside
spacecraft.
Aldrin's lunar footprint in a photo taken by him on July 20, 1969
On July 20, 1969, he was the second astronaut to walk on the moon and
the first to have also spacewalked, keeping his record total EVA time
until that was surpassed on Apollo 14. There has been much speculation
about Aldrin's desire at the time to be the first astronaut to walk on
the moon.[11] According to different NASA accounts, he had originally
been proposed as the first to step onto the Moon's surface, but due to
the physical positioning of the astronauts inside the compact Lunar
Landing Module, it was easier for the commander, Neil Armstrong, to be
the first to exit the spacecraft. There was also a desire on NASA's part
for the first person to step onto the Moon's surface be a civilian,
which Armstrong was.
Buzz Aldrin was the first person to hold a religious ceremony on the
Moon, however - a Communion. Aldrin is, as he was, a Presbyterian. After
landing on the moon, Aldrin radioed Earth: "I'd like to take this
opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they
may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few
hours, and to give thanks in his or her own way." He gave himself
Communion on the surface of the Moon, but kept it secret because of a
lawsuit brought by atheist activist Madalyn Murray O'Hair over the
reading of Genesis on Apollo 8.[12] Aldrin, a church elder, used a
pastor's home Communion kit given to him by Dean Woodruff and recited
words used by his pastor at Webster Presbyterian Church.[13][14] Webster
Presbyterian Church, a local congregation in Webster, Texas (a Houston
suburb near the Johnson Space Center) possesses the chalice used for
communion on the moon, and commemorates the event annually on the Sunday
closest to July 20.[15]
Video from the Apollo 11 mission
Col Aldrin as Commandant of the Air Force Test Pilot School
Retirement
After leaving NASA, Aldrin was assigned as the Commandant of the U.S.
Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. In
March 1972, Aldrin retired from active duty after 21 years of service,
and returned to the Air Force in a managerial role, but his career was
blighted by personal problems. His autobiographies Return To Earth,
published in 1973, and Magnificent Desolation, published in June 2009,
both provide accounts of his struggles with clinical depression and
alcoholism in the years following his NASA career.[16] His life improved
considerably when he recognized and sought treatment for his problems,
and with his marriage to Lois Aldrin. Since retiring from NASA, he has
continued to promote space exploration, including producing a computer
strategy game called Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space (1993). To further
promote space exploration, and to commemorate the 40th anniversary of
the first lunar landing, Buzz teamed up with Snoop Dogg, Quincy Jones,
Talib Kweli, and Soulja Boy to create the rap single and video, "Rocket
Experience". Proceeds from video and song sales will benefit Buzz's
non-profit foundation, ShareSpace.[17]
He referred to a "Phobos monolith" in a July 22, 2009 interview with
C-Span: "We should go boldly where man has not gone before. Fly by the
comets, visit asteroids, visit the moon of Mars. There’s a
monolith there. A very unusual structure on this potato shaped object
that goes around Mars once in seven hours. When people find out about
that they’re going to say ‘Who put that there? Who put
that there?’ The universe put it there. If you choose, God put
it there…†[18]
Buzz Aldrin, February 2009
Aldrin Cycler
In 1985, Aldrin proposed the existence of a special spacecraft
trajectory now known as the Aldrin cycler.[19][20] A spacecraft
traveling on an Aldrin cycler trajectory would pass near the planets
Earth and Mars on a regular (cyclic) basis. The Aldrin cycler is an
example of a Mars cycler. He was also instrumental in the idea of
training of astronauts underwater in order to better prepare them for
the intricate space walks and duties of maintenance while in space.
Aldrin in Mission Control with NASA Spokesman Josh Byerly and Flight
Director Ron Spencer
Criticism of NASA
In December 2003, Aldrin published an article criticizing NASA's
objectives in the New York Times.[21] In it, he voiced concern about
NASA's development of a spacecraft "limited to transporting four
astronauts at a time with little or no cargo carrying capability" and
declared the goal of sending astronauts back to the moon was "more like
reaching for past glory than striving for new triumphs".
Books
Books co-authored by Aldrin include Return to Earth (1973), Men From
Earth (1989) and Magnificent Desolation (2009). He has also co-authored
with John Barnes the science fiction novels Encounter with Tiber (1996)
and The Return (2000).
Personal life
Aldrin has been married three times: to Joan Archer, with whom he had
three children, James, Janice, and Andrew, to Beverly Zile, and to his
current wife, Lois Driggs Cannon, whom he married on Valentine's Day,
1988.
His battles against depression and alcoholism have been documented, most
recently in Magnificent Desolation.[22][23] Aldrin is an active
supporter of the Republican Party, headlining fundraisers for GOP
members of Congress.[24] In 2007, Aldrin confirmed to Time magazine that
he had recently had a face-lift;[25] he joked that the G-forces he was
exposed to in space "caused a sagging jowl that needed some
attention."[25]
Honors
Military decorations include the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal,
the Legion of Merit, two awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and
three awards of the Air Medal.
NASA decorations include the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the NASA
Exceptional Service Medal, and two awards of the NASA Space Flight
Medal.
Civilian awards and decorations include the Presidential Medal of
Freedom, the Robert J. Collier Trophy, the Robert H. Goddard Memorial
Trophy, and the Harmon International Trophy.
The crater Aldrin on the Moon near the Apollo 11 landing site and
Asteroid 6470 Aldrin[26] are named in his honor.
In 1967, Aldrin received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Gustavus
Adolphus College.
In 2001, President Bush appointed Aldrin to the Commission on the Future
of the United States Aerospace Industry.[27][28]
Aldrin received the 2003 Humanitarian Award from Variety, the Children's
Charity, which, according to the organization, "is given to an
individual who has shown unusual understanding, empathy, and devotion to
mankind."[29]
Aldrin is on the National Space Society's Board of Governors, and has
served as the organization's Chairman; an inductee of the Astronaut Hall
of Fame; and a member of The Planetary Society, with Aldrin's
pre-recorded voice appearing on nearly every episode of the Society's
Planetary Radio.
In 2006, the Space Foundation awarded Aldrin its highest honor, the
General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award,[30] which is
presented annually to recognize outstanding individuals who have
distinguished themselves through lifetime contributions to the welfare
or betterment of humankind through the exploration, development and use
of space, or the use of space technology, information, themes or
resources in academic, cultural, industrial or other pursuits of broad
benefit to humanity.
For contributions to the television industry, Buzz Aldrin was honored
with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at Hollywood and Vine.[31]
Inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2007.
In 2009, President Obama signed legislation conferring the Congressional
Gold Medal upon Aldrin, his Apollo 11 crewmates, and John Glenn.
In a 2010 Space Foundation survey, Aldrin was ranked as the #9 (tied
with astronauts Gus Grissom and Alan Shepard) most popular space
hero.[32]
Pop culture and media
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Buzz Aldrin made a guest star appearance in an episode of animated
sitcom The Simpsons entitled "Deep Space Homer", in which the main
character, Homer Simpson, signs up to NASA as their first "Average Joe"
astronaut. Aldrin displayed a good sense of humor about his status as
second man on the moon. He proclaims "Second comes right after first!",
while his introduction to Homer is met with absolute non-recognition
(this line is usually cut in syndication).
The British television comedy group Monty Python, on October 20, 1970,
ran an episode called the "Buzz Aldrin Show" with a few references to
him and his official NASA portrait (see infobox above) serving as the
backdrop for the rolling closing credits while "The Star-Spangled
Banner" was played.
Cliff Robertson played Aldrin in the 1976 TV-movie Return To Earth,
based on the first of Aldrin's own two autobiographies, which described
his struggles with clinical depression and alcoholism.
In 1986, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster killed its entire
crew, he appeared in the Punky Brewster episode "Accidents Happen", as
himself, to encourage a disheartened Punky to continue pursuing her
dream of becoming an astronaut.
Aldrin appeared on an episode of Celebrity Jeopardy! in November 1996.
Aldrin played the role of Reverend Woodruff in the 1996 TV movie Apollo
11, while his own character was played by Xander Berkeley, who had
previously played the small role of Henry Hurt in Apollo 13.
The matter of who would make the first step on the moon was dramatized
in the 1998 miniseries From The Earth To The Moon, based on Andrew
Chaikin's book A Man On The Moon, in which Aldrin was portrayed by Bryan
Cranston.
The popular space ranger character Buzz Lightyear, from Pixar's Toy
Story movie series, is named after him, largely due to the suggestion of
the film's makers that he has "the coolest name of any astronaut."
Aldrin acknowledged the tribute when he pulled a Buzz Lightyear doll out
during a speech at NASA, to rapturous cheers; a clip of this can be
found on the Toy Story 10th Anniversary DVD. He did not, however,
receive any endorsement fees for the use of his first name.[4]
He appeared in a 2003 interview with Ali G (played by Sacha Baron Cohen)
in the British comedy series Ali G in da USAiii, during which Ali G
referred to him as Buzz Lightyear and asked him if he thought man would
ever walk on the sun.
Aldrin near module leg
In 2005, Johan Harstad, a Norwegian author, wrote Buzz Aldrin, What
Happened To You in All The Confusion? The main character of the book
looks upon Buzz Aldrin as his role model.
On December 26, 2006, UK TV channel Channel 4 transmitted a 50 minute
opera by British composer Jonathan Dove called Man on the Moon,
especially made for television. It tells the story of Aldrin's trip to
the moon interleaved with the effects the experience had on him and his
marriage. Aldrin was played by Nathan Gunn, and Joan Aldrin by Patricia
Racette.
In 2007, Aldrin participated in the book and documentary In the Shadow
of the Moon.
He plays himself in the closing segment of the 3-D animated film Fly Me
To The Moon.
The story of Apollo 11, through the eyes of Aldrin, was recently
reimagined as a musical. 'Moon Landing' was written, composed and
directed by Stephen Edwards, and performed at Derby Playhouse, and
included inventive scenery, including a floating shuttle capsule.
Aldrin is the model for the MTV Video Music Awards trophy known as the
Moonman.[33]
Psychedelic rock band Bardo Pond released a track called Aldrin on their
Lapsed LP.
Christian rock band Guardian released an album titled Buzz. The album
featured four interchangeable covers in the slip, one of which was a
picture of "Buzz" Aldrin, preparing for his Apollo 11 lunar mission.
Aldrin was interviewed by Stephen Colbert on the July 31, 2008, episode
of The Colbert Report, promoting the film Fly Me to the Moon.
Aldrin is one of the astronauts featured in the book and documentary In
the Shadow of the Moon, and the documentary "The Wonder of it All."
In 2009 Buzz recorded a rap song called "The Rocket Experience".[34] A
making of video shows him working with Talib Kweli and Snoop Dogg.
Others include Quincy Jones and Soulja Boy.[35]
On November 17, 2009, Buzz appeared on The Price Is Right in a
space-themed Showcase to promote his new book (which was also included
in the Showcase, as a bonus).
He was a contestant on the 10th season of Dancing with the Stars, paired
with Ashly DelGrosso.[36] On Monday March 22, 2010, Buzz and Ashly
scored 14 points out of possible 30 points during competition dancing
the Cha-Cha-Cha to Sam Cooke. He was voted off the show on Tuesday April
6, 2010.
Buzz was a guest star on the Mother's Day episode of 30 Rock (broadcast
May 6, 2010), playing a version of himself; in the 30 Rock continuity,
he is Liz Lemon's mother's former lover.
Buzz was a guest judge at an episode from Top Chef seventh season, where
contestants had to prepare meals to astronauts and scientists at Goddard
Space Flight Center.
Aldrin starred as the "Big Star in a Small Car" in the series premiere
of the US version of Top Gear. His lap time was 1:55.6 in a Suzuki SX4.
Aldrin Appear in the Teaser Trailer for the 2011 Film Transformers: Dark
of the Moon, Director Michael Bay Confirmade that Aldrin will be
Involved on the film[37]
UFO claims
In 2005, while being interviewed for a documentary titled First on the
Moon: The Untold Story, Aldrin told an interviewer that they saw an
unidentified flying object. Aldrin told David Morrison, an NAI Senior
Scientist, that the documentary cut the crew's conclusion that they were
probably seeing one of four detached spacecraft adapter panels. Their
S-IVB upper stage was 6,000 miles away, but the four panels were
jettisoned before the S-IVB made its separation maneuver so they would
closely follow the Apollo 11 spacecraft until its first midcourse
correction.[38] When Aldrin appeared on The Howard Stern Show on August
15, 2007, Stern asked him about the supposed UFO sighting. Aldrin
confirmed that there was no such sighting of anything deemed
extraterrestrial, and said they were and are "99.9 percent" sure that
the object was the detached panel.[39][40][41]
Interviewed by the Science Channel, Aldrin mentioned seeing unidentified
objects, and he claims his words were taken out of context; he asked the
Science Channel to clarify to viewers he did not see alien spacecraft,
but they refused.[42]
Hoax allegations
On September 9, 2002, filmmaker Bart Sibrel, a proponent of the Apollo
moon landing hoax theory, confronted Aldrin and his stepdaughter outside
a Beverly Hills, California hotel. Sibrel said "You're the one who said
you walked on the moon, when you didn't" and called Aldrin "a coward,
and a liar, and a thief."[43] Aldrin punched Sibrel in the face. Beverly
Hills police and the city's prosecutor declined to file charges after
witnesses confirmed that Sibrel had initiated physical contact. Sibrel
suffered no serious injuries.[44]
Notes
^ Staff. "To the moon and beyond", The Record (Bergen County), July 20,
2009. Accessed July 20, 2009. The source is indicative of the confusion
regarding his birthplace. He is described in the article's first
paragraph as having been "born and raised in Montclair", while a more
detailed second paragraph on "The Early Years" states that he was "born
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. on January 20, 1930, in the Glen Ridge wing of
Montclair Hospital".
^ Hansen, James R. (2005). First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong.
Simon & Schuster. p. 348. "His birth certificate lists Glen Ridge as
his birthplace."
^ BuzzAldrin.com - About Buzz Aldrin
^ a b Solomon, Deborah; Oth, Christian (June 15, 2009 and June 21,
2009). "Questions for Buzz Aldrin: The Man on the Moon". The New York
Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/magazine/21fob-q4-t.html?_r=1&ref=space.
Retrieved 2009-06-24. Note: nytimes.com print-view software lists the
article date as June 21, 2009; main article webpage shows June 15.
^ From The Dollar To The Moon
^ "Brigitte Wambsganß, “Buzz Aldrin: Mond-Mann mit Trupbacher
Wurzeln,†Der Westen (Germany), July 17, 2009."
^ RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Marc Wheat Database
^ "AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com Archives".
http://news.nnyln.net/adirondack-enterprise/1969/adirondack-enterprise-1969-july%20-%200064.pdf.
[dead link]
^ Chaikin, Andrew. "A Man on the Moon". p. 585.
^ Life Magazine June 8, 1953.p.29
^ Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, chapter 8, p. 7.
^ Chaikin, Andrew. A Man On The Moon. p 204
^ ("First on the Moon â€" A Voyage with Neil Armstrong, Michael
Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr", written with Gene Farmer and Dora Jane
Hamblin, epilogue by Arthur C. Clarke, Michael Joseph Ltd, London
(1970), page 251).
^ Hillner, Jennifer (2007-01-24). "Sundance 2007: Buzz Aldrin Speaks".
Table of Malcontents - Wired Blogs (Wired).
http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/sundance_2007_b_1.html.
Retrieved 2007-05-07.
^ "Webster Presbyterian Church History".
http://www.websterpresby.org/history.asp. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
^ Aldrin, Buzz (2009). Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home
from the Moon. Harmony.
^ Buzz Aldrin and Snoop Dogg reach for the stars with Rocket Experience,
Times Online, June 25, 2009
^ "Buzz Aldrin Reveals Existence of Monolith on Mars Moon". C-Span. July
22, 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDIXvpjnRws&eurl=http%3A%2F%2F.
^ Aldrin, E. E., "Cyclic Trajectory Concepts," SAIC presentation to the
Interplanetary Rapid Transit Study Meeting, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
October 1985.
^ Byrnes, D. V., Longuski, J. M., and Aldrin, B.,"Cycler Orbit Between
Earth and Mars," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 30, No. 3,
Mayâ€"June 1993, pp. 334-336.
^ Aldrin, Buzz (2003-12-05). "Fly Me To L1". The New York Times.
http://buzzaldrin.com/space-vision/rocket_science/l1-gateport/.
Retrieved 2009-11-14.
^ "After walking on moon, astronauts trod various paths - CNN.com". CNN.
July 17, 2009.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/17/life.after.moon.landing/index.html.
Retrieved April 27, 2010.
^ Read, Kimberly (2005-01-04). "Buzz Aldrin". About.com.
http://bipolar.about.com/od/businessmenpoliticians/p/buzzaldrin.htm.
Retrieved 2008-11-02.
^
http://combatveteransforcongress.org/sites/default/files/2-26-10-invite.pdf
^ a b Time article: "10 Questions for Buzz Aldrin."
^ "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000): 6470
Aldrin". IAU: Minor Planet Center.
http://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/~cgi/ShowCitation.COM?num=6470. Retrieved
2008-07-26.
^ Personnel Announcements - August 22, 2001 White House Press Release
naming the Presidential Appointees for the commission.
^ [1] - This sources states he was appointed in 2002, although according
to the August 22, 2001 Press Release, it was 2001.
^ "Variety International Humanitarian Awards". Variety, the Children's
Charity.
http://www.varietychildrenscharity.org/about_variety/humanitarian_awards.php.
Retrieved 2007-05-07.
^ Symposium Awards | National Space Symposium
^ Aldrin "Hollywood Walk of Fame database". HWOF.com.
http://www.hwof.com/stars?recipient=Buzz Aldrin.
^ "Space Foundation Survey Reveals Broad Range of Space Heroes".
http://www.spacefoundation.org/news/story.php?id=1038.
^ "BuzzAldrin.com - About Buzz Aldrin: FAQ".
http://www.buzzaldrin.com/faq/. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
^ Buzz Aldrin's Rocket Experience from Buzz Aldrin and FOD Team - Video
^ Making of Buzz Aldrin's Rocket Experience w/ Snoop Dogg and Talib
Kweli from Buzz Aldrin, FOD Team, Ryan Perez, and Snoop Dogg - Video
^ "Astronaut Buzz Aldrin to dance with a different kind of star". Mother
Nature Network. 2010-03-02.
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/ecollywood/stories/astronaut-buzz-aldrin-to-dance-with-a-different-kind-of-star.
Retrieved 2010-03-03.
^
http://www.collider.com/2010/12/08/michael-bay-interview-transformers-dark-moon-edit-bay-visit/
^ "Apollo 11 Mission Op Report" (PDF).
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/A11_MissionOpReport.pdf.
^ "NASA Ask an Astrobiologist".
http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/astrobio/astrobio_detail.cfm?ID=1568.
^ "Site containing a transcript of the UFO segment of the Untold Story
documentary". http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case592.htm.
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Name Aldrin, Buzz
Alternative names
Short description Astronaut Fighter pilot
Date of birth 20 January 1930
Place of birth Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.
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