Buzz Aldrin Astronaut
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Astronaut Apollo 11, Gemini 12. Selected by NASA in 1963 into the third group of astronauts, Aldrin was the first with a doctorate and became known as "Dr. Rendezvous."
Buzz Aldrin Astronaut
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President Trump called for “unlocking the mysteries of space” in his inaugural address and then envisioned “American footprints on distant worlds” in his speech before a Joint Session of Congress. Addressing a crowd at the Kennedy Space Center this summer, Vice President Pence confidently stated that “our nation will return to the Moon, and we will put American boots on the face of Mars.” Such an audacious agenda will require inspired engineering, committed financial support and bold leadership of the kind that Administrator James Webb supplied to NASA during the glory days of Gemini and Apoll ..read more
Buzz Aldrin Astronaut
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The new space race is on. “We can establish permanent habitats on Mars by 2039, and I have a plan to achieve it.”
So says Dr. Buzz Aldrin, best known for being one of the first two humans to walk on the Moon when, on 16 July, 1969, he spent two-and-a-half hours on the lunar surface with Neil Armstrong. Three years previously in another huge tech landmark Aldrin took the first space selfie.
Aware that a manned mission to Mars is now right at the top of the tech agenda – thanks in part to the ambitious plans from Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos (and even the United Arab Emirates) – Aldri ..read more
Buzz Aldrin Astronaut
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The Quest For Another Earth
Humankind is eager to step out into the cosmos and wander across the deserted plains of the Red Planet. According to most reports, Elon Musk is leading the waywith SpaceX; however, a number of other orginizations—NASA, China’s Space Agency, The Mars Society—are training, deploying prototypes, and working on the plethora of questions and challenges that we will face when attempting to bring the first human beings to Mars.
But, as much as it might seem natural to get entrenched in the details of how we will actually get humans off of planet Earth (and k ..read more
Buzz Aldrin Astronaut
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Forty-eight years ago, on July 20, 1969, I know exactly where I was: standing on the Moon with my fellow space traveler, Neil Armstrong. Our Apollo 11 colleague, Mike Collins, was circling high above the barren lunar landscape I described as “magnificent desolation.”
America’s Apollo program was a team effort, tapping into the talents of 400,000 people that bonded together to make real a vision. It was a unified undertaking, a blend of government, industry and academic wherewithal to turn a long-held dream into a reality.
But that was then — today it’s time to rejuvenate the country’s space pr ..read more
Buzz Aldrin Astronaut
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Remarks by President Trump in signing an Executive Order on the National Space Council in the Roosevelt Room, June 30, 2017:
Thank you very much to our great Vice President and also for the fantastic job that Mike has been doing.
The future of American space leadership — we’re going to lead again. It’s been a long time. It’s over 25 years, and we’re opening up, and we are going to be leading again like we’ve never led before.
We’re a nation of pioneers, and the next great American frontier is space. And we never completed — we started, but we never completed. We stopped. But now we star ..read more
Buzz Aldrin Astronaut
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Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to touch the lunar soil, recounts his exploits and his future plans, including those on Mars
The July 20, 1969 Buzz Aldrin made history by touching the Moon’s soil for the first time with Neil Armstrong. Nearly 50 years dall’allunaggio of ‘ Apollo 11 , one of the most celebrated astronauts in the world continues to explore the inaccessible areas of our planet, such as Antarctica, and speaks at Wired Fest Next to tell his life as a pioneer, in front a really huge crowd.
” Those who still questions the moon landing is just looking for attention. They are ..read more
Buzz Aldrin Astronaut
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Buzz will be at the me Convention on Friday, September 15 in Frankfurt Germany.
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Buzz Aldrin Astronaut
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Fri, July 28
Apollo Astronaut Reunion – Oshkosh
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Buzz Aldrin Astronaut
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Buzz will be giving a keynote speech at GLEX in Bejing on Wednesday, June 7.
For Tickets and the GLEX website click here.
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