Magnificent desolation."īuzz Aldrin offers a parting salute after being eliminated from ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. As he gazed at the lunar landscape, Aldrin described it as, "Beautiful, beautiful. On July 21, 1969, after Armstrong had become the first man on the moon, Aldrin followed Armstrong down the ladder to become the second person to walk on the surface of the moon. The craft landed in the Sea of Tranquility. Īldrin served as lunar module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, traveling with Commander Neil Armstrong and Command Module Pilot Michael Collins. Gemini 12 was the last of the Gemini missionsg. Fourteen scientific experiments were also performed. Aldrin spent five and a half hours outside of the craft, establishing a record for space walks. 11, 1966, the Gemini 12 mission launched Aldrin and command pilot James Lovell (of Apollo 13 fame) into a four-day flight, with the primary objective of rendezvousing and docking with an Agena target vehicle, as well as evaluating extravehicular activity. He pioneered underwater training techniques, which simulated zero gravity situations and helped astronauts prepare to work in space. After joining the space program in 1963, Aldrin relied on his doctoral studies to help him create docking and rendezvous techniques for spacecraft.
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