Somebody would think I was trying to get favored treatment because my ancestors had the name Moon. Aldrin has also mentioned her name a few times on Twitter. In , he posted this factoid along with a photograph of himself and his mother:.
Marion Moon Aldrin died in at the age of A brief obituary was published by The Associated Press that noted her full name. Aldrin, Buzz, and Wendell Minor. Learn more about your data on Quizzclub or change your preferences right away. We use cookies and collect some information about you to enhance your experience of our site ; we use third-party services to provide social media features, to personalize content and ads, and to ensure the website works properly.
Learn more about your data on Quizzclub. OK Set preferences. What was the maiden name of the mother of astronaut Buzz Aldrin? William Laughlin. Her name was Marion Gaddys Moon. Moon was indeed, her maiden name. The author has listed her name in a confusing and inaccurate manner. Jul 24, AM. Ajay Patel Thank you. As you can see, not everyone appreciates my comment and some have even interpreted it as condescending, though I cannot imagine why a simple correction would be viewed as such.
Jul 29, PM. William Laughlin good for you to stand up for yourself and put ignorance in its place!!! Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives.
Astronaut, military pilot, and educator, Neil Armstrong made history on July 20, , by becoming the first man to walk on the moon. Michael Collins was an astronaut who was part of the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 missions, the latter of which included the first lunar landing in history. Navy captain who made several historic space flights from , including trips orbiting the moon and commanding the famous Apollo 13 mission.
Alan Shepard became one of the original seven Mercury program astronauts in He later commanded the Apollo 14 flight. As a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle Challenger in , Guion S. Bluford became the first African American to travel into space. Longtime U. Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager made history in as the first person to break the sound barrier in flight. In , astronaut and astrophysicist Sally Ride became the first American woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
Mae C. Jemison is the first African American female astronaut. In , she flew into space aboard the Endeavour, becoming the first African American woman in space. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin was one of the first people to walk on the moon. He and flight commander Neil Armstrong made the Apollo 11 moonwalk in Olivia Rodrigo —.
Megan Thee Stallion —. Bowen Yang —. He took well to the discipline and strict regimens, and was the first in his class his freshman year. He graduated was third in his class in with a BS in mechanical engineering. Aldrin's father felt his son should continue on to multiengine flight school so that he could eventually take charge of his own flight crew, but Buzz wanted to become a fighter pilot.
His father relented to his son's wishes, and after a summer of hitching around Europe on military planes, Buzz officially entered the United States Air Force in He again scored near the top of his class in flight school, and began fighter training later that year. Aldrin's wing was responsible for breaking the enemy "kills" record during combat, when they shot down 61 enemy MiGs and grounded 57 others in one month of combat.
Aldrin shot down two MiGs, and was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service during the war. After a cease-fire was declared between North and South Korea in , Aldrin returned home. He returned to school this time, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT where he planned to complete a master's degree and then apply for test pilot school.
Instead, he earned a Ph. His thesis subject "Line-of-sight guidance techniques for manned orbital rendezvous" was the study of bringing piloted spacecraft into close proximity with each other.
His specialized study of rendezvous helped to earn him entry into the space program shortly after graduation. In , Aldrin was part of a third group of men selected by NASA to attempt to pioneer space flight. Aldrin was put in charge of creating docking and rendezvous techniques for spacecraft.
He also pioneered underwater training techniques, to simulate flight in zero gravity. In , Aldrin and astronaut Jim Lovell were assigned to the Gemini 12 crew. During their November 11 to November 15, , space flight, Aldrin made a five-hour spacewalk the longest and most successful spacewalk ever done up to that time.
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