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News Articles: Buzz Aldrin

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin is seen aboard the lunar module Eagle on July 21, 1969.

Buzz Aldrin gets married at 93 to his longtime love

The retired astronaut, who was the second person to walk on the moon, announced his marriage to Anca Faur.

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  • Juliana Kim
A jacket worn by astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin on the historic first mission to the moon's surface in 1969, was sold for nearly $2.8 million at auction.

Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 moon jacket sells at auction for an astronomical $2.8M

The $2,772,500 paid for the Apollo 11 Inflight Coverall Jacket is the highest for any American space-flown artifact sold at auction, according to Sotheby's, which handled the sale.

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  • The Associated Press
In this July 20, 1969, photo made available by NASA, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity.

How The Apollo 11 Mission Made 'One Giant Leap' Toward GPS Technology

The Apollo 11 rocket NASA that launched into space 50 years ago this week was also the blast-off point for things now commonly used on Earth. The first...

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