Here’s a look at the life of astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Personal Birth date: January 20, 1930 Birth place: Montclair, New Jersey Birth name: Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. Father: Edwin Aldrin Sr., an aviation ...

The nickname “Buzz” came from the way his sister Fay Ann said the word buzzer instead of brother. As a fighter pilot in the Korean War, he completed 66 F-86 combat missions, destroyed two MiG’s, ...