Buzz Aldrin | Born: 1930

Buzz Aldrin is unquestionably one of the most recognizable astronauts of all time. Besides his work as a NASA astronaut, Aldrin is also an engineer and a fighter pilot. He’s best known for making three spacewalks, one of which was in the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. During that mission, Aldrin, along with fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first two humans to land on the Moon.

Aldrin was born on January 20, 1930, in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Aldrin already showed signs of brilliance in his younger years as he graduated third in the class of 1951 from the US Military Academy at West Point with a degree in mechanical engineering. Today, Aldrin is already 91 years of age, and he’s the last surviving crew member of the Apollo 11 mission that brought our species to the Moon.