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...announce their candidacies for President, one of the world's most celebrated astronauts plans to launch his own campaign. Buzz Aldrin - a member of the famous Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969 - told Fox News he's got a plan to make space an issue in the...
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...mankind's next steps in exploring the frontiers of space. This app is an amazing tool to both educate and entertain," said Buzz Aldrin. "I have gathered a network of scientists, physicists, astronomers, astronauts and many others of the world's great minds...
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...to prove to judge Bruno Tonioli that he could dance without looking like he was still wearing his moon boots. This week, Buzz Aldrin and his partner Ashly Costa performed a tender and charming Foxtrot to the 1950's classic "Fly Me to the Moon." Wearing a tuxedo...
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Planetary Society Blog
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...only for Buzz Aldrin "Dancing with the Stars" was more about the stars than dancing. Then he may have very well topped the judges' scoreboard at the end of Monday's night's two-hour show premiere on ABC. "I remember sitting at home in England watching you...
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...So I asked her to write up a blog entry on each episode for as long as Buzz is a contestant. Thanks so much, Abby! --ESL Buzz Aldrin, astronaut, scientist/inventor, bestselling author, advocate for man's future in space, Buzz Aldrin is considered one of the...
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...paired with Ashly Costa, who's been rehearsing the cha-cha with him for two weeks Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- When Buzz Aldrin danced on the moon 40 years ago, an estimated 600 million people watched it live. The Apollo 11 astronaut will dance again...
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Buzz Aldrin preparing to go to the moon on Apollo 11 in July 1969.
Every American old enough to
moon. It was a galvanizing moment for America, NASA and the space race.
Park businessman and radio show host, got a rare opportunity to interview an
by
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Ventura County Star
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Los Angeles County has given moonwalker Buzz Aldrin a new title: Honorary consul general to the moon.
Forty years after Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first men to walk on the moon, county supervisors on Tuesday gave him the title while saluting
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010243960_apuspeoplebuzzaldrin.html?syndication=rss
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Buzz Aldrin, the first man to walk in space as part of NASA's Gemini 12 mission and the second to walk on the moon, was honored by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday as one of many veterans who served in the nation's space program.
Aldrin took the
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L.A. Daily News
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Buzz Aldrin, an astronaut on the first mission to land on the Moon, will be recognized Tuesday by the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors to honor the contribution of veterans to the country's space program.
Aldrin, who served in the U.S. Air Force before
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SGVTribune.com
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_13748990?source=rss
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There is a “Buzz” on campus at Richland College this week.
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin will speak Friday as part of a fundraiser for the school’s planetarium, which will be renamed in his honor. A retired U.S. Air Force pilot, Aldrin was one of the
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Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/102909dnmetbuzz.25fe35eb0.html
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Buzz Aldrin, who made history as the second man to walk on the moon, will make local history by personally placing his wings on the Famous Fliers' Wall at the Mission Inn in Riverside, according to Mission Inn spokeswoman Anna Morris.
The ceremony will
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Southern CA Press-Enterprise
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Buzz Aldrin, who walked on the moon with Neil Armstrong 40 years ago, doesn't always act like an American hero approaching 80 years old.
He can be found on Twitter mentioning trips to London, California, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Florida as part of a
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Investor's Business Daily
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Buzz Aldrin, who along with Neil Armstrong became one of the first two humans to set foot on the moon a half-century ago, will get down to earth in Fort Worth on Saturday morning when he reads and signs copies of his new children’s book,
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DFW.com
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Last week, we solicited your questions for former astronaut and second man on the moon Buzz Aldrin, and we asked him a few of our own:
What’s one thing most people don’t know about the Apollo 11 mission?
No matter what you say you saw, people are
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Freakonomics
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2009-08-31 13:03:02 -
by Baroness Kimberly Moore : , founder of LA's highest society club, Echelon. A gathering of The Echelon Club members honored Mr. Aldrin's legendary achievement and celebrated his New York Times best-selling book,
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/the-echelon-club-presents-a-magnificent-r1459281.htm
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...Angeles -- Griffith Observatory will host a public presentation and book signing event with Dr.Buzz Aldrin on Thursday, Aug. 27, to celebrate "Buzz Aldrin Day in Los Angeles." Los Angeles Councilman Tom LaBonge will introduce to its visitors Dr. Buzz Aldrin,...
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Associated Content
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LONDON -- (BUSINESS WIRE) --
In this exclusive
interview, Vikas Shah of Thought Economics (http://www.thoughteconomics.com)
speaks to Dr. Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 Astronaut, who secured his
place in history when, on July 20th 1969, he became the second
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Freshnews.com
http://www.freshnews.com/node/199668
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The latest issue of The Planetary Report has just been posted to the For Members section in PDF format; non-members can view the table of contents and read Charlene Anderson's editorial here, or can join the Society if you'd like to read the full issue!
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Planetary Society Blog
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002059/
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Former Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin will appear at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa on Saturday, Aug. 22, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., to sign copies of his latest book, “Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon.” The book signing will
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The Orange County Register
http://sciencedude.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/19/buzz-aldrin-to-sign-books-at-south-coast-plaza/50241/
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(AP)
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin is taking a trip to the Emmys.
The TV academy said Tuesday that Aldrin, part of the 1969 moon mission, will accept the Philo T. Farnsworth Award on behalf of NASA at the Emmy engineering awards on Saturday.
The
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CBS News
http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsGamecore/~3/u-zupvlVoJQ/main5250806.shtml
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Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin is taking a trip to the Emmys.
The TV academy said Tuesday that Aldrin, part of the 1969 moon mission, will accept the Philo T. Farnsworth Award on behalf of NASA at the Emmy engineering awards on Saturday.
The honor,
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PhillyBurbs.com
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As Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the first two human beings to set foot on the moon, were describing the scene for the folks back home, Aldrin called it a “magnificent desolation.” He wasn’t necessarily thinking of the implications of the latter word,
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The A.V. Club
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Buzz Aldrin became the second man to set foot on the moon, behind Neil Armstrong, 40 years ago this month. Although his days of traveling into space are over, the retired astronaut whose memoir Magnificent Desolation was released in June, stays on the
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USA Today
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomTravel-TopStories/~3/2aOuFpWiR7s/2009-07-27-buzz-aldrin_N.htm
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gathered 46 pounds of moon rocks and carried out other tasks — including planting an American flag — fellow astronaut Michael Collins orbited above them.
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, speaks in a press conference
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Inside Bay Area
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_12915058?source=rss
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Buzz Aldrin’s enthusiastic call for more space exploration on CNN sounds like either a narrator at the beginning of a new Star Trek series, or perhaps a mid-X-Files episode Fox Mulder monologue, but whatever it is, it makes the easily-won-over
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VH1: Best Week Ever Blog
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-07-23/buzz-aldrin-will-get-your-ass-excited-to-explore-the-sht-out-of-space/
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Buzz Aldrin looks at a large screen in the Adler Planetarium on Wednesday and gives a brief take on what it is we're looking at.
"That's the front of the moon," he says, almost as if he's showing his vacation pictures. "The back of the moon
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Chicago Tribune
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Yesterday, as you no doubt heard, was the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing in 1969 (this feat brought to you by America). Of course, there are plenty of people who believe that the moon landing was a hoax, smoke and mirrors, a government
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OH NO THEY DIDN'T
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/37441233.html
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NASHVILLE (AP) Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon, will appear at this years Southern Festival of Books in Nashville.
Aldrin in June released his second memoir, Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home From the Moon.
The
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Leaf Chronicle
http://theleafchronicle.com/article/20090721/NEWS01/90721003/1002/rss
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CNN interviewed the hosts of the show "Mythbusters" about the conspiracy theorists who believe the Apollo Moon landing was faked, and the their extensive efforts debunking the claims of the Moon landing deniers.
However, buried towards the end of the
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/20/buzz-aldrin-punches-moon_n_241664.html
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Buzz Aldrin may not have been the first man on the moon, but the Apollo 11 astronaut has another historic first under his belt, so to speak: first person to pee on the moon.
"Everyone has their firsts on the moon, and that one hasn't been disputed by
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National Geographic
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Almost 40 years to the minute after Buzz Aldrin became the second man to set foot on the moon, CBS News' Bob Schieffer spoke with Aldrin about hisWhite House meeting with President Obama commemorating his historic journey.
"Well, I mostly listened,"
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CBS News
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I note that there's an opportunity [for travel to Mars] in 2029 -- an opposition -- and in 2031. If we got to the moon in 2020, we couldn't get to Mars. So I don't think we can do both the Moon and Mars and get to Mars at all.
So you think we
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Popular Science
http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-07/beyond-moon-popsci-chats-buzz-aldrin
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www.youtube.com — Buzz Aldrin pops this conspericy theororist right in the jaw (by the way Buzz is in his eightys). Damn conpiracy theororists.
The Apollo Moon Landing Happened 40 Years Ago Today
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Beltway Blips
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin erecting the US flag at Tranquility Base on the surface of the Moon
Photo: NASA
Buzz Aldrin descends from the Eagle landing module
Photo: NASA
Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin faces the camera as he walks
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The Telegraph
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Buzz Aldrin grew up a fan of such adventurous characters as Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. As an adult, Aldrin would become the second man to walk on the moon.
And Aldrin sees a connection between fiction and reality when it comes to how movies may have
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Pittsburgh Entertainment
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/more/s_634182.html?source=rss&feed=7
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On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the man's first steps on the moon on July 20, 1969, Buzz Aldrin said Mars should become the focus of renewed commitment to space travel.
The second man to walk on the lunar surface, he called for the United States
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The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/space/5868130/Neil-Armstrong-and-Buzz-Aldrin-call-for-mission-to-Mars.html
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Former Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin says NASA should set its sights on a bigger target in the future: Mars.
Aldrin made the comments on the eve of the 40th anniversary of his landing on the moon on
the Apollo 11 mission. He says the space agency was
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New York Newsday
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nynewsday/news/nationworld/world/~3/Uh9-cIXthV4/ny-buzz0720,0,5465999.story
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Related Link » Remembering Apollo 11
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Television footage of the first human footstep on Lunar soil on July 20, 1969. Astronaut Neil Armstrong took these first steps, followed shortly by Buzz Aldrin. This is a reproduction of the television
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Remembrance in Spacetime
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBigHenry/~3/6UTPSBgnlS8/apollo-11-mankinds-giant-leap.html
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Magnificent Desolation, the new autobiography by Buzz Aldrin
I very much enjoyed chatting with Buzz Aldrin a couple of weeks ago, for some stories leading up to the 40th anniversary of the July 20, 1969 Apollo 11 landing on the moon. I found him honest,
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Universe Today
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/07/19/book-review-magnificent-desolation-by-buzz-aldrin-with-author-comments/
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MOONSHOT REMEMBEREDIt always seems like nostalgic celebrations of Woodstock outshine nostalgic celebrations of putting a man on the moon. But this moment seems to be a tinge more idealistic than
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KansasCity.com
http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/aaron_barnhart/story/1329599.html
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon, as an estimated 600 million people — the largest television audience in history — watched in awe. They spent 15 hours on the lunar surface — including 2 1/2
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Hampton Roads Daily Press
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E-mail | Share | Comments | Share this page using one of the following services: Del.icio.us Digg Facebook Mixx Reddit Stumble Upon What is this? Space A Small Step To The Moon, A Giant Leap To Mars by Wade Goodwyn Enlarge Astronaut Buzz Aldrin stands
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John Wolfram was the first man to reach astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins after they returned from the moon.
I was the first human being on this earth, a Wisconsin boy to see them return, Wolfram, 60, of McDonough, Ga., said by
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Wausau Daily Herald
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20090718/WDH0101/90717125/1981&located=RSS
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BEAVERCREEK — Buzz Aldrin captivated the world 40 years ago when he was part of the first moon landing mission.
On Friday, July 17, the 79-year-old Apollo 11 astronaut captured the attention of an crowd of several hundred at Books & Co. as he swayed to
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Dayton Daily News
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(CNN) -- It turns out going to the moon is a tough act to follow.
Twelve men have walked on the moon. A historian says it would be difficult to follow up on that accomplishment.
For all their Buck Rogers, "Right Stuff," history-making achievements,
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CNN
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Buzz Aldrin punch ( not-edited ) (video)
www.youtube.com 2 days ago — Buzz Aldrin pops this conspericy theororist right in the jaw (by the way Buzz is in his eightys). Damn conpiracy theororists.
Buzz Aldrin pops this conspericy theororist right in
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For nine days in July 2009, world attention was riveted on three American NASA astronauts - Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins - and their Apollo 11 mission to become the first humans to walk on the moon. On July 20, 1969, the
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eWeek
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Exclusive Galleries include commentary from Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and never before published photos of astronauts with their families www.life.com
WHAT: To celebrate this week's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, LIFE.com is featuring a
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A scientist, engineer, space exploration historian and science-fiction writer, Aldrin guest-starred as himself on 'The Simpsons' in 1994, and recorded a rap song with Snoop Dogg and Quincy Jones earlier this year.
Aldrin became the second man to walk o
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