Tag: Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin is an American former astronaut, engineer, and fighter pilot born on this day in 1930. He and mission commander, Neil Armstrong, were the first two people to land on the Moon. Did you know that: • William Kelly patented the blast furnace for manufacturing steel on this day in 1857• The first outdoor […]

Apollo 11 lunar module carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the surface of the Moon on this day in 1969. Did you know that: • Elisha Brown Jr pressed a one-thousand two-hundred thirty-five-pound cheese ball at his farm on this day in 1801• German astronomer Theodor discovered the Comet Brorsen-Metcalf on this day […]