Buzz Aldrin (1930­) served as a fighter pilot in Korea before becoming 
involved with the U.S. Space Program. He was pilot for the Gemini XII 
orbital rendezvous space flight in 1966. He was also a modular pilot on 
the Apollo XI moon mission and established a record seven hours and 52 
minutes outside a spacecraft. He has written two books: Return to  
Earth  (1973) and Men From Earth  (1989).