buzz_aldrin | occupation | fighter_pilot <tsp> buzz_aldrin | status | 'retired' <sep> buzz aldrin (; born edwin eugene aldrin jr; january 20, 1930) is an american former astronaut,  engineer and fighter pilot he made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 gemini 12 mission he was the lunar module eagle pilot on the 1969 apollo 11 mission and became the second person to walk on the moon after mission commander neil armstrong born in glen ridge, new jersey, aldrin graduated third in the class of 1951 from the united states military academy at west point with a degree in mechanical engineering he was commissioned into the united states air force and served as a jet fighter pilot during the korean war 
retiree buzz aldrin is a former fighter pilot.he served as a jet fighter pilot during the korean war