buzz_aldrin | was a crew member of | apollo_11 <tsp> buzz_aldrin | was selected by nasa | 1963 <tsp> buzz_aldrin | occupation | fighter_pilot <tsp> buzz_aldrin | almamater | 'massachusetts institute of technology scd 1963' <tsp> apollo_11 | backup pilot | william_anders <tsp> apollo_11 | operator | nasa <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 
buzz aldrin graduated from massachusetts institute of technology with a sc.d in 1963 and became a fighter pilot. he was selected to work for nasa in 1963. and was chosen as a crew member (serving as backup pilot) of the nasa operated apollo 11 mission.he was the lunar module eagle pilot on the 1969 apollo 11 mission