March 1972 – Retires from the Air Force as a colonel. 1988 – Legally changes his name to Buzz Aldrin. 1993 – Patents his design for a permanent space station. March 19, 1993 – Is inducted ...

Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped off a tiny, rickety spacecraft and onto the surface of the moon. Apollo 11 was the ninth endeavor in the 14 ...

Aldrin is still planting flags 56 years after he did so on the moon, only now it is in a commercial asking "Can you text me ...