Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is turning 92 on Thursday.
Throughout his life, Aldrin made impressive achievements in both his education and career.
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Furthermore, Aldrin made remarkable contributions as an astronaut, devising techniques that are still used today.
Here are five things to know about Aldrin, according to NASA:
Buzz Aldrin graduated one year early from high school then went on to attend the US Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated third in his class.
Aldrin earned his Doctorate of Science in Astronautics at MIT. He was the first with a doctorate to be selected by NASA into the third group of astronauts.
Aldrin devised space docking and rendezvous techniques that became critical to the success of the Gemini and Apollo programs, and are still used today.
In 1966 on the Gemini 12 orbital mission, Aldrin performed the world’s first successful extravehicular activity (EVA) spacewalk. He set a new EVA record of five and a half hours. During that mission, he also took the first selfie in space.
On July 20, 1969, Aldrin became one of the first two humans to set foot on another world along with Neil Armstrong in the Apollo 11 moonwalk.
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