Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Aldrin, Jr., 1930) is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history. On July 20, 1969, he was the second human being to set foot on the Moon, following mission commander Neil Armstrong.

Aldrin collaborated with science fiction author John Barnes to write Encounter With Tiber and The Return.