Buzz Aldrin all of its tasks in real time and had to postpone some of them. The "Eagle" landed at 20:17:40 UTC on Sunday July 20 with about 25 seconds of fuel left. Aldrin, a Presbyterian elder, was the first person to hold a religious ceremony on the Moon. He radioed Earth: "I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours, and to give thanks in his or her own way." He took communion, but he kept it secret
6470 Aldrin 6470 Aldrin 6470 Aldrin, provisional designation , is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at Kleť Observatory on 14 September 1982. It was named for American astronaut Buzz Aldrin. "Aldrin" is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,253 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.15 and an