Buzz Aldrin Times", Aldrin supported a manned mission to Mars and which viewed the Moon "not as a destination but more a point of departure, one that places humankind on a trajectory to homestead Mars and become a two-planet species." In August 2015, Aldrin, in association with the Florida Institute of Technology, presented a master plan to NASA for consideration where astronauts, with a tour of duty of ten years, establish a colony on Mars before the year 2040. Aldrin was awarded the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal in 1969 for his role as lunar module pilot on Apollo 11. He was
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