Galileo for Kids: His Life and Ideas, 25 Activities

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Academy at West Point He began his career with the Air Force and flew 62 combat missions in the Korean War He was selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA to be an astronaut in 1963 In 1966 he participated in the Gemini XII mission where he orbited the earth for four days In 1969 he joined Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon On July 20 1969 he became the second man to walk on the moon Aldrin earned a Ph D degree from the Mass achusetts Institute of Technology and helped NASA develop methods for space rendezvous and docking of vehicles He has written several books including Return to Earth about the Apollo 11 mission and several science fiction novels Buzz Aldrin on the moon