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Armstrong described the lunar surface as 'beautiful.' I thought to myself, 'It's not really beautiful. It's magnificent that we're here, but what a desolate place we are visiting.'
Buzz Aldrin
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Buzz Aldrin
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: January 20
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Montclair Township
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.
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