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Buzz Aldrin ties the knot on his 93rd birthday

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Updated 11:48 21 Jan 2023 GMTPublished 11:34 21 Jan 2023 GMT

Buzz Aldrin ties the knot on his 93rd birthday

The astronaut said he and his wife are ‘as excited as eloping teenagers

Claire Reid

Claire Reid

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin has got married on his 93rd birthday and says he and his wife are ‘as excited as eloping teenagers’.

Buzz, the second man to walk on the moon, turned 93 on Friday and marked the special day by getting hitched to longtime girlfriend Dr. Anca Faur, 63 - meaning he'll have no excuse to ever forget their anniversary.

In a post on Twitter, the loved-up former spaceman wrote: “On my 93rd birthday & the day I will also be honoured by Living Legends of Aviation I am pleased to announce that my longtime love Dr. Anca Faur & I have tied the knot. We were joined in holy matrimony in a small private ceremony in Los Angeles & are as excited as eloping teenagers.”

Alongside the sweet message, Buzz shared two photos from their special day with him looking dapper in a suit adorned with medals from his time in the space agency, while his bride with a white lace dress with intricate needlework.

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Buzz Aldrin married Dr. Anca Faur on his 93rd birthday.
Twitter/@TheRealBuzz

Romanian-born Dr Faur works executive vice president of Buzz Aldrin Ventures and earned her PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.

Buzz has previously been married three times - first in 1954 to wife Joan Archer, with whom he had three children, before divorcing in 1974.

In 1975, Buzz wed Beverly Van Zile, but the two divorced three years later.

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He married Lois Driggs Cannon in 1988 with the two eventually going their separate ways in 2012.

Buzz, whose real name is Edwin Eugene Aldrin, is the only surviving astronaut from the three who took part in the historic Apollo 11 mission, which saw man walk on the moon for the very first time.

As you can imagine, being one of the only humans to ever set foot on the moon had a very profound impact on Buzz.

He said they’re as ‘excited as eloping teenagers’.
Twitter/@TheRealBuzz

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In the 1975 book Apollo Expedition to the Moon, by Edgar Cortright, Buzz is quoted as saying: "A busy eleven minutes later we were in Earth orbit. The Earth didn't look much different from the way it had during my first flight, and yet I kept looking at it.

“From space it has an almost benign quality. Intellectually one could realise there were wars underway, but emotionally it was impossible to understand such things. The thought reoccurred that wars are generally fought for territory or are disputes over borders; from space the arbitrary borders established on Earth cannot be seen."



Featured Image Credit: Twitter/@TheRealBuzz

Topics: NASA, US News

Claire Reid
Claire Reid

Claire is a journalist at UNILAD who, after dossing around for a few years, went to Liverpool John Moores University. She graduated with a degree in Journalism and a whole load of debt. When not writing words in exchange for money she is usually at home watching serial killer documentaries surrounded by cats.

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