Buzz Aldrin marries on his 93rd birthday: Astronaut legend ties the knot for a fourth time
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The second man on the moon is getting married for the fourth time, as astronaut legend Buzz Aldrin announced that he would marry his longtime girlfriend on her birthday in Los Angeles.
Aldrin, who turned 93 on Friday and was part of the historic first moon landing mission, made the sweet announcement to his new wife, who is 30 years his junior, on his Twitter account.
‘On my 93rd birthday and the day that Living Legends of Aviation will also honor me, I am pleased to announce that my lifelong love, Dr. Anca Faur, and I have married. We were joined in holy matrimony in a small private ceremony in Los Angeles and we are as excited as eloping teenagers.
Faur, 63, currently works as the executive vice president of Buzz Aldrin Ventures LLC, with her LinkedIn page listing that she has worked for the company since 2019.
The second man on the moon is getting married for the fourth time, as astronaut legend Buzz Aldrin announced that he would marry his longtime girlfriend, Dr. Anca Faur, on her birthday in Los Angeles.
She has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and was at one point treasurer of the California Hydrogen Business Council.
Aldrin has been married and divorced three times before, to Joan Ann Archer from 1954 to 1974, to Beverly Van Zile from 1975 to 1978, and to Lois Driggs Cannon from 1988 to 2012.
The second man to touch the moon’s surface has three children, James, Janice, and Andrew, with his first wife, Archer.
He has one grandson, Jeffrey Schuss, by daughter Janice, three great-grandsons, and one great-granddaughter.
Aldrin retired from NASA in 1971 and in 1998 founded the ShareSpace Foundation, a nonprofit organization to promote the expansion of manned space exploration.
After entering the history books with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin said he struggled through a dark time where he didn’t know what he should do with his life.
He battled depression and alcoholism, but has now been sober for over 40 years.
Aldrin, who turned 93 on Friday and was part of the historic first moon landing mission, made the sweet announcement on his Twitter account.
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In 2002, Aldrin escaped assault charges after punching a man who demanded he swear on a Bible that the moon landing was not a set-up.
Five years ago, he also sued two of his children, Andrew and Janice, and his former business manager, Christina Korp, alleging they had stolen money from him and slandered his legacy by suggesting he suffered from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
He dropped the lawsuit in 2019 after his two sons withdrew their petition for guardianship of his affairs.
In 2007, Aldrin said he had recently had a facelift and joked that the forces he was exposed to in space “caused a sagging jowl that needed attention,” while in 2016 he said he had to be evacuated from the South Pole after falling ill.
The retired astronaut has also kept himself in the public eye by making cameo appearances on hit American TV shows like The Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons, and 30 Rock.
Faur, 63, currently works as the executive vice president of Buzz Aldrin Ventures LLC, with her LinkedIn page listing that she has worked for the company since 2019. Here she is with Aldrin on Veterans Day in 2019
Faur has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and was at one point treasurer of the California Hydrogen Business Council.
Faur is Buzz’s fourth wife, as Aldrin has been married and divorced three times before, to Joan Ann Archer from 1954 to 1974, Beverly Van Zile from 1975 to 1978, and Lois Driggs Cannon from 1988 to 2012.
From left to right, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, Jr. pose for a portrait in their spacesuits against a backdrop of the Moon.
Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins pose in front of a full-scale model of the lunar module that will be carried by their spacecraft.
The Toy Story character Buzz Lightyear was even named after him.
Aldrin has written several books, but in recent years he has called for the colonization of Mars.
The 92-year-old said a “great migration” is necessary not only for the sake of exploration but also for the continued survival of the human race.