Aldrin's astronaut career

Aldrin was selected as the third astronaut by NASA. During the planning of Gemini project, his earnest attitude and education proved invaluable, even if he didn't get the task. The main members of Gemini 9A (Charles Bassett and Eliot Hirsch) were killed in the accident, which gave Aldrin a chance to become a substitute member. The main task of Gemini 9A is to rendezvous and dock the main spacecraft with a target spacecraft in Earth orbit, but when the docking fails, Aldrin temporarily prepares to rendezvous and dock the main spacecraft with a coordinate point. Aldrin is the pilot of Gemini 12. Gemini 12 is the last mission in the Gemini program and the last opportunity to test the method of extravehicular activity before the Apollo program. Aldrin invented some revolutionary skills during training Gemini 12, including neutral-underwater training; These technologies are still in use today. Aldrin created a time record of extravehicular activities in Gemini 12 mission, which proved that astronauts can work in the spacecraft for a long time. Aldrin is more involved in public activities than neil armstrong. There have been rumors that Aldrin wants to be the first person to walk out of the lunar module after Apollo 1 1, thinking that Aldrin will be the first person to set foot on the moon. In 1998 TV series "From the Earth to the Moon", Aldrin's desire to be the first man on the moon was dramatically displayed. But after returning to Earth, he joked that he was the first person to come back from another planet (he got off the capsule before Armstrong).

As a Christian, Aldrin's religious beliefs and his remarks about God-including his communion after Apollo 1 1 landed on the surface of the moon-are also very famous. After landing at the Jinghai base, Delin read aloud to the earth by radio:

"I want to take this opportunity to let everyone who is listening, no matter who and where, calm down, review what happened in the past few hours and express their gratitude in their own way."

Aldrin kept his Eucharist secret, because Genesis, read by apollo 8 astronauts in lunar orbit, led NASA to be sued by atheist Madeleine Murray O 'Hare. Aldrin's religious ceremony was conducted with communion utensils presented by Dean Woodruff, the pastor of his hometown church. Armstrong did not attend the ceremony.