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Buzz and Lois are on the go all the time.
This is a very special and busy year for them as we all celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11. Buzz's book, Magnificent Desolation, is out. I read it in two days and truly had the feeling I had been to the moon and back. MSNBC published an exerpt 6-23-09.
Buzz and Lois at our 2008 reunion here in Surprise ... with me and Marion and many other family members
Buzz, Lisa Cannon and Christina Rasch
made a rap video with some famous rappers. Here it is on Funny or Die. This is good even if you don't like rap.
Here are a few of the events surrounding the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 ... and going forward ...
Boston Pops and MIT - June 11, 2009
Hong Kong Space Museum - June 20, 2009
CNN interview re Mars added June 24, 2009
See the LA Times article from July 4, 2009
Set our sights on Mars, he says July 6, 2009
Glenn Beck interview on Fox - July 6, 2009
History.com, Buzz's flight & space videos
Astronomy Mag's countdown to anniversary
Hasselblad plans celebration - at the Cape
Boston Globe article - July 14, 2009
CNN-Magnificent Desolation video - July 15
Cosmic Log posting (MSNBC) - July 15, 2009
Mars by 2031, Buzz hopes - July 17, 2009
All three at the Smithsonian - July 19, 2009
Steven Leckart interview posted-July 20, 2009
Obama will host Apollo 11 astronauts Monday
Here is the video from that meeting - July 20
Jim Lehrer of PBS interviews Buzz - July 20
Tagged by Molly, Barnes and Noble - July 20
NASA - Congressional Gold Medal - July 21
and on the USS Hornet, Splashdown 2009
The return of Buzz Lightyear - Oct. 2
Huffington Post Blog - October 21, 2009
L.A. Now - (honorary) - November 10, 2009
Huffington Post Blog - November 9, 2009
... Why we need better rockets
More Huffington blog - November 25, 2009
Under construction are pages for the Aldrin children ... Mike, Jan & Andy and their mother, Joan.
Buzz was 80 years old ... Jan. 20, 2010.
We needed a new page for his 9th decade.