Buzz Aldrin was in space.
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon . Buzz Aldrin . As the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11 , he was one of the first two humans to land on the Moon , and the second person to walk on it . He also went into orbit on the Gemini 12 mission , finally achieving the goals for EVA ( space-walk work ) that paved the way to the Moon and success for the Gemini program ; he spent over five hours on EVA on that mission . Gemini 12 ( officially Gemini XII ) was a 1966 manned spaceflight in NASA 's Project Gemini .