Buzz Aldrin, the second astronaut to set foot on the moon, marries his girlfriend 30 years his junior on his 93rd birthday

The legendary Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrinthe second person to set foot on the moon, announced that he married his longtime girlfriend on Friday, the 20th, his 93rd birthday.

Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Anca Faur, Executive Vice President of Buzz Aldrin Ventures, they were married in a private ceremony.

“On my 93rd birthday… pleased to announce that my longtime love Dr. Anca Faur and I have been married,” Aldrin tweeted, along with photos of him and Faur, who is said to be 63 years.

“We joined in holy matrimony in a small private ceremony in Los Angeles and are thrilled like teenagers on the run,” added the astronaut.

The tweet was accompanied by two snapshots from the private ceremony, which showed the bride in a white dress embellished with stones.

For his part, Aldrin looked dapper in a black suit paired with a bow tie.

Fauer, born in Romania, is currently Executive Vice President of Buzz Aldrin Ventures. He holds a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.

It’s not the first time astronaut Aldrin has said “Yes, I accept,” recalls The Post.

Aldrin was previously married three times, marrying his first wife, Joan Archer, in 1954. The couple had three children: James, Janice and Andrew, before the marriage ended in divorce in 1974.

Aldrin later married his second wife, Beverly Van Zile, in 1975, but their union fell apart just three years later.

A decade later, Buzz Aldrin found love with his third wife, Lois Driggs Cannon. The couple were married for 24 years before divorcing in 2012.

Aldrin rose to fame, literally, after completing three spacewalks during his distinguished career as an astronaut.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Faur received a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1996 and worked for Union Carbide and Johnson Matthey prior to Buzz Aldrin Ventures. She also served as treasurer of the California Hydrogen Business Council.

Aldrin’s three previous marriages ended in divorce.

The American astronaut is the last survivor of the Apollo 11 missionduring which he and Neil Armstrong became the first people to set foot on the Moon, on July 20, 1969.

Aldrin landed on the moon soon after Armstrong. The third crew member of the mission, Michael Collins, remained in lunar orbit in the command module Columbia, the only means of transportation available to the astronauts to return to Earth. Collins died in April 2021 and Armstrong in 2012.

Aldrin rose to fame, literally, after completing three spacewalks during his distinguished career as an astronaut.

Since retiring from NASA in 1971, Buzz Aldrin has been a strong believer in space exploration. A crater on the Moon near the Apollo 11 landing site It is named in his honor.

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