Buzz Aldrin
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin (right) and then-West Palm Beach Mayor Fred O. Easley pose at 1970 rededication of the planetarium, which was named for Aldrin.
I needed a photo of Aldrin and bought this one online. The seller noted, "I purchased it from the family of the photographer, Bob Davidoff."
Davidoff was "the court photographer of the Camelot years of the Kennedy clan in Palm Beach," according to the Washington Post, in Davidoff's 2004 obituary.
What was then known as the Buzz Aldrin Planetarium is part of what is now known as the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium in West Palm Beach.
According to the Palm Beach Post, in 1965 " ... the place, known as the Science Museum and Planetarium of Palm Beach County, opened a $107,000 planetarium, one of only three in Florida. Officials asked NASA to send an astronaut and promised to name the planetarium for him.
"Four years later, that little-known spaceman, Buzz Aldrin, became the second man on the moon."
According to the center's website, "In 2008, the planetarium and Motorola Theater were completely renovated and renamed through the support of the Dekelboum Family Foundation."
Ret. Air Force Col. Buzz Aldrin was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963.
On November 11, 1966, he and command pilot James Lovell were launched into space in the Gemini 12 spacecraft on a 4-day flight, which brought the Gemini program to a successful close. Aldrin established a new record for extravehicular activity (EVA), spending 5-1/2 hours outside the spacecraft.
He served as lunar module pilot for Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, the first manned lunar landing mission. Aldrin followed Neil Armstrong onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, completing a 2-hour and 15 minute lunar EVA.
In July 1971, Aldrin resigned from NASA. Aldrin has logged 289 hours and 53 minutes in space, of which, 7 hours and 52 minutes were spent in EVA.
Easley died in 1997 at the age of 89 years.
Buzz Aldrin
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin (right) and then-West Palm Beach Mayor Fred O. Easley pose at 1970 rededication of the planetarium, which was named for Aldrin.
I needed a photo of Aldrin and bought this one online. The seller noted, "I purchased it from the family of the photographer, Bob Davidoff."
Davidoff was "the court photographer of the Camelot years of the Kennedy clan in Palm Beach," according to the Washington Post, in Davidoff's 2004 obituary.
What was then known as the Buzz Aldrin Planetarium is part of what is now known as the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium in West Palm Beach.
According to the Palm Beach Post, in 1965 " ... the place, known as the Science Museum and Planetarium of Palm Beach County, opened a $107,000 planetarium, one of only three in Florida. Officials asked NASA to send an astronaut and promised to name the planetarium for him.
"Four years later, that little-known spaceman, Buzz Aldrin, became the second man on the moon."
According to the center's website, "In 2008, the planetarium and Motorola Theater were completely renovated and renamed through the support of the Dekelboum Family Foundation."
Ret. Air Force Col. Buzz Aldrin was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963.
On November 11, 1966, he and command pilot James Lovell were launched into space in the Gemini 12 spacecraft on a 4-day flight, which brought the Gemini program to a successful close. Aldrin established a new record for extravehicular activity (EVA), spending 5-1/2 hours outside the spacecraft.
He served as lunar module pilot for Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, the first manned lunar landing mission. Aldrin followed Neil Armstrong onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, completing a 2-hour and 15 minute lunar EVA.
In July 1971, Aldrin resigned from NASA. Aldrin has logged 289 hours and 53 minutes in space, of which, 7 hours and 52 minutes were spent in EVA.
Easley died in 1997 at the age of 89 years.