Legendary Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin praised NASA and its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) “all people” on the successful landing of the Perseverance Rover on the surface of Mars.
Another man to walk on the moon following Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969 is Lldrin, Fox News ” Kevuto Live.
The New Jersey native, who turned 91 in January, is a U.S. citizen. Mars, through the space program, is advocating efforts to explore the planet beyond Earth in a direction farther from the Sun.
Fox host Neil Cavuto launched the segment by sharing the latest video images of Mars, the fifth rover NASA has sent to the planet and the ninth overall NASA has landed there, the Associated Press reports.
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“I think it’s a great tribute to Jim Bridenstein and all the others, especially all the NASA devotees who are in the leadership room of the JPL.”
NASA Administrator Brydenstein, appointed by former President Donald Trump, left the agency on January 20 to take over as President Biden.
Cavuto then asked Aldrin to guess at what year humans would be able to reach the surface of Mars.
“About 10, 20 years ago, my estimate was around 2030, 2033, and it was earlier than most people figure,” Aldrin replied.
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin. (Associated Press)
“We have a lot of good things to do at Armatis, our deal program on the moon …” he continued. “So it’s going to take on the moon first and then get ready to see the next one in public, which would be a sophisticated improvement on a man-operated mission.”
Other planned missions to Mars include the landing of a small rover by China, scheduled for late spring, and the United Arab Emirates spacecraft, which went into orbit to Mars last week, the APA said.
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Aldrin was in the news earlier in January when he received his first coronavirus vaccine shot, just days before his 91st birthday.
Aldrin wrote on Twitter, “I urge everyone to sign up for vaccinations as soon as possible, so that life can return to normal as soon as possible.”
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
