NASA announced June 7 that it has selected a new class of 12 astronaut candidates and seven of them have served in the U.S. military. After receiving 18,300 applications, NASA narrowed the list down, and these men and women will join the elite ranks of only 338 former astronauts in U.S. history.
Retired Air Force Col. Edwin Aldrin, commonly known as “Buzz,” is a national treasure. Half a century ago, the former fighter pilot from the Korean War became the second person to walk on the face of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.
