Editing Buzz Aldrin (section)

== Awards and honors ==
[[File:Buzz Aldrin 220505-X-FC312-0007.jpg|thumb|right|Aldrin addresses the crowd during the ceremony for his honorary promotion to brigadier general]]
[[File:Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in February 2022 (83).jpeg|thumb|Aldrin depicted (right) on ''[[The Eagle Has Landed (statue)|The Eagle Has Landed]]'' statue, by [[George Lundeen]], Mark Lundeen, and Joey Bainer (2019), exhibited at the [[Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex]]]]
Aldrin was awarded the [[Air Force Distinguished Service Medal]] (DSM) in 1969 for his role as Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11.<ref name="valor">{{cite web |url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=33821 |title=Valor Awards for Buzz Aldrin |publisher=Hall of Valor|access-date=December 25, 2017}}</ref> He was awarded an [[oak leaf cluster]] in 1972 in lieu of a second DSM for his role in both the Korean War and in the space program,<ref name="valor" /> and the [[Legion of Merit]] for his role in the Gemini and Apollo programs.<ref name="valor" /> During a 1966 ceremony marking the end of the Gemini program, Aldrin was awarded the [[NASA Exceptional Service Medal]] by [[Lyndon B. Johnson|President Johnson]] at LBJ Ranch.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23093107/the_evening_times/ |title=Johnson Sees Greater U.S. Success in Space |newspaper=The Evening Times |location=Sayre, Pennsylvania |date=November 23, 1966 |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> He was awarded the [[NASA Distinguished Service Medal]] in 1970 for the Apollo{{nbsp}}11 mission.{{sfn|Gawdiak|Fedor|1994|p=398}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44062092/arizona_republic/|title=Agnew Confers Awards on Crews of 3 Apollos|newspaper=Arizona Republic|location=Phoenix, Arizona|date=November 14, 1970|agency=Associated Press|page=23|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Aldrin was one of ten Gemini astronauts inducted into the [[New Mexico Museum of Space History|International Space Hall of Fame]] in 1982.<ref name="newmexico" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28841417/albuquerque_journal/ |title=Astronauts Laud Gemini as Precursor to Shuttle |last1=Shay |first1=Erin |newspaper=Albuquerque Journal |location=Albuquerque, New Mexico |date=October 3, 1982 |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He was also inducted into the [[U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame]] in 1993,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.astronautscholarship.org/Astronauts/buzz-aldrin/ |title=Buzz Aldrin |publisher=Astronaut Scholarship Foundation|access-date=August 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33582881/florida_today/|title=Activities Honor Gemini Astronauts|newspaper=Florida Today|location=Cocoa, Florida|date=March 14, 1993|page=41|via=Newspapers.com|last1=Clark|first1=Amy}}</ref> the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]] in 2000,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/aldrin-buzz/ |title=Aldrin, Buzz: Enshrined 2000 |publisher=The National Aviation Hall of Fame |access-date=December 19, 2017 |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417153641/https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/aldrin-buzz/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[New Jersey Hall of Fame]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2007/10/frank_bruce_and_buzz_among_fir.html |title=Frank, Bruce and Buzz among first inducted into NJ hall of fame|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109041213/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2007/10/frank_bruce_and_buzz_among_fir.html |archive-date=November 9, 2013 |last1=Hester |first1=Tom|url-status=live |date=October 25, 2007 |work=New Jersey On-Line LLC|access-date=August 19, 2018|publisher=NJ Advance Media}}</ref>
The ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' character [[Buzz Lightyear]] was named in honor of Buzz Aldrin.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/early-toy-story-concept-art-had-woody-and-buzz-lightyear-looking-a-little-strange-a6792291.html|title=Early Toy Story concept art had Woody and Buzz Lightyear looking a little strange|last1=Loughrey|first1=Clarisse|date=December 31, 2015|newspaper=Independent|access-date=March 16, 2019}}</ref>

In 1999, while celebrating the 30th anniversary of the lunar landing, Vice President [[Al Gore]], who was also the vice-chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents, presented the Apollo{{nbsp}}11 crew with the [[Smithsonian Institution]]'s [[Langley Gold Medal]] for aviation. After the ceremony, the crew went to the White House and presented President [[Bill Clinton]] with an encased Moon rock.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3077902/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/moon-anniversary-celebrated/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304172507/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3077902/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/moon-anniversary-celebrated/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2018 |title=Moon Anniversary Celebrated |work=NBC News |last1=Boyle |first1=Alan|date=July 20, 1999 |access-date=March 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9907/20/apollo.11.awards/ |title=Apollo 11 astronauts honored for 'astonishing' mission |date=July 20, 1999 |work=CNN|access-date=April 24, 2018}}</ref> The Apollo{{nbsp}}11 crew was awarded the New Frontier [[Congressional Gold Medal]] in the Capitol Rotunda in 2011. During the ceremony, NASA administrator [[Charles Bolden]] said, "Those of us who have had the privilege to fly in space followed the trail they forged."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/topics/people/features/gold_medal.html |title=NASA Legends Awarded Congressional Gold Medal |publisher=NASA |date=November 16, 2011 |access-date=December 19, 2017 |archive-date=May 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519175531/https://www.nasa.gov/topics/people/features/gold_medal.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=goldmedal>''Congressional Gold Medal to Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins''. {{USCongRec|2000|H4714|date=June 20, 2000}}. Accessed April 16, 2015.</ref>

[[File:Buzz Aldrin in 2001.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Aldrin in 2001 wearing the Presidential Medal of Freedom he received in 1969|alt=see caption]]
The Apollo{{nbsp}}11 crew were awarded the [[Collier Trophy]] in 1969. The National Aeronautic Association president awarded a duplicate trophy to Collins and Aldrin at a ceremony.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27418925/the_charleston_daily_mail/ |title=Apollo 11 Spacemen Win Collier Trophy |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Charleston Daily Mail |location=Charleston, West Virginia |date=March 18, 1970 |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The crew was awarded the 1969 General Thomas D. White USAF Space Trophy.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/1997/May%201997/0597recs.pdf |title=The Gen. Thomas D. White USAF Space Trophy |journal=Air Force Magazine |publisher=USAF |date=May 1997 |page=156}}</ref> The National Space Club named the crew the winners of the 1970 [[Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy]], awarded annually for the greatest achievement in spaceflight.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23148781/the_times/ |title=Astronauts of Apollo 11 to be Feted |newspaper=[[The Times]] |location=Shreveport, Louisiana |agency=Associated Press |date=March 6, 1970 |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> They received the international [[Harmon Trophy]] for aviators in 1970,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/07/archives/two-raf-pilots-to-share-harmon-aviators-trophy.html |title=Two R.A.F. Pilots to Share Harmon Aviator's Trophy |date=September 7, 1970|access-date=March 3, 2018 |newspaper=The New York Times |page=36}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19532169/the_montgomery_advertiser/ |title=Apollo 11 Astronauts Add Harmon Trophy to Collection |newspaper=The Montgomery Advertiser |location=Montgomery, Alabama |date=September 6, 1970 |page=6E |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> conferred to them by Vice President [[Spiro Agnew]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19532416/the_times/ |title=3 Astronauts get Harmon Trophies |newspaper=[[The Times]] |location=Shreveport, Louisiana |agency=Associated Press |date=May 20, 1971 |page=2–B |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Agnew also presented them the [[Hubbard Medal]] of the National Geographic Society in 1970. He told them, "You've won a place alongside Christopher Columbus in American history".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19603390/the_la_crosse_tribune/ |title=Agnew Gives Medals to Apollo 11 Crew |newspaper=The La Crosse Tribune |agency=Associated Press |date=February 18, 1970 |page=6 |location=La Crosse, Wisconsin |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1970, the Apollo{{nbsp}}11 team were co-winners of the [[Iven C. Kincheloe]] award from the [[Society of Experimental Test Pilots]] along with [[Darryl Greenamyer]] who broke the world speed record for piston engine airplanes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27418798/valley_news/ |title=Record Setting Aviators Honored by Pilots Group |newspaper=Valley News |location=Van Nuys, California |date=October 10, 1970 |page=51 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> For contributions to the television industry, they were honored with round plaques on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/apollo-landing/ |title=Apollo Landing – Hollywood Star Walk |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Scott |last=Sandell |date=March 1, 2010 |access-date=November 20, 2018}}</ref>

In 2001, President [[George W. Bush]] appointed Aldrin to the [[Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/08/20010822-6.html |title=Personnel Announcements|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902140947/https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/08/20010822-6.html |archive-date=September 2, 2017|url-status=live |date=August 22, 2001 |publisher=The White House}}</ref> Aldrin received the 2003 Humanitarian Award from [[Variety, the Children's Charity]], which, according to the organization, "is given to an individual who has shown unusual understanding, empathy, and devotion to mankind."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.varietychildrenscharity.org/about_variety/humanitarian_awards.php |title=Variety International Humanitarian Awards |publisher=Variety, the Children's Charity |access-date=May 7, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927180538/http://www.varietychildrenscharity.org/about_variety/humanitarian_awards.php|archive-date=September 27, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006, the [[Space Foundation]] awarded him its highest honor, the General [[James E. Hill]] Lifetime Space Achievement Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalspacesymposium.org/symposium-awards |title=Symposium Awards |access-date=January 31, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203060101/http://www.nationalspacesymposium.org/symposium-awards |archive-date=February 3, 2009 |publisher=National Space Symposium}}</ref>

Aldrin received honorary degrees from six colleges and universities,<ref name="nasabio" /> and was named as the Chancellor of the [[International Space University]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/australia-space-agency-value-2018-7 |title=Australia finally has a space agency – here's why it's about time |first1=Peter |last1=Farquhar |date=July 2, 2018 |publisher=Business Insider Australia |access-date=January 19, 2019 |archive-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717043447/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/australia-space-agency-value-2018-7 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a member of the [[National Space Society]]'s Board of Governors,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nss.org/about/bios/aldrin.html |title=National Space Society Board of Governors |publisher=National Space Society |access-date=December 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329161552/http://www.nss.org/about/bios/aldrin.html |archive-date=March 29, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and has served as the organization's chairman. In 2016, his hometown middle school in Montclair, New Jersey, was renamed Buzz Aldrin Middle School.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kent |first1=Spencer |title=N.J. middle school renamed after Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin |url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2016/09/nj_school_renamed_in_honor_of_apollo_11s_buzz_aldr.html |access-date=March 14, 2017 |agency=NJ Advance Media |date=September 16, 2016}}</ref> The [[Aldrin (crater)|Aldrin crater]] on the Moon near the Apollo{{nbsp}}11 landing site and Asteroid [[6470 Aldrin]] are named in his honor.<ref name="newmexico">{{cite web |url=http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.php?id=59 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707125942/http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.php?id=59 |archive-date=July 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |title=Second man to set foot on the Moon |publisher=New Mexico Museum of Space History|access-date=August 18, 2018}}</ref>

In 2019, Aldrin was awarded the [[Starmus Festival]]'s [[Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication]] for Lifetime Achievement.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/06/29/buzz-aldrin-stephen-hawking-persuaded-go-back-moon-mars/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/06/29/buzz-aldrin-stephen-hawking-persuaded-go-back-moon-mars/ |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Stephen Hawking persuaded Buzz Aldrin that humans should return to the Moon before venturing to Mars. (June 30, 2019)|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=June 30, 2019|last1=Knapton|first1=Sarah}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On his 93rd birthday he was honored by [[Living Legends of Aviation]].<ref name="AncaTweet">{{cite tweet |last=Aldrin |first=Buzz |url=https://twitter.com/TheRealBuzz/status/1616600085441159168 |title=On my 93rd birthday ... I am pleased to announce that my longtime love Dr. Anca Faur & I have tied the knot |date=January 20, 2023 |user=TheRealBuzz |number=1616600085441159168 }}</ref> On May 5, 2023, he received an honorary promotion to the rank of brigadier general in the United States Air Force, as well as being made an honorary Space Force guardian.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Richard |last=Tribou |title=Buzz Aldrin to be promoted to Air Force brigadier general |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/apr/21/buzz-aldrin-to-be-promoted-to-air-force-brigadier-/ |date=April 21, 2023 |access-date=May 5, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Space Systems Command Hosts Ceremony Honoring Astronaut & Fighter Pilot Colonel Buzz Aldrin's Honorary Appointment to Brigadier General |date=April 21, 2023 |url=https://www.ssc.spaceforce.mil/Portals/3/Space%20Systems%20Command%20Hosts%20Ceremony%20Honoring%20Astronaut%20%20Fighter%20Pilot%20Colonel%20Buzz%20Aldrin%27s%20Honorary%20Appointment%20to%20Brigadier%20General.pdf |access-date=May 6, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Buzz Aldrin Honorarily Promoted to Brigadier General at the Request of Rep. Calvert  |date= April 20, 2023 |publisher= Congressman Ken Calvert |url=https://calvert.house.gov/media/press-releases/buzz-aldrin-honorarily-promoted-brigadier-general-request-rep-calvert |access-date=May 6, 2023}}</ref>