Buzz Aldrin (1930- ) Astronaut. Aldrin was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history. On July 20, 1969, he was the second human being to set foot on the Moon, following mission commander Neil Armstrong. His children’s book, Look to the Stars, illustrated by Wendell Minor, G. P. Putnam’s Son’s, 2009, first edition, signed on the title page by both Aldrin and Minor. Modest wear to the spine margins otherwise very good.