page_title: List of United States Military Academy alumni
section_title: Astronauts
hierarchical_section_title: List of United States Military Academy alumni / Astronauts
caption_attribution_description: English: Short description: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the moon Full description: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, stands on the surface of the moon near the leg of the lunar module, Eagle, during the Apollo 11 moonwalk. Astronaut Neil Armstrong, mission commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. While Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the lunar module to explore the Sea of Tranquility, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained in lunar orbit with the Command and Service Module, Columbia. This is the actual photograph as exposed on the moon by Armstrong. He held the camera slightly rotated so that the camera frame did not include the top of Aldrin's portable life support system ("backpack"). A communications antenna mounted on top of the backpack is also cut off in this picture. When the image was released to the public, it was rotated clockwise to restore the astronaut to vertical for a more harmonious composition, and a black area was added above his head to recreate the missing black lunar "sky". The edited version is the one most commonly reproduced and known to the public, but the original version, above, is the authentic exposure. A full explanation with illustrations can be seen at the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal. Español: Descripción: el astronauta Buzz Aldrin, piloto del módulo lunar, camina sobre la superficie de la Luna cerca de la pata del módulo lunar (LM) Eagle durante el paseo lunar del Apolo 11 (EVA). El astronauta Neil A. Armstrong, comandante, tomó esta fotografía con una cámara de 70mm. Mientras los astronautas Armstrong y Aldrin descendieron en el módulo lunar (LM) Eagle para explorar la región del Mar de la Tranquilidad, el astronauta Michael Collins, piloto del módulo de mando, se quedó con los módulos de mando y servicio (CSM) Columbia en la órbita lunar. Esta es la fotografía original, tomada por Armstrong. En algunas versiones muy difundidas en los medios, se hicieron dos retoques: una pequeña rotación para alinear al astronauta verticalmente, y un agregado de cielo negro en la parte superior; esto último se comprueba observando que la fotografía original incluye el comienzo de una antena sobre el casco de Aldrin, que queda recortada cerca de su base. Véase una explicación completa del trucaje, con ilustraciones, en el Diario del Apolo sobre la superficie lunar. فارسی: توضیح کوتاه: باز آلدرین بر روی سطح ماه. توضیح بلند: باز آلدرین، فضانورد آمریکایی و خلبان فضاپیمای ماه‌پیمای آپولو-۱۱ روی سطح ماه نزدیک یکی از پایه‌های فرود فضاپیما دیده می‌شود. این عکس توسط نیل آرمسترانگ بوسیله یک دوربین ویژه ۷۰ میلی‌متری برداشته شده است. این دو فضانورد در روز ۲۱ ژوئیه ۱۹۶۹ میلادی با بخش ماه‌نشین فضاپیمای آپولو-۱۱ موسوم به «عقاب» روی ماه فرود آمدند، در حالیکه همکار دیگرشان، مایکل کالینز، در بخش فرماندهی فضاپیما موسوم به «کلمبیا» در مدار ماه باقی ماند.
context_page_description: The United States Military Academy is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York with the mission of educating and commissioning officers for the United States Army. The Academy was founded in 1802 and is the oldest of the United States' five service academies. It is also referred to as West Point The Academy graduated its first cadet, Joseph Gardner Swift, in October 1802. Sports media refer to the Academy as "Army" and the students as "Cadets"; this usage is officially endorsed. The football team is also known as "The Black Knights of the Hudson" and "The Black Knights". A small number of graduates each year choose the option of cross-commissioning into the United States Air Force, United States Navy, or the United States Marine Corps. Before the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in 1955, the Academy was a major source of officers for the Air Force and its predecessors. Most cadets are admitted through the congressional appointment system. The curriculum emphasizes the sciences and engineering fields.
  The list is drawn from graduates, non-graduate former cadets, current cadets, and faculty of the Military Academy.
context_section_description: Sherwood Spring USMA class of 1967 was an astronaut.  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_C._Spring
caption: Buzz Aldrin
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