After earning a Sc.D. degree in astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aldrin was selected as a member of NASA's Astronaut Group 3, making him the first astronaut with a doctoral degree.
Po získaní doktorátu (Sc.D.) v astronautike na Massachusetts Institute of Technology bol Aldrin vybraný ako člen 3. skupiny astronautov NASA, čím sa stal prvým astronautom s doktorandským titulom.