Alexei Leonov vs Buzz Aldrin
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Compare the life timelines of Alexei Leonov (1934–2019) and Buzz Aldrin (1930–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 85 years, from 1934 to 2019.
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Alexei Leonov (1934–2019)
- — Born in Listvyanka, Siberia Verified
- — Graduated from the Chuguev military aviation pilots' school Verified
- — Selected for the first group of Soviet cosmonauts Verified
- — Named Hero of the Soviet Union Verified
- — Performed the first spacewalk, on Voskhod 2 Verified
- — Commanded Soyuz 19 in the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Verified
- — Served in the leadership of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre Verified
- — Died in Moscow Verified
Buzz Aldrin (1930–present)
- — Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey Verified
- — Flew combat missions in the Korean War Verified
- — Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point Verified
- — Earned a doctorate in astronautics from MIT Verified
- — Selected by NASA as an astronaut Verified
- — Flew on Gemini 12 Verified
- — Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Verified
- — Walked on the Moon during Apollo 11 Verified
- — Left NASA Verified
- — Published the memoir Return to Earth Verified