Buzz Aldrin vs Kip Thorne
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Compare the life timelines of Buzz Aldrin (1930–present) and Kip Thorne (1940–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 86 years, from 1940 to 2026.
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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
Kip Thorne (1940–present)
- — Born in Logan, Utah Verified
- — Received a bachelor's degree from Caltech Verified
- — Completed a doctorate at Princeton University Verified
- — Appointed professor of theoretical physics at Caltech Verified
- — Co-founded the LIGO project Verified
- — Published Black Holes and Time Warps Verified
- — Executive producer and science adviser on the film Interstellar Verified
- — LIGO announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified