Buzz Aldrin vs Susumu Tonegawa
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Compare the life timelines of Buzz Aldrin (1930–present) and Susumu Tonegawa (1939–2026) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 87 years, from 1939 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
Susumu Tonegawa (1939–2026)
- — Born in Nagoya, Japan Verified
- — Graduated from Kyoto University Verified
- — Earned a PhD at the University of California, San Diego Verified
- — Joined the Basel Institute for Immunology Verified
- — Demonstrated somatic recombination of antibody genes Verified
- — Became a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Verified
- — Became founding director of the Picower Center for Learning and Memory at MIT Verified
- — Appointed director of the RIKEN Brain Science Institute Verified
- — Died