Buzz Aldrin vs Valentina Tereshkova

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Compare the life timelines of Buzz Aldrin (1930–present) and Valentina Tereshkova (1937–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 89 years, from 1937 to 2026.

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Buzz Aldrin (1930–present)

  1. — Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey Verified
  2. — Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point Verified
  3. — Flew combat missions in the Korean War Verified
  4. — Earned a doctorate in astronautics from MIT Verified
  5. — Selected by NASA as an astronaut Verified
  6. — Flew on Gemini 12 Verified
  7. — Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Verified
  8. — Walked on the Moon during Apollo 11 Verified
  9. — Left NASA Verified
  10. — Published the memoir Return to Earth Verified

Valentina Tereshkova (1937–present)

  1. — Born in Maslennikovo, Yaroslavl Oblast Verified
  2. — Works at a textile mill and joins a parachuting club Verified
  3. — Makes her first parachute jump
  4. — Selected for the Soviet female cosmonaut group Verified
  5. — Becomes the first woman in space aboard Vostok 6 Verified
  6. — Marries cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev Verified
  7. — Birth of her daughter Elena Verified
  8. — Heads the Soviet Women's Committee Verified
  9. — Graduates from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy Verified
  10. — Elected to the Russian State Duma Verified