Magnificent desolation. — Buzz Aldrin · Smartyfair

Magnificent desolation.

Buzz Aldrin1930 · astronaut · 1900s-2000s USABuzz Aldrin is an American astronaut who walked on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, stepping onto the surface just after his crewmate Neil Armstrong — and privately took Holy Communion there, the first religious ceremony ever held on another world.1 quote

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The moon was beautiful and completely empty at the very same time.

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What turned up: Aldrin's own words on first stepping onto the Moon (Apollo 11, 1969). From his memoir Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon (2009), pp.33-34.
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