Famed astronaut Buzz Aldrin stunned the country with a marriage announcement Friday on his 93rd birthday.
Aldrin married his girlfriend Anca Faur, 63, on Friday in a small private ceremony in Los Angeles, he announced on social media.
He and Faur “are as excited as runaway teenagers,” he added.
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Buzz Aldrin and Anca Faur stand during the National Anthem during a dinner commemorating the 50th anniversary of the return of Apollo 11 to Earth at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif., on Tuesday, July 23, 2019.
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Buzz Aldrin salutes the US flag at a dinner commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 return to Earth at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California on July 23, 2019.
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“On my 93rd birthday and the day that Living Legends of Aviation will also honor me, I am pleased to announce that my longtime love, Dr. Anca Faur, and I have married.”
Aldrin included photos of the couple in their wedding attire in the ad. The retired astronaut’s tuxedo lapel was studded with his service decorations.
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Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon, following Neil Armstrong on the famous Apollo 11 mission.
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Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut, during a parade to celebrate Veterans Day on Fifth Avenue in New York City on November 11, 2019.
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Former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin makes his entrance with his girlfriend Anca Faur at an Apollo 11 anniversary celebration dinner at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration on July 17, 2019, at the US Space and Rocket Center. USA in Huntsville, Alabama.
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Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. Aldrin Jr aboard the Lunar Module during the Apollo 11 moon landing mission, July 20, 1969.
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Faur, 63, has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and is serving as executive vice president of Buzz Aldrin Ventures.
