LPWire: Buzz Aldrin visits Mission: SPACE

Legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin visits Mission: SPACE at Epcot
 

Legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin took the controls aboard Mission: SPACE on July 28, 2003, at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., during the filming of an ABC television segment that features the new Epcot thrill attraction.

Aldrin was joined by actors (L-R): Dhalyn Adams and Tyler Kremer. Aldrin was the lunar module pilot aboard the Apollo 11 mission that landed on the moon July 20, 1969. Mission: SPACE, which opens Aug. 15, 2003, will take Epcot guests on a pulse-racing ride to Mars.

Aldrin's television segment will be shown Aug. 15, 2003, on ABC-TV during the network's airing of the feature film "Mission to Mars."

-- Posted July 30, 2003
Source: Walt Disney World