Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin (b. 1930) is an American pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing. He became the second human to set foot on the Moon.

Aldrin appeared on Sesame Street in Episode 4090, where he explained to Cookie Monster that the moon is made out of rock, and is not a cookie. He also appeared in an insert with Carmen Osbahr's son Alex, as well as a Healthy Habits for Life segment where Telly dresses himself in an astronaut's helmet. When he comments that he's running low on energy, Aldrin suggests that all he needs to do is eat some food.

References

Archive footage of the Apollo 11 mission with Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon as shown on Sesame Street in 1998.

• Sesame Street Episode 3697 (in the 1998 "Slimey to the Moon" arc) features footage of Aldrin and Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.

• When asked by The Hollywood Reporter who Elmo's hero was in a February 2019 video interview, Abby Cadabby guesses Buzz Aldrin.