Buzz is descended from the Germanna colonial Haeger, Rector and Fishback families.
After meeting with children in classrooms inside the Daniel Technology Center, Dr. Aldrin will help launch drones outside the Center and deliver a brief address on his Foundation’s efforts and his belief that NASA should revitalize the space program by sending a manned mission to Mars and that the U.S. should work toward establishing a colony on Mars.
While this event is not open to the general public, due to the Germanna Foundation’s history with establishing Germanna Community College 45 years ago (1969, the same year that Germanna descendant Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon) by donating the land to the Commonwealth of Virginia, and our long-standing relationship and support ever since, Germanna Foundation members and supporters are invited to attend along with Germanna Community College students, faculty and staff.