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Yes Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon in 1969. Neil Armstrong needed a partner and the astronaut program was all volunteers. Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins were chosen for Apollo 11.
There was no Apollo 2. Apollo 1 was to have been the first manned Apollo flight, but it caught fire during a routine ground test a month before the scheduled launch. All 3 astronauts inside died. I think you're asking which astronaut orbited the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin walked below. That man would be Michael Collins, who accompanied Armstrong and Aldrin on Apollo 11.
Armstrong, Aldrin, their Apollo 11 crew-mate Michael Collins, every other Apollo astronaut, and every person to have stood on the moon up until now, have been citizens of the USA.
Michael Collins, the third astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission, remained on the command module which was orbiting the moon.
Astronaut Michael Collins was the Command Module Pilot of the Apollo 11 mission, and stayed in the Command Module while Armstrong and Aldrin were on the lunar surface.
Michael Collins stayed in lunar orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
Michael Collins who orbited the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin descended to and walked on the lunar surface. Michael Collins
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon in the lunar module Eagle, on July 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong was the first to set foot on the moon.Neil Armstrong
The Apollo 11
Yes, Neil Armstrong was the Commander of Apollo 11 and Buzz Aldrin was the Lunar Module Pilot.
As Buzz Aldrin was chosen as a astronaut by N.A.S.A , he was chosen by them for Apollo 11.