LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Former US astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 81, has filed for divorce from his third wife after 23 years of marriage, his publicist said Friday.
Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the moon, cited "irreconcilable differences" when filing for divorce from his wife Lois in Los Angeles on Wednesday, media reports said.
The publicist said in a statement that Aldrin "asks that their privacy be respected during this difficult time."
The second human being on the moon after Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969, Aldrin married his third wife in a huge ceremony on Valentine's Day 1988, when they kissed to "Fly Me to the Moon."
The former fighter pilot, who flew combat missions during the Korean War before his time with NASA, founded a rocket design company in later life and also battled alcoholism and depression.
Aldrin has also written children's books on space, is an avid Twitter user and recorded a song with hip hop artist Snoop Dogg called "Rocket Experience," seeking to inspire a new generation with the desire to conquer space.
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