The wife of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin (C), Dr. Anca Faur Aldrin (L), 66, died Tuesday of cancer. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
Anca Faur Aldrin, the fourth wife of astronaut Buzz Aldrin and the executive vice president of Buzz Aldrin Ventures, died Tuesday after a private battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer, according to the family.
“Dr. Anca Aldrin, wife of astronaut Buzz Aldrin, peacefully passed away last night with her husband and her son, Vlad Ghenciu by her side,” said in a statement credited to the Faur and Aldrin’s families.
“Mrs. Aldrin, an accomplished chemical engineer with a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, served as the treasurer for the California Hydrogen Business Council and as executive vice president of Buzz Aldrin Ventures LLC.”
Buzz Aldrin was the second person to walk on the moon after Neil Armstrong.
Aldrin and Anca Faur Aldrin, 66, married in 2023. Buzz Aldrin, 95, said, “I am so fortunate to have found and married the love of my life. She brought joy to everything we did together. I will miss her dearly.”
He is the oldest living astronaut following Jim Lovell’s death and is the last surviving member of Apollo 11 after the 2012 death of Armstrong and the 2021 death of pilot Michael Collins.
