He recalled the moment in an article that appeared in Guideposts magazine in 1970. Whoever remains in me, and I in him, will bear much fruit for you can do nothing without me."Īldrin then went on to perform the religious ritual alone. "I would like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way," Aldrin said.Īldrin then took out a 3-by-5-inch notecard on which he had written John 15:5.
Shortly before taking communion he spoke into the radio. When the American astronaut landed on the moon, he took out bread, wine and silver chalice that had been provided by his church. However, Aldrin was persistent and NASA relented. This was due to a previous lawsuit arising from the Apollo 8 mission, in which an atheist attempted to sue the agency after astronauts sent out a broadcast of themselves reading from the Book of Genesis, the Religion News Service noted. NASA was initially apprehensive of Aldrin celebrating communion upon landing of the Eagle lunar lander on the moon's surface July 20, 1969. The ordained Presbyterian elder said it was to symbolize "the thought that God was revealing Himself there, too, as man reached out into the universe." Aldrin added there were many astronauts at NASA who had strong faith and trust that what they were doing was part of "God's eternal plan." "I wondered if it might be possible to take communion on the moon," Aldrin later recalled, according to Fox News. Aldrin was also the first person to take Holy Communion and read a verse from the bible on the moon. Fifty years ago, July 21, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon, following Neil Armstrong by 19 minutes.
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