Make-A-Wish® Child Spends Day with Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
Make-A-Wish® arranged for Ethan Jogola and his family to enjoy a fun-filled educational day at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Thursday, October 1. Ethan, from Alberta, Canada, suffers from cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening lung and digestive system disorder. When he expressed his love for space and wish to meet Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Make-A-Wish contacted Aldrin’s nonprofit, ShareSpace Foundation, and Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to coordinate the meeting.
10.21.2015
Dreams Come True
Ethan Jogola's wish to meet Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin came true as the two took a stroll through the Rocket Garden together at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Photo Credit: Make-A-Wish/Haleigh Dunn
Photo Credit: Make-A-Wish/Haleigh Dunn
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Ethan Jogola with Apollo Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
Ethan gives a thumbs up as he poses in front of a Saturn 1B rocket with his hero, Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
Photo Credit: Make-A-Wish/Haleigh Dunn
Photo Credit: Make-A-Wish/Haleigh Dunn
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The Jogola Family with Buzz Aldrin
The Jogola family poses with Apollo astronuat Buzz Aldrin in front of a Saturn 1B rocket.
Left to right: Matthew, Shelley, Bernie, Ethan and Buzz.
Photo Credit: Make-A-Wish/Haleigh Dunn
Left to right: Matthew, Shelley, Bernie, Ethan and Buzz.
Photo Credit: Make-A-Wish/Haleigh Dunn
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The Towering Rockets
Ethan and Buzz gaze upwards at the rockets in the Rocket Garden at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Photo Credit: Make-A-Wish/Haleigh Dunn
Photo Credit: Make-A-Wish/Haleigh Dunn
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Rocket Garden Stroll
Buzz tells Ethan about the history of the rockets in the Rocket Garden.
Photo Credit: Make-A-Wish/Haleigh Dunn
Photo Credit: Make-A-Wish/Haleigh Dunn
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Ethan and Buzz shake hands for the time
Ethan and Buzz shake hands for the time in front of the same Apollo 11 gantry that Buzz walked before launching atop a Saturn V rocket to the moon in 1969.
Photo Credit: Make-A-Wish/Haleigh Dunn
Photo Credit: Make-A-Wish/Haleigh Dunn
