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Did Buzz Aldrin urinate on the Moon?

Buzz Aldrin did urinate on the Moon. He urinated inside a device in his suit. When the lunar lander Eagle touched down on the surface, it landed so softly that the legs of the lander did not compress as far as they should have, and thus the last rung of the ladder was much farther from the surface than planned. When Aldrin had to step onto the lunar surface, the shock from his jump down to the lunar surface popped the urine collection bag in his suit, and the urine then pooled in his boots.