--- description: Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin recently released a picture of his travel voucher after his trip to the moon showing he was reimbursed $33. title: Buzz Aldrin Was Reimbursed $33 for His Trip to the Moon image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt28ab7d045e1d575f/69885ddce20a8739c0a8c981/gettyimages-849192.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is How Much the U.S. Government Reimbursed Buzz Aldrin for His ‘Business Trip’ To the Moon by [Michal Addady / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Michal Addady / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 4, 2015 7:39 PM CUT  Buzz Aldrin poses for a photo during his ‘business trip’ in July 1969. Buzz Aldrin poses for a photo during his ‘business trip’ in July 1969.NASA—Getty Images by [Michal Addady / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Michal Addady / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 4, 2015 7:39 PM CUT We can all finally stop #TBT-ing. Buzz Aldrin has won. Last Thursday, the former astronaut tweeted a picture of his travel voucher from the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969 with the caption: “#TBT My mission director @Buzzs\_xtina’s favorite piece of my memorabilia. My travel voucher to the moon. #Apollo11” The points of travel? Texas, Florida, the moon, the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, and finally back to Texas, making this voucher one of the most unusual pieces of government paperwork. Aldrin was reimbursed a total $33.31 for the 20-day excursion, which is worth about $217 today, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In a follow-up tweet he said the Apollo 11 crew also had to sign customs forms for bringing back moon rocks and moon dust samples, yet I can’t even convince airport security officials to let me keep cheese purchased when traveling to a foreign country. > [](https://twitter.com/TheRealBuzz/status/626812956148248577) > [](https://twitter.com/TheRealBuzz/status/627895978796916736) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3984389/buzz-aldrin-reimbursed-moon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3984389/buzz-aldrin-reimbursed-moon/"},"headline":"This Is How Much the U.S. Government Reimbursed Buzz Aldrin for His ‘Business Trip’ To the Moon","datePublished":"2015-08-04T19:39:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:15.731Z","description":"The former astronaut shows us his epic Throwback Thursday picture","url":"https://time.com/3984389/buzz-aldrin-reimbursed-moon/","keywords":["Tech","NASA","twitter","moon","Astronaut","apollo 11","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt28ab7d045e1d575f/69885ddce20a8739c0a8c981/gettyimages-849192.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michal Addady / Fortune"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt28ab7d045e1d575f/69885ddce20a8739c0a8c981/gettyimages-849192.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Buzz Aldrin Poses next To The U.S. flag On Moon","caption":"Buzz Aldrin Poses next To The U.S. flag On Moon","creditText":"NASA—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3984389/buzz-aldrin-reimbursed-moon/","name":"This Is How Much the U.S. Government Reimbursed Buzz Aldrin for His ‘Business Trip’ To the Moon"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A History of Spacewalks: First Walk On The Moon, July 21, 1969","description":"Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the surface of the moon.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7r5N4oau/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-03T07:49:17.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7r5N4oau.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3984389/buzz-aldrin-reimbursed-moon/","duration":"PT2M37S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3984389/buzz-aldrin-reimbursed-moon/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```