Buzz Aldrin's wife, Anca Faur, dies at 66 less than 3 years into marriage

Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News on Oct 29, 2025

Published in Women

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Anca Faur, the wife of Buzz Aldrin and an accomplished scientist in her own right, died Tuesday night at the age of 66, less than three years into their marriage.

Faur’s death was announced Wednesday on Aldrin’s social media pages. The statement said she passed away “peacefully” with Aldrin and her son, Vlad Ghenciu, by her side, though a cause of death was not released.

“I am so fortunate to have found and married the love of my life,” Aldrin said. “She brought joy to everything we did together. I will miss her dearly.”

Aldrin, 95, married Faur on Jan. 20, 2023, the astronaut’s 93rd birthday. They first met at a work event in 2017 and began dating in May the following year.

“We were joined in holy matrimony in a small private ceremony in Los Angeles and are as excited as eloping teenagers,” Aldrin wrote on social media on their wedding day.

Faur was a native of Romania who spent several years working as a chemical engineer in her home country after graduating from Politehnica University Timisoara, according to her LinkedIn. After moving to the U.S., she got her master’s in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in the 1990s.

In 2014, Faur became treasurer of the California Hydrogen Business Council, a position she held until 2020. As her relationship with Aldrin blossomed, she began working heavily with Buzz Aldrin Ventures as well, eventually becoming executive vice president.

“We both felt deep in our hearts all these years that marrying each other felt right,” Faur told People magazine in 2023. “That said, we were having such a wonderful courtship we felt no need to rush things.”

Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the moon, has been married four times.