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Magnificent communication: Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin tests Verizon satellite service in new ad

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Buzz Aldrin appears in a new Verizon ad promoting the company's satellite-based solution to cell service "dead zones" Aldrin is seen planting a Verizon "satellite powered" flag at remote areas around Earth .

Verizon customers with "select new model phones with updated software" can send texts when they are in areas inside the United States without cellular coverage.

Aldrin: "Satellite is for sure the next frontier".

Pearlman was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville , Alabama in 2009 .

Pearlman is also a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of " Space Stations: The Art, Science , and Reality of Working in Space".