Monat: Dezember 2016

American astronaut Buzz Aldrin has been medically evacuated from the South Pole, according to the National Science Foundation and a private tourism group.

Aldrin, 86, is in stable condition after „his condition deteriorated“ while visiting Antarctica, according to White Desert, which organizes luxury tourism trips to the icy continent. The group said Aldrin was evacuated on the first available flight out of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station to the McMurdo Station on the Antarctic coast under the care of a doctor with the U.S. Antarctic Program.

South Pole here I come! #antarctica #WhiteDesert #GYATAntarctica pic.twitter.com/PPjfmKvanZ

— Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) 29. November 2016

He then was flown to Christchurch, New Zealand, and arrived at about 4:25 a.m. local time Friday (10:25 a.m. Thursday ET), according to the National Science Foundation, which provided the flight for Aldrin.

Official statement about Buzz and his evacuation from the South Pole. He’s recovering well in NZ. Full statement https://t.co/OacRI4577Z pic.twitter.com/QdrEaHuQHq

— Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) 1. Dezember 2016

Astronaut Edwin E „Buzz“ Aldrin Jr. walks on the surface of the moon in 1969. Neil Armstrong / AP

Aldrin became the second man to walk on the moon after Neil Armstrong when their two-man crew of Apollo 11 made a lunar landing in 1969.

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Quelle: nbc.com