Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin trekking across Antarctica as the oldest man to reach the South Pole. Credit: Team Buzz
Buzz Aldrin - the second man to walk on the Moon - is recovering nicely today in a New Zealand hospital after an emergency evacuation cut short his record setting Antarctic expedition as the oldest man to the South Pole - which Team Buzz lightheartly noted would make him "insufferable" !
"He's recovering well in NZ [New Zealand]," Team Buzz said in an official statement about his evacuation from the South Pole.
Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, who followed Neil Armstrong in descending to the lunar surface in 1969 on America's first Moon landing mission, had to be suddenly flown out of the Admunsen-Scott Science Station late last week per doctors orders after suffering from shortness of breath and lung congestion during his all to brief foray to the bottom of the world.
Upon learning from the National Science Foundation (NSF) that Aldrin "now holds the record as the oldest person to reach the South Pole at the age of 86," his Mission Director Christina Korp jokingly said: 'He'll be insufferable now."
Buzz had been at the South Pole for only a few hours when he took ill, apparently from low oxygen levels and symptoms of altitude sickness.
Prior to the planned Antarctic journey, his doctors had cleared him to take the long trip - which he views as "the capstone of his personal exploration achievements".
Buzz's goal in visiting the South Pole was to see "what life could be like on Mars" - which is has been avidly advocating as the next goal for a daring human spaceflight journey to deep space.
Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin is seen recovering well in New Zealand hospital on Dec. 2 after medical emergency evacuation from expedition to the South Pole on Dec. 1, 2016. Credit: Team Buzz
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