National Science Foundation evacuates patient from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

National Science Foundation evacuates patient from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station 12/01/2016 01:35 AM EST The National Science Foundation (NSF) has agreed to provide a humanitarian medical evacuation flight for an ailing visitor from its Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station to McMurdo Station on the Antarctic coast and then to New Zealand. The patient is Buzz Aldrin, who, in 1969, became one of the first men to walk on the Moon, as part of the two-man lunar landing crew of Apollo 11. The request to NSF, which manages the U.S. Antarctic Program, came on Dec. 1 (local time, U.S. ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=190518&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Save This e-mail update was generated automatically based on your subscription to the category listed above. Some updates may belong to more than one category, resulting in duplicate messages.   Subscriber Services: Manage Preferences  |  Unsubscribe  |  Help  |  Contact NSF   Follow NSF:    Save This email was sent to mantiskhiralla@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111