Thursday, December 1, 2016

Plane carrying Buzz Aldrin lands in New Zealand


Plane carrying Buzz Aldrin lands in New Zealand

12/01/2016 01:14 PM EST

The U.S. Antarctic Program's hangar at the Christchurch, N.Z., International Airport.

The plane carrying Buzz Aldrin out of Antarctica has reached Christchurch, New Zealand.

A Safair cargo aircraft touched down at Christchurch International Airport at approximately 4:25 a.m. (local time) on Dec. 2.

Aldrin was one of the two men who first walked on the lunar surface as part of the Apollo 11 lunar mission.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) agreed to provide a humanitarian medical-evacuation flight for Aldrin from its Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station ...

More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=190526&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click


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