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Buzz Aldrin recovering after polar evacuation, can’t go home
10 years ago(FILES) This file photo taken on November 12, 2015 shows former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin during a press conference in Geneva. Buzz Aldrin, the 86-year-old retired US astronaut who was among the first men to walk on the Moon, has been evacuated from the South Pole for medical reasons, the National Science Foundation said December 1, 2016.The request to evacuate Aldrin, who was described as an "ailing visitor," was issued to the NSF by a private tourism firm named White Desert, a statement said. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP
Retired US astronaut and the second man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, was recovering after his medical evacuation from Antarctica but is not yet able to return home, his manager Christina Korp said Sunday.