Buzz Aldrin , 86 , wasmedically evacuatedfrom a tourist misstep to Antarctica after he began suffering from altitude sickness and shortness of breath . No one panic . After a hebdomad - long stay in a New Zealand infirmary , the 2nd humans to walk on the moon is doing just okay .
Bye bye New Zealand ! Hope to see you again ! ( But next sentence for vacation and not evacuation)pic.twitter.com / MYRFAchFmF
— Christina Korp ( @Xtina_Korp)December 9 , 2016
Adrin — a legendary spaceman witha mean right hook — was in the South Pole to live Mars - like conditions and meet with scientists . After illness trend his trip poor , doctors at Christchurch Hospital discovered congestion in Buzz ’s lung which has since net . Antarctica is n’t a pop destination for octogenarian for probably this exact cause , but permit none say Aldrin is anything less than a admirer of exploration and an absolute badass .
News of Aldrin ’s improved health fall less than 24 hr after John Glen , the first cosmonaut to orbit the Earth , evanesce away at the historic period of 95 . Buzz , if you ’re reading this , stay healthy .
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