Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin unwell at South Pole

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is a precaution evacuated from the South Pole, after he became ill.

Aldrin was in 1969, the second man to set foot on the moon, after his colleague Neil Armstrong. He retained his wanderlust; with his 86 years he was a tourist in Antarctica. Aldrin visited an American research center.

The US National Science Foundation announced that it had arranged a flight for the former astronaut. he is brought to New Zealand via another research station.

Aldrin had on Monday enthusiastically tweeted a picture of herself from Cape Town, which he wrapped in a T-shirt with the planet Mars it was ready to board the plane. 'South Pole, I'm coming!'