TRAVEL: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Medically Evacuated From South Pole.

Aldrin, 86, was visiting Antarctica when “his condition deteriorated,” according to White Desert, which organizes luxury tourism trips to the icy continent. The group said Aldrin was evacuated on the first available flight out of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station to the McMurdo Station on the Antarctic coast under the care of a doctor with the U.S. Antarctic Program.

He is in stable condition, White Desert said.

The National Science Foundation provided the flight for Aldrin, who it described as an “ailing visitor.” Aldrin will be flown to New Zealand next, the NSF said.

Godspeed, Buzz.