Neil Armstrong died at age 82. He passed away on August 25, 2012, due to complications following heart-bypass surgery.
Read NASA's statement and remembrance of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, who died Saturday (Aug. 25).
www.space.comWe remember the American icon
www.smithsonianmag.comFormer US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon, has died at the age of 82.
www.rte.ieNeil Armstrong was a soft-spoken engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon.
www.cbsnews.comWe will all miss him, not just because he was the first human being in the history of the world to set foot on another body in the solar system, but perhaps especially because of the honor and dignity with which he lived his life as that first Moon walker.
airandspace.si.eduFormer U.S. astronaut, Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at the age of 82.
www.rferl.orgobituary The astronaut and enduring icon of the space age is remembered today as a genuine American hero, the ultimate "right stuff" test pilot who preferred privacy to fame.
www.cnet.comBy WILLIAM HARWOOD CBS News Neil Alden Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon and an enduring icon of the space age for taking "one giant leap for mankind," died Saturday after complications from cardiovascular surgery. He was 82. "We are heartbroken to share the news that Neil Armstrong has passed away," his family said in a statement (http://www.neilarmstronginfo.com). "Neil was our loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend.
www.cbsnews.comIn Pic: In this July 20, 1969 file photo provided by NASA shows Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. 'Buzz' Aldrin, the first men to land on the moon, plant the US flag on the lunar surface. Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon July 20, 1969. He radioed back to Earth the historic news of 'one giant leap for mankind.' Armstrong and fellow astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin spent nearly three hours walking on the moon, collecting samples, conducting...
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