1st Man on Moon Dies at 82

Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, Is Dead at 82

NASA/Associated Press

Neil Armstrong, photographed inside the lander after the moonwalk on July 20, 1969.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: August 25, 2012 69 Comments

Mr. Armstrong died after complications from cardiovascular procedures, according to a statement from his family. The statement did not say where he died. He lived in Cincinnati.

Mr. Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, capping the most daring of the 20th century’s scientific expeditions. His first words after setting foot on the surface are etched in history books and the memories of those who heard them in a live broadcast.

MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/science/space/neil-armstrong-dies-first-man-on-moon.html?pagewanted=all

Sources: Associated Press, The New York Times.

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2012 August 26:

Family, Astronauts, NASA, Nation Mourn Neil Armstrong

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2012 August 12:

1st Man on Moon Recovering from Cardiac Bypass Surgery

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2009 July 20:
Glenn Walsh's Personal Remembrance of Apollo 11 Mission
>>> http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/bio/Apolloremembrance.htm 

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