RIP Neil Armstrong

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Neil Armstrong the first person to set foot on the moon has died at the age of 82.

US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon, has died aged 82.

A statement from his family says he died from complications from heart surgery he had earlier this month.

He set foot on the Moon on 20 July 1969, famously describing the event as "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind".

US President Barack Obama said Amstrong was "among the greatest of American heroes - not just of his time, but of all time".

Last November he received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest US civilian award.
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Neil Armstrong sits inside the Lunar Module while it rests on the surface of the Moon, 20 July 1969

He was the commander of the Apollo 11 spacecraft. More than 500 million TV viewers around the world watched its touchdown on the lunar surface.

Armstrong and fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin spent nearly three hours walking on the moon, collecting samples, conducting experiments and taking photographs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19381098

[Pea]

Wow bummer.. It seems like all of the old innovators are just dying off. I guess that's how time goes.

[MKR&*42]

Oh my, terrible news!

R.I.P to him.

[scottish]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml

"Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82, after suffering complications from heart surgery"

RIP.

[brandon]

That's a shame . R.I.P Neil Armstrong.

[Eric]

Sad news, R.I.P.

[Hiding]

he lived pretty long.

R.I.P Neil Armstrong

[orientalframe?]

this is really sad news R.I.P

[Chris]

Shame to here. RIP Neil Armstrong.

[efq]

RIP to a legend.

Imagine how that surgeon must feel xx