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First man on the Moon? Neil Armstrong dead at 82

Saturday, August 25, 2012 13:10

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Neil Armstrong, Commander of the space ship Apollo 11, speaking to a technician during a suiting at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, shortly before he set off for the Moon with fellow astronauts Michael Collins and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

According to NBC News, Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at age 82.

He reportedly died at 2:45p.m. on Saturday, suffering complications following his recent cardiac bypass surgery.

This is a breaking news story. More to follow…

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3:22 p.m. EST, August 25, 2012

Former U.S. astronaut, Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at the age of 82, NBC News reported on Saturday.

Armstrong underwent a heart-bypass surgery earlier this month to relieve blocked coronary arteries.

As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969.

it was Armstrong who coined the now famous expression, “That’s one small step for [a] man. One giant leap for mankind” as he first set foot on the surface of the moon

2012-08-25 13:01:22

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