Celebuzz Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, Dies at Age 82 http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-08-25/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-the-moon-dies-at-age-82/ Aug 25th 2012, 19:25 Neil Armstrong — the first astronaut to walk on the moon — passed away Saturday at the age of 82. The famous astronaut commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and he was famously quoted in calling the expedition "one giant leap for mankind" during the historic transmission back to Earth. He spent nearly three hours walking on the moon with astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. Though no official cause of death has been released, Armstrong recently underwent a cardiac bypass surgery after discovering blockages in the arteries leading to his heart on August 6. Armstrong and his wife, Carol, married in 1999, but he has largely stayed out of public view in recent years. The cultural icon's last public appearance was in May when he joined Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida to celebrate the opening of The National Flight Academy. Aldrin and astronaut Michael Collins are now the only surviving members of the Apollo 11 mission. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at http://blogtrottr.com If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe here: http://blogtrottr.com/unsubscribe/ky4/fCLJLr
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