Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon,
dies at age 82.
Obit Neil Armstrong FILE - In this March 9, 1966 file photo,
Astronaut Neil Armstrong is seated during a
suiting up exercise Cape Kennedy, Florida, in
preparation for the Gemini 8 flight. The family
of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the
moon, says he has died at age 82. A statement
from the family says he died following
complications resulting from cardiovascular
procedures. It doesn't say where he died.
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 experiments and taking photographs.
In all, 12 Americans walked on the moon from
1969 to 1972. (AP Photo/FILE)
AP Photo/FILE
APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING
Obit Neil Armstrong FILE - This undated file photo provided by NASA shows Neil Armstrong. The family of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, says he died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, at age 82. A statement from the family says Armstrong died following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. It doesn't say where he died. 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 experiments and taking photographs. In all, 12 Americans walked on the moon from 1969 to 1972. (AP Photo/NASA)
AP Photo/NASA
Obit Neil Armstrong This July 20, 1969 file photo provided by NASA
shows Neil Armstrong. The family of Neil
Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon,
says he has died at age 82. A statement from the
family says he died following complications
resulting from cardiovascular procedures. It
doesn't say where he died. 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 experiments
and taking photographs. In all, 12 Americans
walked on the moon from 1969 to 1972. (AP
Photo/NASA)
Obit Neil Armstrong FILE - In this Sept. 17, 1962 file photo, Neil
Armstrong, one of the nine astronauts, is shown
as he was introduced to the press, along with
the other astronauts in Houston. The family of
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the
moon, says he has died at age 82. A statement
from the family says he died following
complications resulting from cardiovascular
procedures. It doesn't say where he died.
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 experiments and taking photographs.
In all, 12 Americans walked on the moon from
1969 to 1972. (AP Photo/FILE)
AP Photo/FILE
Obit Neil Armstrong FILE - In this March 6, 1966 file photo
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, pilot for the Gemini
VIII mission is shown. The family of Neil
Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon,
says he has died at age 82. A statement from the
family says he died following complications
resulting from cardiovascular procedures. It
doesn't say where he died. 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 experiments
and taking photographs. In all, 12 Americans
walked on the moon from 1969 to 1972. (AP
Photo/FILE)
Obit Neil Armstrong FILE - In this March 16, 1966 file photo
Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott
arrive, March 16, 1966 at Complex 19 for a
simulated test in preparation for flight. The
family of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk
on the moon, says he has died at age 82. A
statement from the family says he died following
complications resulting from cardiovascular
procedures. It doesn't say where he died.
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 experiments and taking photographs.
In all, 12 Americans walked on the moon from
1969 to 1972. (AP Photo/FILE)
AP Photo/FILE
Neil Armstrong FILE - In this July 16, 1969 file photo, Neil
Armstrong waving in front, heads for the van
that will take the crew to the rocket for launch
to the moon at Kennedy Space Center in Merritt
Island, Florida. The family of Neil Armstrong,
the first man to walk on the moon, says he has
died at age 82. A statement from the family says
he died following complications resulting from
cardiovascular procedures. It doesn't say where
he died. 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 experiments and
taking photographs. In all, 12 Americans walked
on the moon from 1969 to 1972. (AP Photo/FILE)
AP Photo/FILE
Obit Neil Armstrong Visitors gather around the Apollo 11 command
module "Columbia" that carried astronauts Neil
Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on
their historic voyage to the Moon and back on
July 16 to 24, 1969, at the Smithsonian
Institution's National Aiur and Space Museum in
Washington Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. Neil
Armstrong who became a global hero when as a
steely-nerved pilot made "one giant leap for
mankind" with a small step onto the moon died
Saturday. He was 82. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce
Ceneta)
Neil Armstrong FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, file photo provided by NASA, Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong speaks at a celebration dinner honoring John Glenn in Columbus, Ohio. The family of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, says he has died at age 82. A statement from the family says he died following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. It doesn't say where he died. 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 experiments and taking photographs. In all, 12 Americans walked on the moon from 1969 to 1972. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls, File)
AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls, File
Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin In this July 20, 2009, photo, Buzz Aldrin, left,
Michael Collins, center, and Neil Armstrong
stand in the Oval Office at the White House in
Washington, on the 40th anniversary of the
Apollo 11 moon landing. Neil Armstrong was a
quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a
global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he
made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small
step on to the moon. The modest man who had
people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a
quarter million miles away has died. He was 82.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Obit Neil Armstrong FILE - In this May 12 ,2012 file photo, former
astronaut Neil Armstrong testifies before the
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation hearing on NASA's proposed budget
and the future of the manned space flight
program on Capitol Hill in Washington. The
family of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk
on the moon, says he has died at age 82. A
statement from the family says he died following
complications resulting from cardiovascular
procedures. It doesn't say where he died.
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 experiments and taking photographs.
In all, 12 Americans walked on the moon from
1969 to 1972. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
AP Photo/Cliff Owen
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins FILE - In this July 16, 1969 file photo, Apollo
11 commander Neil Armstrong gives a thumbs up
signal as the three Apollo astronauts walk to
the transfer van en route to the Saturn Five
rocket ready to blast off for the moon, July 16,
1969, Cape Kennedy, Fla. The family of Neil
Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon,
says he has died at age 82. A statement from the
family says he died following complications
resulting from cardiovascular procedures. It
doesn't say where he died. 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 experiments
and taking photographs. In all, 12 Americans
walked on the moon from 1969 to 1972. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
MOON WALKERS FILE - A footprint left by one of the astronauts
of the Apollo 11 mission shows in the soft,
powder surface of the moon on July 20, 1969.
Commander Neil A. Armstrong and Air Force Col.
Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. became the first men
to walk on the moon after blastoff from Cape
Kennedy, Fla., on July 16, 1969. The family of
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the
moon, says he has died at age 82. A statement
from the family says he died following
complications resulting from cardiovascular
procedures. It doesn't say where he died.
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 experiments and taking photographs.
In all, 12 Americans walked on the moon from
1969 to 1972. (AP Photo/NASA)
AP Photo/NASA
Obit Neil Armstrong FILE - In this 1969 photo provided by NASA the
crew of the Apollo 11 mission is seen. From left
are Neil Armstrong, Mission Commander, Michael
Collins, Lt. Col. USAF, and Edwin Eugene Aldrin,
also known as Buzz Aldrin, USAF Lunar Module
pilot. The family of Neil Armstrong, the first
man to walk on the moon, says he has died at age
82. A statement from the family says he died
following complications resulting from
cardiovascular procedures. It doesn't say where
he died. 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 experiments and
taking photographs. In all, 12 Americans walked
on the moon from 1969 to 1972. (AP Photo/NASA)
AP Photo/NASA
Obit Neil Armstrong FILE - In this Feb. 11, 1986 file photo, former
astronaut Neil Armstrong, a member of the
presidential panel investigating the Space
Shuttle Challenger explosion, listens to
testimony before the commission in Washington,
David Acheson, a commission member, listens in
the background. A model of the shuttle sits on
the table. The family of Neil Armstrong, the
first man to walk on the moon, says he has died
at age 82. A statement from the family says he
died following complications resulting from
cardiovascular procedures. It doesn't say where
he died. 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 experiments and
taking photographs. In all, 12 Americans walked
on the moon from 1969 to 1972. (AP Photo/Scott
Stewart)
