Armstrong died following complications from
heart-bypass surgery he underwent earlier this month, the family said in a
statement, just two days after his birthday on August 5.
As commander of the Apollo 11 mission,
Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July
20 1969 . As
he stepped on the dusty surface, Armstrong said: "That's one small step
for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
He once was
asked how he felt knowing his footprints would likely stay on the moon's
surface for thousands of years. "I kind of hope that somebody goes up
there one of these days and cleans them up," he said.
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