The surgery was said to have gone well, but the death may have had to do with complications. First Man on the Moon features the Apollo Missions Program, First men launched into deep space, Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman, William Anders, Gene Cernan, Apollo 13, quotes from astronauts, The Eagle has landed, It was one small step for a man but one giant leap for mankind. вЂњHe flunked, and on Tuesday, surgeons bypassed four blockages in his coronary arteries.вЂќДЄfter ArmstrongвЂ™s surgery, Aldrin tweeted: вЂњJust heard about NeilвЂ™s heart surgery today-Sending my best wishes for a speedy recovery-We agreed to make it the 50th Apollo Anniv in 2019.вЂќ It took 400,000 Nasa employees and contractors to put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon in 1969 but only one man to spread the idea that it was all a hoax. вЂњNeil Armstrong, who lives in the Cincinnati area, went to the hospital on Monday for a stress test,вЂќ said NBC News on Aug. On Jthe year of PurdueвЂ™s centennial Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon the next year, he received an honorary doctorate in engineering from Purdue. In early August, the astronaut underwent heart surgery just days after his 82nd birthday. In 1962 he joined the crew that would eventually become the first astronauts.ДЄrmstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first astronauts to step on the moon. вЂњNo single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.вЂќДЄrmstrong was only 30 years old at the time and was a test pilot for NASA. вЂњI believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth,вЂќ he said, according to ABC News. In 1961, President Kennedy challenged the country to pursue the discovery of space. вЂњHe spent nearly three hours walking on the moon with fellow astronaut Edwin вЂBuzzвЂ™ Aldrin.вЂќ вЂњArmstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and he radioed back to Earth the historic news of вЂone giant leap for mankind,'вЂќ said NBC News. Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died today at the age of 82.

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