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"Neil Armstrong, the first man to land on the moon as commander of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, has died at 82 according to a report by NBC.\nArmstrong passed away due to complications of a heart bypass surgery he underwent just weeks ago. His 82nd birthday was on August 5.\nOn July 20, 1969, Armstrong made history by placing his left foot onto the surface of the moon and uttering the words, \"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind\" and completed arguably the greatest scientific feat of the 20th century.\nSEE ALSO: Neil Armstrong Took the Hardest Step for All of Us\nArmstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio in 1930. He studied aerospace engineering at Purdue University both before and after serving in the Navy as a test and fighter pilot he was selected in 1958 for the U.S. Air Force's 'Man in Space Soonest' program, setting him on the path that would change history.\nArmstrong had three children, Alan, Karen Anne (who died of a brain tumor on January 28, 1962) and Mark Stephen with his first wife Janet Shearon. In 1999, Armstrong married Carole Held Knight.\nThough a household name, he was known as a man who liked to stay out of the spotlight. His public appearances were seldom and of few words. During his later life he emerged to voice his reservations about President Obama's space policy by testifying in front of Congress.\n\nNBC broke the news with this tweet:\n\n#BREAKING: Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at age 82, NBC News has learned\n\u2014 NBC Nightly News(@nbcnightlynews) August 25, 2012\n\nReactions from Twitter: \n\nNASA offers its condolences on today's passing of Neil Armstrong, former test pilot, astronaut &amp; the 1st man on the moon. Neil was 82.\n\u2014 NASA (@NASA) August 25, 2012\n\n\u00A0\n\nRT @skybod: Family statement: next time you walk outside ...and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a ...\n\u2014 Nick Martin (@NickMartinSKY) August 25, 2012\n\n\nOne small tweet for Neil Armstrong, one giant thanks for your momentous service to our world.\n\u2014 Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) August 25, 2012\n\n\u00A0\n\ntwitter.com/JoshHelfferich\u2026\n\u2014 Josh Helfferich (@JoshHelfferich) August 25, 2012\n\n\nRT @brianstelter: How the news broke: Neil Armstrong's wife Carol called former astronaut Tom Stafford, who called Jay Barbree of NBC News.\n\u2014 Kim Severson (@kimseverson) August 25, 2012\n\n\u00A0\n\nRT @mikedrucker: #RIPNeilArmstrong You made humanity one united group for a few minutes, and that's way better than anyone else has done.\n\u2014 Amber L. Field (@geeky_chic) August 25, 2012\n\n\u00A0\nMore to come.\n\n\nRemembering Neil Armstrong\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovember 20, 1956: Portrait of Armstrong while a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base in California.\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApril 20, 1962: Armstrong after a test flight on an X-15.\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJanuary 10, 1969: Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Neil A. Armstrong and Michael Collins (L to R)\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFebruary 1969: Armstrong at the Lunar Landing Research Facility\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApril 22, 1969: Armstrong participates in lunar landing simulation\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJuly 1, 1969: Neil Armstrong NASA portrait\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJuly 9, 1969: Armstrong arrives at the flight crew training building at the NASA Kennedy Space Center \nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n July 16, 1969: Reporters interview Armstrong's wife and children\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n July 20, 1969: Armstrong on the lunar surface\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJuly 20, 1969: Footprints left on the moon\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJuly 20, 1969: Neil A. Armstrong (L) and Buzz Aldrin (R) place an American flag on the moon.\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJuly 20, 1969: Armstrong after the completion of the Lunar EVA\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJuly 24, 1969: Mission Operations Control Room celebrate Apollo 11's successful splashdown.\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJuly 24, 1969: Richard Nixon visits the Apollo 11 crew in the Mobile Quarantine Facility\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJuly 27, 1969: The wives of the Apollo 11 crew visit their husbands in quarantine\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAugust 13, 1969: New York City celebrates Apollo 11 astronauts with a ticker tape parade\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOctober 1, 1978: Armstrong receives the  first Congressional Space Medal of Honor from President Jimmy Carter.\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJanuary 1991: Armstrong at the Dryden Flight Research Center\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApril 18, 2006: Armstrong with his NASA Ambassadors of Exploration award \nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovember 16, 2011: Armstrong speaks to Congress at a ceremony honoring him and fellow astronauts John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOctober 11, 2010: Armstrong (left), Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan  in the Sustainer Theater, Joint Base Balad\nImage courtesy of Robert Couse-Baker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhotos courtesy of NASA. \n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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