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RIP Neil Armstrong

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. astronaut, Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at the age of 82, U.S. media reported on Saturday.

Armstrong underwent a heart-bypass surgery earlier this month, just two days after his birthday on August 5, to relieve blocked coronary arteries.

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 moon's dusty surface, Armstrong said: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

The Apollo 11 moon mission turned out to be Armstrong's last space flight. The following year he was appointed to a desk job, being named NASA's deputy associate administrator for aeronautics in the office of advanced research and technology.

He left NASA a year later to become a professor of engineering at the University of Cincinnati.

The former astronaut lived in the Cincinnati area with his wife, Carol.

First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82: NBC - Yahoo! News

Bad week for the Armstrong clan
God speed, rocket man

D'oh you beat me to it!

An icon of human history gone...

May his next step be more exciting then his first RIP

RIP

a big eff you to all the conspiracy theorists that thinks he never set foot on that big rock

So will he get to keep his tour de france victories now?

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Originally Posted by Hondaracer (Post 8012721)

So will he get to keep his tour de france victories now?

forgive me if my sarcasm button is broken but :seriously:

No matter how bad that is you gotta at least chuckle a bit

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Originally Posted by Hondaracer (Post 8012721)

So will he get to keep his tour de france victories now?

hungover much?

Crazy how they got to the moon with less technology than what we have in our cell phones.
RIP to an icon

Should bury him on the moon.

RIP

RIP to THE original space cowboy

It's sad to know he's gone. Such a great man, and achieved what many saw as impossible.

RIP

Thank you for inspiring a generation.
RIP

heard it from my brother this afternoon :(

I was actually just re-watching James May's documentary on "spacemen" last night...

RIP

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Originally Posted by LsquareD (Post 8012754)

Should bury him on the moon.

It's almost a given (depending on family wishes). Gene Roddenberry has had his ashes go into space twice already and a third (along with his wife) is planned.

If they ever go back to the moon they should take his ashes with them.

RIP.

Mausoleum on the moon