Neil Armstrong, Commander of the space ship Apollo 11, speaking to a technician during a suiting at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, shortly before he set off for the Moon with fellow astronauts Michael Collins and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon and sadly, died Saturday of complications from surgery he had a few weeks ago to clear a blocked artery. He was 82.
Armstrong made history on July 20th, 1969, when he stepped off the Apollo 11 Lunar Module and said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." He was 38 at the time.
Fellow crewmember Buzz Aldrin issued a statement saying, "I know I am joined by millions of others in mourning the passing of a true American hero and the best pilot I ever knew."
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