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"We are heartbroken to share the news an engineer. And I feel proud of my own
that Neil Armstrong has passed away profession."
from cardiovascular complications",
Armstrong's family said in a statement.
It is reported that Armstrong underwent
heart surgery this month.

"While we mourn the loss of a very good
man, we also celebrate his remarkable
life and hope that it serves as an ex-
ample to young people around the world
to work hard to make their dreams
come true, to be willing to explore and
push the limits, and to selflessly serve a
cause greater than themselves," his
family said. Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, on
a farm near Wapakoneta in the western Ohio,
NASA reported that Armstrong com- USA. He took his first airplane ride at age of
manded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that 6. He was fascinated with aviation, so he
landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. started to build model aeroplanes and
His first words after setting foot on the conducted experiments in a homemade wind
moon are etched in history books and tunnel. As a boy, he worked at a pharmacy
the memories of the people. and took flying lessons. He was licensed to
fly at 16, before he got his driver's license.
"That's one small step for a man, one He always paced ahead, not back.
giant leap for mankind," Armstrong said.
"When you walk along the way under the
It is reported that Armstrong and Buzz full and bright moon, please wink your eyes
Aldrin spent nearly three hours walking at it in the name of Neil Armstrong", a
on the lunar surface. They collected bereaved family member expressed at his
samples, conducted experiments and death.
took photographs.
In most parts of the world, people held a
"The sights were simply magnificent, minute silence in the memory of Armstrong
beyond any visual experience that I had on Saturday. Goodbye, Neil Armstrong. You
ever been exposed to," Armstrong will always be in our hearts.
once said.

Armstrong was a modest and simple
person. He never allowed himself to be
caught up in the celebrity and glamour.
He said once, "I am, and ever will be,

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