US Astronaut Neil Armstrong Dies at 82

         

Neil Armstrong: A humble and iconic astronaut passes away with humility in his heart.

               "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." These were the words which we remember from Astronaut Neil Armstrong when he talks about that very first small yet great step of mankind on the moon. 

             August 25,Saturday -  Reuters released a news that this famous man who inspired several astronauts to risk the experience of traveling outside our  planet passed away  at 82. Sources indicate that two days after his birthday which is August 5, the said astronaut submitted himself to undergo a heart- bypass surgery due to his blocked coronary arteries condition.Other  news source also indicate that his death has been caused by the complications that were brought by his recent surgery. 

       As a trivia, Armstrong  was the designated commander of Apollo 11, a spacecraft that voyaged on the surface of the moon on July 20,1969. A year after this mission, he was appointed by NASA as The  Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics in NASA's Office of Advanced Research and Technology.When he left NASA, he decided to settle down  in Cincinnati USA and worked as an Engineering Professor at the University of Cincinnati. Despite his fame as an iconic astronaut he decided to stay out of the public by means of  taking care of  his three -acre farm  near Lebanon.  In 1999, he married Carol Knight and lived in Indian Hill Cincinnati. 



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