Astronaut Neil Armstrong – First man on Moon dies at age 82

Neil Armstrong, who led the Apollo 11 spacecraft and became the first man to set foot on the Moon, has died from complications after heart surgery. Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made “one giant leap for mankind” with a small step on [...]The post Astronaut Neil Armstrong – First man on Moon dies at age 82 appeared first on Mauritius News Ile Maurice.

25 Aug 2012, KotZot