Astronaut Neil Armstrong died

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday, weeks after heart surgery and days after his 82nd birthday.

Tribute to Neil Armstrong -Flash back to his life !

Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969.

He spent nearly three hours walking on the moon with fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.

Armstrong and his wife, Carol, married in 1999, made their home in the Cincinnati suburb of Indian Hill.

His birthday was Aug. 5.

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.

In all, 12 Americans walked on the moon from 1969 to 1972.

• Armstrong grew up in Ohio with a strong interest in flight and earned his pilot's license while still a boy.

• After flying combat missions during the Korean War, he became a test pilot and joined NASA's astronaut program in 1962.

• Armstrong's pulse was measured at 150 beats per minute as he guided the lunar lander to the moon's surface, NASA said.

He will still rule our hearts.We will never forget him !

 May his soul R.I.P 

By Rishab Sharma