US astronaut Neil Armstrong dead at 82

US astronaut Neil Armstrong dead at 82

US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon, has died, US media reported Saturday. He was 82.

Armstrong underwent cardiac bypass surgery, earlier this month after doctors found blockages in his coronary arteries. Armstrong and fellow Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon in 1969.

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