Neil Armstrong, the US astronaut who in 1969 took a 'giant leap' for mankind by becoming the first man to set foot on the moon, died today at the age of 82.
It was in Ohio town of Wapakoneta that Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930.
Armstrong died just weeks after he underwent a heart surgery, and his family said in a statement that he passed away following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures, according to US media reports.
July 20, 1969 became a watershed date in the history of mankind after Armstrong, commanding the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the moon, and accompanied by fellow astronaut Edwin Aldrin spent nearly three hours walking on the moon.
Later on, Armstrong chose to avoid the public limelight and lead an intensely private life. He resigned from NASA in 1971 to take up teaching engineering at the University of Cincinnati for several years.
In fact, his family in the statement desribed him as "a reluctant American hero who always believed he was just doing his job."
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