Neil Armstrong, who made history as the first man walked on the moon in 1969, died yesterday.
He was 82 years old.
Armstrong died following complications suffered after undergoing heart bypass surgery earlier this month, his family said in a statement.
The statement did not give details of the time and place of late death.
Surgery was performed two days after the anniversary of his birthday on 5 August.
As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong emerged as the first person to walk on the moon, on 20 July 1969. When the late 38 year old. Armstrong landed on the moon moment was watched by more than 500 people.
Last November, he received the Congressional Gold Medal of the United States (U.S.), the highest medal awarded to civilians in the country.
Armstrong and his friend, Edwin 'Buzz' spent about three hours walking on the moon to collect samples, conduct tests and record the photo. Another astronaut mission in 1969 was Michael Collins
Apollo 11 was the last space mission for Armstrong.
In 1971, Armstrong, who was born in Ohio in 1930, leaving the U.S. space agency, Nasa to teach engineering space.
Armstrong worked on fighter jets during the Korean War in the 1950s and later joined the U.S. space program in 1962.
Armstrong joined the two flights into space. The first trip in 1966, he acted as commander of the Gemini 8 mission, almost ended in tragedy. He managed to return the space shuttle safely despite rejection rocket components are damaged.
Second trip in July 1969, with Aldrin and Collins, took four days to arrive at the destination.
Collins described have lost a best aircraft operators.
"I've lost him," he said.
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