US astronaut Neil Armstrong dies, first man on Moon

The BBC's Pallab Ghosh, who interviewed Neil Armstrong, says: he had an ''ice cool attitude'' which made him an excellent astronaut.He is an extraordinary astronaut. Read this mail completely,  dont miss the part,In Event of Moon Disaster - The speech that is never delivered   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19381098      US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon, has died aged 82. A statement from his family says he died from complications from heart surgery he had earlier this month. He set foot on the Moon on 20 July 1969, famously describing the event as "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". US President Barack Obama said Armstrong was "among the greatest of American heroes - not just of his time, but of all time". Last November he received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest US civilian award. Continue reading the main story He was the commander of the Apollo 11 spacecraft. More than 500 million TV viewers around the world watched its touchdown on the lunar surface. Armstrong and fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin spent nearly three hours walking on the moon, collecting samples, conducting experiments and taking photographs. "The sights were simply magnificent, beyond any visual experience that I had ever been exposed to," Armstrong once said. In Event of Moon Disaster - The speech that is never delivered (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/In_Event_of_Moon_Disaster) Presidential speech writer William Safire wrote a memo to White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman suggesting how the administration might react if Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were stranded on the moon. The memo contained a draft speech intended to be read by President Richard Nixon.

 
 Armstrong Remembered by NASACharles Bolden celebrates the legacy of Neil Armstrong, who died Saturday, Aug. 25, at age 82.
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