The US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon, has died aged 82, US media reports.
Neil Alden Armstrong is an American former NASA astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, United States Naval Aviator, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon.
Earlier this month he had surgery to relieve blocked coronary arteries and he died from complications from the operations, NBC News' Jay Barbree reports
He walked on the Moon on 20 July 1969, famously describing the event as "one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind". Last November Armstrong, along with three other astronauts, received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest US civilian award.
He was the commander of the Apollo 11 spacecraft. He and fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin spent nearly three hours walking on the moon.
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