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Astronaut Neil Armstrong walking at the base of the lunar module on the moon in this July 20, 1969 NASA photo. Armstrong, the first man on the moon, died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. He was 82.

Neil Armstrong's right foot leaving a footprint in the lunar soil in this July 20, 1969 photo.

Neil Armstrong casting the first human shadow on the lunar surface.

Neil Armstrong in the Lunar Module after his historic walk on the moon.

n this July 20, 1969 file photo provided by NASA shows Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, the first men to land on the moon, plant the U.S. flag on the lunar surface.

From left: NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin in this May 1969 NASA photo.

In this March 9, 1966 photo, Astronaut Neil Armstrong is seated during a suiting up exercise Cape Kennedy, Florida, in preparation for the Gemini 8 flight.

In this Feb. 11, 1986 hoto, former astronaut Neil Armstrong, a member of the presidential panel investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, listens to testimony before the commission in Washington, David Acheson, a commission member, listens in the background.

Armstrong appears before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology about the future of human space flight in Washington, Sept. 22, 2011.

In this July 20, 2009 photo, Buzz Aldrin, left, Michael Collins, center, and Neil Armstrong stand in the Oval Office at the White House on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Armstrong meets with President Barack Obama in 2009.

An undated NASA handout photo of Neil Armstrong with an X-15 aircraft at the Dryden Flight Research Center in California.

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Astronaut Neil Armstrong walking at the base of the lunar module on the moon in this July 20, 1969 NASA photo. Armstrong, the first man on the moon, died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. He was 82.

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