Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, died at age 82, US space agency NASA said Saturday. "Neil Armstrong was also a reluctant American hero who always believed he was just doing his job," his family said in a statement. He died of complications from heart surgery, the family said. Armstrong stepped down from the ladder of an Apollo moon lander and onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, with the words: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. " US President Barack Obama remembered Armstrong as "among the greatest of American heroes - not just of his time, but of all time.
