“The Man Who Went to the Moon” Will Be Buried at Sea

The first man to set foot on the Moon, the late American astronaut Neil Armstrong, will be buried at sea.The funeral will take place after the official memorial service on September 13 atWashington.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong. (Photo: NASA)

“I assume it will be a small private service,” spokesman Rick Miller told AFP, adding that no other details had been released.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, current and former astronauts and many important guests will attend Armstrong's memorial service at Washington National Cathedral.

Armstrong died on August 2 at the age of 82 from complications of heart surgery. The late astronaut grew up in a rural area.Ohioand flew planes for the US Navy before joining the space program.

The Apollo 11 commander entered history textbooks on July 20, 1969, when he became the first man to set foot on the Moon and famously said, “That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

ChapelWashingtonis where a rock from the Moon that Armstrong and his companion Buzz Aldrin brought back from the Apollo 11 mission is kept./.

According to Vietnam+M