The first human on the moon and former US astronaut Neil Armstrong is recovering from heart-bypass surgery, NASA said on Wednesday.
He is “doing great”, NBC news quoted his wife Carol Armstrong as saying.
Armstrong, who turned 82 on Sunday, underwent surgery on Tuesday to relieve blocked coronary arteries, Reuters reported.
On July 20, 1969, Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon as commander of the Apollo 11 mission.
After piloting the module Eagle to the moon, he climbed down the stairs onto the dusty surface and said: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden called Armstrong a “true American hero” and wished him a quick recovery.
“Neil’s pioneering spirit will surely serve him well in this challenging time and the entire NASA family is holding the Armstrong family in our thoughts and prayers,” Bolden said in a statement.
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