Remains of astronaut legend Neil Armstrong buried at sea

Agence France-Presse
Posted at 09/15/2012 8:44 AM | Updated as of 09/15/2012 8:44 AM


WASHINGTON - The cremated remains of legendary American astronaut Neil Armstrong were scattered at sea Friday, in a ceremony aboard a US aircraft carrier paying final tribute to the first man to set foot on the moon, NASA said.

US Navy personnel carried Armstrong's remains to the Atlantic Ocean one day after a somber memorial ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral for the famously reserved Apollo 11 commander, who died August 25 at the age of 82.

Armstrong's widow Carol was presented an American flag at the ceremony aboard the USS Philippine Sea that included a bugler and rifle salute.

"Neil will always be remembered for taking humankind's first small step on another world," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said at the National Cathedral service.

"But it was the courage, grace and humility he displayed throughout his life that lifted him above the stars."

Armstrong's Apollo 11 crew mates Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, Eugene Cernan -- the Apollo 17 mission commander and last man to walk on the moon -- attended the memorial service.

Also present Thursday was John Glenn, the former US senator and first American to orbit the Earth.

Armstrong came to be known around the world for the immortal words he uttered on July 20, 1969, as he became the first person ever to step onto another body in space: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind."

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I thought he would be buried on the moon.
Funerals and burials are already expensive enough,so I guess it will be extremely expensive to bury him on the moon and a bit far for the mourners to go as well.

k2039: I thought he would be buried on the moon.
Funerals and burials are already expensive enough,so I guess it will be extremely expensive to bury him on the moon and a bit far for the mourners to go as well.

Lmao at the bolded...

They gave him the 'Osama' treatment..

is it kind of occultic practice? just wondering. any one thinking the same? cos I don't understand any burial reason for a great legend like that when he is not a family of Osama bin laden?

Soon burial in water wud b adopted in 9ja...

Here s america 4u,both d dead n leavin s well respected,naija s a diff stori,even d guy dat draw nigeria flag I gues akinkumi s alive leavng in abjet poverty,God help us all

I don't get. Why bury the man at sea? This ain't right. I really doubt he made that request when he was alive. I do not subsribe to the idea of cremation, I think its barbaric.

Yes creamated and remains at the sea - very open folks not all our african and arabs over religious folks - am sure late neil was a scientologist am sure

Y Not buried on d sun dis time?dat wud av completed his assignment..

Ok. Noted.

Don't think i will ever go to bar beach again, all these creamated bodies will definitely be washed towards the shores and we swim into burnt bodies, kai! , wot about people that take these seas as source of drinking water? nna mehn! did is very unhygenic

Wasn't Yuri Gagarin (Russian) the first man on the moon?

mrrock: Wasn't Yuri Gagarin (Russian) the first man on the moon?

no, was the first man in space

Joins the list of those whose remains will awake from the sea on that great day! So at the end, the supposedly first man to set his foot on Moon surface is given same dead end as Osama? Shows you were America as a nation is heading

Journey well Mr. Neil Armstrong!

Since he is buried in d atlantic, where exactly can we say his grave/tomb is?

Cremated,bury at sea...hw?maybe be hmmm..sh1t!

mrrock: Wasn't Yuri Gagarin (Russian) the first man on the moon?

Nope, he's the 1st man to walk in the moon

Rest in Peace, Neil Armstrong.

What's with this new method of Burying the dead?

The decisn to be cremated must hve bin made by him b4 his death o,America did nt make d decisn.crematn happens everyday and d ashes culd be stored or scattered away.

wonderful

TrustZee: Soon burial in water wud b adopted in 9ja...

na im be say all the fish for river go begin chop human being!

RIP

please guys i need more info on this, i have been watching a video to prove that man never walked on the moon, that all was staged in the studio. it is been argued that after more than 40yrs of man landing on the moon man we have not been able to carry out another mission like it even with the avancement of technology. that america tricked the world because of its race with the USSR for dominance and since USSR has sent man out of space America needs to come up with something. are this claims true or is it just a conspiracy theory.

RIP Neil........
"That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.".....immortal words indeed....

.....you'll forever be remembered....

berem: na im be say all the fish for river go begin chop human being!

and if dem no see dead body chop for sea again,dem go begin come out to look for human beings to chop,i pity people wey dey live near bar beach and sea

the moon should have been better, RIP.

I know no one has no say into where he should be buried and maybe he already have it on his WILL to be buried at sea....but come on...a legend like him that did what no one can never repeat, the sea is wrong even if the guy put am down for hin final message....dem suppose burial am for NASA headquarters at least....make all man wey come see where the first man to step foot on the moon dey....

And what's wrong with cremation? Whether You get buried or burnt, your body will still decay so why the fuss. Don't you realise that When you're dead, you cease to exist therefore unconscious of your surrounding. I'm looking forward to when we will start adopting that form of burial in Nigeria.

greaterlove: please guys i need more info on this, i have been watching a video to prove that man never walked on the moon, that all was staged in the studio. it is been argued that after more than 40yrs of man landing on the moon man we have not been able to carry out another mission like it even with the avancement of technology. that america tricked the world because of its race with the USSR for dominance and since USSR has sent man out of space America needs to come up with something. are this claims true or is it just a conspiracy theory.

why would u allow some stupid documentry bore out of hatred for america outsmart you?

So Long Nail Armstrong. You will be Remembered.