News Humans Neil Armstrong, first man on moon, dies at 82 Apollo 11 commander held true to his engineering roots By Alexandra Witze August 27, 2012 at 2:49 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Neil Armstrong landed and walked on the moon, the first of just a dozen men to do so. He died in Ohio on August 25, at age 82. MOONWALKER Neil Armstrong, shown here in 1969 in the Apollo 11 lunar module after his historic moonwalk, died Saturday, August 25.