The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. August 27, 2012 Former U.S. Astronaut Neil Armstrong Dies at 82 ------------------------------------------------ The former U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong has died at the age of 82. Armstrong was the first person ever on the moon, famously announcing what he called, "One giant leap for mankind," on July 20, 1969. .