WASHINGTON — Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon, died from complications following a recent heart surgery, the former astronaut’s family said in a statement posted online Aug. 25. He was 82.

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Dan Leone is the NASA reporter for SpaceNews, where he also covers other civilian-run U.S. government space programs and a growing number of entrepreneurial space companies. He joined SpaceNews in 2011.Dan earned a bachelor's degree in public communications...