Neil Armstrong,first man to land and walk on the surface of the moon has died of heart disease. He was 82 years. He was the first man and part of the american historical space mission to the moon in 1969.

He is a celebrity in america for his contribution to science and technology. Since that mission a lot of scientific exploration had been made. Although, some mission ended in disaster killing several astronauts.

The russians under the former soviet union and now Russia had made several mission into space competing with the american. Russia celebrated the accomplishment in space of Late Yuri Gagarin.

Today, space mission had changed a little with the development of the international space station which bring several astronaut to carry out space research.

Today, China and India have joined the space exploration with China recently sending a woman.