Video: Memorial held for astronaut Neil Armstrong Mourners who filled the vast Episcopal cathedral to mark Neil Armstrong's death heard him eulogised as a dedicated team player who shunned the limelight for decades after piloting the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing. Armstrong, a former Navy flyer and test pilot, died at the age of 82 following complications from cardiovascular procedures. He is to be buried at sea on Friday at an undisclosed site. Charles Bolden, the head of Nasa, paid tribute to Armstrong: "Neil will always be remembered for taking humankinds first small step on a world beyond our own. But it was courage, grace and humility he displayed throughout his life that lifted him above the stars. At the end of the service, Mr Bolden presented Armstrong's wife, Carol, with the flag that had flown at half mast over the Nasa Johnson Space Center in Houston on August 25, the day that he died.