The ashes of astronaut Neil Armstrong scattered in the Atlantic Ocean

Washington, Sep 15 (EFE). - The ashes of legendary American astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon in 1969, were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean today after a private ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea Navy's U.S., NASA said.

The ceremony was attended Armstrong's widow, Carol, said the U.S. space agency.

Armstrong, who made history when he stepped on the moon on July 20, 1969 in the Apollo 11 mission with only 38 years old, died on August 25 aged 82, following complications of cardiovascular surgery.

Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module on a postcard collection

Of all the details that NASA visualize for the first moon landing in history that of the shooting was in the background. There are few photos that Armstrong, the first man on the moon, can be seen. Fortunately people like Tom Dahl who used various shots of the lunar activity conducted by Armstrong and Aldrin, to compose this spectacular panorama. Based on a very limited artwork has achieved a truly impressive result, which captures the immense and desolate lunar surface and placed in a marginal but visible, the shadow of who was the first human to walk on the soil.