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Moonwalker Neil Armstrong buried at sea

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Neil Armstrong is buried at sea on Friday.

Armstrong was honored in a public service in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

US Navy Lieutenant Commander Paul Nagy, USS Philippine Sea, and Armstrong's wife, Carol, committing the cremains of Neil Armstrong to sea during a burial at sea service held onboard the USS Philippine Sea.

Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, died Saturday, Aug. 25 in Indian Hill.

He was 82.

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