Astronaut Neil Armstrong the first man to walk on
the moon underwent cardiac bypass surgery on Tuesday just days after his 82nd
birthday. His wife Carol has told friends that he is doing well and is expected
to make a full recovery. Armstrong had a stress test on Monday that revealed
four blockages in the arteries leading to his heart. Surgeons performed the
bypasses the next day. In a bypass operation a blood vessel is removed from
elsewhere in the body and attached to the circulatory system to route blood
around a blockage.
Armstrong was the commander of the Apollo 11
spacecraft, which landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. In a statement posted on
Face book, NASA administrator Charled Bolden wished Armstrong a quick recovery.
“Neil’s pioneering spirit will surely serve him well in this challenging time,
and the entire NASA Family is holding the Armstrong family in our thoughts and
prayers,” he wrote.
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– Neil Armstrong makes progress in recovering from cardiac bypass surgery, NASA
administrator wished him a quick recovery.
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