Neil Armstrong remembered at public memorial

13 September 2012 Last updated at 18:22 ET Help

A memorial for the first man on the Moon, astronaut Neil Armstrong, has been held in Washington, DC.

The public memorial was held at the National Cathedral, with fellow Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins among the hundreds attending.

Armstrong died in August, aged 82, from complications after heart surgery.

The BBC's Zoe Conway reports on how his legacy lives on.

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