edit request on september please change armstrong's family announced he would be buried at sea to armstrong was honored in a tribute at washington s national cathedral on september in attendance at the tribute were fellow apollo crewmates michael collins and buzz aldrin also in attendance was eugene a cernan the apollo mission commander and last man to walk on the moon and john glenn the former senator and first american to orbit the earth as well as the current nasa administrator charles bolden armstrong was laid to rest in the atlantic on friday september in a burial at sea ceremony aboard the uss philippine sea cg