The Apollo mission was… One small step for man and one giant leap for mankind. (I know, cliché, but I can’t help it!)

It’s true! After just 8 short days in space, landing and walking on the moon for the first time astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins who flew the historic Apollo 11 mission were quarantined for 3 weeks. First on the USS Hornet in the Mobile Quarantine unit for two days before they landed in Hawaii and were then transported to a longer quarantine in Houston.

This was done to ensure that they had not brought back any diseases or the like from space.

Nowadays…

Now when astronauts are brought back from space they almost immediately exit their space crafts. But interestingly enough since the first mission all astronauts have to go through customs. They have to declare everything they bring back with them!

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