{"id":168417,"date":"2019-08-12T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-450134"},"modified":"2023-09-22T10:24:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T14:24:39","slug":"50-years-ago-apollo-11-astronauts-leave-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-apollo-11-astronauts-leave-quarantine\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Years Ago: Apollo 11 Astronauts Leave Quarantine\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>\u2026and America celebrates their accomplishment<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-apollo-11-returns-to-houston\/\">arrival in Houston<\/a> in the early morning hours of July 27, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. \u201cBuzz\u201d Aldrin, and Michael Collins were restricted to the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) in Building 37 of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), now the Johnson Space Center. The quarantine was imposed from an overabundance of caution in case they had returned from the Moon accompanied by possibly dangerous lunar microorganisms. Their spacecraft, the Apollo 11 Command Module <em>Columbia<\/em> as well as the 49 pounds of lunar samples they brought back were likewise kept in quarantine, which was to last 21 days from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-one-small-step-one-giant-leap\/\">the time they were first exposed to lunar material<\/a>. During their time in the LRL, they conducted numerous debriefs from a glass-enclosed conference room, wrote their pilot reports, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-armstrong-celebrates-birthday-in-quarantine\/\">celebrated Armstrong\u2019s 39th birthday<\/a> with a surprise party. Flight surgeon Dr. William R. Carpentier monitored their health status on a daily basis, and when they showed no signs of any illnesses they were cleared to be released from quarantine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"apollo_11_crew_leaves_lrl\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_crew_leaves_lrl_aug_10_1969_s69-42064.jpg\" width=\"192\" height=\"306\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"apollo_11_crew_leaves_lrl_armstrong\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_crew_leaves_lrl_armstrong_aug_10_1969_s69-42061.jpg\" width=\"462\" height=\"305\"><br>\n<em>Left: Dr. Berry opening the door to the CRA in the LRL.<br>\nRight: Gilruth greeting Armstrong as he emerges from the CRA.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"apollo_11_crew_leaves_lrl_armstrong\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_crew_leaves_lrl_armstrong_aug_10_1969_s69-42066.jpg\" width=\"332\" height=\"232\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"apollo_11_crew_leaves_lrl_armstrong\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_crew_leaves_lrl_armstrong_aug_10_1969_ap_photo.jpg\" width=\"318\" height=\"233\"><br>\n<em>Left: Armstrong giving a brief speech as he leaves the LRL.<br>\nRight: Armstrong greeting well-wishers outside the LRL.<br>\nCredits: AP Photo.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"apollo_11_crew_leaves_lrl_collins_aldrin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_crew_leaves_lrl_collins_aldrin_aug_10_1969_s69-41359.jpg\" width=\"313\" height=\"212\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"apollo_11_crew_leaves_lrl_aldrin_collins_ap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_crew_leaves_lrl_aldrin_collins_ap_photo_aug_10_1969.jpg\" width=\"345\" height=\"212\"><br>\n<em>Left: Gilruth greeting Collins (left) and Aldrin as they emerge from the CRA.<br>\nRight: Apollo 11 astronauts (left to right) Aldrin, Collins, and Armstrong greeting well-wishers outside the LRL.<br>\nCredits: AP Photos.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the evening of Aug. 10, MSC Director of Medical Research and Operations Dr. Charles A. Berry opened the door to the LRL\u2019s Crew Reception Area (CRA), and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QuZMminxvrI\" rel=\"noopener\">Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins stepped out<\/a> into the hallway. They were welcomed by MSC Director Robert L. Gilruth, other NASA officials and colleagues, and a swarm of reporters once they stepped outside the building into the hot and muggy Houston night. It was the first time they could freely interact with the outside world since their preflight quarantine began more than a month before. Individual cars whisked the astronauts to their homes for reunions with their families. The next day was a day off for the astronauts and they spent it with their families. To prepare for the upcoming events, Aldrin and Collins went shopping for new suits, while apparently Armstrong had an adequate number and spent the day relaxing by his pool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"vlcsnap-2019-07-30-15h41m08s491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vlcsnap-2019-07-30-15h41m08s491.png\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"vlcsnap-2019-08-06-14h30m03s074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vlcsnap-2019-08-06-14h30m03s074.png\"><br>\n<em>Two views from the Apollo 11 crew postflight press conference in the MSC Auditorium:<br>\n(left to right) Aldrin, Armstrong, and Collins.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Aug. 12, Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins entered MSC\u2019s Auditorium to a capacity crowd of reporters and TV crews who saluted them with a standing ovation. Armstrong set the stage for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2Y_ctZNM9Zo\" rel=\"noopener\">press conference<\/a> with the following opening statement,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIt was our pleasure to participate in one great adventure. It\u2019s an adventure that took place, not just in the month of July, but rather one that took place in the last decade. We \u2026 had the opportunity to share that adventure over its developing and unfolding in the past months and years. It\u2019s our privilege today to share with you some of the details of that final month of July that was certainly the highlight, for the three of us, of that decade.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the next 45 minutes the astronauts described their historic mission in great detail, using photographs and film clips taken during the flight to illustrate their presentation. Looking a bit tense at the outset, all three crewmembers appeared to relax as the presentation went on. Aldrin commented about the planting of the American flag at Tranquility Base, \u201cSo many people have done so much to give us this opportunity to place this American flag on the surface. To me it was one of the prouder moments of my life, to be able to stand there and quickly salute the flag.\u201d  Of the liftoff from the lunar surface Armstrong said to general laughter in the auditorium, \u201cWe were very pleased to have the engine light up.\u201d  Collins added about the maneuver that brought Armstrong and Aldrin in <em>Eagle<\/em> back to him in <em>Columbia<\/em>, \u201cthe rendezvous was absolutely beautiful. They came up from below \u2013 as if they were riding on a rail.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the presentation, the astronauts fielded numerous questions from the assembled reporters. To a question about whether there was any time while walking on the Moon when they felt spellbound by the experience, Armstrong replied, \u201cAbout 2\u00bd hours,\u201d the duration of the spacewalk. To another question about how their preparations for their upcoming tours compared to the actual mission, Armstrong replied perhaps somewhat presciently, \u201cIt\u2019s certainly the part we\u2019re least prepared to handle.\u201d Another reporter, perhaps anticipating the worldwide attention the astronauts would receive, asked how they propose to restore normalcy to their private lives in the coming years. Aldrin responded with, \u201cI wish I knew the answer,\u201d and Armstrong added, \u201cIt kind of depends on you,\u201d meaning the media. To a question posed to Armstrong about whether he believed that one day women could become astronauts, he promptly replied, \u201cGosh, I hope so!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_new_york_parade_aug_13_1969_neil_leifer_taschen.jpg\" alt=\"apollo_11_new_york_parade\" width=\"208\" height=\"309\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_new_york_parade_aug_13_1969_s70-17433.jpg\" alt=\"apollo_11_new_york_parade\" width=\"441\" height=\"307\"><br> <em>Left: Overhead view of the tickertape parade in New York City. Right: Apollo 11 astronauts (left to right) Aldrin, Collins, and Armstrong wave to the crowds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_crew_new_york_city_hall_w_mayor_lindsey_aug_13_1969_getty_images.jpg\" alt=\"apollo_11_crew_new_york_city_hall_w_mayor_lindsey\" width=\"299\" height=\"199\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_crew_at_un_aug_13_1969_un_photo.png\" alt=\"apollo_11_crew_at_un_aug_13_1969_\" width=\"450\" height=\"200\"><br><em>Left: Apollo 11 astronauts (left to right) Aldrin, Armstrong, and Collins with New York Mayor Lindsey at City Hall. Right: UN Secretary General Thant speaking outside UN Headquarters with Apollo 11 astronauts (right to left) Collins, Aldrin, and Armstrong. Credits: Getty Images, UN Photo.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When President Richard M. Nixon greeted the astronauts aboard the USS <em>Hornet<\/em> on splashdown day, he had invited them and their wives to a state dinner in Los Angeles in their honor. True to his word, President Nixon even lent them his presidential jet for the occasion. The trip to Los Angeles began at 5 AM on Aug. 13, when Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins accompanied by their wives and children boarded the VC-137B aircraft (a modified Boeing 707 called Air Force One when the President was aboard) at Ellington Air Force Base (AFB) near MSC. However, their first destination was not Los Angeles but New York City. They landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport and were whisked by helicopter to the Wall Street heliport. From there, the astronauts were treated to the largest, longest, and loudest tickertape parade in the city\u2019s history. At City Hall, Mayor John V. Lindsey placed the gold medal of New York City around their necks. The parade then continued to the United Nations (UN) where UN Secretary General U Thant welcomed them. The astronauts made brief speeches at each stop. An estimated four million people lined the parade route. They were whisked back to the airport where they boarded the presidential plane, bound for Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_chicago_parade_aug_13_1969_2.jpg\" alt=\"apollo_11_chicago_parade\" width=\"190\" height=\"276\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_chicago_parade_aug_13_1969_3.jpg\" alt=\"apollo_11_chicago_parade\" width=\"448\" height=\"276\"><br><em>Left: The tickertape parade in downtown Chicago. Right: Apollo 11 astronauts (left to right) Aldrin, Armstrong, and Collins wave to the crowds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_chicago_civic_center_plaza_reception_wise_shot_aug_13_1969_chicago_tribune.jpg\" alt=\"apollo_11_chicago_civic_center_plaza_reception_wise_shot\" width=\"334\" height=\"231\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_with_chicago_mayor_daley_aug_13_1969.jpg\" alt=\"apollo_11_with_chicago_mayor_daley\" width=\"302\" height=\"230\"><br><em>Left: Overhead view of the crowds assembled at Chicago\u2019s Civic Center Plaza. Right: Apollo 11 astronauts (left to right) Aldrin, Collins, and Armstrong after receiving their medals from Chicago Mayor Daley. Credits: Chicago Tribune.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After landing at O\u2019Hare International Airport, they flew by helicopter to Meig\u2019s Field to begin the afternoon\u2019s festivities. Two million people turned out for the tickertape parade through Chicago\u2019s downtown to see the Apollo 11 astronauts. At the Civic Center Plaza (now Daley Plaza), Mayor Richard J. Daley welcomed them along with a crowd estimated at 100,000 to present them with medals making them honorary citizens of Chicago. On the way back to the airport, the astronauts stopped at Grant Park and addressed a crowd of 15,000 young people. Then it was finally on to Los Angeles, their final destination of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_century_plaza_hotel_gala_aug_13_1969.jpg\" alt=\"apollo_11_century_plaza_hotel_gala\" width=\"613\" height=\"415\"><br><em>At the Presidential state dinner in Los Angeles, (left to right) the Agnews, the Aldrins, the Collinses, the Armstrongs, and the Nixons. Credits: Getty Images.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_century_city_gala_w_awards_aug_13_1969.jpg\" alt=\"apollo_11_century_city_gala_w_awards\" width=\"345\" height=\"221\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_astronauts_and_paine_on_plane_back_to_houston_aug_14_1969_cropped_s69-51630.jpg\" alt=\"apollo_11_astronauts_and_paine_on_plane_back_to_houston\" width=\"365\" height=\"221\"><br><em>Left: Apollo 11 astronauts (left to right) Collins, Aldrin, and Armstrong displaying their President Medal of Freedom awards. Right: On the presidential plane flying back to Houston Paine (at left) chats with Apollo 11 astronauts (left to right) Aldrin, Collins, and Armstrong.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After landing at Los Angeles International Airport where they were welcomed by Mayor Samuel W. \u201cSam\u201d Yorty, they flew by helicopter to the Century Plaza Hotel for President Nixon\u2019s promised state dinner, the first ever to be held outside of Washington, DC. Among the 1,440 guests assembled for the gala were the President and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and their families, 14 members of the President\u2019s Cabinet, 44 Governors including California Governor Ronald W. Reagan who welcomed everyone to his state, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 50 members of Congress, NASA Administrator Thomas O. Paine and 48 astronauts, ambassadors from 83 countries and numerous celebrities. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qsB29CeGChY\" rel=\"noopener\">state dinner<\/a> was televised live so all Americans could share the moment. Guidance Controller Steve Bales, who during the critical moments of the descent to the Moon decided that the landing could proceed despite the guidance computer\u2019s program alarms, accepted a NASA Group Achievement Award on behalf of the entire flight operations team. In a sense, Bales represented the 400,000 Americans who had worked on the Apollo program and made the Moon landing possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Nixon presented Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation\u2019s highest civilian honor, and requested that each of them say a few words. Collins began, \u201cHere stands one proud American. Proud to be a member of the Apollo team, proud to be a citizen of the United States of America which nearly a decade ago said it would land a man on the Moon and then did so, \u2026 proud to be an inhabitant of this most magnificent planet.\u201d Aldrin followed, \u201cI feel that the honor that you have given us goes not just to us as a crew but to countless thousands of others \u2026 who have strived over eight long years on Apollo. Their success \u2026 gave us the opportunity to take Apollo 11 to the Moon and land.\u201d  In his remarks Armstrong stressed that Apollo 11 was an effort much larger than the three astronauts, noting he was struck by a sign he saw earlier that day in New York that said, \u201cThrough you we touched the Moon.\u201d He concluded that during the course of the day, in the warm and enthusiastic receptions they received in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, they felt they had touched America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_houston_parade_aug_16_1969.png\" alt=\"apollo_11_houston_parade\" width=\"282\" height=\"279\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_armstrong_parade_houston_aug_16_1969_ap_photo.jpg\" alt=\"apollo_11_armstrong_parade_houston\" width=\"399\" height=\"279\"><br><em>Left: Apollo 11 astronauts (front to back) Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins ride in the Houston tickertape parade. Right: Armstrong and his family nearly covered in tickertape. Credits: Houston Chronicle, AP Photos.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a day that was perhaps as stressful as the day of the lunar landing itself, the astronauts and their families, accompanied by NASA Administrator Paine, flew back to Houston on Aug. 14 aboard the presidential jet. Their postflight duties, however, were far from over. The next day, the same day as a giant music festival was getting underway in upstate New York, Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin taped an interview with the CBS News <em>Face the Nation<\/em> program that aired Aug. 17. During the program, Collins announced his decision that Apollo 11 was his last space flight but that he would remain with NASA for the foreseeable future. On Aug. 16, it was Houston\u2019s turn to welcome the astronauts with another tickertape parade attended by about 250,000 cheering supporters. The parade was followed by a barbecue party in the Houston Astrodome for an estimated crowd of 50,000 people, with Frank Sinatra as the emcee. Much more lay ahead in the coming months for the Apollo 11 astronauts and their wives as they adjusted to being worldwide celebrities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_columbia_at_ellington_shipping_to_downey_aug_14_1969_s69-41985.jpg\" alt=\"apollo_11_columbia_at_ellington_shipping_to_downey\" width=\"403\" height=\"264\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/apollo_11_cm_at_downey_aug_19_1969_s69-52263.jpg\" alt=\"apollo_11_cm_at_downey\" width=\"283\" height=\"265\"><br><em>Left: Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia being loaded onto a Super Guppy for transport to Downey, California. Right: Columbia in the Downey facility on Aug. 19. Credits: North American Rockwell.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the astronauts were celebrated across the country, workers at MSC quietly prepared <em>Columbia<\/em> to be shipped back to its manufacturer, the North American Rockwell plant in Downey, California. The spacecraft left the confines of the LRL on Aug. 14 and was trucked to Ellington AFB, where workers loaded it aboard a Super Guppy aircraft. After its arrival in Downey, engineers gave it a thorough inspection. In early September, they placed in it an oven to bake out any remaining moisture prior to the capsule being encased in plastic for eventual display at the Smithsonian Institute. Later that month, the Apollo 11 astronauts in a visit to the plant were reunited with their spacecraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026and America celebrates their accomplishment Following their arrival in Houston in the early morning hours of July 27, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. \u201cBuzz\u201d Aldrin, and Michael Collins were restricted to the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) in Building 37 of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), now the Johnson Space Center. 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