Apollo 15 was the first lunar landing mission where the crew did not go into quarantine in case of contamination by any extraterrestrial microorganisms, after it was found from previous flights that the Moon was lifeless.Shown here: On 27 Jul. 1969, a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF), with the three Apollo 11 crewmen inside, is unloaded from a US Air Force C-141 transport at Ellington Air Force Base after a flight from Hawaii. A large crowd was present to welcome astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin back to Houston following their historic lunar landing mission. The crew remained in the MQF until they arrived at the Crew Reception Area of the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center. The crew were released from quarantine on 11 Aug. 1969.
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