Apollo 11 Mobile Quarantine Facility Photo Collection

ASTRONAUTS LEAVING PICKUP HELICOPTER

(Above) The three Apollo 11 astronauts (L-R) Aldrin, Armstrong, and Collins are shown leaving the recovery helicopter aboard the U.S.S. Hornet after their splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The astronauts are wearing biological isolation garments which were donned before leaving the spacecraft. The three are pictured heading directly to the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) on the aircraft carrier. The MQF served as their home for 21 days following the mission.

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(Above) The Apollo 11 crewmen, wearing biological isolation garments, arrive aboard the U.S.S. Hornet during recovery operations in the central Pacific. They are walking toward the Mobile Quarantine Facility, in which they were confined until arrival at the Manned Spacecraft Center’s Lunar Receiving Laboratory.

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(Above) President Richard M. Nixon welcomes the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the U.S.S. Hornet. Already confined to the Mobile Quarantine Facility are (left to right) Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.

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(Above) The Apollo 11 Spacecraft Command Module (foreground) and the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) (background) are photographed aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic lunar landing mission. The three crewmen are already in the MQF.

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(Above) Offloading of the Mobile Quarantine Facility from the prime recovery
vessel, the U.S.S. Hornet, to be sent to Hickam AFB, Hawaii. The crew of Apollo 11 is inside the Mobile Quarantine Facility.

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(Above ) The Mobile Quarantine Facility, with the three Apollo 11 crewmen inside, is unloaded from a U.S. Air Force C141 transport at Ellington Air Force Base early Sunday after a flight from Hawaii.

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(Above ) A wide shot of the Mobile Quarantine Facility, with the three Apollo 11 crewmen inside. The MQF  is being unloaded from a U.S. Air Force C141 transport at Ellington Air Force Base early Sunday after a flight from Hawaii. A large crowd was present to welcome Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin Jr. back to Houston following their historic lunar landing mission.