Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Men in white suits climb aboard the Apollo 11 crew capsule after it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean In a small desert town, ...

Just weeks after becoming the first man to walk on the moon, NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong celebrated his 39th birthday in quarantine. It's something all of us have experienced after a year of ...

A review of archives suggests that efforts to protect Earth from contamination by any organism brought back from the lunar surface were mostly for show. By Sarah Scoles When the astronauts of Apollo ...

After splashdown on July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts donned Biological Isolation Garments and went immediately into quarantine until August 10, 1969. This was a precaution against any potential ...

The crew of Apollo 11 had made history by landing on the moon and coming back to Earth in one piece. But before the celebrations could begin, they would have to spend ...

In a small desert town, dozens of unsuspecting people suddenly drop dead from a mysterious plague. The infectious agent has come from outer space; it has no known cure, and the U.S. government must ...

NASA officials overestimated their ability to contain alien microbes after the first moon landing, a new analysis suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...