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Why were the three astronauts kept in quarantine for 18 days after the moon mission?
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∙ 13y ago
in 1969 the moon was conpletly foreingn. Who knows what kind of things are on the moon. The astronauts were placed in quarintine to ensure that they hadnt conracted any illnesses. It could have been a plauge, contagion. But luckily the astronauts were safe.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoNobody was ever quarantined unless he had stepped on the moon. The first Apollo
astronauts were, after they returned from the moon. But it was soon decided that
there are no bugs, bacteria, or viruses on the moon to be accidentally picked up
and brought back, and no astronauts have been quarantined since the early 1970s.
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∙ 14y agoThey needed time to recover from their journey. They needed to be checked that they were ok after their journey. It had to be certain that they had not brought anything dangerous back with them that might affect their health or the health of other people.
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∙ 13y agoNeil Armstrong , Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins were the three astronauts who were kept in quarantine for18days after they returned from the moon.
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∙ 13y agoThey needed to go into quarantine to ensure that there were no bacteria or viruses brought back from space on their suits or in their bodies.
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Is Quarantine scarier than 28 days later?
No. Not at all.
How long do astronauts have to decompress?
2 days
What did American astronauts spend 84 days in?
a space station
How do astronauts spend their days in space?
Eat sleep and explore my friend
Do astronauts only go to the moon?
Nope, in fact no astronauts have gone to the moon since December, 1972. These days astronauts never get further than 150 or so miles above the Earth's surface.
What happened after the Apollo 11 crew completed their mission?
After the Apollo 11 astronauts returned to the earth after their moon mission, the astronauts had a medical examination and were then put in quarantine for a few days.
How long do astronauts spend in quarantine?
21 days
How long were the Apollo 11 astronauts sent into quarantine?
I think they spent 21 days in quarantine.
Where were the astronauts deported to after the completion of their mission Apollo for NASA?
The astronauts were sent to a place to be in qurantene for about 21 days.
How long does it take an astronauts to get to the moon?
About three days.
Do you wait 30 days to go for a mission in club penguin?
No,i know that because i finish three or four mission i one day
Is Quarantine scarier than 28 days later?
No. Not at all.
What is the number of footprints on the moon?
over the course of 6 mission, the last mission lasting over three days, the number of footsteps is in the thousands.
How long do astronauts have to decompress?
2 days
How many days did it take the Apollo 11 space mission to get to the moon?
It will take the Apollo 11 three days to go to the moon.
How long do astronauts stay in space?
About 6 months at a time and in the Russian program 1 yearIt depends on the mission actually. It can be weeks or months even a year! However, the problem is when astronauts goes back on Earth. Getting used to gravity again which would take a while depending on how long they stayed in space.This will depend on how long the space mission is planned for.It depends on how long their mission is. Normally ranging from 10 days up to a few months but not much longer than that because staying in an enviroment without gravity for too long can weaken the astronaut's muscles. It also depends on how much oxygen and food is taken into space with the space ship.
If a astronauts spent 340 hours exploring about how many days is that?
14 days.
