NASA genuinely faked part of the Moon landing. While Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the lunar surface were categorically not faked, the astronaut quarantine protocol when the astronauts arrived back on Earth was largely just one big show.
100 Mind-Blowing Quarantine Facts
Apollo 11 astronauts spent weeks in quarantine at NASA HQ following their landmark trip to and from the moon, where they dined on a range of Stouffer’s entrées, sides and desserts.
NASA’s Moon landing mission wasn’t entirely true. When the astronauts landed back on Earth, their quarantine procedure was a performative one.
What is a quarantine? The word “quarantine” comes from quarantena, meaning “forty days” in 14th century Venetian. The Venetians imposed a 40-day isolation of ships and people arriving in their lagoon during the Black Death.