CHANTILLY, Virginia — The Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) housed Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins immediately after their return from the Moon in July 1969. The converted Airstream trailer served as an isolation unit to prevent the unlikely spread of lunar pathogens, containing living and sleeping quarters, a kitchen, and bathroom with air pressure maintained lower than outside pressure. The astronauts, along with a physician and technician, remained in the facility for over 60 hours during transport from the USS Hornet aircraft carrier to Pearl Harbor Nav

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