After ‘Apollo 11’: New short film goes into ‘Quarantine’ after first moon landing

Long before millions of people from around the globe isolated themselves to protect against a pandemic, three astronauts spent 21 days secluded from the rest of the world after being exposed to the moon.

“Apollo 11: Quarantine,” a new short film from the team behind the feature-length documentary “Apollo 11,” tells the lesser-known story that followed the historic first moon landing. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins entered quarantine to protect the rest of humanity from any possible “moon germs” and to preserve the moon rocks they returned with them from being contaminated by life on Earth.