Neil Armstrong forced through customs after moon landing

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Some interesting trivia before the 50th anniversary of the moon landings coming later.

Before the ticker tape parades and the inevitable world tour, the triumphant Apollo 11 astronauts were greeted with a more mundane aspect of life on Earth when they splashed down 50 years ago - going through customs.

Just what did Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins have to declare? Moon rocks, moon dust and other lunar samples, according to the customs form filed at the Honolulu Airport in Hawaii on July 24, 1969 - the day the Apollo 11 crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean to end their historic moon landing mission.

The customs form is signed by all three Apollo 11 astronauts. They declared their cargo and listed their flight route as starting Cape Kennedy (now Cape Canaveral) in Florida with a stopover on the moon.


The form was posted to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Web site this week to mark the Apollo 11 mission?s 40th anniversary. A copy was obtained by SPACE.com and verified by NASA.

Bureaucracy gone mad

He had moon rocks on him man,the good stuff.

I bet it was worth it.

Nothing gets you higher than a moon rock, it’s an out of this world experience.

The National Air and Space museum has a moon rock that visitors are allowed to touch. Located in Washington DC.

Neil Armstrong getting a cavity search for smuggled moon rocks. The potential PTSD from that may be why he went into seclusion.









Disclaimer: that was a satirical remark.