Moon Landing Facts

After returning from the Moon, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins were required to fill out a standard US Customs declaration form. Under "cargo" they listed moon rock and moon dust samples, and when asked about any condition that might spread disease, the answer was "TO BE DETERMINED." The form was filed at Honolulu Airport on July 24, 1969 - the same day they splashed down.

Cleopatra lived closer in time to the 1969 Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid (around 2560 BC). The pyramids were already about 2,500 years old in her lifetime.

NASA lost Snoopy in space for 50 years. The Apollo 10 lunar module was named after the cartoon beagle. In 1969 astronaut Tom Stafford flew it within 9 miles of the Moon to scout Apollo 11's landing site. Then NASA fired its engine, sent it into orbit around the Sun and lost track of it. In 2019 amateur astronomers said they were 98 percent sure they had found it. Snoopy is still out there, circling the Sun.