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This is the Customs and Immigration Form Filled Out by Apollo 11 Astronauts Upon Returning from the Moon

Despite their (entirely deserved) hero status, astronauts are just everyday people like you and me. They put their pants space suits on one leg at a time, and have to fill out U.S. Customs and Immigration forms when returning from the moon. In what is perhaps the best application of bureaucracy to date, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins declared all their moon rocks and moon dust when they arrived in Hawaii after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. It was a joke, though the astronauts did spend three weeks in isolation after their return over fears they might have brought lunar germs back with them.

However, Reddit tells us that this wouldn’t be the only tongue-in-cheek moment for the space program. After the dramatic events during the Apollo 13 mission, Rockwell received an invoice from Northrop Grumman. It seems that since the Grumman-made lunar module was responsible for bringing the crippled, Rockwell-built command module back to Earth, it was only fair that Rockwell pay for the tow. Great moments in American history, folks.

Read on below, for a closer look at the Apollo 11 immigration form.

(Space.com via Reddit)

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  • http://the-kindness-of-strangers.tumblr.com/ [A]

    you’re gonna need to declare that moon dust on your shoes, mister..

  • WiseUp

    Duh. There was no Northrop Grumman in April 1970, the month of Apollo 13. It was simply Grumman Aerospace until 1994. 

  • http://greentearobot.wordpress.com greentearobot

    That is awesome!

  • USA

    did they really go to moon. Wasn’t it all drama or faked moon expedition. 

  • mastang

    Yes they did go to the moon and it was rocket sceince

  • http://immigrationlawyersnow.org/ Immigration Attorney

    Pretty cool. They must also have a passport and a visa.

  • Anonymous

    I remember hearing an astronaut on TAL talk about how she had to fill out a travel voucher when they went on the shuttle. Would love to see that 1610


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