Apollo 15 crew spared quarantine as rocks studied
Apollo 15 astronauts return from the moon without quarantine due to no moon-borne bugs. Doctors will test 175 pounds of lunar rocks for health risks and study their effects on plant species, polio virus, pneumonia bacteria, and tissue cultures to identify any toxic agents.
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