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A Biological Isolation Garment (BIG) designed to prevent Earth's contamination with hypothetical lunal microbes after the early Moon landing missions (up to Apollo 14). This specimen was worn by Buzz Aldrin from Apollo 11's landing in the Pacific Ocean to his arrival in the mobile quarantine facility on board the USS Hornet.

A Biological Isolation Garment (BIG) designed to prevent Earth's contamination with hypothetical lunal microbes after the early Moon landing missions (up to Apollo 14). This specimen was worn by Buzz Aldrin from Apollo 11's landing in the Pacific Ocean to his arrival in the mobile quarantine facility on board the USS Hornet.