The building was constructed as a facility to quarantine astronauts and the material they brought back from the moon during the Apollo program.
Completed in 1967, the LRL was constructed as a facility to quarantine astronauts and the material they brought back from the moon during the Apollo program to ensure that they were free from diseases.
"I just hate to see what this building represents and what we did here 50 years ago go away," Judy Allton, a curator at Johnson Space Center, told theOne scientist, who worked in the lab during the final six Apollo missions, expressed his sadness at the future of the building, but acknowledged that the structure would be too expensive to preserve.
Sandra Tetley, a historic preservation officer at Johnson, said she would try and salvage as many pieces of equipment as possible before the demolition, as well as the original stairs, pillars and walkways. These could be put on display in future. This year is the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1969, at around 8:17 p.m. UTC when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Lunar Module Eagle on the surface of our only natural satellite.
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