![Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins greet their wives from the Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the U.S.S.](https://www.bygonely.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Apollo_families_1969_8.jpg)
Hornet aircraft carrier, which picked them up after splashdown about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii. The astronauts were quarantined for several days after landing as a precautionary measure, to ensure there was no spread of any potential germs picked up on the moon.