History was made on July 20, 1969 when astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Moon. Together with Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, the three crew members of Apollo 11 landed safely on Earth on July 24, 1969. Apollo 11 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean 920 miles (1,480 km) southwest of Hawaii and 13 miles (21 km) from the USS Hornet, a Navy ship sent to pick up the crew.
Landing from the Moon, the astronauts were greeting with a mundane aspect of life on Earth: going through customs. And guess what they declared?
Even though astronauts have government passports, it is inevitable, even for those coming from the moon, to not go through customs. The custom file form singed by the three astronauts listed their flight route as starting Cape Kennedy in Florida with a stopover on the moon. Among the things declared in their cargo were moon rocks, specks of moon dust and other lunar samples.
On 40th anniversary of Moon landing, CNN reported that Buzz Aldrin revealed he was reimbursed 
207 in our present day. $207 plus the making of history!
In present days, NASA astronauts still have to go through customs, but for much more practical reasons. Astronauts headed for the International Space Station must train in Canada, Europe, Russia and Japan in order practice with the different systems and tools.
