On August 10, 1969, the Interagency Committee on Back Contamination met in Atlanta and lifted the quarantine on the astronauts, on those who had joined them in quarantine (NASA physician William Carpentier and MQF project engineer John Hirasaki), and on Columbia itself.
ˌɔn ˈɔːɡəst tˈɛn, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti nˈaɪn, ðɪ ˌɪntɚɹˈeɪdʒənsi kəmˈɪɾi ˌɔn bˈæk kəntˌæmᵻnˈeɪʃən mˈɛt ɪn ɐtlˈæntə ænd lˈɪftᵻd ðə kwˈɔːɹəntˌiːn ɔnðɪ ˈæstɹənˌɔːts, ˌɔn ðoʊz hˌuː hæd dʒˈɔɪnd ðˌɛm ɪn kwˈɔːɹəntˌiːn nˈæsɐ fɪzˈɪʃən wˈɪljəm kˈɑːɹpəntiɚ ænd ˌɛmkjˌuːˈɛf pɹˈɑːdʒɛkt ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹ dʒˈɑːn hˌɜːɹɐsˈæki, ænd ˌɔn kəlˈʌmbiə ɪtsˈɛlf.