Space Rocket History #300 – Apollo 14 – Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell – Tang Ceremony

Space Rocket History Podcast

Michael Annis

History, Technology

4.9 • 769 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In the Astronaut Office, it was his intellectual bent that set him apart from some of the other pilots, along with a certain hard edge.

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0:00.0	We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy,
0:08.0	but because they are hard.
0:10.0	Godspeed, John Glenn.
0:12.0	Roger, zero G, and I feel fine.
0:15.0	Okay, I'm out.
0:17.0	How does it feel for the United States to be the new record holder?
0:21.6	At last, huh?
0:22.6	In that baby lights, there's no doubt about it.
0:26.6	Lift-off.
0:27.6	We have a lift-off.
0:28.6	32 minutes past the hour.
0:30.6	Lift-off in Apollo 11.
0:32.6	Listing, uh, Tranquility base here.
0:35.6	The Eagle has landed.
0:40.4	That's one small step for man.
0:44.4	One giant leap for mankind.
0:52.1	Hello and welcome.
0:53.4	This is Michael Annison. You're listening to episode 300 of the Space Rocket History podcast. And now, Apollo 14, lunar module pilot, Edgar Mitchell. Today we continue our biographical episodes for Apollo 14 with the extraordinary life of Edgar Mitchell.
1:13.7	Edgar Dean Mitchell was born on September 17, 1930 in Hereford, Texas.
1:20.4	He came from a ranching family that moved to New Mexico during the Depression and considered
1:26.7	Artasia, New Mexico, near Roswell, as his hometown.
1:32.3	Mr. Mitchell spent many days on horseback and learned to fly when he was only 13.
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