Space Rocket History #305 – Apollo 14 – Pre-launch

Space Rocket History Podcast

Michael Annis

History, Technology

4.9 • 769 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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On November 9, 1970, the Apollo 14/Saturn V assembly, as tall as a 36-story building, rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building on the proportionally huge crawler transporter.

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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, Tranquality base here.
0:35.6	The Eagle has landed.
0:40.4	That's one small step for man.
0:44.5	One giant leap for manned.
0:51.9	Hello and welcome.
0:57.1	This is Michael Annas, and you're listening to Episode 305 of the Space Rocket History Podcast.
1:00.9	And now, Apollo 14, pre-launch.
1:12.4	Good evening from the Kennedy Space Center. Apollo 14 marks a renewal of this country's program to explore the moon and a personal comeback for its commander.
1:17.6	Despite a happy ending, Apollo 13 was a setback for moon exploration.
1:21.9	Now Apollo 14 will try to do what 13 did not.
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