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0:19.6 | We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not |
0:24.9 | because they are easy but because they are hard in godspeed john glenn |
0:29.7 | Roger zero j and I feel fine |
0:32.9 | okay I'm out how does it feel for the United States to be the new record holder? |
0:40.1 | At last, huh? |
0:41.8 | In that baby lights, there's no doubt about it. |
0:44.6 | Lift-off. We have a lift-off. 32 minutes past the hour. |
0:49.2 | Lift-off on Apollo 11. |
0:51.8 | flipping Tanguality Base here. |
0:54.7 | The Eagle has landed. |
0:56.6 | That's one small step for man. |
1:00.2 | One giant leap for manned. |
1:09.0 | Hello and welcome. |
1:37.6 | This is Michael Annis, and you're listening to episode number 355 of the Space Rocket History podcast. And now, Apollo 16, the launch. Originally slated for launch on March 17, 1972, Apollo 16 was now to fly on April 16th as the culmination of a long preparation. |
1:48.2 | The crew assignments were formally announced over a year ago on March 3rd, 1971, and the elements of the spacecraft began to arrive at Kennedy Space Center in July of 1971. |
1:53.2 | Apollo 16's preparation was not without incident. |
1:57.5 | In mid-November, the three main shoots had to be replaced after the failure of a connector |
2:03.8 | link on Apollo 15, with only two of the three parachutes operative at splashdown. |
2:12.8 | On December 13, 1971, the combined stack of the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn 5 were moved from |
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