Space Rocket History #358 – Apollo 16 – Trans-Lunar Coast
Space Rocket History Podcast
Michael Annis
4.9 • 769 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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“Unlike the roller-coaster ride of Earth orbit, we are entering a slow-motion domain where time and distance seem to have more meaning than speed.” Mike Collins
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, listeners. If you are enjoying this podcast without commercial interruption and are |
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| 0:19.9 | 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. |
| 0:56.5 | That's one small step for man. |
| 1:00.2 | One giant leap for manned. |
| 1:08.9 | Hello and welcome. |
| 1:27.1 | This is Michael Annis, and you're listening to episode number 358 of the Space Rocket History podcast. And now, Apollo 16, Transluner Coast. April 17th, 1972. |
| 1:32.3 | It's Apollo Control Houston, 23 hours, three minutes ground elapsed time. We're still standing by awaiting Tony England's call up to the crew of Apollo 16. |
| 1:39.3 | We presently show Apollo 16 at a distance of 97,906 nautical miles away from the earth. |
| 1:47.1 | Velocity now reading 5,322 feet per second. |
| 1:53.7 | Standing by now, awaiting Capcom Tony England's call to the crew of Apollo 16. |
| 2:00.8 | This is Apollo Control, Houston, |
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