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We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things.

Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

Godspeed, John Glenn.

Roger, zero G, and I feel fine.

It might be right. Okay, I'm out.

How does it feel for the United States to be the new record holder?

At last, huh?

In that baby lights, there's no doubt about it.

Lift-off. We have a lift-off. 32 minutes past the hour.

Lift-off on Apollo 11.

flipping Tanguality Base here.

The Eagle has landed.

That's one small step for man.

One giant leap for manned.

Hello and welcome.

This is Michael Annis, and you're listening to episode 377 of the Space Rocket History podcast.

And now, Apollo 17, Moonwalk 1 and 2, Orange Soil.

Last time we left our intrepid explorers midway through their first moon walk.

Gene and Jack were both working at a hurried pace, trying to complete the ALSIP setup within the scheduled time period, so they would have a full 90 minutes to take the rover south to Emory Crater,

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