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not because they are easy but because they are hard. Godspeed, John Glenn.

Roger, zero G, and I feel fine.

When I feel that?

Okay, I'm on.

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

It last, huh?

And 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.

Listen, tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed.

That's one small step for man.

One giant leap for manned. Hello and welcome. This is Michael Annas and you're listening to Episode

Number 432 of the Space Rocket History podcast. And now now Skylab, Reboost.

During the time period from 1974 to 1977, Skylab maintained its unmanned orbit,

while the Soviet Union successfully launched and operated the Saluute 3, 4, and 5 space stations.

These missions had varying levels of success, but there were five notable resident missions to these stations.

The durations of these missions were 14, 30, 63, 49, and 18 days, respectively. By the close of

77, Skylab 4 still held the record for the longest space mission, but its rain would soon come to an end.

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