Yvette Gentile
speaker
2,097 appearances
23 recordings
4 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 3d ago
Yvette Gentile’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 23 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 7.
Appearances
One of the worst occurred on January 27th, 1967, with the Apollo 1
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As you could imagine after that, NASA officials were very hesitant to schedule another manned expedition.
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So the next few Apollo missions were all automated satellites and probes.
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But on october eleventh, nineteen sixty eight, seven years after Kennedy's declaration to Congress, Apollo seven put three men into the Earth's orbit, safely and successfully.
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Two months later, on December 21st, the Apollo 8 team was the first to orbit the moon.
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But still, they didn't land on it.
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In March 1969, Apollo 9 orbited the Earth, and in May of 1969, Apollo 10 sent astronauts back around the Moon.
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They didn't break any records, but the missions went off without a hitch, which gave NASA scientists a bit more confidence, and they were ready for
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That's right, 25 million people from the United States tuned into the live broadcast, and many others across the world.
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At the launch site itself, there were congressmen, military officials, governors, members of the press gathered in bleachers so they could safely view the takeoff.
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They held their breath while the countdown began.
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At one, the rocket's thrusters ignited.
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Smoke and flames poured out the bottom of the Saturn V.
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Inside the Columbia Command module, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong braced themselves and felt the ship push off the ground.
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Millions watched and cheered as it blasted into the sky and vanished from sight.
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Roughly 600 million people tuned in to the live feed.
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And for context, that was about one-fifth of the world's total population.
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Everyone watched as Neil Armstrong climbed down from the Eagle Lander.
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Just before 11 p.m.
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Eastern Time, as his foot hit the lunar surface, he uttered that famous phrase.
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