Dec 9 1972
From The Space Library
Indian Space Research Organization's experimental satellite communication earth station at Ahmedabad began tracking Apollo 17 spacecraft. It was first time India had tracked a space mission. (Delhi radio, FBIS-India, Bhutan, Sikim, 12/13/72, 01)
President Nixon issued Proclamation 4174 calling upon public to observe December 17, 1972, as Wright Brothers Day, "both to recall the accomplishments of the Wright Brothers and to provide a stimulus to aviation in this country and throughout the world." (PD, 12/11/72, 1738-9)
Click here to listen to Apollo 17 Mission Audio T+48.01 through T+57.49 (Caution files are each approximately 85 - 87MB, each lasts three hours and they may take time to buffer)
Click here to listen to Apollo 17 Mission Audio T+57.49 through T+60.55
Click here to listen to Apollo 17 Mission Audio T+60.55 through T+64.00
Click here to listen to Apollo 17 Mission Audio T+64.00 through T+70.09 (Includes GET Mission clock change)
Click here to listen to Apollo 17 Mission Audio T+70.09 through T+73.17
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