13 Minutes to the Moon

Published by The BBC

Original release: —

Episode count: 12

Total play time (minutes): 521

Description:
The first Moon landing. In the final dramatic 13-minute descent to the Moon, the Apollo 11 mission came close to going badly wrong. Communication was breaking down, technology was failing and fuel was running out. This is the story of how the first Moon landing was saved.

Tags: History, Science, Space

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Episodes

  1. ‘We choose to go’, Apollo 11 (45 min)
  2. Kids in Control (48 min)
  3. Long Island Eagle (43 min)
  4. Fire to the Phoenix (46 min)
  5. The Fourth Astronaut (48 min)
  6. Saving 1968 (47 min)
  7. Michael Collins: The Third Man (42 min)
  8. ‘We’re go for powered descent’ (41 min)
  9. Tranquility Base (39 min)
  10. ‘For all mankind’ (46 min)
  11. The 13 minutes (19 min)
  12. Live from Houston (59 min)

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