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13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle

13 Minutes to the Moon: 10. ‘For all mankind’

13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

9.54.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The epic story of the final 13 minutes of the Apollo Moon landing, including Nasa archive tape of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s historic space mission. The men and women behind this pioneering space mission share their memories and reflections on Apollo 11.

Hosted by Kevin Fong.

We hear memories and reflections on Apollo 11 from:

Charlie Duke Poppy Northcutt John Aaron Jim Lovell Margaret Hamilton George Abbey Michael Collins Bill Carpentier

Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music.

#13MinutestotheMoon www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Mariana Spring, the BBC's social media investigations correspondent.

0:06.0

In my podcast, I've been investigating what happened to the daughter of a conspiracy theorist who died having rejected chemotherapy.

0:13.0

It would mean the world to me if I could make it that she wasn't just another in the long line of people that die in this way.

0:19.0

How does this reflect the rise of health conspiracy theories on social media and beyond?

0:24.8

The new series of Mariana in Conspiracy Land, listen on BBC Sounds.

0:36.5

We copy you down, Eagle.

0:39.2

Listen, uh, tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed.

0:46.7

What we wanted to do when we set out to make this podcast was to look at the landing of Apollo 11 from a fresh angle.

0:54.0

And we found that in the final 13 minutes.

0:57.3

From the moment they lit their engine to begin their descent

1:00.3

to Armstrong's immortal words on the surface of a new world.

1:05.6

We wanted to take that audio, unpick and unravel every word,

1:09.9

every phrase, every pause and every silence to tell you the

1:13.6

stories behind the story.

1:20.0

So, descent to fuel, descent to fuel, correct.

1:21.0

So this is what we've been building up to in this episode and the next one, the 13 minutes in all its glory,

1:30.1

for you to listen to, hopefully with fresh ears and the added insight that comes from the

1:35.5

incredible cast of characters we've had the privilege to hear from.

1:39.9

We're going that, fly. We're going on that alarm. Roger, we got you. We're going that alarm. If it doesn't occur, we'll be go. Roger. He's taken in the up to age, now. Roger. I'm going to take you through the final dissent from start to finish. And every now and again, I'll pause the archive tape. And I'll share some of my reflections as we listen to NASA's recording of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin approaching their place in history.

2:08.3

And after that, some of the men and women who we've got to know through the series will talk about the legacy of what they've achieved.

2:17.0

Then, in episode 11, you'll get the chance to experience the descent to the moon

2:22.3

the way Capcom Charlie Duke heard it through his communication loop, from start to finish, without interruption.

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