13 Minutes to the Moon: 11. The 13 minutes

13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

9.5 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Nasa archive audio of the astronauts’ dramatic 13 minutes to the Moon, as heard by mission control. All of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s tense moments as they make space history. The recording captures the intense pressure and technical challenges during the landing, including low fuel and communication dropouts.

This is Nasa’s archive recording of Capcom Charlie Duke’s communications loop from 20 July 1969.

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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?
0:24.6	The new series of Mariana in Conspiracy Land.
0:27.9	Listen on BBC Sounds. The audience The audio recordings of the conversations between mission control and the Apollo 11 astronauts are instantly recognisable whenever you hear them.
1:07.1	Unmistakable as anything else other than a crew hurtling towards the moon, being guided by their
1:13.3	mission control team across the void of space. Those voices and sounds are so familiar and yet
1:21.0	nearly impossible to decipher without a lot of help. But now you know exactly what you're hearing,
1:28.9	here's a chance to listen again to history as it happened.
1:38.2	I'm Kevin Fong from the BBC World Service.
1:42.1	This is 13 Minutes to the Moon. There were many communication channels in Mission Control,
2:19.5	and what you're about to hear is Capcom Charlie Duke's Loop.
2:23.8	This is the final 13 minutes of descent to the moon on July the 20th, 1969,
2:30.8	exactly as he heard it that day.
2:34.5	Episode 11, the 13 minutes.
2:38.5	10%
2:42.4	10% CCP.
2:44.4	Roger, 10%.
2:45.4	Roger.
2:45.7	10%. The most point out of noise. Oh, wait until they get to my right up. That's right until we get to my right. Let's wait for the next to the other
3:08.3	Well, I'm sorry I'm now.
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