13 Minutes to the Moon: 5. The fourth astronaut

13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

9.5 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

How a briefcase-sized computer, less powerful than a smartphone, pioneered space tech for the first Moon landing. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin rely on the software to guide their spaceflight to the lunar surface. Developed by a pioneering team of programmers, including trailblazing scientist Margaret Hamilton, the Apollo Guidance Computer helps usher in the digital age.

Hosted by Kevin Fong.

Starring: Ramon Alonso Elaine Denniston Charlie Duke Don Eyles Eldon Hall Margaret Hamilton Dan Lickly

Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music

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0:33.6	Okay, everybody hang tight.
0:34.5	Seven and a half minutes.
0:35.9	Flight guns, his landing radar is fixed. The velocity's beautiful.
0:38.5	Roger.
0:39.2	You're about to hear a crucial moment in the 13 minutes before the landing of Apollo 11.
0:44.9	Right now, Eagle, carrying Armstrong and Aldrin, is coming up on eight minutes into its powered descent,
0:51.3	taking them towards the surface of the moon.
0:57.0	At this point, Armstrong and Aldrin can't actually see the moon,
1:01.0	because the lunar module is flying sideways across the lunar surface,
1:05.0	and inside, the astronauts are lying on their backs,
1:09.0	looking through a pair of small triangular windows
1:11.6	at the star-filled skies above. Right now, someone else, or rather something else, is in the driving seat.
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