13 Minutes to the Moon: 6. Saving 1968

13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

9.5 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Nasa astronauts circle the Moon for the first time, capturing an iconic photo of Earth. Back home, the country is rocked by war, riots and the assassinations Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy. The crew of the historic spaceflight lift the nation’s spirits with a televised Christmas Eve broadcast from space.

Hosted by Kevin Fong.

Starring: John Aaron Bill Anders Frank Borman Jerry Bostick Michael Collins Jim Lovell Poppy Northcutt Katherine Johnson courtesy of WHRO Chris Kraft courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project

Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music.

#13MinutestotheMoon www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes

This episode was updated on 19 June 2019.

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0:00.0	Get closer to the action with live commentary from the world's greatest sporting events on BBC Sounds.
0:06.0	It is all over!
0:08.0	Bulls are an edge, caught behind.
0:10.0	Including cricket Super League, Women's Euro's 2025, Wimbledon, Formula One and much more.
0:17.0	It's all right to the lights and foot to the floor.
0:20.0	Oh, what's's done it!
0:21.3	Drop shots!
0:23.0	Winner!
0:23.7	On five sports extra,
0:25.1	Sports Extra 2 and Sports Extra 3.
0:27.7	Listen, only on BBC Sounds. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are deep into their 13-minute descent to the surface of the moon.
0:58.5	Their attention is focused firmly inside the cabin of their lunar module Eagle,
1:03.1	as they monitor the vast array of readouts and controls.
1:06.6	But just for a moment, seconds before the 1202 computer alarm crisis that will threaten their landing,
1:13.1	Aldrin's eyes are drawn, briefly, back home.
1:17.5	Roger, we copy.
1:18.6	That's the Earth right out our front window.
1:22.1	The Earth, outside their window, rising majestically above the lunar surface,
1:27.1	an arresting sight,
1:29.5	but they're not the first people to witness it. That honor had been taken seven months previously
1:35.4	by the crew of the most daring mission of the whole Apollo program. Apollo 8.
1:41.8	We've got it, we've got it. Apollo 8 now in lunar orbit.
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