13 Minutes to the Moon: 7. Michael Collins - third man
13 Minutes to the Moon
BBC
4.8 • 9.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Without the astronaut who didn’t step on the moon, Apollo 11 wouldn’t have succeeded. As Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic landing, Michael Collins was in lunar orbit, playing a crucial role on the mothership. This is his story, with Kevin Fong. Starring: Michael Collins Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music #13MinutestotheMoon www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes
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| 0:00.0 | What is love? |
| 0:03.0 | Is it chemistry, fate or a disaster waiting to happen? |
| 0:07.0 | Sometimes you mistake other things for love. |
| 0:10.0 | Join me, Ryland, on my new podcast as I ask experts and a few familiar faces what love really means. |
| 0:16.3 | Because it turns out it's a bit more complicated than happily ever after. |
| 0:20.7 | You should think of it as the daily commitment you make to someone that you care about. |
| 0:25.2 | Ryland, how to be in love. Listen on BBC Sounds. Eagle, we see you on the stair above. |
| 0:45.2 | In orbit, 60 miles above the moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are beginning |
| 0:50.5 | preparations for their descent to the lunar surface. |
| 1:01.0 | They're on board Eagle, the lunar module, which is just about to separate from the command module, Columbia. Roger, Eagle, then, Doc. |
| 1:04.0 | Roger, how does it look? |
| 1:05.0 | The Eagle has wings. |
| 1:07.0 | Roger. |
| 1:08.0 | Looking good. |
| 1:10.0 | Watching Eagle drift slowly away from him, his command module pilot Michael Collins, who says farewell to his commander with a characteristic quip. |
| 1:21.6 | You got a fine-like-a-flying machine there, Eagle just bites back, you upside down. |
| 1:26.6 | Somebody's upside down. |
| 1:28.3 | There you go, one minute to TIG. You guys, take care. |
| 1:32.3 | See later. |
| 1:34.3 | TIG. Time of ignition. The moment when Collins will fire his engine |
| 1:39.3 | to put more distance between him and the lunar module. |
| 1:43.3 | A while later, Eagle's descent engine will also |
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