Summary
Six months before Neil Armstrong’s ‘one small step’ came humanity’s giant leap. It was December 1968. Faced with President Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the Moon before the end of the decade, NASA made the bold decision to send three astronauts beyond Earth orbit for the first time. Those three astronauts spent Christmas Eve orbiting the moon. Their legendary photograph, "Earthrise" showed our planet as seen from across the lunar horizon - and was believed to have been a major influence on the nascent environmental movement. Through extraordinary NASA archive, the first British astronaut Helen Sharman goes inside the capsule to tell the story of the first time man went to another world.
Written and produced by: Chris Browning
Researchers: Diane Richardson and Colin Anderton
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| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:39.0 | Hello, I'm Tez Ilias and I'm here to tell you about my podcast, Tez Talks. |
| 0:44.4 | It'll make you laugh, cry, and even question |
| 0:46.8 | the cultural choices you have historically made. |
| 0:49.6 | You can subscribe to Tez Talks on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:53.4 | Hi, I'm Riana Dillon. |
| 0:55.6 | Welcome to Seriously. |
| 0:58.0 | No matter where you are, get ready for a listening delight |
| 1:01.6 | from BBC Radio 4. |
| 1:09.0 | In space I felt quite separate from the Earth, |
| 1:11.9 | but I still felt somehow attached, the pull of gravity keeping me in orbit. |
| 1:17.0 | The first Britain in space will be Helen Sharman. She will blast off towards the mere space station on the 12th of May in the Anglo-Soviet Juno mission. |
| 1:29.0 | It's a wonderful feeling. I haven't got used to the fact that I can just put them sit here without |
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