SPECIAL EPISODE: To The Moon And Back

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🗓️ 19 July 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the “giant leap for mankind.” You may have heard of it. On today’s episode, we break down the Apollo 11 mission: what it took to prepare for the mission, and what actually happened over the course of the eight-day-long journey to the moon and back. There was a lot that could have gone wrong. But it was a complete success. And NASA kept returning to the moon. Astronauts not only brought in a new phase of the space race - they brought back some souvenirs. Some of which are just being studied for the first time. Listen in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Friday, July 19th.
0:03.3	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.8	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on why
0:08.8	they matter.
0:09.8	Normally.
0:10.8	Today, we've got something different for you to mark a very special occasion.
0:15.4	12, 11, 10, 9.
0:18.9	You've heard this out before.
0:20.6	Mission control, counting down rockets, headed for space.
0:23.8	4, 3.
0:24.8	It never has the world watched a launch with as much nail-biting nervous excitement as
0:29.2	this one.
0:30.2	A Apollo 11 headed for the moon 50 years ago this week.
0:42.2	Apollo 11 was the event of the year, of the decade, and it defined an era.
0:48.4	So today we're going to tell you that story and the backstory.
0:53.0	How a bunch of really small steps added up to that giant leap for mankind.
0:58.3	It's part of our note series on our app.
1:00.9	We're here to make your evening smarter.
1:03.2	Let's skim this.
1:11.9	It was July 20th, 1969.
1:15.0	10.56pm, Eastern time.
1:18.5	Around the world, 600 million people were watching the exact same thing on TV.
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