The First Moon Landing: 11. The 13 minutes

13 Minutes to the Moon

BBC

Technology, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 9.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

History as it happened, uninterrupted: every word, every crackle, the tension and triumph. Hear how Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to reach the Moon. This is NASA’s archive recording of Capcom Charlie Duke’s communications loop from 20 July 1969. #13MinutestotheMoon

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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.
0:25.3	Ryland, how to be in love. Listen on BBC Sounds. The audience The audio recordings of the conversations between mission control and the Apollo 11 astronauts are instantly recognisable whenever you hear them.
1:07.1	Unmistakable as anything else other than a crew hurtling towards the moon, being guided by their
1:13.3	mission control team across the void of space. Those voices and sounds are so familiar and yet
1:21.0	nearly impossible to decipher without a lot of help. But now you know exactly what you're hearing,
1:28.9	here's a chance to listen again to history as it happened.
1:38.2	I'm Kevin Fong from the BBC World Service.
1:42.1	This is 13 Minutes to the Moon. There were many communication channels in Mission Control,
2:19.5	and what you're about to hear is Capcom Charlie Duke's Loop.
2:23.8	This is the final 13 minutes of descent to the moon on July the 20th, 1969,
2:30.8	exactly as he heard it that day.
2:34.5	Episode 11, the 13 minutes.
2:38.5	10%
2:42.4	10% CCP.
2:44.4	Roger, 10%.
2:45.4	Roger.
2:45.7	10%. The most point out of noise. Oh, wait until they get to my right up.
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