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🗓️ 23 June 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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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 | Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy. |
0:05.1 | My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC. |
0:08.7 | It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, |
0:13.5 | moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous. |
0:19.1 | And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music |
0:21.7 | means we can tell those stories like no one else. |
0:24.5 | We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative. |
0:28.6 | So whether you want an insightful take on music right now |
0:31.3 | or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music, |
0:36.1 | check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds. Eagle, we see you on a stair above. In orbit, 60 miles above the moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin |
0:58.7 | are beginning preparations for their descent to the lunar surface. |
1:03.4 | They're on board Eagle, the lunar module, |
1:05.9 | which is just about to separate from the command module, Columbia. |
1:12.6 | Roger Eagle, then done. Roger, how does it look? |
1:14.6 | The Eagle has wings? |
1:15.6 | Roger. |
1:16.6 | Looking Eagle drift slowly away from him, |
1:22.6 | his command module pilot, Michael Collins, |
1:26.6 | who says farewell to his commander with a characteristic quip. |
1:30.3 | You got a fine like a flying machine there, you go, |
1:33.3 | just bite the back, you upside down. |
1:35.3 | Somebody's upside down. |
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