Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.

My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.

It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs,

moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.

And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music

means we can tell those stories like no one else.

We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative.

So whether you want an insightful take on music right now

or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music,

check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds.

We pick up, just short of where we ended episode 8,

more than halfway through Apollo 11's final descent to the lunar surface.

Okay. 7.30, 10-11. 7.3. 11's final descent to the lunar surface. 1730 coming up. That's Neil Armstrong, marking the time elapsed since they started firing the engine on the lunar module,

committing them to a landing.

That thrust has slammed the brakes on their spacecraft with a dramatic loss

of speed and altitude, taking them from 50,000 feet to where they are now at 16,000 feet,

5,000 meters. Remember, until now, Eagle has been flying on its side, feet first, with the astronauts lying on their backs looking out into space.

But now the lembs beginning to tilt, bringing Armstrong's head up a little, and he catches a tantalizing glimpse of the moon at the bottom of his window.

They're in the thick of the fight, having already battled with patchy communications

and an overloaded computer, and they know they're going to overshoot their planned landing

site by several miles, taking them into hazardous territory.

But the greatest challenge is yet to come.

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