Discover13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle13 Minutes to the Moon: 6. Saving 1968
13 Minutes to the Moon:  6. Saving 1968

13 Minutes to the Moon: 6. Saving 1968

Update: 2019-06-1680
Share

Description

Nasa astronauts circle the Moon for the first time, capturing an iconic photo of Earth. Back home, the country is rocked by war, riots and the assassinations Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy. The crew of the historic spaceflight lift the nation’s spirits with a televised Christmas Eve broadcast from space.

Hosted by Kevin Fong.

Starring:
John Aaron
Bill Anders
Frank Borman
Jerry Bostick
Michael Collins
Jim Lovell
Poppy Northcutt
Katherine Johnson courtesy of WHRO
Chris Kraft courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project

Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music.

#13MinutestotheMoon
www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes

This episode was updated on 19 June 2019.

Comments (13)

Mariappan Kumar

17:15 Goosebumps 🔥

Mar 26th
Reply

Robert Byrne

Public Service Broadcasting do a great tribute to Apollo 8, its called The other side

Aug 10th
Reply

Adel Bakhshi

Can’t play this episode! Won’t download 😕

Jul 10th
Reply (2)

fresh mannn

Hey all. This episode rocked. Another thing that’ll rock: Andrew Yang as President in 2020

Jul 9th
Reply

Martin Jolly

Stunning, and unexpectedly emotional and uplifting...

Jun 20th
Reply

Lorenz Bauer

Am I the only one who gets goosebumps while listening to this?? 😯

Jun 19th
Reply (5)
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

13 Minutes to the Moon:  6. Saving 1968

13 Minutes to the Moon: 6. Saving 1968

BBC World Service