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13 Minutes to the Moon: 1. ‘We choose to go’, Apollo 11

13 Minutes to the Moon: 1. ‘We choose to go’, Apollo 11

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President John F. Kennedy boldly vows that America will land the first astronaut on the Moon by the end of the 1960s. It’s the height of the Cold War. But with superpower rival the Soviet Union leading the space race, after launching the first human spaceflight, the odds seem stacked against them. The Apollo programme, the USA’s daring answer to the race to the Moon, is an epic journey of innovation and exploration. Can Nasa change the course of space history?

Hosted by Kevin Fong.

Starring:
Michael Collins
Steve Bales
Margaret Hamilton
Jim Lovell
Charlie Duke

Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music

#13MinutestotheMoon
www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes

This episode was updated on 14 May 2019.

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Aug 19th
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William Muir

This podcast is fantastic! I'm listening again for the second time.

Jan 7th
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Lorena Luera

listening to this podcast again!

Sep 7th
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Riedstreuner “Riedstreuner”

I just finished listening to all episodes. Brilliant podcast, I honestly enjoyed listening to it. There is one aspect that I miss. And that's the return back to Earth. Is it so much easier to return back from the moon? From my impression only half of the story is told as I can imagine, that also the flight back had its stories that would have been worth telling in that podcast. I am eagerly waiting for new podcasts like this one, for now I am switching back to CrowdScience.

Jan 30th
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Motech

1st episode pulled me in enough to continue listening. I love space history so it wasn’t that hard.

Jan 28th
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Enric

Great! amazing, high quality!

Dec 31st
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Robert Puddy

Amazing! I want more please BBC. Think Kevin Fong is very good communicator. Liked his tv program about the last shuttle flight. This is great bedtime listening.

Aug 15th
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Shiva Lakshmanan

in the era of re-runs, we thank BBC for making 5he mother of it all! It's impressive, detailed and tries to match the passion that went into the mission. Good job 👍

Aug 1st
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Niall Shanahan

fantastic. .

Jul 9th
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arc747

awfully good!

Jun 20th
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Moj Tulifon

I'm a bit baffled - haven't we given up imperial system after the Challenger disaster in space flight? If this is really 'world service', please stick to science and the metric system.

Jun 7th
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Kronen Bing

very enjoyable and informative

May 28th
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Adel Bakhshi

Love it ! Love it 👌👍👍

May 21st
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Janet R

Absolutely loving this!

May 19th
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vincent bouvard

eagerly waiting for the next episodes.

May 18th
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Greg Bevington

Awesome! As always great journalism from the BBC.

May 15th
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13 Minutes to the Moon: 1. ‘We choose to go’, Apollo 11

13 Minutes to the Moon: 1. ‘We choose to go’, Apollo 11

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