13 Minutes to the Moon: 4. Fire to the Phoenix
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Nasa’s ambitions for a historic Moon landing by the end of the 1960s are threatened by a deadly launchpad inferno. Three astronauts are killed, and it is one of the Apollo programme’s darkest moments. After making safety changes, Nasa turns tragedy into triumph. It sends a crew into space, tests the Apollo spacecraft, and paves the way for Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s legendary first steps on the lunar surface.
Hosted by Kevin Fong.
Starring:
George Abbey
Walt Cunningham
Glynn Lunney
Gerry Griffin
John Aaron
Jerry Bostick
Courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project:
Chris Kraft
Gene Kranz
Wally Schirra
George Jeffs
Courtesy of CBS News:
Gus Grissom
Ed White
Roger Chaffee
Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music
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www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes
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anyone else experiencing constant skipping around and cutting off parts of the cast? loving the show but it's becoming frustrating.
Best motivational piece,I have ever heard! Thank you for creating this podcast :)!!
Powerful, moving, informative. A fantastic production BBC, well done.
awesome story
This one is very inspirational with how the fire was a wake up call for NASA.
Really enjoying this. Esp as it's almost 50 years since the moon landing.
Really enjoying this series. Great timing too, just before the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.