“I still have nightmares about this.” Can the crew survive the dangers of re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere? An error could see them either incinerated or becoming lost forever in deep space. #13MinutestotheMoon For more Apollo films and photos: www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes Presented by Kevin Fong. Archive: Nasa Starring Jim Lovell John Aaron Dave Reed Hal Loden Jerry Bostick Jim Kelly Fred Haise Charlie Duke Joe Kerwin Gene Kranz, courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Chuck Deiterich Marilyn Lovell Gerry Griffin Written by Kevin Fong and Andrew Luck-Baker Theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding Fingers Music BBC Radio Science Unit for the BBC World Service
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Well, this is it.
The season two finale of 13 minutes to the Moon is just about to begin.
I'm Patrick ie, and as a huge fan of 13 minutes, here's my 13 seconds to tell you about my podcast, also from the BBC World Service.
30 animals that made us smarter here goes.
There's a cartwheeling acrobatic spider which could help us explore the surface of Mars.
It's led to an extraordinary robotic design perfect for space exploration.
That's just one of 30 stories about amazing things humans have learnt from the animal kingdom.
Search for 30 animals that made us smarter.
And now this is what we've all been waiting for.
Apollo 13 is within hours of plunging into Earth's atmosphere.
From the lunar module, Commander Jim Lovell sees the world growing ever larger, ever faster.
I'm looking out the window now, Jack, and that Earth is whistling in like a high speed freight train.
Scattered clouds and oceans begin to stretch out ahead of them.
Their view of the Earth is expanding rapidly.