History as it happened, explained. Kevin Fong guides us through the descent to the Moon from start to finish, using Capcom Charlie Duke’s communications loop, from NASA’s archive. And we hear memories and reflections on Apollo 11 from: Charlie Duke Poppy Northcutt John Aaron Jim Lovell Margaret Hamilton George Abbey Michael Collins Bill Carpentier Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music #13MinutestotheMoon www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes
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We copy you down.
Eagle.
Tranquility base here.
The ankle has landed.
What we wanted to do when we set out to make this podcast was to look at the landing of Apollo eleven from a fresh angle.
And we found that in the final 13 minutes, from the moment they lit their engine to begin their descent to Armstrong's immortal words on the surface of a new world, we wanted to take that audio, unpick and unravel every word, every phrase, every pause and every silence to tell you the stories behind the story.
Flight control, descent two fuel.
Descent two fuel.
Correct.
Descent two fuel.
So this is what we've been building up to in this episode and the next one for 13 minutes, in all its glory, for you to listen to, hopefully with fresh ears and the added insight that comes from the incredible cast of characters we've had the privilege to hear from.
We're going that flight.
We're going that alarm.
Roger.