Epic space stories. Season 1: the first Moon landing, Apollo 11. Season 2: the near disaster of Apollo 13. Coming soon: Season 3, the space shuttle. Theme music: Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding Fingers Music.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 16 hours 53 minutes
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Ep.09 Tranquility Base
Tension is “through the roof”. Neil Armstrong takes control and fuel starts to run out
Ep.08 ‘We’re go for powered descent’
The 13 minutes begin. Eagle is going too fast. There are communications problems
Ep.07 Michael Collins: Third man
Without the astronaut who didn’t step on the moon, Apollo 11 wouldn’t have succeeded
Ep.06 Saving 1968
War, riots, assassinations: “the year that shattered America”. But it ended with Apollo 8
Ep.05 The fourth astronaut
The computer that got us to the moon. There had never been anything like it
Ep.04 Fire to the Phoenix
"You heard ‘fire’. Then you heard a scream." The Apollo 1 tragedy and what happened next
Ep.03 Long Island Eagle
Ugly, angry, with four legs and wrapped in gold: a spacecraft like nothing on Earth
Ep.02 Kids in control
Unsung heroes who saved the day. The "26-year-old kid who could stop the lunar mission"
Ep.01 ‘We choose to go’
With no idea how to get there, the race to the moon begins – "we intend to win"