13 Minutes to the Moon

Supporting Content

• Space odysseys

  Documentaries, interviews and tales of real-life adventures in outer space

  

• Earthrise: 'It was the only colourful thing in the Universe'

  How Apollo 8 Astronauts took the famous 'Earthrise' photograph

  

  Duration: 3:38

• One Giant Step - David Bowie's Space Oddity

  Marking the 50th anniversary of the release of Bowie's Space Oddity - his first ever hit.

  

  Duration: 57:00

• Our space archive

  Missions, moon walkers and life in space.

  • Space: Podcasts from the archive

  

• Apollo 11: Watching the fuel run out as descent approached

  Flight controller Bob Carlton was tracking the fuel as it burned up before landing

  

  Duration: 1:17

• Why was Neil Armstrong chosen to be the first man on the Moon?

  Astronaut Michael Collins on why Neil Armstrong was the Apollo 11 commander.

  

  Duration: 1:31

• Apollo 11: The ‘kids’ who took us to the Moon

  Without this group of youngsters the first Moon landing wouldn’t have happened.

  

  Duration: 2:18

• 13 facts you should know about Apollo 11

  The first Moon landing was 50 years ago. Here are thirteen facts about the historic event

  

  Duration: 1:11
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• Nasa's Apollo 11 staff

  

• Apollo 11 spacecraft preparations