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13 Minutes to the MoonUpdate: Live show and season 3!News about the next season and our live episode recording at The Podcast Show 2023 in London. What would you like to ask Nasa space shuttle astronaut and engineer Kay Hire? Kay became the 34th woman to fly in space when she flew as a mission specialist aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. She returned to orbit aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. What questions do you have for her about the space shuttle, or perhaps the plans to return to the Moon and even reach Mars? You can submit your question via our website: www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes #13MinutestotheMoon
2023-05-1701 min13 Minutes to the MoonBonus: The Lazarus Heist Episode 1Introducing our new original podcast. Here’s episode 1: Hacking Hollywood. A movie, Kim Jong-un and a devastating cyber-attack. The story of the Sony hack. How the Lazarus Group hackers caused mayhem. And this is just the beginning…Search for The Lazarus Heist wherever you get your podcasts. #LazarusHeist
2021-05-2435 min13 Minutes to the MoonIntroducing The BombEmily’s grandad worked on the bomb that fell on Hiroshima. Could another man – Leo Szilard - have stopped it? This is the new series from the BBC World Service – search for The Bomb wherever you get your podcasts.
2020-08-1202 min13 Minutes to the MoonS2 Ep.07 Resurrection“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. #13MinutestotheMoonFor more Apollo films and photos: www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutesPresented by Kevin Fong.Archive: NasaStarring Jim LovellJohn AaronDave ReedHal LodenJerry BostickJim KellyFred HaiseCharlie DukeJoe KerwinGene Kranz, courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History ProjectChuck DietrichMarilyn LovellGerry...
2020-06-081h 0013 Minutes to the MoonS2 Bonus 02: John AaronSpecial episode with Nasa legend, flight controller John Aaron. This extended interview ranges from John first learning about the explosion, tohis doubts and fears during Apollo 13¹s descent through the Earth¹satmosphere. #13MinutestotheMoonTheme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding FingersMusic
2020-04-1740 min13 Minutes to the MoonS2 Bonus 01: Jim LovellSpecial episode with Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell. An extended interview.The true space pioneer talks to Kevin Fong about everything from the shocking moment of the explosion to the enormous relief of the splashdown.#13MinutestotheMoonTheme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding Fingers Music
2020-04-1541 min13 Minutes to the MoonS2 Ep.06 Earth in viewThe crew are off course, 200,000 miles from home and without a guidance computer. Their lives now depend on their flying skills - and Jim Lovell’s wristwatch. #13MinutestotheMoonFor more Apollo films and photos: www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutesPresented by Kevin Fong.Archive: NasaStarring Chuck Deiterich Jim Lovell Poppy Northcutt Fred Haise Jim Kelly John Aaron Joe Kerwin Written by Kevin Fong and Chris Browning Theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding Fingers Music BBC Radio Science Unit for the BBC World Se...
2020-04-1331 min13 Minutes to the MoonS2 Delay to Episode 7Producer Andrew Luck-Baker explains why the season finale will be delayed.
2020-04-1203 min13 Minutes to the MoonS2 Ep.05 Life support“We were being poisoned by our own exhalation.” Carbon dioxide threatens to kill the crew. Mission control must improvise as the most fragile system of all is under threat: the astronauts themselves. #13MinutestotheMoonFor a film about how the crew made the makeshift CO2 adaptors: www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutesPresented by Kevin Fong.Archive: NasaStarring:Jim LovellMerlin MerrittAnthony EnglandEd Smylie, courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Fred HaiseMarilyn LovellKen MattinglyCharles A BerryJoe Kerwin Gerry Griffin
2020-04-0634 min13 Minutes to the MoonS2 Ep.04 Power brokersPower must be brutally rationed after the crew fly around the Moon. As systems are switched off, their cold, dark ship is reduced to little more than a husk coasting in space. #13MinutestotheMoonWatch videos about the Apollo 13 mission: www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutesPresented by Kevin Fong.Archive: NasaStarring:Gerry GriffinJim KellyGene Kranz, courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project John AaronJim Lovell Fred HaiseDave ReedJerry BostickChuck DeiterichMerlin MerrittBill Peters Written by Kevin...
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