13 Minutes to the Moon
By BBC World Service
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.
Latest episode
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Bonus: The Global Story
Why everyone wants to get back to the moon – a special episode -
Update: Live show and season 3!
News about Season 3 and our live episode recording – send us your questions for Kay Hire -
S2 Ep.07 Resurrection
"I still have nightmares about this." Can the crew survive the dangers of re-entry? -
S2 Bonus 02: John Aaron
Special episode with Nasa legend, flight controller John Aaron. An extended interview -
S2 Bonus 01: Jim Lovell
Special episode with Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell. An extended interview -
S2 Ep.06 Earth in view
The crew are off course, 200,000 miles from home. And without a guidance computer -
S2 Ep.05 Life support
“We were being poisoned by our own exhalation.” Carbon dioxide threatens to kill the crew -
S2 Ep.04 Power brokers
Power must be brutally rationed after the crew flies around the Moon -
S2 Ep.03 Lifeboat
The astronauts are fighting for their lives – and have to escape to their lunar lander -
S2 Ep.02 Death of the Odyssey
“We were in deep, deep trouble.” Mission Control like you’ve never heard it before
