The Space Shuttle: 10. Return to flight
15 Sep 2025
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The space shuttle is back. Discovery stands waiting on launchpad 39B at Kennedy Space Center. It has...
The Space Shuttle: 9. What is it all for?
08 Sep 2025
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Is human spaceflight worth the risk? It’s a time of soul searching for the whole shuttle crew. The...
The Space Shuttle: 8. A major malfunction
01 Sep 2025
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The Challenger tragedy shocks a nation, as millions watch on TV screens across the USA. Something h...
The Space Shuttle: 7. Teacher in space
25 Aug 2025
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Nasa needs to kick-start new interest in the space shuttle. After multiple missions, public attentio...
The Space Shuttle: 6. Satellite for sale
18 Aug 2025
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Can the crew rescue the million-dollar space satellite lost in orbit? Two car-sized satellites, wort...
The Space Shuttle: 5. Space truck
11 Aug 2025
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President Ronald Reagan declares the space shuttle open for business. It’s Independence Day 1982. ...
The Space Shuttle: 4. The 35 new guys
04 Aug 2025
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Nasa recruits women and ethnic minorities for the first time to its astronaut class. In the beginnin...
The Space Shuttle: 3. Glass rocket
28 Jul 2025
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Columbia reaches orbit. But astronaut Bob Crippen discovers that the shuttle has been damaged – ca...
The Space Shuttle: 2. The greatest test flight
21 Jul 2025
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The astronauts count down to flying a brand-new spacecraft for the very first time. If they pull it ...
The Space Shuttle: 1. The spaceplane
14 Jul 2025
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Can Nasa build the most complex flying machine in space history? The plan is to create a permanent h...
Introducing: The Space Shuttle
25 Jun 2025
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To launch like a rocket and land like a plane. The space shuttle: A sci-fi dream that became reality...
Apollo 13: 7. Resurrection
07 Jun 2020
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Can the Apollo 13 crew survive re-entering Earth’s atmosphere aboard the revived Odyssey spacecraf...
Apollo 13: Bonus 2. John Aaron
16 Apr 2020
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Nasa flight controller John Aaron talks to Kevin Fong about the ill-fated Apollo mission, from the m...
Apollo 13: Bonus 1. Jim Lovell
14 Apr 2020
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Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell talks to Kevin Fong about the doomed Nasa mission, from the shocking ...
Apollo 13: 6. Earth in view
12 Apr 2020
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The Apollo 13 spacecraft goes off course. With no computer to guide them, the astronauts must rely o...
Apollo 13: 5. Life support
05 Apr 2020
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Nasa mission control helps Apollo 13’s cold, exhausted astronauts survive deadly carbon dioxide le...
Apollo 13: 4. Power brokers
29 Mar 2020
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Apollo astronauts freeze in darkness, struggling to save power. If the battery dies, so do the space...
Apollo 13: 3. Lifeboat
23 Mar 2020
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The Apollo 13 astronauts escape to the lunar module, but their problems are far from over. The crew ...
Apollo 13: 2. Death of the Odyssey
16 Mar 2020
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Nasa mission control scrambles to diagnose the Apollo 13 disaster. Aboard the spacecraft, warning li...
Apollo 13: 1. Time bomb
09 Mar 2020
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Nasa’s third mission to land astronauts on the Moon almost ends in tragedy. Apollo 13 is doomed fr...
Apollo 13: Trailer, The Countdown
19 Feb 2020
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Jump on board a doomed mission to the Moon. Apollo 13: the extraordinary story, told by the people w...
13 Minutes to the Moon: Bonus - The making of the music
23 Dec 2019
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Oscar and Grammy-winning composer Hans Zimmer reveals how he crafted the iconic 13 Minutes to the Mo...
13 Minutes to the Moon: 12. Live from Houston
19 Jul 2019
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Fifty years after the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing, we’re at Houston’s Rice University, where...
13 Minutes to the Moon: 11. The 13 minutes
14 Jul 2019
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Nasa archive audio of the astronauts’ dramatic 13 minutes to the Moon, as heard by mission control...
13 Minutes to the Moon: 10. ‘For all mankind’
14 Jul 2019
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The epic story of the final 13 minutes of the Apollo Moon landing, including Nasa archive tape of N...
13 Minutes to the Moon: 9. Tranquility Base
07 Jul 2019
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Apollo 11 mission is on the edge of failure, minutes away from the Moon landing. Fuel is low, the te...
13 Minutes to the Moon: 8. ‘We’re go for powered descent’
30 Jun 2019
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The 13-minute descent to the Moon begins, and it’s all going wrong for Apollo 11. They’re going ...
13 Minutes to the Moon: 7. Michael Collins: The third man
23 Jun 2019
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The story of Michael Collins, Apollo 11’s third astronaut, in Nasa’s historic spaceflight. He pl...
13 Minutes to the Moon: 6. Saving 1968
16 Jun 2019
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Nasa astronauts circle the Moon for the first time, capturing an iconic photo of Earth. Back home, t...
13 Minutes to the Moon: 5. The fourth astronaut
09 Jun 2019
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How a briefcase-sized computer, less powerful than a smartphone, pioneered space tech for the first ...
13 Minutes to the Moon: 4. Fire to the Phoenix
02 Jun 2019
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Nasa’s ambitions for a historic Moon landing by the end of the 1960s are threatened by a deadly la...
13 Minutes to the Moon: 3. Long Island Eagle
26 May 2019
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The extraordinary story of the ‘Eagle’ spacecraft, which landed astronauts on the Moon. Built by...
13 Minutes to the Moon: 2. Kids in control
19 May 2019
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Crisis strikes Apollo 11. The Moon landing is threatened when an alarm goes off. Neil Armstrong and ...
13 Minutes to the Moon: 1. ‘We choose to go’, Apollo 11
12 May 2019
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President John F. Kennedy boldly vows that America will land the first astronaut on the Moon by the ...
13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 1
29 Apr 2019
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The final part of our audio countdown to the launch of 13 Minutes to the Moon, with Kevin Fong. Lift...
13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 2
26 Apr 2019
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Hans Zimmer has composed the 13 Minutes to the Moon theme music. It is the first time the Grammy and...
13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 3
22 Apr 2019
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Introducing 13 Minutes to the Moon, with Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham and former Apollo engine...
13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 4
12 Apr 2019
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The countdown begins. The story of Apollo 11 – coming soon.