BBC World Service - 13 Minutes to the Moon

Bonus: The making of the music—The Apollo 11 story

Hans Zimmer in a special episode about creating the 13 Minutes to the Moon theme music

“We choose to go.” The season finale comes from where JFK made his famous Moon speech

History as it happened, uninterrupted: every word, every crackle, the tension and triumph

History as it happened, explained. Kevin Fong guides us through audio of the descent

Tension is “through the roof”. Neil Armstrong takes control and fuel starts to run out

The 13 minutes begin. Eagle is going too fast. There are communications problems

Without the astronaut who didn’t step on the moon, Apollo 11 wouldn’t have succeeded

War, riots, assassinations: “the year that shattered America”. But it ended with Apollo 8

The computer that got us to the moon. There had never been anything like it

"You heard ‘fire’. Then you heard a scream." The Apollo 1 tragedy and what happened next