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13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle

by BBC World Service

The Space Shuttle: 3. Glass rocket

28.07.2025 • 00:45:55

Columbia reaches orbit. But astronaut Bob Crippen discovers that the shuttle has been damaged – can he and John Young make it home safely? Parts of ...

The Space Shuttle: 2. The greatest test flight

21.07.2025 • 00:43:15

The astronauts count down to flying a brand-new spacecraft for the very first time. If they pull it off, they will earn a place in space history. The...

The Space Shuttle: 1. The spaceplane

14.07.2025 • 00:43:55

Can Nasa build the most complex flying machine in space history? The plan is to create a permanent human presence in space. It’s Spring 1969 - two m...

Introducing: The Space Shuttle

25.06.2025 • 00:03:29

To launch like a rocket and land like a plane. The space shuttle: A sci-fi dream that became reality and changed spaceflight forever. Told by the Nasa...

Apollo 13: 7. Resurrection

07.06.2020 • 01:00:31

Can the Apollo 13 crew survive re-entering Earth’s atmosphere aboard the revived Odyssey spacecraft? After four days in a spacecraft with dwindling po...

Apollo 13: Bonus 2. John Aaron

16.04.2020 • 00:39:47

Nasa flight controller John Aaron talks to Kevin Fong about the ill-fated Apollo mission, from the moment of learning about the explosion to his fears...

Apollo 13: Bonus 1. Jim Lovell

14.04.2020 • 00:41:13

Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell talks to Kevin Fong about the doomed Nasa mission, from the shocking moment of the explosion to the enormous relief of ...

Apollo 13: 6. Earth in view

12.04.2020 • 00:31:05

The Apollo 13 spacecraft goes off course. With no computer to guide them, the astronauts must rely on their flying skills to perform a high-stakes man...

Apollo 13: 5. Life support

05.04.2020 • 00:34:36

Nasa mission control helps Apollo 13’s cold, exhausted astronauts survive deadly carbon dioxide levels in the spacecraft. The constant troubleshooting...

Apollo 13: 4. Power brokers

29.03.2020 • 00:45:05

Apollo astronauts freeze in darkness, struggling to save power. If the battery dies, so do the space crew. And as the damaged spacecraft loses its nav...

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