podcast

13 Minutes to the Moon

by BBC World Service

Bonus: The Global Story

29.02.2024 • 00:25:09

Why everyone wants to get back to the moon - a special episode with Kevin Fong. The United States has just returned to the moon for the first time in ...

Update: Live show and season 3!

17.05.2023 • 00:01:50

News about the next season and our live episode recording at The Podcast Show 2023 in London. What would you like to ask space shuttle astronaut and e...

S2 Ep.07 Resurrection

07.06.2020 • 01:00:31

“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 incinerat...

S2 Bonus 02: John Aaron

16.04.2020 • 00:39:47

Special episode with Nasa legend, flight controller John Aaron. This extended interview ranges from John first learning about the explosion, to his d...

S2 Bonus 01: Jim Lovell

14.04.2020 • 00:41:13

Special episode with Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell. An extended interview. The true space pioneer talks to Kevin Fong about everything from the shock...

S2 Ep.06 Earth in view

12.04.2020 • 00:31:05

The 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 wri...

S2 Ep.05 Life support

05.04.2020 • 00:34:36

“We were being poisoned by our own exhalation.” Carbon dioxide threatens to kill the crew. Mission control must improvise as the most fragile system o...

S2 Ep.04 Power brokers

29.03.2020 • 00:45:05

Power 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 ...

S2 Ep.03 Lifeboat

23.03.2020 • 00:44:49

The astronauts are fighting for their lives. As the oxygen level plummets, they must escape to the lunar lander. It's a desperate act of survival for ...

S2 Ep.02 Death of the Odyssey

16.03.2020 • 00:45:45

“We were in deep, deep trouble.” This is Mission Control like you’ve never heard it before. After the explosion, denial and disbelief turn to dread. ...