Ep.05 The fourth astronaut

The computer that got us to the moon. The size of a briefcase, there had never been anything like it. Apollo 11 was “the first time software ran on the moon”. This is the story of the world’s first digital portable general purpose computer. The work of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, helped give rise to the digital age. With Kevin Fong. Starring: Ramon Alonso Elaine Denniston Charlie Duke Don Eyles Eldon Hall Margaret Hamilton Dan Lickly Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music #13MinutestotheMoon www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes

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Epic space stories – told by the people who made them happen. Beginning with Nasa’s missions to the Moon. Season 1: The first Moon landing, Apollo 11. The story of the final 13 minutes that took humans to the Moon. Season 2: The near disaster of Apollo 13, by the people who flew it and saved it. Produced by BBC Audio Science for the BBC World Service. Presenter: Kevin Fong. Theme music: Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding Fingers Music.