S2 Ep.01 Time bomb: Apollo 13

“Houston, we’ve had a problem.” To ignite catastrophe would take just the flick of a single switch. Why Nasa’s third bid to land on the Moon was flawed from the start. #13MinutestotheMoon For videos and more space stories: www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes Presented by Kevin Fong Archive: Nasa and CBS Starring: Jim Lovell Marilyn Lovell Fred Haise John Aaron Gerry Griffin Gene Kranz, courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Charlie Duke Jay Lovell Sy Liebergot Jack Lousma Written by Kevin Fong and Andrew Luck-Baker Theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding Fingers Music BBC Radio Science Unit for the BBC World Service

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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.