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Epic space stories.
Season 1: the first Moon landing, Apollo 11.
Season 2: the near disaster of Apollo 13.
Coming soon: Season 3, the space shuttle.
Theme music: Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding Fingers Music.

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

Episodes to download

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    Bonus: The Global Story

    Thu 29 Feb 2024

    Why everyone wants to get back to the moon – a special episode

  • Update: Live show and season 3!

    Wed 17 May 2023

    News about Season 3 and our live episode recording – send us your questions for Kay Hire

  • S2 Ep.07 ResurrectionApollo 13

    Wed 10 Jun 2020

    "I still have nightmares about this." Can the crew survive the dangers of re-entry?

  • S2 Bonus 02: John AaronApollo 13

    Thu 16 Apr 2020

    Special episode with Nasa legend, flight controller John Aaron. An extended interview

  • S2 Ep.06 Earth in viewApollo 13

    Wed 15 Apr 2020

    The crew are off course, 200,000 miles from home. And without a guidance computer

  • S2 Bonus 01: Jim LovellApollo 13

    Tue 14 Apr 2020

    Special episode with Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell. An extended interview

  • S2 Ep.05 Life supportApollo 13

    Wed 8 Apr 2020

    β€œWe were being poisoned by our own exhalation.” Carbon dioxide threatens to kill the crew

  • S2 Ep.04 Power brokersApollo 13

    Wed 1 Apr 2020

    Power must be brutally rationed after the crew flies around the Moon

  • S2 Ep.03 LifeboatApollo 13

    Wed 25 Mar 2020

    The astronauts are fighting for their lives – and have to escape to their lunar lander

  • S2 Ep.02 Death of the OdysseyApollo 13

    Wed 18 Mar 2020

    β€œWe were in deep, deep trouble.” Mission Control like you’ve never heard it before

  • S2 Ep.01 Time bomb: Apollo 13Apollo 13

    Wed 11 Mar 2020

    β€œHouston, we’ve had a problem.” To ignite catastrophe takes the flick of a single switch.

  • Countdown to Season 2

    Wed 19 Feb 2020

    Jump on-board a doomed mission to the Moon. Apollo 13: the extraordinary story

  • Bonus: The making of the music

    Mon 23 Dec 2019

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

  • Ep.12 Live from Houston

    Sat 20 Jul 2019

    β€œWe choose to go.” The season finale comes from where JFK made his famous Moon speech

  • Ep.11 The 13 minutes

    Sun 14 Jul 2019

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

  • Ep.10 β€˜For all mankind’

    Sun 14 Jul 2019

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

  • Ep.09 Tranquility Base

    Wed 10 Jul 2019

    Tension is β€œthrough the roof”. Neil Armstrong takes control and fuel starts to run out

  • Ep.08 β€˜We’re go for powered descent’

    Mon 1 Jul 2019

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

  • Ep.07 Michael Collins: Third man

    Wed 26 Jun 2019

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

  • Ep.06 Saving 1968

    Wed 19 Jun 2019

    War, riots, assassinations: β€œthe year that shattered America”. But it ended with Apollo 8

  • Ep.05 The fourth astronaut

    Wed 12 Jun 2019

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

  • Ep.04 Fire to the Phoenix

    Wed 5 Jun 2019

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

  • Ep.03 Long Island Eagle

    Wed 29 May 2019

    Ugly, angry, with four legs and wrapped in gold: a spacecraft like nothing on Earth

  • Ep.02 Kids in control

    Wed 22 May 2019

    Unsung heroes who saved the day. The "26-year-old kid who could stop the lunar mission"

  • Ep.01 β€˜We choose to go’

    Wed 15 May 2019

    With no idea how to get there, the race to the moon begins – "we intend to win"

  • T-minus 1

    Mon 29 Apr 2019

    The final part of our audio countdown. Lift off is on 13 May 2019

  • T-minus 2

    Fri 26 Apr 2019

    Hans Zimmer has composed the 13 Minutes to the Moon theme music. It’s his first podcast

  • T-minus 3

    Mon 22 Apr 2019

    Introducing 13 Minutes to the Moon, with an Apollo astronaut and former NASA engineer

  • T-minus 4: Apollo 11

    Fri 12 Apr 2019

    The countdown begins

Season 2: The Apollo 13 story

Season 2: The Apollo 13 story

Jump on-board a doomed mission to the Moon. Apollo 13: the extraordinary story

Season 1: The Apollo 11 story

Season 1: The Apollo 11 story

How the first moon landing was saved. The story of the people who made Apollo 11 happen

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