Ep.09 Tranquility Base
We are five and a half minutes to the moon. Tension goes βthrough the roofβ. Neil Armstrong takes control and the fuel starts to run out.
We are five and a half minutes to the moon. Tension goes βthrough the roofβ. Neil Armstrong takes control and the fuel starts to run out. In Mission Control, flight controllers count down to 60 seconds of fuel remaining β and then 30 secondsβ¦ With Kevin Fong.
Starring:
Steve Bales
Charlie Duke
Gerry Griffin
Courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project:
Neil Armstrong
Gene Kranz
Jack Garman
Bob Carlton
Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music
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