The Space Shuttle: 1. The spaceplane

The Space Shuttle: 1. The spaceplane

Can Nasa build the most complex flying machine in space history? The plan is to create a permanent human presence in space.

It’s Spring 1969 - two months before the launch of Apollo 11 – the first US mission to land humans on the moon. But meanwhile, hidden away from public view, Nasa is thinking the unthinkable.

Maverick engineer Dr Max Faget is already a legend within Nasa. He’s fascinated by what could be next for human spaceflight. In a backroom, of Building 36 at Johnson Space Center, he invites a handful of engineers to a meeting. One of them is Ivy Hooks, a mathematician and engineer. And one of the first female engineers at Nasa.

Some scenes in this series use recreated sound effects.

13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle is a BBC Audio Science Unit production for BBC World Service.

Hosted by space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock.

Theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg, and produced by Russell Emanuel, for Bleeding Fingers Music.

Archive: Richard Nixon launches Nasa’s space shuttle programme, CBS News, 1972 Mission audio and oral histories, Nasa History Office

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13 Minutes to the Moon: 1. ‘We choose to go’, Apollo 11

13 Minutes to the Moon: 1. ‘We choose to go’, Apollo 11

President John F. Kennedy boldly vows that America will land the first astronaut on the Moon by the end of the 1960s. It’s the height of the Cold War. But with superpower rival the Soviet Union leading the space race, after launching the first human spaceflight, the odds seem stacked against them. The Apollo programme, the USA’s daring answer to the race to the Moon, is an epic journey of innovation and exploration. Can Nasa change the course of space history?Hosted by Kevin Fong.Starring: Michael Collins Steve Bales Margaret Hamilton Jim Lovell Charlie DukeTheme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music#13MinutestotheMoon www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutesThis episode was updated on 14 May 2019.

12 Maj 201944min

13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 1

13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 1

The final part of our audio countdown to the launch of 13 Minutes to the Moon, with Kevin Fong. Lift off is on 13 May 2019.

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13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 2

13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 2

Hans Zimmer has composed the 13 Minutes to the Moon theme music. It is the first time the Grammy and Academy Award winner has created music for a podcast.

26 Apr 201939s

13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 3

13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 3

Introducing 13 Minutes to the Moon, with Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham and former Apollo engineer Poppy Northcutt - the first woman to work as an engineer in an operational support role in NASA's Mission Control.

22 Apr 20192min

13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 4

13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 4

The countdown begins. The story of Apollo 11 – coming soon.

12 Apr 201922s

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