13 Minutes to the Moon

Epic space stories. Season 1: the first Moon landing, Apollo 11. Season 2: the near disaster of Apol

Episodes

Total: 29

Bonus: The Global Story

2024/2/29

Why everyone wants to get back to the moon - a special episode with Kevin Fong. The United States ha

News about the next season and our live episode recording at The Podcast Show 2023 in London. What w

S2 Ep.07 Resurrection

2020/6/7

“I still have nightmares about this.” Can the crew survive the dangers of re-entering the Earth’s at

S2 Bonus 02: John Aaron

2020/4/16

Special episode with Nasa legend, flight controller John Aaron. This extended interview ranges from

S2 Bonus 01: Jim Lovell

2020/4/14

Special episode with Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell. An extended interview. The true space pioneer t

S2 Ep.06 Earth in view

2020/4/12

The crew are off course, 200,000 miles from home and without a guidance computer. Their lives now de

S2 Ep.05 Life support

2020/4/5

“We were being poisoned by our own exhalation.” Carbon dioxide threatens to kill the crew. Mission c

S2 Ep.04 Power brokers

2020/3/29

Power must be brutally rationed after the crew fly around the Moon. As systems are switched off, the

S2 Ep.03 Lifeboat

2020/3/23

The astronauts are fighting for their lives. As the oxygen level plummets, they must escape to the l

“We were in deep, deep trouble.” This is Mission Control like you’ve never heard it before. After th

“Houston, we’ve had a problem.” To ignite catastrophe would take just the flick of a single switch.

Countdown to Season 2

2020/2/19

Jump on board a doomed mission to the Moon. Apollo 13: the extraordinary story, told by the people w

Hans Zimmer in a special episode about creating the 13 Minutes to the Moon theme music. The Oscar an

Ep.12 Live from Houston

2019/7/19

“We choose to go.” The season finale comes from where President John F Kennedy made his famous Moon

Ep.11 The 13 minutes

2019/7/14

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

History as it happened, explained. Kevin Fong guides us through the descent to the Moon from start t

Ep.09 Tranquility Base

2019/7/7

We are five and a half minutes to the moon. Tension goes “through the roof”. Neil Armstrong takes co

The 13 minutes begin. Eagle is going too fast. There are communications problems. We have met the pe

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

Ep.06 Saving 1968

2019/6/16

War, riots, assassinations: “the year that shattered America”. And then NASA took the biggest risk i