13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle
Epic space stories. From the first Moon landing, to Apollo 13, to the Space Shuttle. Told by the people who made them happen.
NEW: Season 3: The Space Shuttle. A sci-fi dream that changed spaceflight forever. From the boldest test flight in history to one of Nasa’s darkest days – the Challenger disaster. Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock tells the awe-inspiring story of the programme that brought triumph and tragedy. Some scenes in this series use recreated sound effects.
Season 2: Apollo 13. Apollo 13 should have been the third Moon landing, but after an explosion, it almost ended in tragedy. Told by the people who flew it and saved it. Presented and co-written by Kevin Fong.
Season 1: 13 Minutes to the Moon. The first Moon landing. In the final dramatic 13-minute descent to the Moon, the Apollo 11 mission came close to going badly wrong. Communication was breaking down, technology was failing and fuel was running out. This is the story of how the first Moon landing was saved. Presented by Kevin Fong.
13 Minutes is produced by the BBC Audio Science Unit for the BBC World Service.
Season 3 theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg and produced by Russell Emanuel, for Bleeding Fingers Music.
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Previous Episodes
- The Space Shuttle: 5. Space truck 11.08.2025
- The Space Shuttle: 4. The 35 new guys 04.08.2025
- The Space Shuttle: 3. Glass rocket 28.07.2025
- The Space Shuttle: 2. The greatest test flight 21.07.2025
- The Space Shuttle: 1. The spaceplane 14.07.2025
- Introducing: The Space Shuttle 25.06.2025
- Apollo 13: 7. Resurrection 08.06.2020
- Apollo 13: Bonus 2. John Aaron 17.04.2020
- Apollo 13: Bonus 1. Jim Lovell 15.04.2020
- Apollo 13: 6. Earth in view 13.04.2020
- Apollo 13: 5. Life support 06.04.2020
- Apollo 13: 4. Power brokers 30.03.2020
- Apollo 13: 3. Lifeboat 23.03.2020
- Apollo 13: 2. Death of the Odyssey 16.03.2020
- Apollo 13: 1. Time bomb 09.03.2020
- Apollo 13: Trailer, The Countdown 19.02.2020
- 13 Minutes to the Moon: Bonus - The making of the music 23.12.2019
- 13 Minutes to the Moon: 12. Live from Houston 20.07.2019
- 13 Minutes to the Moon: 10. ‘For all mankind’ 15.07.2019
- 13 Minutes to the Moon: 11. The 13 minutes 15.07.2019
