13 Minutes to the Moon: 8. ‘We’re go for powered descent’

The 13-minute descent to the Moon begins, and it’s all going wrong for Apollo 11. They’re going too fast, alarms are flashing and the crew loses contact with Nasa mission control. The epic moments that almost jeopardised the first Moon landing.

Hosted by Kevin Fong.

Starring:

Charlie Duke

Steve Bales

Don Eyles

Courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project:

Neil Armstrong

Gene Kranz

Jay Greene

Jack Garman

Bob Carlton