Ep.08 ‘We’re go for powered descent’

The 13 minutes begin. Eagle is going too fast. There are communications problems. We have met the people and heard about the Apollo 11 technology, now the descent is underway. This is the full story and it is a leap into the unknown. With 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

Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music

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