S2 Ep.01 Time bomb: Apollo 13

“Houston, we’ve had a problem.” To ignite catastrophe would take just the flick of a single switch. Why Nasa’s third bid to land on the Moon was flawed from the start.

#13MinutestotheMoon

For videos and more space stories: www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes

Presented by Kevin Fong

Archive: Nasa and CBS

Starring:

Jim Lovell

Marilyn Lovell

Fred Haise

John Aaron

Gerry Griffin

Gene Kranz, courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project

Charlie Duke

Jay Lovell

Sy Liebergot

Jack Lousma

Written by Kevin Fong and Andrew Luck-Baker

Theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding Fingers Music

BBC Radio Science Unit for the BBC World Service

This episode was updated on 16 March 2020.