Apollo 11: The final 13 minutes to the Moon - BBC World Service, 13 Minutes to the Moon podcast

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  • Relive the final minutes of the Apollo 11 mission that landed on the Moon. Listen to CAPCOM Charlie Duke's feed as he speaks to Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
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    The minutes before landing were tense, as fuel ran low and connections frequently dropped out between the Lunar Module Eagle and mission control. The final moments are tense as Neil Armstrong manually piloted Eagle towards the surface of the Moon.
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  • @jameskilcoyne1955
    @jameskilcoyne1955 Год назад +151

    I was 11 years old and the whole neighborhood of we kids gathered at Ms. Mavis' house, she was one of the few women (mothers) who was "stay at home." She had a big RCA color TV and we sat on the floor watching this live. And she provided snacks too! To experience, to live through, such a historical moment is, to this day, gives me goosebumps.

    • @karthikkaash
      @karthikkaash Год назад +5

      reading your words gave me goosebumps...

    • @arlenesobhani8739
      @arlenesobhani8739 Год назад +5

      I was 11 too. Watched it on an 11" B&W. Still a thrill.

    • @tmck2000
      @tmck2000 Год назад +5

      God bless her. And to see it on colour TV 📺 in 1969 was pretty cool 😎

    • @Cookies2132
      @Cookies2132 Год назад +7

      Must have been nice watching the faking of the moon landings :)

    • @sparkymlarky
      @sparkymlarky Год назад +2

      I saw Nixon talking to the astronauts on a landline.🤣

  • @tomraw4893
    @tomraw4893 Год назад +18

    Magnificent. In 1969 I watched this in a pub in Melbourne Australia.

    • @SafeTrucking
      @SafeTrucking 10 месяцев назад

      I was six, and listened to it on radio in Lae, PNG. Still brings goosebumps!

  • @trstquint7114
    @trstquint7114 Год назад +18

    I remembered every second of it. In the middle of the night in the Netherlands as a 13-year-old kid.

  • @WilliamViets
    @WilliamViets 2 года назад +30

    Recall we were at the beach about an hour north of Boston USA and were driving home listening to the radio. During the final five minutes of landing, I noticed that every car on the highway had pulled over to the breakdown lane and were stopped. Very eerie moment and I recall both my parents were staring downwards, almost afraid to breath. Recall it like yesterday.

  • @gingerhiser7312
    @gingerhiser7312 Год назад +33

    I love the absolute intensity of the support staff.

  • @pauljaworski9386
    @pauljaworski9386 Год назад +25

    A thousand years from now the 20th century will be remembered for two sentences. Tranquility base here. The eagle has landed.

    • @rustykrys888
      @rustykrys888 10 месяцев назад

      It actually started as “twang…tranquility!” Lol

    • @somedumbozzie1539
      @somedumbozzie1539 10 месяцев назад

      Assuming there's anyone left to write the history of the 20th century

    • @korrdavl
      @korrdavl 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@rustykrys888No, that was Houston replying.

    • @sakilamwinkila331
      @sakilamwinkila331 9 месяцев назад

      A thousand years from now, people will appear very guileless

    • @rockwithyou2006
      @rockwithyou2006 7 месяцев назад

      @@rustykrys888 That was Duke, not Armstrong.

  • @srinathnanda825
    @srinathnanda825 2 года назад +32

    Mr gk pathutu vanthingala🔥

  • @lakefiftyseven
    @lakefiftyseven Год назад +15

    I was eleven....Watched it in black and white like the whole world. Incredible achievement for the time.

  • @wicked1172
    @wicked1172 Год назад +7

    I was 11 yrs old, I watched live on a black and white TV in my family's living room in Bangor Maine. I had to go out in the front yard afterward and look up at the moon. All of the comments on this page seem to articulate aspects of this event so well.

    • @davidpage3893
      @davidpage3893 9 месяцев назад +1

      I’m from East Millinocket, Maine and this historical event happened 1 day after my 9th birthday and it is still clear in my memory. We stayed up from early in the day before the LEM separated from the Command Module to the commentary from Walter Cronkite,Wally Schierra, and others hours after the moon walk was done. I remember going to sleep at about 3:30 am after seeing the recap of the entire moon walk. The Apollo 8 flight was special too as Borman, Lovell and Anders said they went to the moon to truly discover the Earth. It will be exciting to see Artemus 3 land and walk on the moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in December 1972.

  • @michaelbyrnee9584
    @michaelbyrnee9584 Год назад +59

    I was fortunate to work on thrust domes and explosive bolt sets for the Apollo missions. As I listened to the live broadcasts - like so many others who made parts for these missions - I stopped breathing as the Eagle hovered a few feet off the moon's surface. I tried to hold back the tears, but when I heard the call for engine shutdown, they fell like rain. They still do whenever I think of that moment.

    • @Cookies2132
      @Cookies2132 Год назад

      The moon landings were faked.

    • @philipmartin-summers4540
      @philipmartin-summers4540 Год назад +4

      One of the unsung heroes sir

    • @michaelbyrnee9584
      @michaelbyrnee9584 Год назад +7

      @@philipmartin-summers4540 I have never met anybody who worked on that project who considers his or her self to be a hero. I think we all felt honored to work on Apollo, and in the back of each of our minds was a single thought: if the parts I make fail, people will die. A second thought - again not entirely my own - was that this was not just to beat the Russians, but rather to uplift every citizen in every country. Finally, the passage of time has never dulled the excitement I feel about the entire Apollo series; in fact, the older I get, it seems the stronger my emotional response gets.

    • @gregjackson-ks1gh
      @gregjackson-ks1gh Год назад +3

      Thank you for contributing to the success of the mission. The bolts worked perfectly.
      I was sweating a little when the countdown began for the ascent from Tranquility.

    • @gregjackson-ks1gh
      @gregjackson-ks1gh Год назад +1

      @@michaelbyrnee9584 I can imagine.
      Every time I watch a plane take off I'm in awe.
      Never gets tiring.

  • @gshockbabe6144
    @gshockbabe6144 Год назад +9

    Mans greatest acheivment carried out with 4 Omega Speedmaster watches and a computer with the power of a pocket calculator.TRue heroes ,

    • @megasalexander927
      @megasalexander927 Год назад

      😂

    • @gunternetzer9621
      @gunternetzer9621 Год назад

      The spacecraft computers had a performance comparable to the first generation of personal computers like the Apple 2 and Commodore 64 (the guidance computer had RAM of 4KB, and a 32KB hard disk). They were only required to take large amounts of numerical data and organise it into a more useful format. That original data was calculated by the main frames at NASA, and then beamed up to the spacecraft by radio telescope at the rate of 1,200 bits per second. They did not need the power for touch screens or to hold graphics etc like today’s smartphones.

  • @sushimamba4281
    @sushimamba4281 10 месяцев назад +4

    I was about 5 years old and our school was showing the landing in the school hall on a black and white tv. But somehow I missed the landing because my mum had come to pick me up from school. I cried that I didn't get to see it. I always remember her reply, "Don't worry, they'll be landing on Mars soon, you can watch that instead."

    • @BBCWorldService
      @BBCWorldService  10 месяцев назад +5

      We're still waiting for that Mars landing! Maybe one day... Thanks for watching!

    • @rockwithyou2006
      @rockwithyou2006 7 месяцев назад

      lol.

    • @Bjowolf2
      @Bjowolf2 6 месяцев назад

      They didn't show the A-11 landing directly on TV, so we only heard the audio conversations back and forth between Mission Control in Houston and the Apollo 11 LM.
      The landing of the A-11 LM that we do see now is shot with a 16 mm film camera mounted over the head of one of the astronauts (Aldrin, I believe? ).
      The live TV transmission started when Neil Armstrong began to crawl down the ladder and pulled on a string that opened a hatch, which exposed a small automatic B&W TV camera.

  • @mrmullett1067
    @mrmullett1067 5 месяцев назад +3

    I was a teen in high school. What a time to be alive, the whole town cried and celebrated. Awesome part of history. I wonder how many children of today know what the date was and what the mission name was.

  • @Anmeteor9663
    @Anmeteor9663 Год назад +116

    Armstrong was the greatest space ship pilot who has ever lived. His previous mission where he saved himself and fellow astronaut when the ship they were in went out of control was incredible.
    He was a barnstormer and flew the LM like crop duster. He knew he could. He also had pure ice in veins when flying.

    • @iamamiwhoamiGOODS
      @iamamiwhoamiGOODS Год назад +1

      O maior por ter sido o primeiro a usar o veículo no desconhecido. Gelo nas veias. 👍

    • @gregjackson-ks1gh
      @gregjackson-ks1gh Год назад +17

      I was passing through Armstrong's hometown, Wapakaneta, Ohio once and decided to visit his Museum.
      It was Monday and closed.
      From what I understand his Gemini 8 uniform is displayed inside.
      That mission probably made him Nasa's top choice to command the first moon landing.
      He is human. During the descent his blood pressure I believe was skyrocketing.
      No pun intended.
      No matter what happens in the future regarding space travel, first men on Mars etc, Armstrong being the first to land a manmade craft on another body other than earth, I think will be mortal man's greatest ever accomplishment.
      Greater than Wilbur and Orville's achievement.
      For all of eternity.
      May he RIP.

    • @your_royal_highness
      @your_royal_highness Год назад +4

      Don’t forget the X-15….pretty good with that plane

    • @user-by7jv6qd7x
      @user-by7jv6qd7x 11 месяцев назад +8

      too bad he never put a feet on the real moon though

    • @neilarmstrongsson795
      @neilarmstrongsson795 11 месяцев назад

      Cernan was the better actor.

  • @mode1charlie170
    @mode1charlie170 4 года назад +67

    This is an awesome podcast. I recommend anybody interested in this subject follow the entire podcast..

    • @BBCWorldService
      @BBCWorldService  4 года назад +2

      Thanks Dean! Great to hear you enjoyed the podcast. If you want to listen again you can download both series here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2/episodes/downloads

    • @markopolo6640
      @markopolo6640 4 года назад +4

      Found out about this from history hit. Halfway though the first episode and it’s great.

    • @BBCWorldService
      @BBCWorldService  4 года назад +2

      @@markopolo6640 Glad you're enjoying it! More here: ruclips.net/user/bbcworldservice

    • @markopolo6640
      @markopolo6640 2 года назад

      @Biden HUNTER put the crack pipe down and go to bed brother.

    • @donpettitwedestroyedtheapo6488
      @donpettitwedestroyedtheapo6488 Год назад +3

      @@BBCWorldService Would you like to organize a debate on TV? You defend the Apollo missions, and I present evidence that they were a lie.

  • @speedracer6294
    @speedracer6294 Год назад +47

    I remember watching. Everyone was silent. No cheering. Just a profound sense of having seen one of the greatest events there will ever be in human history.

    • @o2807
      @o2807 Год назад +1

      ...and forgotten forthwith for decades after lol

    • @Bjowolf2
      @Bjowolf2 11 месяцев назад

      You only heard it though - we didn't get to see the 16 mm film of the landing itself seen from within the Eagle LM, until the astronauts had brought it back home to Earth 😊

    • @speedracer6294
      @speedracer6294 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@Bjowolf2 My recolectionthat there was a camera that deployed at the base of the LM The picture was very blurry and of course in B&W.

    • @lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356
      @lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356 10 месяцев назад +1

      Until Stanley Kubrick was finished editing it

    • @Bjowolf2
      @Bjowolf2 10 месяцев назад

      @@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356 🙄😂🙄😂🙄

  • @rocknral
    @rocknral Год назад +15

    I never get tired of this. Love listening to those final comments of Charlie Duke with his Carolinian accent. He later got to be on the other end of the microphone. What a privilege.

  • @thomassicard3733
    @thomassicard3733 Год назад +4

    A bazilion bazillion thumbs up. I was 6 years old and glued to the TV.

  • @kenanacampora
    @kenanacampora Год назад +17

    My father wrote the life signs telemetry for these missions. NASA/Lockheed. Thank you for this video.

    • @jbkunk9611
      @jbkunk9611 Год назад +5

      My dad worked on the heat shield for re entry. Ooh Rah!

  • @mwalker3547
    @mwalker3547 Год назад +15

    I was 10 years old and attending my dad's company picnic on a sunny Sunday afternoon at Burdette Park near Evansville Indiana. We listened to the landing live on the radio. An awesome memory that I will never forget.

    • @markmlb
      @markmlb 10 месяцев назад

      Hi that's wild - I was 10 years old and watching it in Evansville, too! We were in the basement of our new house in Carriage Hills next to Central High School, and I was sitting on the floor close to the Zenith. We also had many great memories at Burdette, staying in the cabin once each summer, unforgettable days as I'm sure you would agree! Mark in St. Pete

  • @Elagentejefe
    @Elagentejefe Год назад +4

    Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed. Some of the most momentous words spoken in the history of man. Those guys had brass klackers.

  • @LadyBunion
    @LadyBunion 3 года назад +26

    I love it - even though I heard it first time around and we all know the outcome, somehow you never quite believe they are going to make it

    • @BBCWorldService
      @BBCWorldService  3 года назад +1

      We think so too! Please check out our podcast 13 Minutes to the Moon - it's all about the Apollo 11 mission: ruclips.net/p/PLz_B0PFGIn4f0xYPhOk0wIASOYE8-1Wbz

    • @donpettitwedestroyedtheapo6488
      @donpettitwedestroyedtheapo6488 Год назад

      @@BBCWorldService Shame on you for defending a lie to millions of people

  • @kennethwofford4489
    @kennethwofford4489 10 месяцев назад +5

    Ah, yes! I remember this well! I was a wee lad of eight years old when I witnessed mankind's greatest achievement and am still amazed by it! Thanks for posting this!

  • @BedsitBob
    @BedsitBob Год назад +8

    Those alarm calls still give me a shiver.

  • @daveyork0
    @daveyork0 Год назад +28

    Neil Armstrong flew combat missions in the Korean War. 78 of them. God preserved him through the destruction for the Gemini Program and for this journey. There were many ways it could have taken a fatal course. A victory of engineering, planning and enterprise. To go so far where there is no oxygen and no drinking water or food. Crazy brave.

    • @christopherstuart607
      @christopherstuart607 Год назад

      "God" did no such thing. You made that up out of your indoctrinated head. Brave man, Mr. Armstrong, but he had no help from a god. Quit being silly and restore your critical thinking skills if there are any remaining.

    • @per_unminuto597
      @per_unminuto597 Год назад +2

      @@christopherstuart607 It was a studio film. Saturm dived into atlantic. A plane dropped the capsule later.

    • @CoachouseFilms
      @CoachouseFilms Год назад +7

      @@per_unminuto597 😂. I know, it was a conspiracy by the USA, USSR, China, the UK, Australia and all those other countries that tracked all the Apollo missions to… I’m sorry I can’t actually think of a reason!

    • @montythebugman6308
      @montythebugman6308 Год назад +7

      @CoachouseFilms
      You can't argue with Per_un Minuto. He's the smartest guy in the room. But he is curious why everyone breaks into laughter whenever he leaves it.

    • @danielgregory3295
      @danielgregory3295 Год назад

      And do not forget his save on Gemini 8!!❤😊

  • @jumboJetPilot
    @jumboJetPilot 11 месяцев назад +2

    In the live BBC showing of the Apollo landing, Pink Floyd played music in a studio, just jamming randomly, and their music was fed to the BBC to play as live background music. David Gilmour is still amused about that to this day.

  • @didzouille
    @didzouille Год назад +8

    Thé whole planet was watching it live. As I did at 11 😊
    It’s still incredible today. Especially with the limited means at this time. NASA and the numerous companies that worked with paved the way of the incredible revolution of technology were still living now.

  • @steveallen8800
    @steveallen8800 Год назад +5

    Watched this as a 12 year old glued to my TV.

  • @user-bl6ne3hc6n
    @user-bl6ne3hc6n Год назад +7

    Tranquility base here the eagle has landed the most famous words in world history,, what heroes, up there and down there,,

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 Год назад +1

      He never said that originally. His first words were, "There's no way a bloody cow jumped over here!"

    • @user-bl6ne3hc6n
      @user-bl6ne3hc6n Год назад

      @@davidcopson5800 😆😆😆😆😆😂

  • @katiekawaii
    @katiekawaii Год назад +71

    Armstrong landed it _manually?!_ I had no idea he'd had to take over and land it manually. Incredible.

    • @Tim22222
      @Tim22222 Год назад +12

      In fact, all 6 landings were done manually. Probably as much to do with fighter-pilot ego as anything else.

    • @briandenley
      @briandenley Год назад +8

      That was always the plan. But he flew a lot further and longer than planned as the boulder field was pretty bad.

    • @arnowinter462
      @arnowinter462 Год назад +2

      Yes, he did

    • @bobblum5973
      @bobblum5973 Год назад +12

      Armstrong _and_ Aldrin landed it. Yes, Neil was at the controls, but listen to "Buzz" reading off the numbers to him so he could concentrate on what was outside the window.
      Check out Apollo 12, where on only the second lunar landing Pete Conrad and Alan Bean had to land close enough to the Surveyor 3 unmanned lander that they could walk over to it.

    • @MrTmac9k
      @MrTmac9k Год назад +4

      @@Tim22222 Lovell said that he'd intended to let the computer land it on Apollo 13, but we'll never know.

  • @waynehughes8297
    @waynehughes8297 Год назад +18

    I was 2 years old I think when this happened and I can still remember my dad holding me in front of the TV and saying to me “you’re now watching history”.
    Crazy to have such a vivid memory from that age.

  • @timrahijaphotographyandart
    @timrahijaphotographyandart 11 месяцев назад +8

    I was 6 years old when this took place and I'll never forget how my family was gathered around the TV at my grandparents' watching this and it was complete silence as everyone was in total suspense. It was an honor to watch live, a pivotal point in human history and to be inspired by what I had seen. Of course, as a kid I had ALL the NASA toys and the astronaut helmet that I wore everywhere. Having worked in IT and other technical professions and now in aviation, what blows my mind still to this day is the incredible level of engineering that went into the Apollo program, and they didn't have calculators and computers to do it. They used advanced mathematics and slide rules to get the job done. I remember when I was at MIT in 1981 and found out that the standard calculator then had way memory than the computer on board the command module or the LEM. On board Apollo 11 was a computer called the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC). It had 2048 words of memory which could be used to store “temporary results” - data that is lost when there is no power. This type of memory is referred to as RAM (Random Access Memory). Each word comprised 16 binary digits (bits), with a bit being a zero or a one. This means that the Apollo computer had 32,768 bits of RAM memory. Imagine trying to to anything today with that small bit of memory. It's still absolutely amazing what was accomplished in 1969.

  • @travisl5790
    @travisl5790 Год назад +32

    I was 7 years old when this amazing, unbelievable event took place. My family was in NC. I remember my Dad waking us up to watch Armstrong stepping onto the moon. I’m 61 now but I’ll always have a clear memory of it as long as I live.

    • @alastairmacbeath5488
      @alastairmacbeath5488 Год назад +4

      Exact age as me. I listed to it on the radio with my grandmother and will always remember those words...."The Eagle has landed"

    • @daktarioskarvannederhosen2568
      @daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 10 месяцев назад

      i'm the same age as you guys. i very vividly remember just how excited my Dad was about this. i remember he even took photos of our modest tv as it displayed the lunar walk.

    • @MelioraCogito
      @MelioraCogito 10 месяцев назад +1

      Was 9 myself. Listening to it now, as I did back then, never gets old. It was and remains the most historic event of my lifetime.

    • @korlilkatana7653
      @korlilkatana7653 10 месяцев назад

      Same age as me basically. I rember the hair standing up on my arm to this day!

    • @Gecmajster123456
      @Gecmajster123456 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@alastairmacbeath5488 yeah on the radio, so it must be true :D propaganda machine worked prefectly back then...

  • @harrygleed423
    @harrygleed423 Год назад +17

    This represents the greatest day in American and world history and the brave men and women involved must never be forgotten.

    • @WHATISTRUTHTV
      @WHATISTRUTHTV Год назад +2

      One of the greatest illusions ever pulled off. The fact we could do it with pre historic equipment, but can no longer do it because nasa " lost the technology " speaks volumes about how actually " important " an achievement this actually was....

    • @rozzgrey801
      @rozzgrey801 Год назад +3

      @@WHATISTRUTHTV This brilliant achievement is made all that more sweeter by the way it upsets you lifelong losers. Wonderful accomplishments trigger trolls.

    • @WHATISTRUTHTV
      @WHATISTRUTHTV Год назад +1

      @@rozzgrey801 that sounds like an emotional response, to an emotional alleged event. Why is it when I offer to debate someone on the Apollo missions on my show, I get nothing but crickets from all you loudmouths? Lol

    • @rozzgrey801
      @rozzgrey801 Год назад +2

      @@WHATISTRUTHTV That's simple, everyone knows you are hopeless at debating anyone. You can't stand losing, but you always lose and it's cringe to watch your futile attempts to seem intelligent. People are embarrassed on your behalf.

    • @WHATISTRUTHTV
      @WHATISTRUTHTV Год назад

      @@rozzgrey801 lol another emotional response 🤣

  • @ianlaker9161
    @ianlaker9161 Год назад +9

    It still has me on the edge of my seat with hairs standing up and a lump in my throat. I was eight years old. It was unforgettable.

  • @jeffblack5024
    @jeffblack5024 3 года назад +79

    I listened to the whole thing and by the time the Eagle was coming into land, my heart was in my mouth. Just an incredible achievement.

    • @BBCWorldService
      @BBCWorldService  3 года назад +6

      We think so too! Check out our podcast 13 Minutes to the Moon - it's all about the Apollo 11 mission: ruclips.net/p/PLz_B0PFGIn4f0xYPhOk0wIASOYE8-1Wbz

    • @gulfy09
      @gulfy09 Год назад +5

      Too bad it's all fake

    • @rozzgrey801
      @rozzgrey801 Год назад +5

      @@gulfy09 But you can't prove it, so that's that. We went to the Moon, and you've just got sour grapes.

    • @gulfy09
      @gulfy09 Год назад +2

      @@rozzgrey801 my grade 8 teacher told me it's fake

    • @rozzgrey801
      @rozzgrey801 Год назад

      @@gulfy09 Your teacher is an idiot who should be fired.

  • @erichodge567
    @erichodge567 Год назад +15

    "30 seconds (of fuel left)". Neil Armstrong's voice didn't even shake. Makes you proud to be human.

    • @aganrajasekar9772
      @aganrajasekar9772 9 месяцев назад

      😂 good plan fake video

    • @topon4160
      @topon4160 9 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂😂😂
      Do you really believe them.

    • @Dewald-jg5os
      @Dewald-jg5os 8 месяцев назад

      Good acting

  • @thejerseyj5479
    @thejerseyj5479 10 месяцев назад +1

    Oh how this brings me back to July of '69. A 12 year old I was at the time and although it astounded me then, at this moment there are tears in my eyes.
    Thank you BBC.

  • @Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground
    @Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground Год назад +8

    5:40 Imagine being 25 years old and having just 20 seconds to decide whether or not to abort Apollo 11.
    Steve Bales is a legend.

    • @MelioraCogito
      @MelioraCogito 10 месяцев назад

      All three Apollo 11 astronauts were 39 years of age in 1969 (having all been born in 1930).

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 9 месяцев назад

      @@MelioraCogito Armstrong was 38.

    • @MelioraCogito
      @MelioraCogito 9 месяцев назад

      @@RideAcrossTheRiver He would turn 39 a fortnight after his landing-so for all intents and purposes, he was 39.
      If you want to get pedantic: 38-years, 11-months and 16-days on July 20th, 1969-precisely a fortnight away from his 39th birthday.
      Your point is like someone claiming 2.9 is actually 2.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 9 месяцев назад

      @@MelioraCogito No, your point is claiming 3 is the same as 2.9. Every article and newsreel says Armstrong was 38. You MUST seek out all those authors and reporters and editors with your nonsense. Good luck with that, dumbass

  • @patrickwalsh2361
    @patrickwalsh2361 Год назад +3

    I was 11 also, I used to play a 45 record of this over and over again.

  • @gregjackson-ks1gh
    @gregjackson-ks1gh Год назад +11

    I watched this in real time.
    That didn't bring me to tears.
    This did.

    • @abc456f
      @abc456f Год назад +2

      Every time I hear, "Houston, Tranquility base here, the eagle has landed.", I tear up a bit. Greatest achievement by humans in our history.

  • @robbbarnett4978
    @robbbarnett4978 9 месяцев назад +3

    Im proud to be an American and as a child of 8 years old at that time it was simply futuristic and amazing.
    This is a prime and exquisite example of teamwork that had never been performed before. Thats what working together in a concerted effort can achieve.
    They are all true heroes under God and invincible.

  • @craigblack7076
    @craigblack7076 Год назад +4

    Now that was INTENSE!!!

  • @Lex5576
    @Lex5576 2 года назад +25

    Man! 52 years have gone by and this still boggles the mind. All that the entire Apollo project accomplished is nothing short of a miracle.....all made possible with 1950s and 1960s technology.

    • @jackkomisar458
      @jackkomisar458 2 года назад +5

      @Bobb Grimley Michal Collins later said he thought that Armstrong and Aldrin had a 50% chance of landing on the moon.

    • @Lex5576
      @Lex5576 2 года назад

      @@Black-Circle WTF?

    • @ramv9615
      @ramv9615 Год назад

      This guy hinted something

    • @Ryan-mq2mi
      @Ryan-mq2mi Год назад +3

      @@jackkomisar458 WOW. I assume he means they would abort if they didnt land, right?

    • @jackkomisar458
      @jackkomisar458 Год назад +3

      @@Ryan-mq2mi I don't remember the entire interview, but you are probably right. The Lunar Module was short on fuel, and the mission was getting close to the "Bingo" call. As the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal says, "The quantity light latched at 102:44:31, and indicated that 5.6% of the original propellant load remained. This event started a 94-second countdown to a 'Bingo' fuel call which meant 'land in 20 seconds or abort.' So if the count gets down to zero, Neil will have 20 seconds to land, if he thinks he can get down in time. Otherwise, he will have to abort immediately. If you're 50 feet up at 'bingo fuel' with all of your horizontal rates nulled and are coming down to a good spot, you could certainly continue to land. With your horizontal rates nulled at 70 to 100 feet, it would be risky to land - perhaps giving you a landing at the limiting load of the landing gear. At anything over 100 feet, you'd punch the abort button, say goodbye to the moon, and stew for the rest of your life!"

  • @ann_onn
    @ann_onn 3 года назад +21

    This is truly glorious. A defining moment in human history.
    "Inform, educate, entertain" - tick, tick, tick.
    BBC World Service is amazing.

    • @BBCWorldService
      @BBCWorldService  3 года назад +5

      That's so kind of you, thank you. Please check out Season 1 of our podcast 13 Minutes to the Moon - it's all about the Apollo 11 mission: ruclips.net/p/PLz_B0PFGIn4f0xYPhOk0wIASOYE8-1Wbz

    • @kevinarmstrong8266
      @kevinarmstrong8266 Год назад

      But why no mention of Kevin Fong and Andrew Luck Baker who made this excellent series?

  • @callmesterli
    @callmesterli Год назад +3

    I was two-and-a-half years old in the summer of 1969. My only memory from that summer is playing in my aunt's kitchen. 😕

  • @boxman117
    @boxman117 Год назад +4

    It is amazing how far technology has come and how much it is still very much the same as it was then.

  • @WoldsWhite
    @WoldsWhite Год назад +36

    This still gives me goosebumps after watching it live as a teenager. America’s finest moment.

    • @TheSeeker1960
      @TheSeeker1960 11 месяцев назад

      Mans finest moment!!

    • @Mrrobackenson1
      @Mrrobackenson1 11 месяцев назад

      Yes

    • @MassimilianoMarotta-sk1eb
      @MassimilianoMarotta-sk1eb 11 месяцев назад

      Progect NASA Italy ts8/9 contribute ufficiale or you wanna the apocalipse13 like my mathet

    • @LauraelenaIugaivanescu-si7jn
      @LauraelenaIugaivanescu-si7jn 11 месяцев назад

      😢

    • @apamadi7148
      @apamadi7148 10 месяцев назад

      Sad it is just Hollywood creation, like movie....definitely goosebumps....American all ways make full first their citizens and rest of world

  • @gringo1723
    @gringo1723 Год назад +23

    It always brings back listening and watching Live TV in the moment. Exhilarating! Lucky to exist in this modern time. Imagine what the Mars Landing shall be like... As a Buckeye I've always been proud of both Glenn and Armstrong, yet their victories were built on the shoulders of ALL the men & Women of NASA.

  • @rbl4641
    @rbl4641 10 месяцев назад

    The greatest thing I've ever been privileged to watch

  • @Bjowolf2
    @Bjowolf2 11 месяцев назад

    Brilliant and very detailed podcast series, BBC WS - thanks a lot 😊

  • @woodyforest2100
    @woodyforest2100 Год назад +52

    I remember it like it was yesterday. One of the rare, truly landmark moments in human history. I was so glad to be able to witness it.

    • @MrDaiseymay
      @MrDaiseymay 10 месяцев назад +2

      It sure was---It'd win top Crown for lying and deceiving

    • @Gecmajster123456
      @Gecmajster123456 10 месяцев назад +1

      witness what exactly? watching TV? :D
      yeah the moonlanding that never happened..

    • @marksprague1280
      @marksprague1280 10 месяцев назад

      @@Gecmajster123456 I see that the vermin were left unattended again.

    • @Gecmajster123456
      @Gecmajster123456 10 месяцев назад

      @@marksprague1280 bet y r a democrat..

    • @Mxxx-ii9bu
      @Mxxx-ii9bu 10 месяцев назад

      @Gecmajster123456
      Your mom asked me to remind you to put your urine soaked bed linens in the washing machine every morning. When you forget to do so she runs out of clean sheets by the end of the week. And remember - no drinking after 7:00 pm.

  • @thalapathyprasath9549
    @thalapathyprasath9549 2 года назад +9

    I am here after watch Mr. Gk

  • @maheshj8435
    @maheshj8435 3 года назад +5

    Great podcast!

  • @jamesmchugo9422
    @jamesmchugo9422 10 месяцев назад +1

    Cool recreation. Thanks for making this.

  • @mudithabandara8575
    @mudithabandara8575 11 месяцев назад

    Im honoured to hear this thank you v much

  • @nguyendailam6703
    @nguyendailam6703 3 года назад +3

    Great upload.

  • @synthyawylder3297
    @synthyawylder3297 Год назад +3

    This brings back memories; I watched the lunar landing live on TV.

    • @erichodge567
      @erichodge567 9 месяцев назад +1

      We all did. It was an amazing moment in time.

  • @camdenmcandrews
    @camdenmcandrews Год назад +2

    I was 19, college sophomore in Physics; switched to Aeronautical & Astronautical engineering a year later. I went to my girlfriend's house to watch because they had a big color TV, and of course watched the landing in black and white. At the time, we didn't realize that Armstrong had to take over and fly the final part of the landing manually. Oddly, it's more exciting to listen to the replay now that it was to watch in real time back then, perhaps because know I know how close they were to failure throughout every Apollo flight to the moon.

    • @bobbybooshay8641
      @bobbybooshay8641 Год назад

      The LM was always intended to be landed manually. Armstrong only picked a spot different than the spot the computer chose. It was never going to land itself.
      The boulder he had to avoid was the size of an automobile.

    • @gunternetzer9621
      @gunternetzer9621 11 месяцев назад

      @@bobbybooshay8641 Correct. Because the computer was ‘blind’ and couldn’t compensate for sudden increases in gravity fields, it could put the lunar module down in a crater or on a steep slope, so the commander always took manual control in the last minute or so to ensure as safe a landing as possible.

  • @jamesdrynan
    @jamesdrynan Год назад +2

    Talk about cutting it close! 30 seconds of available fuel left in a manual landing. An astronomical achievement.

  • @crypkrazee
    @crypkrazee Год назад +7

    That chokes me up every time ,I can still remember sitting in front of the tv as a kid listening to the landing, Awesome.

    • @MrDaiseymay
      @MrDaiseymay Год назад

      Then you grew up----I hope.

    • @montythebugman6308
      @montythebugman6308 Год назад +1

      If there is a village out there missing their cognitively challenged mascot, I think I found him. His name is Phillip Croft and he's here in the comments section.

    • @gunternetzer9621
      @gunternetzer9621 Год назад +2

      @@MrDaiseymay Tin hat.

    • @MelioraCogito
      @MelioraCogito 10 месяцев назад

      @@MrDaiseymay _“Then you grew up----I hope.”_
      Well, apparently you haven't-which says more about you than it does anyone else. Piss off, flattard.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 9 месяцев назад

      @@MrDaiseymay

  • @abacus749
    @abacus749 Год назад +2

    3.37mins Armstrong timed 'the appearance of the lunar landmarks from his view out the window,' ....using the checklist he made before they left home. I must be certifiably mad to think that this is truly unbeliebeable.

  • @sharondavid-melly1498
    @sharondavid-melly1498 9 месяцев назад +2

    Loved this, thank you 🇺🇸👍

  • @mortenpetersen8888
    @mortenpetersen8888 2 месяца назад +1

    13 minuts to the moon is a fantastic podcast from BBC 💪😃

  • @jmua8450
    @jmua8450 Год назад +37

    Greatest achievement of mankind. Still amazing.

    • @user-by7jv6qd7x
      @user-by7jv6qd7x 11 месяцев назад +5

      just a cheap piece of sci fi

    • @user-bq3hq8sq9l
      @user-bq3hq8sq9l 10 месяцев назад

      Moon landing was fake

    • @MelioraCogito
      @MelioraCogito 10 месяцев назад

      @@user-by7jv6qd7x Okay, flattard… what ever you say.

    • @boutek
      @boutek 10 месяцев назад +1

      That would be microchip

    • @lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356
      @lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356 10 месяцев назад

      No one has and never will go to the moon in this dimension

  • @beatlejim64
    @beatlejim64 10 месяцев назад +5

    One of THE greatest moments in world history...I was 14...and we stayed up all night watching Walter Cronkite. A moment I'll never forget!

    • @BrandonBiden69
      @BrandonBiden69 10 месяцев назад

      This was done in a movie studio set. We never have been to the moon. Go do some research.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 9 месяцев назад

      @@BrandonBiden69

  • @mozer1713
    @mozer1713 9 месяцев назад

    Awesome video, I didn’t know it was 6 hours before they left the module!

  • @jamesmchugo9422
    @jamesmchugo9422 10 месяцев назад

    Watched it as it happened. Those last few seconds the whole world held its breath.

  • @budjordan3803
    @budjordan3803 10 месяцев назад +6

    Camera man is legendary for staying behind to get that last shot😂

    • @Tim22222
      @Tim22222 10 месяцев назад +3

      ha ha never heard THAT one 🙄

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 9 месяцев назад

      What?

    • @loubaker6861
      @loubaker6861 9 месяцев назад

      yeah that was a beaut. is it really 250 degrees on the sunny side of the moon?

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@loubaker6861 At noon on the lunar equator, yes, temperature reaches +100 C. But Apollo missions landed during lunar morning when temperature is +40 to +50 C.

  • @3321far
    @3321far 10 месяцев назад +3

    I was 4 and a half when this happened. We were visiting my grandmother in Sweden. My Dad woke the whole house at 3 in morning to watch this. My mother kept telling me I would ruin my eyes because my nose was two inches from the set. Great day.

  • @randyharmon280
    @randyharmon280 Год назад +2

    I remember. 8 years old.
    Entire family with us .. watching.
    I remember wishing Walter Cronkite would stop talking so we could listen to the important people and what they were saying. 😂

  • @TheirFinestHour
    @TheirFinestHour Год назад +3

    Still gets me every time

  • @mikegmnorris3335
    @mikegmnorris3335 3 года назад +22

    Fabuous reenactment with contemporary voices of the back room engineers, the controllers, and the astronauts. A great tribute to the 400,000 people who made this happen. Thank you Kevin and all the BBC WOrld Service team - and all who helped them,

    • @BBCWorldService
      @BBCWorldService  3 года назад +2

      Thank you so much - we're delighted you enjoyed the video. And you can check out season 2 of the podcast here: ruclips.net/p/PLz_B0PFGIn4daEaUX-8ZJHv40rGAINzFy

    • @mikegmnorris3335
      @mikegmnorris3335 3 года назад +2

      @@BBCWorldService Announcements on BBC World Service led me first to Season 2. Absolutely gripping with the tension rising when Kevin's Covid19 duties held up the last podcast. Season 3 please, please.

    • @meltingfeminist3115
      @meltingfeminist3115 3 года назад

      so.. this is not the real thing? (a reenactment?)

    • @Tim22222
      @Tim22222 2 года назад +6

      Not a reenactment. It's the actual audio from the mission.

    • @postergmail6202
      @postergmail6202 Год назад +3

      Mike GM is confused.

  • @davidellis7695
    @davidellis7695 Год назад +4

    I knew many of the LEM designers from Grumman and they all said that every gram of weight was critical.

  • @lanesaarloos281
    @lanesaarloos281 Год назад +2

    Summer vacation.Senior year in HS growing up. Neighbor friend and I scheduled our weekend motorcycle ride on our Hondas to catch this landing.
    Can't believe I'm scheduling motorcycle rides to catch Falcon 9 and now Starship launches.

  • @MrPlankinton
    @MrPlankinton Год назад +2

    I was 12 yrs old. I knew I wouldn't see them but I still ran outside to look up at the moon because there were men there looking back.

  • @akathecops
    @akathecops Год назад +5

    I was 10 when they landed. Not one kid over the age of 2 in our neighborhood was in the street outside. In the summer time where i lived we never went home until 9. That was the only exception to that rule. I’ll never forget than moment.

  • @lealoo6287
    @lealoo6287 10 месяцев назад +3

    My whole school stopped everything and watched this in the gym. I was 11ys old and just amazed at the thought of going into space and traveling to the moon. When I heard the conspiracy theory that this was faked, I was just flabbergasted. How on earth could you believe we spent all the time, effort and money, just to fool the Russians?

  • @ronalddesiderio7625
    @ronalddesiderio7625 Год назад +1

    I was 8 we were at my aunt Cora’s on Long Island NY. RIP Aunt Cora 😊

  • @prasadnilugal4691
    @prasadnilugal4691 Год назад

    Super , fantastic well done BBC , Love BBC world Service .

  • @sebacodpy6983
    @sebacodpy6983 3 года назад +5

    Brilliant

  • @starpartyguy5605
    @starpartyguy5605 Год назад +3

    The final words, The Eagle has landed, still send a thrill through my bones.
    Now, If anyone cares to watch Apple TV's For all Mankind, the landing did not go like that...

    • @rockwithyou2006
      @rockwithyou2006 7 месяцев назад

      Thanks, I just watched that apple TVs for all mankind bullsh*t, all that fake drama of such a historic moment and the bad acting. Cringe.

  • @johnpaulmierz6978
    @johnpaulmierz6978 5 месяцев назад

    I tell my grandchildren about going to the Moon and what mankind is capable of. And I tell them for four short years this was mankind at his finest.

  • @99fulham99
    @99fulham99 Год назад +1

    I found this narrative very moving

  • @jessebeckwith3446
    @jessebeckwith3446 4 года назад +8

    Both seasons of the podcast are so good!

  • @nuclearcasserole
    @nuclearcasserole Год назад +15

    most humans have no idea how dangerous this was

    • @johntomik4632
      @johntomik4632 Год назад +3

      Only aliens really understand

    • @WHATISTRUTHTV
      @WHATISTRUTHTV Год назад +2

      Kubrick may have had a hand in giving out the illusion... 😂

    • @nuclearcasserole
      @nuclearcasserole Год назад

      @@WHATISTRUTHTV the pressurized oxygen between the vehicles when seperated caused the lander to travel almost 20 feet per second faster than expected

    • @montythebugman6308
      @montythebugman6308 Год назад +1

      @nuclearcasserole
      You're wasting your time responding to that goober. He thinks the whole thing - NASA, the space programs, moon landings - it's all a hoax. He suffers from conspiratorial ideation. He should be pitied and then dismissed.

    • @WHATISTRUTHTV
      @WHATISTRUTHTV Год назад

      @@montythebugman6308 lol if you are so sure about your position, and I am just an idiot.... come on my show , pls. Embarrass me in front of my audience. Wouldn't it be to everyone's benefit?

  • @boatingforbeginners7949
    @boatingforbeginners7949 9 месяцев назад

    All 3 of them should have statues in every country as inspiration to all of what can be achieved if you work hard enough to achieve it !

  • @dass55436
    @dass55436 9 месяцев назад

    Absolutely stunning indeed.

  • @errolfellows409
    @errolfellows409 Год назад +3

    DAMN! I sat here, headphones on, eyes and ears riveted. Heroes.

  • @David-lb4te
    @David-lb4te 3 года назад +24

    One of the greatest moments of human endeavour.

    • @GT380man
      @GT380man Год назад +3

      Sure. Just not in the way you think.

    • @tomerbauer
      @tomerbauer Год назад +3

      THE greatest imo. The one that most exemplifies our progress from seeing the moon as a mythological deity in the night sky to something a human can stand on.

    • @narajuna
      @narajuna Год назад

      APOLLO?

    • @marashdemnika5833
      @marashdemnika5833 Год назад

      Yes

    • @abc456f
      @abc456f Год назад

      ​@@tomerbauer Agreed.

  • @oceanic8424
    @oceanic8424 Год назад +1

    The final outside-the-window video sequence shown here is not in sync with the audio track. There are other YT videos where the synchronization is spot on.

  • @mikeyoung9810
    @mikeyoung9810 Год назад

    I was 14 and glued to the television but I wasn't aware of how dangerous it all was.

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 Год назад

      I was 12 and was also glued to the television. Fortunately my dad had some solvent and he managed to get me off.

  • @robertmcintire9776
    @robertmcintire9776 2 года назад +12

    Neil
    Armstrong and
    Edwin
    Aldrin,
    Jr.were the first
    American astronauts to leave their footprints on the lunar surface.

    • @AndrewBurong
      @AndrewBurong 11 месяцев назад

      on the Nevada State Desert

    • @MelioraCogito
      @MelioraCogito 10 месяцев назад

      @@AndrewBurong JFC… the flattards are all out for this one, aren't they?

    • @jelink22
      @jelink22 9 месяцев назад

      Yeah, the Russians have been claiming that for years................oh wait.........

    • @rockwithyou2006
      @rockwithyou2006 7 месяцев назад

      @@AndrewBurong 🤣

  • @SonatasysInc
    @SonatasysInc Год назад +2

    BALLS OF STEEL

  • @talonhaskins5333
    @talonhaskins5333 10 месяцев назад

    Crazy how everyone remembers this like it was yesterday. It's the same EXACT way I remember 9/11.

  • @bobbybooshay8641
    @bobbybooshay8641 Год назад +1

    There is a transcript of the entire mission and a video as well readily available on the internet. Not hard to find.

  • @UKsoldier45
    @UKsoldier45 Год назад +3

    Excellent service from the BBC. This is before they just lost it!!

    • @TheJonnyzeus
      @TheJonnyzeus Год назад +1

      This programme was produced in 2019…..

  • @paulohagan3309
    @paulohagan3309 Год назад +3

    BTW apparently the lunar module on Apollo 10 was underfueled ... just to make sure the crew didn't suddenly try to go for glory ...😄😄

    • @Tim22222
      @Tim22222 Год назад +1

      True! But the real reason was that Snoopy was overweight & they wanted it to have the same mass as Eagle would so they had to cut some of the fuel to compensate.

  • @prashanthb6521
    @prashanthb6521 Год назад +2

    It is these men who push humanity forward.

  • @dan797
    @dan797 8 месяцев назад +2

    The night the world watched and we were all one- For a few moments , at least