Description
History as it happened, explained. Kevin Fong guides us through the descent to the Moon from start to finish, using Capcom Charlie Duke’s communications loop, from Nasa’s archive.
And we hear memories and reflections on Apollo 11 from:
Charlie Duke
Poppy Northcutt
John Aaron
Jim Lovell
Margaret Hamilton
George Abbey
Michael Collins
Bill Carpentier
Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music
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