Apollo 11: The final 13 minutes to the Moon - BBC World Service, 13 Minutes to the Moon podcast
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Published 2020-02-17
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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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All Comments (21)
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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.
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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."
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Magnificent. In 1969 I watched this in a pub in Melbourne Australia.
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A thousand years from now the 20th century will be remembered for two sentences. Tranquility base here. The eagle has landed.
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I remembered every second of it. In the middle of the night in the Netherlands as a 13-year-old kid.
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I love the absolute intensity of the support staff.
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I was eleven....Watched it in black and white like the whole world. Incredible achievement for the time.
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Mans greatest acheivment carried out with 4 Omega Speedmaster watches and a computer with the power of a pocket calculator.TRue heroes ,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"30 seconds (of fuel left)". Neil Armstrong's voice didn't even shake. Makes you proud to be human.
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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.
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Mr gk pathutu vanthingala🔥
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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.
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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.
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A bazilion bazillion thumbs up. I was 6 years old and glued to the TV.
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My father wrote the life signs telemetry for these missions. NASA/Lockheed. Thank you for this video.
