Ep.09 Tranquility Base
We are five and a half minutes to the moon. Tension goes 鈥渢hrough the roof鈥�. Neil Armstrong takes control and the fuel starts to run out.
We are five and a half minutes to the moon. Tension goes 鈥渢hrough the roof鈥�. Neil Armstrong takes control and the fuel starts to run out. In Mission Control, flight controllers count down to 60 seconds of fuel remaining 鈥� and then 30 seconds鈥� With Kevin Fong.
Starring:
Steve Bales
Charlie Duke
Gerry Griffin
Courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project:
Neil Armstrong
Gene Kranz
Jack Garman
Bob Carlton
Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music
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