Apollo 13: The drama that gripped the world
50 years since the near disaster on the Apollo 13 mission to the Moon.
The History Hour · BBC World Service
April 18, 202051m 47s
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Show Notes
50 years since the Apollo 13 mission, how millions of TV viewers followed the famous rescue of the three NASA astronauts. Also, the women who led the way in America’s space programme by spending two weeks under water and what happened when Skylab crashed to Earth in 1979. Plus, a collision on board the Mir space station in 1997 and the last men on the Moon.
PHOTO: The crew of Apollo 13 after their rescue (Getty Images)