13 Minutes to the Moon

13 Minutes to the Moon: 6. Saving 1968

Nasa astronauts circle the Moon as America is rocked by war, assassinations and riots

• 46 mins

13 Minutes to the Moon

13 Minutes to the Moon: 7. Michael Collins: The third man

The story of Michael Collins, the third Apollo astronaut in Nasa’s historic spaceflight

• 41 mins

13 Minutes to the Moon

13 Minutes to the Moon: 8. ‘We’re go for powered descent’

The final 13-minute descent to the Moon begins, and it’s all going wrong for Apollo 11

• 41 mins

13 Minutes to the Moon

13 Minutes to the Moon: 9. Tranquility Base

Apollo 11’s mission is on the edge of failure, minutes away from the Moon landing

• 38 mins

13 Minutes to the Moon

13 Minutes to the Moon: 10. ‘For all mankind’

The epic story of the final 13 minutes of the Apollo Moon landing

• 46 mins

13 Minutes to the Moon

13 Minutes to the Moon: 11. The 13 minutes

Nasa archive audio of the astronauts as they make the historic Moon landing

• 18 mins

13 Minutes to the Moon

13 Minutes to the Moon: 12. Live from Houston

Ffity years after the Moon landing, space experts consider a return to the lunar surface

• 59 mins

13 Minutes to the Moon

13 Minutes to the Moon: Bonus - The making of the music

A special episode with award winning composer, Hans Zimmer, talking about music and space

• 21 mins

Apollo 13

Apollo 13: Trailer, The Countdown

Jump on-board a doomed mission to the Moon. Apollo 13: the extraordinary story

• 3 mins

Apollo 13

Apollo 13: 1. Time bomb

Nasa’s third mission to land astronauts on the Moon almost ends in tragedy

• 43 mins

Apollo 13

Apollo 13: 2. Death of the Odyssey

Mission control scrambles to diagnose disaster. The astronauts face desperate action

• 45 mins

Apollo 13

Apollo 13: 3. Lifeboat

The Apollo astronauts escape to the lunar module. Can Nasa help the space crew survive?

• 44 mins

Apollo 13

Apollo 13: 4. Power brokers

The astronauts freeze in darkness. Can Nasa find a way to bring them to Earth safely?

• 45 mins

Apollo 13

Apollo 13: 5. Life support

Nasa help Apollo 13’s cold, exhausted crew survive deadly CO2 levels in the spacecraft

• 34 mins

Apollo 13

Apollo 13: Bonus 1. Jim Lovell

Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell talks to Kevin Fong about the doomed Nasa mission

• 41 mins

Apollo 13

Apollo 13: 6. Earth in view

Apollo 13 goes off course. With no computer, the astronauts rely on their flying skills

• 31 mins

Apollo 13

Apollo 13: Bonus 2. John Aaron

Nasa flight controller John Aaron talks to Kevin Fong about the ill-fated Apollo mission

• 39 mins

Apollo 13

Apollo 13: 7. Resurrection

Can the Apollo 13 astronauts survive the dangers of re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere?

• 60 mins

The Space Shuttle

Introducing: The Space Shuttle

To launch like a rocket and land like a plane. The space shuttle: A dream became reality

• 3 mins

The Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle: 1. The spaceplane

Can Nasa build the most complex flying machine in space history?

• 44 mins

The Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle: 2. The greatest test flight

The astronauts count down to flying a brand-new spacecraft for the very first time

• 43 mins

The Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle: 3. Glass rocket

Columbia reaches orbit but the shuttle has been damaged – can they make it home safely?

• 46 mins

The Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle: 4. The 35 new guys

Nasa recruits women and ethnic minorities as astronauts for the first time

• 43 mins

The Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle: 5. Space truck

President Reagan declares the shuttle open for business. Then a satellite goes missing

• 44 mins

The Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle: 6. Satellite for sale

Can the crew rescue the million-dollar space satellite lost in orbit?

• 45 mins

The Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle: 7. Teacher in space

Nasa needs to kick-start new interest in the shuttle. How about a classroom recruit?

• 44 mins

The Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle: 8. A major malfunction

The Challenger tragedy shocks a nation. But could it have been prevented?

• 51 mins

The Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle: 9. What is it all for?

Is human spaceflight worth the risk? After the disaster come tough questions.

• 39 mins

The Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle: 10. Return to flight

The space shuttle is back – and they’re ready for lift off

• 33 mins