13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle

By BBC World Service

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Subscribers: 6027
Reviews: 82
Episodes: 36

D.R.
 Aug 19, 2025
I liked seasons 1 and 2. Those were technically saturated to make them informative. But season 3 so far is kinda meh in presentation and information. It feels like a bedtime story for 9 y.o. Plus the narration is hard to understand at times. There are good voices for radio, and some voices are not good for radio. I hope next seasons will be less about heroics


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Tristan Dolze
 Aug 10, 2024
Fantastic!

nathan
 Jun 15, 2024
this is my favourite podcast


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Serena
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another season please!
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Mat
 Apr 8, 2021
The gold standard for podcasts.


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JB
 Mar 28, 2021
Absolutely fantastic! Gripping, eye-opening and wonderfully written and presented by Kevin Fong. I'm so glad I found it!


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Izzy
 Nov 4, 2020
Absolutely brilliant. Got thoroughly hooked and am really quite sad that I'm all caught up now. Honestly hope the team do a third series, because the last 2 have been gripping and have provided such a fantastic insight. Cannot recommend enough!!!

Description

Epic space stories. From the first Moon landing, to Apollo 13, to the Space Shuttle. Told by the people who made them happen.

NEW: Season 3: The Space Shuttle. A sci-fi dream that changed spaceflight forever. From the boldest test flight in history to one of Nasa’s darkest days – the Challenger disaster. Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock tells the awe-inspiring story of the programme that brought triumph and tragedy. Some scenes in this series use recreated sound effects.

Season 2: Apollo 13. Apollo 13 should have been the third Moon landing, but after an explosion, it almost ended in tragedy. Told by the people who flew it and saved it. Presented and co-written by Kevin Fong.

Season 1: 13 Minutes to the Moon. The first Moon landing. In the final dramatic 13-minute descent to the Moon, the Apollo 11 mission came close to going badly wrong. Communication was breaking down, technology was failing and fuel was running out. This is the story of how the first Moon landing was saved. Presented by Kevin Fong.

13 Minutes is produced by the BBC Audio Science Unit for the BBC World Service.

Season 3 theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg and produced by Russell Emanuel, for Bleeding Fingers Music.


Episode Date
The Space Shuttle: 8. A major malfunction
Sep 01, 2025
The Space Shuttle: 7. Teacher in space
Aug 25, 2025
The Space Shuttle: 6. Satellite for sale
Aug 18, 2025
The Space Shuttle: 5. Space truck
Aug 11, 2025
The Space Shuttle: 4. The 35 new guys
Aug 04, 2025
The Space Shuttle: 3. Glass rocket
Jul 28, 2025
The Space Shuttle: 2. The greatest test flight
Jul 21, 2025
The Space Shuttle: 1. The spaceplane
Jul 14, 2025
Introducing: The Space Shuttle
Jun 25, 2025
Apollo 13: 7. Resurrection
Jun 07, 2020
Apollo 13: Bonus 2. John Aaron
Apr 16, 2020
Apollo 13: Bonus 1. Jim Lovell
Apr 14, 2020
Apollo 13: 6. Earth in view
Apr 12, 2020
Apollo 13: 5. Life support
Apr 05, 2020
Apollo 13: 4. Power brokers
Mar 29, 2020
Apollo 13: 3. Lifeboat
Mar 23, 2020
Apollo 13: 2. Death of the Odyssey
Mar 16, 2020
Apollo 13: 1. Time bomb
Mar 09, 2020
Apollo 13: Trailer, The Countdown
Feb 19, 2020
13 Minutes to the Moon: Bonus - The making of the music
Dec 23, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: 12. Live from Houston
Jul 19, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: 11. The 13 minutes
Jul 14, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: 10. ‘For all mankind’
Jul 14, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: 9. Tranquility Base
Jul 07, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: 8. ‘We’re go for powered descent’
Jun 30, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: 7. Michael Collins: The third man
Jun 23, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: 6. Saving 1968
Jun 16, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: 5. The fourth astronaut
Jun 09, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: 4. Fire to the Phoenix
Jun 02, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: 3. Long Island Eagle
May 26, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: 2. Kids in control
May 19, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: 1. ‘We choose to go’, Apollo 11
May 12, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 1
Apr 29, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 2
Apr 26, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 3
Apr 22, 2019
13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 4
Apr 12, 2019