{"id":152,"date":"2023-08-26T13:09:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T17:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2023-08-26T15:13:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T19:13:45","slug":"the-apollo-11-moon-landing-in-1969","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/the-apollo-11-moon-landing-in-1969\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo 11 Moon Landing (1969)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-170\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-240x101.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-240x101.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-400x168.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-160x67.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-1536x645.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-2048x860.png 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-360x151.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><br \/>\nApollo space craft instrument panel. The green numeric display and keypad (see enlarged image below) are the interface of the world&#8217;s first portable computer for flight navigation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Podcast<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/w3csz4dj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ep.01 \u2018We choose to go\u2019<\/a>: With no idea how to get there, the race to the moon begins \u2013 &#8220;we intend to win&#8221;. To understand how the story ends, we need to start at the very beginning.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/w3csz4dk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ep.02 Kids in control<\/a>: The unsung heroes who saved the day. &#8220;Here\u2019s some 26-year-old kid, who could stop the lunar mission.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/w3csz4dl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ep.03 Long Island Eagle<\/a>: Ugly, angry, with four legs and wrapped in gold: it was a spacecraft like nothing on Earth.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/w3csz4dm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ep.04 Fire to the Phoenix<\/a>: &#8220;You heard \u2018fire\u2019. Then you heard a scream.&#8221; The Apollo 1 tragedy and what happened 21 months later \u2013 Apollo\u2019s first successful manned mission into Earth\u2019s orbit.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/w3csz4dn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ep.05 The fourth astronaut<\/a>: The computer that got us to the moon. The size of a briefcase, there had never been anything like it. Apollo 11 was \u201cthe first time software ran on the moon\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/w3csz4dp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ep.06 Saving 1968:<\/a> War, riots, assassinations: &#8220;the year that shattered America\u201d. And then NASA took the biggest risk in its history, with Apollo 8.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/w3csz4dq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ep.07 Michael Collins &#8211; Third man<\/a>: Without the astronaut who didn\u2019t step on the moon, Apollo 11 wouldn\u2019t have succeeded. Michael Collins was in lunar orbit, playing a crucial role. This is his story.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/p07fgvq2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ep.08 \u2018We\u2019re go for powered descent\u2019<\/a>: The 13 minutes begin. Eagle is going too fast. There are communications problems. We have met the people and heard about the technology, now the descent is underway.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/w3csz4ds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ep.09 Tranquility Base<\/a>: We are five and a half minutes to the moon. Tension goes \u201cthrough the roof\u201d. Neil Armstrong takes control and the fuel starts to run out.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/p07grjp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ep.10 \u2018For all mankind\u2019<\/a>: History as it happened, explained. Kevin Fong guides us through the descent to the Moon from start to finish, using Capcom Charlie Duke\u2019s communication loop, from NASA&#8217;s archive.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/p07grkvh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ep.11 The 13 minutes<\/a>: History as it happened, uninterrupted: every word, every crackle, the tension and triumph. Hear how Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to reach the Moon. This is NASA\u2019s archive recording of Capcom Charlie Duke\u2019s communications loop from 20 July 1969.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/w3csz534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ep.12 Live from Houston<\/a>: \u201cWe choose to go.\u201d The season finale comes from where JFK made his famous Moon speech. We reflect on one of the greatest achievements in human history.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p07h3h08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apollo 11 &#8211; The final 13 minutes that took humans to the Moon<\/a>: The minutes before landing were tense, as fuel ran low and connections frequently dropped out between the Lunar Module Eagle and mission control. Relive the tense moments as Neil Armstrong manually piloted Eagle towards the surface of the Moon.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-174\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-zoom-240x139.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-zoom-240x139.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-zoom-400x231.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-zoom-160x92.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-zoom-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-zoom-360x208.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/dehne\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apollo-control-panel-zoom.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apollo space craft instrument panel. 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