Season 2: The Apollo 13 story
Apollo 13: the extraordinary story, told by the people who flew it and saved it
1. Time bomb—Apollo 13
Nasa’s third mission to land astronauts on the Moon almost ends in tragedy
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2. Death of the Odyssey—Apollo 13
Mission control scrambles to diagnose disaster. The astronauts face desperate action
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3. Lifeboat—Apollo 13
The Apollo astronauts escape to the lunar module. Can Nasa help the space crew survive?
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4. Power brokers—Apollo 13
The astronauts freeze in darkness. Can Nasa find a way to bring them to Earth safely?
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5. Life support—Apollo 13
Nasa help Apollo 13’s cold, exhausted crew survive deadly CO2 levels in the spacecraft
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6. Earth in view—Apollo 13
Apollo 13 goes off course. With no computer, the astronauts rely on their flying skills
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7. Resurrection—Apollo 13
Can the Apollo 13 astronauts survive the dangers of re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere?
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Bonus 1. Jim Lovell—Apollo 13
Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell talks to Kevin Fong about the doomed Nasa mission
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Bonus 2. John Aaron—Apollo 13
Nasa flight controller John Aaron talks to Kevin Fong about the ill-fated Apollo mission
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What went wrong with Apollo 13?
Apollo 13 should've been Nasa's third Moon landing - what went wrong?
Apollo 13: One family's agony and triumph
In 1970, the Lovells watched their husband and father blast off on an ill-fated mission
Apollo 13: Deadly DIY in space—Apollo 13, 5. Life support
An explosion forces the astronauts to build makeshift CO2 adaptors to avoid suffocation
Apollo 13: The silence in the blackout
Apollo 13: The silence in the blackout from those who were there
