Apollo 11: the inside story

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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, David Whitehouse brings you the inside story of the astronauts, NASA engineers and political rivals that brought an end to the Space Race.;Prologue -- The spoils of war -- Object D -- The past and the future -- Gagarin -- Mare cognitum -- 'Before this decade is out' -- The judgement of Cape Flight -- A fair solar wind -- 'I wanted to beat the Russians, I didn't like the Russians' -- Plugs out -- Apollo is faltering -- A minor mutiny -- 'You have bailed out 1968' -- A foreign and hostile environment -- 'The greatest week in the history of the world' -- 'Houston, we've got a problem' -- The long goodbye -- The melancholy of all things done. Prologue -- The spoils of war -- Object D -- The past and the future -- Gagarin -- Mare cognitum -- 'Before this decade is out' -- The judgement of Cape Flight -- A fair solar wind -- 'I wanted to beat the Russians, I didn't like the Russians' -- Plugs out -- Apollo is faltering -- A minor mutiny -- 'You have bailed out 1968' -- A foreign and hostile environment -- 'The greatest week in the history of the world' -- 'Houston, we've got a problem' -- The long goodbye -- The melancholy of all things done.