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Apollo 13 (1970) - Six Minutes of Fire

Apollo 13 (1970) - Six Minutes of Fire

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 Alexandra Reeves guides listeners through the harrowing final chapter of the Apollo 13 mission—the six-minute radio blackout during reentry when Mission Control fell silent, uncertain whether the heat shield damaged by the explosion would hold as the spacecraft plunged through 2,000-degree temperatures at nearly 25,000 miles per hour. This gripping episode examines the physics of atmospheric reentry, the improvised guidance alignment using the Sun and Moon, and the unprecedented cold power-up of a frozen spacecraft, while capturing the unbearable tension of those 200 engineers waiting through static as seconds stretched into minutes beyond expected blackout duration.

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