9 Days in July
9 Days in July
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Nine Days in July is a new podcast documentary series that explores each of the nine days of the Apollo 11 Mission, day by day, in nine 60-minute-long episodes. While telling the story of the mission to the moon as it occurs, we also spin back, and spin out, into stories about Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins, NASA, the Space Race, and the history of the world-at-large during those 9 Days in July.
July 24, 1969 / Red Planet or Bust!
Why, after forever changing the course of human history, did we stop going to the Moon?
Feb 6, 2020
53 min
July 23, 1969 / The Dark Side of the Moon
For one crew-member, in particular, walking on the Moon very nearly destroyed him.
Jan 30, 2020
48 min
July 22, 1969 / The Eagle and The Bear
As Apollo 11 races back home, we give you a front row seat to an epic showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Jan 23, 2020
47 min
July 22, 1969 / The Eagle and The Bear
As Apollo 11 races back home, we give you a front row seat to an epic showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union, as they use the Space Race to wage the Cold War. One thing will become abundantly clear—America wouldn’t have beaten the Russians without a lot of help from the Nazis. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Jan 23, 2020
50 min
July 21, 1969 / Lunatics
The Lunar Module is crippled, and its ability to get off the Moon is in doubt.
Jan 16, 2020
43 min
July 20, 1969 / “The Eagle Has Landed!”
Today is the day humans attempt to change history by stepping foot on another world.
Jan 9, 2020
48 min
July 19, 1969 / “Happy, Proud, and Thrilled”
Apollo 11 undertakes a series of intricate maneuvers to get into orbit around the Moon.
Jan 2, 2020
40 min
July 18, 1969 / “Hungry Kids Can’t Eat Moon Rocks”
We look at how America built Apollo, and why, believe it or not, most Americans did not want us to go to the Moon.
Dec 26, 2019
47 min
July 17, 1969 / The Dream Team
We jump back in time to learn who Neil, Buzz, and Michael are.
Dec 19, 2019
43 min
July 16, 1969 / “We Have Liftoff!”
Take a ride with us on the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever created—the Saturn V.
Dec 12, 2019
43 min
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