16–24 July 1969

Apollo 11

One small step

Everyone remembers nine words. Almost nobody has heard the rest of it: hundreds of hours of flat, courteous, technical conversation between Houston and three men going further away than anyone had ever gone, punctuated by the twelve seconds of the 1202 alarm and the moment Aldrin starts calling out descent rates because Armstrong is too busy flying to look. We carry NASA's onboard reels — the crew talking to each other rather than to the ground — alongside the full air-to-ground tapes, and then the broadcast versions the world actually heard in 1969.

123 recordings · 5 broadcasters

Who carried it

NASA Manned Spacecraft Center103Time-Life Records12NASA onboard recorder5NBC News2NASA syndication1

Sunday, 20 July 1969

Apollo 11

Onboard audio highlight 1

20 Jul 1969 · 5 min

NASA's own onboard tape from inside the spacecraft — the crew talking to each other rather than to Houston. Public domain (NASA).

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Onboard audio highlight 2

20 Jul 1969 · 11 min

NASA's own onboard tape from inside the spacecraft — the crew talking to each other rather than to Houston. Public domain (NASA).

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Onboard audio highlight 3

20 Jul 1969 · 15 min

NASA's own onboard tape from inside the spacecraft — the crew talking to each other rather than to Houston. Public domain (NASA).

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Onboard audio highlight 4

20 Jul 1969 · 4 min

NASA's own onboard tape from inside the spacecraft — the crew talking to each other rather than to Houston. Public domain (NASA).

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Onboard audio highlight 5

20 Jul 1969 · 12 min

NASA's own onboard tape from inside the spacecraft — the crew talking to each other rather than to Houston. Public domain (NASA).

Thursday, 24 July 1969

Apollo 11

Man on the Moon: the flight of Apollo 11 — side 1

24 Jul 1969 · 25 min

NBC News's documentary record of the mission, issued on disc in 1969.

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Man on the Moon: the flight of Apollo 11 — side 2

24 Jul 1969 · 28 min

NBC News's documentary record of the mission, issued on disc in 1969.

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To the Moon — part 1

24 Jul 1969 · 28 min

Time-Life Records' twelve-part documentary of the flight, compiled from network and NASA actuality in 1969.

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To the Moon — part 2

24 Jul 1969 · 26 min

Time-Life Records' twelve-part documentary of the flight, compiled from network and NASA actuality in 1969.

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To the Moon — part 3

24 Jul 1969 · 26 min

Time-Life Records' twelve-part documentary of the flight, compiled from network and NASA actuality in 1969.

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To the Moon — part 4

24 Jul 1969 · 28 min

Time-Life Records' twelve-part documentary of the flight, compiled from network and NASA actuality in 1969.

Apollo 11

To the Moon — part 5

24 Jul 1969 · 28 min

Time-Life Records' twelve-part documentary of the flight, compiled from network and NASA actuality in 1969.

Apollo 11

To the Moon — part 6

24 Jul 1969 · 27 min

Time-Life Records' twelve-part documentary of the flight, compiled from network and NASA actuality in 1969.

Apollo 11

To the Moon — part 7

24 Jul 1969 · 28 min

Time-Life Records' twelve-part documentary of the flight, compiled from network and NASA actuality in 1969.

Apollo 11

To the Moon — part 8

24 Jul 1969 · 28 min

Time-Life Records' twelve-part documentary of the flight, compiled from network and NASA actuality in 1969.

Apollo 11

To the Moon — part 9

24 Jul 1969 · 27 min

Time-Life Records' twelve-part documentary of the flight, compiled from network and NASA actuality in 1969.

Apollo 11

To the Moon — part 10

24 Jul 1969 · 25 min

Time-Life Records' twelve-part documentary of the flight, compiled from network and NASA actuality in 1969.

Apollo 11

To the Moon — part 11

24 Jul 1969 · 27 min

Time-Life Records' twelve-part documentary of the flight, compiled from network and NASA actuality in 1969.

Apollo 11

To the Moon — part 12

24 Jul 1969 · 28 min

Time-Life Records' twelve-part documentary of the flight, compiled from network and NASA actuality in 1969.

Sunday, 22 July 1984

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NASA Space Story: Apollo 11, an anniversary programme

22 Jul 1984 · 20 min

NASA's own syndicated anniversary programme, built from mission audio. Public domain (NASA).