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A Meteorite Hits Ann Hodges

November 30, 1954. At about 12:45 in the afternoon, a space rock comes plummeting through the roof of a house in Sylacauga, Alabama. It bounces off a stand-up radio, ricochets around the living room, and collides with the thigh of Mrs. Ann Hodges, who’s been napping on the couch. ... Show More

37m 23s

Nov 17

Ken Burns Reimagines the American Revolution | A Conversation with Ken Burns & Sarah Botstein

November 16, 1776. George Washington rows toward Manhattan to inspect the fort that bears his name, only to meet a full-scale British assault already underway. By afternoon, Fort Washington has fallen, and General Washington is forced to abandon New York City. The Continental A ... Show More

38m 45s

Nov 10

The Grinnell 14 Take On the Bomb (feat. Peter Coyote)

November 16, 1961. Fourteen college students from Iowa have driven nearly a thousand miles to the White House. They’re fasting, protesting, and calling for an end to nuclear bomb testing. These students, later known as the Grinnell 14, will help ignite the student peace movement ... Show More

27m 56s

Jul 2023

Apollo 13 | "Houston, We’ve Had a Problem." | 1

<p>On April 11th, 1970, NASA launched Apollo 13, its third manned mission to the Moon. But two days into its journey, an explosion wiped out a major source of oxygen, limiting the ship’s water and power supplies. The three astronauts onboard found themselves stranded in a cripple ... Show More

48m 38s

Feb 2022

Apollo 13

April 13th, 1970. 200,000 miles from Earth, three astronauts are approaching lunar orbit when they hear a noise. Deep in the spacecraft, a tiny wiring fault has caused an entire oxygen tank to explode. Now, it’s a race against time to save the lives of the crew of Apollo 13. It c ... Show More

56m 42s

Aug 2023

Apollo 13 | A Flight Director Remembers | 6

<p>Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert went through the ordeal of their lives on the Apollo 13 Mission. But the people manning Houston’s Mission Control faced their own challenges as they figured out how to bring the astronauts home safe. Former NASA Flight Director Gerry Gri ... Show More

34 m

May 2022

Apollo 11

Cet épisode de Crousti-History est consacré à Apollo 11. - C’est qui ? Le 11e dieu de la beauté ? Dans les années 60, les États-Unis et l’URSS se chamaillent (vous connaissez l’histoire…) et la conquête spatiale devient une compétition. Kennedy crée donc la NASA, une agence spati ... Show More

2m 52s

Jul 2019

Episode #91- Why Deny the Moon Landings? (Part I)

As we near the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission many have started to reflect on the legacy of the moon landings. However, in 2019 it's hard to discuss this amazing human achievement without mentioning that it has also been the subject of one of the most tenacious and wid ... Show More

54m 31s

Apr 2020

Apollo 13: The drama that gripped the world

<p>50 years since the Apollo 13 mission, how millions of TV viewers followed the famous rescue of the three NASA astronauts. Also, the women who led the way in America’s space programme by spending two weeks under water and what happened when Skylab crashed to Earth in 1979. Plus ... Show More

51m 47s

Jul 2019

The Apollo Missions Pt. 1: Space Lights

During the summer of 1969, the Apollo 10 lunar mission orbited the dark side of the moon encountered unfamiliar signals coming from the moon's surface. After the famed Apollo 11 moon landing later that summer, word began to spread that the astronauts had encountered something ali ... Show More

44m 54s

Feb 2020

July 24, 1969 / Red Planet or Bust!

Apollo 11 rides a fireball back through Earth’s atmosphere before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. Why, after forever changing the course of human history, did we stop going to the Moon, and what, 50 years later, is NASA and the private sector planning for humanity’s next gia ... Show More

53m 30s

"Houston We’ve Had a Problem”