As Apollo 11 undertakes a series of intricate maneuvers to get into orbit around the Moon, we look at how the Apollo astronauts and the flight controllers in Mission Control trained for the Moon, and the painful toll their jobs—and the withering media spotlight—took on their families.

 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

<p>As Apollo 11 undertakes a series of intricate maneuvers to get into orbit around the Moon, we look at how the Apollo astronauts and the flight controllers in Mission Control trained for the Moon, and the painful toll their jobs—and the withering media spotlight—took on their families.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

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.

9 Days in July

Apollo 11 undertakes a series of intricate maneuvers to get into orbit around the Moon.

July 19, 1969 / “Happy, Proud, and Thrilled”

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/16fd83a8-c0ba-41f7-850d-ae2e0038e670/transcript