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Countdown

Further podcasts by Time, Inc.

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S1E9: Soyuz 11 from 2017-09-14T07:01

TIME’s Jeffrey Kluger takes you through the Soyuz 11 mission and the events that make it one of the most harrowing space missions of all time.

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S1E8: Mir from 2017-09-07T07:01

It can be oddly peaceful inside a dying spacecraft. That was not something Michael Foale ever suspected—and with good reason. When you’re inside a spacecraft that’s dying, you’re likely to die r...

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S1E7: Luca from 2017-08-31T07:01

Space has a lot of ways to kill you. It’s a beautiful place to contemplate and a thrilling place to visit, but for all its appeal, it’s got murder in its heart. There is almost no way you c...

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S1E6: Apollo 12 from 2017-08-24T07:01

Pete Conrad had no business trying to fly to the moon on a rainy morning in November of 1969. And NASA, by the look of things, had no business agreeing that it would be a good idea trying to sen...

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S1E5: Gemini 9 from 2017-08-17T07:01

If Gemini 9 started off under a curse, the bad fortune seemed determined to stick around.

TIME’s Jeffrey Kluger takes you through the Gemini 9 mission and the events that make it one of th...

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S1E4: Gus Grissom from 2017-08-10T07:01

Gus Grissom tried not to give much thought to the fact that the rocket he was riding to space was built to kill people. But the terrible V-2 would become the beautiful Redstone, and American As...

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S1E3: Apollo 1 from 2017-08-03T07:01

Whether ship or mere simulator, the Apollo had so far impressed most people at NASA as a slapdash machine. It was temperamental, error-prone, and impossible to work with for more than a little w...

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S1E2: Gemini 8 from 2017-07-27T07:01

Neil Armstrong didn’t believe in omens, but he got a nasty one anyway the moment he climbed into his Gemini 8 spacecraft on the morning of March 16, 1966. If Armstrong had believed in o...

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Teaser Episode from 2017-05-11T07:01

Time Magazine presents "Countdown". ...coming soon.

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Teaser Episode from 2017-05-11T07:01

Time Magazine presents "Countdown". ...coming soon.

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Teaser Episode from 2017-05-11T07:01

Time Magazine presents "Countdown". ...coming soon.

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