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Old 25th Feb 2019, 11:40 pm   #22
m0cemdave
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Default Re: The BBC Apollo coverage tapes

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Originally Posted by M0FYA Andy View Post
Did anybody else here listen on VoA?
I watched the Apollo 13 splashdown on TV, with the radio tuned to VOA for the audio.

The suspense, as everyone waited to find out if they had survived re-entry, followed by a shaky picture of the little capsule descending on its three parachutes at about the same time as communications were resumed, is something I have never forgotten.
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