The Apollo Story

Packed with all the facts, figures and stories from each and every Apollo mission, as well as rare photographs, our special edition tells the full story of this giant leap.

“It’s really a mess”: damage to one side of the service module became visible after the astronauts had separated from it. Credit: NASA

Interview NASA's Jerry Woodfill recalls the events of Apollo 13

Jerry Woodfill (left) is on hand in the mission evaluation room during the Apollo 11 mission. Credit: NASA

Radio Astronomy Podcast An interview with Apollo 13 Mission Control's Jerry Woodfill

A view of the rising Earth as seen by the Apollo 8 astronauts as they emerged from the far side of the Moon. Credit: NASA

Apollo astronauts: the original social distancers?

Mission Control’s flight controllers confer during the tense final 24 hours of the Apollo 13 mission. Credit: NASA

Apollo 13 How Mission Control brought the astronauts safely home

The Apollo 13 following their safe landing back on Earth. Credit: NASA

Apollo 13 The story behind NASA's rescue mission

US president Richard Nixon pictured with the Apollo 13 astronauts, following their safe return to Earth. Credit: NASA

Radio Astronomy Podcast Apollo 13: 50 years on

Buzz Aldrin sporting a t-shirt promoting exploration of Mars, 12 November 2015 in Geneva. Credit: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images

Buzz Aldrin at 90: an interview with the Apollo 11 astronaut

Pete Conrad next to the Surveyor 3 lander, with the lunar module on the crater rim just 182m away. Credit: NASA

Apollo 12: the story of the second manned mission to the Moon

An erupting volcano on Jupiter's moon Io. Credit: NASA/JPL

Radio Astronomy Podcast Apollo 12, volcanic moons and cannibal galaxies

Neil Armstrong's flown spacesuit. Credit: NASA

Secrets of Apollo The Apollo spacesuit

Installation of the F-1 engines. Credit: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Secrets of Apollo The Saturn V's F-1 engine

NASA planned to convert the upper stage of a Saturn V rocket to hold Venus-bound astronauts. Credit: NASA

Secrets of Apollo The missions that might have been

A stereo image of Apollo 16 Lunar Module pilot Charlie Duke on the Moon, as seen in the book Mission Moon 3D

Mission Moon 3-D: Brian May’s new book about the Apollo programme

Ryan Gosling stars as Neil Armstrong in First Man. Credit: Universal Pictures

Film and TV reviews

Radio Times Apollo 11 on-screen: TV, film and radio celebrating the moonlanding

The Apollo Guidance Computer delivered astronauts safely to the lunar surface. Credit: NASA

Secrets of Apollo The Apollo Guidance Computer