Moon Landing Live (2019) | Documentary

The final programme re-lives the nail-biting last day of Apollo 11's great adventure, as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin make their precarious final descent to the moon.

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 50 years since mankind first landed on the moon. Naturally, TV has rightly pulled out all the stops to celebrate the half-century anniversary, and one of the most intriguing shows of the week begins today. It offers daily updates from the astronauts and Mission Control, and gives us a sense of real-time drama during Apollo 11’s five day journey. Afterwards, at 8pm, there’s a longer show examining the final stages of the astronomical quest, which features that tense lead-up to the touchdown on the lunar surface.