Apollo 11 was seconds away from aborting the mission - BBC World Service, 13 minutes to the Moon

Flight controller Bob Carlton was tracking the fuel as it burned up before the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. As he watched the levels decrease at Nasa's mission control, he was increasingly doubtful as to whether there would be enough fuel to land.

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"When I started my stopwatch, I didn't think there was a chance in the world of us landing. I was looking at the altimeter and we had a heck of a way to go."

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