13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble
By BBC World Service
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Episodes: 59
Happy
Nov 5, 2026
I liked the first 2 seasons .. but now, get rid of that narrator. turned a great podcast into something unlistenable
Feb 11, 2026
mlb
Jan 9, 2026
love it
Silvatek
Sep 15, 2025
Interesting interviews with NASA and other participants in the Shuttle programme. Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a really irritating narrator as she talks in short phrases rather than sentences. And the commissioned title music is way overdramatic
D.R.
Aug 19, 2025
I liked seasons 1 and 2. Those were technically saturated to make them informative. But season 3 so far is kinda meh in presentation and information. It feels like a bedtime story for 9 y.o. Plus the narration is hard to understand at times. There are good voices for radio, and some voices are not good for radio. I hope next seasons will be less about heroics
Jul 20, 2025
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Tristan Dolze
Aug 10, 2024
Fantastic!
nathan
Jun 15, 2024
this is my favourite podcast
Mar 20, 2024
Serena
Sep 5, 2023
another season please!
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Apr 8, 2021
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Apr 1, 2021
Description
NEW from the BBC’s space podcast: A revolutionary telescope and the tiny flaw that almost destroyed the dream. Hubble transformed our understanding of the universe. Maggie Aderin tells the dramatic story of one of the most ambitious scientific instruments ever built - and how it almost ended in disaster.
Already delayed by years and millions of dollars over budget, the Hubble Space Telescope is finally ready to launch and change history. It has been heralded as a window on the universe, and promises to answer the most fundamental questions ever asked: How did it all begin? Where are we going? Are we alone? But little does Nasa know that the curvature of one of its mirrors is off by the equivalent of one-fiftieth of the width of a human hair. The result? Blurry images. It will need to be repaired – in space!
Theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg and produced by Russell Emanuel, for Bleeding Fingers Music.
13 Minutes is the space podcast from the BBC World Service, telling epic space stories. It’s produced by the BBC Audio Science Unit.
Previous seasons:
Season 1: 13 Minutes to the Moon. The first Moon landing. In the final dramatic 13-minute descent to the Moon, the Apollo 11 mission came close to going badly wrong. Communication was breaking down, technology was failing and fuel was running out. This is the story of how the first Moon landing was saved. Presented by Kevin Fong.
Season 2: Apollo 13. Apollo 13 should have been the third Moon landing, but after an explosion, it almost ended in tragedy. Told by the people who flew it and saved it. Presented by Kevin Fong.
Season 3: The Space Shuttle. A sci-fi dream that changed spaceflight forever. From the boldest test flight in history to one of Nasa’s darkest days – the Challenger disaster. Space scientist Maggie Aderin tells the awe-inspiring story of the programme that brought triumph and tragedy.
Season 4: Artemis II. Artemis and the return to the Moon. As Nasa returned to the Moon for the first time in more than half a century, we followed the mission with a new episode every day. Four astronauts – on a spacecraft called Orion - looped around the Moon. They went further from Earth than any human in history. The story of Artemis II is told by space scientist Maggie Aderin, British astronaut Tim Peake, and US space journalist Kristin Fisher.
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Trouble with Hubble: 4. Once in human history
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Oct 26, 2026 |
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Trouble with Hubble: 3. National disgrace
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Oct 19, 2026 |
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Trouble with Hubble: 2. The eye opens
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Oct 12, 2026 |
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Trouble with Hubble: 1. A window on the universe
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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Trouble with Hubble: Trailer
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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Artemis II: Quick update: New season coming soon
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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Artemis II: 14. The learnings
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May 04, 2026 |
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Artemis II: 13. Splashdown
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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Artemis II: 12. Please return to your seats
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Artemis II: 11. Science surprises
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Artemis II: 10. How to train your astronaut
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Artemis II: 9. Bye bye, fly-by
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Artemis II: 8. Final approach
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Artemis II: 7. A family photo
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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Artemis II: 6. Halfway there
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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Artemis II: 5. No going back
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Artemis II: 4. Launch after-party
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Artemis II: 3. Man around the Moon
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Artemis II: 2. Rocket Man
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Artemis II: 1. Why humans are returning to the Moon
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Artemis II: Trailer: The new mission to the Moon
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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The Space Shuttle: 10. Return to flight
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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The Space Shuttle: 9. What is it all for?
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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The Space Shuttle: 8. A major malfunction
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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The Space Shuttle: 7. Teacher in space
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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The Space Shuttle: 6. Satellite for sale
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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The Space Shuttle: 5. Space truck
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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The Space Shuttle: 4. The 35 new guys
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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The Space Shuttle: 3. Glass rocket
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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The Space Shuttle: 2. The greatest test flight
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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The Space Shuttle: 1. The spaceplane
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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The Space Shuttle: Introducing: The Space Shuttle
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Apollo 13: 7. Resurrection
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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Apollo 13: Bonus 2. John Aaron
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Apollo 13: Bonus 1. Jim Lovell
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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Apollo 13: 6. Earth in view
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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Apollo 13: 5. Life support
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Apr 05, 2020 |
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Apollo 13: 4. Power brokers
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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Apollo 13: 3. Lifeboat
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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Apollo 13: 2. Death of the Odyssey
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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Apollo 13: 1. Time bomb
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Apollo 13: Trailer: The countdown
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: Bonus: The making of the music
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: 12. Live from Houston
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: 11. The 13 minutes
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Jul 14, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: 10. ‘For all mankind’
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Jul 14, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: 9. Tranquility Base
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Jul 07, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: 8. ‘We’re go for powered descent’
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Jun 30, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: 7. Michael Collins: The third man
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Jun 23, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: 6. Saving 1968
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: 5. The fourth astronaut
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Jun 09, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: 4. Fire to the Phoenix
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Jun 02, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: 3. Long Island Eagle
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May 26, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: 2. Kids in control
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May 19, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: 1. ‘We choose to go’, Apollo 11
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May 12, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 1
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 2
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 3
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 4
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Apr 12, 2019 |