One mission arc per episode, no filler. Each conversation pairs with a section of the Journal or the Flight Archive, so you can read the full story behind anything that catches your ear.
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The Watch That Never Came Home
Buzz Aldrin’s Speedmaster was the first watch worn on the Moon — then it vanished on its way to the Smithsonian. The verified story, in seven minutes.
The Watch That Went First
Before NASA qualified anything, Wally Schirra wore his own CK 2998 aboard Sigma 7. How the Speedmaster got to space on a pilot’s wrist.
Listen on Spotify → · First Flights, in the Flight Archive →
Dress Rehearsal for the Moon
Gemini and the early Apollo flights: the missions that proved the watch — and the program — could make it.
Listen on Spotify → · The Road to the Moon, in the Flight Archive →
The Eagle Has Landed
Apollo 11, the landing, and the two watches that split the most famous moonwalk in history.
The Working Moon
The later landings: geology, rovers, and a chronograph doing honest work on the lunar surface.
Listen on Spotify → · The Moon Landings, in the Flight Archive →
The Last Bootprints
Apollo 17 and the end of the Moon program — the last time a Speedmaster walked on another world.
Listen on Spotify → · The Last Moonshots, in the Flight Archive →
Handshake in Orbit
Apollo–Soyuz and after: the watch that outlived the program that made it famous.
Listen on Spotify → · Handshake in Orbit, in the Flight Archive →