Behind the scenes of Apollo 11: NASA releases 19,000 hours of secret audio feeds for mission

Although much of the world focused on the the first Earth-Moon conversation at 4:18 p.m. EDT July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module Eagle with just 30 seconds of fuel remaining, the entire mission was actually recorded. After painstakingly digitising the original tapes, the audio has now been put online. 'The Eagle has landed': NASA releases Apollo 11 mission audio Melania Trump visits a children's hospital in Nashville Matt Lauer says'I think they see me as an easy mark' Hundreds of audio conversations between the flight controllers and other teams supporting the mission were going on every minute of the mission over an intricate intercom system. 'The untold story of that momentous 8-day, 3-hour, mission by Armstrong, Aldrin and Michael Collins was the round-the-clock support provided by Mission Control and many communications and support locations around the globe,' said NASA. The trio of space explorers lifted off 9:32 a.m.