The Fuel Cell invention at CEB that took humanity to the Moon

Fuel cell demo presented by researchers from our Electrochemical MicroEngineering group: exploding hydrogen bubbles. The first fuel cell used in the Apollo mission spaceship to take humankind to the Moon was put together by researcher Francis (Tom) Bacon in our department in the late 1950s. One of the fuel cell electrodes was donated to the Whipple Museum of the History of Science in 2006.
It also features an extract from an interview with Emeritus Professor John Davidson, who knew Bacon well.
Credit: BBC Breakfast, 14 July 2019, Richard Westcott