Apollo 13

Apollo Thirteen: The riveting depiction of the tragic Apollo 13 journey to the moon in Ron Howard's film "Apollo 13." A remarkable film, released in 1995, it honors the bravery, tenacity, and inventiveness of the astronauts as well as the NASA teams that sacrificed much to ensure their safe return. "Apollo 13" - a film that depicts the triumph of the human spirit over adversity - is a magnificent depiction of the tension, drama, and true tale of the 1970 lunar expedition. As veteran astronaut…

The Apollo 13 mission is one of the most well-known space missions in history, remembered for its near-disastrous voyage to the moon and the heroic efforts of the crew and ground control to bring them safely back to Earth. As a member of the mission, I experienced the highs and lows of space travel firsthand, and the events of that fateful mission will forever be ingrained in my memory. The year was 1970, and the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union was in full swing. I was…

launching it in the middle of the desert, I learned there is more to the space program than building space vessels and blasting people into space. I have learned a great deal about the historical story of NASA. From doing the terms and watching Apollo 13, I learned why and how it was built, its meaning at the time of the Cold War, the missions that were successful and those that failed, but, most importantly, I learned a great deal about the endurance of America to achieve all the goals it…

mentions that Apollo 13 will be his last mission because he as the best ship and the best crew, and will not be able to top that. I think he is building team work because he is letting his team know that they all work better together, for they are all hard workers. • Mattingly: after Jim told him that Jack was to take his place he said: “Swiger , he’ll be fine, he is strong”. I believe that when he said this he was trying to build team work, even though he will not be on the Apollo 13 mission,…

man-made flying machines is one I have never been able to get rid of. This has been a great motivator while working to keep good grades, and study the. In earning a degree in Engineering I can gain a position in the aviation industry. The movie Apollo 13 further sparked my interest in spaceflight, I began to read a lot of books, and seek out of information about space. This continued enthusiasm lead to me to attend space camp in Huntsville Alabama in Fourth Grade. My experiences in…

“We’ve never lost an American in space and we’re sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch! Failure is not an option!” Said by Gene Kranz on the movi Apollo 13, the ‘Failure is not an option’ phrase has been used by various action movies as a cliché which shows authority and badassery. Every character on this kind of movie says that failing on their specific job (or mission, if you really want to be that badass) is not what they are expecting. Fail this mission and you don’t exist on our…

his time as an engineer for the NASA Apollo projects. During NASA’S heyday, Mr. Hagar moved to Florida to work at the Kennedy Space center. As a spacecraft operator, he had an important role in developing, repairing, and modifying each of the Apollo missions. Throughout his endeavors, Mr. Hagar has seen Apollo 1’s failure, helped NASA problem solve through issues,, and helped rescue the astronauts on the Apollo 13 mission. Though the highly anticipated Apollo 1 mission had been meticulously…

later support the success of Apollo 13 (U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 2012). Lovell and his crew trained rigorously for the mission and continued working essential maneuvers until they were perfect. When the flight surgeon quarantined his pilot due to a possible measles contraction, Lovell chose to continue the mission with the backup pilot. He placed the safety of the mission above his personal desire to keep the original pilot. After the explosion on Apollo 13, James Lovell put his…

Expository Essay for Life as We Knew It One event changed their life forever. The novel Life as We Knew It by author Susan Beth Pfeffer is a realistic-fiction novel about survival. In the novel, the protagonist Miranda and her family want to survive the disasters caused by the protagonist, the asteroid that hit the moon. The lack of water, food, and electricity was keeping them from being successful. The severe climate changes, such as droughts and major temperature changes, along with…

“Thirteen Days” is a movie portraying the story of President Kennedy’s (and everyone who works for and with him) struggle, of the long, agonizing 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October of 1962. Overall, I thought it was a really good movie. It showed the struggle and all of the worries that everyone had to overcome during this chaotic time. The main issue of this movie was that the Soviet Union had missiles down in Cuba and the United States was worried they could attack. The movie…