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Lost moon : the perilous voyage of Apollo 13 was written by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. It was published by Houghton Mifflin, in 1994 and tells the story of the Apollo 13 mission that almost resulted in a catastrophe. In April of 1970, Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts were sent by NASA on America 's fifth mission to the moon. Fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13 due to an electrical fault, one of the oxygen tanks exploded, causing its oxygen and power to begin to…

cleared the astronauts James A. Lovell, jack Swigert, and Fred Haise were able to go back to their home lives. Soon after Lovell, his crew, and the operations team of the Apollo 13 mission were awarded the Medal of Freedom by the 37 president of the United States of America, Richard Nixon (Orloff, Richard Par. 3). The Apollo 13 mission wasn’t a total failure because many things were learned from this mistake to help prevent similar future disasters (Holmes, Jay Pg. 510). The patch that was used…

In the movie Apollo 13, there were many setbacks the astronauts endured, but they made it through. These three brave men set on a mission to go to the moon. There were many aspects to science that we see in Apollo 13 including Gravity, air pressure, and orbits. While in the aircraft in space, the astronauts, as well as different objects were floating. But why do they float in space but not on earth? It is because on earth there is a gravitational pull and in space there is none. On earth, you…

Survival is about mental fortitude In Space on one can hear you scream. This is true for the novel 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstand tells a tale of science fiction horror about three teens that have won a contest to spend 172 hours on the moon, however this journey becomes a fight for survival. Each of the Teens have their own reason for going and each have their own feelings. The are tested in the expanse of space with all of the mental and physical trials that they face. The fight for…

pillars which uphold the organization so that it can not only survive, but thrive. Without one of the pillars, the structure of the business will fall apart. The four functions consist of planing, organizing, leading, and controlling. The film Apollo 13 exemplifies all four of the functions of management, however leadership stands above the rest. In the most unthinkable circumstances, Jim Lovell and Gene Krantz lead their individual teams and worked together to return the men safely back to…

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 trust…

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 built, tested, and modified, a fatal fire caused it to be an utter failure. Mr. Hagar recalled during a test run that a leak occurred, causing serious damage. Requiring…

into space. This launch is known as Apollo 13, or the 13th launch out of Earth’s solar system. NASA sent three men, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert, into space on the Apollo 13 mission. Initially, Lovell, the commander, and Haise, the lunar module pilot, were supposed to walk on the moon while Swigert, the command module pilot, stayed in the spacecraft in orbit, but an event on April 13th changed that plan. The thing that makes the Apollo 13 mission so famous and different from the…

What was the Apollo 13? Apollo 13 was a successful failure because it was a mission to the moon with many challenges along the way as well as surviving the free fall to safely back to Earth. To begin with, the launch to the moon was just like any other take off. It stretched back the skin on their faces until it seemed their bones might shatter. The mission was to get samples of sandy dirt and grab 4 billion year old rocks from Earth. Suddenly a loud bang got their attention. The spacecraft…

Virgil Grissom was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force, He later was an astronaut for NASA. He was one of the first to be chosen by NASA for the mercury missions. Virgil Grissom was the second American in space during his first flight assignment piloting Liberty Bell 7 on July 21, 1961. The second mercury flight was a suborbital flight that lasted 15 minutes and 37 seconds. Then once landed the explosive bolts on the door unexpectedly blew open and the spacecraft flooded. Grissom…