The Unfortunate Events of the Apollo 13 Mission

Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crewmembers aboard the ship were James A. Lovell Jr., John L. Swigert Jr., and Fred W. Haise, Jr. Before the launch, there had been a few problems. Thomas K. Mattingly was supposed to fly on the Apollo 13 but he was exposed to the measles. He didn’t have the antibodies to fight the disease, causing him to not be able to go into space. Swigert took his place. Right before the launch, one of the technicians saw that the helium tank had a higher pressure than expected. Nothing was done to fix this. During liftoff, the second-stage engine shut down, causing the other engines to run longer than planned. Apollo 13 was off to a rocky start.

“One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.” These were no longer the words of an American… they were of a mere human (The Apollo 11 Moon 18). The Apollo 11 moon landing has played an important role in today's society. It skyrocketed America's optimism in a time of agony and grief as well as boosting the nation’s level of technology within a small period of time (The Apollo 11 Moon 45-54). The landing also changed the view of the world which played into the beginning of the environmental movement (The Apollo 11 Moon 110-121). Overall, the landing of the Apollo 11 was a turning point in history that allotted for the improvement of international cooperation as well as the creation of many new ideas and technologies.

The Apollo 13 mission was a significant historical event, because of the dangerous repercussions that followed the explosion of the oxygen tank on Apollo 13. The story in which the astronauts Lovell, Swigert, and Haise surviving these errors during the flight is truly incredible. In the movie Apollo 13, the creators depicted most of the events involving the crew’s adventure to and from space quite accurately. Although creating most events successfully the creators of Apollo 13 failed in many regards when it came to the creation of the plans the crew used to survive, and the small details that were missed, involving the crew in the process of flying the space shuttle and surviving the accident.

The Apollo 11 mission was one of the most significant events in the space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union. after the USSR launched Sputnik, the first satellite, and successfully sent a man into space, America rushed to develop the technology that the Soviets already had, prompting the creation of the Apollo program. Apollo 11 was a mission to complete the first manned lunar landing. The mission was considered a great success, and was a win for the United States in the Space Race. The Apollo 11 mission had a crew of three men: Neil Armstrong, the commander, Buzz Aldrin, the lunar module pilot, and Michael Collins, the Command module pilot. All three men had previous experience in space on various Gemini missions. Armstrong

Apollo 13 was the seventh mission in the Apollo program, and the third designed to bring man to the moon. However, the mission was aborted after a catastrophic oxygen tank explosion left the crew without little heat, potable water, and an increasing level of carbon dioxide in the cabin. Despite the challenges faced, the crew managed to return safely to earth, with careful guidance of the ground crew, on April 17, 1970.

These are all the risks these three characters had. They struggled but they found the solution. Ernesto now trust the school, Buck had survived in the wild, and the crew on Apollo 13 had made it back to earth. They all fixed their problems and found a solution. As u can see this was the risks and missions.

The Apollo 13 mission began in 1970 due to the fact that scientists wanted to learn more about the moon. The astronauts were to “land on the moon and explore a hilly section called Fra Mauro. They were to gather samples of the moon’s sandy dirt and 4 billion-year-old rocks,” and bring the information back to the Space Center. Everything seemed going smooth, that was until the day before the ship was set to land. An explosion caused by faulty wiring in an oxygen tank created a hole on the ship which caused the power and oxygen to be drained into space. Everyone was in shock. In my opinion, it was so ironic that they were only 24 hours away from their destination when the explosion took place.

Apollo 13 was first scheduled for March 1970 but eventually was shifted for April that year. Some spectators believe it was because one of the oxygen tank in the service module encountering a problem during testing, and it should not have been ignored. Only the third intended mission to the moon and it wouldn’t quite make it. On April 13, 1970 two days after Apollo 13 lifted off something went wrong. The three men, Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise trained as any other astronaut would, but what happened was unpredictable.

Even though technology has been developing at an exponential rate since the past 50 years, there are still some technical problems that are encountering human beings when discovering the outside world, and we have not found solutions to these problems yet. As we all know, Apollo 13 which was designed by NASA, was the seventh manned mission to go on the moon in 1970. The trip took 5 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes, and 41 seconds. The trip encountered the biggest problem when one of the oxygen tanks exploded; air was being circulated at a very specific rate, and the tank explosion led to an increase in the amount of Carbon dioxide and a reduction in circulating the air. Despite the explosion, Apollo 13 made it back on our planet after scientists

From countdown to splashdown, Apollo 11 's mission was filled with some surprising twists and turns. It took a combination of luck, determination and guts for the crew of Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong to get the Eagle to the surface of the moon with only 30 seconds of fuel remaining! Experience the moments leading up to the lunar landing with me.

On March 24, 1970, during the countdown demonstration test for Apollo 13, Kennedy Space Center test engineers encountered a problem with an oxygen tank in the service module. The spacecraft carried two such tanks, each holding 320 pounds (145 kilograms) of supercritical oxygen. They provided the oxygen for the command module atmosphere and (along with two tanks of hydrogen) three fuel cells, which were the spacecraft's primary source of electrical power. Besides power, the chemical reaction in the cells produced water, which not only supplied the crew's drinking water but was circulated through cooling plates to remove heat from certain critical electronic components. The tanks were designed to operate at pressures of 865 to 935 pounds per square inch (psi) (6,000 to 6,450 kilopascals) and temperatures between-340 degrees F and +80

It got their immediate attention and, during the next few minutes as they and the ground controllers made a rapid assessment of the condition of the spacecraft, it became apparent that two of the three fuel cells in the Service Module had gone dead. At the moment, no one knew what had happened, but it became obvious that the crew was in serious trouble.3 If they were going to survive, they would need enough power, oxygen, and water for a four-day trip around the Moon and home to Earth. These requirements were beginning to be very hard to acquire because of the unhealthy Service Module. Power, oxygen, and water relied on the Service Module and without it they were going to be in terribly short supply of these

I chose to research the Apollo mission. NASA didn't want just to go to the moon and come back. They had goals that would help others through this mission. Nasa wanted to establish technology to meet other national interests in space. They wanted to know more about the space and not just about the moon. Through these missions NASA has learned more than all the missions done in the past.Another goal that NASA had was to achieve preeminence in space for the United States. The United States set a standard for space exploration. Another goal was to carry out a program of scientific exploration of the Moon. It means that they are doing this program to learn more about the Moon and about what there is on it. I am so glad to study what NASA has done

It was also called successful failure. Most are retaking the story with technical NASA engineer and technical to bring safety. The article recapping the disaster. The Apollo 13 was lunch on Sat April 11, 1970(). The start time was 1:13 for takeoff (Shira).

Many people ask, “What started the environmental movement?” and the answer is, a simple picture of the Earth during Apollo 8. The atmosphere is considered the vulnerable part of the earth system because it's as thin as a piece of paper. There are ups and downs to everything.. including infrared radiation. The good thing about that is it keeps temperatures at a normal level so then it becomes livable but the bad new is that it could make it hot and to much gets trapped.