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    Apollo 13 Failure

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    Apollo 13 mission was planned as a precision lunar landing in the Fra Maura highlands with the primary objective of exploring the moon, but an explosion in one of the oxygen tanks resulted in the mission being aborted even before moon landing could take place. Though the mission failed its primary objective, it’s still remembered as the “Successful Failure”. The crew members fought for their life’s and with the help of ground and mission control team the crew returned alive on Earth. What Happened

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    Apollo 13 Analysis

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    Apollo 13 was a movie that displayed many technical difficulties along the way as the crew travelled to the moon. This movie shows what their crew faced and how they were able to overcome all of the obstacles along the way to make it safely back on Earth. There was three astronauts that were suppose to be able to land on the moon, but instead they had to fight for their life in trying to make it back here on Earth. There was an explosion on the space shuttle that almost caused them their life. This

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    according to businessdictionary.com. A leader can also inspire others to be engage and to work together to achieve a common goal. Apollo 13 mission to the moon was suddenly derailed, when one of the three oxygen tanks exploded, and another failing simply as collateral damage from the explosion, therefore leaving one oxygen tank for the three astronauts aboard Apollo 13. The astronauts included mission commander Jim Lovell, lunar module pilot Fred Haise and command module pilot Jack Swigert (the back-up

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    Essay On Apollo 13

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    Apollo 13 was to be the third mission sent from the Apollo Project to land on the Moon. An explosion in one of the oxygen tanks caused the spacecraft to become crippled during the flight and the crew were forced to orbit the Moon and return to the Earth without landing. The Apollo 13 mission was launched on Saturday afternoon, April 11, 1970 from launch complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The space prime crew consisted of trained experts Commander James A. Lovell Jr., Command module pilot Ken Mattingly

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    Apollo 13 was one of the unlucky missions with an explosion and an unfortunate accident. All of the unfortunate event from apollo 13 was seen to be caused by the actual number of 13. Most individuals reference the number 13 with "terrible luck." Apollo 13 was propelled precisely at 1:13pm from the Kennedy Space Center, on April eleventh, 1970. The sum of the launch date's digits assuming that they are all added from left to right, 4/11/70, is equal to the number 13 and the blast that happened on

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    Swigert did that exact thing. They were the astronauts that went on a moon landing mission aboard Apollo 13. Many people believe that Apollo 13 was a failed mission, since the spacecraft had an explosion and they had to go straight home. Although, many other people believe that it was one of NASA’s greatest successes. Apollo 13 was truly one of NASA’s greatest successes. The first reason Apollo 13 was one of NASA’s greatest successes because they had many problems after the explosion and all of

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    Apollo 13

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    In the movie Apollo 13 three astronauts go up to space in the space craft odyssey and encounter many problems. The astronauts, Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise were on a rushed mission to go to the moon when Jack went to go stir the oxygen tanks and one of them exploded. The explosion led to a whole host of problems. The astronauts had to abort the mission and focus on a safe return home. A monomyth plotline is when a person leaves a place, encounters obstacles and comes back a different

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    Apollo 13 Research Paper

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    After the Apollo 13 mission, the entire crew had to come up with, test, and solve problems that happened during the mission. They had to create and solve more potential hazards for future missions (Al-Khatib 6). The changes that the Apollo 13 mission created in space exploration helped NASA attain their Fra Mauro landing goal. After correcting the known issues, and employing advanced technology, Apollo 14 completed Apollo 13's mission (Smithsonian 5). The crewmembers on-board Apollo 13 continued

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    Apollo 13 Research Paper

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    On, April 11, 1970 Nasa launched the Apollo 13 mission to send three astronauts. To the moon , and mark the third named lunar landing. The mission aimed to send Commander Jim Lovell and lunar module pilot Fred Haise to the lunar surface while command module pilot Jack Swigert remained in orbit. But on April 13, the mission suffered a crippling explosion that would nearly doom the spaceflight and its crew. But Apollo 13 carried an oxygen tank with a troubled history. The tank had been damaged in testing

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    APOLLO 13: THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES. WHAT HAPPENED BY ZAVIAN ALI The Apollo 13 mission left a great legacy and may have been one of the greatest mission of Nasa. The astronauts pulled off an amazing run by having to survive of lack of oxygen and lack of warmth. This is because the rupture in the oxygen tank exploded, which caused the inside of the spacecraft to get damaged. The stability was very unstable. "Houston we have a problem" This is what James A. Lovell to nasa after some problems with

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