Apollo 13

Following the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union which ended with Apollo 11 successfully landing two people on the moon, NASA furthered space exploration by sending out Apollo 12 and 13. Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission to the moon, which carried Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise. After weeks of preparation, the mission was launched on April 11, 1970 and had appeared to be going successfully up until the oxygen tank in the service module rupture. For the next

Film Review: Apollo 13 Three men shivered in the cold, dark spaceship as it floated through space, unsure if they would return to Earth after the first disaster to occur in space. During the early 1960’s, America was fascinated with the Space Race. The United States became the first country to put a man on the moon, and the exploration did not stop there. Apollo 13 tells the story of three astronauts that were supposed to go to the moon. On the journey there, part of the ship exploded, causing

Released on June 30th, 1995 an extraordinary out breaking movie Apollo 13 hit the charts. Told from a true story of the 13th Apollo mission bound for the moon or the “most tragic NASA event”, the movie Apollo 13 is constructed off of the occurrences of an Apollo 13 lunar mission. It was directed by Ron Howard and released in the United States in 1995. The amazing movie Apollo 13 was given an award for the AMPAS, best picture, best film editing, and the best sound which were many accomplishments for

Apollo 13 is about three astronauts who go up into space. The main astronauts name is jim and he has a partner/best friend going up with him but he gets sick and they he does not get to go to outer space.Then when the call to go to outer space and they do but when they are in space the gas fails and they are stranded and they can’t go to the moon or earth. Apollo 13 focuses around three characters Jim, Ken and Jack and Fred. Fred is a pilot in the space module. Jim lovell is a cool calm

Apollo 13 was supposed to be the third space mission to the moon. However, an explosion in two of the oxygen tanks made landing on the moon safely, impossible. That oxygen tank was previously installed on Apollo 10 but removed because it was damaged. It was fixed, tested then installed on the Apollo 13 spacecraft. Before the spacecraft took off multiple tests were performed on both oxygen tanks. To do this the oxygen tanks are emptied to half full the first oxygen tank preformed normally but the

As I have mentioned so many times in my previous posts, I'm so into watching and reading up on Apollo 13 mission which goes back to 1970. The mission was supposed to highlight the third moon landing, however, the novelty of moon landing among the general public seemed to have already worn off, none of TV networks in the United States broadcast the live transmission from the Apollo 13 crew members, only a handful of family members and NASA's flight controllers actually watched it. However, what

Apollo 13 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

April 13, 1970, three astronauts took off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center to go to the moon. They were sent to the moon to conduct a research mission and gather information that would help develop our understanding of the moon. But what they didn't know was that this adventure would not be as easy as they thought. Lovell, Haise, and Swigert were stuck in the middle of space due to an explosion on the ship. Now it was up to them to make up a great plan to get back home. The Apollo 13 mission

Apollo 13 was called the successful failure because of the effort to bring the crew back home. It involved three trained to be astronauts to set foot on the moon. The three astronauts are Jim Lovell, Ken Mattingly and Fred Haise but, Charles Dickson exposed the crew to German Measles and Ken Mattingly was not immune to measles and had to be replaced by Jack Swigart who was part of the backup team. Soon after they were practicing to fly the ship and was not very good. 2 days later it was the day

Apollo 13 was the seventh attempted mission to go to the moon for the third time in April 11th 1970. The men who were assigned to that mission were Jim Lovell Fred Haise and Ken Mattingly. However Ken Mattingly got diagnosed with the measles, so they had to replace Ken with Jack Swigert who was the backup command module pilot for the Odyssey. The first problem the crew had to experience resonated with the main engine quitting after the ship lifted off. The flight was going very well until a loud