Apollo 13 “Houston We ’ve Got A Problem” 12/1/11 Apollo 13 was supposed to be the third mission by NASA to land a space shuttle onto the moon. The crew aboard the ship consisted of James A. Lovell‚ Jr.‚ John L. Swigert‚ Jr.‚ and Fred W. Haise‚ Jr. (KSC). The launch date for Apollo 13 was set for April 11‚ 1970 at 13:13 Houston time (James A. Lovell). The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum summarizes the events of the Apollo 13 incident as “An explosion in one of the oxygen tanks crippled
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Apollo 13 and Translunar Injection: Using the Hohmann Transfer Orbit to Calculate the Change in Velocity Needed to Get to the Moon My specific area of focus is the translunar injection maneuver that propelled Apollo 13 on a trajectory towards the Moon’s sphere of influence. This part of the mission was crucial to the overall success of the mission. In order to reach the moon‚ the velocity of the spacecraft had to be increased just the right amount in order to exit a parking orbit around the Earth
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Apollo 13: Flight vs. Hollywood On April 11‚ 1970‚ 1:13 p.m‚ Apollo 13 was launched at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Fred W. Haise‚ Jr. who would be the Lunar Module Pilot‚ James A. Lovell‚ Jr. who would be the Commander‚ and John L. Swigert‚ Jr. who would be the Command Module Pilot‚ and would replace Ken Mattingly‚ would be the crew for this operation. This would be the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo Space Program‚ and the third intended to land on the moon. When mission control
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On April 11‚ 1970‚ three men were scheduled to fly to and land on the moon. The mission labeled Apollo 13. Alan Shepard‚ Stuart Roosa‚ and Edgar Mitchell made-up the original crew members of Apollo 13‚ but because of an inner-ear surgery‚ Alan Shepard felt unprepared to fly Apollo13. Jim Lovell‚ the commander of Apollo 14‚ was then approached and asked if he would mind switching flights with Shepard. Jim did not think there would be a great difference between the two flights and wanted to get back
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First of all‚ the movie was focused more about the mission of Apollo 13 than Jim Lovell’s life. However‚ he was still the main character of the movie. Some of the most important similarities were Jim Lovell was married to Marilyn Lovell and had four kids. Jim’s older kid was a girl named Barbara Gerlach‚ his second kids was a boy; James Gerlach.The second youngest was Jeffrey Gerlach and lastly Susan Gerlach.There was slight mention of his mother unlike the biography where his mother was mentioned
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Haise‚ and Jim Lovell train for this moment in the NASA program‚ but alas Apollo 13 is the first aborted Apollo mission. There are scarcely words that can describe the disappointment of these three men‚ but at the time‚ that was only a minor adversity during their space mission. The malfunctions of the lunar module Aquarius not only surprise Houston‚ but it leads the crew to experience many close encounters with death. In Apollo 13‚ director Ron Howard shows that in times of desperation‚ people must contribute
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Servant Leadership Grand Canyon University: LDR-630 04/10/13 Women and Servant Leadership Thesis statement There are many great leaders that have led a plethora of individuals or companies to greatness. After researching most of these great leaders that have utilized servant leadership‚ but most of them were men. As aspiring women in our great country I want become a great female leader and take many to greatness. I want utilize my knowledge and experience to meet this goal and groom
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excerpt of Barrio Boy‚ Ernesto Galarza moves from Mexico to America. In America‚ Ernesto faces hardships. He wants to fit in. In “Apollo 13: Mission Highlights‚” a group of astronauts are visiting the moon when their oxygen tanks blow up. They are stuck in outer space. They are trying to come home. Ernesto had the goal to fit in and become a good American‚ while the Apollo 13 crew wanted to get back to Earth safely. They both had to be determined‚ have courage in others‚ and work as a team to achieve
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Erika Baker Servant Leadership Grand Canyon University: MGT-420 04/06/14 Servant Leadership “Although servant leadership is often associated with the Bible and Jesus Christ‚ it is totally compatible with most religions and theories of philosophy.” (Greenleaf‚ 1997). I plan to explain a philosophical viewpoint supporting this statement. I will also describe and demonstrate an attribute of servant leadership in addition to the power base used and impact the leader behavior had on this situation
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CHAPTER TWO THE NEED: BIBILICAL MODELS OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP Introduction There are basic attitudes which we see in the lives of those whom God called to servant leadership in the Bible. These include a serving attitude where the leader sees his[1] primary responsibility to those whom he leads as to serve and develop them to fulfill their God-given mandate. The leader serves by putting on a redeeming attitude‚ like Moses and Joshua. In other words he takes responsibility for
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