night of August 13‚ 1970 a spark from the exposed wires caused a fire‚ which ripped apart one oxygen tank and damaged the other inside the Odyssey‚ spacecraft. The astronauts were losing oxygen fast. In our project we had to find a solution to get the ping pong ball from one side of the gap to the other. Some similarities with Apollo 13 and our project was that we all had to find a solution of a problem and we all had one chance. These similarities are important to the success of Apollo 13 and our team
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Apollo 13 The film‚ Apollo 13‚ is based on the real-life crisis that occurred April 13‚ 1970 on board the Apollo spacecraft. The two main characters‚ Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) and Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) are the key players who will address how a leader is able to survive and thrive in a world in which unexpected events occur on a regular basis. They portray the effective styles of leadership in balance with their ever changing surroundings‚ as well as their ability to maintain their interpersonal
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The three astronauts is planing to go the moon with Apollo 13 spaceship in 1970. They are Alan Shepard‚ Fred Haise‚ Ken Mattingly. Apollo trips plan was change at that time because Alan Shepard have a problem with one of his ears and he can’t go on Apollo 13. So Jim Lovell took his place. They have their own responsibility‚ Ken is the command module pilot‚ Fred and Jim are lunar module pilots. The command module is home for astronauts on space and small lunar module use when astronauts down to the
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The Titans progress through a series of sequential stages: forming‚ storming‚ norming‚ and performing (Smith‚ 2014‚ p.52) as they transform their racially diverse team into champions. In the forming stage‚ the team is desegregated. All of the athletes are brought in together to form a very diverse team of football players. Teammates are getting to know and understand each other. As time passes‚ the team enters the storming stage. This is where conflict arises as players are forced to work together
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“Houston we have a problem” (Lovell). These are the words Commander Jim Lovell shared with mission control when terror struck the spacecraft two hundred thousand miles into its journey to the Moon. On board Apollo 13‚ along with Commander Jim Lovell‚ were Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert‚ and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise (Kluger). After given a command from Houston to turn on the hydrogen and oxygen tank stirring fans‚ the spacecraft’s Service Module exploded followed by loss of electrical power
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Green Team Apollo 13 Case Analysis The primary questions and issues you debated and discussed (i.e.‚ what did your team think was most relevant about the case?). First‚ the green team discussed the success of the mission. We had a split jury on whether or not we thought the mission was successful. Both sides of the argument were well supported and we agreed to disagree with the following conclusions: one side took the stance that the mission was not successful because they did not make it to the
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The movie Apollo 13 stared‚ Tom Hanks (Jim Lovell) Bill Paxton (Fred Haise)‚ Gary Sinise (Ken Mattingly) and Kevin Bacon (Jack Sivigert) . The movie was directed by Ron Howard and is based on the book “Lost Moon” by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. This was America third trip to the moon and Apollo 13 mission was to land in the Fra Mauro area of the moon. Two day before launch Mattingly was scrubbed from the mission after being exposed to measles. He was replaced by Jack Swigert (kevin Bacon)
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The Apollo 13 exploration objective was to land in the Fra Mauro Area of the moon‚ but a sudden oxygen tank explosion prevented the spacecraft from landing‚ and facilitated changes to be made to the space program. To make interstellar travel believable NASA was created. The Apollo program was the idea that man could travel‚ walk upon‚ and see the moon. Apollo 13‚ the third human lunar landing and exploration mission‚ had been tentatively scheduled in July 1969 for launch
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Apollo 13 Can you imagine what it would be like to be in space and not be able to return home? Apollo 13 may have been the most miraculous event in history. Apollo 13 proved us that perseverance can make the difference between life and death. Apollo 13 was supposed to reach the Moon‚ but along the way they had to face many complications and challenges. Due to they have had hours of simulations and other preparations‚ they knew what to do in case of difficulties. Difficulties appeared. The
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Case Study 9/13/2011 Zach Newcomb “Leadership in Apollo 13” There are certain events in our lifetime that change who we are as a person and how we view life. During the movie Apollo 13‚ Jim Lovell has a dream that he will walk on the moon. His dream becomes a reality when is promoted to commander of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon. After a series of dangerous events‚ the crew finds themselves in a struggle to stay alive. Jim and Houston control works around the clock to find a solution to the
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