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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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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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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affects others negatively. The god Apollo and his son‚ Phaethon‚ express their pride through negative actions‚ that lead to negative consequences. The sun god‚ Apollo‚ often expresses his pride and over confidence toward others. As a child‚ Apollo often did many cruel and wanton deeds. Apollo journeyed to Olympus to hunt the Python‚ and was successful. Apollo killed the Python in the Oracles of Mother Earth‚ “Knowing that he already violated a shrine‚ Apollo thought he might as well make his
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Ron Howard’s re-creation of the happenings aboard NASA’s Apollo 13 flight combined some of the biggest talent in Hollywood to produce a masterful film. Apollo 13 takes us back in time‚ to the late 1960’s and early 70’s‚ when America’s NASA space program was thriving and the world stood aside to see who would reach the moon first. The impacts of space program are still evident to this day. It is even said that by beating the Russians to the moon‚ we established ourselves are the top power in the
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The film Apollo 13‚ portrayed many organizational behavior and leadership skills beginning to end. The success of leadership can be seen from the two key teams involved in the mission. The flight director at NASA‚ Gene Kranz was in charge of the right team in the mission control‚ and space crew commander Jim Lovell‚ with his extensive experience being an active leader to his team in space. The two leaders of the film‚ showed effective individual and situational leadership skills as they managed the
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Apollo 13 Formations of group dynamics are important to achieving a set of goals set forth by a group of individuals. Groups tend to follow a natural course of cohesion and function. Research has been done to understand group dynamics and one of the most widely accepted models is that of Bruce Tuckman. His research shows groups follow a set path of Forming‚ Storming‚ Norming and Performing. Apollo 13 gives several examples of Tuckman’s model. In the following‚ we will touch briefly on the
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Monique Hernandez Group Dynamics Apollo 13 “Houston‚ we have three heroes” Once a group is formed‚ it continues to grow and develop over time. According to Bruce Tuckman‚ there are four stages of group development; forming‚ storming‚ norming‚ and performing. To give an example of each stage‚ the film Apollo 13 is a great example. Any group who puts to use these four stages will accomplish a lot more than one man. At the start of the film the group is training and preparing for their launch to
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The Apollo 13 flight demonstrated teamwork and solid decision-making in a way that had saved their lives. Among the many life-threatening problems that arose while they drifted through space‚ the astronauts stayed calm and collected. They said it was because they did not think about the risks and just focused on the task at hand. The first problem occurred after they stirred up the oxygen tanks‚ which made the tanks explode due to fault wiring. They were running out of oxygen in a matter of minutes
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