1970 the Apollo 13 Lunar Mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Aboard Apollo 13‚ 3 astronauts—Jim Lovell‚ Jack Swigert and Fred Haise—were seeking to be the third mission to land on the moon. 56 hours into the flight the members of the ground crew of Mission Control in Houston‚ Texas listened as the 5 words NASA never wants to hear resonated through the speakers: “Houston we have a problem.” These words were immortalized during the apprehensive days of the Apollo 13 lunar mission
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Movie Review: Apollo 13 The title of this movie is Apollo 13. This movie is a recreation of the horrific events that unfolded in space after a normal maintenance procedure‚ and the heroic and desperate efforts many people made to ensure that the astronauts made it home safely. At the beginning of the movie‚ Jim Lovell is notified that he and his team would be bumped up to the Apollo 13 mission‚ because Alan Shepard’s ear was infected. Lovell and his team were scheduled to be the commander
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they will be flying on Apollo 13 instead of Apollo 14. * Rising actions: 1. Lovell is informed that he and his crew will fly the Apollo 13 mission instead of Apollo 14. 2. Jim Lovell‚ Fred Haise and Ken Mattingly begin training for their new mission. 3. Ken Mattingly‚ who was exposed to measles‚ is replaced by backup Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert. 4. On April 11‚ 1970‚ Lovell‚ Haise and Swigert are suited up‚ secured inside the spacecraft.
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Apollo 13 Synopsis On July 20‚ 1969‚ veteran astronaut Jim Lovell hosts a party for other astronauts and their families‚ who watch on television as their colleague Neil Armstrong takes his first steps on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission. Lovell‚ who orbited the Moon on Apollo 8‚ tells his wife Marilyn that he intends to return‚ to walk on its surface. On October 30‚ while giving a VIP tour of NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building‚ Lovell is informed by his boss Deke Slayton that he and his crew
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Management Strategies Lessons from Apollo 13 On April 11‚ 1970‚ just a few months after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon‚ Apollo 13 flight director Gene Kranz gives the green light from Houston’s Mission Control Center for launch. The problems with the Apollo 13 mission started as soon the rocket climbs into the sky‚ but the craft successfully reach orbit and followed its trajectory to the moon. The three astronauts responsible for the Apollo 13 mission in space were the mission commander Jim
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Apollo 13 and Leadership On April 10th James “Jim” Lovell‚ John L. Swigert‚ and Fred W. Haise embarked on one of the most historic missions in NASA history. Three days later on April 13th‚ while performing a routine stir on the O2 tanks‚ the Apollo 13 mission suffered a terrible electrical malfunction and was forced to make an emergency return mission. The movie has forever contributed two phrases to our everyday cultural vocabulary‚ “Houston we have a problem”‚ communicated by Jim Lovell‚ and “Failure
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Apollo 13 When Gene Kranz says that it will be there finest hour‚ he was completely true. It will be the finest hour for the Apollo 13 mission. They “won” while failing‚ because a malfunction which NASA had little to no control over which looked life threatening hit the astronauts and NASA managed to overcome the problem they had been faced with. The Apollo 13 mission in general was a failure because it stood no chance of accomplishing the goal it was supposed to. The teamwork that NASA developed
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Apollo 13 Assignment 1. • Sputnik-1 - USSR - (1957)- First artificial satellite. • Pioneer 0 - USA Lunar Orbiter - (August 17‚ 1958) -First stage exploded. • Luna 3 - USSR Lunar Far Side Flyby - (October 4‚ 1959) - First image of the Moon’s hidden side • Apollo 11 - USA Lunar Manned Lander -Apollo 11 was the first manned lunar landing‚ which took place on July 20‚ 1969 2. The Apollo 13 malfunction was caused by an explosion and rupture of oxygen tank no. 2 in the service module
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In the move Apollo 13 the stages of group development can be seen in the relationships with the Astronauts Lovell‚ Haise‚ Mattingly and Swigert. When we first see the Astronauts they are a well-oiled machine. They know each other’s movements and they can predict what one another is going to do next. The Astronauts are confident in each other which make them more confident in the success of their mission. Then Mattingly is removed from the mission just two days before take-off and replaced with
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1970 Apollo 13 took flight to the moon. Fred Haise‚ Jack Swigert‚ and Jim Lovell were the three men who had the privilege to be the three astronauts that would man this flight to the moon. Days before the mission‚ the original main pilot‚ Ken Mattingly was exposed to the measles and was believed to have fallen ill‚ so back up pilot Jim Lovell was called in to replace him. Now that the crew had been assembled it was time for launch. Before the three men had taken on the challenge of Apollo 13 they
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