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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demonstrated its power to the Soviets and the world by the extraordinary triumph of the first moon landing in 1969. In order to fully appreciate the significance of the lunar landing of Apollo 11‚ one must review the history of the early U. S. space program‚ from its inception to the successful completion of the Apollo mission. The United States and the Soviets began their fierce competition after World War II‚ the Cold War era; not only was the arms race on the ground‚ but also race in space. 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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on the moon‚ and then narrowly making it home to Earth is the story of Apollo 13. When facing issues‚ conflicts‚ and the attainment of goals‚ having the resources of a fully functional manager and team are irreplaceable. A manager that has clear goals and strategies in place is more likely to succeed even when faced with the greatest types of adversity. Every employee of NASA should know about the tragic event of Apollo 13. The background of the team began with the completion between the U.S. and
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13 days is a movie about the Cuban missile crises. It takes into the white house and shows you what it might have been like during the stressful time. The movie shows you the struggles that president Kennedy went through every day with trying to figure out what to do. It shows you just how close America was to the break of war. The Cuban missile crises was a 13 day stand with Soviet Russia and the United States during Oct 16‚ 1962 – Oct 28‚ 1962. Russia wanted to put missiles onto Cuba so they could
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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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