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
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The Apollo landing on the moon was a important time in America history. Three important parts were John F. Kennedy’s 1962 Speech at Rice University‚ America landing on the moon‚ and America winning the space race. To begin with the Space Race started with a bet. The bet was tot see who could be the first one to get to the moon. This bet was between the Soviet Union and America the prize was pwer. Who ever got to the moon first had the pwer to send nuclear rockets to other countrys. This
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8/16/13 Share 0 Bhutan Baby: Travelling to the Moon - An Essay for School More Next Blog» Create Blog Sign In Bhutan Baby Adventures of a foreign girl growing up in Bhutan SUNDAY‚ MAY 13‚ 2012 FOLLOWERS Join this site w ith Google Friend Connect Travelling to the Moon - An Essay for School Travelling to the moon was once considered science fiction‚ but now people can be sent to the moon by spaceships. Spacesuits help a lot in outer space‚ too: They have a pressurized atmosphere
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In the beginning‚ Gene Kranz talked about being a team. Teamwork played a significant role due to the success of the mission of Apollo 11. Teamwork made such an impact because it was the highest of intelligence of guys sitting in those chairs guiding Neil Armstrong to either land‚ abort or even crash with this mission. Adding on‚ all these genius have to have a different perspective of the plan to land on the moon. With this in mind‚ all these young men had to come together and literally put together
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1960’s Vietnam War. Beatles. John F. Kennedy assassinated in 1963. First moon landing. Anti-war movement. Hippies. Revolution in social norms‚ clothing‚ music and drugs. The 1960’s were a pretty crazy ten years from the brutal Vietnam war to the popular rock band known as the Beatles. During this time there was a lot of ups and downs but it now goes down as a crucial time period for the United States. When you of the 1960’s the first thing that pops into many people’s head is the Vietnam
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Human Space Flight” The Apollo Missions. 2 August 2009. Web. 22 January 2013 * The entire Apollo program‚ at its conclusion‚ costed 19‚408‚134‚000 dollars. This expense took up 34 percent of the NASA budget. * The Apollo program included a large number of uncrewed test missions and 11 crewed missions. The 11 crewed missions include two Earth orbiting missions‚ two lunar orbiting missions‚ a lunar swingby and six Moon landing missions. * The ultimate goal of the Apollo missions was to land
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No one would’ve ever imagined a leap as big as this in scientific and technological studies. Many things changed after Apollo 11‚ including society. After all of the events of Apollo 11 finished‚ there was a “ecstatic reaction around the globe.” Even though Russia tried to hide the fact that America had pulled off landing on the moon‚ the exciting news still traveled all around the country and many
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Apollo 11 The Apollo idea originated from president John Kennedy. He presented the idea to Congress on May 25‚ 1961 and they approved the proposal. On May 1969 three astronauts of Apollo 10 took the spacecraft for a dry run around the Moon before the landing in July. At 9:32 am on July 16 Apollo 11 took off from Kennedy Space Center. Astronauts Neil Armstrong‚ Buzz Aldrin‚ and Michael Collins were aboard. Traveling 240‚000 miles Apollo 11 reached a lunar orbit on July 19. The next day Apollo
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