A Non-Fictional Story 'Apollo 13'

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As Carol Burnett once said, “You must learn how to go through falling down in order to walk. It helps know that you can survive it. That’s an education itself.” In the story Apollo 13, a non-fictional story by NASA, a group of astronauts travel to space and get lost. The astronauts got stuck in space after their two main important tanks exploded. They had to overcome the fear of being stuck in space with a limited amount of oxygen. They display courage and determination, by not giving up and successfully returning home. Therefore they tried to survive and make it out alive, the astronauts were driven to pursue, the goal of making it to Earth safely. On the contrary, as limited as they are, the astronauts are challenged to get to Earth safely

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