Apollo 13 Essay

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The Mission of Apollo 13: I still remember the cool, dark sky filled with stars and beautiful constellations spread around the space’s atmosphere. Khloe, Kassandra, Jim, Serina, Brianna, Anachris, Alvaro and I were on a mission to explore the moon, it was called Apollo 13. I was also the captain of the mission and spacecraft. The mission was unsuccessful because we had to abandon it. We were known as the “failed Apollo,” because we did not land on the moon. This mission led me to several losses in my life and horrors because of the difficulties onboard. We also got fired from our jobs at NASA and were stranded on an island near the Pacific Ocean. I will never forget that terrifying experience. 48 hours into the mission, we were getting closer …show more content…

We need to go home fast!” Brianna said. “Yeah, they are really low. I don’t wanna assume anything, but I think the oxygen tanks are failing.” Kassandra said. If Kassandra was right and the oxygen tanks were falling, we could die and I'm too young to die. If we don’t go to Earth in time, we could die in space due to oxygen shortage. “Guys, I’ll go check to see if it’s actually failing,” Khloe said. Khloe goes into the control room and some time later, she comes out of the room. “GUYS THE OXYGEN TANKS ARE ACTUALLY FAILING,” Khloe yelled. Oh no, if I don't speed up the spacecraft we're all gonna die. The oxygen tanks just failed our whole mission.But I raised the speed of the spacecraft, it was like the spacecraft were trying to reach for the moon and …show more content…

52 hours in the spacecraft, Brianna and Victor get sick from the lack of oxygen. Even though we were close to landing, we were still in trouble due to the oxygen tanks failing. There was a bit of oxygen left for everyone to breathe in only for 3 hours, after those hours we could all die of suffocation! “Well even though there’s a chaos of the oxygen situation, we are still close to landing,” Alvaro said. “Only 4 hours and we're back on our home planet,” I say. “I just want to go home and eat my favorite food and just sleep in my comfy bed,” Victor said. “Well, soon, we can all sleep in our beds because this mission is so tiring and long,” Serina said. “I just want to go home to my kids and my wife. I just can’t wait, I’m full of excitement!” Jim said happily. Jim went to the space window and smiled while admiring the Pacific Ocean. Jim Lovell felt a wave of relief wash over him as refreshing as the Pacific

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