Apollo Thirteen is one of the most influential explorations of the the last fifty years. This flight mission is the turning point on how the world views exploring space. Apollo thirteens space flight was anything but smooth and easy, the flight is now looked at a flight to learn from and to not repeat apollo thirteen. After the flight all following missions are viewed now as more serious than they were before. N.A.S.A has improved its technology and are taking more embracive tests to the spaceship and crew to make sure they are space ready. Apollo thirteen is not only known around the world but it is a teaching moment for everyone. It teaches us that the universe is a scary place and if you don't be careful you might just have to pay the price. …show more content…
This is what the men working on the apollo thirteen did. These men were supposed to make a lunar landing but because of complications to the spacecraft this mission didn't make it to the moon. The men on Apollo thirteen, should be looked as heros. they were faced with many life threatening problems and solved them. Today many people deal with life threatening problems and overcome them but they never did it in space. The team of Apollo thirteen where not only in the sky but on the ground as well. The ground team was called Mission control, or known as Houston. Ever since Apollo thirteen, Mission control has gotten much more advanced. During the mission, there were quite a few problems on the ground. during the launch one of the jets gave out, which was fine but still wasn't planned and was scary for everyone. A major thing that happened when mission control asked Jack Swigert to flip the switch on the oxygen tank. Due to faulty wiring the spacecraft exploded. The spacecraft is made up of three separate parts, the command module, lunar module, and the storage space where all the oxygen was kept. The explosion happened where the oxygen was kept, this shut down almost all of the spacecrafts oxygen. The
...ause it was the mission that NASA was able to put the first man up onto the moon. Neil Armstrong was the pilot of the Apollo 11 flight. There was a special shuttle that was attached to the spaceship; it was called the Eagle. The Eagle was designed to transport some crew members down to the moon. Armstrong was responsible for driving and landing the shuttle safely down to the moon. While on his way down to the moon, Armstrong realized that he was starting to run out of fuel. Thankfully, Armstrong did have enough to land on the moon and make it back up to the spaceship. When the Eagle was leaving the spaceship for the first time up in space, it wasn't completely depressurized so there was something like a gas bubble come from the shuttle as it was on its way to the moon. The gas bubble moved the shuttle off course and the Eagle actually landed four miles off course.
The amazing performances by the crew and ground support was what kept the crew alive. The crew and ground Apollo 13 had a huge impact on space exploration. Many people disagree with this because if they had stopped or changed the schedule of Apollo 13 they may not have failed their mission. Even though they failed at their goals the overall result was success. Apollo 13 was an amazing achievement for NASA even though they did not achieve their goals of landing on the Fra Mauro area of the moon. They landed in the pacific ocean on April 17th 1970. The name of their recovery ship was the USS Iwo Jima. The Fra Mauro site was reassigned for Apollo
Apollo 13 is a 1995 American space adventure film directed by Ron Howard. The film depicts astronauts Jim Lovell,
Apollo 7 worked to demonstrate command and service module, or CSM, and crew performance; demonstrate crew, space vehicle and mission support facilities performance during a crewed CSM mission; and demonstrate CSM rendezvous capability. Apollo 7 mission was a three man flight as well. All the mission objectives ...
Apollo 13 was a mission that some may grow to learn was a failure; It was in fact the complete opposite. Space entry was improved immensely, with the efforts and struggles gained from previous missions. In addition, one of the victims of this mission, Jim Lovell, “believed it was a success. Everyone was tested on their ability to work together and that is how Apollo 13 succeeded” (Anastasio 90). Future space entry missions would not have been as successful as they are without previous missions bettering the space program.
Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crewmembers aboard the ship were James A. Lovell Jr., John L. Swigert Jr., and Fred W. Haise, Jr. Before the launch, there had been a few problems. Thomas K. Mattingly was supposed to fly on the Apollo 13 but he was exposed to the measles. He didn’t have the antibodies to fight the disease, causing him to not be able to go into space. Swigert took his place. Right before the launch, one of the technicians saw that the helium tank had a higher pressure than expected. Nothing was done to fix this. During liftoff, the second-stage engine shut down, causing the other engines to run longer than planned. Apollo 13 was off to a rocky start.
It changed the way people viewed the Earth. Neil Armstrong said, “It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn 't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.” And while only astronauts could truly observe Earth as it looked 230,000 miles away, Apollo 11’s television broadcast gave people their own view so that “anyone following the mission could share, in some measure, that unprecedented leap in perspective.” (Chaikin 54) This “unprecedented leap in perspective” gave people on Earth a sense of community that surpassed societal issues and cultural bias as people recognized how alone humans are in the vast expanse of the universe.
The moment astronauts set foot on Earth’s Moon, in July of 1969, the legacy of the United States’ space program changed forever. Countless Americans watched the launch and landing of Apollo 13 on their televisions with pride on that day, proud of their country for achieving such an insane goal as walking on the Moon. While NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, struggled through obstacle after obstacle, invented new technologies and advanced old ones, placed the first man on the Moon, because the Soviet Union threatened to beat the U.S. to the space frontier, the nation greatly congratulated the feat that began the technological era. After forty-five years, however, the awe Americans held over NASA’s programs dwindled considerably. Although NASA no longer holds the nation in awe over their moon mission achievements, NASA programs remain vital to the United States because they advance everyday technologies, inspire creative visions, and discover greater knowledge for the entire public to benefit from.
The success of Apollo 11 which included the historic presence of the first humans on the moon signified the greatest extent of human intellectual advancement. Apollo 11 was part of a larger project known as the Apollo Program, comprised of a large number of unmanned test missions and 11 manned missions. The Apollo Program was intended to land humans on the moon and safely return them back to Earth. Of the 15 missions executed, six resulted in success to date. The concept of space expedition was initially sparked by the Russian launch of satellite Sputnik during the Cold War. The launch induced the creation of NASA’s first human spaceflight program called Project Mercury. A portion of the United States saw the launch as beneficial, as it established the need for the country’s advance, whereas others were concerned about what the Soviet Union will make out of this achievement. The first successful manned space expedition executed was Apollo 7, which had a tremendous influence in the outcome of the subsequent missions. Various other missions were performed before the launch of Apollo 11, some of which were unsuccessful such as Apollo 1, whereas others, like Apollo 7, had prospered in assisting in the success of Apollo 11. During the momentous mission, the participants, Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Aldrin, fulfilled their roles effectively. With the actions of those that participated in the mission, the United States was able to leave a physical mark on the uncharted territory thought to have been far beyond human reach.
Though there have been many successes in human endeavors into space, success does not come without failure. Apollo 13 is the most famous mission next to Apollo 11 but for all the wrong reasons. It is most famously known for not landing on the moon due to complications mid-journey. Though technically the issues faced by Apollo 13 are a result of hardware malfunction, that malfunction can be attributed to issues within the decision making process involved.
From countdown to splashdown, Apollo 11's mission was filled with some surprising twists and turns. It took a combination of luck, determination and guts for the crew of Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong to get the Eagle to the surface of the moon with only 30 seconds of fuel remaining! Experience the moments leading up to the lunar landing with me.
If one has not heard of Apollo, as in the Greek god, most people can tell you that Apollo 11 was the NASA mission that brought the first men to the moon. As said in “What’s in a Name?” and, “Origins of NASA Names,” (Section 4, pg. 99), Apollo was chosen to be the name of the Manned Lunar Explorations in July of 1960. One day Dr. Abe Silverstein, former Director of Space Flight Programs and one of NASA’s founding fathers, found a picture of Apollo riding his sun chariot across the sky in a Greek mythology book. Silverstein proposed that this be the name of the project designed to bring man to the moon because Apollo was an appealing god and riding the sun across the sky was about how difficult the project was going to
As important of an endeavor as travelling to the moon was, a definite purpose to it is not immediately clear. However, it was a remarkable accomplishment for mankind, and the United States wanted to lead it. Millions of people watched the televised event because they knew this was an incredible advancement for humans (Redd). As Neil Armstrong made the first step, he summed up the point that this event would forever be an important achievement to the human race, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" (Armstrong 268). At times it may seem that the development of new technology is stalling, but the moon landing proves that man is and will continue to make advancements. Only 66 years passed between the first airplane by the Wright Brothers and the moon landing (Stimson).
I chose to do my research on the Apollo missions. I chose this because I have always been very interested in these missions from a young age. There are many amazing things that came from these studies and even some cool conspiracies. From my research I found that they did these missions to be able to gain valuable information about the moon and be able to get moon rock back to earth for further study. In the article I read, it evaluated the scientific method used in these missions. For some it wasn’t followed as good as it should have been, but it ended with many valuable results. I thought it was interesting to learn about the methods used when doing this mission, and the results that were ultimately found. From these missions we have been able learn more about the conditions on our moon, and it helped lead us to new studies where we could send human beings to the moon. We were also able to create new technology, GPS systems, plant growth research, and many more things. A lot of what we have is all thanks to these missions.
In the past 100 years, we have made much advancement in all areas of society. The way people live has changed drastically just in the past century. Technology in particular has advanced more in these last 100 years then all previous time combined. For example, because of the research done by many innovative and dedicated individuals such as the Wright Brothers who were the first to sustain flight in a powered airplane, we are able to fly all over the world in a matter of hours in jet propelled pressurized aircraft. One hundred years ago, the thought of man flying in a machine was insane. The Wright Brothers helped to realize the dream of manned flight. Many years later, after the idea of manned flight becoming a reality, space exploration was the next step. In 1969, many people did not believe what happened. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. They posted an American flag, explored, collected space rocks and came back home. Many Americans did not believe that the technology existed to go that far. Today, several missions a year are launched using manned space shuttles that can be flown back to earth like gliders and reused on future space missions.