Apollo 13 History

April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 was launched. It was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the moon. Apollo 13 and Space Exploration was a big event for the world and it still impacts us today of what we know about space. This period of time when Apollo 13 was launched and the Space Race was active was during the Cold War, 1947-1991. Despite Apollo 13 was a life and death situation for the people on board and the original mission was a failure. Apollo 13 was actually a successful historical event. Through this time period of Apollo 13 and the space race mankind was able to explore more of space. Exchange new ideas and technology, also includes encountering ideas and technology. Mankind
Technology can also be part of the field of encounters. With the advancement of technology we start to encounter new improvements, the uses of other people’s ideas to become an even better one. The Space Race was an encounter because of the Cold War. Technology advancement, learning the environment of space, and socially (the people). The Space Race was a moral boost for the world. Another encounter was Apollo 11, it was the fifth manned mission to the moon. The U.S. became first to make a lunar landing on the moon. Apollo 11 was just another moral boost for the U.S., and mankind. Following that we also see Apollo 13. A mission that went wrong but still ends up as a success for the U.S. Apollo 13 gave us that sometimes the impossible is actually possible. Apollo 13 was the event of when the Space Carrier’s oxygen tank blew up and the people boarded on the shuttle were in grave danger. Luckily they ended up making the right decisions to survive the fatal incident. It was an event that encountered many problems. The problems being 1 out of 100 happening. Commander Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise were the three astronauts on Apollo 13. There are also othering major factors that led up to the events of Apollo 13 and Space Exploration in general. Examples of those factors are: The launching of satellites, the Cold War, and the Cuban Missile
Due to the Space Race exchanged for more ideas. The Advancement of technology was an exchange, through the race to explore space technology becomes improved. For example, the use of rockets as said before. Since technology is advancing this starts to lead to a series of events. The start of NASA, July 29, 1958. The Space race also exchanges/leads to the first moon landing. The mission of Apollo 11, launched July 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong taking mankind’s first step on the moon, stating, “One step for man, and one giant leap for mankind”. As series of events happen the main one was also the launch of Apollo 13. It was a failed mission but that became an exchange of how it became the farthest man has gone in space, a historical