Apollo 13 The Apollo 13 mission was a significant historical event‚ because of the dangerous repercussions that followed the explosion of the oxygen tank on Apollo 13. The story in which the astronauts Lovell‚ Swigert‚ and Haise surviving these errors during the flight is truly incredible. In the movie Apollo 13‚ the creators depicted most of the events involving the crew’s adventure to and from space quite accurately. Although creating most events successfully the creators of Apollo 13 failed
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at every turn. Every time Russia won a milestone‚ America pushed harder‚ eventually winning the race to land on the moon. Without the space race‚ the world’s ability to explore space would be light years behind where it is now. America’s space program progression in the early 1950s was slow. On 4 October 1957‚ Russia launched Sputnik I into space and catapulted the race to a whole new level. The intent of Sputnik was as propaganda‚ detracting from the fact that the rocket used to put it in orbit
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In the movie Apollo 13 three astronauts go up to space in the space craft odyssey and encounter many problems. The astronauts‚ Jim Lovell‚ Jack Swigert and Fred Haise were on a rushed mission to go to the moon when Jack went to go stir the oxygen tanks and one of them exploded. The explosion led to a whole host of problems. The astronauts had to abort the mission and focus on a safe return home. A monomyth plotline is when a person leaves a place‚ encounters obstacles and comes back a different
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On July 26th‚ 1969 History was made from Cape Kennedy space station. Three American astronauts named Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin‚ Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins completed a voyage to outer space to land on the moon. A feat never before accomplished by mankind. The mission lasted 8 days 3hrs and 18 min. When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon he placed a sign that read “here men from planet earth first set foot upon the moon July 1969 a.d. With his footsteps forever imprinted on the moon. During our
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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
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Apollo One is the name given to the AS-204 spacecraft after it was destroyed by fire during a training exercise. January 27‚ 1967 the crew of Apollo commonly known as Saturn 204 began training for the first Apollo mission. On this mission they were going to orbit Earth‚ they were scheduled to launch February 21. The AS-204 mission was scheduled for the first quarter of 1967‚ having already missed a target date for the last quarter of 1966. The shuttle was placed on launch pad 34 at the Kennedy
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affects others negatively. The god Apollo and his son‚ Phaethon‚ express their pride through negative actions‚ that lead to negative consequences. The sun god‚ Apollo‚ often expresses his pride and over confidence toward others. As a child‚ Apollo often did many cruel and wanton deeds. Apollo journeyed to Olympus to hunt the Python‚ and was successful. Apollo killed the Python in the Oracles of Mother Earth‚ “Knowing that he already violated a shrine‚ Apollo thought he might as well make his
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In addition to the technology needed to accomplish this monumental task‚ the other critical part to this program was the astronauts selected for the program. In order to get the right personnel for the job there needed to be a formal astronaut selection program. The astronaut selection process started when then President Eisenhower made the choice to use military test pilots so to streamline possible candidates. At this point‚ a NASA selection committee was formed‚ which consisted of a senior
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Differences and Similarities: Apollo and Dionysus In Greek Mythology a rivalry always occurs between certain Gods and Goddesses. In the case of Apollo and Dionysus there is no exception. They are half brothers‚ both sons of Zues and they compete just as most brothers do. Though the two Greek Gods‚ Apollo and Dionysus‚ were actually very similar in some ways‚ they severely contrasted in others. Dionysus‚ son of Zues and Semele and Apollo‚ son of Zues and Leto‚ both were born under strange
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Apollo 11 was one of the biggest American accomplishments in its history. Apollo 11 was the first landing on the moon‚ commanded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‚ NASA for short. “Abe Silverstein‚ the Director of Space Flight Development‚ proposed the name "Apollo" because it was the name of a god in ancient Greek mythology. The model for naming manned spaceflight projects for mythological gods and heroes had been set with Mercury” (Business Insider). There were three astronauts
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