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Apollo 13

Apollo 13. Euclid Middle School Space Odyssey Period 6. Rocket Information. Liftoff was on Saturday, April 11 th 1970 at 1:13 PM The Saturn V Rocket was carrying Odyssey and Aquarius. Their objective was to land the Aquarius on the Moon Minor vibrations for 5 ½ minutes after takeoff.

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Apollo 13

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  1. Apollo 13 Euclid Middle School Space Odyssey Period 6

  2. Rocket Information • Liftoff was on Saturday, April 11th 1970 at 1:13 PM • The Saturn V Rocket was carrying Odyssey and Aquarius. • Their objective was to land the Aquarius on the Moon • Minor vibrations for 5 ½ minutes after takeoff

  3. Astronauts • James A. Lovell, Jr. (4) • Commander • John L. Swigert (1) • Command Module Pilot • Fred W. Haise, Jr. (1) • Lunar Module Pilot • Ken Mattingly was originally going to be the Command Module pilot but he contracted rubella which is a German smallpox.

  4. Project Mercury • Goals: Orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth, Investigate man’s ability to function in space and recover both man and spacecraft safely. • Freedom 7, Liberty Bell 7, Friendship 7, Aurora 7, Sigma 7, Faith 7 • Cone-shaped one man capsule

  5. Project Gemini • Goals: To subject man and equipment to space flight up to two weeks in duration, dock with orbiting vehicles and to maneuver the docked combination by propulsion system. • Gemini I-XII • Included the first spacewalk.

  6. The Problem • When they were flying to the moon, at a distance of 321,866 KM from Earth, one of the service module from the number two oxygen tank exploded. • A fire increased pressure beyond its nominal (1000 PSI) limit, and either the tank or the tank dome failed. • The failure also damaged the first tank or its plumbing.

  7. Movie • Tom Hanks played Jim Lovell • Kevin Bacon played Jack Swigert • Bill Paxton played Fred Haise • $355,237,933 earnings worldwide • Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing in 1996

  8. Works Cited “Apollo 13.” Google Images. Internet: www.http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-13/apollo-13-patch.jpg . 21 April 2009. “Apollo 13 film.” Google. Internet: www. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13_(film). 21 April 2009. “Apollo 13.” Google. Internet: www. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13. 21 April 2009. “Apollo 13.” Google Images. Internet: www. http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/docs-pix/apollo13.jpg. 21 April 2009. “Project Gemini.” Google. Internet: www. http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini.html. 21 April 2009. “Project Mercury.” Google. Internet: www. http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mercury.htm. 21 April 2009. “Rocket statistics for Apollo 13.” Google. Internet: www. http://techcenter.davidson.k12.nc.us/Group3/apollo13.htm. 22 April 2009.

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