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Author : Rebecca Rissman
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781515779407
In an immersive, exciting narrative nonfiction format, this powerful book follows a selection of people who experienced the events surrounding the Apollo 13 disaster.
Author : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Office of Public Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Moon
ISBN : MINN:30000006056539
Author : Phil Coleman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Space vehicle accidents
ISBN : 1549563947
APOLLO 13: Houston We Have A Problem - The True Story of the Apollo 13 Disaster Those that are familiar with Apollo 13 know that it was the seventh installment of the Apollo space program. It was classified as a manned mission by NASA as well as the third mission with the intention of landing on the moon, though it never actually succeeded in the lunar landing as it was aborted due to an oxygen tank explosion. On April 11th of 1970, the Apollo 13 craft was sent to launch at 13:13 CST, or 19:13 UTC. It originated from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The incident that caused its mission to fail happened two days into the endeavor, and it crippled the Service Module. This was vitally important for the proper functioning of the Command Module. Other hardships that had to be battled during flight included loss of cabin heat, a limited supply of power, a critical need for makeshift repairs to the system that removed carbon dioxide from the craft, and a shortage of potable water. Despite all of these things, the crew was able to safely return to Earth six days after they launched, on the 17th of April. This is the incredible story of the Apollo 13 disaster, and the breathtaking, miraculous turnaround that saw the entire crew return safe and well.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:299893172
Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 151239243X
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the mission written by the astronauts and members of Mission Control *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "The only experiment we completed on Apollo 13 was not on the original mission list." - James Lovell, Jr. In the summer of 1969, Apollo 11 successfully landed men on the Moon for the first time in history, and Apollo 12 successfully landed astronauts on the Moon just a few months after Apollo 11's successful mission. Apollo 12 was actually more successful than Apollo 11 from the standpoint of fulfilling the mission objectives, but it was naturally overshadowed since it did not come first. Another reason Apollo 12 is mostly forgotten today can be credited to the dramatic and fateful Apollo 13 mission, which took twists and turns nobody could have predicted when it launched on April 11, 1970. Apollo 13's mission was to land on the Moon near the Fra Mauro highlands, which were hills that had somehow formed in the middle of a huge crater tens of miles wide. The mission was supposed to test for seismic activity and take samples to analyze the crater and try to find an explanation for the formation of the hills. Of course, as is widely known today, Apollo 13 never made the landing. The ever-dependable Saturn V properly thrust Apollo 13 out of the Earth's orbit and toward the Moon, but two days into the voyage, the crew heard a loud bang. At first, the crew was not sure what had happened, leading Commander James Lovell to famously transmit to Mission Control, "Houston, we've had a problem." As it turned out, one of the main oxygen tanks had ruptured in the Service Module, causing a catastrophic failure. The Command/Service Module's fuel cells all shut down, leaving the command/Service Module to run on backup batteries. In other words, Apollo 13 was adrift between the Earth and the Moon with limited battery power. With severely limited supplies and power, Apollo 13 shut down the Command/Service Module altogether, and the entire crew had to rely on camping out in the Lunar Module, which was only equipped to support two astronauts. The Moon landing was obviously out of the question, but Apollo 13 still had to orbit around the Moon to head back to Earth, a trip that would take four more days. Power and water were the two most critical shortages, forcing the crew to maintain the Lunar Module at low energy. The crew also had to worry about carbon dioxide building up and poisoning them, because the Lunar Module's system to remove carbon dioxide was designed to support two people for a few days, not three people for four days. Once Apollo 13 rounded the Moon and headed back to Earth, the crew and Mission Control managed to restart the Command/Service Module, rerouting power from the Lunar Module to the Command/Service Module. The crew also had to manually realign the spacecraft for reentry, as Lovell had done for Apollo 8. Before reentry, the Service Module was jettisoned from the spacecraft, and pictures of it were taken to see what went so terribly wrong. The crew then jettisoned the Lunar Module that had saved their lives, leaving it to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. On the afternoon of April 17, Apollo 13's Command Module made a nerve-wracking but successful reentry into Earth's atmosphere, allowing Lovell to consider the mission a "successful failure." Gene Kranz, the Lead Flight Controller at Mission Control, considered Apollo 13's safe return to be "NASA's finest hour." Houston, We've Had a Problem: The History of the Apollo 13 Mission analyzes the conception of the Apollo program and the events that brought about one of the most famous space missions in history. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Apollo 13 like never before, in no time at all.
Author : Robyn Watts
Publisher : Explore!
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1922370177
"Houston, we've had a problem!" These famous words from the astronauts of the Apollo 13 Mission became the stuff of movies. This story explains NASA's Apollo Space Program to get a "Man on the Moon" and the challenges they faced along the way. This story includes the incredible survival of the Apollo 13 crew in the face of disaster. The moon mission was an amazing achievement of science and human tenacity. A great story for use in science and design studies in solving problems in physics and materials.
Author : Gene Kranz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439148815
The author, flight director in NASA's Mission Control, tells of the challenges in space flight from the very early years to the current time and of "his own bold suggestions about what we ought to be doing in space now."--Jacket.
Author : Laura B. Edge
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781541595781
"Houston, we've had a problem." On April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft were headed to the moon when a sudden explosion rocked the ship. Oxygen levels began depleting rapidly. Electrical power began to fail. Astronauts James Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise were about to be stranded in the inky void of outer space. The mission to the moon was scrapped. Now, Apollo 13's only goal was to bring the crew home. With the damaged spacecraft hurtling towards the moon at roughly six thousand miles per hour, there was little hope of success. But the astronauts and mission control were fully prepared to do whatever it took to return the crew to Earth. This space disaster occurred at the peak of the United States' Space Race against the Soviet Union. But for four days in 1970, the two nations put aside their differences, and the entire world watched the skies, hoping and praying the astronauts would return safely. As missions to Mars and commercial space flight become a reality, the time is now to be reminded of our common humanity, of how rivals can work together and support each other towards a shared goal. Because no matter what happens or where we travel, we all call Earth home.
Author : Fred Haise,Bill Moore
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781588347145
The extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon In the gripping Never Panic Early, Fred Haise, Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 13, offers a detailed firsthand account of when disaster struck three days into his mission to the moon. An oxygen tank exploded, a crewmate uttered the now iconic words, “Houston, we’ve had a problem here,” and the world anxiously watched as one of history’s most incredible rescue missions unfolded. Haise brings readers into the heart of his experience on the challenging mission--considered NASA’s finest hour--and reflects on his life and career as an Apollo astronaut. In this personal and illuminating memoir, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, Haise takes an introspective look at the thrills and triumphs, regrets and disappointments, and lessons that defined his career, including his years as a military fighter pilot and his successful 20-year NASA career that would have made him the sixth man on the moon had Apollo 13 gone right. Many of his stories navigate fear, hope, and resilience, like when he crashed while ferrying a World War II air show aircraft and suffered second and third-degree burns over 65 percent of his body, putting him in critical condition for ten days before making a heroic recovery. In Never Panic Early, Haise explores what it was like to work for NASA in its glory years and demonstrates a true ability to deal with the unexpected.
Author : Jim Lovell,Jeffrey Kluger
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0618619585
Recounts how after only fifty hours into its flight to the moon, the Apollo 13 space ship was rocked by an explosion, and tells how the ship was brought under control, and the crew safely returned to earth.
Author : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher : Burlington , Ont. : Apogee Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1896522556
In 1970 some considered Apollo 13 a catastrophic failure but it has since been recognised as one of NASA's truly great moments, when the spirit of daring and ingenuity came to life in the team at Mission Control as they successfully brought the crew home. In "Apollo 13: the NASA mission report" some of the rare official documentation of the voyage of Apollo 13 is collected and made commercially available for the first time.
Author : Tod Olson
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780545928175
For middle grade space enthusiasts, the amazing true story of the doomed Apollo 13 moon mission that nearly ended in disaster. April 13, 1970: Two hundred thousand miles from Earth and counting, an explosion rips through Jim Lovell’s spacecraft. The crippled ship hurtles toward the moon at three times the speed of sound, losing power and leaking oxygen into space. Lovell and his crew were two days from the dream of a lifetime—walking on the surface of moon. Now, they will count themselves lucky to set foot on Earth again. From “Houston, we’ve had a problem” to the final tense moments at Mission Control, Lost in Outer Space takes readers on the unbelievable journey of Apollo 13 and inside the minds of its famous and heroic astronauts. Complete with photographs of the crew and diagrams of the spacecraft, this is an up-close-and-personal look at one of the most thrilling survival stories of all time. “Fans of action-packed true survival stories will take to this real-life space episode—an easy pick for upper elementary schoolers.” —School Library Journal
Author : Rebecca Rissman
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781515779643
In an immersive, exciting narrative nonfiction format, this powerful book follows a selection of people who experienced the events surrounding the Apollo 13 disaster.
Author : David Long
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781781129869
A thrilling and captivating retelling of one of history’s most famous space missions, publishing to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13’s fateful launch.
Author : Henry M. Holden
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766040720
"Explores the Apollo 13 mission, including the causes of the disaster aboard the spacecraft, how the astronauts fixed the problems, and how the crew were saved"--Provided by publisher.