Apollo 13
Can you remember back to the year 1970? This was the year the U.S. was supposed to make history by landing the first man on the moon. Two days after launch, while Apollo 13 was approaching the moon to begin lunar operations, something exploded on the ship. The crew had to overcome many life-threatening obstacles while on the trip back to earth. NASA discovered what caused the explosion on Apollo 13 after the crew was safe back on earth."The Apollo 13 capsule was launched atop a Saturn V rocket on April 11, 1970. During all spacecraft launches, launch controllers on the ground keep a close watch on the spacecraft's systems. The Apollo 13 astronauts faced a dangerous situation when an oxygen tank in the command and service module exploded two days after launch, but they were able to use oxygen reserves in the lunar module and returned safely to the earth." On April 11, 1970 the Apollo 13(piloted by A. Lovell Jr., John L. Swigert Jr., and Fred Wallace Haise Jr.) was launched into space on a trip to the moon. T
The crew had successfully disconnected the LM, the CSM, and made it through the 21/2° section of the atmosphere. They were now falling to the surface of earth at 22,000 MPH. NASA had been preparing for the landing for the past few days. They had the U.S. Navy out on the sea looking and watching for the capsules parachutes. The capsule had been seen and the crew made it back safely to their families. During the trip around the moon and back to earth the crew had to overcome many life-threatening obstacles such as: near freezing temperatures, excess carbon dioxide in the LM, storing their urine, and re-entering earths atmosphere. The crew could not do anything about the near freezing temperatures. They overcame the low temperatures by staying in their space suites. On earth NASA was trying to figure out how to convert a square carbon dioxide converter to a round one because the LM only took round ones. Once they got that they gave the information to the crew and the crew then made their own round converter. They soon foun
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