10, 9, 8, 7, the clock of dreams counted down. I took a deep breath In my purple spacesuit. 3, 2, 1, “Whoosh!” The ship jerked my head back as our ship blasted off into space. The Earth shrunk as we went higher and higher into the sky. “Whooaaa!” Leonard yelled as he and his co-astronauts, Rafael, and I, Mike rode this flying roller coaster. I looked out of the window knowing that I was on the third mission where men land on the moon. Space was pitch black, with some small stars here and there. The stars were lights in a sea of darkness. About fifty five hours into our Apollo 13 mission, the ship started to run low on oxygen. “I’ll change the tank!” I eagerly said. While I was changing the oxygen tank, I noticed some loose wires. Figuring that it was nothing, I ignored the wires. Just two seconds later I would wish that hadn’t ignored those loose wires. “BOOM!” The lose wires created a spark that lit the oxygen tank which made it extremely unstable! Lights were flashing like crazy and my co-astronauts and I all had a very worried look on our faces. “Oh, no!” Leonard said. “Contain it Rafael!” I yelled. “Okay, but while I’m gone go make a plan on what to …show more content…
I spotted a crack in the door’s glass window. The crack seemed to be suck some of the scarce air from the ship! Rafael and I estimated that this minimized up our allotted time to get back to Earth. If we didn’t make it in time, we would die of suffocation! In five hours, we started to enter Earth’s atmosphere and we started to rapidly gain speed. On April 17th we started to head to the Atlantic Ocean and our ship started to burn up. Through the windows of the ship we could see an endless amount of red and blue flames. The flames slipped through the crack in the window, like an acrobat at the circus. The fire cornered Rafael and I and I knew that I would not see my family again. The flames got to Rafael first and he screamed as he disappeared into the
As a result of the successful mission that landed the first men on the moon, called the Apollo 11 mission, many people were inspired to provide commentary on this landing. Although these texts describe unique individual purposes about this landing, they all effectively support their purposes through the use of several rhetorical devices.
The following four texts apart of the Culminating Activity were all related to the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, which had first put a man on the moon. The first article was from the Times of London, and served to describe the events of the moon landing from the astronaut's point of view. The article used anecdotal evidence to describe Aldrin and Armstrong's experience in order to inform the audience of what had occurred, as well as the reactions in several different countries.. The speaker is a from a reputable news source, The Times, and is informing the European audience - as this event was apart of America’s space program, NASA - of the landing as a great success. Although
A turning point in history is when NASA launched Apollo 11. Apollo 11 is a spaceflight that was launched in 1969, and landed the first humans on the moon. Neil Armstrong, one of the spacemen, explained the event as, "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." The reason this was a historical turning point is because the mission represented the dreams and capabilities of the human mind, and led a lasting change on history.
The purpose of writing this paper is to identify and evaluate the developmental themes which are shown in the Apollo 13 movie. It will reflect on how the themes is related to Developmental Theories and its implications for Counselors for setting counseling goals and intervention. In addition, the reflection of developmental themes and theories and its implications for counselors has also been covered. This paper has been divided into five major parts;
Little did anyone know or expect this would be the most rewarding mission since 1961. Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins left from the Kennedy Space Center on the east coast of Florida on July 16,1969. Michael Collins was the command module pilot, Neil Armstrong was the mission commander, and Buzz Aldrin was the lunar module pilot. The Apollo 11 crew traveled 240,000 miles in just 72 hours, Apollo 11 entered into a lunar orbit on July 19,1696. Collins detached for the lunar module The mission was already ahead of schedule with Americans waiting to see what was going to happen next for their country. At 10:39 p.m., Armstrong, being televised, opened the hatch of the lunar module, and three minutes later Armstrong made history by putting his left foot of the moon’s powdery surface. When Armstrong stepped down from the last step from the spacecraft, all of America jumped for excitement and joy. Aldrin soon joined Armstrong 19 minutes later, and together they took photographs, then planted the United States flag. President Nixon was so very blessed and honored that he was able to witness America make history on July 24, 1969 along with all of the other Americans. Returning back to Earth
In the movie Apollo 13, a lot of problems and challenges faced the four astronauts, Jem, Ken, Jack and Fred. The first event was done when they were sitting all together, and saw the fire that happened in Apollo 1, the accident occurred during the Plugs Out Integrated Test. The purpose of this test was to demonstrate all space vehicle systems and operational procedures in as near a flight configuration as practical and to verify systems capability in a simulated launch. After the test, a fire blast went on because all the we need to turn the fire “fire triangle” where there, the high-pressure pure oxygen environment fanned the flames and the crew struggled to get out of the capsule. The best solution
Apollo 11 was about landing on the moon and returning back to Earth safely. The crew on this mission were Neil A. Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Neil A. Armstrong’s job was the commander. Buzz Aldrin’s job was module pilot. Michael Collins job was command module pilot. The backup astronauts were James A. Lovell, commander, William A. Andes, command module pilot, and Fred W. Haise, lunar module pilot (Apollo 11 Crew).
Green, Nick. "Apollo 11 Mission - First Humans on the Moon." About.com Space / Astronomy. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.
On April 13, 1970, NASA's Mission Control heard the five words that no control center ever wants to hear: "We've got a problem here." Jack Swigert, an astronaut aboard the Apollo 13 aircraft, reported the problem of broken down oxygen tanks to the Houston Control Center, less than two days after its takeoff on April 11th. Those at the Control Center in Houston were unsure what had happened to the spacecraft, but knew that some sort of explosion had occurred. This so-called explosion sent Apollo 13 spinning away from the Earth at 2,000 miles per hour, 75 percent of the way to the moon. In order to get the astronauts back to the Earth's atmosphere would be to utilize the moon's gravitational pull and send them back towards home, like a slingshot. However, this procedure would require three days, and this demanded more oxygen and electricity than the crew had available to them. Eugene "Gene" Kranz, head of this flight mission, although looking on in horror, began thinking of solutions to the problem immediately after the Controls were aware of the problem on board. Knowing that the options of refueling the spacecraft with oxygen or retrieve the astronauts himself, he needed to think of a strategy for a safe return. In this sense, if his solution fails, it could result in the biggest catastrophe in NASA history.
~"The 1969 Moon Landing: First Humans to Walk on Another World." Science and Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol. 7. Detroit: Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context. Web. 13 Feb. 2014.
The fire grew so big that it started to attack the people around the dock and started to burn them. Then it happened the ammonium nitrate exploded and destroyed the boat. Where the ammonium nitrate was stored it blew a huge hole in the side of the boat and and almost completely blew the boat in half. The destruction of the explosion was so bad that it destroyed the whole town of Texas City. The shock of the explosion was so bad that people felt it in louisiana two hundred and fifty miles away.
The subsequent day we are on a sustainable aeroplane which had a propeller made from old bottles. Then there’s a problem. Suddenly, the lights start to flicker like fireflies and the plane starts to head downhill. The strong, pungent smell of fuel scalds my nostrils like hot coals. Somewhere I hear a scream. A shrill ear-piercing scream. Branches scrape at the windows like stretched limbs, grasping for me at every possible moment. I cling onto my seat.
If you notice in all the pictures that NASA has taken of the first moon landing, there are no stars in the sky. In July of 1969, many Americans watched Neil Armstrong as he took that first
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” It was July 20 1969, the day that reshaped our nation and gave us unparalleled dreams for the future. The impact of the day goes far beyond our pride and nationalism; that day would change space exploration and technology forever. Just like a shooting star, that day would give us a glimpse of hope. A chance to see an event so breathtaking and defying, it would be man’s greatest accomplishment in the 20th century. As millions of people watched from their TV sets, a rush of euphoria came over the nation as Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the surface of the moon. It was the first time in the history of mankind that we would step on the surface of another celestial body. John F. Kennedy dared us to dream, he inspired the nation to reach for the moon, to set ourselves apart from the rest of the world. The Space Race was symbolic of many things. Our future as the technically dominate nation was secured in place; just as secure as Old Glory would be, when she was driven down into the soil of the moon. We not only reached the moon, we conquered it as a nation; united.