Exploring Apollo 13: A Study in US History

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The reason I chose Apollo 13 as my topic is because I was interested in this topic. However, I was also interested in a lot of other topics, but the teacher said I could only do US history. This topic, Apollo 13 was the best US history topic I could find by far in my opinion. It involved a lot of topics I like, such as rocket science and technology while falling under the theme, explore, exchange, encounter.

Considering that I chose Apollo 13 as my NHD topic, it was time to get started! What I needed to complete my project was research. How would I get it? I would look online, go to the library and get books, etc. What I would know is at least 1 primary source was necessary if not 2. So I got my sources. My turnout of sources was 2 websites, …show more content…

For example, one of the books I read, Apollo 13: Space Emergency brought me into the scene of the explosion and how it happened. It described what happened, and what it then triggered. One of the websites told me one of the major impacts of Apollo 13. While reading this website, I was shocked to find out Apollo 13 impacted technology by accelerating the pace of technology development. It was also good to know because I got to find out why. It was complicated, but I soon …show more content…

For explore, the 3 astronauts, went on this mission to explore the Fra Mauro Formation on the moon. Unfortunately, malfunctions occurred before they even got there, so they weren't able to achieve their mission. The men encountered this failure so they could change and have success the next time, falling under the Encounter category. After the mission was over, they came back to earth successfully without being the 1st astronauts to die in space. It was a close call. Because of their success in coming back, President Richard Nixon awarded the crew the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their bravery and perseverance in the mission. The crewmen persevered the mission despite almost dying stranded in space. And they got the Presidential Medal of Freedom as a "reward" of this. The men almost lost their lives. And then, they got something for it. This is an example of

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