Apollo 13 Houston Weve Got A Problem

Author : Rebecca Rissman
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1515779408
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Houston, We've Had a Problem written by Rebecca Rissman and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Apollo 13: "Houston, We've Got a Problem." written by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Office of Public Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Apollo 13 written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fred Haise
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588347141
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Never Panic Early written by Fred Haise and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Charles River Charles River Editors
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781981886036
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Houston, We've Had a Problem written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *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 : Gene Kranz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439148813
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Failure Is Not an Option written by Gene Kranz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Phil Coleman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781549563942
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Apollo 13 written by Phil Coleman and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Tod Olson
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545928176
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Lost in Outer Space written by Tod Olson and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Jim Lovell
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618619580
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Apollo 13 written by Jim Lovell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Laura B. Edge
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
ISBN 13 : 1541559002
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Apollo 13 written by Laura B. Edge and published by Twenty-First Century Books (Tm). This book was released on 2020 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This young adult book tells the story of the Apollo 13 mission in 1970. It was the seventh manned mission in the Apollo space program and the third that was meant to land on the Moon. The landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded, threatening all lives onboard the craft. The crew did return home safely. This book explores how the team worked together and what the space program learned from the experience"--