Throughout the Movie Apollo 13, the stages of group development were applied. Forming the first stage of group development. Was prevalent early in the movie when the crew first found out that they were supposed to be on the Apollo 13 mission there was a bit of confusion among the crew and their families. The crew had to work with each other and learn each others strengths and weaknesses, this was most noticeably displayed while the crew was practicing
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Apollo 13 Cinematic Analysis Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard is the heartbreaking true story of the Apollo 13 crew on their journey to Mars. The film teaches the viewers the theme that everyone must make the best of what they get and adapt to an ever changing environment. The movie starts by introducing the 3 members of the Apollo 13 mission.The members are Jim Lovell as mission commander, Jack Swigert the backup command module pilot, and Fred Haise the lunar module pilot. Lovell’s team gets a
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Three, two, one… The sky roared into a fiery red as the rocket shot into the sky, calming the surrounding atmosphere into a sudden silence. This was the launch of the Apollo 13 mission. Three astronauts, Lovell, Swigart, and Haise, were sent on this mission to explore a hilly section on the moon. So far, the mission was going as planned and very well, at least for now. No one knew of the catastrophe that was soon coming. When Swigart was instructed to “turn on the fans inside the oxygen tanks
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Woodhouse 1 Kevin Woodhouse Mrs. DeWitt College Comp. 26/3/15 Determination The film, Apollo 13, is based on the real life crisis that occurred April 13, 1970, on board the Apollo spacecraft. After spending eight days in the freezing confinement of the Apollo 13 space capsule Jim Lovell and his crew members, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert, splashed down into the Pacific Ocean. This team achieved their goals through several adverse conditions. The survival of these three is the embodiment of
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Apollo 13 Directed by: Ron Howard “Hello, Houston. This is Odyssey. It's good to see you again.” These were the words Jim Lovell said as he splashed down into the Pacific Ocean after spending 8 days in a freezing hell. Stuck in the confined quarters of the Apollo 13, those words were the embodiment of achieving your goals through determination. During the flight there were more displays of determination than I could possibly cover, so I am going to write about the three that stuck
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Apollo 13 Essay Apollo 13 was one of the most terrifying and suspenseful events that happened in history. Directors and authors try their best to create an environment where the reader or viewer can feel they were there when it happened. The author or director creates suspense in many ways. In text the author may use descriptions, vivid verbs, phrases that cause fear, and frightening facts. In movies, directors can create suspense by using music, different angles with camera shots, lighting, and
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The Apollo 13 mission was a failure. The astronauts got home, but landed in the middle of nowhere. The astronauts lived, but they had several near death experiences. The astronauts didn’t die, but NASA spent over 1 million dollars from taxpayers on a failed mission. Therefore, Apollo 13 mission was a failure. At the time on the spacecraft the atmosphere was very tense. The text proves that the problems were serious. “...Oxygen tank No. 2 blew up causing No. 1 tank to also fail....one oxygen tank
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If you have seen Apollo 13, you know that a man named Jim Lovell and his crew were miraculously brought back to Earth after relentless efforts of crew and mission control. What were even the points of sending this crew out into space? As many assumed, and as answered in the following quote by the man, Jim Lovell, himself, it was to win: “As many would have assumed, and as Apollo 13 was actually going to be the first scientific Apollo flight. If you remember, there was a great space race between
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space docudrama, Apollo 13, narrates the events of America’s third attempted moon landing mission through the perspective of astronaut Jim Lovell, portrayed by Tom Hanks. The film also depicts astronauts Jack Swigert and Fred Haise, portrayed by Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton respectively. The plot follows their journey leading up to the launch, details their successes and failures on-board such as the explosion that nearly cost them their lives, and explains the aftermath. Apollo 13 deservingly earned
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Apollo 13 Social student fair Right in the beginning of space programs to the Moon, Apollo 13 was the third American Apollo space program that had intended to land on the moon. Although it was the seventh manned mission. Real goal of that mission was to examine a region of the moon, a region that is difficult to get to. The astronauts survived the flight, but it was close. As in the bible says ( Psalm 8:3-4 ESV / When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which
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