In April, 1970, the same year that China had its first satellite, Dong Fang Hong 1, launched into orbit using a March-1 Long Rocket; America was on its way to launch its seventh manned mission to the moon, but what would have been another great achievement of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as well as the united states as a whole had become what astronaut James A. Lovell called a “successful failure” due to the fact that the integrity of their spacecraft had been compromised because of an explosion that happened on board and the mission needed to be repressed and the pilots returned home.
On April 11, 1970 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, also known as NASA, sent James A. Lovell, a highly decorated commander …show more content…
45). It was an American masterpiece derived from German engineering that was designed, built, and took off from Cape Canaveral Florida 4/ 11/ 1970. Although N.A.S.A’s headquarters was based in Houston, Texas at the time of the Odyssey’s departure. James Lovell deemed the mission a “successful failure” because the lunar module nor the astronauts had actually touched the surface of the moon but it was a success because they still got some testing done and returned safely to earth. This was because they lost the majority of their food in the explosion and the water clarifying system was no longer not working at full capacity so to attempt to complete the mission by landing on the moon in an already malfunctioning rocket with just barely enough food, water, and fuel to get back home had seemed foolish. Though In the process of returning “home” James, jack, and Fred were still able to successfully conduct several other experiments that did not require them to land but had to be orchestrated while in orbit (Orloff, Richard Par. 8), (Holmes, Jay Pg. …show more content…
After they were cleared the astronauts James A. Lovell, jack Swigert, and Fred Haise were able to go back to their home lives. Soon after Lovell, his crew, and the operations team of the Apollo 13 mission were awarded the Medal of Freedom by the 37 president of the United States of America, Richard Nixon (Orloff, Richard Par. 3). The Apollo 13 mission wasn’t a total failure because many things were learned from this mistake to help prevent similar future disasters (Holmes, Jay Pg. 510). The patch that was used for the mission insignia was a depiction of Apollos chariot soaring through space being pulled by three horses (Orloff, Richard Par.
On April 11, 1970 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, also known as NASA, sent James A. Lovell, a highly decorated commander …show more content…
45). It was an American masterpiece derived from German engineering that was designed, built, and took off from Cape Canaveral Florida 4/ 11/ 1970. Although N.A.S.A’s headquarters was based in Houston, Texas at the time of the Odyssey’s departure. James Lovell deemed the mission a “successful failure” because the lunar module nor the astronauts had actually touched the surface of the moon but it was a success because they still got some testing done and returned safely to earth. This was because they lost the majority of their food in the explosion and the water clarifying system was no longer not working at full capacity so to attempt to complete the mission by landing on the moon in an already malfunctioning rocket with just barely enough food, water, and fuel to get back home had seemed foolish. Though In the process of returning “home” James, jack, and Fred were still able to successfully conduct several other experiments that did not require them to land but had to be orchestrated while in orbit (Orloff, Richard Par. 8), (Holmes, Jay Pg. …show more content…
After they were cleared the astronauts James A. Lovell, jack Swigert, and Fred Haise were able to go back to their home lives. Soon after Lovell, his crew, and the operations team of the Apollo 13 mission were awarded the Medal of Freedom by the 37 president of the United States of America, Richard Nixon (Orloff, Richard Par. 3). The Apollo 13 mission wasn’t a total failure because many things were learned from this mistake to help prevent similar future disasters (Holmes, Jay Pg. 510). The patch that was used for the mission insignia was a depiction of Apollos chariot soaring through space being pulled by three horses (Orloff, Richard Par.