Carbon-13 NMR

“‘Hey, we’ve got a problem here.’ The day was April 13, 1970. The voice was that of astronaut Jack Swigert, speaking from aboard the spacecraft Odyssey. Almost immediately, NASA’s Mission Control queried back: ‘This is Houston. Say again, please’” (Useem 114). The men wanted to get the point across that there was a major life or death problem going on. They spread the awareness in both the story and film of Apollo 13. Various stories with a movie or film made along with it most likely have some…

Apollo 13 Maria Awad Mr. Estes American History II, D-block 16 March 2016 On April 11, 1970, the spacecraft, Apollo 13 was launched to go to the moon. Its journey lasted about five days, 22 hours, 54 minutes and 41 seconds and traveled 622,268 miles. It landed April 17, 1970 in the Pacific Ocean (Chaikin, Kohl, and Bean 56). The spacecraft’s crew consisted of: James A. Lovell Jr. as the Commander, Fred W. Haise Jr. as the Lunar Module Pilot, and John L. Swigert Jr. as the Command Module…

tank. Their mission was a success even though it was a disaster that almost cost their lives. The Apollo 13 were doing a routine task which was to turn on the fans inside of the oxygen tanks. After that, the air tanks exploded while inflicting massive damage to the spacecraft, which was caused by faulty wiring in the oxygen tanks. One reason that it was a success was that the crew of Apollo 13 showed excellent teamwork and calmness during the disaster. They showed excellent teamwork and…

In the film Apollo 13, while in orbit awaiting to do a lunar landing, they were doing some diagnostics and a oxygen tank exploded and Flight Commander Gene Kranz had to make some major decisions to ensure the crew would be able to return to Earth safely. As any effective manager would, Kranz using knowledge and information from his team of experts to assess the severity of the situation, demonstrating the first step of decision making. With the information he has, he acknowledges that a major…

Apollo 13: The Story of a Successful Failure in Space Exploration ?Houston, we?ve had a problem.? This iconic phrase was uttered by Jim Lovell after an explosion occurred during his Apollo 13 mission and it appeared that all pre-launch fears that the mission was cursed were coming true. Lovell, Apollo 13?s commander, was not the original commander for the mission. Rather, Lovell was slated to fly Apollo 14 when the original commander of Apollo 13, Alan Shepard, became ill. Not wanting to…

The movie Apollo 13 is based upon a true story and tells the story of one of the most famous NASA space missions. It features the Apollo 13 mission to the moon commanded by astronauts James Lovell and his two other crew members, John Swigert and Fred Haise. The movie depicts the mission of the Apollo 13, while also including the accounts and events that took place. The movie follows closely to the story and differs from the real event in only a few ways. Some of these include Ken Mattingly’s…

Our lives and the lives of those before us, have been unknowingly (or knowingly) shaped by elements. In The Disappearing Spoon, the author Sam Kean, discusses the wonderful world of the periodic table in depth. Within the first nine chapters of the novel, Kean explains the importance of location on the table, origin and discovery of each element, and its impact on other aspects of human life. Through various tales, the table is pulled apart and analyzed in an ingenious way. To a reader, it is…

Esterification is a Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution Reaction wherein a carboxylic acid or a derivative of a carboxylic acid accepts a nucleophile which in turns substitutes for a leaving group. In esterification a leaving group connected to the carbonyl carbon is substituted by an alkoxide ion which forms the formula RCOOR’ which is an ester. For this particular experiment the esterification used was the Fischer esterification reaction which involves a carboxylic acid and an alcohol mixed in…

fuel resources such as coal, but we are getting religion. With the right amount of will and leadership we can certainly avoid the worst ' ' ' (Marsa 124). Australia has started to work on reforms to change their nasty habits such as putting a tax on carbon, which has provided an incentive to lower the usage of fossil…

In the Acid-Catalyzed Hydration of norbornene, water and sulfuric acid were added to the C=C double bond to form norborneol. Sulfuric acid acted as a catalyst, where it was not consumed in the reaction and helped to propel the reaction forward, as it was vital in forming hydronium ion and breaking the double bond. Both the products endo-norborneol and exo-norborneol were synthesized; however regioselectivity and stereoselectivity played a role as to which product was more preferred and whether…