http://apollo13.spacelog.org
This source is valuable as it is in a very similar layout to the websites that are made for the national history day competition. The source seems like it is/was a NHD website entry, in general it’s a good outline for how I should design my website. This website hold the complete Apollo transcripts for the entire mission. Every word uttered by the crew and command is stored chronologically in this website with important event highlighted. This makes this source invaluable to me as I gives me the exact words spoken at any given time.
https://soundcloud.com/napoleon98/sets/apollo-13-houston-weve-had-a
This audio clip probably doesn’t count as a complete source in itself, but its does count as a primary source as it is a direct audio clip from the Capcom (capsule communicator) and the astronauts in Apollo 13 as they say the famous line “Houston we’ve had a problem” and the deliberation between ground control and the crew. Although short, this clip gives me insights to the nature of the crew and how they work together in space. However, this ties in to the transcript log above, as it shows the exact time and words spoken.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo13.pdf
This source may count as 1-2 sources as it’s lengthy government review of the events of the Apollo 13 mission. This is a government-archived report, which was written following the successful return of the crew. The report outlined the problems, and solutions surrounding the successful return of the three astronauts. For example, the report contains detailed diagrams and photos of the “jury-rigged” oxygen scrubber that the ground control had to design for the crew to make in order to make it home safely.
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a13/A13_MissionReport.pdf
This source is a bibliography goldmine (we’re talking several sources with this one document). This is an extremely lengthy NASA report from the NASA achieves on the complete Apollo 13 Mission. This Report details every action by the craft and crew of Apollo 13 from liftoff to landing and is very well detailed with pictures, diagrams etc. Seriously, this report is like a small book. It’s a great source, and full of information about every detail of the mission. For example, the report gives diagrams and pictures of the damaged spacecraft and how the oxygen tank exploded, crippling the spacecraft.
http://klabs.org/richcontent/Reports/Failure_Reports/apollo_13/apollo_13_gnc_challenges.pdf
This report is similar to the one above, but instead of focusing of the mission as a whole, this report is more specified to how things were fixed, repaired, how the crew survived, and in general “jury rigged” the spacecraft to get them home. This report is not a government source like the last two, but still is organized like an official report; it has pictures, diagrams, charts etc. to show exactly how everything worked.
Lovell, Jim. Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13. 1st ed. Vol. 1. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. 378.
This is book written by Jim Lovell, Commander of the Apollo 13 mission. With 378 pages, the book counts for several sources. The book’s chapters are separated by dates, which help me break the mission down chronologically. The book also contains a photograph section, which includes a “road map” sort of outline of the crew’s voyage, pictures of the capsule and crew, mission control, previous missions and photos of the Lovell’s family. The book, being mainly autobiography, counts as a primary source for most of the content. Since the chapters are separated by date and time, I can go to any point in the mission to find 1st hand information about what was going on in the capsule. (as well as in Mission Control
Kranz, Gene. Failure Is Not an Option. 1st ed. Vol. 1. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000. 415.
For another perspective, this book is an autobiography written by former NASA flight director: Gene Kranz, who was in charge of the Apollo 13 mission (among many others in the 1960’s). Now I have a primary source for both the ground control and the crew. This book details part of the mission with photographs and diagrams; and it also gives me information on how the ground control communicates to the crew and how they work as a team. Sense I’m focusing my report on the coordination and teamwork between space and ground, this is a valuable primary source for what it’s like to be on earth during Apollo 13. The entire book is not specifically about the mission, so it’s not as detailed as “Lost Moon”,; but it’s still an invaluable source.
This source is valuable as it is in a very similar layout to the websites that are made for the national history day competition. The source seems like it is/was a NHD website entry, in general it’s a good outline for how I should design my website. This website hold the complete Apollo transcripts for the entire mission. Every word uttered by the crew and command is stored chronologically in this website with important event highlighted. This makes this source invaluable to me as I gives me the exact words spoken at any given time.
https://soundcloud.com/napoleon98/sets/apollo-13-houston-weve-had-a
This audio clip probably doesn’t count as a complete source in itself, but its does count as a primary source as it is a direct audio clip from the Capcom (capsule communicator) and the astronauts in Apollo 13 as they say the famous line “Houston we’ve had a problem” and the deliberation between ground control and the crew. Although short, this clip gives me insights to the nature of the crew and how they work together in space. However, this ties in to the transcript log above, as it shows the exact time and words spoken.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo13.pdf
This source may count as 1-2 sources as it’s lengthy government review of the events of the Apollo 13 mission. This is a government-archived report, which was written following the successful return of the crew. The report outlined the problems, and solutions surrounding the successful return of the three astronauts. For example, the report contains detailed diagrams and photos of the “jury-rigged” oxygen scrubber that the ground control had to design for the crew to make in order to make it home safely.
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a13/A13_MissionReport.pdf
This source is a bibliography goldmine (we’re talking several sources with this one document). This is an extremely lengthy NASA report from the NASA achieves on the complete Apollo 13 Mission. This Report details every action by the craft and crew of Apollo 13 from liftoff to landing and is very well detailed with pictures, diagrams etc. Seriously, this report is like a small book. It’s a great source, and full of information about every detail of the mission. For example, the report gives diagrams and pictures of the damaged spacecraft and how the oxygen tank exploded, crippling the spacecraft.
http://klabs.org/richcontent/Reports/Failure_Reports/apollo_13/apollo_13_gnc_challenges.pdf
This report is similar to the one above, but instead of focusing of the mission as a whole, this report is more specified to how things were fixed, repaired, how the crew survived, and in general “jury rigged” the spacecraft to get them home. This report is not a government source like the last two, but still is organized like an official report; it has pictures, diagrams, charts etc. to show exactly how everything worked.
Lovell, Jim. Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13. 1st ed. Vol. 1. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. 378.
This is book written by Jim Lovell, Commander of the Apollo 13 mission. With 378 pages, the book counts for several sources. The book’s chapters are separated by dates, which help me break the mission down chronologically. The book also contains a photograph section, which includes a “road map” sort of outline of the crew’s voyage, pictures of the capsule and crew, mission control, previous missions and photos of the Lovell’s family. The book, being mainly autobiography, counts as a primary source for most of the content. Since the chapters are separated by date and time, I can go to any point in the mission to find 1st hand information about what was going on in the capsule. (as well as in Mission Control
Kranz, Gene. Failure Is Not an Option. 1st ed. Vol. 1. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000. 415.
For another perspective, this book is an autobiography written by former NASA flight director: Gene Kranz, who was in charge of the Apollo 13 mission (among many others in the 1960’s). Now I have a primary source for both the ground control and the crew. This book details part of the mission with photographs and diagrams; and it also gives me information on how the ground control communicates to the crew and how they work as a team. Sense I’m focusing my report on the coordination and teamwork between space and ground, this is a valuable primary source for what it’s like to be on earth during Apollo 13. The entire book is not specifically about the mission, so it’s not as detailed as “Lost Moon”,; but it’s still an invaluable source.