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ILLUSTRATED BY RAFAEL ALVAREZ
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NGSS: Core Idea: EST1.A, EST1.B, ESS1.B
CCSS: Literacy in Science: 9
TEKS: 6.1A, 7.1A, 8.1A, ASTRO.16A
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Space Escape
Three astronauts headed for the moon on the Apollo 13 mission. Then disaster struck. Would they make it home alive?
AS YOU READ, THINK ABOUT how the Apollo 13 astronauts and ground crew used problem solving to avoid a deadly disaster.
On April 11, 1970, Commander Jim Lovell and pilots Jack Swigert and Fred Haise launched into space aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft. They were headed to the lunar surface—the third group of NASA astronauts to make this voyage. The mission was going according to plan . . . until an explosion damaged their spacecraft on the way to the moon. NASA engineers back on Earth had to think fast to get the astronauts home safe.
DESIGNING SOLUTIONS: What role did teamwork, communication, and creativity play in rescuing the Apollo 13 astronauts?