Apollo+13+Movie+review

Apollo 13 is a movie that portrays the struggle of the Apollo 13 spaceflight crew during their mission. The spaceship had an explosion in one of its oxygen tanks shortly after they were out of the earths atmosphere. This came from when they tried to stir the oxygen tanks while on of the copper electric rods was welded by accident to its surrounds, not allowing any of the electricity to pass through. This then created an explosion which blew out a side of the ship and damaged its oxygen tanks. But in the end, due to many people's great thinking, the crew was able to return safely back to earth.

Through this movie I learned a lot more about the after part of the space race and cold war. It helped me understand why it was so important for the US to be able to say that they had never lost a man in space.

I love this movie! Not only because Captain Lovell is in it, but also because this was the movie that created my love for space. The movie is easy to follow and is interesting to watch. Also, the real Captain Lovell also appears in the movie at the end when he rescues the astronauts out of the water! I love this movie!