Apollo 13

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1 Open answers2 a Open answers b 1 engine, pilot, parachute 2 measles 3 tank, oxygen 4 Earth, gravity 5 astronaut, Moon, lunar module3 Neil Armstrong and a lunar module on the Moon.4 a Neil Armstrong b Alan Shepard c Jim Lovell d Fred Haise e Ken Mattingly f Jack Swigert5 Jim doesn’t know the new pilot very well. Also, Jack

has to work in the simulator and there isn’t much time. But without Jack, Apollo 13 isn’t going to go to the Moon.

6 Open answers7 a Saturn 5 b Odyssey c Aquarius8–9 Open answers10 a Jeffrey Lovell b Jim Lovell c Fred Haise d Jack Swigert e Gene Kranz f a controller11 Open answers12 a 10 minutes b 15 minutes13 a 3 b 3 c 7 d 7 e 3 f 7 g 3

14 a They are in the lunar module. b There are problems with the command module.

It is losing power and oxygen. c Apollo has to turn around. It can go around the

Moon, and then the astronauts will start the lunar module’s engines. At the end of the trip, they will have to use the command module again.

15 Open answers16 a 5 b 1 c 4 d 7 e 2 f 3 g 617 a 28 b 100 c 3 d 1618 Open answers19 a asleep b tired, cold c hot d smart e angry f dirty g beautiful20 a baths > beds b Sun > Earth c engine > oxygen d eat > sleep e with > without f restaurant > simulator21 Open answers

22 a He can work on the problem in the simulator. / He is the best man in the simulator.

b In the lunar module. c There are no moon rocks in it. d The nose of the command module is at the back. e He can see the parachutes through his camera. f His father is coming home.23–33 Open answers.

Discussion activities key 1–5 Open answers6 Suggested answers: he is a very good astronaut. He

went before to the moon. His son wants moon rocks. 7 Suggested answers:

KenMattingly FredHaise JimLovell

was the pilot of the command module

was the pilot of the lunar module

took the place of Alan Shepard

8–10 Open answers11 Suggested answers:My dad was in the command

module, he talked on TV, he will eat dry food, he can see the Earth from space.

12 Open answers13 Suggested answers:They are losing oxygen. They will

have no water and no power very soon. The machines and engines will not work. They will be in the dark.

14 Suggested answers

Aquarius Odyssey

Has to turn the computer control soonJim has problems working the numbers

They are losing power fastJack doesn’t know which pages to read

15–22 Open answers

Activity worksheets key1 a Chapter 1 b Chapters 2, 3, 4 c Chapter 5 d Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9 e Chapter 182 a space b astronauts c command module d oxygen e controllers f radio3 a 13 b 11 c 12 d 11 e 144 a 9 b 1 c 4 d 8 e 10 f 6 g 2 h 5 i 3 j 7

Apollo 13

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5 a The doctor to Jim Lovell after he finds that one of the astronauts may have the measles.

b Jim to his boss when he learns that Ken Mattingly cannot go on Apollo 13.

c The mission controller to Jim when they discuss who should fly instead of Ken.

d Jim about Jack when he realizes that Ken will not fly with them.

6 a Astronaut Alan Shepard didn’t go on Apollo 13 because he had a problem with his ear.

b Ken Mattingly didn’t go on Apollo 13 because he never had the measles. The doctor wanted him to stay on Earth because of the measles problem at Mission Control.

c Engine five turned off early. It was the first problem after they left Earth, but they didn’t know it was important.

d He was away at school and couldn’t go to Mission Control on April 13, 1970 with his mother, brother and sisters.

7 a friends > his mother and sisters b hands > smile c food > gravity d Odyssey > Aquarius e a woman’s hair > paper8 a 2 b 4 c 5 d 1 e 3 f 69 a command module b oxygen c fifteen minutes d busy10 a 7 b 3 c 3 d 7

11 a It’s dangerous because the controllers don’t know about that engine. Will it start?

b It will take three or four days and they can’t live in the lunar module for four days.

c Those engines are for short trips. They are not built for this. (This is the only possible answer.)

12 Not enough power is their biggest problem because without power, they cannot return to Earth.

13 a 1 b 6 c 2 d 3 e 4 f 514 a Ken told the men that the command module was

cold so the simulator had to be made cold. b The doctors were wrong about Ken because he

didn’t get the measles. c John Arthur wanted Ken inside the simulator. d The astronauts in space started to turn off the

machines and the engines.15 a 8 b 2 c 1 d 4 e 3 f 5 g 6 h 716 a 3 b 7 c 3 d 3 e 7 f 3

Progress test key1 a Neil Armstrong > Alan Shepard b Y > X c angry > tired d life > job2 a 1 b 2 c 2 d 23 a 1 b 3 c 5 d 6 e 4 f 24 a 3 b 3 c 7 d 3 e 7

5 a It was Jim Lovell’s second time behind the moon. b The Apollo men realized that after more than three

days in space the would not have enough water. c Kranz decided that they should work on the

problems on the simulator. d While Ken worked on the simulator, the astronauts

started to turn off the machines and engine.6 a In space, the astronauts were tired cold and wet. b Jack thought that they would fly past the Earth and

move around the sun. c There was no gravity so food and papers moved by

their heads. d Jim was happy because computers always flew

Aquarius for him and now he would fly it.7 a Mission Control b measles c wet d lunar module e moon rocks