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Apollo 13 Book key 22 a He can work on the problem in the simulator. / 1 Open answers He is the best man in the simulator. 2 a Open answers b In the lunar module. b 1 engine, pilot, parachute c There are no moon rocks in it. 2 measles d The nose of the command module is at the back. 3 tank, oxygen e He can see the parachutes through his camera. 4 Earth, gravity f His father is coming home. 5 , Moon, lunar module 23–33 Open answers. 3 and a lunar module on the Moon. Discussion activities key 4 a Neil Armstrong b c 1–5 Open answers d e Ken Mattingly f 6 Suggested answers: he is a very good astronaut. He 5 Jim doesn’t know the new pilot very well. Also, Jack went before to the moon. His son wants moon rocks. has to work in the simulator and there isn’t much 7 Suggested answers: time. But without Jack, isn’t going to go to the Moon. Ken Mattingly Fred Haise Jim Lovell 6 Open answers was the pilot of was the pilot took the place 7 a Saturn 5 b Odyssey c Aquarius the command of the lunar of Alan Shepard 8–9 Open answers module module 10 a Jeffrey Lovell b Jim Lovell c Fred Haise 8–10 Open answers d Jack Swigert e Gene Kranz f a controller 11 Suggested answers: My dad was in the command 11 Open answers module, he talked on TV, he will eat dry food, he can 12 a 10 minutes b 15 minutes see the Earth from space. 13 a ✓ b ✓ c ✗ d ✗ e ✓ f ✗ g ✓ 12 Open answers 14 a They are in the lunar module. 13 Suggested answers: They are losing oxygen. They will b There are problems with the command module. have no water and no power very soon. The machines It is losing power and oxygen. and engines will not work. They will be in the dark. c Apollo has to turn around. It can go around the 14 Suggested answers Moon, and then the will start the lunar Aquarius Odyssey module’s engines. At the end of the trip, they will Has to turn the They are losing power have to use the command module again. computer control soon fast 15 Open answers Jim has problems Jack doesn’t know which 16 a 5 b 1 c 4 d 7 e 2 f 3 g 6 working the numbers pages to read 17 a 28 b 100 c 3 d 16 15–22 Open answers 18 Open answers 19 a asleep b tired, cold c hot d smart e angry Activity worksheets key f dirty g beautiful 1 a Chapter 1 b Chapters 2, 3, 4 20 a baths > beds c Chapter 5 d Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9 b Sun > Earth e Chapter 18 c engine > oxygen 2 a space b astronauts c command module d eat > sleep d oxygen e controllers f radio e with > without 3 a 13 b 11 c 12 d 11 e 14 f restaurant > simulator 4 a 9 b 1 c 4 d 8 e 10 f 6 g 2 h 5 21 Open answers i 3 j 7

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5 a The doctor to Jim Lovell after he finds that one of 13 a 1 b 6 c 2 d 3 e 4 f 5 the astronauts may have the measles. 14 a Ken told the men that the command module was b Jim to his boss when he learns that Ken Mattingly cold so the simulator had to be made cold. cannot go on Apollo 13. b The doctors were wrong about Ken because he c The mission controller to Jim when they discuss didn’t get the measles. who should fly instead of Ken. c John Arthur wanted Ken inside the simulator. d Jim about Jack when he realizes that Ken will not fly d The astronauts in space started to turn off the with them. machines and the engines. 6 a Astronaut Alan Shepard didn’t go on Apollo 13 15 a 8 b 2 c 1 d 4 e 3 f 5 g 6 h 7 because he had a problem with his ear. 16 a ✓ b ✗ c ✓ d ✓ e ✗ f ✓ b Ken Mattingly didn’t go on Apollo 13 because he never had the measles. The doctor wanted him to Progress test key stay on Earth because of the measles problem at 1 a Neil Armstrong > Alan Shepard Mission Control. b Y > X c Engine five turned off early. It was the first problem c angry > tired after they left Earth, but they didn’t know it was d life > job important. 2 a 1 b 2 c 2 d 2 d He was away at school and couldn’t go to Mission 3 a 1 b 3 c 5 d 6 e 4 f 2 ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ Control on April 13, 1970 with his mother, brother 4 a b c d e and sisters. 5 a It was Jim Lovell’s second time behind the moon. 7 a friends > his mother and sisters b The Apollo men realized that after more than three b hands > smile days in space the would not have enough water. c food > gravity c Kranz decided that they should work on the d Odyssey > Aquarius problems on the simulator. e a woman’s hair > paper d While Ken worked on the simulator, the astronauts 8 a 2 b 4 c 5 d 1 e 3 f 6 started to turn off the machines and engine. 9 a command module 6 a In space, the astronauts were tired cold and wet. b oxygen b Jack thought that they would fly past the Earth and c fifteen minutes move around the sun. d busy c There was no gravity so food and papers moved by 10 a ✗ b ✓ c ✓ d ✗ their heads. 11 a It’s dangerous because the controllers don’t know d Jim was happy because computers always flew about that engine. Will it start? Aquarius for him and now he would fly it. b It will take three or four days and they can’t live in 7 a Mission Control the lunar module for four days. b measles c Those engines are for short trips. They are not built c wet for this. (This is the only possible answer.) d lunar module 12 Not enough power is their biggest problem because e moon rocks without power, they cannot return to Earth.

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