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Apollo 13
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Space, Crisis Management & Engineering

Failure Is Not an Option: Crisis Engineering

The Apollo 13 mission became a case study in crisis engineering, teamwork, and improvisation. Use the film and mission record to teach systems thinking, team coordination, and grace under pressure.

Introductory

Modules

Module 1

The Systems

Anchor scene

Pre-launch

In this module

  • Spacecraft systems overview
  • Redundancy and single points of failure
  • Mission architecture

Course outcomes

  • Apply systems thinking to a real space crisis
  • Coordinate distributed teams under time pressure
  • Improvise engineering solutions with real constraints
  • Communicate calmly in a crisis