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Corrected Transcript and Commentary &#; by Eric M. Jones.

Apollo 13 crew biography of mahatma gandhi for kids It would be difficult to imagine a man with fewer trappings of political eminence or with less of the popular image of a heroic figure. The iconic Indian activist, known for his principle of nonviolent resistance, had humble beginnings and left an outsized legacy. The Jalliawala Bagh Massacre took place on April 13th, Gandhiji seeing the violence spread called off the Rowlatt Satyagraha on the 18th of April. Martin Luther and Nelson Mandela were also influenced by his ideology of truth and non-violence.

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Mission Commander

Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr., USN (Retired)

Personal: Born March 25, , Cleveland, Ohio.
Education: B.S., U.S. Naval Academy,
Spaceflights: Pilot, Gemini 7 (). Command pilot, Gemini 12 (). Command module pilot, Apollo 8 ().

Commander, Apollo 13 ().

Chosen with the second group of astronauts in Was backup pilot for Gemini 4, pilot of Gemini 7, backup command pilot for Gemini 9, command pilot for Gemini 12, command module pilot of Apollo 8, backup commander for Apollo 11, and commander of Apollo Became Deputy Director of Science and Applications at the Johnson Space Center in May Left NASA and the Navy in March to become President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bay-Houston Towing Company, but resigned that position on January 1,, to become President of Fisk Telephone Systems in Houston.

On January 1, , he became Group Vice President of Centel Corporation, and was later promoted to Executive Vice President.

Biography of mahatma gandhi death Gandhiji was able to convince the Britishers to abolish the system and the peasants were compensated for the illegal dues extracted from them. It is also known as the MacDonald Award. His experiences there laid the groundwork for his future leadership in India, where he galvanized mass movements against British policies. In this process, he also set up Tolstoy Farm for the family of satyagrahis.

Later, he became President of Lovell Communications, Lake Forest, Illinois.

 

Command Module Pilot

John Leonard Swigert, Jr., civilian

Personal: Born on 30 August in Denver. Single
Education: Colorado. B.S. (mechanical engineering), , University of Colorado; M.S. (aerospace science), , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, M.S.

(business administration), , University of Hartford.
Spaceflights: Command Module Pilot, Apollo 13 ().

Chosen with the fifth group of astronauts in Originally assigned as backup command module pilot on Apollo 13; took over the prime crew position 72 hours before launch when Thomas Mattingly was found to have been exposed to rubella.

In he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives but died from complications due to cancer the week before he was to have been sworn in.

 

Lunar Module Pilot

Fred W. Haise, Jr., civilian

Personal: Born November 14, , Biloxi, Mississippi.

Apollo 13 crew biography of mahatma gandhi The incidence of Chauri Chaura took place in , which became the reason why Mahatma Gandhi called off the non-cooperation movement. In response, Gandhi launched a mile march from Sabarmati to the Arabian Sea, which symbolized nonviolent resistance and galvanized the Indian populace. Satyagraha It is a method of getting our rights through nonviolent action, that is, through self-suffering and penance instead of inflicting injury on others. The British passed the Rowlatt Act to block the movement by the Indian nationalists.

Married, four children (by a previous marriage).
Education: B.S. in aeronautical engineering, University of Oklahoma,
Spaceflights: Lunar module pilot, Apollo 13 ().

Served as an aviator in both the U.S Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force, and was chosen in the fifth group of astronauts in Was backup lunar module pilot for Apollo 8 and Apollo 11, lunar module pilot for Apollo 13, and backup commander for Apollo Served as Landing and EVA-2 CapCom for Apollo Commanded one of the two crews that flew shuttle approach and landing tests.

Had been selected as commander of one of the four shuttle orbital flight tests, but resigned from NASA on June 29, and became President of the Technical Services Division, Grumman Corp., Titusville, Florida and of Northrop Worldwide Aircraft Services, Lawton Oklahoma.