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It was just a few minutes after 9 PM, eastern time, on April 13, 1970, and the crew inside the Apollo 13 CSM were just winding down after broadcasting a tour of their ship live on national television. Astronauts Jack Swigert, Fred Haise, and Jim Lovell had spent the last hour carrying a TV camera around the CSM and LM, showing off in zero gravity, answering questions, and talking about all the cool stuff that was going on during their quest to become the third mission in history to land on the lunar surface. They'd been in space for over two days and were now more than halfway between the Earth and the moon. With the excitement over, the crew settled down to perform a little bit of routine maintenance as they rocketed toward their objective. -Epic Fails: The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff, Erik Slader and Ben Thompson How does the context contribute to understanding the problem in the text? It explains that the astronauts were in space. It explains the purpose of the mission. It explains that the astronauts enjoyed zero gravity. It explains that the crew members were famous.​

Answer 1

The context of the passage helps to explain the purpose of the mission and the situation that the astronauts were in. It mentions that the crew of Apollo 13 were on a mission to become the third in history to land on the lunar surface and that they were more than halfway between the Earth and the moon. The passage also mentions that the crew was performing routine maintenance as they traveled toward their objective. Therefore, the context contributes to understanding the purpose and goals of the mission, as well as the situation that the astronauts were in.

Answer 2

A. It explains that the astronauts were in space.

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