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The document provides a transcript of communications between NASA mission control and the Apollo 11 spacecraft during key stages of the launch and splashdown. It details procedures, confirmations of events, and status updates.

The document is a technical transcript of air-to-ground voice communications between NASA mission control and the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its historic first manned mission to land on the moon in 1969. It aims to provide an accurate record of communications for analysis and historical purposes.

The communicators mentioned include the spacecraft crew (CDR, CMP, LMP), mission control staff (CC, FD), and personnel at remote sites (CT). The CDR was the spacecraft commander Neil Armstrong, the CMP was Michael Collins, and the LMP was Buzz Aldrin. They communicated with capsule communicators (CC) and flight directors (FD) at mission control.

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INTRODUCTION

This is the transcription of the Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Trans-


mission (GOSS NET 1) from the Apollo 11 mission.

Communicators in the text may be identified according to the follow-


ing list.

Spacecraft:

CDR Commander Neil A. Armstrong

CMP Command module pilot Michael CoLlins

LMP Lunar module pilot Edwin E. ALdrin, Jr.

SC Unidentifiable crewmember

MS Multiple (simultaneous) speakers

LCC Launch Control Center

Mission Convroi Center:

CC Capsule Communicator (CAP COMM)

F ?light Director

Remote Sites:

CT (ommunications Technician (COMM TECH)

Recovery Forces:

HORNET USS Hornet

R Recovery helicopter

AB Air Boss

A series of three dots (...) is used to designate those portions of


the communications that could not be transcribed because of garbling. One
dash (-) is used to indicate a speaker's pause or a self-interruption and
subsequent completion of a thought. Two dashes (- -) are used to indicate
an interruption by another speaker or a point at which a recording was
terminated abruptly.
APOLLO 11 AIR-T0-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

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MILA (REV l)

O0 O0 O0 04 CDR Roger. Clock.

O0 O0 O0 13 CDR Roger. We got a roll program.

00 O0 O0 15 CC Roger. Roll.

O0 O000 34 CDt Roll's complete and the pitch is programed.

O0 O0 00 44 CDR One Bravo.

00 O0 O1 02 CC Apollo ll, Houston. You're good at i minute.

O0 O0 O1 06 CDR Roger.

O0 O0 O1 54 CC Stand by for mode I Charlie.

00 00 01 57 CC MARK.

00 00 01 58 CC Mode i Cha_lie.

O0 O0 O1 59 CDR One Charlie.

00 O0 02 03 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. You are GO for


staging.

00 O0 0_ 17 CDI, Inboard cut-off.

00 O0 02 19 CC We confirm inboard cut-off.

O0 O0 02 44 CDh Sta6ing.

00 O0 02 46 CD? And ignition.

O0 O0 02 55 CC il, Houston. Thrust is GO, all engines. You're


looking good.

00 O0 02 59 CDR Roger. You're loud and clear, HoUSton.

O0 O0 03 13 CDR We've got skirt SEP.

00 O0 03 [5 CC Roger. We confirm. Skirt SEP.

O0 O0 03 17 CDR Tower's Eone.

00 O0 03 19 CC Roger. Tower.

O0 O0 03 28 CDR Houston, be advised the visual is GO today.

00 00 03 32 CC This is Houston. Roger. Out.


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00 00 03 36 CDR Yes. They finally gave me a window to look out.

O0 00 03 44 CC ll, Houston. Your guidance has converged; you're


looking good.

00 O0 03 52 CDR Roger.

00 O0 02 O1 CC 11, Houston. YOU are GO at 4 minutes.

00 00 Oh 04 CDR Roger.

00 O0 05 03 CC ll, Houston. You are GO at 5 minutes.

O0 O0 05 06 CDR Roger. It'll - Apollo ll. Go.

00 O0 05 21 CC Stand by the S-IVB to COI capability.

00 O0 05 25 CD:_ Okay.

00 00 05 27 CC MARK.

00 O0 05 28 CC S-IVB to COI capability.

00 00 05 30 CD_ Roger.

00 O0 05 35 CD;_ You sure sound clear down there, Bruce. Sounds


like you're sitting in your living room.

00 00 05 39 CC Oh, thank you. You _ll are coming th*ough


beautifully, too.

00 00 06 00 CD;t We're doing 6 minutes. Starting the gimbal motors.

00 00 06 03 CC Roger, ii. You're GO from the ground at 6 min-


utes .

00 O0 06 20 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Level sense arm at


8 plus 17; outboard tut-off at 9 plus ll.

O0 00 07 O1 CD_ Apollo ll's GO at 7 minutes.

O0 00 07 04 CC ll, this is Houston. Roger. You're (0 from


the ground at 7 minutes. Level sense arm at
8 plus 17; outboard cut-off at 9 plus Il.

O0 00 07 09 CD_ Roger.

00 00 07 42 CDR Inboard cut-off.

00 00 07 45 CC Roger. We confirmed.

00 O0 08 19 CC Apollo ll, Houston. You are GO at 8 minutes.


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00 00 08 22 CDR AGS Just got the mixture ratio shift.

00 00 08 24 CC Roger. We got PU shift down here, too.

00 00 08 34 CDR Well, it looks like a nice day for it. These


thunderstorms down range is about all.

GRAND BAHAMA ISLANDS (REV 1)

00 00 08 52 CC 11, this is Houston. You are GO for staging.


Ore r.

00 00 08 56 CDR Understand, GO for staging. And - -

00 00 08 57 CC Stand by for mode IV capability.

00 00 08 59 CD] Okay. Mode IV.

00 00 09 00 CC MARK.

00 00 09 01 CC Mode IV capability.

00 00 09 15 CD]'. Staging -

00 00 09 16 CD} - And ignition.

00 00 09 19 CC Ignition confirmed; thrust is GO, 11.

00 00 10 01 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. At 10 minutes, you


are GO.

00 O0 10 06 CDP Roger. ll's GO.

00 00 10 24 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Predicted cut-off


at ll plus 42. Over.

00 00 10 79 CDR 11 42. Roger.

00 00 11 ')3 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. You are GO at t!.

O0 00 11 08 CDR Good deal.

O0 O0 ll 1:2 CDR Shutdown.

00 O0 ll 1_5 CMP SECO. We are showing 101.4 by 103.6.

00 00 ll 51 CC Roger. Shutdown. We copy lO1.4 by 103 6.

O0 O0 12 06 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. You are cor.firmed


GO for orbit.
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00 O0 12 12 CEE Roger.

O0 O0 12 24 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. The booster is safe.

00 00 12 29 CDR Roger.

VA GU O (R V l)

00 00 13 27 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. The booster has been


configured for orbital coast. Both spacecraft
are looking good. Over.

00 00 13 35 CE_ Roger.

00 O0 14 33 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Vanguard LOS


at 15 35; AOS Canaries at 16 30. Ore '_.

00 O0 14 43 CD_ Okay. Thank you.

(R ,Vl)

O0 00 17 38 CT ... HoUSton COMM TECH. Canary CO_ 5ECH.

00 O0 18 18 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston through Canary. Over.

00 O0 18 23 CDt Roger. Reading you loud and clear. I_ur inser-


tion checklist is ccmplete, and we ha_ no
abnormalities.

00 O0 18 30 CC Ro6er. And I'd like to pass up your I elta


mzimuth correction at this time if you're ready
to copy.

00 00 18 36 CD_ Stand by.

00 00 18 40 CDP Roger. Go ahead. R_ady to copy.

00 O0 18 42 CC Okay. Delta azimuth correction is plus 0.22,


that is plus 0.22, and we do recommend the P52
mlignment. Over.

O0 O0 18 54 CDR Okay. We'll _go ahea_i with the P52, and detecting
angle plus 0.22.

00 00 19 O1 CC Roger. And your LOS time at Canary is 23 37. /


Over.

00 00 19 09 CDR 23 37.
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00 00 19 11 CC Houston. Roger. Out.

O0 00 22 41 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. One minute to LOS


Canary; A0S at Tananarive 37 04 in VHF Simplex
Alfa. Over.

00 00 23 08 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Coming up on LOS


Canary; AOS Tananar_ve at 37 04, Sim) lex Alfa.
Houston. Out.

00 00 23 23 C[IR Apollo. Roger.

TA ANAR W(REVl)

00 00 38 37 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston through Tmlanarive.


Over.

00 00 38 50 CC Apollo I1, Apollo 1], this is Houstor through


Tananarive. Over.

00 00 39 04 CDR Houston, Apollo 11. Read you on VHF t Simplex.


How do you read? Over.

00 00 39 10 CC Roger, 11. This is Houston. We're reading you


loud and fairly clearly. For your inlormation,
Canary radar shows you in a 103.0 by _103.0 orbit.
Over,

O0 00 39 25 CDF Beautiful.

00 00 39 27 CC Roger. We concur.

O0 O0 39 31 CDR .., We're Just coming into the terminator here.

00 00 41 _4 CC Apollo !1, this is iicuston. One minut_ to LOS


Tane_ua%*ive;'AO$ Carnarvon is at 52 15. Over.

00 O0 41 54 CDR All alone. Roger.

00 00 43 13 CT TAN LOS.

CAHNARVON
(REVl)

00 00 53 03 CC Apollo 11, this is Ho_ton through Carnarvon.


Over.

O0 00 53 08 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Loud and clear. Over.


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00 00 53 11 CC Roger, 11. We're reading you the same. Both


the booster and the spacecraft are looking good
to us. Over.

00 O0 53 26 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Would you like to copy the


alignment results?

O0 O0 53 31 CC That's affirmative.

00 00 53 35 L_ _ Okay. NOUN 71: we used 30 and 37, four balls 1;


NOUN 93: plus 00016, plus 00033, plus 00152;
GET 00 48 15; check star 34. Over.

00 00 54 02 CC Roger. Say again check star.

O0 00 54 06 LM' Check star 34.

00 00 54 09 CC Roger. We copy. And the angles look good.

00 00 54 13 CM l And tell Glenn Parker down at the Cap_ that he


lucked out.

O0 00 54 17 CC Underst_ud. Tell Glenn Parker he lucled out.

00 00 54 22 C_' Yes. He lucked out. He doesn't owe me a cup


of coffee.

00 00 54 26 CC This is Houston. Ro_er. We'll pass it on.

00 00 57 27 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. One minute to LOS


Carnarvon; AOS at Honeysuckle 59 33. Over.

00 O0 57 37 CD_ Apollo ll. Roger.

O0 O0 57 40 CC Roger. And we request you turn up S_hand volume


for the Honeysuckle pass.

HONEYSUCKLE (REv 1)

00 01 02 48 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, {his is Houston on S-band.


Radio check. Over.

O0 O1 02 55 CDP Roger, Houston. Apollo 11 reads you l_ud and


clear.

00 O1 02 58 CC This is Houston. Roger. Reading you the same.


Out.

00 O1 04 24 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. A little over


1 minute to LOS at Honeysuckle. You'll be AOS
at Goldstone at 1 29 02; LOS at Goldstone 1 33 55.
Over.
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O0 01 04 47 CMP Roger, Bruce. Thank you. We expect TV. We've


got it all hooked up. We have not yet turned it
on. We're ready to do that now.

00 01 04 55 CC Roger. We copy. We'll be configured and waiting


for whatever you want to send down.

GUAYMAS (REV 1)

00 01 29 09 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston through Guaymas.


Over.

00 01 29 14 CD]_ Roger, Houston. Reading you loud and clear.

O0 01 29 17 CC Roger. Reading you ;he same. Coming up on


AOS Goldstone.

O0 O1 29 20 CD!_ Roger.

END OF TAPE
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NOTE

Subsequent to TLI, there is continuous acquisition

among Gollstone (GDS), Madrid (MAD)_ and Honeysuckle

(HSK).
APOLLO 11 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

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GUAYMAS(_;Err)
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01 29 27 LMP Cecil B. deAldrin is standing by for

00_ -_-_2_ CC tions.


_°_§t6n. Roger.

00 01 31 15 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. We are noz


receiving your FM downlink yet. We are
standing by.

00 01 31 56 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. We are re,_eiving


your FM downlink now. We are standing by for
TV modulations on the signal.

00 01 32 23 CC Apollo il, Apollo 1i, this is Houston. Radio


check. Over.

GOLDSTONE (REV i)

00 01 32 27 CDR Roger. Loud and clear. We think we are trans-


mitting to you.

00 01 32 31 CC Okay. We are not receiving it yet, 11, although


we have confirmed presence of your FM downlink
carrier.

00 01 32 39 CDR Which switches do you want us to confirm?

00 01 32 h2 CC Stand by.

TEXAS (REV 1 )

00 01 33 I1 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. You were just on


the fringes of coverage from Goldstone. We
have Just had LOS at Goldstone, and we'd like
to push on and get the PAD messages read up
to you here shortly.

00 01 33 26 CDR Roger. We are ready to copy.

00 01 34 33 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. I am ready with


your TLI-plus-90-minute abort PAD.

00 01 34 55 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. I am ready with


your TLI-plus-90-minute abort PAD.
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00 01 35 00 CDR Roger. Apollo ll is ready to copy TLI plus 90.

00 01 35 03 CMP Go.

00 01 35 05 CC Roger. TLI plus 90, SPS G&N: 63481, minus 153,


plus 132; GETI 004 10 25 38; NOUN 81, minus 04761,
plus 00001, plus 53361; roll 180 193 000; HA is
NA; plus 00203 53573 633 53349, sextant star 33
1578 122. The boresight star is not available.
Latitude minus 0252, minus 02580 11887 34345 016
03 50. GDC align Vega and Deneb. Roll 071 291
341. No ullage, undocked. I have your P37 for
TLI plus 5 hours. Over.

00 01 37 08 CMP Go ahead, TLI plus 5.

00 01 37 ll CC Roger. P37 format, TLI plus 5: 00744 6485,


minus 165, 02506. Read back. Over.

00 01 37 31 CMP Roger. TLI plus 90, SPS G&N: 63481, m_nus


153, plus 132, 004 l0 25 38, minus 04761, plus
00001, plus 53361, 180 193 000, not applicable,
plus 00203 53573 633 53349, 33 1578 122, not
available, minus 0252, minus 02580 11887 34345
016 03 50. Vega and Deneb, 071 291 341. No
ullage, undocked. P37, TLI plus 5: 00744 6485,
. minus 165 02506. Over.

00 01 39 04 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Readback correct.


For your information, Goldstone reports receiv-
ing approximately 1 minute of FM downlink car-
rier. We were getting ready to request you
confirm on the S-band AUX switches, the S-band
AUX tape switch to OFF and the S-band AUX TV
switch to TV. Over.

00 01 39 29 CDR I confirm that that is the configuration we're


in.

O0 01 39 33 CC Roger. Let us do a little more detectiye work


here and we'll see if we can come up with some-
thing.

O0 O1 39 38 CDR Okay.

00 O1 39 54 CDR Houston, Apollo ll is ready to go ahead with


the - extend the docking probe, and ready to
go with the RCS hot fire when you're ready to
monitor. Over.

00 01 40 06 CC Roger. Go ahead with the probe, now.


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O0 O1 40 13 CDR Roger.

O0 O1 41 33 CDR Okay. We're ready to - for the hot fire


check when you're ready.

O0 O1 41 39 CC Roger. We're ready 11. Go ahead.

O0 O1 41 48 CDR Roger. Here's the pitch.

00 O1 42 ]3 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. We are seeing


the pitch hot firing and it looks good.

00 01 42 18 CDR Roger. Be advised that we are unable to hear


them.

00 O1 42 22 CC Roger. We copy.

O0 01 42 24 CDR Have you seen all three axes fire?

O0 O1 42 31 CC We've seen pitch and yaw; we've not seen roll


to date.

00 01 42 56 CDR Okay. I'll put in a couple more rolls.

00 01 42 42 CC Okay. We've got the roll impulses, and you're


looking good here.

00 01 42 48 CDR Roger. Houston, Apollo ll. We're standing by


for a GO for sequence logic ON.

00 0] 43 03 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Go ahead and we'll


watch you on TM.

00 01 4B 07 CDR Okay. Sequence logic, two of them. Sequence


logic i and 2 c®ming up and ON.

}RAND BAHAMA IS_L_ (REV 2)

00 01 43 36 CC Apollo 11, _is Houston. You are GO for


RYROARM. "
g.
00 01 43 40 CDR Roger. Thank you.

O0 01 43 57 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. If you will give us


PO0 in ACCEPT, we have a state vector update
for you.

O0 01 44 04 CDR Roger.

O0 O1 44 17 CDR You have PO0 in ACCEPT.


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O0 01 44 19 CC Roger. It will probably be another 10 or


15 seconds. We're going to go up through the
Vanguard. When you are ready to copy, I have
your TLI PAD.

00 01 44 26 CMP Roger. Ready to copy TLI PAD.

00 01 4h 30 CC Roger. TLI: 23514 179 071 001, burn time


547 104356 35575. Ro_l for SEP 357 t07 041,
301 287 319. TLI 10-minute abort pitc l, 223.
Read back. Over.

VANGUARD(REV2)

00 O1 45 23 CMP Roger. TLI PAD: 2351h 179 071 001 547 10_356
35575 357 107 041 301 287 319. TLI ]O-minute
abort pitch, 223. Over.

O0 O1 46 ,!3 CC Apollo 11, this is Ho mton. Roger. W_uld you


read back DELTA-V C prime again? You w,_re cut
out by some noise.

00 O1 46 N9 CMP Okay. Roger. I'm picking up the squesl here,


also. DELTA-V C 104356. Over.

00 01 46 25 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Readback correct.


Out.

00 O! 47 06 CC Apollo !1, this is Houston. We've com_leted


the uplink; the computer is yours. Yol can
go back to BLOCK. Wo_ld you verify thst you
have extended the probe? Over.

O0 O1 47 ]6 CDR Roger. That's verified; the probe is e_tended.

00 O1 47 19 CC Roger. About 2 minutes to LOS on this _tateside


pass. AOS Canaries at 1 50 13, Over.

O0 O1 47 2_ CDR Roger. 1 5-0.

CANARY ('REV 2)

00 O1 50 42 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

00 O1 50 45 CDR Roger. Houston, Apollo 11. Loud and clear.


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00 01 50 49 CC Okay. On your service module RCS quad Bravo


package temperature, we're showing it running
a little low. Looks like about 20 degrees low -
lower than the rest of the quads. Wou2d you
confirm that your RCS heater switch for quad
Bravo is in PRIMARY? Over.

00 01 51 09 CDR You're correct. It was not in PRIMARY. It was


off. It's on now. Thank you.

00 01 51 16 CC Roger. Thank you.

00 01 53 50 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

00 O1 53 54 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Go ahead.

00 01 53 56 CC Roger. We've checked over the spacecraft


and the launch vehicle guidance. They're both
looking to be in good shape. We estimate you
have better than a 99-percent probability of
a guidance cut-off on the launch vehicle, so
things are apparently holding in very well.
For your information, MILA received approxi-
mately 1 minute of a usable TV picture, so
apparently the system is working. And you're
a little over a minute from LOS at Can&ry;
AOS Tananarive is 2 hours 9 minutes and 18
seconds. OVer.

O0 01 54 34 CMl° Roger. We like those 99 numbers. Thank you.

00 01 54 38 CC Roger, 0ut._

TAN_NARIVE (RE_ 2).

00 02 09 il CC Apo_I_ ll, _chis is Houston t_rough Tananarive.


How do you read?

00 02 09 4q CC ApQiI oll, thl_ is Houa_on standing by throuMh


Tar_n_ri_e .'

00 02 l0 03 CT Tananarive_ Houston CO_{M TECH NET 1.

00 02 l0 12 CT Tanan&rive, Houston COMM TECH NET 1.

00 02 l0 23 CT Goddard voice, Houston COMM TECH NET 1.

00 02 l0 27 MSFN Goddard voice, reading you loud and clear.


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00 02 10 29 CT Roger. We cannot raise Tananarive.

00 02 10 31 CT Houston COMM TECH, Tananarive.

00 02 l0 34 CT Roger, Tananarive. Are you receiving CAP COMM's


voice, and are you uplinking it?

00 02 l0 39 CT Negative.

00 02 l0 41 CT Roger. Monitor again and I'll tell CAP C0_4


to make one more transmission.

O0 02 l0 51 CT Roger.

00 02 l0 56 CC Apollo ll, Apollo ll, this is Houston standing


by through Tananarive. Over.

O0 02 ll 04 CDR Houston, Apollo ll ...

00 02 ll 06 CC Roger. Reading you loud and clear.

00 02 12 35 CDR Houston, Apollo 11. We have the PYRO'_ armed.

00 02 12 39 CC This is Houston. Roger. Out.

00 02 15 23 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. One minute to LOS


Tananarive; AOS at Carnarvon 02 25 30.

00 02 15 35 CDR Roger.

00 02 25 44 CC Apollo ll, _hi! il Houston through Carnarvon.


Radio 0hook. Over.

00 02 25 49 CDR Roger', MottmtQn th_ou_hCarnarvon. Apo]lo 11.


Loud _r_d clee, r. I

00 02 25 53 CC Roser. ¥o_'re e_i_g in very loud and very


clelr, here. Out.

00 02 26 38 cc Ap$11o 1i, thia is Houston. You are GO for TLI.


Over.

00 02 26 45 CMP Apollo 11. Think you.

O0 02 26 48 CC Roger. Out.

00 02 30 11 CC Apollo 11, thim is Houston. Over.

00 02 BO 16 CDR Nouston, 11.


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00 02 30 18 CC Roger. We'll be coming within range of the


ARIA aircraft coverage, here, in about i minute.
They're going to try uplinking both on S-band
and on VHF this time. So if you turn your -
make sure your S-band volume is turned up, we'd
appreciate it. And we believe that we'll have
continuous coverage from now on through the TLI
burn. Over.

00 02 30 42 CDR Very good.

ARIA (_V 2)

00 02 32 20 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston through


ARIA 4. Radio check. Over.

00 02 32 28 LMP Houston, we read ycu strength 4 and a Jittle


scratchy.

00 02 32 34 CC Roger. We're reading you strength 5, _eadability


about 3. Should be qu_te adequate.

O0 02 32 _2 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston. We're


reading you readability about 3, strength 5.
Sounds pretty good. Over.

00 02 32 34 CDR Roger. We've got a l_ttle static in t _e back-


ground now.

00 02 37 21 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston through A_RIA 3.


R%dio cheek. Over.

00 02 37 26 CDR Roger, Houston, Apollo ll. You are much clearer


and adequately loud. Over.

00 02 37 32 CC Roger, ll, You are coming in five-by-_ive here.


Beautiful signal.

00 02 37 _8 CDR This is a lot better _han ths_ static we had


previously.

00 02 37 _l CC Okay]

00 02 37 L8 CMP And we got the time base fix indication on time.

00 02 37 50 CC This is Houston. Roger. Out.

00 02 40 20 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. We just got telemetry


back down on your booster, and it is l¢oking good.
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00 02 40 30 CD_ Roger. Everything looks good here.

O0 02 40 3_ CC Houston, Roger. Out.

O0 02 43 18 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Slightly Less than


1 minute to ignition, and everthing is GO.

00 02 43 25 CMl' Roger.

O0 02 44 19 CMl Ignition.

O0 02 44 27 CC We confirm ignition, and the thrust is GO.

O0 02 45 14 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston at 1 minute. Tra-


jectory and guidance look good, and t?e stage
is good. Over.

O0 02 45 23 CDL Apollo 11. Roger.

00 02 46 26 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Thrust is good.


Everything's still looking good.

00 02 46 32 CDF Roger.

O0 02 47 54 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Around 3-1/2 min-


utes. You're still looking good. Your pre-
dicted cut-off is riEht on the nominad.

00 02 48 04 CDE Roger. Apollo 11 is GO.

00 02 49 18 CC Apollo I1, this is Houston. You are G() at


5 minutes.

00 02 49 22 CDR Roger. We're GO.

O0 02 50 % CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. We show c_-off


and we copy the numbers in NOUN 62.

00 02 50 _4 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Do you read?

O0 02 51 8 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Do you re_d?


Over.

O0 02 51 21 LMP Roger, Houston. ApolZo 11. We're reading a


VI of 35579 and the _tS was plus 3.3. Over.

00 02 51 31 CC Roger. Plus 3.3 on the EMS. And we copy the


VI.

00 02 53 03 CDR Hey, Houston, Apollo 11. That Saturn gave us


a magnificent ride.

00 02 53 0,7 CC Roger, ll. We'll pass that on. And, i_


certainly looks like you are well on your way
now.
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O0 02 53 30 CDR We have no complaints with any of the three


stages on that ride. It was beautiful.

00 02 53 38 CC Roger. We copy. No transients at staging of


any significance. Over.

00 02 53 44 CDR That's right. It was all - all a good ride.

00 02 53 47 CC Houston. Roger. Out.

00 02 54 09 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. For your infor-


mation, we expect the maneuver to sep_'_ation
attitude to begin at 3 plus 05 plus 03, and
to be completed at plus 09 plus 20. Separa-
tion at 3 plus 15 plus 00.

00 02 54 33 CDR Roger. Time to begin maneuver is 3 05 03,


complete 3 09 20. Separation 3 plus 15 00.

00 02 54 46 CC Roger. That separation should be 3 plus 15 03.


My error in reading up.

00 02 54 55 CD_ Roger.

00 02 55 18 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. All the booster


functions are proceeding normally. The sequenc-
ing is in good shape, and it doesn't look like
they are having any problems at all. Over.

O0 02 55 28 CDR Roger.

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00 03 05 28 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Our preliminary


data indicates a good cut-off on the S-IVB.
We'll have some more trajectory data for you
in about half an hour. Over.

00 03 09 01 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

00 03 09 16 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

00 03 09 31 CDR Hello, Houston. Hello, Houston. This is


Apollo 11. I'm reading you loud and clear. Go
ahead. Over.

O0 03 09 37 CC Roger, ll. This is ttouston. We had to shift


stations. We weren't reading you through Gold-
stone. We show PYP0 bus A armed B_nd _vRO bus B
not armed at the present time. Over.

00 03 09 50 CDt That's affirmative, Houston. That's affirmative.

O0 03 09 54 CC Roger.

00 03 lh 08 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. You're GO for


separation. Our systems recommendation is arm
both PYRO buses. Over.

00 03 lh 19 CDt_ Okay. PYRO B coming armed. My intent is to use


bottle primary l, as per the checklist; there-
fore, I Just turned A on.

00 03 lh 26 CC Roger. We concur with the logic.

00 03 16 59 CDR Houston, we're about to SEP.

O0 03 17 02 CC This is Houston. We copy.

00 03 17 09 CDR SEP is complete.

00 03 17 12 CC Roger.

00 03 17 32 CDR ... and primary and secondary propellaz_t B went


... SEP.

00 03 17 _0 CC That was secondary propellant on quad Bravo?

00 03 17 h5 CDR Quad Bravo, yes. Botk the primary and secondary

00 03 17 52 CC Roger. We copy.
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00 03 22 07 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Radio check. Over.

O0 03 23 56 CC Apollo ll, Apollo ll, this is Houston broadcast-


ing in the blind. Request OMNI Bravo if you read
us. Request OMNI Bravo. Out.

00 03 24 13 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. How do you read?

O0 03 25 49 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. How do y_u read?


Ore r.

00 03 26 47 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston. Do you


read? 0vet.

00 03 27 5h CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Radio check. Over.

00 03 28 11 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston. Radio


check. Ore r.

00 03 29 20 CC Apol2o 11, this is Houston. Radio ch_ck. Over.

00 03 29 2!4 CD]_ Roger ....

00 03 29 26 CC Roger. We're copying you about five-ky-two, very


weak. Can you give us a status report, please?

00 03 29 35 CD_ Roger. We are docked. We do have acq,_isition


with the high gain at this time, I think.

00 03 29 44 CC Understand you are using the high gain. Over.

00 0B 29 48 CDR That's affirmative.

00 03 29 _9 LMP That's affirmative.

00 03 29 ;1 CC Roger. I read you very loud and clear, Buzz.


Mike is pretty weak.

00 03 30 (0 LM_P Roger. We've got the high gain locked _n, now,
I believe; AUTO tracking now.

00 03 30 05 CC Okay. You're coming in loud and clear, but Mike


is Just barely readable.

00 03 30 12 CMP That was Neil. How are you reading Mik_?

00 03 30 15 CC Loud and clear now, Mike, and we understand that


you are docked.

O0 03 30 19 CMP That's affirmative.

00 03 30 24 CDR Houston, CDR. How do you read ...?


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00 03 30 28 CC 11, CDR, loud and clear, Neil.

00 03 30 30 CDR Okay.

00 03 32 40 CC 11, this is Houston. Over.

00 03 32 44 CDR Houston, Apollo 11. Go ahead.

00 03 32 46 CC Roger. When you commented on that qua t Bravo


problem at separation, you were a litt _e weak.
Could you go through what you did after you
noticed the talkbacks barber pole agaiI , please?

O0 03 33 20 CC We copied the - the primary and secondary pro-


pellant talkbacks on SM RCS quad Bravo 1 to
barber pole on separation.

00 03 33 30 CDR Roger. Roger. That is affirmative, ard we


moved that switch to the OPEN position_ and they
went back to gray. Over.

00 03 33 []9 CC Roger.

00 03 37 ql CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

O0 03 37 56 CMP Roger, Houston. Apollo 11. Go ahead.

O0 03 37 '/8 CC Roger. Could you give us comments on how the


transposition and doching went? Over.

O0 03 38 07 CM? I thought it went pretty well, Houston, although


I expect I used more gas than I've bee_ using in
the simulator. The turnaround maneuver' - I went
PITCH ACCEL COMMAND arid started to pitch up, and
then when I put MANUAI, ATTITUDE PITCH tack to
P_TE COMMAND for some reason it - it stopped its
pitch rate, and I had to go back to ACCEL COMMAND
and hit what I thought was an extra PRO _EED on
the DSKY. During the course of that, w_ drifted
slightly further away from the S-IVB th_n I
expected. I expected to be out about 6_[_feet.
My guess would be I was around 100 or so; and
therefore, I expect I used a bit more c_ming
back in. But, except for using a little more
gas - And I'd he interested in your numoers on
that - everything went nominally.

O0 03 38 53 CC This is Houston. Roger. We copy.

O0 03 43 45 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Over.

00 03 43 47 CC Go ahead, 11.
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00 03 43 50 CMP Roger. We're working on the pressurization of


the LM now, and working off the decal with
CSM-LM pressure equalization. And we're down
to step 13, where we're waiting for the cabin
pressure to be 5, or it should be roughly 5,
before we turn the REPRESS package 02 valve to
FILL. Instead of 5, we're running abcut 4.4.
Over.

00 03 44 16 CC Roger. Stand by a second.

00 03 44 55 CM2 And Houston, Apollo 11. We did put the REPRESS


package 02 valve to FILL momentarily there at
step 13, and we have filled the bottles back up
partially. What's the pressure reading in there,
Neil?

00 03 45 17 C_ We have about 450 psi now in the three 1-pound


bottles.

00 03 45 23 CC Roger. Stand by a second, please.

00 03 45 25 CM} Roger. Standing by. The REPPgSS packige valve


is now in the OFF position. Wtiat's the cabin
pressure now, Buzz? Cabin pressure is now 4.5.

00 03 47 49 CDR Houston, Apollo 11. We think these readings are


within normal toler_ices. We just wan_ed to get
your concurrence before we press down any further
with these decals.

00 03 48 )i CC Okay, Captain.

00 03 48 _8 I_Vr3 Houston, Apollo 11. How do you read?

00 03 48 32 CC Apollo !1, this is Houston. Go ahead.

00 03 48 i'5 LMP Roger. LM looks to be in pretty fine shape from


about all we ca_i see from here.

00 03 48 4 3 CC Okay. In reference to your question oF this


step 13 on the decal, I understand that you have
used up the contents of the REPRESS O_ package
and at that time, instead of being up t ) 5 psi,
you were reading 4.4. Is that correct?

O0 03 49 07 CMP Okay. 4.4. Yes sir.

00 03 49 1] CC Okay. And you want to know if you can go ahead


and use additional oxygen to bring the command
module up to 5.0 and continue the equalization?
Over.
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00 03 h9 20 CMP Yes. We think it's within normal tolr_rances,


Bruc,e. W_..,Just want_.d to get your eor_currencc
before we press on w[I,h this [)rf)(.'(;durf
.

00 03 49 33 CC Roger, Apollo 11. Go ahead.

O0 03 49 37 CMF Okay. We're pressing on with the procedure.

00 03 49 40 CC And 11, Houston. We have a request for you.


On the service module secondary propellant fuel
pressurization valve: As a precautionary measure,
we'd like you to momentarily cycle the four
switches to the CLOSE position and then release.
As you know, we have no TM or talkback on these
valve positions, and it's conceivable that one
of them might also h_ve been moved into a dif-
ferent position by the shock of separ_ tion.
Over.

00 0_ 50 11 CMt Okay. Good idea. _%at's being done.

00 03 50 14 CC Houston. Roger. Out.

00 03 50 29 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We're doing a nonprop_alsive


vent on the booster at the present tir,e. You
may see some sort of a cloud coming out of it.
When you're ready, I have your evasiw maneuver
PAD.

00 03 50 44 CDF Roger, And it's coring out.

00 03 50 48 CC Roger. Out,

00 03 50 50 CDR It's a haze. It's going by toward our mtnus-X


direction, and several small particles are _'
moving along with it The actual velo':ity is
fairly high - at least it appears to be high. '"_'_
And we've got .an02 _igh - it's a little high _';

00 03 5! L3 CC Houston. iRoger.. Out. '_,%_{

00 03 53 35 CDR Andj Houston, you,[might be int'erasted _ha% Sub _"


left-hand 'window right now, I can otserve the
entire continent of North America, Alaska, and
over the Pole, down to the Yucatan Peninsula, _""'
Cuba, northern part of South America, and then
I run out of window.

00 03 53 27 CC Roger, We copy.

00 03 57 12 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. All 12 latches arc locked.


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O0 03 57 16 CC Roger. 11, this is Houston. Understand


12 latches locked.

00 03 59 03 CC 11, Houston. Whenever you're possessed of a


free moment there, we've got this evasive maneu-
ver PAD.

O0 03 59 12 LMP Okay.

00 03 59 20 L_ _ Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 11 is ready to copy.

00 03 59 24 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Evasive _ aneuver


SPS G&N: 63481, plus 095, minus 020; GETI
004 40 0100, plus 00051, plus all balls,
plus 00190; roll is your option, pitch 213 357;
NOUN 44 is NA; DELTA-V T is 00197 003 0,0152.
The rest of the PAD is NA. No ullage. LM weight
33 290. Read back. Over.

00 04 01 23 CC Apollo il, this is Houston. Standing by for your


readbaeE. Over.

00 04 02 06 CC 11, Houston. Do you read? Over.

00 04 02 25 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Do you rc:_d? Over.

00 04 02 31 LMt All of a sudden there, we heard a litt'e click,


and the signal strength began to start dropping
off. Your transmissions were cut off ¢ery
abruptly. How do you read now?

00 04 02 42 CC Roger. Loud and clear. We had a handover to


Madrid about the time I was - I guess _alfway
through the PAD. If you could give me the l_st
value you read, I'll pick up there. 0 rer.

O0 04 02 _2 LMP Okay. Start with DEL2A-V Z. Over.

O0 04 02 i_6 CC Roger. DELTA-V Z is plus 00190, roll yc,zr option,

pitch 213 357, and _IOUN 44 is NA. DELTA-V T


00197 003 00152. The rest of the PAD is NA, a_d .
no ullage. LM weight 33 290. Read bacK. Over.

00 04 03 41 LMP Roger, Houston. Evasive maneuver SPS G&N:


63481, plus 095, minus 020 004 40 O100,
plus 00051, plus all zeros, plus 00190, roll crew
option, 213 357, NA, 00197 003 00152, n( ullage,
LM weight 33 290. Over.

00 04 04 27 CC ll, this is Houston. Readback correct. Out.


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00 04 13 33 CDR Houston, Apollo 11.

00 04 13 36 CC Go ahead, 11.

00 04 13 37 CDR We'd like to arm our logic switches.

00 04 13 42 CC Go ahead with the logic.

00 04 13 !_5 CDR Okay. Mark logic 1 and 2 armed.

00 04 13 59 CC Roger. We show the logic arm, and you're GO


for Pklq0 arm.

00 04 !6 38 CDP Houston, we're ready for LM ejection.

00 04 16 45 CC Roger. You're GO for LM ejection.

00 04 16 48 CDR l_nank you.

00 Oh 17 [3 CDR Houston, we are S!l°. We have a CRYO PRESS light.

00 04 17 t8 CC Roger. Copy. CRY0 !RESS light.

00 04 17 46 CC Roger, 11. We reconmend you turn the 02 fans

on manually and ensure that the 02 heaters are


in the AUTOMATIC position.

00 04 17 57 CDR Roger. 02 heaters are ON, and we're going to

cycle the 02 fans now.

00 Oh 18 02 CC Roger. 02 heaters to Ab_O, or you can watch

them in the ON position, and 02 fans manual ON.

00 04 28 16 CC Apollo ll, this ls Houston. Over.

00 04 28 21 CMP Houston, Apollo ll.

00 04 28 _-3 CC Roger. In'reference to 'your question an RCS


usage' it looks like you are about 18_ maybe
20 p_und8 below nominal at the present time.
NO problem at all. Over.

00 04 28 35 CMP Right.

O0 04 28 45 CMP I wanted to be 18 or 20 pounds above nominal,


babe.

00 04 28 49 CC Sorry about that.

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Page 25

00 04 37 40 CC 11, Houston. Your systems are looking good.


We're standing by for the burn.

00 04 40 42 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Could you confirm that


pitch gimbal motor number 1 turned off? We
Just shut all four off, and we got a question-
able indication on the ECS on pitch 1.

00 04 41 01 CC: Roger. Stand by a second.

00 04 41 22 C_ Houston, did you copy our residuals?

00 04 41 2h C( Apollo 11, this is Houston. Stand by, please.

00 04 41 33 CMP Go ahead, Houston. Did you copy our resdduals?

O0 04 41 37 CC Roger. We got 00 and 0.2, it looks like.

00 04 41 42 _P We had 0.! while ago. It's - just went to 0.2.

00 04 41 46 CC Okay.

00 04 41 47 CIR That EMS DELTA-V counter is minus 4.(.

00 04 41 51 CC Minus 4.0. Roger. ':

00 04 41 54 CIR And how about pitch gimbal 17 Can yo: confirm _ ,_ _


that OFF? _

O0 Oh 41 57 CC C_n you stand by Just a second on that? At the


present time we cannot confirm it OFF. We saw
a current drop indicating that several gimb_l ._,
motors had gone off. We'll be back w_th you ' h/_
in Just a second on it. Over.
:i!,
00 04 42 I0 CDR Okay, If necessary, we can recycle it.

O0 04 43 47 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. If you'lL go ahead


and cycle pitch gimbal motor number i on and
then off and give us a Mark, and we'l_ tell
you what we see. Over.

O0 04 43 54 CDR Okay, fine. It's coming back on. Ready.

00 04 44 01 CDR MARK.

00 04 44 04 CDR And it's going back off. Ready.

00 04 44 O6 CDR MARK.

O0 04 44 07 CDP And that time we got an onboard indication,


Houston. Thank you a lot.
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00 04 44 12 CC Roger. We confirm that it is OFF.

00 04 44 16 CDR Yes. We do likewise.

00 04 45 33 C_ Houston, Apollo 11. We're starting our


maneuver to observe the S-IVB slingshot.

00 04 45 39 C(' Roger, 11. We've got an updated attitude for


you on the slingshot observation.

00 04 45 45 C_Ia Okay. Say the anglf_s please.

00 04 45 48 CC Roger. Roll 002.5, pitch 289.3, yaw 357.5,


and there's also an update - minor ccrrection
to your attitude for the P52. Over.

00 04 46 15 C%_ Roger. I have roll 002.5, pitch 289.3, and


yaw 357.5. Over.

00 04 46 23 CC Roger. And for your P52 and optics calibration,


it'll be roll 346.5, pitch 345.0, an_ yaw 007.8.
Over.

00 04 46 44 C,
_P Roger. 346.5, 345.0, and 007.8. Th_mk you.

00 04 46 49 C( Houston. Roger. Out.

O0 04 49 33 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

00 04 49 36 C_P Roger. Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 11.

00 04 49 38 CC Roger. We're going to go ahead and e'aable the


S-IVB for the slingshot maneuver. T?e LOX d_l
will start about 12 minutes from now. Over.

00 04 49 49 C.wP 0kay, LOX dump about - I guess that']l make it


about 01, huh?

00 04 49 57 CC Right. I'll try to give you a little closer _ ._


update as we approach it. ,

OO 04 50 01 CM ° Alrighty;

00 04 50 53 CC And, _ll, for you information, the magnitude of


mtdcourse Correction number l, if we burn,
looks like about 17 feet per second. We're
presently considering not burning it. This
would make midcourse correction 2 tomorrow
about 21.3. Over.

00 04 51 _8 _ CDt_ That sounds good to us.


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00 04 51 19 CC Roger. You're looking good down here.

Of) O;I 52 19 CI,R Well, we didn't have much time, Houston,


to talk to you about our views out th_ window
when we were preparing for LM ejectioa; but up
to that time, we had the entire northern part
of the lighted hemisphere visible including
North America, North Atlantic, and Europe and
Northern Africa. We could see that the weather
was good all - just about everywhere. There
was one cyclonic depression in Northern Canada,
in the Athabaska - probably east of _thabaska
area. Greenland was clear, and it appeared to
be we were seeing Just the ieeeap in ]reenland.
Ail North Atlantic was pretty good; and Europe
and Northern Africa seemed to be elea?. Most
of the United States was clear. There was a
iow - looked like a front stretching From the
center of the country up across north of the
Great L_fm_s and into Newfo_andland.

00 04 53 24 Cf Roger. We copy.

00 04 53 28 C_? I didn't know what ] was looking at, but I sure


did like it.

00 04 53 31 CC Okay. I guess the view must be prett> r good


from up there. We show you Just roughly some-
where around 19 000 miles out now.

O0 04 53 43 CM' I didn't have much outside my window.

O0 04 53 _9 CC We'll get you into the PTC one of the3e days,


emd you take turns looking.

O0 04 57 35 CNV[, Houston, Apollo 11. We've completed _ur ma-


neuver to, observe the slingshot attitude, but
we don't see anythin._ - no Earth and _ o S-IVB.

O0 04 57 .$8 CC Roger. Stand by. In GET I have a LOX dump


start time for you. It's supposed to start at
5 plus 03 plus 07, and stop at 5 plus 04 plus
55. Ullage burn starts at 5 plus 37 plus 47,
stops at 5 plus 42 plus 27. Over.

00 04 58 26 CMP Roger. Thank you.

O0 05 00 48 CC ll, Houston.

O0 05 O0 51 CDR Go ahead, Houston.


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O0 05 00 53 CC Roger. We now recommend the following attitude:


roll 307.0, pitch 354.0, yaw 019.5, and the LOX
dump has already been enabled, so we can't hold
it off any longer.

00 05 01 14 CM_P That's okay. Go ahead. We'll maneuver around


to 307, 354, and 19 and a half. Thank you sir.

00 05 01 21 0( Roger.

00 05 01 42 CC 11, Houston. It doesn't look to us like you'll


be able to make it _round to this observation
attitude in 2 minutes. We recommend 5hat you
save the fuel. Over.

00 05 01 5h CMP Okay, Houston. You got to us just a Little


late. Our maneuver's already begum, so it's
going to cost us about the same _%mount of fuel
to stop it, no matter where we stc_ it, and we
may as well keep goSng.

00 05 02 Oh Cf Roger. Go ahead.

00 05 03 19 C( 11, Houston. LOX dl_np initiated.

00 05 05 06 C( !1, Houston. LOX dump has been terminated.


Ore r.

00 05 05 10 CM? Roger.

00 05 05 13 LMP Roger. We still don't have ...

O0 05 05 18 CC Roger. Out.

00 05 12 58 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

00 05 13 03 CD_ Go ahead.

O0 05 13 05 CC Roger. If you'll give us ACCEPT and stay in


P00, we'll set your trunnion bias to :.ero. Arid,
I have a plan for balancing your oxygen CRYO's.
Over.

00 05 13 19 CDR You got it.

00 05 13 21 CC Roger.

00 05 13 26 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. We've got the - what


appears to be the S-IVB in sight - at - oh,
I'd estimate a couple of miles away. It's
at our number 5 window and the dump appears to
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Page 29

be coming out of two radially opposite direc-


tions from the S-IVB.

O0 05 13 51 CC Roger. They're continuing with the nonpropul-


sion vent from the liquid oxygen tank. It
would be radially opposite, then. And boosters
tell me it's the continuous vent system. They're
also dumping a small amount of fuel et this
time. We've got about 23-1/2 minutes or so
until the APS burn. Over.

00 05 14 25 L_q° Roger.

O0 05 14 46 CC 11, Houston. We have a recommended configuration


for your CRY0 switches to even up the load be-
tween oxygen tanks L and 2. Over.

00 o5 14 55 sc ...

00 05 14 59 C_ Okay. i-ou're coming in vertr weakly _aere.


We're recommendin_ 02 tank ! heater (FF,

02 tank 2 heater to AUTO, 02 tanks 1 and 2 fans

both OFF, H2 tank 1 heaters to AUTO, and H2

tank 1 heaters to A[_fO, and H2 tank Z heaters


t o' OFF. Over.

00 05 15 33 DP Roger. We have th_ except the last one was


H 2 fans to OFF, Is that affirmative?

00 05 15 49 CD_ We have - The configuration we have n _w is -


Hydrogen heaters: we got i AUTO, 2 C_F.
O_ygen heaters; i OFF, 2 AUTO. And we have
all the fans OFF.

O0 05 16 02 CC This is Houston. Roger. We concur. Out.

00 05 16 13 CC ll, this is Houston. We've completed the


trunnion zero bias setting. You can _'etrieve
the eomt_uter and go to BLOCK.

00 05 16 23 CDR Roger that. Thank you.

O0 05 19 21 CC ll, this is Houston. With this maneuvering to


observe the slingshot, I guess we missed
copying your LM/CM DELTA-P reading. Over.

00 05 19 33 CMt Stand by. We'll give you a ...


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00 05 19 35 CC Roger.

00 05 19 47 CMP Right now, reading 0.2, Bruce.

00 05 19 49 CC Roger. 0.2.

00 05 20 00 CC Okay, Mike. And could you verify that your


waste compartment valve is in VENT, tlere?

00 05 20 12 CMP Roger. Waste compartment valve has b,_en in


VENT for - oh, I guess, 45 minutes or so.

00 05 20 17 CC Roger. We copy.

00 05 20 31 CM? If we're late in answering you, it's oecsuse


we' re munching sandwiches.

00 05 20 36 CC Roger. I wish I could do the game here.

O0 05 20 40 CM? No. Don't leave thc console!

00 05 20 42 CC Don't worry. I won't.

00 05 20 1_7 CM ) FLIGHT doesn't like it.

00 05 20 5_ CM _ How is FLIGHT today?

00 05 20 58 CC Oh, he's doing quite well.

O0 05 23 i_1 CD_ Houston, 1!.

00 05 23 !_4 CC Go ahead, 11.

00 05 23 48 CD( Down in the control center you might v ant to


Join us in wishing Dr. George Mueller a happy
birthday.

O0 05 23 55 CC Roger. We are standing by for your bfrthday


greetings.

00 05 24 05 CDt I think today is also the birthday of California,


and I believe they are 200 years old, and we
send them a happy birthday. And I th_nk it's
Dr. Mueller's birthday, also, and !dcn't think
he is that old.

00 05 24 25 CC Roger. We copy. I'm looking back in the view-


ing room right now. I don't see him back there.

00 05 24 33 CDR He may not be back from the Cape yet.


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0rj 05 24 43 C_'. Roger. I believe Dr. Mueller is on his way


back from the Cape. We will relay his
greetings for you.

00 05 24 49 CDR Thank you.

0O 05 28 18 C_', 11, this is Houston. Over.

00 05 28 22 I2.[P Go ahead, Houston.

00 05 28 24 C,I Roger. At your convenience, we would like to


get a waste-water dump to 5 percent remaining.
After completion of this one, the next waste-
water dump will be at about GET equal to
25 hours. Over.

00 05 28 42 C_5° Coming on right now.

00 05 28 44 C( Roger.

00 05 35 27 C_P Houston, Apollo 1!. Did you copy our torquing


angles?

00 05 35 31 C( Roger. Leave them on there probably _ second,


please.

00 05 35 34 C_P Will do.

O0 05 36 22 CC il, this is Houston. We copy the angles, but


stand by before you go ahead and use them.
Over.

00 05 36 29 CM__ Standing by.

00 05 36 33 CC 11, Houston. We request that you rede P52,


and if the angles come out the same m_nitude,
go ahead and incorporate them. Over.

00 05 36 42 CM! Okay. We'll do that.

00 05 36 44 CC They look a little large right now.

O0 05 36 47 CMP Yes. Roll - roll locks a little large, espe-


cially, there.

00 05 36 50 CC Roger.

O0 05 37 3[ CC We're showing a waste-water quantity o_ about


13 percent on TM now, 11. Over.

00 05 37 43 CMP Roger. It's off, now


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00 05 37 45 C_' Roger. We copy.

0o O_ 39 32 CNP Houston, Apollo 11. Torquing angles essentially


the same, and we're 6o'ing to go aheao and torque
them now.

00 05 39 hl Cf Roger. We concur.

00 05 39 h3 C-
_.P Oka'/.

00 05 41 35 C( Apollo 11, this is Houston. Could you _ive us


a - an AUTO optics check to a third star or a
different star from '.,heone you've he_n usinf_.?

0' 0'. }Il 1!5 CP':'_ Sure, be _]ad to. [I can f_ohack _nd :io thc
whole thing aaa p:ici tJiffrreni ;'.a.
rs.

00 05 h! 52 C_ I don't think there - there's 'axO' ne__d to do


that. We'd .just iiP_. to confirm it x,Jth a
different star_ s:in¢ that roll angle was a
little ]arger th,aa + c expected.

00 05 42 03 C_,P Oks:y.

00 Oq 43 25 CC Apo!lo ll, Houston. T_ have a r'n'


:t__-olu,-ll-hour
_ _ ,

PAD when you're teas?/ to copy.

O0 0', 43 _3 LX Wait one.

00 0, 'a4 17 ,q 01d star number 30 looks like it i5 zL_ht dab


smack in the middle ,i'thc sextant.

F, 0 _1 j_ qr! Houston. Roger. .(mi.

Or 0 ;,'5>7 T21 !i. Ready to copy.

00 0 _5 _i
' '_" Roger, 11 This ls '_--
:,l-t!_s-ll-heur:. _l '7
format: 013411 4793, !:_inu._;
165 0!!923. Re<rd
back. Over.

Of 05 45 57 RP!i Roger. 013 h4 4793, _inus 165 0h923. Over,

00 05 46 07 CC %_is is,Houston. Re_dback correct, tut.

00 05 58 .15 CDF Houston, Apollo ,11_

O0 05 58 2;8 Go ahead, 11.

00 0'. 58 40 CDR Roger. Do you have ;-,ayupdate for the roll ,


p-il a s.nd yaw angles on the top of page 37
in the flight plan. or are they still aood?
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O0 05 58 48 CC That's for the optics calibration?

O0 05 58 51 CDR Yes, sir.

00 05 58 53 CC Yes, indeed. I'll give them to you in just


a second here.

00 05 59 18 CC Roger, 11. For the optics calibration I've


got 346.5 for roll, 345.0 for pitch, and
007.8 for yaw. The pen-and-ink attitude
corrections in your book for P23 are good. Over.

00 05 59 50 CDR Okay. Thank you.

00 05 59 55 CC And we're going to ]:and over to Hawaii in about


5 or 6 seconds, her?. We'll have a _omentary
COM}_ dropout.

00 06 O0 02 C!R Roger.

O0 06 09 17 C( Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Be advise_ your


friendly White Team has come on for its first
shift, and if we cas. be of service, don't
hesitate to call.

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Page 34

00 06 09 31 CMP Ths_k you very much. And we're about to take


our marks, Charlie, on this P23 optics CAL.
I've got it in the sextant now, and I'm about
to split the image and Mark.

O0 06 09 h2 CC Roger, Mike. We're watching.

O0 06 19 23 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We have scrubbed


the midcou_rse 1. Over.

00 06 19 30 CMP Roger. Understand you've scrubbed midcourse 1.

00 06 19 33 CC Roger.

00 06 2] 39 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. We see your middle


gimbal angle getting pretty big. Over.

00 06 21 45 CMl° Well, it was, Charlie, but in going from one


AUTO maneuver to another, we took over control
and have gone around gimbal lock; and we're about
to give control back to the DAP.

00 06 21 56 CC Roger, Mike. We see it increasing now.

O0 06 25 25 _ Hey_ Charlie.

00 06 25 45 LMP Houston, Apollo 11.

00 06 25 46 CC Go ahead, ll. Over.

O0 06 25 47 LMP Hey, maybe you better call Lou and tell him
we might be a little bit late for dinner.

O0 06 25 51 CC Okay. Sure will. We'd like for you to turn


on - the fan on in 02 tank number 2, Buzz.
And, 11, did you - On your optics calibrations,
did you proceed or recall the program? Over.

00 06 26 08 LMP We recalled the program.

00 06 26 12 CC Roger.

00 06 26 13 LMP And 02 fan number 2 is on.

00 06 26 15 CC Roger.

00 06 26 42 LMP Houston, Apollo !1. I've got a CRY0 pressure


light and a MASTER ALARM. It's reset.

00 06 26 51 CC Roger. We expected that. That's why we had


you turn the fan on. We were getting pretty
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close to the caution and warning limits. We


were trying to prevent that.

00 06 27 O0 liMP Okay.

00 06 34 30 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

00 06 34 36 CC Go ahead, 11. Over.

00 06 34 39 CMP Roger. You're looking at our DELTA-R DELTA-V.


It looks like DELTA-R is pretty large, there.
We wanted to talk to you about it before we
incorporate it.

O0 06 34 44 CC Stand by, Mike. We don't have anything on our


downlink here, I don't think, on the DSKY.
Stand by.

00 06 34 50 CMP Okay. Our NOUN 49 is reading: register 1,


plus 08793; register 2, all balls.

00 06 35 01 CC Copy.

00 06 36 15 CC 11, Houston. Guidance is looking at the


NOUN 40 - 49 stuff. We'll be back with you
momentarily. Over.

00 06 36 23 CMP Okay, Charlie. Thank you. We'll Just hold


right here in the program.

00 06 36 26 CO Roger. We got the downlink now. Over.

00 06 36 27 CMP Okay.

00 06 36 57 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. We'd like you to


reject the NOUN 49 stuff on the DSKY right
now, Mike, and try it again. Over.

00 06 37 01 CMP Okay. Will do.

00 06 38 46 CMP Okay, Houston. Apollo 11. Here's another 49


for you. Are you getting it on the downlink?

00 06 38 51 CC Roger. We see it. Stand by.

00 06 40 22 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We recommend you


accept the NOUN 49 display on the DSKY now.
Over.

00 06 40 34 CMP Okay. It looks like an awful big one. We


noticed that you'd moved star number 2 to the
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tail end of the listing, and we should be


marking first on star 40. Did that have any-
thing to do with it?

O0 06 40 47 CC Negative. We don't believe so, Apollo 11. We


think that this is possibly due to some TLI
dispersions, and it's probably satisfactory.
So go ahead and accept this. It fits our
criteria anyway that if you repeat the mark
and you get an equivalent size to go ahead and
accept it. And this is an equivalent size error.
Over.

00 06 41 09 CMP Okay. We'll do it.

O0 06 41 14 CC And 11, Houston. Your state vector in the LM


slots are - is good. Over.

00 06 41 22 CMP Roger. Thank you.

00 06 42 55 CMP Houston, Apoll6 11. If you like this, we'll


accept it as well.

00 06 43 00 CC Stand by.

O0 06 43 46 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We recommend you


accept the NOUN 49. Over.

00 06 43 51 CMP Okay, Charlie. Thank you. We'll do that now.

O0 06 43 53 CC Thank you.

00 06 44 39 CMP And we're going to proceed on this one, too,


Charlie.

00 06 44 41 CC Roger. Copy.

00 06 48 35 CMP Houston, Apollo 1i. Another NOUN 49 for you.

00 06 48 40 CC Roger. We copy. Stand by.

00 06 49 00 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We,d like you to


recycle and do this one over again. Over.

00 06 49 07 CMP Okay.

00 06 53 41 I_ Houston, Apollo 11_

O0 06 53 43 CC Go ahead, Apollo 11. Over.

00 06 53 45 LMP Roger. Why don't you sing out when you think
we've done enough battery charging on B.
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00 06 53 50 CC Rogur. Stand by, Buzz. Over.

00 06 55 50 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We'll be charging


battery B up until the sleep period. We'll
discontinue charging at that time. Also, at
about 12 25 in the flight plan, we have bat-
tery A charge. That has been deleted. Over.

00 06 56 05 LMP Roger. Understand. We'll charge until the


sleep period on B and delete the battery A
charge.

00 06 56 10 CC Affirmative.

00 06 56 17 CMP And, Houston, Apollo 11. These AUTO optics


maneuvers or P23's, AUTO maneuvers, don't seem
to be going to the substellar point. Can you
come up with the roll, pitch, and yaw angle for
the substellar point on this star? It's our
second star.

00 06 56 31 CC Roger. Stand by.

00 06 57 21 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Your angles in the


flight plan we feel are still good, 198.6
130.Y, 340.0. Just slightly off than those in
the flight plan. Over.

00 06 57 36 CMP Okay. We'll try that.

00 06 58 28 _MP Charlie, state those three angles one more time.


I'd like to confirm them before I maneuver.

00 06 58 32 CC Roger. Roll and pitch are slightly off than


what's in the flight plan, 1t. Roll is now
198.6, pitch is 1307. Over.

00 06 58 47 CMP Roger. Roll 198.6, pitch 130.7, and yaw 34000.

00 06 58 55 CC That's affirmative.

00 07 03 32 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. I think the problem here


is that that attitude just is not too close to
the substellar point. I'm having to maneuver
quite a bit; and that's in progress now, so
stand by for some marks.

00 07 03 45 CC Roger. We copy it all.

00 07 09 24 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We've run the


angles given in the flight plan for the P23
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attitude through the machines down here, and


they come up the same thing every time. We
think everything's going correctly, Mike, and
we're wondering if the nonsy_etrical horizon
might by giving a problem. Over.

00 07 09 51 CMP Yes, I'd say - It could be, Charlie_ Stand


by here. We'll get another mark for you.

00 07 09 55 CC Okay.

00 07 i0 30 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. NOUN 49 for you.

00 07 10 34 CC Roger. Copy.

O0 07 10 41 CC Stand by.

O0 07 11 05 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We recommend you


accept the NOUN 49. Continue through your
sequence of sightings, and then we'll analyze
the data afterwards. Over.

00 07 11 15 CMP Okay.

00 07 20 56 CMP Houston, Apollo 1t. Star 40 has just disappeared


now in the sextant. Could the trunnion angle
47 - something be a little high?

00 07 21 05 CC Stand by.

O0 07 21 21 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We'd like you to


press on to star 44. Over.

00 07 21 26 CMl° Yes. Roger. Ail right. How many marks have


you recorded on star 40?

00 07 21 29 CC Stand by, Mike.

00 07 21 32 CMP Okay.

00 07 21 45 CC 11, Houston. We copied two good marks. Over.

00 07 21 49 CMP Okay.

00 07 33 00 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

00 07 33 01 CC Go ahead. Over.

00 07 33 03 CMP Roger. Forty-four is just not bright enough for


this. There's a reddish glow filling the black
area of the sextant, and the star is lost some-
where in there, and I cannot see it.
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00 07 33 17 CC Roger. Stand by. We'll come up with another


star. Over.

00 07 33 21 C%4P Yes. I'd appreciate that.

00 07 33 48 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We'd like you to


go on to star 45. Over.

00 07 33 53 CMP Okay.

00 07 33 54 CC And, Mike, we think these large DELTA-R's,


NOUN 49, you're getting is really meaningful
since it's been way before TLI since we had a
state vector update; and we think it's normal.
Over.

O0 07 34 09 CMP Okay. Could be t, Charlie. Some of the early


markings: I might not have had precisely the
substellar point. I think as time goes by
they've been c_ning more accurate but old Enif
here is just flat invisible.

00 07 34 21 CC Roger.

00 07 34 49 CMP And, Houston, Apollo ll. Understand that the


same three gimbal angles you gave me should be
valid for star 45 as well. Is that affirmative?

00 07 34 58 CC I'm believe that's right. Stand by one. Over.

00 07 35 00 CMP Okay.

00 07 35 03 CC That is negative. Stand by one.

00 07 35 04 CMP Okay. Because there's quite a difference be-


tween the gimbal angles you have and the gimbal
angles the program wants, but with inaccurate
state vector, I'm inclined not to believe the
program.

00 07 35 16 CC Stand by.

00 07 35 31 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. LMP is back on the line.

00 07 35 36 CC Roger. Copy.

00 07 35 40 _ Read you five-by.

00 07 35 42 CC Roger. Same, Buzz. And, 11, the angles for


you are 1978 for roll, 1285 pitch, 3400 yaw.
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O0 07 35 58 CMP Okay. Just as a matter of comparison, P23 for


this star would like to go to 235.66, 154.31,
and 31365. Over.

00 07 36 15 CC Roger. We copy, 11. We understand that the


program can give you almost an infinite com-
bination Of angles in P23, and it's not too un-
reasonable. If you'll stand by, we'll look at
these that we see on the DSKY. Over.

O0 07 3E 31 CMP Okay. Then in the meantime I'll just go ahead


and maneuver to yours. 197.8, 128.5, and 340.0.

00 07 36 38 CC Roger.

O0 07 43 24 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

00 07 43 26 CC Go ahead. Over.

00 07 43 28 CMP Okay, Charlie. If the attitude you gave me on


star number 45 - The reticle is off, I'd say,
a good 30 degrees in roll, and the star is not
in sight. Over.

00 07 43 44 CC Roger. Stand by.

O0 07 43 47 CMP I think something's wrong with those attitudes.

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00 07 45 14 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. I wondered if you


have AUTO optics selected. Over.

O0 07 45 21 CMl° That's affirmative.

O0 07 45 26 CC Roger. Looks like to us we need a PROCEED, Mike,


to get the sextant pointed at the star. Over.

00 07 45 35 CMP Okay. Stand by.

00 07 46 30 CC 11, Houston. Those shaft and trunnion angles


were exactly what we were computing on the
ground. Over.

00 07 46 45 CMP Okay. I'm going to trim up the attitude here


and give it another try.

00 07 47 55 CMP Okay. I have this star loud and clear now,


Charlie, so I might as well do a bunch of marks
on this one to get a good horizon count.

00 07 48 03 CC Roger. Stand by.

00 07 48 10 CMP It still looks like I'm far from the substellar


point. However, I'm off quite a hit in roll.

00 07 48 18 CC Roger. We'd like you to mark right where it is


now, Mike, and we'd like two sets of marks on
this. Over.

00 07 48 28 CMP Okay. Fine. But the reticle is not parallel


to the horizon. I'd have to move off quite a
hit in order to get it parallel to that.

00 07 48 40 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Our procedures guys are


saying that the reticle does not have to he
parallel. Over.

00 07 48 51 CMP Well_ then we're not at the substellar point


if we're not.

00 07 48 54 CC Roger.

O0 07 51 39 CMP Houston, you copy that NOUN 49?

00 07 51 41 CC Roger. We see it, 11. Stand by.

00 07 52 09 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We would like you to


accept this one and every mark thereafter.
Ove r.

00 07 52 16 CMP Okay.
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00 07 52 55 CMP Do you need me to wait in the NOUN 49 display


for shy length of time?

00 01 53 01 CC Negative.

00 07 53 01 CMP Okay.

00 07 54 29 CMP Okay, Charlie. I'll be glad to give you as many


of these as you like.

O0 07 54 34 CC Roger. We'd like six marks on star 45, Mike,


and then we'll probably go back to star 2 again.
Stand by. We'll have further word on that.

00 07 54 43 CMP Okay.

00 07 55 20 CMP They seem to be getting smaller, Charlie.° Are


you sure you wouldn't like some more?

00 07 55 23 CC Stand by, Mike.

00 07 55 28 CMP It's no trouble.

00 07 55 31 CC Roger. Stand by. Out.

00 07 56 07 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We'd like you to do two


more on star 45. Over.

00 07 56 14 CMP Okay.

00 07 58 02 CMP Okay, Charlie. There's your two more marks.


Where do you want to go from here?

00 07 58 06 CC Stand by.

00 07 58 21 CC Hello, Apollo 11, Houston. We'd like you to go


back to star number 2 with an attitude as follows:
roll 1952, pitch 1239, yaw 3400. Mike, that'll
give you a trunnion angle of about 31.4. Over.

00 07 58 45 CMP Okay. I understand star number 2 and roll 195.2,


pitch 123.9, and yaw 340.0. Over.

00 07 58 57 CC That's affirmative.

00 07 59 01 CMP Okay.

00 08 02 07 CMP Okay, Charlie. I'm there, and I've got a trun-


nion angle of 30.5 degrees. Again, misaligned
considerably in roll and I do believe that's
important to getting good marks.

00 08 02 20 CC Stand by.
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00 08 02 40 CMP See, if my reticle's not parallel, then I'm


not marking normal to the horizon and I'm not
marking at the substellar point. I'm marking
off somewhere else.

00 08 02 50 CC Stand by one. Over.

00 08 02 52 CMP Okay.

00 08 03 24 CC Apollo 11, Houston. The ground-computed values


for your shaft and trunnion are just what you're
getting on the DSKY there, Mike. The horizon
looks cocked off to you - You look like you're
off in roll because the angles that we gave you
to maneuver to, to prevent LM reflection from
fouling up your optics, we feel like a- You
should go ahead and mark on the stars just as is.
Over.

00 08 03 53 CMP Okay.

00 08 04 08 CMP I'll bet you a cup of coffee on it.

00 08 04 14 CC Copy.

00 08 05 08 CMP VERB _ NOUN 49 for you, Charlie.

00 08 05 13 CC Roger. Stand by.

00 08 05 45 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We'd like to accept this


one and give us two more and that will be
enough. Over.

00 08 05 52 CMP Okay.

00 08 08 25 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We see your termination


on P23. Thank you very much. Mike, we'll
have a -We're trying to work up a story here
for you; we'll be with you momentarily on an
explanation of what' s happening. 0ver.

00 08 08 38 CMP Okay, Charlie. It just appears to me that you


have to have a reticle tangent to the horizon
at the point at which you mark or else you're
not at the substellar point; you're off laterally,
and therefore you're measuring a larger trunnion
angle than you should.

00 08 08 56 CC Seems so to me. Our procedures people are


working on this, and we'll be back with you
momentarily. Over.

00 08 09 03 CMP Thank you, sir.


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00 08 11 00 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We'd like you to


go P00 in ACCEPT. We'll have a PTC REFSMMAT
for you momentarily. Over.

00 08 ll 13 CMP Roger. Going PO0 in ACCEPT.

00 08 13 55 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. We're through with


the load. You can go back to BLOCK.

00 08 14 02 C_ You're BLOCK. Thank you.

00 08 24 44 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. We'd like you to


do a P52, option i preferred, and establish PTC
as listed in the flight plan at 12 hours. We'd
like you to commence that right now, Mike. And
we have some stars recommended for you. For
stars 26, 30, and 24, when you get to attitude 000.
Over.

00 08 25 19 CDR Okay, Chartie. He's off the wick right now.


Understand you're ready for us to do a P52,
option l?

O0 08 25 31 CC ll, it's a P52, option i preferred. Over.

00 08 25 36 CDR Roger. And, let's see, that is Spiea, Menkent,


and what else?

00 08 25 43 CC Roger. Stars - Codes are stars 26, 30, and 24.


Over.

00 08 25 49 CDR 24. Okay.

00 08 35 42 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. We notice your PRO-


GRAM ALARM, Mike, was due to using these stars
in the P23 attitude. If you'll go to 000, the
stars we gave you will work. Over.

00 08 36 02 CMP Okay. Understand.

00 08 41 19 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. Prior to you start-


ing your P52, we'd like to give you a new CSM
state vector. Over.

00 08 41 29 CDR Roger. Wait till we finish the maneuver and


we'll give you the DSKY.

00 08 41 37 CC Roger. We're standing by.

00 08 53 07 CMP Houston, Apollo ll. The DSKY is yours.

00 08 53 12 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Go ahead. Over.


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00 08 53 15 CMP Roger. The DSKY is yours.

00 08 53 29 CC Roge_ Stand by.

00 09 00 59 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. You can do the


VERB 66. The computer is yours, and then the P52,
option 1 preferred. Over.

00 09 01 06 CMP Roger.

00 09 16 10 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Do you read? Over.

00 09 18 11 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. If you read, this


attitude 000 is pretty bad for our COMM. In
fact, we've lost all data with you, and unread-
able on the voice. We recommend you do the P52,
option 1 preferred ...

00 09 18 25 CMP ... not a very good attitude at all for COMM,


and as soon as we finish our alignment, we'll
maneuver it to a different attitude. Over.

00 09 18 34 CC Roger, 11. We copy. Recommend you go to this


P52, option 1 preferred, and then go to PTC
attitude. Over. Then we'll get some COMM.
When you get there to PTC attitude, it'll he
pitch 90, yaw 0 on the high gain. Over.

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Page 46

00 09 21 17 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Over.

00 09 21 19 CC Roger, 11. You're about one-by. Go ahead.

00 09 21 38 CC Apollo 11, Houston. You're about one-by. Go


ahead. Over.

00 09 22 40 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Over.

00 09 22.43 CC Roger_ 11. Read you about four-by. _ow me?


Over.

00 09 22 46 CMP You're loud and clear, Charlie. We pitched down


some to get a better COMM attitude.

00 09 22 51 CC Roger. Did you copy our recommendation on pro-


ceeding with the P52, Mike? 0¥er.

00 09 22 58 CMP Negative. We didn't. I've got that in work.


I'm starting on P52.

O0 09 23 01 CC Roger.

O0 09 35 56 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

00 09 35 59 CC Go ahead, 11. Over.

00 09 36 01 CMP Roger. Copy our torquing angles. We're about


to torque them.

O0 09 36 05 CC Roger. Stand by.

O0 09 36 08 CMP Roger. The reason for delay, Chartie, is that -


difficult to find two stars that are not occulted
by the LM and also are not in the midst of a
manmade star field up here with dumps.

00 09 36 21 CC Roger. We copy.

00 09 36 38 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. You can torque the


NOUN 93. Over.

00 09 36 44 CMP Okay.

00 09 40 34 CMl° Okay, Houston. That completes the P52. We


verified the third star with Antares, and AUTO
optics are pointing at it pretty closely. How
do our platform drift angles look so far,
Charlie?

00 09 40 46 CC Stand by.
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00 09 40 56 CC Hello, Apoll O 11. Houston. We didn't have a


chance to get a good check for you. We're
going to run a drift check from this alignment
until the next one, approximately 12 hours, and
we'll have something for you later. Over.

00 09 41 07 CMP Okay.

00 09 41 46 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We'd like you to


establish your PTC. We recommend you select
quads Alfa and Delta. Over.

00 09 22 14 CDR Roger. Understand. Alfa and Delta quads.

00 09 42 19 CC That's affirmative.

00 09 52 53 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Would you verify


that the ATTITUDE SET switch is in GDC? Over.

O0 09 53 06 CDR The SET switch. Stand by one, Charlie.

O0 09 53 09 CC Roger.

00 09 53 11 CDR It is now.

00 09 53 14 CC Roger. It was on IMU.

00 09 53 17 CDR That's affirmative.

O0 09 53 19 CC Roger. Thank you.

00 10 03 29 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. How many miles out do you


have us now?

O0 10 03 34 CC We have you - Stand by, Buzz. Roughly about


50 000. Stand by.

00 10 03 41 LMP It's a beautiful sight.

00 10 03 46 CDR Charlie, on that PTC, we're just waiting our


20 minutes here for all thruster activity to damp
out. You might let us know how that's coming.

00 10 03 54 CC Roger. Will do. We have you about 48 000 miles


now ·

00 10 03 58 LMP Thank you.

O0 10 05 33 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. We still have our oxygen


fan on for tank 2. Is that what you want?

00 10 05 40 CC Stand by,
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00 10 05 45 LMP Hey, Charlie, I can see the snow on the moun-


tains out in California, and it looks like LA
doesn't have much of a smog problem today.

00 10 05 57 CC Roger, Buzz. Copy. Looks like there's a good


view out there then.

00 10 06 O0 CC And, Apollo 11, Houston. We'd like you to keep


the 02 fan on. It will give you an ECS config-
uration prior to sleep. Over.

00 10 06 14 LMP Okay. Thanks.

00 10 06 46 LMP Charlie, with the monocular, I can discern a


definite green cast to the San Fernando Valley.

00 10 06 56 CC Roger.

00 10 07 00 CC How's Baja California look, Buzz?

00 10 07 07 LMP Well, it's got some clouds up and down it, and
there's a pretty good circulation system a
couple of hundred miles off the west coast of
California.

O0 10 07 21 CC Roger. i1, we'd like you to close the waste


storage vent valve right now.

00 10 07 28 CMP Okay.

O0 10 07 49 CMP Waste storage vent valves closed.

00 l0 07 51 CC Copy.

00 l0 08 51 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. We'd like - The


rates are looking pretty good right now on the
FTC, but we'd like you to continue holding. Over.

00 l0 09 O1 CMP Okay. Fine.

00 10 20 28 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Your ra%es look


really great, now. You can start your PTC.

00 l0 20 33 CMP Okay. Thanks, Charlie.

00 l0 21 51 CDR Houston, you read ll?

00 l0 21 53 CC Roger. Go ahead, il. Over.


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00 l0 21 56 CDR Roger. If you'd like to delay PTC after - for


l0 minutes or so, we can shoot you some TV of a
seven-eights earth. That's - We'll leave tkat
up to you,

00 l0 22 12 CC Roger. Stand by.

00 l0 22 50 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. We'll have our


answer for you on the TV in about i minute.
Over.

00 l0 25 56 CC Apollo ll, Houston. We're ready at Goldstone for


the TV. It'll be recorded at Goldstone and then
replayed back over here, Neil, any time you
want to turn her on, we're ready. Over.

00 l0 26 14 CDR Okay. It'll take us about 5 minutes to get


ri gge d.

00 l0 26 16 CC Roger.

00 l0 26 31 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Could you verify the read-


ing on your 02 flow indicator? Over.

00 10 26 45 LMP We're still on 0.2. We just inadvertently


touched the RAPID REPRESS button. That made a
temporary glitch in the flow.

00 l0 26 55 CC Roger. During that glitch there, did it go


_lmost a peg high? Over.

00 10 27 05 LMP I'd believe that.

00 10 27 14 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Could you tell us if the


02 flow indicator was pegged high prior to
closing the waste storage vent valve? Over.

00 10 27 26 LMP No, it was not.

00 l0 27 29 CC Roger. Thank you.

00 l0 30 59 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. While ago we tracked


into the scan limits and disabled the AUTO drive on
the high gain_ We'd like you to position the
antenna at pitch 30, yaw 270, go to REACQ and
that will give us narrow beamwidth. Over.

00 l0 31 27 CDR That yaw 270 and pitch 3 - What was the pitch?

00 l0 31 32 CC Pitch 30, Neil.

00 l0 31 35 CDR Okay. I think we've got you.


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00 10 31 44 CC Roger. We've got a good signal there. Thank


you _ch.

00 10 32 24 CDR Okay, Houston. We are sending picture of Earth


down right now, so you can - Let us know if
they're receiving at Coldstone.

O0 10 32 36 CC Roger, 11. Goldstone is receiving the TV.


Stand by. We'll let you know on the quality.
Ove r.

00 10 33 34 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Goldstone says


that the TV looks great. Over.

00 10 33 44 CDR Roger. We're zooming in on the Earth now.

00 10 33 54 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Did you copy? Over.

00 10 34 00 CDR Roger. We copied, Charlie.

00 10 34 04 CC Roger. Your transmissions the last couple of


times have been about two-by. Over.

00 10 34 10 CDR Okay. How do you read me now?

00 10 34 1! CC Roger. You're five-by now.

00 10 34 12 CDR Okay. We're zooming the lens on in until it


will just about fill the monitor.

00 10 34 20 CC Roger.

00 10 34 35 CDR Okay. It's in full zoom, now.

00 10 34 40 CC Copy, 11.

00 10 34 43 CDR And how about the f-stop? Is 22 going to be


accurate?

00 10 34 49 CC Stand by. We'll get with the Goldstone TV guy.


We don't have anything here at Houston. Stand
by.

O0 10 34 55 CDR It looks good on the monitor, as far as the


f-stop goes. Therefore, we just assumed it's
okay at Goldstone.

00 10 35 26 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Goldstone says it -


TV looks really great, five-by; we don't - The
AGC looks like it's working fine. The f:22 is
good; we have no real white spots. They're real
pleased with it. Over.
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00 10 35 42 CDR Okay. You just cut out, Charlie. We understand


that _t's looking great. We'll leave it the way
it is and wait for you to come back on.

00 10 35 51 CC Roger. How do you read me now? Over.

O0 10 35 54 CDR Five-by.

00 10 35 55 CC Okay. My comments were - My comments were from


Goldstone that they see no white spots as we saw
in 10. Looks like the AGC's working real well.
The f:22 looks good. Over.

00 10 36 08 CDR Okay. Very good. Well, we shut out the Sun


coming in from the other windows into the space-
craft, so it's looking through a - the number 1
window, and there isn't any reflected light now.
So, it ought to be a pretty good picture.

00 10 36 24 CC Roger.

O0 10 37 05 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We'd like you to


keep the TV on for about 10 minutes or so, so
we can get come good comparison on the camera.
You can do anything your heart desires on the
TV: interior, exterior, pan in and out, any-
thing you'd like. Over.

00 10 37 46 CC 11, Houston. Over.

O0 10 38 05 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Over.

O0 10 38 06 CC Roger. Go ahead. Over.

00 10 38 09 CMP Charlie, I'm sorry; you keep cutting out. We


heard up to "you can do anything," and then
after that we didn't hear anything, and we knew
that wasn't right anyhow because we can,t. But
what do you want us to do?

00 10 38 21 CC Roger. We'll check this uplink on our voice.


That transmission on the TV was - We'd like to
get about 10 minutes worth of signal at Gold-
stone so we can look at the camera quality back
here at Houston for about 10 minutes or so when
they patch it back into us. What we were saying
was that you can go interior or exterior on the
camera. On the exterior shots, we'd like to
look - -

00 10 38 47 CMP You cut out again.


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00 t0 38 48 CC Stand by.

00 10 38 55 CMP Start over with, "we were saying."

00 10 39 36 CMP Okay, Houston. You suppose you could turn the


Earth a little bit so we can get a little bit
more than just water?

00 10 39 45 CC Roger, 11. I don't think we got much control


over that. Looks like you'll have to settle for
the water.

00 10 ho 01 CC 11, Houston. We're going to change - thinking


about changing our voice upiink to' another site.
If you'll stand by, we'll see if we can improve
the quality. Over.

00 10 40 11 CMP Okay, Charlie.

00 10 40 12 CDR We'll stand by for your call.

00 10 40 48 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We'll try once more on this


TV request. We'd like 10 minutes worth of TV.
And we'd like a narrative, if you could give us
one, on the exterior shots. You could also - we
also suggest you might try the - an interior
position. Over.

00 10 41 10 CDR Roger. We're seeing the center of the Earth as


viewed from the spacecraft in the eastern
Pacific Ocean. We have not been able to visually
pick up the Hawaiian Island chain, but we can
clearly see the western coast of North America.
The United States, the San Joaquin Valley, the
High Sierras, Baja California, and Mexico down
as far as Acapulco, and the Yucatan Peninsula;
and you can see on through Central America to
the northern coast of South America, Venezuela,
and Colombia. I'm not sure you'll be able to
see all that on your screen down there ...

00 10 42 04 CC Roger, Neil. We just wanted a narrative such


that we can - When we get the playback, we can
sort of correlate what we're seeing. Thank you
very much.

00 10 42 19 CMP I haven't seen anything but the DSKY so far.

00 10 42 23 CC Looks like they're hogging the window.

00 10 42 29 CDR You're right.


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00 l0 46 58 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. On your CRY0's,


we'd like at this time for you to place all
four CRYO heaters to AUTO and turn off all four
CRY0 fans. Over.

O0 10 47 15 LMP Okay. All four CRY0 heaters are AUTO. And all
four CRYO fans are off ....

O0 10 47 25 CC Roger. That's going to be your sleep configUra-


tion.

O0 10 47 29 LMP Okay,

00 10 47 30 CC And, Buzz, we'll be terminating the battery


charge in about a half hour.

00 10 47 35 LMP Roger.

00 10 47 58 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. You can terminate


the TV at your convenience. We've got enough
take. And you can start PTC at your convenience.
The rates look super for starting up. Over.

O0 l0 48 14 CDR Roger, Charlie

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O0 ]0 57 32 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We have a flight tlan update


for you and some P37 block data, if you're ready
to copy. Over.

O0 10 57 41 CDR Stand by.

O0 10 58 19 CDR Okay, Houston. PTC is started now; looks good to


us, and we'll be ready to copy in a minute or two.

00 10 58 24 CC Roger. Copy, 11.

00 10 58 59 _ Houston, Apollo 11. Ready to copy the flight plan


update and P37.

00 10 59 04 CC Roger. Stand by one, Buzz.

O0 10 59 21 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Coming at yea with the P37


block data. Over.

00 _0 59 28 LMP Okay.

00 10 59 29 CC Roger. 027 44 5363, minus 165 073 14 037 44 8016,


minus 165 072 46; GETi 046 44 6141, mi_us 165 097 03
055 44 8209, minus 165 096 42. Heady _or your
readback. Over.

O0 1i 01 O1 LMP Roger. 027 44 5363, _inus 165 073 14 037 44 8016,


minus 165 072 46 046 44 6141, minus 165 097 03
055 44 8209, minus 165 096 42. Over.

O0 !1 O1 34 CC Roger, ll. That was a good readback. That was


the block data scheduled for 12 hours. We'd like
to Just s_y that on a flight plan update here, just
to remind you of some things, and you can do them
at your convenience amd then go to sleep early if
you'd like. We don't aave anything els_ planned,
but we'd like to Just remind you on the filter
change, the 02 fuel cell purge. And we_d like a
LM/CM DELTA-P and accomplish the presleep check-
list.

O0 1! 02 _4 CDR Okay. We've completed the filter change, and we'll


get started on the fuel cell purge, and stand by
for the LM/CM DELTA-P.

O0 ll 02 42 CC Roger, ll. Would you hold off on the libel cell


purge? EECOMM is saying we might not have to do
that. Over.

00 ll 02 51 CDR Okay.
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00 11 03 05 CMP Charlie, the LM/CM DELTA-P is 0.5.

00 11 03 17 CC Copy. 0.5. Out.

00 11 03 10 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We've just decided to


delete the 02 fuel cell purge. Over.

O0 ll 03 56 CDR Roger. Delete the 02 fuel cell purge.

O0 ll 06 21 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. We've been noting


some funnies on the 02 flow indicator _;ransducer.
We've kind of got a suspicion that the transducer -
We expected to see an 02 flow pegged h_gh with the
waste stowage vent to VENT. It was not. We also
noted some funny indications when you closed the
waste stowage vent v_lve. W_'re going to con-
tinue to take a look at this through the night,
a_ld we'll be with you in the morning wi th an
assessment of the problem. Also, we'd like to ask
specifically, when you place the waste stowage
vent valve to VENT, does the detent - correction -
Does the arrow line up with the detent:' Over.

O0 il 07 18 CMP Stand by one, Charlie. We'll give you something


on the detent.

00 ll 07 21 CC Roger.

00 11 07 28 CMP Right now it's at CLOSED, and I lined uo with


CLOSED before I was at VENT; and best I can re-
call, it was quite accurately lined up with VENT.
Would you like me to go to VENT again momentarily
and see where it lines up?

O0 ll 07 _2 CC That's negative. That question's answered.


Thank you much.

00 11 07 J46 C_ Okay.

00 11 09 52 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We have an S-band


configuration for you. Over.

O0 ll 10 O0 LMP Roger. Go ahead.

00 11 10 02 CC Roger, Buzz. We'd like you to place the S-band


antenna OMNI A switch to the Bravo position.
S-band antenna OMNI switch to the OMNI position,
the high gain track to _NUAL, and the high gain
angles will be yaw 270, pitch minus 50. Over.

00 11 10 27 LMP Roger. Understand. OMNI to Baker and O_I, MANUAL.


And the angles are yaw 270, pitch minus 50, and was
that narrow or wide? Over.
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00 ] I 10 47 CC Stand by. Roger. We'd like it in WIDE, and


you can set that configuration up now. Over.

00 11 10 56 LMP It's in work.

00 11 13 04 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. You can terminate


battery Bravo charge, and we'd like a crew status
report. We're about to tell you good nlght. Over.

00 11 13 14 CDR Roger. Stsad by.

00 il 18 08 CDR Houston, Apollo 11] _he battery chargi lg is com-


plete, and the crew status report is as follows:
radiation, CDR 11002, CMP 10002, LMP 09003;
negative medication; fit as a fiddle, over.

00 11 18 33 CC Roger. Copy; 11. Thank you much. We'd like to


ask one question. Have you tried the gas separator
on the water? How is that working? OYer.

CiO il 18 45 CDR Yes. Mike's got a co_?±e of comments c_ that.

00 11 18 49 C_ it's working good so _ar, Charlie. We've go% one


installed on the watel gun and the othe? one
installed on the spigot down in the LEB, and we -
mention one problem with them is that they leak at
the junction between the food bag and the water
filter. However, with that exception, they seem
to be working pretty good. We were getting some
gas through initially, and I think that was just
getting the system purged out to begin with; and
the last tubeful we poured was almost free of
bubbles. Over.

00 11 19 31 CC Roger. Sounds good. We'll check in on that prob-


lem with the SPAN guys and let you know in the
morning. If you have to call us tonight, we'd
like you to do it on DOWNVOiCE BACkHJP. We're
configuring the MSFN lot that mode; and as far as
we can see, you're cleared for some z's. Over.

00 1[ 19 53 CMP Okay. Maybe we'll get around to lunch.

00 ll 19 57 CC How about a peanut butter and jelly?

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0{) ? 3(. 3 } CC Hello, Apoi]o 11. Houston. I{opo you at'on't, -


we aren't disturbing you. We'd lit_e }roll to
terminate the NOUN 65 now. Over.

OO 12 36 41 CMP Roger.

O0 12 }46 O0 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

O0 12 46 05 L_C Houston, Apollo 11 ...

O0 ]2 26 08 CC Roger, Buzz. When you stopped - or, correction


- Rrhen you terminated the NOUN 65, it appears
to us, you get a VERB 46 which collapsed the
deadband back to 0.5. We're okay as _cng as
you do not turn on any AUTO RCS .SELECT switches.
Over.

O0 ] _ 46 30 I.I_P Okay. I thought that was a - better way to


cte_ the DSKY but evidently it isn't. Roger.

O0 ]2 _6 36 CC Roger. VERB 34 would have been a better proce-


dure.

(}0 ! _ }46 41 Lr_ Yes. Thank you.

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00 22 50 15 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

00 22 50 21 CDR Good morning, Houston. Apollo 11.

00 22 50 24 CC Rogers Apollo 11. Good morning.

00 22 50 32 CC When you're ready to copy, 11, I've got a couple


of small flight plan updates and your consumables
update, and the morning news, I guess. Over.

00 22 51 55 _ Apollo 11 ....

00 22 51 58 CC Go ahead, 11.

00 22 52 02 LMP Roger. Standing by for your updates. Over.

00 22 52 10 CC Okay, 11. This is Houston. At time approximately


22 30 in the flight plan, in your postsleep check-
list, and in all other postsleep checklists, we'd
like you to delete the statement that says "AUTO
RCS JET SELECT, 16 to ON," and what we're doing
here is picking this up in the procedure for exit-
ing PTC that's in your CSM checklist. And in the
CSM checklist on page Foxtrot 9-8: if you want to
turn to that, we'd like to change the order of the
steps in that. Over.

00 22 53 13 LMP Stand by.

00 22 53 37 LMP Okay. Page F 9-8. Go ahead.

00 22 53 40 CC Okay. Right now it reads, "To exit G&N PTC," then


you've got a pen-and-ink change that says, "AUTO
RCS SELECT, 12 MAIN A and B." And you come down
to the printed step 1. We'd like to take and
move the "AUTO RCS SELECT, 12 MAIN A and B" down
to be the second step, so the procedure would
read, "Step 1, MANUAL ATTITUDE 3, ACCEL COMMAND;
Step 2 AUTO RCS SELECT, 12 MAIN A B." Step 3
would be, "Verify DAP load," and so on. Over.

00 22 54 16 LMP Roger. I copy. Is that AUTO RCS SELECT, 12 MAIN A,


MAIN B to be the ...

00 22 54 25 CC Roger. It should be the second step in that pro-


cedure. At time 22 40 _ or when you get to it,
we'd like to commence a charge on battez_f A. And
at time 24 10, we have an updated attitude for
your P52 and optics calibration. Over.

00 22 55 06 LMP Okay. 24 10. Go ahead.


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00 22 55 09 CC Roger. P52 and optics calibration attitude:


roll 330.5, pitch 086.3, yaw 000.0. The nominal
attitude that's pen-and-inked in for the P23 is
still good. At time 25 30, approximately, after
you complete P23, we're requesting a waste-water
dump down to a nominal 25 percent. Over.

00 22 56 48 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Did you copy the


attitudes and the waste-water dump? Over.

00 22 56 59 LMP Roger, Bruce ....

00 22 57 14 CC ll, this is Houston. We're not reading you at the


present time. You're way down in the noise level.
Stand by, please.

O0 22 57 23 LMP Okay. Standing by.

00 22 59 04 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. How do you read?


Over.

00 22 59 l0 CMP Roger, Houston. Apollo ll. Loud and clear. How


me?

00 22 59 12 CC Okay. Beautiful. Did you copy the attitudes for


the P52 and the waste-water dump? Over.

00 22 59 20 CMP Roger. Okay. We note the battery charge as soon


as we get around to it, and the attitude for the
P52 optics CAL: roll 330.5, pitch 086.3, and
yaw all zeros. The attitude for the P23 as in the
flight plan is okay; and I copy your battery
charge. Crew status report as follows. Sleep
CDR 7, CMP 7, LMP 5.5. And we've completed the
postsleep checklist. Standing by for a consumable
update. Over.

O0 23 00 04 CC Roger. We're requesting a waste-water dump at


GET 25 30 down to a nominal 25 percent, and here
we go with the consumables update. At GET of
22 hours, RCS total is minus 3.5 percent. Alfa
minus 3.5 percent, Bravo minus 1.5 percent, Charlie
minus 5.0 percent, minus 4.0 percent, H2 minus
2 pounds, 02 minus 4 pounds. Over.

00 23 O0 59 CMP Okay. Stand by.

00 23 01 08 CMP I copied those consumables, and I'll read you


back our RCS quantities. We got 86 percent in
Alfa, 87 in Bravo, 88 in Charlie, and 90 in Delta.
Over.
(_;_:;:; NI,:T I) J J4,: .J_/3

00 23 01 37 CC Roger. I copy.

O0 23 O1 h6 CC And did you copy the waste-water request?

O0 23 O1 50 CMP Roger. Waste water at - and we got the time on


that, and it will be down to 25 percent.

O0 23 O1 56 CC Okay.

O0 23 06 45 _ Houston, ll.

O0 23 06 51 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

O0 23 06 55 CMP Roger. We've started charging battery A, and


voltage started off a lot higher than I expected.
It was just a little bit shy of 40. It looks like
it's dropping down some now, the battery charge
holder. Seemed to me yesterday when we were doing
this on battery C, it started out initially, and
it went lower, the battery charge holder. Over.

O0 23 07 20 CC Roger. Stand by a second, and I'll get some


reading on that.

00 23 07 29 CMP On charging battery A: now, it's at about 393


and- oh, about 1.5 amps. Looks like it's grad-
ually increasing in the ...

00 23 07 42 CC Roger. On our CM,.we're showing you at 39.11,


and your current's about what you reported.

O0 23 07 51 CMP Okay. I guess you're happy, then.

O0 23 07 58 CC I think we're losing you in the noise again, ll.


Stand by.

O0 23 10 33 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

O0 23 10 39 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Go ahead.

O0 23 l0 41 CC Roger, ll. On your battery charging question,


we feel that it's probably a difference between
individual batteries; and it does seem to have
gone away as sort of a startup transient here.
Other factors that might conceivably have an
influence on it would be battery temperature,
things of this sort. EECOMM seems to feel that
it's operating within the normal design limits.
Over.

O0 23 ll 12 CMP All right. Very good. Thank you.

O0 23 ll lh CC Okay.
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O0 23 ill 09 CC 11, thi:_ is Houston. If you are interested in the


morning news, I have a sun,nary here from PAO.
()vt!r.

00 23 14 20 CDR Okay. We're all listening.

00 23 14 23 CC Okay. From Jodrell Bank, England, via AP: Britain's


big Jodrell Bank radio telescope stopped receiving
signals from the Soviet Union's unmanned Moon shot
at 5:49 EDT today. A spokesman said that it ap-
peared the Luna 15 space ship "had gone beyond the
Moon." Another Quote: "We don't think it has
landed," said a spokesman for Sir Bernard Lovell,
Director of the Observatory. Washington UPI:
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew has called for
putting a man on Mars by the year 2000, but Demo-
cratic leaders replied that priority must go to
needs on Earth. Agnew, ranking government of-
ficial at the Apollo ll blastoff Wednesday, ap-
parently was speaking for himself and not necessarily
for the Nixon administration when he said, "We
should, in my judgment, put a man on Mars by the
end of this century." Laredo, Texas, AP: Im-
migration officials in Nuevo Laredo announced
Wednesday that hippies will be refused tourist
cards to enter Mexico unless they take a bath and
get haircuts. Huberto Cazaras, Chief of Mexican
Immigration in Nuevo Laredo, said authorities in
Mexico City, Acapulco, and other popular tourist
spots have registered complaints about the hippies.
By United Press International: Initial reaction
to President Nixon's granting of a holiday Monday
to Federal employees so they can observe a national
day of participation in the Apollo ll Moon land-
ing mission mostly was one of surprise. Rodney
Bidner, Associated Press, London AP: Europe is
Moon-struck by the Apollo ll mission. Newspapers
throughout the continent fill their pages with
pictures of the Saturn V rocket blasting off to
forge Earth's first link with its natural satel-
lite. And the headline writers taxed their
imagination for words to hail the feat. "The
greatest adventure in the history of humanity has
started," declared the French newspaper Le Figaro,
which devoted four pages to reports from Cape
Kennedy and diagrams of the mission. The tabloid
Paris Jourproclaimed, "The whole word tells them
bravo." The Communists daily L'Humanite led with
the launch picture and devoted its entire back
page to an enthusiastic Moon report describing the
countdown and launch, the astronauts' wives and
f-milies, and backgrounding lunar activities.
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Hempste_d, New York: Joe Namath officially re-


ported to the New York Jets training camp at
Hofstra University Wednesday following a closed
door meeting with his teammates over his dif-
ferences with pro football Commissioner Peter
Rozelle. London UPI: The House of Lords was
assured Wednesday that a midget American submarine
would not "damage or assault" the Loch Ness
$_lster. Lord Nomay said he wanted to be sure
$$yone operating a submarine in the Loch "would
not subject any creatures that might inhabit it to
damage or assault." He asked that the submarine's
plan to take a tissue sample with a retrievable
dart from any monster it finds can be done without
damage and disturbance. He was told it was im-
possible to say if the 1876 Cruelty to Animals
Act would be violated unless and until the monster
found. Over.

00 2B 18 07 CDR Roger. Thank you, Bruce. Another thing on that


number 2 item, we all ... before we left, and we
hope we get a chance to see him another time.
Over.

O0 2B 18 27 CC Roger. And I understand he was down there and


really enjoyed watching the launch. We all think
it was pretty magnificent, and you all are doing
great Job up there.

00 23 18 hO CDR Thank you.

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00 23 57 03 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

00 23 57 08 CDR Roger. Go $head, Houston.

00 23 57 16 CC Roger. Mike, we've got some comments on per-


formance of P23 for today if youtve got a minute
to talk.

00 23 57 20 CDR He's all ears.

00 23 57 22 CMP Yes. Go ahead.

00 23 57 25 CC Okay. For today, we'd like you on P23 to make


a trunnion bias determination, prior to P23
sightings as called out in procedures, and also
one afterwards. Our intent here is to check out
the possibility that some sort of thermal effect
may be giving you errors in the angular read-out
in the sextant. The bias that you get beforehand
should be incorporated, that is a PROCEED on
NOUN 87 after you get two consecutive measure-
ments equal to within 0.003 degrees. And, of
course, move the trunnion off a couple of degrees
between the measurements. The Earth should be
a lot smaller in your field of view today. I'm
, sure you're a lot more qualified to tell us about
that than we are, but to ensure that you're
getting a good angle measurement between the
star and the Earth horizon, the sextant M-line,
which is the line that runs through the two
hash marks and is perpendicular to the R-line,
should be parallel to the Earth horizon at the
substellar point. And then the actual super-
imposition of the star upon the horizon can be
made at any point in the field of view of the
sextant: above, below, or on the M-line. We
recommend the marks be made as rapidly as possible
after AUTO maneuver. If you feel that the
amount of time between the AUTO maneuver and the
time you get ready to mark is excessive, or that
you don't like that AUTO maneuver attitude when
you get ready to mark, of course, you can use a
VERB 94 - VERB 94 to get you back to the flashing
51 position to redo the AUTO maneuvers. Over.

00 23 59 41 CMP Roger. Stand by one. We're going to stop PTC,


and then we'll talk about this P23.

00 23 59 49 CC Okay.

01 00 02 10 CMP :{ouston, Apollo 11.


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O1 00 02 11 CC Go ahead, 11.

O1 00 02 13 CM_ Okay. We're stopping PTC now and maneuvering


to our P52 and optics CAL attitude. In regard
to that P23, what I was trying to tell you yes-
terday was about that. The M-line is not any-
where parallel to the horizon at the roll, pitch,
and yaw which you gave me to go to for the sub-
stellar point, and I was trying to maneuver off
to get it parallel to the horizon when you all
said that was not necessary.

O1 00 02 47 CC Roger, ll. I guess in keeping the cups of coffee


score, why you get that one.

01 O0 02 57 CMP Well - Okay - Well, this morning, let's just see


how close it comes to being parallel to the
M-line. Before we started marking for the first
time, it appeared that the computation of - of
those three angles was somewhat off, and that _
was wasting a lot of gas by going to those three
angles and then having to make large attitude
changes after that to get the M-line parallel.
In some cases it appeared to be just an accepted
attitude required, and you all said that it
wasn't needed. So I was marking in some cases
with the M-line not parallel. I thought perhaps
you had some processor for computing that offset
and making sense out of that data, but as far as
I know, we've got to have the M-line parallel to
the horizon.

01 O0 03 49 CC Roger, 11. We don't have that capability. We


do require that the M-line be parallel to the
horizon in order to get a good mark. We feel
that possibly the - the state vector information
that you were using for your maneuver basis yes-
terday may have needed to be updated a little.
And if you'll standby a second, we'll give you
an evaluation of what we feel you'll get today
by the AUTO maneuver.

O1 O0 04 25 CMP Okay.

O1 O0 10 56 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Over.

01 00 11 O1 CC Go ahead, 11.

01 00 11 03 CMP Roger. I'm getting ready to do an 02 Fuel cell


purge. Do you have any particulars on this?
And I assume you want these one at a t hne, or
can I triple up? Over.
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01 00 11 13 CC We'd like them one at a time, and stand by. I


don't think we have any sequence. You can do
them in any order you want.

O100 L[ 23 CMP Okay.

01 O0 11 26 CC And we're watching you on _ down here.

01 O0 15 03 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. You want to look at these


NOUN 93's before I proceed on?

O1 00 15 11 CC Yes, please. Stand by a second.

01 00 15 14 CMP Okay.

01 00 16 12 CC 11, this is Houston. On our TM, here, we're only


seeing values in two registers. Can you read us
out the contents of register 3, please?

01 O0 16 22 CMP Register 3: minus three balls 24.

01 O0 16 25 CC Roger. Minus three balls 24. And you can go


ahead and proceed.

01 O0 16 36 CMP Okay. Proceeding at this time.

01 O0 16 58 CC 11, Houston. After you've completed P52, we'd


like to uplinkyou a new state vector so we can
start out clean on this P23. Over.

O1 00 17 09 CDR Okay,

01 00 17 22 CMP Houston, are you observing the higher 02 flow on


fuel cell 3?

01 00 17 34 CDR Houston, Apollo 11. Itts triggered the MASTER


ALARM three times, now. There goes number 4.
It goes up to about 1.4, then oscillates back
down to about 1.1. Over.

O1 00 17 50 CC Roger. We saw them 1.3 now on TM. Stand by a


second.

01 00 18 O1 CMP And we're in PO0, now, for a state vector.

O1 O0 18 06 CC Roger. Give us ACCEPT, please.

01 00 18 13 CMP Roger. Done.

O1 00 18 41 CC 11, Houston. On your 02 flow, fuel cell 3:


apparently it was flowing a little higher than
the other two during purge, but the flow rate is
acceptable. Over.
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01 00 18 56 CMP Roger, It seems to be flowing a little bit more,


and actually putting out more current than the
other two, also. Over.

01 O0 19 05 CC Roger. We copy.

01 00 19 51 CC ll, this is Houston. We've completed the uplink;


the computer is yours; you can go back to BLOCK.

01 00 19 59 CMP Okay. Thank you.

01 00 20 31 CC Go ahead, 11.

01 00 20 47 CDR Houston, 11. I don't believe we were calling


you right then,

01 O0 20 55 CC Roger. Out.

01 00 23 53 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

01 00 23 56 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston_ Go ahead.

01 00 24 00 CMP Roger. I'm in a good attitude here to do - I


have in the sextant this last P52 star, star 37.
Is that all right for the optics calibration to
save some gas, or do you want to go over to
star 40?

01 00 24 23 CC Star 37 will be fine for the optics calibration.


And we haven't noticed a VERB 66, yet, after our
state vector uplink. Over.

01 00 24 33 CMP Okay.

01 00 24 37 CC When you move into P23, we recommend that you


use the CMC-computed angles for your AUTO maneu-
ver and see how that works out. If it doesn't
bring you up with the M-line parallel to the
horizon to the substellar point, we will see if
we can get you some ground-com_uted angles. I
guess the big thing here is to make sure that
the M-line is parallel {o substellar points so
we can get a good angular measurement. Over.

01 00 25 06 CMP Yes. I believe.

0t 00 25 08 CC Roger. Over.

01 00 29 25 CMP Houston, Apollo tl. Marking on this star, I get


a NOUN 87 twice in a row of five balls, so that's
sufficient for a count.

01 00 29 33 CC That's certainly very sufficient.


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£)1 O0 29 40 CMP Okay. Now I want to go to POO, and I am going


to take your three angles and do a verify of
49 maneuver to your substellar point. Okay?

01 00 29 53 CC Okay. We recommend that for the first star, if


we gave you a new state vector, we'd like to
try the CMC-computed angles for your AUTO
maneuver.

01 O0 30 07 CMP Okay.

01 O0 30 18 CC And have you hit PROCEED on this display to


enter the zero?

O1 00 30 23 CMP Not yet.

01 O0 30 24 CC Okay.

O1 O0 30 54 CC 11, Houston. Over tke past 2 hours we have seen


a slight continuing increase in partial pressure
Of CO 2. Have you in fact changed the CO 2 canis-
ter yet this morning? We don't need to do it
right now; we'd just like to confirm it on our
instrumentation - is in good shape. Over.

O1 O0 31 13 CMP No. We haven't changed any canisters this morn-


ing.

O1 00 31 19 CC Okay. Then you can plan on accomplishing that


after P23 is over and you've got the LEB clear.

01 O0 31 22 CMP Ail right.

O1 O0 31 57 C_P Houston, Apollo 11. We're in process of maneu-


vering to P23 in desired attitude. It likes
roll 8.37, pitch 61.33, and yaw 339.87. Over.

O] 00 32 13 CC Roger. We copy. And that is for star 017

01 00 32 19 CMP Star 01, right near the horizon. Code 110.

01 00 32 22 CC Roger.

O1 O0 41 07 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. On this star, the AUTO


maneuver works just fine. I am right at the
substellar point. Everything looks beautiful
except there is no star in sight. It is just
not visible.

O1 O0 41 20 CC Roger. Is this for star 017

O1 O0 41 23 CMP That's correct.


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01 00 41 29 CC You are not getting any reflections or anything


like that that would obscure your vision, are
you?

01 00 41 40 CMP Well, of course, the Earth is pretty bright, and


the black sky, instead of being black, has sort
of a rosy glow to it. The star, unless it is
a very bright one, is probably lost somewhere
in that glow, but it is just not visible. I
maneuvered the reticle considerably above the
horizon to make sure that the star is not lost
in the brightness below the horizon. However,
even when I get the reticle considerably above
the horizon so the star should be seen against
the black background, it still is not visible.

01 00 42 16 CC Roger. We copy. Standby a minute, please.

01 00 42 47 CC 11, this is Houston. Can you read us the shaft


and trunnion angle off the counters?

01 00 42 55 CMP Yes. I will be glad to. Shaft 331.2 and


trunnion 35.85.

01 00 43 04 CC Roger. Thank you.

O1 O0 45 35 CMl> It's really a fantastic sight through that sex-


tant. A minute ago, during that AUTO maneuver,
the reticle swept across the Mediterranean. You
could see all of North Africa, absolutely clear;
all of Portugal, Spain, southern France; all of
Italy, absolutely clear. Just a beautiful sight.

01 00 45 54 CC Roger. We all envy you the view up there.

01 0!3 45 59 _P But still no star.

i_l 0_) 47 19 CC 11, this is Houston. Over.

O1 O0 47 23 CMP Roger. Go ahead, Bruce.

01 00 47 25 CC On our ground computers we confirm the shaft and


trunnion angle that you have as being pointed at
the star. However, it looks as though that
shaft and trunnion angle is also pointing into
the structure of the I_, so that while you will
be getting the Earth's horizon, the star ... is
obscured by the LM. We recommend an AUTO maneu-
ver to the attitudes pen-and-inked into the
flight plan. Roll 1772, pitch 2982 and yaw 330.0.
Over.
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I_a_V
' 74

01 O0 48 04 CMP Okay. Fine. Let ts try that.

01 O0 53 59 SC ...

END OF TAPE
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]) Tape 17/1
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O[ Ol 06 52 CC ll, this is }{ouston. While you're maneuvering,


could we get a LM/CM DELTA-P reading from you?
Over.

O1 O1 07 O1 CMP Roger. Just a tad under 1, Bruce, 0.95.

01 01 07 05 CC Roger. 0.95.

01 01 11 14 CC Apollo 11, Houston.

01 01 11 17 CMP Go ahead.

01 01 11 21 CC Is the Commander aboard?

01 01 11 36 CDR This is the Commander.

01 01 11 39 CC I was a little worried. This is the backup Com-


mander still standing by. You haven't given me
the word yet. Are you GO?

01 01 11 48 CDR You've lost your chance to take this one, Jim.

01 01 11 53 CC Okay. I concede.

01 01 13 36 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

01 01 13 41 CC Go ahead, 11.

01 01 13 43 C_ Okay. Our maneuver is complete, and at this at-


titude the M-line is exactly 90 degrees out of
phase. It is exactly pointed along the vector
toward the center of the Earth instead of being
parallel to the right.

01 O1 Ih 00 CC Roger.

O1 01 14 16 CMl° I'm going to hold right here for your ne_; sug-
gestion.

01 01 14 21 CC Roger.

01 01 18 19 CMP Okay, Houston. It appears to be okay now; We've


changed our attitude slightly, and I have a star
and I'm maneuvering to get the M-line parallel.

01 01 18 34 CC This is Houston. Roger. We copy.

O1 01 20 29 CDR Houston, Apollo 11. You - Stand by one.

01 01 36 08 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Are you copying these NOUN


49's that have been going through?
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01 01 36 14 CC Yes. We surely are. Let's see: plus 0.1 and a


plus 0.2 on nautical miles and feet per second.
Over.

01 01 36 22 CMP Roger.

01 01 43 45 CC ll, this is Houston. Over.

01 01 43 54 CMP Go ahead.

O1 01 43 56 CC Yes, Mike. We show you in VERB 59 right now.


Over.

O1 01 44 O1 CMP That's right. I - I haven't entered - I gave the -


I gave it back to the computer for a second. I put
the mode switch from MANUAL back to CMC while I
fooled with the DSKY, and the computer drove the
star off out of sight. So the delay here has been
in going back to MANUAL and finding the star again,
which I've finally done. And - Just a second here,
I'll go to ENTER and get a 51 and mark on it. As
I say, for some reason the computer drove the star
off out of sight.

01 01 44 47 CC Okay. Roger. Out.

01 01 48 14 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

01 01 48 21 CMP Go ahead.

01 O1 48 24 CC Roger. We show you as a little less than an hour


to the midcourse correction number 2 burn. We
recommend that you terminate the P23 activities
here and press on with the waste-water dump, which
we need from you, and get it ready for the burn.
Over.

01 01 48 40 CMP Okay.

01 01 48 44 CC And I have your midcourse correction number 2 PAD


when you're ready to copy.

01 01 48 50 CMP Stand by.

01 01 49 15 CMP Roger, Houston. Apollo ll, ready to copy MCC 2.

01 01 49 20 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Mideourse _orreetion


number 2. SPS/G&N 63059, plus 097, minus 020,
GET ignition 02644 5792, plus 00118, minus 00003,
plus 00177, roll 277 355 015, NOUN 44 BLOCK is NA,
DELTA-V T 00213 003 00168, sextant star 30 2082 370.
(qO:;,Z HI,,_I
' ] TaDe 17/3
['al;e 77

The rest of the PAD is NA. GDC align: Vega and


Deneb. Roll align 007 144 068. No ullage. LM
weight: 33302. For your information, your heads
will be pointed roughly towards the Earth on this
burn. Read back. Over.

01 01 51 12 CMP Roger. Midcourse correction number 2. SPS/G&N:


63059, plus 097, minus 020 02644 5792, plus 00118,
minus 00003, plus 00177 277 - Are you still copy-
ing?

01 01 51 50 CC Roger. Still copying. Go ahead. Apollo 11, this


is Houston. I copied your transmission about roll
277, and go ahead from roll 277. Over.

01 01 52 19 CMP Roger. 355 015, NA, 00213 003 00168 30 2082 370.
Vega and Deneb 007 144 068. No ullage. I_Mweight:
33302. Heads towards the Earth. Over.

01 01 52 46 CC 11, this is Houston. Readback correct. Out.

01 01 54 02 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

01 01 54 08 CMP Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 11.

01 01 54 09 CC Roger. We'd like you to terminate battery A


at GET 26 hours and reinitiate battery A charge
after midcourse correction 2. Over.

01 O1 54 23 CMP Apollo 11. Roger.

01 01 54 27 CC Roger. Out.

01 01 59 37 CC 11, this is Houston. Over.

01 01 !79 41 I24P Go ahead.

01 01 59 43 CC Roger. If you can give us ACCEPT, we'll send you


up a state vector and a target load for the maneuver.

01 01 59 52 LMP Okay. Give us 1 minute to cheek the P23 dmna_e.

01 01 59 58 CC Sure thing.

01 02 00 31 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. The DSKY's yours.

01 02 00 35 CC Houston. Roger. Out.

C! 02 03 49 CC 1], this is Houston. We've completed the uli]irlk.


The computer's yours.

01 02 03 54 LMP Thank you.


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O] 02 07 17 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

01 OD 07 21 CC Apollo Il, this is ltouston. Over.

O1 02 07 24 CMP Roger. Wonder if you have a star that might be


a little closer to the direction we're burning
than the one you gave us.

O1 02 07 33 CC Roger. We're going to rework the attitude in


the sextant star for you in order to improve the
high-gain antenna coverage, and we'll have that
for you in a few seconds.

01 02 07 43 CMP Fine. We're already maneuvering ...

O1 02 07 51 CC Roger.

O1 02 08 02 CMP Maybe you can make it Just the change in roll.

O1 02 08 O7 CC Roger.

O1 02 08 45 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

O1 02 08 49 CMP Go ahead.

O1 02 08 51 CC Roger. On your attitude for the burn: we'd like


you to use roll 096, pitch 356, yaw 018. That will
give you a sextant star of 01, shaft 253.8, trun-
nion 24.2. Over.

01 02 09 36 CMP ... 356 ...

O1 02 09 51 CC 11, this is Houston. We are having difficulty


reading you through the noise. Could you read
back again, please? Over.

01 02 l0 05 CMP Roger, Houston. Apollo ll. Do you copy?

O1 02 l0 l0 CC Roger. Very weakly in the noise, but I think I


can copy. Go ahead.

O1 02 10 19 CMP Okay. Roll 096 356 018 ... star O1 ...

01 02 10 38 CC Roger. I got all of that except trunnion.


It's trunnion 242. Over.

O1 02 12 19 _ Houston, Apollo 11. How do you read m_ now on


OMNI A?

01 02 12 22 CC Roger. Loud and clear, ll.

01 02 12 26 LMP Okay. We'll stay on 0MNI A for a while, then.


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01 02 12 30 CC Okay. I got all your readbaek except the value


for trunnion. If it's 242, confirm, please.

01 02 12 36 CMP Roger. 242.

01 02 12 38 CC Okay.

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APOLLO 11 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

(GOSS NET 1) Tape 18/1


Page 80

0J rip _il;'9 CDR ]Iou_ton, Apollo 11. Cm_ld you give us a couple
of high-gain antenna _gle:_, plea._ '?

01 02 38 35 CC Roger. Stand by, 11.

01 02 38 h4 CC Roger, 11. Pitch minus 35, yaw 0. Over.

01 02 38 .cO CDR Thank you.

01 02 39 03 CDR We got them.

01 02 39 05 CC Okay.

01 02 39 28 CDR Houston, Apollo 11. How do you read high gain?

01 02 39 30 CC Read you loud and clear on high gain down here,


and everything's looking good from oul' standpoint
for your burn. Over.

01 02 39 _,6 CDR Okay, Bruce.

01 02 45 _8 CDR Houston, burn completed. You copying cur residuals?

01 02 45 LO CC That's affirmative.

01 02 46 00 CDR And, Houston, looked ]Like we saw about 37 or 88 psi


on chamber pressure that time. I'd like you to look
at that on the grotund.

01 02 46 /3 CC Roger, ll. We'll take a look at that and get back


in _ few minutes,

01 02 46 38 CC ll, Houston. On our real-tlme telemetry we saw


95 to 97 10si on chamber pressure. We'll - We will
look at the recordings down here, thought, and get
back with you again. Over.

01 02 46 L1 CDR Okay. Thank you.

01 02 46 50 CC And we've copied your residuals, ll.

01 02 46 56 CDR Roger. No, we're not going to trim those ...

O1 02 49 51 CC ll, Houston. Could we get your DELTA-V counter


reading, please, from this burn?

01 0.2 50 00 LMP That's minus 3.8.

01 02 50 02 CC Minus 2.8?

ol o2 5o o_ LMP 3.8.
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01 02 50 06 CC Roger. Copy minus 3.8.

O1 02 51 04 CDR Houston, is there anything else you need on the


burn status report?

01 02 51 15 CC This is Houston. Negative, 11.

O1 02 51 23 CDR Roger. Thank you.

01 02 54 41 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

O1 02 54 45 CMP Roger. Apollo 11.

01 02 54 47 CC Roger. I just wanted to remind you thst we


haven't noticed on the TM the VERB 66 after the
burn. And for your information, we played the
recorded TV back last night, I believe, after you
all turned in for your rest period, _d the pic-
tures came out quite well. Over.

01 02 55 10 CMP Did you get any usable pictures out of MILA on


that first pass?

01 02 55 J5 CC Not that we've seen. We had word on tie voice


loop that MILA reported that they had gotten a
minute's worth of TV signal, and Goldstone reported
that they had gotten _out a minute's w_rth of
modulation but that they weren't able to get
anything off of it.

01 02 55 35 C_ 0k_y. Thanks.

O1 02 55 40 CC Okay. We have another input here, 11, that the


MILA data was recognizable as a picture, but we
don't have any evaluation as to the quality of the
picture. Over,

O1 02 55 53 CMP Okay_

01 02 55 55 CC And for our information, we've been watching a PCOo

again. Did you change a lithium hydroxide canister


this morning? Over.

O1 02 56 08 CDR Yes. We did, and we've been seeing 1.7 percent in


the spacecraft ever since.

01 02 56 14 CC Roger. That agrees with our data.

O1 02 56 1_ CDR 1.7 millimeters.

O1 02 56 21 CC Roger. We copy.
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01 02 57 O0 CDR Houston, Apollo 11. We're starting our maneuver


to PTC attitude.

O1 02 57 05 CC Roger.

01 02 59 21 CC ll, this is Houston. Over.

01 02 59 26 LMP Go ahead.

01 02 59 27 CC Roger. From a propellant-balancing standpoint,


we recommend that you use quads Alfa and Bravo
to start the PTC maneuvers. Over.

01 02 59 39 LMP Roger. Understand Alfa and Bravo.

01 02 59 kl CC Roger. Out.

O1 03 06 14 CC ll, this is Houston. Over.

01 03 06 19 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

01 03 06 21 CC Roger. For CRYO-balarc_ng purposes, we'd like you


to turn the heater and oxygen tank no.mh_r i off
at this time. Over.

01 03 06 32 CDR Okay. Stand by.

01 03 06 [_5 CC Everything else in the CRYO system remains the

O1 03 06 39 CDR 0kmy.

O1 03 06 56 CMP Okay. We have 02 heater tank 1 off.

O1 03 07 O1 CC Houston. Roger. Out.

O1 03 07 ]0 CMP How is EECOMM today? Is he happy with Lll those


good things ?

01 03 07 14 CC Oh, EECOMM ie happy, and after you get PTC set up,
we've got a little procedure from EEC0_I here to
check out the 02 flow and the 02 flow mmsor in
your cabin enrichment. Over.

O1 03 07 29 CMP Okay,

01 03 07 35 CMP It'll be a while, Bruce. We're Just now arriving


in PTC attitude, and we're going to our 20 minutes
of monitoring thruster activity.

01 03 07 42 CC Roger. We copy. He'll be here.


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0] 0'_ ]3 03 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Are you going to take control
of the 0MNI's now and :_witch us between B and D?

O1 03 13 08 CC This is Houston. Stand by one.

O1 03 13 35 CC 1!, Houston.

O1 03 13 38 CMP Go ahead.

01 03 13 40 CC Mike, how about selecting Bravo at this time, amd


I'll give you a COMP configuration here, shortly.

01 03 13 49 CMP Okay.

01 03 14 24 CMP That PTC sure worked well last night.

O1 03 14 28 CC Outstanding.

Ol 03 14 _.
5 CC 11, Houston.

01 03 15 (_0 C_5° Go _head.

O1 03 15 C2 CC Okay. Roll for the COMM situation: have S-band


antenna OMNI A in Bravo, S-band antenna OMNI to
OMNI, high-gain track to MANUAL, and the pitch is
minus 50 and yaw is 270.

01 03 15 24 CMP YOU may have to repeat some of that, Jemes. We've


got a I_M guy taking care of the high gain right
now.

01 03 15 _0 CDR Yes, and he is eyeballing the Earth.

01 03 15 ):2 CMP He's got his head out the window.

01 03 15 2_5 CC I understand, I had _rouble on 12 with him, too.

O1 03 15 k2 kMP S%y _gatn wh_t you'd like.

01 03 15 L4 CC Okay, The S-band antenna OMNI A switch to Bravo


which you have now, and S-band antenna OMNI to
the 0MNI position, and the high-gain track to the
MANUAL position, and _he pitch and yaw angles
are minus 50 for pitch and yaw is 270.

0t 03 16 10 LMP Minus 50 and 270.

O1 03 17 09 LMA° Hey, Jim, I'm looking through the monocular now,


and to coin an expression, the view is just beauti-
ful. It's out of this world. I can see all the
islands in the Mediterranean. Some larger and
smaller islauds of Majorca, Sardinia, and Corsica.
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A little haze over the upper Italian peninsula, some


cumulus clouds out over Greece. The Sun is setting
on the eastern Mediterranean now. The British Isles
are definitely greener in color than the brownish
green that we have in the islands, in the peninsula
of Spain. Over.

O1 03 18 03 CC Roger. I understand that the Northern Africa -


Mediterranean area is fairly clear today, huh?

O1 03 18 i2 _ Right.

01 03 18 L4 CDR Yes. We see a bunch of roads with cars driving


up and down, too.

01 03 18 19 CC Do you find that the monocular is any good to


you, Buzz?

01 03 18 27 LMP Yes, It _ou].d be nic-_r if it had _:other order


of magnitude of power on it. Of course, it has
a tendency to Jiggle around a little bit, and you
might want to have some sort of a bracket. I hate
to use that word though.

01 03 18 53 LMP Got an anticyclone going in the southern hemisphere


southeast of Brazil, and some - Well, the diameter
of it must be over 2000 miles across.

O1 03 19 i5 CC How does the weather look up in the southern part


of the western hemisphere, or up in the United
States area?

01 03 19 26 I_Vd
° Well, you all are Just beginning to cone over the
limb now. I can see parts of Central America, and
it looks to be fairly clear there. _T_e islands in
the Caribbean are beginning to come in and rather
a few streaming lines of clouds. Looks like there
is a system up to the - well, off of Greenland
that has some large cloud streamers extending back
down to the southwest. The east coast of the U.S.
is just coming into view now, and it doesn't look
too bad that I can see right now. We m_y have
some pretty good shots later on this afternoon.
Over.

01 03 20 16 CC Roger. Thank you.

01 03 21 50 LMP Houston, Apollo 11.

O1 03 21 54 CC Go ahead, 11.
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O1 03 21 56 L_[P I've got a comment about the point on the Earth


where the Sun's rays reflect back up toward us.
In general, the color of the oceans is mostly
uniform and it's bright and darker blue except
for that region that's about one-eighth of an
Earth's radius in diameter; and in this circular
area, the blue of the water turns a grayish color,
and I'm sure that's where the Sun's rays are
being reflected back on up toward us. Over.

01 03 22 41 CC Roger, Buzz. We noticed the same thing. It's


very similar to looking at a light shining on
something like a billiard ball or a bowling ball.
You get this bright spot in the blue of the water,
and that turns it to sort of a grayish color.

01 03 22 57 LMP Yes. Is there a Na_y term for that?

01 03 23 (!0 CC (Laughing.) A lot of gray p_int.

01 03 25 27 CC il, Houston.

01 03 25 L2 CMP Go s_head, Houston.

O1 03 25 38 CC Mike, are you satisfied with P23 now?

01 03 25 23 CM_° Yes, I'm happy with the last updates we got, you
know, in terms of what _t did to oar state vector.
Still not altogether happy with the various pro-
cedures. If we could pick stars withir the smaller
range of trunnion angles so that you cculd allow
P23 to pick its own maneuver and go to that sub-
stellar point and then have that star visible, that
would seem to me to be the simplest and best way
to do it.

01 03 26 14 CC How about the - -

01 03 26 1'_ LMP ... correction on that last ...

O1 03 26 20 CC How about the horizon now? Is it pretty well


defined for you and no longer hazy?

01 03 26 2h CMP Yes. We're far enough out now that the - I think
the horizon definition variation is lost in the
North.

O1 03 26 57 LMP Hey, Jim.

01 03 27 03 CC Go ahead, Buzz.
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Page 86

01 03 27 06 LMP Looks like the best way to get a steady view through
the monocular is Just steady it out and let it close
when it's in front of your eye, and then you kind of
float up next to it so that you're not touching it
at all. It has a very slow drift, and you get a
better - steadier view that way.

01 03 27 25 CC Sounds good.

O1 03 27 47 CC How does it feel to be airborne again, Buzz?

01 03 27 51 LMP Well, I'll tell you, I've been having a ball


floating around inside here, back and forth up to
one place and back to another. It's li_e being out-
side, except more comfortable.

O1 OB 28 _4 CC It's a lot bigger than our last vehicle.

Ot 03 28 C6 CM3 ... kept me busy, I'm ...

O1 03 28 10 CMP Say again about Buzz -

01 03 28 11 LMP Yes. It sure is nice in here.

O1 03 28 13 CC I said it's a lot bigger than the last -_ehiele


that Buzz and I were ia.

O1 03 28 1_ CMl° Oh, yes. It's been nice. I've been very busy
so far. I'm looking forward to taking the after-
noon off. I've been cooking, and sweeping, and
almost sewing, and you know, the usual little
housekeeping things.

O1 03 28 30 CC It was very convenient the way they put the food


preparation system right next to the NAV station.

O1 03 28 4 '_, CDR Everything is right next to everything _n this


vehicle.

O1 03 28 41 LMP Not if you're in the ...

O1 03 28 53 CDR Jim, it's been a little warm in the machine through-


out yesterday and last night during the PTC. It
cooled off somewhat with the windows buttoned up,
and we've seen suit temperatures of about - the high
40's and cabin temperatures in the low 60's. But
this seems to be still a little bit on the warm
side.

O1 03 29 28 CC I understand that it got a little warm during the


day and cooled down a little bit when you put the
shades up, but you're still a little bit warm. Do
you have any moisture condensation or an?thing like
that on the wall?
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Page 87

01 03 29 40 CDR No, we haven't bee n able to detect any moisture


anyplace in the spacecraft. It seems to be fine.

01 03 29 .=0 LMP One of the hydrogen filters - the one that we've
got on the hot water - seems to keep flowing when
you remove one of the food bags from it. Its flow
rate is quite small, right near the end of one out,
and that contributes a little bit of moisture to
the atmosphere.

01 03 30 16 CMP Yes, that hydrogen thing, it's - I'm not sure, but
I think it's a backpressure problem. If the thing
sees any baekpressure at all, like when the bag
is attached, well the flow rate will slowly de-
crease to where it's almost zero, and you wait,
and you wait, and you wait for that last o,_uce.
You think you have its and you remove the bag,
and then you very rapidly thereafter see maybe
a glob the size of a dime or a quarter come out
and Just hang there. That appears to be true even
though the opening into the bag is not restricted.

01 03 30 49 CC Understand.

01 03 30 54 LMP In general, I think they do quite a good job,


especially on the guns, in removing a lot of
the hydrogen bubbles.

01 03 31 f4 CC Have the water temperatures been good? Are


you getting hot water?

01 03 31 12 LMP Yes. It seems reasonably warm.

01 03 31 17 CMP We made three cups of coffee today. The last one -


you know when all the plumbing was warmed up, the
hydrogen gun and everything, was warmest of the
three. I don't know who had that one -Neil, did
you have that one? How was your coffee? You didn't
drink it till later, 5id you? Anyway, it's pretty
good. It's not piping hot, but it sure beats
stone-cold coffee.

01 03 31 _9 CMP Jim, we've been sitting here a little over 20 minutes


now, How does the thruster firing activity look?
Are you ready to go on with this PTC?

01 03 31 56 CC Roger. Stand by.

01 03 32 00 CC We're all set to go, Mike.

01 03 32 04 CMP Okay. I'll press on then.


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NET £) Tape 18/9
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01 03 35 59 CMP Houston, Apollo ll. PTC has started and it looks


good.

01 03 36 06 CC ll, Roger. This is Houston. Roger. fn_t.

01 03 47 22 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

01 03 47 27 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

01 03 47 29 CC Roger. If you're free for a couple of minutes,


we have a procedure here that will let .ksverify
the 02 flow transducer and at the same time get
some more of our cabin enrichment out of the way.
Over.

01 03 47 L6 CDR Stand by.

01 03 48 '_7 CDR Go ahead, Houston. We're ready to cop).

O1 03 48 Il CC Roger. The primar_y purpose of this is, as i men-


tioned, to let us cne_k out your O_ flow transducer.
However, we still need about 2 hours' worth of
cabin enrichment, so we'd like to keep ohe vent that
we're going to set up going for this purpose. Okay.
We want you to instal.I the cabin vent quick dis-
connect which you'll find in compartmerJt R-6, that
is Romeo 6, on the urine connector on t anel 251.
When this is completed, verify that th_ waste
stowage vent valve is closed, and then open or
position the waste management overboard drain to
the DUMP position. O_'er.

Ol 03 49 [0 CDR Okay. Understand that. Install the cabin quick


disconnect out, of R-6 on the 251 urine ,_.onnector
and verify that the waste dump valve is closed, and
say again the last part.

Ol 03 50 0__ CC Roger. And then put the waste management overboard


drain valve into the DUMP position. Ower.

01 03 50 16 CDR Roger. Put the waste management overboard drain


valve to the DUMP position.

O1 03 50 20 CC Right. That's the one down on panel 251 also. And


we'll watch your 02 flow on telemetry down here.

O1 03 52 49 CDR Okay, Houston. That configuration is set up.

01 03 52 57 CC 11, this is Houston. Say again, please.


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Page 89

01 03 53 02 CDR You do have the 02 flow transducer checkout setup


accomplished.

01 03 53 08 CC Okay. Understand you have opened the drain valve


at this time.

01 03 53 13 CDR That's ... It's in DU_.

01 03 53 15 CC Roger. We're not getting telemetry data from you


ri&bt due to low signal strength. There it comes
back. I expect it'll probably take us anywhere
from 15 minutes to half an hour to see an increase
in 02 flow due to the size of the cabin and of
course of the small size of the drain. Over.

01 03 53 36 CDR Roger.

01 04 07 16 CMP Houston, Apollo ll.

01 04 07 18 CC Go ahead, ll.

01 04 07 21 CMP Roger. I've got the world in my window for a


change and looking at it through the monocular,
it's really something. I wish I could describe
it properly. The weather is very good. South
America is coming around into view. I can see on
the - what appears to me to be upper horizon, a
point that must be Just about Seattle, Washington,
and from there I eau see all the way do_n to the
southern tip of Tierra del Fuego and th,_ southern
tip of the continent.

0! 04 07 55 CC Roger. · So,raidslike you've got a beauti_l.vtew


up there.

01 04 08 01 CMP AbsolUtely _ fantastic. I hope 6he pictures come


out; we,re rotating around where it's going out
of vi _,eVregain,
j. ,

01 04 08 09 LMP I'm"waiti_g _ pick[it up in the sextant.

O1 04 08 14 CC SoUnd_ _i_e one of these _rotating restal_mants.

END OF TAPE "'


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(GOSS NET l) Tape 19/1


Page 90

01 04 30 33 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

01 04 36 09 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Do you need some help keep-


ing OMNI's locked on us?

O1 04 36 15 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Negative. We had a


command computer at the Madrid site go down. We
had to switch over to Ascension temporarily.
We're now back remoting through Madrid_ and the
computer is back, and we're ready to r,_sume con-
trol of your ONLNI's and full communication. Over.

01 04 36 38 LMP Okay. You've got it.

01 04 36 39 CC Okay. One thing that we did miss in the dropout


in the noise here is your LM/CM DELTA-? reading
for about 28 hours GZT. Over.

01 0_ 37 05 I_P Okay. The LM/CM DELTA-P is 0.98.

O1 04 37 10 CC Roger. 0.98, and what have you been r_sding for


02 flow on your onboard gage? Over.

01 04 37 23 LMP Well, right now, after we put that gadget in,


we've got it back to 0.35. Before that, we were
reading on scale level. I thir_ ol_s _s relatively
correct, et lea_t when time comes for the water
_ccumulator to kick in at 10 seconds, _t goes on
up to about 0.75, 0.8, something like that.

0! 04 37 50 CC This is Houston. Roger. Out.

01 04 38 43 CC And, ll, _his is Houston. A little more infor-


mation based on our snalysis of your last SPS burn:
;it looks ilke you got a good solid bur_ there. We
show. 94 psi chamber pressure and it looks like the
sPs is e nitely oo. Over.
01 04 39 )6 LMP Good to heer it.

O1 04 39 08 CC Roge_i We thought you'd feel that way about it.

01 04 39 21 LMP We're right in the middle of - well either ... or


Smlmmnsala_, or something like that. That's
probably why we're not answering you right away.

01 04 39 32 CC Okay. Well, we don't want - -

O1 04 39 33 LMP My compliments to the chef, that salad salmon


is outstanding.
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01 04 39 41 CC Roger. Understand that's the salad salmon. Over.

O1 04 39 49 LMP Something like that, salmon salad.

01 04 39 51 CC There we go, the salmon salad, very good.

01 04 39 57 U_P Okay. Bruce, we're coming up on the water ac-


cumulator activity, and it's going on up to 0.85,
oh, about 0.95 and it reached a peak there and
then gradually dropped back on down to 0.6 now,
0.4, and it looks like it's pretty well - pretty
well leveling off back down to 0.35. Over.

01 04 40 30 CC Roger, We're copying that.

01 04 41 27 CC 11, Houston.

O1 04 41 31 CDR Go ahead.

01 04 41 32 CC Roger. On that 20 flc'w transducer town here on


telemetry, our values are agreeing pi_et_y well
with what you read out onboard, and the EECOMM's
have been noticing this cycle, but it still looks
like the indicated rate is lower than waat we would
expect. We're still working on the prcolem, and
we'll let you have a Fore complete diagnosis on it
in a little while.

01 04 42 03 CDR Ok_kv. It'_ _ tight fix then.

01 04 42 04 CMP We ru_ a tight ship.

01 04 42 08 CC Roger, Is that music I hear in the back,ground?

01 04 42 15 CMP Buzz in singing.

O1 04 42 46 CC Okays' '

01 04 42 31 CMP Pass' me' the sausage, man.

01 05 32 09 CC Apollo li, this is Houzton. Over.

01 05 32 13 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

O1 05 32 14 CC Roger, ll. We've been watching your activity on


the DSKY there, and by selecting another major
program with a VERB 37 ENTER and all that, we show
you collapsing the deadband in PTC and having driven
the CMC rate from 0.3 degrees per second down to
0 degrees per second, although of course, with all
the AUTO RCS coils shut off, you're not firing any
thrusterS. 0ver.
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01 05 32 54 CDR Okay. What do you recommend?

01 05 32 59 CC Well, you can just continue in your present con-


figuration in PTC. However, if you go to turn any
thrusters on, the CMC would then try to bring you
into an attitude hold position rather than con-
tinning with the PTC. Over.

01 05 33 20 CDR Roger. I understand.

01 05 33 21 CC Okay.

01 05 33 38 CDR And, Houston, we're just looking at you out our


window here. Looks like there's a circulation of
clouds that just moved east of Houston over the
Gulf and Florida area. Did that have any rain ir_
it this morning?

01 05 33 59 CC Roger. Our report from outside says that it's


raining out here, s_nd looks like you've got a
pretty good eye for the weather there.

01 05 34 09 CDR Yes. Well, it looks like it ought to clear up


pretty soon from our viewpoint. The western edge
of the weather isn't wery far west of you.

01 05 34 ?0 CC Okay.

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!i'a_e 93

01 05 58 15 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. aver.

01 05 58 22 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

01 05 58 23 CC 11, this is Houston. As a result of our venting


through the waste management drain, we've con-
cluded that your 02 flow rate sensor is, in fact,
malfunctioning. I mentioned when you talked us
through the cyclic water accumulator dbmp that
even though it was moving, probably indicating a
higher flow rate, it didn't seem to be indicating
a flow rate that is high enough; and based on
that and the flow that we're getting right now,
we've concluded that the transducer is malfmie-

tioning. We'd like to continue the 02 flow for


about another hour, shutting it off at about 3]
hours GET, to get the 02 concentration in thJ
vehicles up vo - in the vehicles up bo where it
will be acceptable for _i checkout. Over.

01 05 59 27 CDR Okay. Does it look to you like it just has a


bias on it?

01 05 59 1_5 CC Roger, 11. It does seem to be a bias. Looks


like it has a fairly high threshold before it
starts indicating. EECOMM seems to thJmk, though,
that for high flow rate purposes, it w_ll still
give you a relative indication during the mission.
Over.

0! 06 00 _LO CDR Okay. We understand. Thank you.

01 06 12 20 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. We would ]ike you


to terminate charging on battery A at d ET 30
plus 15. Over.

01 06 12 L1 CDR Okeff. 30 plus 15 for battery A charge terminate.

01 06 12 36 CC Roger. Out.

O1 06 15 34 CC Apollo il, this is Houston. Over.

O1 06 15 41 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

O1 06 15 42 CC Roger. Iff you're free for a minute, I've got


some updates to the P37 PAD's that we passed up
to you yesterday afternoon, I guess. As a result
of doing midcourse correction number 2, the DELTA-V
required in the TLI plus 35, 44, and 53 PAD's have
changed slightly. Over.
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01 06 16 18 CDR Roger. Standing by to copy.

01 06 16 21 CC Okay. TLI plus 35 PAD: the DELTA-V T should be


7992 instead of 8016. TLI plus 44 - It should
be 6112 instead of 6141. And TLI plus 53 - It
should be 8172 instead of 8209. Read back. Over.

01 06 16 57 CDR Roger. Understand. 7992, 6112, 8172. Over.

01 06 17 05 CC Roger. Readback correct. Out.

01 06 29 28 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

01 06 29 34 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

01 06 29 39 CC 11, this is Houston. Goldstone reports they are


receiving a TV picture coming down from you all,
a little snowy, but a good TV picture. Over.

01 06 29 54 CDR Roger. We're just testing the equipme,t uo here.

01 06 29 59 CC Roger.

01 06 30 03 CDR Ask them if they can read the numbers.

01 06 30 06 CC Okay. Stand by.

01 06 30 :_4 CC Goldstone, this is Houston CAP C0_. Over.

O1 06 30 42 CT Houston CAP COMM, Goldstone M&O. Go aha:ad.

01 06 30 _5 CC Roger. Stand by a minute, Goldstone.

01 06 30 '51 CC 1l, this is Houston. What numbers are you refer-


ring to? Over.

01 06 31 DO CDR Well, I guess if they can't see any nunhers, why,


it's kind of a lost cause.

01 06 31 04 CC Negative. Standby. We wanted to know - -

01 06 31 )6 CDR ...

01 06 31 J7 CC We wanted to know what numbers before _re asked


them.

01 06 31 !2 CDR Okay. I'm showing them the DS_f, and I'd like to
know whether they can read what's showing on the
DSKY, and also whether they can see P-R-O-G,
V-E-R-B, and N-O-U-N. Over.

01 06 31 22 CC Roger. Stand by a second.


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_)1 06 '_! _ CC _oldstone M&O, Houston CAP C()_. Over.

O1 06 31 29 CT CAP COMM, Goldstone. Go ahead.

01 06 31 31 CC Roger. Did you copy the spacecraft request?

01 06 31 34 CT That's affirmative. I am reading the numbers on


our monitor here.

01 06 31 38 CC Okay, that's - Roger. That's both the numbers


on the DSKY itself, and the little worfs like
PROGRAM and VERB, NOUN, COMPUTER ACTIV__TY, things
of this sort?

01 06 31 58 CT Roger. I can read the numbers clearly. We can't


distinguish what the words are, because it is a
little snoway.

01 06 32 )9 CC Roger.

01 06 32 [1 CT Okay. I read VERB, N©UN, and PROCJ_,_.

01 06 32 7_9 CC Roger. Do you see - Over in the lefthand corner,


there's a big square one that says COM?UTER ACTIV-
ITY, COM2_ ACTIVITY?

01 06 32 ;5 CT Roger. I see a flash occasionally in ,;hat area.

01 06 32 28 CC Roger. _nat's the one.

0t 06 32 ¢1 CT Okay. It looks like he's moved the camera at this


time.

01 06 32 34 CC Roger.

01 06 32 i',6 CC 11, this is Houston. Goldstone M&0 re_orts that


they can read the nu_m-oerson the DSKY. They can
also read VERB, NOUN, PROGRAM, and see the CO_P
ACTIVITY light flashi;,_g. 0vet.

Gl 06 32 _9 CDR V_ry good. Thank you_

01 06 32 '1 CC And they also report you appear to have panned


the camera over to another location now.

01 06 32 57 CDR Yes, we're going to work on something else.

O1 06 33 01 CC Roger.

01 06 51 ll CMP Houston, Apollo ll.

O1 06 51 14 CC Go ahead, ll.
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01 06 51 18 CMl° Oh, Charlie. That you?

01 06 51 20 CC That's me. How are you there?

01 06 51 25 CMP Oh, Just fine. How's the old White Team today?

01 06 51 27 CC Oh, the old White Team's bright-eyed and bushy-


tailed. We're ever alert down here.

01 06 51 33 CMl° Ever alert and ... Hey, you got any m_dics down
there watching high grade? I'm trying to do some
running in place down here, and I'm wondering just
out of curiosity whether it brings my heart rate
up.

01 06 51 _$4 CC Well, they will spring into action here momentarily.


Stand by.

01 06 52 >_2 CC Hello, 11. We see yo_ir heart beating.

01 06 52 18 CMP Okay, Well - look at the CDR's and th, C_-m°'sand


see if they go up anN. We're all running in place
up here. You wouldn't believe it.

O1 06 52 26 CC I'd like to see that sight. Why don't you give


us a TV picture of that one.

O1 06 52 31 C55° I think Buzz is trying. You got it.

01 06 52 36 CC Okay. It's coming ir at Goldstone_ Bu_z. As


Bruce ,said, we don't have it here in tae center.

01 06 52 58 CMP I'm afraid this isn't going to help out the PTC
very much,

O1 06 53 05 CMS Yes. I don't know if it's a vibration or what


it is, but it m__kes the pitch and yaw rate needles
on FDAI number i _ump up and down a little bit
where we Jump up, and down.

01 06 53 i9 CC oger. Goldstoners say they see you r_mning


there, Mike.

01 06 53 '_-)9 C_ID 0k_4_ '1

01 06 53 31 CDR Ask him what he's rUnning from.

O1 06 53 48 CC ll, Houston. Mike, we see about a 96 heartbeat


now.

01 06 53 56 CMP Okay. Thank you.


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01 06 54 27 CMP Well, that's about all that is reasonable,


without getting hot and sweaty.

O1 06 54 32 CC Roger. We copy.

O1 06 58 00 CMP Goldstone should be getting about the best


picture of the Earth we can give them right
now_ Charlie.

01 06 58 _13 CC Roger, Mike. Thank you much.

01 06 58 07 LMP We've got a tittle distortion in the horizontal


direction from banding on our monitor. I wonder
if they're getting the same thing?

01 06 58 _7 CC Stand by, Buzz. I'll let you know.

01 06 58 29 LMP I guess it would be more described as a waviness.

01 06 58 il CC Goldstone M&O, Houston CAP COI_.

01 06 58 U7 CT Goldstone M&O.

01 06 58 38 CC Okay. The crew is complaining of some horizontal


banding on their monitor. Do you see ghat on the
picture?

01 06 59 )5 CT Stand by.

O1 06 59 14 ID_° They wouldn't see anything now. We don't have


anythin_ i_ focus, Charlie.

O1 06 59 20 CC Roger. He's checking on it. I'll see if they


had it earlier. Stand by.

O1 06 59 28 CMP I guess when we're showing the DSKY or when we're


showing the Earth might be the better time.

01 06 59 34 CC Okay.

O1 06 59 40 CT Houston CAP COMM, Goldstone.

O1 06 59 42 CC Go _head.

01 06 59 _3 CT Okay. Our TV people confirm they see this hori-


zontal band.

01 06 59 46 CC Okay.

01 06 59 51 CC ll, Houston. The Goldstone TV people also see


the banding when - at the same time you do. Over.
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Page 98

01 07 O0 02 _4P Okay. Would they call it a horizontal waviness,


instead of banding, maybe?

rJI ¢j'( rJ¢; _f, (_C ]tin n,_t, I.alk;n_ t,r_ th_:m dir,_r_t]y. Zta.d by,
_UZZ. [,_L me _(_(t hcJW I,h,:y _b:;;cr'Jb_* it,.

01 07 00 i3 CC Goldstone M&0, Houston CAP COMM. Could you put


the TV guy on the loop, please?

01 07 00 19 CT CAP C0_, Goldstone. Roger.

01 07 01 01 CT Houston CkP COMM, Goldstone M&0 NET 1.

01 07 01 04 CC Go.

O1 07 01 U5 CT The TV people do not have access to NET 1 in


that area. Suggest we use NET 2 For taat pur-
pose.

01 07 01 L0 CC Okay. Going to NET 2.

O1 07 02 02 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. _e _oldstone TV


guys say they have some norizonta! ban_ting
across the upper part of the picture and across
the lower part. They would consider the lines
just straight, no waviness to them at all. Over.

01 07 02 24 LMP Roger. Understand. They do seem to dLstort


vertical lines though.

O1 07 02 30 CC S_y _gain about the vertical lines, B_zz.

01 07 02 35 IAIP Roger. When there's a vertical line, these


horizontal bands tend vo put small waw_s in it.

01 07 02 44 CC Roger. I copy. He didn't mention that. Stand


by, I'll check again.

01 07 03 30 CC Hello, ll. Houston. The Goldstone TV said that


when yOU get a sharp vertical line on Jhe picture,
when the horizontal banding goes across, it does
appear to bend it slightly. The same _s Apollo 10,
they said. Looks okay to them. Over.

01 07 03 _7 LMP Okay. Understand. It's not our monitor. It must


be the transmitter or the system.

01 07 03 52 CC Roger. I guess so, Buzz. We'll have them look into


it, and see if they can suggest anything.

01 07 05 12 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. We've lost our command


interface with Goldstone. We'd like you to switch
to 0MNI Delta. Over.
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01 07 05 24 LMP Roger. Going to Delta.

01 07 05 26 CC Roger.

O1 07 07 20 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We'd like you to


terminate the 02 purge if you have not done so
already, and the TV camera people say that the
lines are inherent in the camera, Buzz; and it's
something that we expected. Over.

O1 07 07 1_1 LMP Roger. Understand about the camera. Say again


about the 02 purge.

01 07 07 '44 CC Roger. We can terminate the 02 purge at this


time. Over.

01 07 07 J0 LMP Oh, okay. Fine. Will do.

01 07 13 L8 CC Hello, Apollo 1i. Houston. Please seJect OMNI


Bravo on board. Over.

01 07 13 26 CMl° Okay. Going to Bravo, Charlie.

01 07 13 28 CC Roger.

01 07 13 32 CMl° How's everything going down there? You guys happy


with the spacecraft systems?

O1 07 13 37 CC Roger. Affirmative. Everything's looking really


good to us. Over.

01 07 13 _4 CMP Okay. Same here.

01 07 14 23 CMP Charlie, how far out can you pick up TV off the
0m_i?

01 07 14 /'7 cc Stand by. ·

01 07 14 _7 CC Hello, Apollo 1t. Houston. We're jus0 about to


the limits where we can get any kind o f picture
at all on the OMNI's on the TV. It - The picture,
I guess, would be just almost zero at this point.

01 07 15 02 CliP Okay[ Well, for this TV program coming up in a


couple of hours, you might give some thought to
how you want us to stop PTC, if you do, for the
best high gain angle; and also it would be nice if
you could stop us at such an attitude that we'd
have the Earth out of one of our windo_,s.

O1 07 15 21 CC Roger, ll. We're thinking about that.


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01 07 15 25 CMP Okay.

O1 07 18 48 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We got some PIPA


biases and general drift updates for you if you
give us PO0 and ACCEPT. Over.

01 07 19 01 CDR Okay, Charlie. Stan_ by one.

01 07 19 04 CC Roger, 11. The - -

O1 07 19 05 CDR You've got it.

0t 07 19 07 CC Okay. Thank you much. Our biggest drift on the


GYRO's is 0.03 degrees per hour with - on the
X-GYRO. On the PIPA's, the Y-PIPA's the biggest
and it's 0.006 feet per second so ... trying to
tweak it up. The biggest we have is about one
sigma on both GYRO's and accelerometera.

01 07 19 33 CDR Sounds good.

0i 07 19 37 CC The system really loo_s good to us.

01 07 19 42 CDR Glad to hear it, Charlie.

01 07 20 31 CC il, Houston. You can go back to BLOCK. We've


got the load in.

O1 07 20 _8 CDR Okay. Roger.

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Page 101

01 07 22 25 LMP Boy, you sure get a different perspective in


this thing in zero g. Right now, Neil's got
his feet on the forward hatch, and he (:an
with his arms reach - all five windows, lie
can reach down into - the LEB where thc over-
board drain is. He can practically reach over
in the cockpit.

01 07 22 33 CC Sounds like Plastic Man to me.

01 07 23 00 CMP I'm hiding under the left-hand couch trying to


stay out of his way.

01 07 23 04 CC Be a good idea, Mike.

0i 07 25 18 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. You got a cloud over the


Houston area right now?

01 07 25 24 CC Roger. We just had a really big thu_derstozrm


here about a hour age. Couple of storms around
the area ... Over.

01 07 25 28 LMP Yes. I see one fairly large and isolated one.


There are couple of more off to the left, but
this one looks fairly good size. It could very
well be the one that just passed over you.

01 07 25 33 CC Roger.

0i 07 25 34 LMP Yes, and it looks like the Cape has been having
a little bit of rain, too.

01 07 25 _7 CC Roger. The one we had here came in from the


west and is moving east - or nearly so, as far
as I could tell. ,

O1 07 25 39 LMP Thmt view through this sextant is fantastic. I


can see Alaska right mp- right up aloLg the LM,
and I'm running the crosshairs right now down
the coast of California, the west coast of Mexico,
Yucatan Peninsula, up amgund the Gulf, Florida,
Cuba, down Central America, and I'm running into
the stop right now, on the sextant.

01 07 26 44 CC Roger. It sounds like a pretty fantastic view.

01 07 26 51 LMP The guys in the weather office at Patrick wanted


a report on th e tops but I guess all we can say
is we're above them.

O1 07 26 58 CC Roger. We'll pass it on to METRO.


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01 07 27 09 CC 11, Houston. Do you see any predominant weather


systems as far as frontal type or any buildup
of tropical-storm type? Over.

01 07 27 25 LMP Not any large ones. There are a couple of sm_ller


disturbances. Well, there's one maybe 300 miles
north of Cuba, but it doesn't look cyclonic.

01 07 27 39 CC Roger.

01 08 24 58 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We got a TV attitude


for you and also an update to your CMC erasable
load and your alternate contingency checklist,
if you could break that out too. Over.

01 08 25 _6 LMP Roger. I'm not sure I caught all of that. Go


ahead with what you have.

01 08 25 23 CC Roger, 1t. if you'll break out your alternate


and contingency checklist for the CSM, we got
an update to some of the erasable loads on
page F2-20, Over.

01 08 25 42 LMP Okay. Be getting that out, and you can give us


the attitude for TV.

01 08 25 48 CC Roger, 11. Your TV attitude will be roll 261,


pitch 090, yaw 000. High gain angle: pitch
plus 28, yaw 271. That puts the left-hand
window _pointed at the Earth. We recommend exit-
lng PTC with your updated procedure i_ the
checklist. Over,

Ot 08 26 29 LMP Roger. We copy roll 21 - 61, pitch 090, yaw 000,


high gain pitch plus 28, yaw 271. And we'll
like this with the DELTA-V that we have in the
book. Over.

O1 08 26 ;_6 CC That!s affir_etive.

O1 08 27 _l CMP Ch_rlie, Apollo ll. I have a couple oi' questions


on stopping the PTC. It seems to me the easiest
way to stop it would be - we're essentially, of
course, at 0 degrees yaw and closing Up to
90 degrees pitch, so it's Just a question of
stopping at 260 roll, roughly, and - How about
for a procedure going MANUAL ATTITUDE, three to
RATE COMMAND and then, seeing as how our deadband
has already collapsed, I'll turn on the panel 8
RCS thrusters, at which time it should stop at
whatever attitude it finds itself in. And if I
do all of that as it comes up on 261 degrees
roll, we should stop right there. Is tlaat suffi-
cient?
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01 08 27 46 CC Sounds pretty good. Stand by one.

01 08 27 50 CM_ Sounds like it might save a little gas.

01 08 29 06 LMt Houston, Apollo 11. What page do you want in


that revision? Over.

01 08 29 ll CC Roger, ll. If you'll turn to page F2-20. Over.

01 08 29 28 LM2 Okay, Tim -

01 08 29 32 CC Roger, 1i. Under column A on page F2-20, line 5,


line 05, the new data is 01042; line 07, the
new data is 00256. Skipping down to line 11,
00070; line 12 is 00042; line 13 is 77730. In
cold,mn Bravo, lines 3, 4, and 5, which are blank,
should be all zeros for line 3; line h is 20017;
line 5 20616. Over.

01 08 31 10 LMP Roger. Page F2-20, column Alfa: 05, 01042;


07, 00256; 11, I'll say again. Ii, 00070;
12, 00042; 13, 77730. Column Bravo: 03, 00000_
04_ 20017; 05, 20616. Over.

01 08 32 09 CC Roger. Good readback, Buzz. And stand by, Mike,


on the coming-out-of-the-PTC recommendation.
Over.

01 08 32 [7 CMP Okay. Fine.

01 08 33 D6 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston with a recommendation


on exiting PTCM. Over.

01 08 33 [3 CMP Go ahead.

01 08 33 14 CC Roger, Mike. We'd like to see you go _o ACCEL


CORE,AND on the MANUAL ATTITUDE switches. Then
to turn on the AUTO RCS SELECT switches, and
then go RATE COMMAND. That Mill prevel_t us from
firing Jets uncoupled. Over.

01 08 33 36 CMl° Okay. Fine. And I would guess go RATE COMMAND


and roll first and then followed by pizch and yaw.

O1 08 33 '_5 CC Okay. That sounds good if - And when you get to


the roll attitude desired, Just go RATE COMMAND
at that time and it'll stop us right on.

01 08 33 58 CMP Yes. I agree, Charlie. That sounds right.

01 08 34 00 CC Roger.

01 08 39 ll CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston with some more words


on exiting PTC. Over.
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01 08 39 18 CM_ Go ahead, Charlie.

O1 08 39 20 CC Roger. Mike, when you were playing with the P37


a while ago and we collapsed the deadband back
down, the DAP assumed that the deadband was
centered around the new attitude that we happened
to be at, at that time. Since then, we've
drifted out a couple of degrees in both pitch
and yaw from that attitude such that if we did
the procedure as we called it up to yo_ of going
ACCEL COMMAND, turning on all of the AJTO RCS
SELECT switches and then RATE COMMAND_ it would
attempt to fly back to the pitch and _aw atti-
tude that it had when the deadband co]lapsed.
We can prevent that by - just immediately prior
to going to RATE COMMAND on the 5ta_NUA1ATTITUDE
switches, if you cycle the SPACECRAFT CONTROL
switch to SCS, then back to CMC. Over.

01 08 40 13 CM_ Sounds like a winner.

0i 08 40 14 CC Okay.

01 08 40 33 CM} i'm not going to let these LM guys plsy with my


DSKY an_nore.

01 08 40 38 CC You sound like you'd better protect it. It


looks like Just about anything that you do with
that DSKY is going to collapse that deadband
back down.

Ol 03 40 49 CM} Understand.

01 08 43 14 CM_ Cha.rlie, we Just STABED to 261 degrees roll,


and it looks like whoever figured it clt did
a good Job. It's right there, dab-smack in
the middle of window number 1.

O1 08 43 23 CC Sounds great.

O1 08 46 00 I2_ Looks like Houston's still got a little smog


over it, Charlie.

O1 08 46 04 CC We_ve got a constant overcast here in the room.


We'll be right there. Stand by.

O1 08 46 08 LMP Of course, a little cloud from up here probably


covers 8 or 10 states.

01 08 46 31 CC ll, Houston. Some of our guys just cs_me in


from outside and said it's pretty clear over
the center here. It's cleared up compZ,etely.
All the storms have moved on.
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O[ o_ 46 42 LM? Very good.

01 _8 49 17 LM]_ Oh, yes, Charlie. I can see it through the


sextant now, and I can see the coastline is
clear. Those clouds are just inland a few
miles.

O1 08 49 26 CC Okay. We copy.

01 08 49 49 LM]_ Looks like the southeast part of the country is


all socked in.

01 08 50 04 LMP California looks nice. The San Joaquin Valley


shows up as a real dark spot with a lighter
brown on either side of it. You can't tell
that it's green. It looks Just sort of dark
gray or maybe even real dark blue.

01 08 50 16 CC How does the MoJave _ook? Is it clear?

01 08 50 26 _ Yes. As usual.

01 08 50 28 CC Roger. The - around -

01 08 50 29 LM} it looks like there's some clouds just to the


west of the Sierras, northeast of' Bake_sfield
a little bit; and crossing over into tile
Mojave from Bakersfield looks clear; and then
as you get on further to the southeast of there,
there's a few clouds.

01 08 50 z_8 CC Roger, 11. Can you pick out Edwards in the


sextant? Over.

01 08 50 58 LMP I can see a 104 taxiing out for takeoff on the


runway.

01 08 51 03 CC Hey, man. That's super.

01 08 51 07 LMP These dang bastards almost always have a 104


taxiir_ out for takeoff.

01 08 51 48 CC 11, Houston. Could you pick out anything around


Edwards, a dry lake or anything? Over.

O1 08 51 56 LMP Negative, Charlie. I Just - I don't have that


resolution. But to give you some idea, I can -
on the lower Texas coast, I can see - knowing
what I'm looking for, I can see Padre Island.
I can Just barely make out the fact that there's
a thin spit of land and then there's a little
dark zone which is the Laguna Madre between it
and the mainland.
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01 08 52 22 CC Roger, ll. That's pretty significant. Thank


you much, Buzz.

O1 08 52 27 LMP Right.

01 08 52 39 LM_ How far out are we, Charlie?

01 08 52 41 CC Stand by. I'll give it to you exactly. Looks


like around 130 000, but stand by.

01 08 52 47 LM_ Okay.

01 08 53 16 CC 11, Houston. The exact range is 125 _O0 miles,


and you're traveling 4486 feet per second.

01 08 53 29 LM__ Pretty far and pretty slow. Just past halfway.

01 08 53 48 I2__ Hey, Charlie, what the latest on Luna 157

01 08 53 53 CC Say aga3n, Buzz? Over.

01 08 53 58 LM_ Roger. W]aat's the latest on Luna 157

01 08 54 02 CC Stand by. I'll get the straight stor_ for you.

END OF TIi°E
APOLLO 11 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

(GOO,C NET 1) Tape 22/1


Pal'_e 107

01 09 37 44 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Over.

01 09 37 48 CMP Go ahead, Charlie.

01 09 37 50 CC Roger. Latest on Luna 15 - TASS reported this


morning that the spacecraft was placed in orbit
close to the lunar surface, and everything seems
to be functioning normally on the vehicle.
Sir Bernard Lovell said the craft appears to be
in an orbit of about 62 nautical miles. Over.

01 09 38 17 CMP Okay. Thank you, Charlie.

01 09 38 20 CC And also, President Nixon has reported - or


declared a day of participation on Monday for
all federal employees to enable everybody to
follow your activities on the surface. Many
state and city governments and businesses through-
out the country are also giving their employees
the day off, so it looks like ycu're going to have
a pretty large audience for the EVA.

01 09 38 46 CMP Oh, that's very nice, Charlie. I'll tell Neil


about it.

01 09 47 57 CDR Houston, Apollo 11. We've stopped PTC. We're


in the right position; we're setting up for TV.

01 09 h8 32 CC Roger.

01 09 52 31 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We have you stopped in the


PTC; attitude looks good to us. Mike, I would
like to get a COMM check. The last co%_ple of
the transmissions from the spacecraft has been
garbled from especially Buzz. Could you both
give me a COMM check? Over.

O1 09 52 51 LMP Roger, Charlie. Buzz here. How do you read?


1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

O1 09 52 56 CC Roger. You $re about four-by with a slight


decrease/increase in volume, sort of a wavy
volume to it. Over.

0! 09 53 09 LMP Okay. I moved my mike around. How about now?


Is this any better?

O1 09 53 12 CC Hey, that's beautiful right there. Thank you.

01 09 53 17 CMP Okay, Charlie. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.


How do you read me?
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01 09 53 21 CC Roger. You're five-by. Is Nell on?

O1 09 53 25 CDR 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

01 09 53 27 CC Roger, Nell. You're five-by.

01 09 59 ll CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We got the network


all configured for the TV. You can start any
time you want. Over.

01 09 59 45 CC Okay, 11. We have a picture. We see the Earth


right in the center of the screen. Over.

01 09 59 52 CDR Roger, Houston. Apollo 11 calling in from about


130 000 miles out. And we'll zoom our camera in
slowly and get the most magnification we can. Over.

O1 10 00 D6 CC Roger.

01 10 Ol 16 CC !1, Houston. The definition is pretty good on our


monitor here. The color is not too ..., at least
on this set. Could you describe what you're look-
ing at? Over.

01 10 01 31 CDR Roger. You're seeing Earth, as we see it, out


our left-hand window, just a little mo_e than a
half Earth. We're looking at the eastern Pacific
Ocean, and the north half of the top half of the
screen, we can see North America, Alasxa, United
States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America.
South America becomes invisible just off beyond
the terminator or inside the shadow. We can see
the oceans with a definite blue cast, see white
bands of major cloud formations across the Earth,
and can see coastlines, pick out the w_stern U.S.,
San Joaquin Valley, the Sierra mountaia range,
the peninsula of BaJa California, and we can see
some cloud formations over southeastera U.S.
There's one definite mild storm southwest of
Alaska, looks like about 500 to 1000 miles, and
another very minor storm showing the south end
of the screen near the - or a long ways off of
the equator, probably 45 degrees or mcre south
latitude. Can pick out the browns in the land-
forms pretty well. Greens do not shot up very
well. Some greens showing along the north-
eastern - northwestern coast of the United States
and northwestern coast of Canada.

01 l0 03 44 CC Roger, ll. It's a pretty good picture on clarity


here. We're having - can you tell us - It appears
to us that there are two distinct clou¢- formations
(GOSS NET 1) Tape 22/3
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trending east/west, one approximately about along


the equator, and one around 30 or so south latitude.
Could you tell Us exactly where those cross the
lan dm_S Ses ? Over.

O1 10 04 13 CDR Yes. They cross just south of the lower part of


Mexico, probably through Central Amerfca. That
is the equatorial band which we assume to be the
intertropical convergence zone. The ether band,
which stands about 30 south, correet!_ appears
to Join the equator at the far left, cr just
beyond the horizon on the left edge of Earth,
or at least it looks like it's going to join it.
We don't have an explanation for that banding.

O1 10 04 53 CC Roger, Nell. Thank you. It also appears that


just to the left of the terminator, uy in the
northern hemisphere, there's a cloudbamd trend-
ing - a gap in the cloud, trending no:-thwes%/
southeast. It appears to us that that comes in
about over the north,._rnUnited States, or perhaps
the central United States. Is that aleut correct?
Over.

01 10 05 26 CDR I can see on the monitor the thing you were talking
about, but right now I can't get my eye to the
window to pick out just where it crosses the shore-
line.

O1 10 05 35 CC Roger.

01 10 05 42 CC You guys are doing a good Job. It's a real steady


picture, here. We'r,? - Clarity is ex:ellent. The
color, it's - the clouds are - The whites are
distinct. The rest if it looks like, to me anyway
on the monitor I'm observing, is a fairly greenish
blue is the way I'd describe it. Over.

01 l0 06 09 CC It appears that the - -

O1 I0 06 ll CDR Well, we can't observe much green fror the space-


craft.

01 l0 06 18 CC Roger. On this monitor, the landmasses appear to


be Just a darker grayish color rather than a brow_l.

01 l0 06 31 CDR Well, it's true that we do not have the depths of


color at this range that we enjoyed at 50 000 miles
out. However, the oceans still are a definite blue
and the continents are generally brownish in cast,
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Page ll0

although it is true that they're tending more


toward gray now than they were at the closer
r_ge.

O1 10 07 OB CC Roger, 11. We've been - I've just been vectored


to another monitor and sure enough, the browns
are coming in a lot more distinctly on the Eidephor
that we have up on our screen in the control center.
Over.

O1 l0 07 _'l CDR Okay, world, hold on to your hat. I'm going to


turn you upside-down.

01 l0 07 J0 CC ll, that's a pretty good roll, there.

O1 l0 08 03 CDR Oh, I'd say sloppy, Charlie. Let me try that


one again.

01 l0 08 [2 CC You'll never beat out the thunderbird.

01 l0 08 _7 CC Apollo ll, Houston. That practice did you some


good. It's looking - real smooth roll, there.

01 l0 08 _3 CC Oops! Spoke too soon.

01 l0 08 ._3 CDR I'm making myself seasick doing it, Charlie.


I'll Just put you back rightside-up wh(_re you
belong.

O1 l0 08 '_8 CC Roger.

01 10 09 I_l CDR You don't get to do that every day.

O1 l0 09 h2 CC ll, Houston. Could you describe, from your view,


the polar eloudcap? [t appears to us _;o extend
down the western coast of North America. Would
you estimate how far it extends down? Over.

O1 10 09 47 LMP Trying to fit everybody into the window'.

01 l0 09 50 CDR It appears that the cloudcap comes down a little


bit below the southern extremity of Alaska.

O1 l0 l0 03 CC Roger.

01 10 l0 11 CC We've - ll, we've lost our picture here, now.

01 10 10 24 CC Okay. Apollo 11, Houston. We've got the picture


back now.
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O1 10 10 36 CDR Unfortunately, we only have one window that has


a view of the Earth and it's filled up with the
TV camera, so your view now is probably better
than ours is.

01 l0 l0 47 CC Roger. We copy.

01 l0 l0 51 CC ll, Houston. If you could comply, we'd like to


see a little smiling faces up there, if you could
give us some interior views. I'm sure everybody
would like to see you. Over.

01 l0 ll 06 CDR Okay. We'll reconfigure the TV for that.

01 l0 ll 08 CC Roger.

01 l0 12 31 CC Apollo ll, Houston. It appears to us that wetre


seeing a view from outside plus a little of the
inside. It appears you've taken the camera away
from the left window now. Over.

01 10 12 45 CDR That's correct. We're moving it back and recon-


figuring for interior lighting.

01 10 12 50 CC Roger.

01 10 12 56 CC We can still see the Earth through the left window,


and it appears that we can see a flooolight off to
the left, either that or some Stm shafting through
the hatch window.

01 l0 13 l0 CDR It's a floodlight.

01 10 13 1! CC Roger.

01 10 13 14 CC Now we're coming in. Can't quite make out who


that ...

01 10 13 54 CC That's big Mike Collins, there - -

01 l0 13 25 CMP You got a little bit of -Yes, hello there sports


fans. You got a little bit of me, plu3 Neil is
in the center couch, and Buzz is doing the ca-_ra
work at this time.

01 10 13 34 CC Roger. It's a little dark now, 11. Maybe a bigger


f-stop might help.

O1 10 13 44 CMP Yes, that's in work.

01 10 14 05 CC It's getting a lot better now, 11. Mi_e, you're


coming in five-by. I got a good -
(GOSS NET 1) Tape 22/6 _"'(¢'.
·
Page 112

01 10 14 14 CMl° I would have put on a coat and tie if I'd known


about this ahead of time.

O1 l0 14 18 CC Is Buzz holding your cue cards for you. Over.

O1 10 14 25 CMP Cue cards have _ no. We have no intertions of


competing with the professionals, believe me.
We are very comfortable up here, though. We
do have a happy home. There's plenty of room
for the three of us and I think we're all learn-
ing to find our favorite little corner to sit in.
Zero g is very comfortable, but after a while you
get to the point Where you sort of get tired of
rattling around and banging off the ceiling and
the floor and the side, so you tend to find a
little corner somewhere and put your knees up or
something like that to wedge yourself in, and
that seems more at home.

01 l0 15 05 CC Roger. Looks like Nell is coming in five-by there,


ll. Mike, see you in the background. The definition
is really outstanding. The colors are good. It's
a real good picture we're getting here of Commander
Armstrong. We - Buzz, when you take the camera
over towards '_
the window where the Sun's shafting '
through, it tends to blank it out, though.

01 l0 15 35 CMP Yes, Neil's standing on his head again. He's


trying to make me nervous. _:

01 10 15 40 CC Roger. ,.

01 10 15 50 CMP He's disappearing up into the tunnel, of course, _


as hewould going into the lunar module, only
backwards. / _ ,ji

01 l0 15 57 CC R0ger. _We 'can see Dortions of the LEB _0w.;_ The _


systems test_'_.met_rpanel", in the lower p,?__t._f. _"_
the _pic_tp_e,_or _e .dzd h_ve it, an_-,ay._,, ',' _

01 10 16 39 CMP _ 0kav_ _:A_d't_n [_lrec_$!y beh_d hi's'h,'a_"are our ..,,_


optic_l[_.i_str_e_ts., the aextan t and the telescope

01 l0 16 19 CC 'R0ge_.' CO[l_y:_
_ _d_e see the DSKY flashi.ng with _.
's7651. Jlfi f_ct,'_we can _re s_l registers 1' an_ 2 ' _
q_ite clearly...' i_:
/

O1 10 16 31 CMP We have/the .old high gain angles telling u_


which wa_ 2he'Earth' is_.
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O1 l0 16 35 CC Copy. That's a beautiful picture. Clarity is


outstanding.

01 l0 16 47 CMP We can also give you the time of day in our


system of mission elapsed time. Elapsed time:
34 hours 16 minutes and umpteen seconds. Can
you see that clearly enough, Charlie?

O1 l0 16 59 CC Roger, Apollo ll. We can see it counting up


every - every second. We got 34 17 02 now.

01 l0 17 13 CMP Okay. Back to the high-gain angles.

O1 l0 17 15 CC Roger.

O1 l0 17 18 CMP Now we have amputated those.

O1 l0 17 45 CC ll, Houston. We have a beautiful rainbow there


now as you move the camera around .... That
looks like the star charts coming into view,
now. Over.

01 10 17 58 CMP Yes. Those are Buzz's two star charts that he


is using right now as sun shades over the right-
hand window, window number 5.

01 l0 18 07 CC Roger. We see the sun shining in through it


behind him and plotting out the equatorial -
correction, ecliptic plane, and the stars that
you're using for the navigation.

01 l0 18 20 CMP Roger. He doesn't really need the charts. He's


got them memorized. They're Just for show.

01 10 18 27 CC We copy.

01 10 18 28 LMP While we're pointing up in this direction, we see


out our side windows the Sun going by and, of
course, o_t one of our windows right _ow we've
got the Earth. Now right behind my window, of
course, we have the Sun, because the Sun is
illuminating the star charts that we see. This
line represents the ecliptic plane and these lines,
vertical lines, represent our reference system
that the spacecraft is using at this time. As we
approach the Moon, the Moon will gradually grow
larger a_d larger in size and eventually it will
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Page 114

be in - it will be eclipsing the Sun as we go


behind it, as we approach the lunar orbit inser-
tion m._euver.

01 l0 19 19 CC Roger, ll. We've - Could you attempt a little


bit better focus there, ll? Over.

01 l0 20 01 CC ll, Houston. That's a lot better on the star


chart now. We can make out the ecliptic plane
and the planets and the Sun and the Moon as they
have gone at various places throughout the ecliptic
plane. Over.

01 10 20 19 CMP Okay, Charlie.

O1 l0 20 41 LMP If we can get some cf the wires untangled here,


we'll give you a demonstration of how easy push-
ups are up here.

01 l0 20 52 CC ll, Roger. Good view of Buzz_ there.

O1 10 21 24 LMP When it gets pretty hard doing it that way, we


Just roll over and do it the other way.

O1 10 21 30 CC Roger. We copy. We couldn't figure out whether


that was a chinup or a pushup. Just :ake your
choice, I guess.

01 10 22 05 CMP Well, it looks like _t's probably alm¢,st your


dinner time down there, Earth. We'll show you
our food cabinet here in a second.

01 l0 22 14 CC ll, Roger.

01 10 22 38 CC 11, Houston. We see a box full of goodies there.


Over.

01 l0 °2 43 CMP We really have them, Charlie. We've got all kinds


of good stuff. We've got coffee up here in the
upper left and various breakfast items, bacon in
little small bites, beverages like fruit drink,
and over in the center part we have, on, all kinds
of things. Let me pull one out here and see what
it is.

O1 !0 23 04 CC Roger.

O1 10 23 ll CMP Would you believe you're looking at chi.cken stew,


here? Ail you have to do is - 3 ounces of hot
water for 5 or 10 minutes. Now we get our hot
water out of a little spigot up here with a
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Page 115

filter on it that filters any gases that may be


in the drinking water out, and we Just stick
the end of this little tube in the end of the
spigot and pull the trigger three times for
3 ounces of hot water and then mush it up and
slice the end off it and there you go, beautiful
chicken stew.

01 l0 23 46 CC Sounds delicious.

O1 l0 2B 56 CMP Yes. The food so far has been very good.


We couldn't be happier with it.

O1 lO 24 O0 CC Roger.

O1 10 24 O1 CMP Could I borrow that flashlight a second?

O1 l0 24 05 CC The surgeons are saying thank you, there, for


that.

01 l0 24 l0 CMP And it is sort of down in a dark corner, so we


have a flashlight here to help us see things;
and if I can let go of it carefully, :t'll Just
hold itself right where it is.

O1 l0 24 24 CC Roger.

O1 l0 24 25 CMP As long as it's ..., it will.

O1 l0 24 B6 CC Apollo ll, Houston. That's a pretty good demon-


stration. You started off really stable there,
Mike. It's -

O1 l0 24 44 CMP Well, the problem is, no matter how carefully you


let go, you bump it Just a tiny little bit and
set it in motion, and once in motion there she
goes. Try that again.

O1 l0 25 O0 CC It looks fairly stable now with slow rotation.

01 l0 25 29 CMP Well, so much for the food department. I'm


going to close up the store down here.

O1 10 25 3B CC Roger. We copy.

01 lO 25 B9 LMP Charlie, we checked out the cable lengths, and


we're thinking we might want to see if we can
take the TV into the LM with us tomorrow for part
of the time. Over.
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Page ll6

01 l0 25 49 CC Roger. Good show. We'd like to see it if it'll


reach that far. Over.

01 ]0 25 57 LMP We'll give it a try.

OI lo 25 59 CC Roger.

01 10 26 31 CMP And where we sleep is down underneath this couch.

01 l0 26 37 CC Houston. Roger.

01 l0 26 42 CC Slowly sinking into the sack there.

01 l0 26 51 CMP It's really comfortable.

01 l0 27 01 CMP Forgot to give Buzz his flashlight back.

01 l0 27 22 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Could you give the folks


a view of your patch on your CWG's? Over.

01 l0 27 37 CMP Stand by one, Charlie; we'll try and give you


a closeup.

01 l0 27 40 CC Roger.

01 l0 27 52 CC ll, Houston. We have the patch. Could you


attempt to improve the focus slightly? Over.

01 l0 28 13 CC ll, Houston. The scan on the camera makes the -


that's a little bit better now. The flashlight
seems to flicker, due to the scan on _he TV.
We can't see the eagle. Now it's a little bit
better. Over. Could you open the f-stop a
little bit more? Over.

01 l0 28 41 CMP It's open all the way. We're going to have to


mOVem Buzz _o_d _ little bit.

01 10 28 44 CC Roger.

01 10 29 23 CC Apollo 11, Houston. The color is better now.


It's coming in. We could attempt a little bit
better focus on it. There we go; it focuses a
lot better now. We see the eagle coming right
in on the lunar surface. Over. That's very
good now.

01 10 29 56 CC Apollo 11, Houston. That's very good now. We


can see the Earth in the background, Apollo 11,
and the eagle coming in.
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Ol 10 30 05 CMP It's probably pretty hard to see the olive branch,


isn't it?

01 l0 BO 08 CC Roger. It is.

01 l0 30 12 CMP Well, that's what he has in his talons, is an


olive branch.

O1 l0 BO 16 CC Copy.

01 l0 30 39 CC Apollo ll, Houston. We're really impressed with


the clarity and the detail that we have in the
picture. The colors are - now, it's really an
excellent picture now that I'm looking at it on
our monitor, which is about 12 seconds before the
networks can get it out due to the conversion that
we have here on our TV converter. We're looking
at the controls in the m_in displsky console. We
can see the DSKY up on the panel. Over.

O1 10 31 32 CMP That would be nice if you could take a look at all


the circuit breakers; make sure the right ones are
in and the right ones are out.

O1 10 31 38 CC Roger. Big Bubba's watching.

O1 10 31 43 CMP And we're glad of it.

01 10 31 53 CMP Boy, you guys have sure been doing a good Job of
watching us, Charlie. We appreciate it.

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O1 10 32 00 CC The spacecraft's been beautiful, 11. We've really


no complaints at all. Looks - Things are really
great.

01 10 32 12 CMP Can you see this DSKY on the MDC?

01 10 32 15 CC That's affirmative. It appears that - can't


quite tell what pro,ram ... went PO0. We see
you punching in a VERB 35, I think it is. Over.

01 10 32 28 CMP Yes. Might as well tell the EECO_I's or tell


the GNC and everybody to hold on t_. their hat
and I'll push the EKTER button.

01 10 32 36 CC Roger.

01 I0 32 51 CC Roger. We see a real display now.

01 10 32 56 CC That's a good demonstration of how the crew has


the interface with 'she computer, talking to the
programs and all that we have in the computer.

01 10 3! 09 CMP Well, that's right, Charlie. Sometimes it tells


us things and sometimes we tell it things and
mostly it talks to us.

01 lO 3L 14 CC 11, Houston, We ju_;t lost our pic - I see we're


going back outside now. Over.

01 10 3h 29 SC ...

01 10 34 31 CC 11, Houston. We copy. Over.

Ol 10 3L 35 CDR Roger. We copy, _ld as we pan back out to the


distance at which we see the Earth, well, it's
Apollo 11 signing off.

01 10 34 50 CC Roger, Apollo 11. Thank you much for the show.


It's a real good half hour. Appreciate it.
Thank you very much. Out.

O1 10 35 22 CMP Okay. That's it, Cnarlie.

01 10 35 24 CC 11, Houston. We appreciate the sLIow. Th_mk you


very much. Over.

O1 10 35 29 CMP Right.

01 10 3!; 49 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Would you key ERROR Rl,'.Sl_'l'


on the DSKY, please? Over.
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01 10 36 00 CDR Okay. We should be straightened out now,


Charlie, and back in PO0.

01 10 36 43 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. How do we stmld on this


02 fuel cell purge? You want to go ahead and do
that as scheduled in the flight plan?

01 10 36 51 CC Stand by, 11. Over.

O1 10 36 54 CMP Okay.

O1 10 36 58 CC 11, Houston. You can commence the 02 fuel cell


purge now if you'd like. Over.

01 10 37 04 CMP Okay. Fine.

01 10 37 13 CMP While Buz=: is doing that, I'll chsu,ge the lithium


hydroxide.

01 10 37 16 CC Roger.

01 10 41 42 CC Hello, Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

01 10 41 47 LMP Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 11.

01 10 41 49 CC Roger, Buzz. The attitude that we're in right


now is a convenient one to start P_'C in. We'd
be satisfied with this attitude. [.owe'd Jike
you to disable quads Charlie and D_lta; and we'll
wait about 5 to 10 minutes, and than we'll es-
tablish the PTC. Over.

01 10 42 10 LMP Roger. Disable Charlie and Delta, and we'll wait


before starting PTC.

01 10 42 16 CC Roger.

O1 10 53 17 CC Hello, Apollo 11, Houston. The rates are damped


out well enough for you to initiate the PTC now.
Over.

01 10 53 26 LMP Okay. We'll get it going.

01 10 59 58 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

0] 11 O0 03 CC Roger. Go ahead.

O] ll O0 09 CMP Roger. This time tile DAP didn't like 0.3. It's -
We followed the procedures; we got 2own to
70 000 ENTER. It took off at about 0.7.

01 11 00 21 CC Roger. We're copying that. Stand by.


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01 11 00 39 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Would you like high gain


back?

01 11 00 43 CC Roger. And you - Would you select ATTITUDE


HOLD? Over.

01 11 01 09 CDR Houston. Would you say again what your request


is?

03 iii01 15 CC Roger, 11. We'd like you to go back to ATTITUDE


HOLD. Over.

01 11 01 22 CDR Roger.

01 11 01 24 CC 11, Houston. Looks like we're going to have to


reinitialate - rein_tialize this Pf!C.

01 11 01 31 CDR Ail right.

01 11 01 41 CMP Okay. Do you have any roll angle -;hat you'd


like to stop it in, Charli_? I haven't stopped
it yet.

01 11 01 48 CC Stand by.

01 11 0l 55 CC 11, Houston. It's your preference Right now if


you want to. Over.

01 ]1 02 03 CMP Okay.

01 11 07 47 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

01 11 07 52 LMP Houston, Apollo 11.

01 11 07 53 CC Roger, 11. The problem on that initially -


starting up the PTC was we failed 1:o do the
VERB 49 which - and load the desir_ d initial
attitude; so the DAP tried to take it back to the
old attitude that we had started ul, in number of
hours to go. That's why we picked up the rates
in the other axes. We're going to wait in this
attitude for about 20 minutes to d_p out the
rates again, and than we'll proceed with the
VERB 49 and load our attitude that we have at
the time - at this time. Over.

0] 11 08 37 CMP Okay. That sounds good, Charlie. _en you get


to the VERB 49, I'd like for you tc give me the
three gimbal angles that you want loaded.

02 11 08 44 CC Roger. We'll do. Over.

01 11 08 48 CMP Thank you.


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01 11 08 50 CC And Apollo 11, Houst3n. We have ycur flyby


PAD if you're ready to copy. Over.

O1 11 08 56 CMP Stand by one.

01 11 09 31 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Is that P30 PAD?

01 11 09 34 CC That's affirmative. Over.

01 11 09 41 LMP Okay. Ready to copy.

01 11 09 42 CC All right, Buzz. It's - flyby is ±he purpose.


SPS/G&N: 62815, plu_ 097, minus 020 070 54 5944,
minus 00028, plus 00023, plus 0006_ 029 149 312,
apogee is NA, plus 0_221 00078 001 00034, sextant
star 01 2]85 227, boresight star is NA NA NA.
Latitude is minus 0265, minus 16500, 11899 36228,
144 56 47. In the c_mments: your set stars are
Deneb and Vega, 007 144 068. No ullage. It's a
docked burn using th_ PTC REFSMMAT. Stand by for
your readback. Over.

01 11 12 41 LMP Okay. Would you give me GET of O.05g again,


please?

01 11 12 44 CC Roger. 1_4 56 47. Over.

01 11 12 58 LMP Roger. Flyby SPS/G&N: 62815, plus 097, minus 020


070 54 5944, minus 0)028, plus 00023, plus 00069,
269 149 312 NA, plus 00221 00078 001 00034, 01
2185 227 NA, minus 0265, minus 1650_ 11899 36228
144 56 47, Deneb and Vega, 007 144 )68. No ullage;
docked, PTC REFSMMAT_ Over.

01 11 14 12 CC Roger. Say again yo_zr roll angle, Buzz. I copy -


I read 029. Over.

01 11 14 20 LMP Roger. 029.

01 11 14 22 CC Roger. Good readbac_.

O_ 11 14 38 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. On the 0.7 r_,t_, th_ rate


loaded into the DAP is 0.1 or 0.2.

01 11 14 48 CC 11, Roger.

O1 11 17 46 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Over.

01 11 17 51 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Go.

01 1i 17 53 CC Roger, Mike. Would you please copy down your


VERB 16 NOUN 20 ICDU angles now, then execute a
VERB 49 and load that - those angles, the NOUN 20
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that you see on the DSKY into the VERB - into the
NOUN 22 slot; and PRO on that, and that will
start our 20-minute rate period. Over.

01 11 18 18 CMP Okay, Charlie. I'll do that right now in just


a matter of inches. Those numbers are plus 04511,
plus 09021, and plus 35984. Over.

01 11 18 31 CC Roger.

01 11 20 13 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. I've done that and, of


course, I got an inmediate 50 18. So I guess
we're set up to proceed from here, and I'll start
the 20-minute timer.

0i 11 20 21 CC That's affirmative.

01 11 20 44 CMP Houston. I still question that 0. '7 rate with


0.2 loaded into the DAP, though. Could you
explain that one?

01 11 20 50 CC Roger. We're working on it.

01 11 20 54 CMP Okay.

01 11 25 42 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

01 11 2._ 48 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

01 11 2_ 49 CC Roger. We got a liitte laser visual experiment


we'd like to - for _ou to do for u;. If - if
you got the Earth through any of y)ur windows or
through the telescope, would you sD advise?
Over.

0i 11 26 09 CMP Stand by one, Charlie.

01 11 2E 15 CMP At this roll attitude, what should our high-


gain angles be? MaNbe that would help us locate
you. We don't see you in the lens

O1 11 26 23 CC Stand by.

01 11 27 27 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Those high gain


angles are pitch minus 70, yaw 90. We think
the Earth is apparently pretty close to
plus z-axis. Over.

01 11 27 40 CMP Okay.

()1 II 2? (10 CMP Okay, Charlie. I got you _n the telescope.


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01 11 28 08 CC Roger, Apollo 11. We've got a last_r that we're


going to - It's a blue-green laser that we're
going to flash on and off at a frequency of on
for a second, off for a second. It's coming out
i._ : of McDonald Observatory near E1 Pa,no, which is -
should be right on the terminator -- or right
inside the terminator. We are goil_ to activate
that momentarily. Would you please take a look
through the telescote and see if you can see it.
Over.

01 11 28 42 CMP Telescope? Or sextant?

01 11 28 45 CC Either one. Over.

01 ll 28 49 CMP Okay, I'll try it _ith the telescope; and'_i'_i,I


don't see it there, then I'll try the sextant.,

01 ll 28 53 CC Roger. We'll give )ou the word wht_n they'v_ got


it turned on. Over.

0_ 11 _8 _8 O_P Okay.

0_ 11 2_ _4 _k_P 11, Houston. They don't have it turned on yet.


We'll giw-_ you the word when they got it turned
01 11 25 42 ' on. Over.

0_ 11 _9 50 CMP Okay.

0_ l_ 30 42 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We no_iced the CR¥O


pressure dropped a moment ago. Di_[ you stir lip
the CRYO' s? Over.

O1 11 30 50 CDR Roger. We've finished our cycling operatio_s.·_

O1 11 30 53 CC Roger. Copy. Out. '

O1 11 33 53 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. McDonald's go{_ the


laser turned on, Womld you take a look?, Over.

O1 11 34 02 CMP Okay, Charlie.

01 11 34 04 CC It's bluish-green.

01 11 36 48 CC 11, Houston. We got some shaft and._trunnion fo_


you that might tweak it up a little bit. Shaft
of 141.5, trunnion of 39.5. Over. '[ ....

O_ _ _7 05 _R Okay. Stand by. ..

O1 11 38 55 CC Apollo 11, Houston. If you see it'[ft should be


coming up - appear to be coming up, throuFJa the
clouds. McDonald repor_ that_e_e'-_:_ _ l_ak in
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the clouds that they're beaming this thing


through. Over.

01 ll 39 09 CDR Roger.

01 11 39 54 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. You c_n terminate


the exercise on the Laser. Our rates are steady
enough now for - to _ommence the PTC. Over.

01 11 40 06 LMP Okays Houston. Neither Neil nor Mike can see it.
Incidentally_ those shafts and trunnions just
missed pointing at t_e world.

_! 11 40 17 CC Roger. Thank you.

01 11 !_026 LMP As we are looking at it through the scanning


telescope, it would _e about a - oh, maybe a
third of s_ Earth ratii high and tc the left.

01 11 _0 37 CC Roger.

01 11 40 39 LMP But, we did - but we did identify the E1 Paso


area and it appeared to us to be a break in the
clouds there, and we looked in that break and
saw nothing.

01 11 ho 48 CC Roger. Thank you much. Out.

01 11 43 06 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Over.

01 11 43 09 CC Roger. Go ahead. Of er.

01 11 43 13 CMP Were you following that on the DSKY?

01 11 43 17 CC Roger. Stand by.

0i 11 43 28 CC 11, Houston. What's your exact que;tion? Over.

01 11 43 34 CMl° I've followed the procedure through step 7 down


to the point where IJve got 27303 _NTER, and this
resulted in an OPERATOR ERROR LIGHt.

i i Ii 113 4_ CC Ro_er. Stand by.

O1 11 45 04 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Stand by a moment. We'll


have an answer for you momentarily. Over.

01 11 45 11 CMP Okay. Appreciate it, Charlie. Now the light's


gone out without any further DSKY a_tion.

0_ 11 45 16 CC Roger.

01 11 45 18 CMP Correction. Stand by, that's not s_.


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O1 11 45 22 CC Roger.

01 11 57 06 CC Apollo 11, Houston.

O1 11 57 11 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

01 11 57 13 CC Roger. We've finally gotten concurrence on our


problem here with 50 guys looking at it. When
we were sitting in the 5018, we att.empted to
load the erasable before you termirated the
VERB 49. So Mike, waat we're going to have to
do is call up the present CDU's, copy those
down, and do a VERB _9, load the present, then
do a PROCEED, then an ENTER, and then we can
then set up ATTZTL_DE HOLD in step _i. Over.

O1 11 58 03 CMP Okay. I think that's what we did last time.

01 11 58 10 CC It appeared to us that we attempte{ to load the


erasable prior to entering on the _ERB 49 which
VERB 49 was still running, and it clobbered the
C DU' s. Over.

01 11 58 26 CMP Okay.

01 12 01 02 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. We're moving :_tthe proper


rate.

Gl 12 01 06 CC Hallelujah!

t)l 12 01 51 CC 11, Houston. It looks great to us now. Over.

O1 12 O1 59 CMP It looks fine here, Charlie. The 0.7 part is


the only part I don't find explaim d yet.

tl 12 02 05 CC Roger, Mike. We're working on tha_J one right


now. We're coming up with the sto:_ soon. Over.

01 12 02 14 CMP Thank you.

01 12 02 24 CC 3_1, Houston. We're handin?, over C0_4 to ,_oldstone.


Over. Correction, from Goldstone %o Honeysuckle.
Over.

O1 12 02 32 CMP Okay.

O1 12 02 53 CMP Hello, Houston through Honeysuckle Ov - -

O1 12 03 O0 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Go ahead. Ow_r.

!il [;'(1',05 CMl_ You sound good to us throuy,h [[oncy;uckl_'. [Iow


do we sound?
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01 12 09 08 CC Roger. You're five-by, Mike. We_d like the


OMNI configuration as follows. O_I Alfa place
in Bravo, OMNI to OMNI, high-gain track to
MANUAL, high-gain yaw 270, pitch - -

01 12 0_ 02 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. How c,oyou read now?


Over.

01 12 04 07 LMP Roger. I'm reading you loud and _lear. I'm not
sure I got all those. I've got S-.band OMNI B,
0MNI, track to MAN_AL, and beam w de, pitch -
you'd better say that again, and yaw 270. Over.

01 12 0_ 26 CC Roger, Buzz. I broke up at pitch minus 50 at


beam wide. Over.

01 12 04 37 LMP Roger. Copy.

01 12 0 _ 24 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Are you read_ to copy some


numbers on status report, et ceteIa.

01 12 03 30 CC Say again. Over.

01 12 0'_ 38 LMP Roger. Are you ready to copy som_ numbers on


the status report, et cetera?

01 12 05 42 CC Roger. Go ahead. _ver.

_l 12 0_ 49 LMP Okay. Radiation CD_ 11005, CMP lC006, LMP 09007_


medication negative. And I got sone battery and
RCS numbers for you_

01 12 0_i 07 CC Go ahead. Over.

01 12 0_ 10 LMP Battery C 37.1, PYRO battery A and B both 37.1.


RCS Alfa 82, Bravo _4, Cocoa 85, £alta 87.
Over.

01 12 06 28 CC Roger, we copy. Radiation 11005, _0066, 09007_


no medication; 37.1, 37.1, 37.1_ 8_, 8h, !_5_ 87.
Ore r.

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01 12 06 51 LMP That's affirmative. And you want a LM/CM DELTA-V?


It's 1.1.

01 12 06 56 CC Roger. Copy 1.1.

01 ]2 07 56 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Please verify that


four CRYO heaters AUTO, the four fans off. Over.

01 12 08 07 _ Okay. We have been holding the 02 heal er number 1


in the OFF position. I believe that was your
last instruction. Ail the other heaters are AUTO
and all fans are off. Over.

01 12 08 22 CC Roger. Stand by.

01 12 08 26 CC 11, Houston. We would like all heaters AUTO.


Over.

01 12 08 32 _ Roger. Ail four AUTO, all four fa_ns off.

01 12 09 00 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. As the Su_ sinks


slowly in the west, the White Team bids you good
night. If we get a story on the seven-tenths,
we can give it to you in about 15 minutes or so;
if not, we'll give it to you in the morning.
Over.

01 12 09 15 CMP Okay. That sounds fine, Charlie. Thanks.

O1 12 09 32 _ Hey, you earned your pay today, Charlie. Thank


yOU.

01 12 09 39 CC Roger. Good night ali.

01 12 20 05 CC Hello'_ Apollo ll. Houston. One request: the


optics switch to zero. And we've got a lot of
theories on why it maneuvered at seven-tenths a
moment ago, Mike, but no real definite answer.
We'll be back with you later. Over.

01 12 20 21 CMP Okay. No rush, Charlie. Thank you.

01 12 52 06 CC Hello, 'Apollo ll. Houston. Over.

01 12 52 10 CMl° Houston, Apollo 11.

01 12 52 12 CC Roger. Mike, I think we can explain that seven-


tenths rate. When we - the first time through,
you know, we failed to go through the VERB 49,
so we had a large error between our actual CDU
and desired CDU in roll. And with that situation,
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the DAP - the vehicle will roll - will maneuver,


rather, at a rate that is loaded in, which was
three-tenths plus four-tenths rate, and it will
limit at four-tenths above the desired rate, so -
that is if we have a large enough angle between
the desired and the actual, which we did. So,
therefore, the rate was four-tenths plus three-
tenths to give you the seven-tenths. Over.

O1 12 53 08 CMl° Okay. Thank you.

O1 12 53 11 CC Roger.

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02 00 09 00 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

02 00 09 08 LMP Good morning, Houston. Apollo 11.

02 00 09 ]0 CC Good morning, Apollo 11.

02 00 09 _9 LMP ... nice sleep. Be getting around to the ...

02 00 09 34 LMP How's everything look up here from the ground?

02 00 09 47 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Roger. Say again,


please.

02 00 09 54 LMP Roger. How do all our systems look?

02 00 09 59 CC Roger. They're looking great, and as far as we


can tell everything is good from down here.
Over.

02 00 10 08 I14P Roger. Looks like the attitude held up real


well during PTC last night.

02 00 10 13 CC Yes, it did. We were showing you remaining


well within a circle of 10 degrees radius
throughout the night. Seems to be working
beautifully.

02 00 10 37 CMP How's the old Green Team this morning? Did you
have a quiet night?

02 00 10 40 CC Yes. It was a very quiet night. Down here the


old Black Team is complaining they didn't get a
chance to make any transmissions. Ron Evans
is getting --

02 00 10 53 CMP Well, we'll be seeing them tomorrow_ _ I_uosn.

02 00 10 56 CC Yes. Ron's getting to be known as the _;[]f_nt


CAP COMM.

02 00 11 03 CMP That's the best kind, Bruce.

02 00 11 05 CC (Laughter) Okay.

02 00 11 41 CC When you feel up to copying, 11, I've got a


couple of small items in the way of a flight
plan update and your morning consumables update.
OV©r.

02 00 12 14 LMP Apollo 11.


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Page 136

02 00 12 17 CC Roger, 11. We'd like to perform a waste-water


dump at your convenience some time in the near
future here. No particular time scheduled.
Down air at the time for midcourse correction 3,
which is about 53 55, we're deleting midcourse
correction number 3 and all the items associated
with it. For your information, the calculated
value of the burn for midcourse number 3 was
eight-tenths of a foot per second, that is
0.8 feet per second. Canceling this, if we
decide to burn midcourse correction 4, this
would then give you a burn for midcourse cor-
rection 4 of 2.0 feet per second. At 53 hours
we have an IMU realign P52. We're requesting
that you do this while in PTC, and we plan to
continue PTC throughout the day. Over.

02 O0 13 52 CMP - then we'll get to the waste-water dump - -

02 O0 13 57 CC Say again, please. You're cutting out.

02 O0 14 04 _ Roger. - -

02 O0 14 26 CC 11, this is Houston. Stand by a minute, please.


We're having difficulty receiving you.

02 O0 15 12 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Radio check. Over.

02 O0 15 17 _ Roger, Houston. Read you loud and clear. How


me? Over.

02 O0 15 20 CC Roger. Reading you the same. We did a minor


reconfiguration down here. Stand by. Out.

02 O0 16 37 CC Okay, 11. This is Houston. We switched your


OMNI antennas as you rolled through the appro-
priate position. Did you copy the flight plan
update item?

02 O0 17 08 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over

02 O0 17 15 LMP Apollo 11, go ahead.

02 O0 17 17 CC Roger, 11. Did you copy the flight plan update


items? Over.

02 O0 17 23 LMP Roger. How do you read me now, Bruce?

02 O0 17 29 I_MP Okay. The battery charge is in tho F_ro(!_;__low


and the waste-water dw, p is in work. M_(_-i_
has been canceled. It would have b_en 0.8 Foot
per second. MCC-4 now looks like about 2.4 feet
per second. At around 53 hours we'll do a P52
in PTC. Over.
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02 00 17 56 CC Roger, 11. The magnitudes of the midcourse


corrections were just for your information, but
midcourse 4 was down around 2.0 feet per second.
Again, for your information, on SP$ chamber
pressure, it looks like your onboard readout of
87 psi corresponds to 92 psi by our telemetry,
and your value of 89 on board corresponds to
94. Over.

02 00 18 53 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Radio check on a new pow_m


amplifier in our transmitter. Over.

02 00 19 02 LMP Roger. Read you loud and clear. How me? Over.

02 00 19 04 CC Roger. Loud and clear. Did you copy my notes on


SPS chamber pressure?

02 00 19 12 LMP Negative.

02 00 19 13 CC Okay. Just for your information again, it ap-


pears that your readout of 87 psi corresponds
to our corrected TM readout of 92 - that's 92 psi,
and 89 on board is really 94 psi. Over.

02 00 19 48 LMP Roger, I got that you were reading about 5 psi


low.

02 00 19 53 CC Roger. And are you ready for the consumables


update?

02 00 20 00 LMP Ready to copy.

02 00 20 02 CC Okay. Consumables update for GET of 46 plus


00: minus 5.5 percent, minus 6.5 percent,
minus 2.5 percent, minus 7.5 percent, minus
5.0 percent, minus 2 pounds hydrogen, plus
t pound oxygen, and that minus 5.5 percent on
the RCS total corresponds to minus 66 pounds.
Over.

02 00 20 54 LMP Okay. I copy those, and I'll give you our


percentages now: Alpha 82, Bravo 84, Cocoa 85,
Delta 87. Over.

02 00 21 07 CC This is Houston. We copy your percentages, and


do you have a crew status report on sleep For
us?

02 00 21 24 124P Roger. And in descending o_der ti, 9, _g,d _.


Over.

02 00 21 30 CC Houston. Roger. Out.


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02 O0 22 54 CMP Houston, we're getting CRYO pressuce warning


now in the middle of stirring up tae ...

02 O0 23 02 CC Roger. We copy.

02 00 32 35 I24P Houston, Apollo 11. We've got the continent of


Africa ... facing toward us right now, and of
course, everything's getting smaller and smaller
as time goes on. The Mediterranean is completely
clear. The Sun looks like it's about to set
around Madagascar. The equatorial belt of Africa
stands out quite clearly. We're seeing the dark
green or a muddy colored green, compared to the
sandier colors in the southern tip of Africa and,
of course, the Sahara northern coast of Africa.
There's a rather remarkable cloud that appears
in the vicinity of the border between Afghanistan
and Pakistan. It's just about to go into the
sunset now. It is casting quite a large shadow.
It's isolated. There don't seem to be any other
clouds ... the band of clouds near the tropical
conversions clouds down around the equator clearly
separate the clockwise and the counterclockwise
cloud formations. Over.

02 00 33 57 CC Roger, 11. We copy your word description on


that. I understand you can see a shadow being
cast by that cloud over between Afghanistan and
Pakistan. Any estimate on how long that shadow
would be? Over.

02 00 34 18 LMP It looks like it's a shadow. Coming around to -


back that way - -

02 00 34 33 CC We're getting a lot of background noise now,


also. If you will stand by a minute or so until
we roll a little further in PTC, I think things
will get better.

02 00 34 44 LMP Okay. ItVs coming around to the number 1 window.


We'll get you ...

02 00 34 49 CC Roger, we're hearing you.

02 O0 37 02 CC 11, this is Houston. The noise on the COMM


seems to have quieted down now. I guess that
we've rotated a new antenna into view and probably
also the Earth out of view in your window. Over.

0;_ O0 37 17 LMP Okay. It looks as though the length of the shadow


of that cloud is about the s_mle as the width oF
th_' l'er:;i_m Gulf'.
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02 00 37 26 CC Okay. We copy the width of the Persian Gulf,


and I guess that all I can give you firsthand is a
a single isolated data point, and that is that
it was clear here in Houston this m_rning.
That's a pretty localized observation. As a
result of your waste-water dump, it looks like
the PTC mode has been disturbed somewhat. We're
showing you about 20 degrees out in pitch right
now and about 6 degrees in yaw, which is sig-
nificantly greater, about twice as much - a
little more than twi_'e as much as the deviation
you had prior to the waste-water d_ap. We' re
watching it down here, though, and we'll let
you know if we think any corrective action is
required. Over.

02 00 38 14 LMP Okay. Maybe we ought to - next time split that


in half, and put half of it on one side and half
on the other or something like that.

02 O0 38 25 CC Yes. We could do that. We were actually pretty


interested in seeing what the effect on i"['C
would be of the waste-water dump. We don't re-
call ever having performed a waste-water d_np
during PTC on previous missions. Over.

02 00 38 44 LMP Well, now we know.

02 00 38 46 CC Roger.

02 00 42 54 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. I am looking at that cloud


now around Pakistan through the sextant, and it
appears to be one single cell in the latter
stages of development. There is a smaller,
more isolated one - -

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Page 140

02 00 45 38 CC Apollo Il, this is Houston. We lost you down


in the noise on the COMM link here about the time
you were describing the single-cell cloud
formation over Afghanistan-Pakistan area through
the sextant. Over.

02 00 45 55 LMP Roger. It came through a lot clearer through


the sextant than with the monocular, and you
could definitely tell it was one single cell
in the latter stages of development. It
must have gone up to over 50 000 feet, though.
The eastern Mediterranean is phenomenally clear.
You can see all the lakes; the Dead Sea
stood out quite well. Over.

02 00 46 24 CC Roger. What appears to be the limit of reso-


lution through that sextant from your current
position? Over.

02 00 46 39 I24P Well, I can't See it right now. It's out-


side the field of view.

02.00 46 43 CC Roger.

02 00 46 44 LMP And, I don't know _ow you'd really describe


the limit of resolution. I will think about
that a little.

02 00 46 50 CC Okay. I guess the smallest object that you


could pick out looking through it would give
us a pretty good hack.

02 00 47 O0 LMP Well, you can see the Nile River going almost
up to itssource. The lake is obscured by
clouds, but you can trace it all the way on up.

02 00 47 14 CC Roger.

02 00 47 20 LMP I guess that is do_m though, isn't it?

02 O0 48 39 CC Apollo 11, Houston.

02 00 48 46 CMP Go ahead, Houston.

02 00 48 48 CC Roger. We have been working under the assump-


tion that it would take about an hour for the
interference from a waste-water dump to dissi-
pate to the point where you could reasonably
take star sightings for platform alignment
navigation or something of this sort. If you
have a spare minute or two, could you comment
on the observation condition, now? Over,
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02 00 49 19 CMP Yes. Stand by one, Bruce.

02 O0 49 21 CC Okay.

02 O0 49 44 CMP My guess would be the telescope's probably


pretty useless, but you can differentiate in
the sextant between water droplets and stars
by the difference in their motions.

02 00 50 02 CC Okay, Mike. I guess that we've still got - what


you are saying is that we've still got a lot
of water droplets visible, but you can pick them
out and distinguish them in the sextant, then.

02 00 50 13 CMP Right. I think so. Buzz is looking through it


now. Just a second.

02 00 50 17 CC Okay.

02 00 56 36 _ Houston, Apollo 11. It looks like at this time


the sextant would be quite usable for any align-
ment. There's actually very few ... verticals.

02 00 56 50 CC Roger, Buzz. How about the telescope? Is it


useful now?

02 00 57 02 _ Well, it's not quite as useful; it never sepm_


to be. Depending on the position of the Sun,
it's got that band that seems to go across the
center. I don't think it's because of the waste-
water particles that it would lack its effective-
ness. Over.

02 00 57 22 CC Roger. What - Is this band something that's


deposited on the outside of the optics? Over.

02 00 57 31 I24P No. I see the reflection from-the Sun.

02 00 57 35 CC Roger.

02 00 57 41 CMP The Sun bounces off the LM structure. With the


LM attached, that telescope is just about use-
less. Those star charts that MPAD provided us,
I think, would be most useful if we had to use
the - if for some reason we had to mark through
the telescope. We could use those as a guide
for what we're looking at and say, "Well, that
bright blob over there has got to be that star
because that's the position we're in." But so
far, we've not been able to pick out any decent
star patterns while docked with the I_M using
the telescope.
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02 00 58 12 CC This is Houston. We copy.

02 01 40 38 LMP Houston, Apollo 11.

02 01 41 07 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Over.

02 01 41 09 CC Go ahead, Apollo 1!.

02 01 41 18 CC ApolLo 11, this is Houston. Oo ahead - -

02 01 41 20 LMP - - How do your read? Over.

02 01 41 22 CC Roger. We're reading you loud and clear.

02 01 41 24 LMP Roger. You're coming back a little scratchy.


It,looks like our 02 flow transducer's gotten
a good bit worse. I just looked at it at the
last water accumulator cycling, and it Just
barely registered - barely crept up above 0.2.
Over.

02 O1 41 _5 CC Roger.

02 01 42 40 CC ll, this is Houston. At the time of your cyclic


accumulator stroking, we were on low-bit-rate

data, and consequently not receiving the 02 flow


parameter. We expect that what you're seeing
is probably nominal. That is, it's probably
what we would expect from a transducer that's
malfunctioning probably in this fashion, and
it's just going to keep on getting worse like
that. Nothing to worry about. We'll monitor
things on the ground here. Over.

02 01 43 17 LMP Okay. It does look like it's gradually degrad-


ing to about zilch.

02 01 43 24 CC Roger. We copy.

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Page 143

02 02 40 59 CC Apollo 11 CDR, this is Houston. Radio check.


Over.

02 02 41 07 CDR Roger, Houston. CDR. Loud and clear.

02 02 41 10 CC Roger. We're reading you the same. Out.

02 02 41 15 CDR And would you check with FAO and see where that
errata sheet is? We haven't been able to locate
that.

02 02 41 24 CC Roger. I understand it's supposed to be the


back page in Buzz's operational checklist.

02 02 41 34 CDR Okay.

02 03 09 15 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Did you find it?


Over.

02 03 09 22 LMP Roger. We found it.

02 03 09 24 CC Roger. And I see you're in P00. If you can


give us ACCEPT, we'll upiink a new state vector
to you and update the CMC clock. 0_er.

02 03 09 38 LMP Okay. You've got it.

02 03 09 41 fC Roger.

02 03 12 44 (C 11, this is Houston. We're through with the up-


link. You can go back to BLOCK.

02 03 12 54 LMP Roger. Back to BLOCK.

02 03 16 30 C_ Apollo 11, this is Houston. We woudd like to


terminate the charge on battery B at GET of 51 30.
Over.

02 03 18 06 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. We would like to


terminate charging battery Bravo at 51 30 GET.
Over.

02 03 18 18 LMP Roger. Terminate charging battery Bravo 51 30.

02 03 18 23 CC Roger. Out.

02 03 36 35 CC ll, this is Houston. We show you terminating


battery B charge. Over.

02 03 37 56 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over

02 03 38 03 CDR Go ahead, Houston. Apollo ll.


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02 03 38 05 CC Roger, 11. We show you terminating battery B


charge at about 51 hours 30 minutes. Over.

02 03 38 17 CDR Okay.

02 03 38 23 CC Roger. Out.

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02 03 59 23 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Would you lik_, to have


both oxygen and hydrogen purge on? Over.

02 03 59 32 CC 11, this is Houston. Say again. Roth what on?


Over.

02 03 59 41 LMP On the fuel cell purge: would you like to see


both oxygen and hydrogen? Over.

02 04 00 02 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Affirmative. We


request hydrogen and an oxygen fuel cell pu_'ge.
Over.

02 04 00 17 LMP Okay. Any preference which first?

02 04 00 22 CC Negative. As long as you've got the H 2 purge


line heaters on.

02 04 00 29 LMP Okay. I'll go get - Go ahead with the hydrogen


then.

02 04 58 29 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Over.

02 04 58 32 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Go ahead.

02 04 58 38 CMP Roger. You copy my NOUN 93?

02 04 58 43 CC That's affirmative. We've got it.

02 04 58 48 CMP Okay. I am going to go ahead and thrust then.


Triangle difference is 0.01, but it's sort of
difficult at three-tenths rate. I'm required
to use medium speed unresolved, and it's
difficult to hold the star centered long enough
to get a decent mark on it.

02 04 59 15 CC Roger. We copy. It looks okay to us.

02 04 59 22 C_ Roger.

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02 05 51 36 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

02 05 51 42 CMP Go ahead, Houston.

02 05 51 45 CC Roger. I've got the morning news here if you'l'e


interested. Over.

02 05 51 51 CMP Yes, we sure are. We're ready to copy and com-


ment. Isn't that 2:30 there?

02 05 51 57 CC Roger.

02 05 52 02 CDR Okay. Go.

02 05 52 03 CC Okay. Here we go. The interest in the Flight of


Apollo 11 continues at a high level but a compet-
ing interest in the Houston area is the easing of
watering rules. Mayor Louie Welch promises a
lifting of lawn-watering restrictions if the
rains continue. Friday is partly cloudy, and
there is a 30-percent chance of thunderstorms in
the afternoon. In Washington, D.C., the Senate,
Finance Committee approved extension of the in-
come tax surtax, but a Senate vote on the bill - -

02 05 52 35 CMP You cut out, Houston. You cut out.

02 05 52 40 CC Roger. Where do you hold me cutting out? Over.

02 05 52 46 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

02 05 52 48 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

02 05 54 51 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. How do you read now?


Over.

02 05 54 57 CMP Loud and clear, Houston. Go ahead.

02 05 54 59 CC Roger.

02 05 55 00 CMP Start after the rains in Houston.

02 05 55 O_ CC Roger. In Washington, tile Senate Fin:race Com-


mittee has approved extension of the income tax
surtax, but a Senate vote on the bill currently
seemed remote. In ;ustin, State Representative
Ray Lemmon of Houston has been nominabed as the
National Director of the American Society for
Oceanography. Lemmon has proposed a study of the
possibility of establishing an institute of
oceanography in Texas. This would be the first
such institute on the western Gulf of Mexico.
_,uoo l_ni zj Tap_ 35/2
Pa_e ]1t7

In Minneapolis, Minnesota, the weather bureau,


after recapping today's weather showing a high
of 88 and a low of 72, has noted "snowfall:
none." From St. Petersburg, Florida, comes a
radio report from the Norwegian explorer, Thor
Heyerdahl, which said that the crew of his papyrus
boat, the Ra, will sail into Bridgetown, Barbados,
despite damage from heavy seas. The crew, how-
ever, will sleep on an escort vessel. Norman
Baker, navigator of the expedition, said the crew
was aboard the Ra today repairing damage from
storms this past week, which split the footing
of the mast. Part of the broken mast was jet-
tisoned overboard, and the vessel was 725 miles
east of the Barbados. "It is possible but un-
comfortable to sleep aboard the Ra," Baker said
in the radio report. "But the purpose of our
voyage is not a test of strength or human en-
durance.'' That is the reason why the crew was
spending nights aboard the escort vessel Shenan-
doah, which rendezvoused with the Ra on Tuesday.

02 05 56 39 CC In sports, the Houston Oilers are showing plenty


of enthusiasm in their early preseason workouts
at Kerrville, and Coach Wally Lemm says he is
impressed with the fine group of rookies. Na-
tional League baseball yesterday, Thursday:
St. Louis 11, Philadelphia 3; Montreal 5, over
Pittsburg 4; Atlanta 12, Cincinnati 2; San
Fransciso 14, and Los Angeles 13. American
League: we have Baltimore 3, over Cleveland 2;
Detroit 4 to Washington's 3; Minnesota 8 to
Chicago 5. Boston at New York was rained out.
And in Corby, England, an Irishman, John Coyle
has won the world's porridge eating champio:IshiF
by consuming 23 bowls of instant oatmeal in a
10-minute time limit from a field of 35 other
competitors. Over.

02 05 57 48 CMP Roger. I assume Houston didn't play yesterday.

02 05 57 51 CC That's correct.

02 05 57 55 CMP I'd like to enter Aldrin in the oatmeal eating


contest next time.

02 05 58 00 CC Is he pretty good at that?

02 05 58 04 CMP He's doing his share up here.

02 05 58 13 CC Let's see. You all just finished a m_ al not


long ago, too, didn'b you?

02 05 58 20 LMI_ I'm still eating.

02 05 58 2}_ CC Okay. Does that - that - -


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02 05 _8 27. CMP He's on his - He's on his 19th bowl.

02 05 58 30 CC Roger. Are you having ally difficulties with


gas in the food bags like tile 10 crew reported?

02 05 58 40 CMP Well, that's intermittently affirmative, Bruce.


We have these two hydrogen filters, which work
fine as long as you don't hook them up to a food
bag. But the entry way into the food bag has
enough back pressure to cause the - the filters
to start losing their efficiency. A couple of
times, I've been tempted to go through that dry-
out procedure, but we found that simply by leav-
ing the filters alone for a couple of hours, their
efficiency seems to be restored.

02 05 59 14 CC Roger. We copy.

02 05 59 23 CMP Their efficiency ranges anywhere from darn near


perfect to terrible just depending on the in-
dividual characteristics of the food bags we're
putting through them. Some of the food bags are
so crimped near the entry-way that there's no
way we can work them loose to prevent back pres-
sure.

02 05 59 44 CC Roger.

02 06 32 12 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

02 06 34 22 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

02 06 34 32 CDR Hello, Houston. Go ahead.

02 06 34 33 CC Roger, 11 As you've probably noticed, your


coning angle in PTC mode is increased substan-
tially as a result of the waste water dump, the
fuel cell purge, and a natural coupling, so it
looks like we are going to have to terminate
PTC here in a little while. And we'd like Lo
get your feeling as to whether you're still an-
ticipating trying to send back TV signals from
inside the LM; and if so, we'll try tc provide
an attitude that you can hold that'll give us
high gain antenna lock on the Earth during the
TV and LM activation period. Over.

02 06 35 18 CDR Yes, we're still planning that activity if the


cord lengths work out, all right, and v e'll ac-
cept those attitudes that you work up for us.

02 06 35 29 CC This is Houston. Roger. Out.


ifiHilil NI'I'I
_ I} 'P:_p,_
_':,lh
Pa_e 149

_ _ _ _ _ When you work up an attitude to get high gain,


$_ there any way that we could get partial Sun in
o_e of the two LM front windows?

[_[! _6 '_[tIIF_ []_ 'Phi_; is Houoton. We'll have a look at it.

_ _ _ _ _1[] Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

fi_ _tfi iQ !_A O_t Qoahead,Houston.


_ _ _ _ _Q Roger. We have a TV attitude for you if you're
r_ady to copy.

[_i! [iii _ _ _ Go ahead. Ready to copy.

IIi! Itl' 'J_ _ _C Okay. We recommend stopping PFC at GET of


54 45 00, and this should put you at just about
the right roll angle. The attitude we reconmlet_.d
l_ roll 263, pitch 090, yaw 000. This gives you
the Earth out of window number 1 in the command
module and places the high gain antenna in the
QSM window for TV at your convenience. You will
also have the Sun shining in - or shining at the
hatch on the LM, and if you take down the window
_hades you should get some sunlight in. We're
_,ecommending wide deadband. Over.

_ _[_ _A _ CMP Roger. Thank you, Houston. We'll look at that.

fi_ t!fi l_ 4]_ nO Roger. Out.

tiff fi6 _ _ nMP Houston, Apollo ll. When we pass the proper roll
a2gle, we're not going to be anywhere near zero
degrees yaw. Do you want us to just stop and try
_ntil we Find ourselves in and then VERB 49 the
three angles you gave us?

fi_ _f] _ _ nq 5rand by.

fi_lfil_tt] a_ nq Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We'd like you to


_top at the proper roll angle, then do a VERB 49
tO the roll and pitch. Over. Correction, roll
a;_d yaw.

fi_ f_ tt_ _ n_ _ _ton, Apollo ll. Ovor.


tip Hfi_4 _! nn nQ _,e_, ll. Over.
fir fi_ t!_ _i ! n_] _e[410, Apollo 11. }:ouston. Do you read? Over.

fi{] fi_ _ a:' n['_]R [_oU_ton, Apollo ll. Over.

_1_ fi_ _ al nO Roger, 11. Do you read me? Over.


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02 06 44 38 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Over.

02 0(, )l_I 46 CMF Stand by, Charlie. Yes, we'r_ _ going to _om,' _ut.
of FTC here at 263 roll and I,hen (to :t VI.:t_I_)pi
to thc r_.('ommendcd att]t.t_d('.

(I;'()J,)1)1')_ CC ']'[lttL
soLlnds fine to us. Ovcr.

O? 06 4() 56 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Before you opeIt thc


pressure equalization valve, we'd like the LM/CM
DELTA-P. Over.

02 06 47 06 CMP Okay. Let me check it again. It was about 155.

02 06 47 12 CC Roger.

02 06 47 14 CMP I read it 158 right now, Charlie.

02 06 47 17 CC Roger. Thank you much.

02 06 49 51 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. We're stopping PTC at


263 ... 0.

02 06 49 59 CC 11, Houston. You're about one-by on this


transmission. Say again. Over.

02 06 50 08 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Do you read?

02 06 51 46 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. How do you read on the high


gain?

02 06 51 50 CC 11, how do you read me? Over.

02 06 51 55 C_ Read you loud and clear, Charlie. We just


switched to HIGH GAIN, and we stopped PTC at
roll 263, pitch 90, yaw 0. How do you read?

02 06 52 03 CC Roger, Mike. You're five-by now on the high


gain. We're right between the 0MNI antennas
and pretty horrible COMM on the OMNI's. We _ot
you five-by on the high gain, and we copy the
PTC stoppage. Over.

02 06 52 18 CMP Okay, fine.

02 06 52 35 CMtv Houston, we're going to open the DIRECT 0,_ valve


and start pumping up the cabin.

02 06 52 40 CC Roger. Copy.

02 06 53 0_ CC Apollo 11, Houston. We're going to h_nd over


to Goldstone for up]ink in about 2 milutes. We
might have a momentary dropout of CONF4. Over.
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02 06 53 16 CMP Alrighty. Can you hear our master alarm in the


background? That's 02 FLOW HIGH coming through
this amplifier.

OP 06 5_ ?7 CC Roffc. r'. Copy.

02 06 53 37 CMP That photoelectric cell is a good device. It's


worked very well.

02 06 53 46 CC 11, Houston. Say again. Over.

02 06 53 50 CMP I say that photoelectric cell amplifier for the


master alarm is a good device. It's working
very well, and it's a nice pleasing tone.

02 06 54 00 CC Roger. Copy. Thank you.

02 06 54 08 CMl° Makes you almost glad to get master alarms.

02 06 55 01 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. As a matter of curiosity,


our 02 flow meter is pegged FULL-SCALE HIGH.

02 06 55 08 CC Roger, 11. We copy that here. Over.

02 06 55 14 CMP Okay.

02 0Y_ 55 26 CMP Boy, that transducer's working somewhat.

02 06 55 32 CC Roger.

02 06 55 51 CC 11, Houston. We'd like to try to attempt to


correlate your 02 flow in transducer with the
flow valve that you've got open. How far -
How far open would you say you have the REPRESS
02? 0ver_ Correction, the DIRECT 02 .

02 06 56 10 CMP Stand by, Charlie.

02 06 56 19 CMP Okay, Charlie. It's not open very far. It's


hard to give you a good reading without shuntin_
it again, but the arrow is at about the one o'elock
position. Now I reduce the flow, and I'll let
it stabilize here. Right now our onboard read_nt_
is about 0.4, and that's with the arrow in thc
02 valve at the two o'clock position. Would you

rather have comparisons of 02 flow readings or


would you rather have valve position c_mparisons?

02 06 56 48 CC Roger. Stand by.

02 06 56 52 CC EECOM_4's say they'd 1Lke to look at valve positions.


Over.
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02 06 57 01 CMP Okay. Well, we're holding steady now at


0.3 pound per hour, and our cabin pressure is
about 54; and I'll close the valve momentarily
and then open it again to this position and tell
you how much travel is required.

02 06 57 18 CC Roger.

02 06 57 29 CMP It's about 30 degrees of travel, Charlie, from


the closed position, which is with the arrow
pointing at about three to three-thirty,
four o'clock.

02 06 57 38 CC Roger.

02 06 57 47 CMP Our flow is stabilized now at 0.6.

02 06 57 55 CC Roger. We copy. We're reading the same.

02 06 58 00 CMP Okay.

02 06 58 06 CMP Yes, open it back to the one o'clock position.

02 06 58 10 CC Roger.

02 06 58 31 CMP Is that enough different positions, or you want


more, Charlie?

02 06 58 36 CC Mike, that's good - good enough. We're satisfied


now. Over.

0__ 06 58 42 CMP Okay.

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Page 153

02 07 02 02 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. We've terminated direct 02,


our cabin pressure is 57, and, as a matter of
curiosity, when we turn the DIRECT 02 valve OFF,
we get a master alarm just like they did ia the
spacecraft testing.

02 07 02 17 CC Roger.

02 07 02 20 CC 11, Houston, we have a little update for you.


When you go into the LM, we'd like you to _stow
and bring back to the command module the following
items. Over.

02 07 02 35 CMl° Ready to copy.

02 07 02 36 CC Roger. We'd like you to pick up the - out of the


flight data file, the surface checklist, the
mission rules NO-GO card, the DPS, APS, RCS limit
cue card. Over.

02 07 04 34 CC Apollo 11, Houston. The reason we wanted you to


bring those three items back, we'll have some
updates for you, for those three. Over.

02 07 04 45 CMP Roger. We figured you would.

02 07 09 58 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We're getting the TV at


Goldstone. We're not quite configured here at
Houston for the transmission. We'll be up in a
couple of minutes. Over.

02 07 10 13 CMP Roger. This is just for free. _lis isn't what


we had in mind.

02 07 10 17 CC Roger.

02 07 19 49 CC Apollo 11, Houston. It's a pretty good show here.


It looks like you _]most got the probe out.

02 07 19 54 CMP Yes, it's loose now.

02 07 19 55 CDR Can you see that?

02 07 19 58 CC Roger, Nell. It's really good.

02 07 20 03 CDR Not much light up in that area, but apparently the


TV set's able to pick it up.

02 07 20 10 CC There are some bright spots shining on the probe.


Apparently Sun shafting on it that just gets just
about enough for us to make it out. Over.
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02 07 20 21 CDR I think those are the tunnel lights.

02 07 20 22 SC ...

02 07 20 24 CC Oh, Okay. You're right.

02 07 20 32 CDR Okay. It's loose now. Coming down.

02 07 20 35 CC Roger.

02 07 20 57 CC Looks like it's a little bit easier than doing that


in the chamber.

02 07 21 04 CDR You bet. This is the only way ...

02 07 21 05 CMP You have to take it easy.

02 07 21 06 CDR It's pretty massive, but it goes where you direct


it.

02 07 21 11 CC 11, Houston. That's a beautiful picture now,


we've got. We're looking at a 12-second delay.
To us you are just bringing it down by the optics
now.

02 07 21 27 CDR Mike must have done a smooth job in that docking.


There isn't a dent or a mark on the probe.

02 07 21 33 CC Roger_

02 07 21 38 CC We're really getting a great picture here, 11.


Over.

02 07 22 00 CC 11, Houston. With a 12-foot cable, we estimate


you should have about 5 to 6 feet excess when
you get the camera into the LM. Over.

02 07 22 11 CDR Roger.

02 07 22 14 CC We can see the probe now. Correction, the drogue.

02 07 22 22 CDR Roger.

02 07 23 04 CDR Okay. Drogue removal's coming next.

02 07 23 06 CC Roger. As we suspected.

02 07 24 07 CC 11, Houston. Now it's a good view of the storage


area under the couch.

02 07 24 35 CC 11, Houston. Looks like you're pretty crowded


in there with that drogue. Over.
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02 07 24 43 CDR Oh, it's not really bad.

02 07 24 44 CMP This TV cable is getting in the way.

02 07 24 54 CC We see lots of arms.

02 07 25 20 LMP The only problem, Charlie, is these TV stage-

hands don't know where they stand.


/
,_ 02 07 25 27 CC Well, you got to really have a union card, there.
\

We can't really complain too much, I guess.


02 07 26 28 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Do you have a little w?_ j_
dot in the bottom of your monitor - TV monitor?
Over.

02 07 26 B9 LMP Roger. We do.

02 07 26 41 CC Roger. I guess part of the camera's been burnt


out down there. These are really beautiful pic-
tures now, Buzz. Over. Real clear.

02 07 26 56 LMP Okay. We might have got just a little bit of


Sun in there. Is it just one small white dot?

02 07 27 01 CC That's affirmative.

02 07 27 42 CMP We went up in the tunnel checking the roll angle,


Charlie, and it's 2.05 degrees.

02 07 27 48 CC Roger. Copy. 2.05 on the roll CAL.

02 07 27 55 CMP And that's a plus.

02 07 27 57 CC Roger. Plus.

02 07 28 45 CC 11, Houston. The tunnel looks pretty clear to


us. Somebody going up there now. Over.

02 07 28 53 CDR It's Mike checking his connectors up there now.

02 07 29 00 CC Roger.

02 07 29 08 CC 11, Houston. The lighting up in there looks


very good to us at this time. Over.

02 07 29 22 CDR I think that's mostly the camera. It - it's


subdued to say the least.

02 07 29 30 CC Roger. It's pretty - It's gathering pretty well


to us. We see everything quite clearly up in
there.

02 07 30 05 CMP Well, the docking latches look good today just


like they did yesterday. Everything up in there
looks just fine.
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02 07 30 12 CC That sounds fine to us. Over.

02 07 30 45 CC 11, Houston. We can even read the decals up


there on the LM hatch.

02 07 30 53 LMP Well, let me zoom it up and see how much you can
read.

02 07 30 57 CC Okay.

02 07 31 11 CC We can see the LM umbilical connection quite well


there, Buzz. We see you zooming in on one of the
decals now. It's, "To reset, unlatch handle;
latch behind grip and pull back two full strokes."
That's about all we can make out.

02 07 31 35 LMP Hey, you get an A-plus.

02 07 31 37 CC Thank you very much, sir. At least I passed my


eye test.

02 07 31 46 LMP I'm standing 6 feet from it, Charlie, and you


can read it better than I can. There's some-
thing wrong with the system.

02 07 31 54 CC Roger.

02 07 33 08 CC That's a real good view of the LM hatch handle


there, 11. 0ver.

02 07 33 16 CDR Roger.

02 07 33 24 CDR Looks like we'll be ready to go into the LM early


if that's okay with you all down there.

02 07 33 34 CC Roger. It's fine with us, Nell. Go ahead any-


time you wish. Over.

02 07 33 57 CC 11, Houston. The white spot you see on your


monitor, our TV people say it is a burn spot;
but they expect it to dissipate after a couple
of hours. Over.

02 07 34 14 LMP Roger. Thank you.

02 07 35 23 CMP Okay, the dump valve is actuated.

02 07 35 26 CC Roger. Copy, 11. We see that very clearly. Is


that you, Buzz, with your hand on it?

02 07 35 33 CMP Yes.

02 07 35 34 LMP Roger.
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02 07 36 10 CC 11, Houston. We're really amazed at the quality


of the picture ,,p in the tunnel. It's really
superb. Over.

02 07 36 18 _ It is, considering the amount of light up in


there.

02 07 36 20 CMP Roger. We're about to open our hatch now.

02 07 36 23 CC Roger.

02 07 36 32 CMP Roger. There's that same guy that, when you


open up the door, why, he's waiting there for you,
and he turns the lights on.

02 07 36 38 CC How about that. Just like the refrigerator.

02 07 37 08 CC Buzz, the view in through your - by your right -


left shoulder there is so good we can see the
ascent engine cover, the Velcro on it, and that's
about all we can make out right now.

02 07 37 27 CC Now we can see the helmet stowage bag - -

02 07 37 28 LMP We don't see anything loose up there.

02 07 37 30 CC Well, great. Looks good to us. We see the helmet


storage bag.

02 07 37 53 CC Hello, 11. Houston. We got a view of the PLSS


there, off the right of our screen.

02 07 38 35 CC 11, Houston. Buzz, you already in? Over.

02 07 38 42 LMP Roger. I'm halfway in, hanging out. Start turning


around, I guess.

02 07 38 46 CC Roger.

02 07 39 14 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We'd like you to read out the


LCG reservoir sight level. Over.

02 07 39 27 CMP Okay. Stand by.

02 07 39 50 CC 11, we have a good view of the window there. It


looks like the Sun's finally coming through the
shade.

02 07 40 00 LMP Yes, I'm afraid it's - We're just about plus Z


toward the Sun.

02 07 40 05 CC That's affirmative. This attitude put both win-


dows right toward the Sun - or the LM. Over.
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02 07 40 15 LMP Well, that may be good in some respects, but -

02 07 40 22 CC We had a view, Buzz, of the utility light


cord ....

02 07 40 31 LMP Now let me show you a view looking the other


way.

02 07 40 33 CC Roger. And we see right now the utility


light or either the floodliMht up there.

02 07 40 45 CC I think now I see the utility light still in


the stowage bag. Hey, that's a great shot
right there. We see you in there. Guess
that's Nell and Mike. Better be, anyway.

02 07 41 13 CC We see you waving.

02 07 41 33 CC ll, Houston. That's really a beautiful shot.

I 02 07 41 46 CC 11, Houston. We didn't quite decipher that


signal that just came from the CMP.

02 07 41 55 LMP Just saying hello. On the LCG sight ga_e,


you got about - oh, it looks like the white
mark that's in the plum_er is about a quarter
to three-eighths inch out into the _reen
away from the red. Is that what yom'd i_ike
to see? Over.

02 07 42 18 CC Stand by. Roger, Buzz. That looks _ood to um.


Thank you much.

02 07 42 28 LMP It is the white index, is it not, that you're


interested in comparing whether it's in the red
or green?

02 07 42 34 CC Stand bY. That's affirmative, Buzz. It looks


good. That's a good reading for us. Over.

02 07 42 42 LMP Okay.

02 07 42 46 CC We had a shot moment - a moment ago oC the su_t


disconnect valve.

02 07 42 58 _ I'll open up the windows and see what the light-


ing condition's going to be like.

02 07 43 24 CC 11, Houston. That's a real good view we have


of the AOT. You're back now, Buzz, and notice
you're taking down one of the window shades.
Over.
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Pa_e 159

02 07 43 B6 CC The light is super].

02 07 43 37 LMP How's the Sun coming in? How's the Sun coming
in from this direction going to affect what
you can see?

02 07 43 44 CC It made it really super. The 15_hting is


excellent in the - in the LM ri_ht now. We can
make out the AOT, the ISA, and _he left-hand
window - there's a little glare off of that,
but the LMP side the - with the shade down it's
really excellent. Over.

02 07 44 08 LMP Well, let's - I'm turned around, why I took


the shade off my side first.

02 07 44 16 CC Roger. We copy. The light level for the TV


is really excellent. Over.

02 07 44 29 CDR Yes, the lighting in the 124 is very nice now,


just like completely daylight; and everything
is visible. A good bit lighter than the tunnel
was earlier.

02 07 44 43 CC Roger. We got a good view now, Neil, of the


DEDA; and also Buzz's ACA.

02 07 45 05 LMP Hey, I'm pointing it at the front hatch now.


Everything seems to be in place down there.

02 07 45 11 CC Roger, we got the dump valves in view. Over.

02 07 45 13 LMP Roger.

02 07 45 44 CC 11, Houston. We see you removing the ISA now,


folding it up, putting it up on the AOT. The
instrument panels are coming into view behind.

02 07 45 58 LMP Yes, I think it'd probably be best, since


we've done SPS burn, to put it back over the
instrument panel instead of putting it up over
the PLSS on the recharge station. Would you
care to comment on that one? We could do
either just as easily.

02 07 46 12 CC Stand by. We'll have an answer for you


momentarily.

02 07 46 18 CC 11, Houston. That's really a super shot of


the main display.
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02 07 46 59 LMP The vehicle is surprisingly free of any debris


floating around. It's very clean.

02 07 47 04 CC Roger.

02 07 47 17 CC 11, Houston. It's pretty hard to describe this


view. It's really - really _reat.

02 07 47 23 LMP Now you know how we _'eel.

02 07 47 30 LMP Okay. Nell's OPS is about 57, 5800.

02 07 _7 35 CC Copy.

02 07 _7 36 LMP And mine's about 5800, also.

02 07 47 39 CC Copy.

02 07 48 04 CC 11, Houston. That's a good shot of Neil's PLSS,


there. Over.

02 07 48 16 LMP No, that's mine.

02 07 48 40 CC 11, Houston. That moment - a moment a_o, we had


a good shot of your PLSS, Buzz, and the two he_met
stowage bags. Down behind your ]_eFt shoulder,
Buzz, we have the - the DSKY and the ACA.

02 07 50 01 LMP We're going to go ahead and take all the Moon data
on back into the command module, Charlie.

02 07 50 07 CC Roger.

02 07 50 58 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Buzz, it appears that you're


intending to put on the Sun filter and view the
Sun through the AOT. Over.

02 07 51 09 LMP Yes, unfortunately it looks like it's down a


little bit more towards ... than I can be able
to see in the AOT.

02 07 51 17 CC Roger.

02 07 52 15 LMI_ We _ot a beautiful view of the s_de oF t}lc_com-


mand module out of the AOT look_nf_ _n th_ ]_f't
rear detent.

02 07 52 23 CC Roger.

02 07 52 24 I24P I can see the hatch and all the - all the EVA
handrails. First time we've seen the silvery
outside of the command module.
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02 07 52 40 LMP I can read the letter_ on the hatch cover. It's


a boost cover release; and the big yellow arrow
that points toward the opening - place where the
tool B goes.

02 07 52 55 CC Roger. Great shot now back down into the -

02 07 53 01 CMP And left on the - -

02 07 53 04 CC Go ahead, Buzz. Over.

02 07 _13 07 LMP Say again.

02 07 53 08 CC I was just saying we got a _reat silot lookin_


back into the command module.

O2 07 53 O9 LMP ...

02 07 53 14 LMP Okay. And the left detent, I can see the AO -


or the rendezvous radar, and I move to the for-
ward detent and that's about all I've got. I'm
looking eyeball to eyeball.

02 07 53 25 CC Roger.

02 07 54 08 LMP Charlie, is there any concern about the duration


that we ought to have the window shades open?

02 07 54 14 CC Stand by.

02 07 54 17 _ We don't have - We don't have any circulation in


here, and it might get a little on the warm side.

02 07 54 23 CC Roger.

02 07 54 30 CMP We'll - We'll put up a couple of hoses in the


command module here and get a little circulation
going.

02 07 54 36 CC Sounds like a good idea. Over.

02 07 55 04 CC Apollo 11, Houston. As far as the window shades


go in this LM, there's nothing except for crew
comfort. I don't think we've got any systems
problem. Be sure to put them back up when you
egress. Over.

02 07 55 17 LMP That we will do.

02 07 55 52 LMP Charlie, I'll give you a view out of the over-


head window, back looking at the command module
right-hand rendezvous window.
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02 07 56 01 CC Roger.

02 07 56 19 CC Well, we see it now. Thanks a lot, Buzz. That's


a good view through the overhead.

02 07 56 32 LMP One washer on -

02 07 56 38 LMP One washer's on by the overhead.

02 07 56 42 CC Roger.

02 07 56 49 CC There we go. We got it now.

02 07 56 58 LMP There wasn't very much debris in the commsnd


module or the LM. We found very few loose par-
ticles of bolts, nuts, and screws and lint and
things. Very few in each spacecraft. They were
very clean.

02 07 57 14 CC Roger. Sounds good.

02 07 57 45 CC 11, Houston. We have a good view out off the


I rendezvous - correction, the overhead window off
I the LM. We don't see anybody starin_ hack at us,
though. Over.

02 07 59 03 LMP Charlie, can you see Mike's two eyeballs staring


out through the rendezvous window?

02 07 59 11 CC 11, Houston. Stand by. We haven't picked him


up yet.

02 07 59 22 LMP You are looking through a lot of layers of glass.

02 07 59 38 CC 11, Houston. We had a - -

02 07 59 40 LMP ... on my monitor.

02 07 59 41 CC We had a slight glimpse of Mike in the rendezvous


window at that time. It's pretty murky look_n_
into there, though.

02 07 59 48 LM? Okay. tIere he is_ I've _ot him. I'w_ _ol, him
on the monitor now.

02 07 59 55 CC Okay. We see him staring back at us now. Hello,


in there.

02 08 00 28 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Our recommendation for the


ISA is to stow it back over the instrument panel.
Over.

02 08 00 42 LMP Roger. Will do.


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02 08 O1 56 CC 11, Houston. We can make out the markings on the


panel. We read SYSTEM A ASCENT FUEL, ASCENT
OXIDIZER. Quad 1, quad 4. The - It's really
unbelievable, the definition we're getting down
here off that little camera. Over.

02 08 02 14 CC We can even see the barber pole oF the talkbacks.

02 08 02 24 CC We can read the markings on the ir,struments for


the glycol pressure, quantity, PCC 2. You can even
read the scale on the eight ball. Over.

02 08 02 58 CC 11, Houston. We see the cross-feed barber pole,


and we have the Velcro patches back up to the
RCS systems now. We can see the markings on the
meters, green and red bands, in limits.

02 08 03 27 CC We see you raised the cover on the abort stage.


We don't recommend that.

02 08 03 34 LMP Yes. We're going to tape that one over.

O8 CC
i 02 03 35 Roger.

02 08 03 36 _ We're going to tape that one over.

02 08 03 37 CC We concur.

02 08 03 44 LMP The restraints in here do a pretty good job of


pulling my pants down.

02 08 03 53 CC Roger. We haven't quite got that before the


50 000 000 TV audience, yet.

02 08 04 17 CC 11, Houston. That's a good view of the eight


ball. We see - You can even read the OFF fla_,
there.

02 08 04 30 CC You can see the signal strength meter for the


radar, read the numbers on it.

02 08 04 54 LMP Houston, did you want us to test the cameras in


the LM and - I was wondering about that. I saw
it in the flight plan, but I'm Just wondering if
you want to do that on CSM power, or do you want
us to take both of the 16mm cameras back in the
CSM and test them there? Over.

02 08 05 18 CC Stand by, Buzz.

02 08 05 21 LMP As an alternative to that, why, we could wait LOI


day and do it then when we transfer over to LM
power.
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02 08 05 32 CC Roger. Stand by. We'll have an aaswer.

02 08 05 47 CC 11, Houston. On that TV, our commentary - The


monitor I was looking at was delayed about
12 seconds, 12 to 15 seconds while it went through
our color converter. It was probably - You
thought I was crazy, but we were looking at it
15 seconds after you broadcast it. 11, Houston - -

02 08 06 06 LMP We understood that, C_arlie.

02 08 06 08 CC Okay. On the LM cameras, we'd like you to do it


on LOI day with the LM power. Over.

02 08 06 19 LMP Okay. That's what we'll do.

02 08 07 16 LMP Houston, we're showing you something that came


out of the Commander's checklist stowage packet.
It's got a 16-millimeter camera in it, and it's
got this little cylinder; and I guess - I don't
understand what it is. Maybe you can tell us.

02 08 07 35 CC Roger. Stand by. We can't figure it out either.

02 08 07 46 LMP It's got an arrow on the back, and it says "turn,"


but I'm afraid to turn it.

02 08 07 56 CC 11, your friendly geologist says it's the camera


cank- crank, excuse me, for the 16-sequence
camera if it jams. Over.

02 08 08 10 LMP Ail very well. Thank you.

02 08 08 28 LMP There's that word again. The ancillary stowage


container.

02 08 08 35 CC Roger.

02 08 09 10 CC The shades couldn't quite hack it, there, t_zz.


Over.

02 08 09 51 CMP Houston, 11. Are you still getting high bit


rate off the OMNI's at this distance?

02 08 09 56 CC Stand by, Mike.

02 08 10 07 CC Apollo 11, Houston. About 50 percent of the


time, we're getting high bit rate off the OMNI's
when you're in PTC. Over.

02 08 10 17 CMP Okay. Thank you.

02 08 10 19 CC You're welcome.
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02 08 11 24 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Neil, at this attitude you


look like you're about 12 feet long.

02 08 11 34 CDR It seems like I always find myself upside-down


in whatever I_m doing around here.

02 08 12 29 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Could you give us a few com-


ments on your crew comfort with the CSM hoses
moving the air around? Over.

02 08 12 42 LMP Well, it's picking up a little bit on circulation


in here.

02 08 12 47 CC What do you estimate the temperature is, Buzz?


Over.

02 08 12 57 LMP Oh, I'd say maybe 73, 75.

02 08 13 02 CC Roger.

02 08 13 06 LMP It's hard to tell at this density and pressure


of gas, but comfort level is about the - about
the same as the command module.

02 08 13 20 CC You probably - -

02 08 13 21 LMP It was a little warmer or stuffier when we first


got in, but it seems to be improving.

02 08 13 27 CC Houston copies. Out.

02 08 14 28 CC 11, Houston.

02 08 14 29 LMP You may be able to see some - -

02 08 14 31 CC Go ahead.

02 08 14 32 LMP - - some particles jumping around on your screen.


That's just dust particles that are being illumi-
nated by Sun shafting in the window.

02 08 14 42 CC Roger. They're very clear now. Over. And that's


a good view of Neil's - correction, of Buzz's ci_'-
cuit breaker panel, there.

02 08 15 50 LMi° I can just barely see the handrail on the front


porch from the position on the right-hand window.

02 08 15 59 CC Roger.

02 08 16 15 CC 11, Houston. Our view of the Panel 11 is - gets


brighter, then darker. Are you changing the
f-stop at all? Over.
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02 08 16 32 LMP No, what's happening is, we get pretty close


to the window now and then, and it drives the
automatic light control into the stop, I think.

02 08 16 42 CC I think that's right.

02 08 16 51 LMP Yes, I had the switch on OUTSIDE while I was going


through the overhead window. That may be what's
contributing to some of it.

02 08 16 58 CC Roger.

02 08 17 05 CC 11, Houston. We seem to be picking up a few more


dust particles now. We see them quite clearly
in the screen now. Over.

02 08 17 17 LMP Yes, I'm choking on one every so often.

02 08 17 41 CC 11, Houston. Your show is going out to the U.S.


now. We're about to get the satellite up. It'll
be transmitted to some other countries after that.
Over.

02 08 17 58 LMP Roger. I'm checking out this window bracket


where I'll be puttinM it for the EVA pictures of
Neil going down the ladder.

02 08 18 08 CC Roger.

02 08 18 17 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We keep marveling about the


color and the clarity of the picture. It's
really difficult to describe. It's - It's just
perfect. Over.

02 08 18 31 CC And, 11, it doesn't look llke you're having too


much trouble with that bracket up there, Buzz.

02 08 18 41 I24P I'll tell you, those new knobs really make it


easy to twist the thing and get it cinched down
quite tight.

02 08 1850 CC Roger.

02 08 20 06 CC 11, Houston. Buzz, how does the alignment look,


there?

02 08 20 13 LMP It looks pretty good, as well as I can tell


without the gear extended. I can't get a real
definitive answer, but you couldn't fix it any
place to see much more out of the window without
hand-holding it for the whole time.

02 08 20 29 CC Roger. Looks like to us it's going to work real


well.
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02 08 20 31 LMP Give it enough room to - Yes, I think so.

02 08 21 02 CC Buzz, we see you putting your window guard in


place there, and back upto the ISA now.

02 08 21 59 LMP Houston_ ask FAO if the 90-degree bracket isn't


stowed in the Commander's stowage assembly.

02 08 22 09 CC Stand by.

02 08 23 35 CC 11, Houston. Buzz, you still looking for that


90-degree bracket? Over.

02 08 23 45 CDR Yes, he is looking for it now.

02 08 23 47 CC Roger. We'll have a word for you in just a


moment.

02 08 24 28 CDR Our monitor shows pretty good, clear pictures


from this angle. I already found the 90-degree
bracket.

02 08 24 37 CC Roger, Neil. It's really a super picture. We've


got the ACA, your ACA, the picture of the throttle,
the 90-degree bracket. We see your handles, and
now over to the bracket.

02 08 25 25 LMP That's about the position we'll be putting the


camera in after the initial descent on the ladder,
and it'll be taken 1 frame a second for most of
the EVA.

02 08 25 40 CC Houston copies. Out. That's a rea] Mood view


of that camera.

02 08 26 03 LMP Our monitor is a little bit wavy, so it's hard


for us to tell when we're - when we've got a
steady picture for you.

02 08 26 11 CC 11, we have no complaints at all. We don't see


that waviness on our picture. It's just really
great. Over.

02 08 26 19 LMP Do the edges of the window look like straight


lines to you?

02 08 26 22 CC That's affirmative.

02 08 26 26 LMP Okay. They don't in our monitor, and that leads


us to make some corrections to the camera, which
probably aren't required sometimes.
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02 08 26 39 CC Buzz, we have no complaints at ali. It's a


magnificent picture.

02 08 27 49 CC What was that, Buzz, you're chasing now?

02 08 27 55 CDR That was - That was me picking up some particles


of paint that were floating through the air in
front of the camera, there.

02 08 28 02 CC Roger, Nell. We got it. It appears to us that


Neil's about to check the Velcro mat, there.

02 08 28 17 CC Okay, Buzz. We see the card up now.

02 08 28 26 LMP Okay. For those of you that don't know, this is


where we log most of our data for each of the
LM maneuvers, and we have another card like this
that the timeline book that is laid down on the
table in front of the data display keyboard; and
it's on this timeline that we have all our pro-
cedures. But we obviously have to hold these in
place in zero g, so we make use of the Velcro
patches on the back and on the table so we can
attach these down here; and then we just turn the
pages over when we go to new sequences in our
timeline of procedures.

02 08 29 13 CC Roger.

02 08 29 18 LMP And we're ready to copy DOI PAD.

02 08 29 21 CC Roger. We'll have the FIDO's work that one up


for you momentarily.

02 08 30 26 CC ll, Houston. That was a good shot of Panel 2.


Now we got Panel 3 in view with the TEMP MONITOR
switch. The stabilization - station and control
panel, we see now, with the MODE CONTROL switches.
Now over to the rendezvous radar. Real good.

02 08 30 48 CC 11, that's real good camera work.

02 08 31 06 LMP That'll be the most unusual position a cameraman's


ever had, hanging by his toes from a tunnel and
taking the picture upside-down.

02 08 31 17 CC Roger. Well you're doing a super job. We got a


good view of the cross pointer, tlare. Had a good
view of the tape meter.
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Page 169

02 08 31 41 LMP We're giving you a picture now of the floor of


the cabin. I think you can see the - one of the
two portable life support system backpacks here
in the center, and on each side, we have the two
helmet visors. I'll remove one of them and show
you a little closer view of what this looks like.

02 08 32 04 CC Roger.

02 08 32 10 LMi° Inside the helmet visors are the EVA _loves with
the blue tips. I'm about to take those out now.

02 08 32 27 CC Roger, Buzz. That's a great shot now that we're


getting of the helmet, the EVA visor, and also
the -the EVA gloves in the background.

02 08 32 41 LMP Okay. You did say this was going out now, didn't
you?

02 08 32 45 CC Standby. I think so.

02 08 32 58 CC 11, you got a pretty big audience. It's live in


the U.S. It's going live to Japan, western Europe,
and much of South America. Everybody reports
very good color. Appreciate the great show.

02 08 33 15 LMP Roger. Understand. Thank you.

02 08 33 48 CC Buzz, that was a good demonstration of your INA


visor assembly. Appreciate it.

END OF TAPE
APOLLO 11 AIR-TO-GROUI_ VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

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Page 170

02 08 34 39 CC Hey, I like the good view of Mr. Collins down


there. We finally see him again.

02 08 34 46 CMP Hello there, earthling.

02 08 34 54 CC Hello there.

02 08 35 24 CC 11, Houston. We noticed when you were scanning


over Panel 2 a moment ago, 1 and 2, the two
eight balls were slightly in disagreement.
Control said he'd like a AGS align, there.

02 08 35 39 LMP Yes. One of them's AGS, one of ttLem's PNCC[_.


The problem is, we don't know whether to align
AGS to PNGCS or PNGCS to AGS.

02 08 35 51 CC Stand by.

02 08 35 58 CC 11, Chris said he can tell you.

02 08 36 05 LMP We'll cage them both.

02 08 36 08 CC Roger.

02 08 37 O1 LMP Like old home week, Charlie, to get back in the


LM again.

02 08 37 04 CC Roger. I can imagine.

02 08 37 24 CDR The traverse from the bottom of the LM to the


aft bulkhead of the command module must be about
16, 20 feet. It's not a disorienting one at all,
but it's most interesting to contemplate just
pushing off from one and bounding on into the
other vehicle all the way through the tunnel.

02 08 37 44 CC Roger. Must be some experience. Is Collins


going to go in and look around?

02 08 37 56 CDR We're willing to let him go but he hasn't come


up with the price of the ticket yet.

02 08 38 O1 CC Roger. I'd advise him to keep his hands off the


switches.

02 08 38 08 CDR If I can get him to keep his hands off my DSKY,


it'd be a fair swap.

02 08 38 13 CC Roger.
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02 08 3_ 18 CMl° That's why I've been eating so much today. 1


haven't had anything to do. He won't let me
touch it any more.

02 08 38 23 CC Roger.

02 08 38 55 CC 11, Houston. If that's not the Earth, we're in


trouble.

02 08 39 00 CDR That's the Earth, and we have a very good view


of it today. There are a few more cloud bands
on than yesterday when we beamed down to you,
but it's a beautiful sight.

02 08 39 34 CDR We have some horizontal banding in our TV monitor.


Are we transmitting that to you, or do you have
a clear picture?

02 08 39 41 CC Neil, we have a very clear picture. The only


thing that we see is a little white dot in the
bottom of our screen, which is - our TV guys
say is an - apparently a burned out spot in the
camera, but it should come back. Over.

02 08 39 59 CDR Roger. We have that in our monitor also.

02 08 40 20 CC 11_ Houston. We do have three lines across our


TV. I thought it was just a transmission problem,
but everybody's telling me now that it's prob-
ably - it's on the downlink. Over.

02 08 40 35 CDR No, those are the same three ones that we have.

02 08 40 37 CC Okay.

02 08 40 47 LMP How far are - out are we now, Charlie?

02 08 40 51 CC Stand by. Give you exact figure.

02 08 41 00 CDR Did you notice the difference between yesterday


and today? This is as large an image we can -
we can give you.

02 08 41 05 CC Roger. If you think we're smaller, you're now


177 000 miles out. Over.

02 08 41 13 LMP Thank you.

02 08 41 14 CDR That's nautical miles?

02 08 41 17 CC That's affirmative, 11. We -

02 08 41 23 LM_ ... Hold on.

02 08 41 24 CC Go ahead. Over.
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02 08 41 34 CC 11, Houston. We see the - still see the banding


along the intratropical convergence. I guess
the most predominate one now is around the - up
in the - around the equator or slightly north
of the equator.

02 08 41 51 LMP Yes, that's the way it looks, Charlie. Same as


yesterday.

02 08 41 54 CC Roger.

02 08 42 05 LMP Just keep the Pacific Ocean nice and clear and
calm on splash day, is all we ask.

02 03 42 31 CDR And Charlie, I'd like to say hello to all my


fellow scouts and scouters at Farragut State
Park in Id_lo having a _ational Jamboree there
this week; and Apollo 11 would like to send them
best wishes.

02 08 42 47 CC Thank you, Apollo 11. I'm sure that, if they


didn't hear that, they'll get the word through
the news, surely appreciate that.

02 08 43 32 CC 11, Houston. We have you - your subspacecraft


point is just Off the western coast of South
America directly south of about Mexico City.
Over.

02 08 43 46 CDR That - That looks like what we observe fr_n here.

02 08 44 02 CDR And we're going to turn our TV monitor off now


for a short bit while we have some other work
to do. Apollo 11 signing off.

02 08 44 12 CC Roger, 11. Thank you very much. That was one


of the greatest shows we've ever seen. We sure
appreciate it. Over.

02 08 44 20 CDR It was a pleasure.

02 08 45 50 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Could you give us


an idea of about how long it will be before you
start close - closing the LM back up? Over.

02 08 46 O0 CDR We've got a little more work to do up here,


Charlie. We're going to make sure that we have
everything transferred around and stowed the
way we want it and try to get a little bit ahead
on tomorrow's timeline. I suppose that we could
be out of there in another half hour or so if it
was necessary.
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02 08 46 23 CC Roger, Nell. We're not trying to push you.


We're Just trying to get an idea of - about
water dumps and starting up the PTC again.
Take your sweet time. Over.

02 08 46 34 CDR Okay. We'd like to get a flight plan update


from you for the next couple of hours, here.
When you think what the various constraints
might be and what - what order you might like
us to do things.

02 08 46 53 CC Roger. Stand by. We'll have that to you in a


moment.

02 08 56 08 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Mike, we'd like to


go ahead and do a waste-water dump. We'd like
you to dump it all the way down to zero. Over.

02 08 56 21 CMP Roger. We copy that, Charlie.

02 08 56 31 CMP How does that work, Charlie?

02 08 57 26 CDR Houston, 11.

02 08 58 04 CC 11, Houston. Did you call? Over.

02 08 58 09 CDR Roger. Just noticed that the mast that the EVA
light is on is charred brown. It looks as though
it took quite a beating during launch.

02 08 58 23 CC Roger.

02 08 58 24 CDR The EVA light still does work.

02 08 58 27 CC Roger. We'll let this - the SPAN guys look at


this, and we'll be back with you with what we
think. Over.

0:2 08 58 37 CDR Okay.

02 09 O0 21 CC 11, Houston. We were wondering, Neil, with your


closing comment on the TV, if you were going to
turn it off. It indicated that you might be con-
sidering turning it back on. We were wondering
whether we want to keep the lines up. Over.

02 09 00 35 CDR Well, we want your recommendation on that, but


I think we would just as soon, ourselves, termin-
ate the TV. But if you have a commitment to keep,
we'd be more than willing to turn it back on.

02 09 00 52 CC Roger. Stand by.


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02 09 01 25 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We'd like to terminate the


TV. We don't - We think we got a really - a
good tape. That hour and a half show was
superb. And we'd like to pick up TV - correc-
tion - PTC at about 58 hours. Over.

02 09 01 44 CDR Roger. PTC at 58 hours.

02 09 01 48 CC And we'll have the remaining functions in the


flight plan soon. Over.

02 09 01 56 CDR Okay. Fine.

02 09 04 05 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Our recommendations on


the activities for the next hour or so, as far
as flight plan goes_ are: Continue your LM
familiarization as desired until about 58 hours,
then ingress to the CSM, close the hatch, and
establish PTC shortly thereafter. Over.

02 09 04 27 CC And, Apollo 11, Houston. Terminate the - -

02 09 04 29 LMP Okay.

02 09 04 30 CC - - the water dump. Over.

02 09 04 31 LMP Okay, Charlie. Thank you.

02 09 04 34 LMP Okay. Water dump being terminated now.

02 09 17 48 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

02 09 ]7 51 CC 11, Houston. Go ahead.

02 09 ]7 55 CMP Roger, Houston. I'd like to do a }'52 ot_tion


and tweak the platform up prior to startint_ thc
PTC. Over.

02 09 18 03 CC Roger, 11. Stand by.

02 09 18 14 CC 11, Houston. That sounds like a good idea to


us. Go ahead.

02 09 18 20 CMP Okay. And the platform's looking pretty good


to me. It looks like the worst axis drift is
0.01 something degrees per hour. Is that
about what you figure?

02 09 18 27 CC 11, Roger. We've had reports all the marks have


been good all the - the last couple of times you've
run them. Just a moment; I'll get you some
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information on the apparent drift rate.

02 09 18 41 CMP Okay, Owen. Thank you. You got the maroons


on?

02 09 18 47 CC Say again, 11.

02 09 18 51 CMP I say you got the maroons on now?

02 09 18 54 CC Not permanently, Mike. Just have a stand-by


here while Charlie's out checkin_ how to use
that special tool on the camera. The maroon
team will be on tomorrow.

02 09 19 06 CMP Okay. Nice to hear your voice. How's every-


thing going?

02 09 19 09 CC Everything's going smoothly here. We sure


enjoyed the show this afternoon, Mike.

02 09 19 15 CMP Okay.

02 09 19 27 CC 11, Houston. We suggest you go ahead and do


the P52 first, and we'll take a look at the
angles and give you some new drift rates after
taking a look at them. Over.

02 09 19 37 CMP All right. Fair enough.

02 09 25 00 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

02 09 25 05 CDR Go ahead. 11, here.

02 09 25 07 CC 11, Houston. A little information to you there,


CDR. We've all taken a momentary brief respite
from out work here to have some special - to
have a bite of special moon cheese that is -
I understand it's been sent to us directly from
Wapakoneta, your own hometown. Over.

02 09 25 29 CDR No, we can't - we can't pronounce it either.


I think you'll enjoy that. They make a fine
brand of cheese.

02 09 25 37 CC Roger, there, and I'll polish up the grammar


for the next trip.

02 09 25 50 CMP Houston, 11. You are looking at the NOUN 93,


and I'll proceed when you copy them

02 09 26 00 CC 11, Houston. We've got them.


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02 09 26 08 CMP Okay.

02 09 28 15 CC Hello, Apollo 11, Houston. We'd like P00 and


ACCEPT. We have a DELTA-H update for you.
Over.

02 09 28 23 CMP Ail right, Charlie. Stand by one.

02 09 29 31 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. POO and ACCEPT.

02 09 29 33 CC Roger.

02 09 31 48 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We got the load in. The


computer's yours. Over.

02 09 31 56 CMP Houston, 11. Roger.

02 09 36 04 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We'd tike for you


to stir up the CRYO's now. Over.

02 09 36 14 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Roger.

02 09 44 33 CDR Houston, Apollo 11. We're completed in the


ImM. We're closing up the hatches and the
probe and drogue back in.

02 09 h4 42 CC Roger. We copy. Out.

02 09 59 38 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We're standing by


to watch your startup on the PTC at any time.
You can start off at the VERB 49. Over.

02 09 59 48 CDR Wilco. We're just finishing up the probe and


about to close up the hatch here. We're going
to be a couple of minutes late, probably,
getting started in the PTC.

02 09 59 59 CC Roger. No sweat, 11. We're standing byu


Over.

02 10 06 08 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Mike, there's no


wait required. Where rates are steady, you
can proceed on. Over.

02 10 06 17 CMP I'm doing it, Charlie.

02 10 06 18 CC Roger.

02 10 06 24 CMP The tunnel's all taken care of, the drogue,


probe, and hatch all back.
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02 10 06 28 CC Roger. Copy. Out.

END OF rAPE
-- APOLLO 11 AIR-T0-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

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Page 175

02 10 10 01 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We have some new


additions to your alternate contingency checklist
if you would break that out. Over.

02 10 10 15 CDR Stand by.

02 10 11 46 CDR Okay, Houston. ll's ready to copy.

02 10 11 48 CC Roger, 11. If you'll turn to page F2-22. 0v_=r

02 10 12 27 CDR Okay. I have F2-22.

02 10 12 31 CC Roger, Neil. Under column ].- that's co]urmi Lima.


line 06. The new data is 0(1001. 1line 07, the _',_
data is 02134. Over.

02 10 13 01 CDR Okay. I have in F2-22, column Lima, item 6, 00001;


item 7, 02134.

02 10 13 20 CC Roger. That's correct. Thank you much. ()ut.

02 10 13 37 CC 11, Houston. For your information, those two


entries are an update to your DELTA-H that we
have already uplinked into the CMC. Over.

02 10 13 47 CDR Roger. Thank you.

02 10 14 04 CMP What was I marking on, Charlie? Aoout an


18-kilometer line, or what?

02 10 14 09 CC We - Our update puts you to - the DELTA-H to


35 kilometers, Mike. Over.

02 10 14 17 CMP Okay.

02 10 19 24 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We've got some sw[tc?i


positions for you for the high gain. Over.

02 10 19 33 _ Okay. Go ahead.

02 10 19 35 CC Roger, Buzz. Select Bravo, 0MNI, HIGH-GAIN TRACK


to MANUAL; BEAM, WIDE. Over.

02 10 19 48 LMP Okay. Bravo, 0MNI; TRACK, MANUAL; and BEAM, WIDE.

02 10 19 53 CC Roger. And your high-gain angles are minus 50


on the pitch, 270 on the yaw. Over.
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02 10 20 03 LMP Okay. Going there now.

02 10 41 22 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We have some updates


and some things we'd like to talk to you about,
if you aren't in the middle of your meal. If it'_
convenient anytime for you, we're ready with some
updates. Over.

02 10 41 46 CDR What - What are the updates going to apply to?

02 10 41 51 CC Roger. We have a couple of changes on the _,_


mission rules NO-GO for your NO-GO card,
Neil. One slight change on the APS/DPS fuel and
TEMP pressure card, and we have a change tc the
procedure for the secondary radiator leak check,
which is to be formed at - perform_d at 71 hours
tomorrow, and also some indications that we have
a couple of landing site obliques stowed in the
wrong place. Over.

02 10 42 36 CDR Okay. Is any of those in the flight plan? The


secondary radiator, for example?

02 10 42 43 CC That's affirmative. The secondary radiator leak


check is called out in the flight plan at 71 20.
That procedure is listed in your launch operations
book on page 2-9, L2-9. We'd like to change that
procedure. Over.

02 10 _3 08 CDR Okay. Stand by.

02 10 43 25 CMP Charlie, on the secondary leak check, just read it


verbatim like you want, and I'll copy directly
into the flight plan and not fool around with the
checklist.

02 10 43 32 CC Roger. That's fine. If you're ready to copy,


stand by.

02 10 43 37 CMP Ready to copy on the leak check.

02 10 43 40 CC Roger. It's monitor secondary accumulator quantity.


Step 2 is secondary glycol to radiator valve, NORMAL
for 30 seconds, then BYPASS. If no decrease in
secondary accumulator quantity - Are you with me?

02 10 44 21 CMP Yes_ I'm with you.

02 10 44 22 CC Okay. If no decrease in secondary accumulator


quantity, secondary glycol to radiator valve to
NORMAL. Next step, secondary coolant loop pump,
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AC-1 or AC-2. After 3 minutes, verify glycol


discharge secondary pressure 39 to 51 psig. Also
verify secondary EVAP out TEMP has changed. Next
step, secondary coolant loop pump, OFF. Secondary
glycol to radiator valve, BYPASS. That ends the
procedure. Over.

02 10 45 52 CMP Okay. I read back: monitor secondary accumulator


quantity; secondary glycol radiator valve, NORM_L
for 30 seconds, then to BYPASS. If no decrease
in secondary accumulator quantity, secondary glycol
to radiator valve to NORMAL. Secondary coolant
loop pump, AC-1 or 2. After 3 minutes, w_'if_
glycol secondary discharge pressure 39 to 5] psion.
Verify secondary evaporator outlet TEM]_ has ch_nged.
Secondary coolant loop pump, OFF. Secondary glycol
radiator valve to BYPASS. And what's the reason ?or
the change, Charlie?

02 10 46 27 CC Roger. Stan is concerned that our present proced_ _,_


as shown in the checklist does not really flow
glycol through the radiator, and it - They want to
verify that we do not have a plugged secondary
radiator. Over.

02 10 46 48 CMP Okay. They have any abnormal indications in that


system, so far?

02 10 46 52 CC Negative. This is the procedure that they came


up with. It's just a check, Mike. Everything's
looking great to us. Over.

02 10 47 02 CMP Okay. Fine.

02 10 47 31 CDR Charlie, we'll get back with you on these other


changes in a few minutes. Okay?

02 10 47 38 CC Roger, Neil. No hurry. Over.

02 11 10 57 CC 11, Houston. We're wondering who's on horn.

02 11 11 09 CMP Say again, Houston?

02 11 11 12 CC We just had a little music there.

02 11 11 21 CMl° We'll keep you entertained.

02 11 11 28 CC Roger. That was good. You can keep it coming


down, 11.

02 11 11 36 CMP Okay.
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02 11 12 34 CMP Because it's a special occasion today, Houston.


This is the third anniversary of Gemini 10.

02 11 12 42 CC Roger. Happy anniversary.

02 11 12 51 CMP Thank you, sir.

02 11 19 32 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Ready to copy your update.

02 11 19 35 CC Roger. Stand by.

02 11 19 50 CC Okay, Buzz. The first item is that we have indica-


tions that your landing site obliques are not in
the proper position. If you'll check, we Chink
that the intermediate-scale landing site oblique
is stowed in the CSM lunar landmark book. We think
that the large-scale landing site oblique is
stowed in the back of the _4 lunar surface map book.
Over.

02 11 20 38 LMP I think I heard you Charlie, but I'm not sure that
I understand.

02 11 20 45 CC Roger. According to our stowage list the - the


landing site oblique should be in the transfer
bag. In - But in the backup set of data, the
intermediate-scale oblique is in the CSM lunar
landmark book, and the large-scale oblique is in
the back of the LM lunar surface map book; and
that's the reason we think that they might be
not where you think they are. Over.

02 11 21 15 LMP Okay. We've got three obliques. The last one is


one I asked for recently. It's just a blow-up of
the second one. The first one is one that's got
dotted lines on it, indicating horizon view and
50-degree LPD; and all three of those are in the
transfer book. Over.

02 11 21 34 CC Roger. Fine. We were wrong in our - in our backup


set. We had those out of place. Looks like the
onboa_d data's good. We just wanted to let you
check on that one. We have an update on the
APS/DPS fuel card that you place on the panel. It's
a typo error. If you'll break out that little card,
we've got the - correct that typo error. Over.

02 11 22 10 LMP Stand by.

02 11 23 05 LMP Okay. I got it.


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02 11 23 07 CC Roger, Buzz. Under the DPS column on the pressure


side, you go down to the fourth item, says pres-
sure greater than 150 PTCA should be greater than
65 percent. Over.

02 11 23 28 LMP Okay. That's greater than 1.8 but less than 65 and
greater than 150 for greater than 65.

02 11 23 35 CC That's affirmative. Out.

02 11 23 46 CC And we have three items on the mission rules


NO-GO card, if you're ready to copy those. Over.

02 11 24 32 LMP Okay. I've got the mission rules NO-GO.

02 ll 24 34 CC Roger, Buzz. First entry's on the EPS under AC


bus A. The line extends all the way to high gate.
Actually, the line should read - at DOI it would
be NO-GO AC bus A. After that the NO-GO would be
both buses. So if you will just pencil in both
buses from PDI through high gate, it'll be correct
for that llne. Over.

02 11 25 20 LMP Okay. I've got that: AC bus A for DOI and both
buses NO-GO for PDI on.

02 11 25 28 CC That's affirmative up until high gate. You can


stop at the line in front of the column "5 minutes
to iow gate." Now the next line is under the
G&C PGNS, pitch and roll GDA's. You can scratch
that line completely. Over.

02 11 25 56 IRP Roger. Got it.

02 11 25 57 CC Okay, Buzz. Last entry is down under RCS, _nad it's


a typo error under the three - in the line "three-
axis attitude control." If you proceed to the
right at PDI plus 05, you'll see one axis. The
line goes all the way to low gate to touchdown.
That's incorrect. The line should stop under "5 min-
utes to low gate." Over.

02 11 26 38 LMP Okay. We're stopping that at "5 minutes to low


gate."

02 11 26 41 CC That's affirmative. That completes that card.


The rest of the updates are just really for your
information based on our 58-hour platform - look
at the platform. We are really good shape. Your
GYRO's have almost no drift in them since - plotted
update we were looking at X of a minus 2.24 ...
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5 of point plus 0.87, Z of minus 0.11. Since the


apdate, which was based on the 52-hour P52, I
oelieve, we gave you an X drift of plus 0.79,
yaw of plus 1.06, Z of plus 0.02 ... I can see
the difference between the 52-hour and the 57-hour
alignments were - did not really give us enough
time to get a real good or completely valid update
on the drift check. So we're real satisfied with
the way the GYRO's are looking. The PIPA's are
looking great also. We are in real good shape
with those, too. Over.

02 11 32 21 CDR This is Apollo 1t. Radio check.

02 11 32 23 CC Roger. Reading you five-by. How me? Over.

02 11 32 28 CDR Okay. Loud and clear. You cut out when you were
talking about the platform - something about 52 hours
and after that, we never heard you again.

02 11 32 37 CC Roger. Guess we were changing antennas. Stand by.


That's affirmative, 11. We were swapping antennas
on you down here. Basically the word is that we
have a real good platform, very small drift on the
GYRO's, and very small drift in the PIPA's. Over.

02 11 33 O0 CDR Roger. Thank you. And I would like to have a few


words of clarification if you will give them to me
on the RCS ... what that change of pitch may mean.

02 ll 33 14 CC Copy. A few words of clarification on the RCS?


Oh. Roger. The update there, Neil, you are
speaking of about the one axis down to 5 minutes
of low gate?

02 ll 33 31 CDR Yes. That's right. I'm not quite sure what that
... means beyond 5 minutes.

02 ll 33 38 CC Stand by. I'll make sure I got my story straight


with Control. Stand by.

02 11 33 44 CDR Okay.

02 11 34 33 CC 11, Houston. On the RCS, what we are saying is


that if we lose control about one axis prior to
low gate, we would recommend an abort. This would
require a - a loss of - of two distinct jets which
is not very probable, but that is what we are
recommending. After low gate we would continue on.
We would recommend that we continue on to attempt
a landing. Over.
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02 11 35 13 CDR Roger. I think I ...

02 11 35 17 CC Roger.

02 11 35 45 CMP Charlie, did you say you had some updates for me
from the lunar surface book?

02 11 35 49 CC Apollo 11, say again. You were cut out. Over.

02 11 35 55 CMP Roger. Did you say you had some updates for us in
the lunar surface book. Over.

02 11 36 O0 CC Negative. At this time, we do not have an> updates


for the lunar surface book. We wanted you to have
it Just in case. Over.

02 11 36 12 CMP Roger. You were cut out that time.

02 11 36 15 CC Roger. At the present time, we do not have any


updates for you on the lunar surface book. We
are thinking about some and kicking them around,
but they're very minor changes. Over.

02 11 36 37 CC 11, Houston. Did you copy that transmission?

02 11 37 09 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We swapped antennas on you


again. I say again that we do not have any lunar
surface update - book updates at this time. We're
considering a few minor ones, but we're still
kicking them around the MOCR. Over.

02 11 37 27 CMP Apollo 11, I understand.

END OF TAPE
APOLLO 11 AIR-T0-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

(GOSS NEt 1) Tape 39/_


Page 185

02 11 45 31 CDR Houston, 11. We have a crew status report for


you.

02 11 45 34 CC Roger. Go ahead, 11.

02 11 45 39 CDR Okay. Radiation: CDR 11009, C_T 10010,


L_ 09011. No medication.

02 11 45 55 CC Roger, 11. We copy for the radiations. Ar,d,


We're considering - This PTC looks sort of weird
to us, so we're considerin_ stopp_n_ and startin_
over again_ and we'll be with you in a couple of
minutes. Over.

02 11 46 15 CDR Okay.

02 11 47 46 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Would you give us the LM/C_I


DELTA-P reading? Over.

02 11 48 45 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We switched the


antennas on you again. Would you please give
us the LM/CM DELTA-P reading? Over.

02 11 49 43 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Over.

02 11 49 48 CDR Go ahead. 11 here.

02 11 49 50 CC Roger. We switched antennas on you, there, moment:_


ago, Neil. Could you please giv_ us the t,M/CM
DELTA-P reading? Over.

02 11 50 00 CDR It's less than 0.1.

02 11 50 02 CC Roger.

02 11 50 13 CMP 0.15, now, Neil says, Charlie.

02 11 50 16 CC Roger. Thank you, Mike. Could you give us some


help? This PTC is strange: it's not like :my-
thing we've seen before. We were wonderin_ if you
have had any events or any odd data that could
help us out. Over.

02 11 50 35 CMP I didn't understand that. Say again.

02 11 50 38 CC Roger. We're looking at a - sort of a funny


looking PTC. We've already drifted out to 70 de-
grees in pitch and we're wondering if you all have
had any vents or any such thing as that, that
could have caused us to pick up these rates to
drive us off. Over.
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02 11 51 09 CMP I_egative, Charlie. We don't know of anything.

02 11 51 11 CC Roger.

02 !1 51 13 CMP Unless it's got something to do with that entry


from the position that we want to be in. I don't
know.

02 11 51 21 CC Roger. When we started off, it looked real f_ne


to us. Now it's drifting off with a funny pattern
that we haven't seen previously on a flight. And
we're just trying to figure out - I think we'll
probably start it over again. We'll be w_th you
momentarily. Over.

02 11 51 39 CMP Okay.

02 11 55 12 CC Apollo 11, ttouston. We hate to s:_y it, but w_ 'ti


like to terminate this PTC and start ow_r a_?_iu.
We have no assurance that we're goimz to get it
through the sleep period with this fmmy config-
uration, or funny pattern. We'd like you to stop
it now and go back to pitch 090, yaw 0, and
roll - whatever you stop on. Over.

02 11 55 42 CMP Roger.

02 11 58 37 CC 11, Houston. We recommend you disable Bravo and


Charlie; select quads Alfa and Delta. Over.

02 11 59 25 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

02 12 02 30 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

02 12 03 07 CC Apollo 11, llouston. Over.

02 12 03 40 CC Apollo 11, HoasLon. Over.

02 12 05 55 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Do you read? Over.

02 12 11 09 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Hello, Apollo 11. Over.

02 12 11 32 CDR ... Apollo 11. Go ahead.

02 12 11 35 CC Roger. Reading you about one-by. Looks like we


picked a super attitude here for PTC stabilization.
We're readinf, you in BACKUP VOICE now. Over.

02 12 11 51 CDR Ro_er. We read you loud and clear.

02 12 11 53 CC Roger.
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02 12 12 03 CDR Would you like us to pick another antenna?

02 12 12 06 CC I think we've got about the best configuration.


We've been doing it all from the ground here, 11.
We'll just keep it as it is. Over.

02 12 12 16 CDR Roger.

02 12 14 32 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Would you select COMMAND


RESET and OMNI AlfaL? Over.

02 12 15 03 CDR Houston, 11 on OMNI Alfa.

02 12 15 06 CC Roger. We read you about three-by now. Over.

02 12 15 12 CDR Roger.

02 12 17 19 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We is stable; you can start


the PTC. Over.

02 12 17 29 SC ...

02 12 20 59 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Checklist page F9-7; I've


completed step 8, and I'd like to know what y¢>u
think is ideal timing between step 8, stet_ 9,
and step 10 on that page? Over.

02 12 21 15 CC Roger. Stand by.

02 12 22 46 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We don't see any time con-


straint. We'd like you to go ahead and set up
the wide deadband and then go through step 10
and 11. Over.

02 12 22! 57 CMP Okay. Will do. I don't see any constraint here,
Charlie. I was just checking to make sure,
because last time, I went from 8 to 9 to 10 to ll a
little bit more swiftly than I'd been doing in the
past.

02 12 23 09 CC Roger.

02 12 23 58 CMP Step 11 complete.

02 12 24 02 CC Roger. We copy.

02 12 24 22 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Would you please select


OMNI Bravo? Over.

02 12 24 30 CMP Roger. Bravo.


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02 12 24 43 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. How do you read on Bravo?

02 12 24 46 CC Roger. Reading you five-by.

02 12 24 50 CMP Same here.

02 12 25 07 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Looks like we've got a good


PTC going. It's good night from the White Team.
Over.

02 12 25 17 CMP Okay. See you tomorrow. _ank you for every-


thing.

02 12 45 38 CDR Houston, Apollo 11.

02 12 45 41 CC Go 'ahead, 11. Over.

02 12 45 46 CDR Do you have any idea _iere the S-[VB is w_th


respect to us?

02 12 45 50 CC Stand by.

02 12 49 02 CC Apollo 11, Houston. The S-IVB is about 6000 nau-


tical miles from you now. Over.

02 12 49 14 CDR Okay. Thank you.

02 12 50 07 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. How's the PTC looking?

02 12 50 11 CC Stand by.

02 12 50 32 CC 11, ttouston. The PTC looks great to us. Over.

02 12 50 38 CMP tfey, do you have any idea what ha_penod to Mu,


previous one?

02 12 50 42 CC We have absolutely no idea. Over.

02 12 50 49 CMP Okay. Did, it look like it was all right, then


just all of a sudden start diverging?

02 12 50 57 CC That's negative, Mike. If you'll look at the


plot, which we'll save for you and let you see
it postflight, it started off immediately on the
first REV and just spiraled out to about - oh
20 to - 20 degrees in pitch, and then it seemed
to be setting up a spiral around an offset pitch
point of about 20 degrees off from 90 degrees;
but we didn't want to take a chance that it would
become stable at that point. We thought it might
diverge, and so we called you and started over
again. Over.
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02 12 5] 39 CMP Okay, no complaints. I was just curious as to


what had happened.

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02 21 10 24 LMP Houston, Apollo 11.

02 21 11 01 LMP Houston, Apollo 11.

02 21 13 14 CT Goddard voice, Houston COMM TECH. Goss conference.

02 21 13 17 MSFN You're loud and clear, kow me?

02 21 13 19 CT Roger. Read you the same.

02 21 13 21 MSFN Roger.

02 21 17 37 CT Madrid, Houston COMM TECH. Net 1, voice check.

02 21 17 41 CT Houston COMM TECH, Madrid. I read you loud and


clear.

02 21 17 44 CT Roger. Read you loud and clear also.

02 21 18 07 LMP Hello, Houston. Apollo 11.

02 21 18 16 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Good morning.

02 21 18 21 LMP Good morning. Are you planning a midcourse cor-


rection 4 this morning?

02 21 18 26 CC That's negative. Midcourse number l_ is not required.


We were going to let you sleep in until about 71
hours if you'd like to turn over.

02 21 18 38 LMP Okay. That'll be fine.

02 21 18 48 CC Say again, Buzz. You were cut off there.

02 21 18 52 LMP OkaY. I'll see you at 71 hours.

02 21 18 55 CC Roger.

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02 23 03 30 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston.
Over.

02 23 03 38 LMP Good morning again, Houston. Apollo 11.

02 23 03 41 CC Roger ll. Good morning. When you - -

02 23 03 48 LMP Would you like the 02 purge this morning?

02 23 03 52 CC Yes indeed. 02 fuel cell purge at


71 hours, and when you feel like copying,
I've got a flight plan update containing -
I guess that and some other items for you.

02 23 04 08 CDR Okay. Stand by.

02 23 06 59 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Go ahead with the


flight plan update.

02 23 07 05 CC Roger, ll. This is Houston. At approximately


71 hours to 72 hours, we have you down for an
eat period which I imagine is probably in prog-
ress ,1ready. 71 hours: 02 fuel cell purge;

72 hours GET: C02 filter change number 6,


secondary radiator flow check. And we'll send
you up a P37 block data on a 2 hour pass,
pericynthion pass, return mode abort. At
73 hours 00 minutes: stop PTC at approximately
0 degrees roll. That is, when you're ccming up
on 0 degrees roll angle around 73 hours, we'd
like you to stop PTC. And perform a P52 option
3 remaining in the PTC REFSMMAT for a drift
check. 73 hours, 20 minutes: we'll give you
a P27 update to the landing site REFSMMAT, LOI-1
state vector, and target load. 73 hours
30 minutes: maneuver to 000 roll, pitch, and yaw;
high gain antenna angles will be pitch 0, yaw 335;
and perform a P52 option i using the new landing
site REFSMMAT. Resume the nominal flight plan
at 74 hours GET. Over.

02 23 09 08 _ Okay. We'll get started on the fuel cell purge


while we're eating. C02 canister change number 6;
secondary radiator flow check; copy some pads.
Also at 72 hours, stop PTC 0 roll at 73; do a
P52 option 3; we'll get your uplink REFSMMAT for
the landing site; and at 000 - let's see, now
was this with the old REFSMMAT or the new
REFS_S{AT?
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02 23 09 45 CC This is with the - -

02 23 09 46 LMP - - ... antenna and, pitch - -

02 23 09 50 CC - - This is with the new REFSMMAT, Buzz.

02 23 09 58 I24P You said you want the P52 done at that attitude
with the new REFS_fi_AT?

02 23 l0 05 CC Roger.

02 23 12 O1 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

02 23 12 17 CC Apollo ll, this is Housto n . Over.

02 2B 12 35 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

02 23 12 41 CMP Houston, go ahead.

02 23 12 42 CC Roger, 11. Correction on mY last, At 73 20, we


uplink you the new REFSMMAT. And at 73 30, we'd
like you to maneuver to 0 roll, 0 pitch, 0 yaw in
the old REFSMMAT. And then torque around to the
new REFSMMAT and run your P52 option 1 in that
same inertial attitude. Over.

02 23 13 12 CMP Roger, Understand.

02 23 13 15 CC I've got eons_,m_bles update, when you're ready


to copy.

02 23 13 22 CMP I Just got up, but you didn't catch me cn that


one.

02 2B 13 26 CC I say I have one for you.

02 23 13 55 CMP Okay. We're ready to copy that consumable update.

02 23 13 59 CC Roger. As of GET 68 00, RCS total minus 4.5 per-


cent, corresponding to approximately minus
53 pounds. Alfa minus 6.0 percent, minus 1.O per-
cent, minus 7.0 percent, minus 3.0 percent;
H2 total, minus 1.2 pounds; 02 total, plus
l0 pounds. Over.

02 23 14 49 CMP Roger. And our readouts on board are Alfa is 82,


Bravo is 84, Cocoa is 84, and Delta is 87.

02 23 15 09 CC Houston. Roger. Out.


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02 23 15 14 CMP And you want us to cycle the 02 and H 2 fans, I


imagine ?

02 23 15 24 CC 11, this is tlouston. AfFirmative. Over.

02 23 15 31 CMP Okay.

02 23 23 26 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. I have a status report for


you.

02 23 23 34 CC Go ahead, ll.

02 23 23 38 _ Roger. On sleep; CDR, CMP, 7.5; LMP, 6.5. Over.

02 23 23 46 CC Roger. 7.5 for each. Over.

02 23 23 54 _ Negative. LMP 6.5.

02 23 23 59 CC Roger. 7.5, 7.5 and 6.5. And I got a few words for
you here on the SPS engine performance. Over.

02 23 24 14 IA{P Okay. We're ready to listen.

02 23 24 18 CC Okay, 11. It turns out that the engine performance


during both of your burns so far this mission has
been the same as it was on engine acceptance tests.
The onboard PC reading is due to a known gage
calibration factor between what you've actually got
in the chamber and what you're reading out on the
gage. We expect single-bank operation to be 90 -
that is, 90 psi on the gage with an actual chamber
pressure of 95 psi. In dual-bank operation, the
chamber pressure is 94 psi on the gage with an
actual of 99 psi. 80 psi on the gage on board
correlates to 83 psi actual. And we recommend that
you stick to an LOI termination cue of 80 psi on the
gage. That is, no change to the mission rules. Over.

02 23 25 37 CDR Apollo 11. Roger. We got all that.

02 23 25 40 CC Houston. Out.

02 23 33 08 I_P Houston. Apollo 11.

02 23 33 12 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Go ahead. Over.

02 23 33 25 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Go ahead. Over.

02 23 33 40 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Go ahead. Over.


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02 23 33 47 CDR Houston, do you read Apollo 117

02 23 33 49 CC Roger, 11. We're reading you loud and clear now.


We were down in the noise as we switched antennas
a minute or so ago. Over.

02 23 34 00 CMP Roger. What sort of settings could you recommend


for the solar corona? We've got the Sun right
behind the edge of the Moon now.

02 23 34 12 CC Roger.

02 23 34 16 LMP It's quite an erie sight. There is a very marked


three-dimensional aspect of having the [_un's corona
coming from behind the Moon the way it is.

02 23 34 27 CC Roger.

02 23 34 31 I24P And it looks as though - I guess what's giving it that


three-dimensional effect is the earthshine. I can
see Tycho fairly clearly - at least if I'm right
side-up, I believe it's Tycho, in moonshine - I mean,
in earthshine. And, of course, I can see the sky
is lit all the way around the Moon, even on the
limb of it where there's no earthshine or sunshine.

02 23 35 40 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

02 23 35 45 LMP Go ahead.

02 23 35 47 CC Roger. If you'd like to take some pictures, we


recommend using magazine Uniform which is loaded
with high speed black and white film, interior
lights off, electric Hasselblad with the 80-
millimeter lens. And you're going to have to
hand-hold us, I guess. We're recommending an
f-stop of 2.8, and we'd like to get a sequence of
time exposures. Over.

02 23 36 24 IMP Okay. You want magazine Uniform instead of magazine


Tango ? Over.

02 23 36 30 CC Roger. We're not trying to get you all wrapped up


in a procedure here. This is on a not-to-interfere
basis, of course. Over.

02 23 36 43 IMP Okay.

02 23 36 46 CC And on the exposures we're looking for an eighth


of a second,, a half a second. And, if you think
you can steady the camera against anything to get
longer exposures, 2 seconds, 4 seconds, and 8 sec-
onds. Over.

02 23 37 11 _ Roger. We copy.
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02 23 37 13 CC Roger. Out.

02 23 39 15 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

0:' ;'_ _9 _'3 (;MI' Go ahead, l[o_uton.

02 23 39 25 CC Roger. We'd like to do a little CHYO tank


balancing. So, if you could position the oxygen
tank number 1 heater switch to OFF and hydrogen
tank 2 heater switch to OFF leaving all the rest
of the CRY0 switches the same, we'll let it run
that way for a few hours. Over.

02 23 39 48 CMP Okay. Stand by one on those switches. We'll


get them in a minute.

02 23 39 51 CC Roger. And how far out can you see the corona
extending? Over.
i
02 23 40 13 CDR ... bit like zodiacal light. It keeps going out
farther and farther. We'll talk about it a little
more later.

02 23 40 31 CC Roger. Out.

02 23 43 11 CDR ... We've got quite a few pictures ...

02 23 4h 06 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. I think we have COMM


again. We heard you calling. Over.

02 23 44 27 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Were you calling?


Over.

02 23 44 48 _ Houston, Apollo 11. Understand you want the heaters


OFF for hydrogen tank i and oxygen tank 1. Is that
affirmat ire ?

02 23 44 56 CC That's negative, Mike. Hydrogen tank number 2


heaters OFF and oxygen tank number I heaters OFF.

02 23 45 05 CMP Okay.

02 23 45 07 CC Roger. Out.

02 23 45 12 CMP I have hydrogen tank number 2 heaters OFF; I have


oxygen tank number i heaters OFF.

02 23 45 18 CC Roger. Out.

02 23 52 15 CMP Houston. Apollo 11. The earthshine coming through


the window is so bright you can read a book by it.
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02 23 52 24 CC Oh, very good.

02 23 56 00 CDR And, Houston, I'd suggest that along the ecliptic


line we can see the corona light out to two lunar
diameters from this location. The bright light
only extends out about an eighth to a quarter of
the lunar radius.

02 23 56 35 CC Roger. Understand that you can see the corona


approximately 200 solar diameters out along the
ecliptic, and the bright light extends out
approximately one-eighth to one-quarter lunar
radius. Over.

02 23 56 52 CDR That's two lunar - two lunar diameters along the


ecliptic in the bright part, right; a quarter to
an eighth of a lunar radius out, and that's
perpendicular to the ecliptic line on the South
Pole.

02 23 57 07 CC Roger.

02 23 59 20 CDR Houston, it's been a real change for us. Now we


are able to see stars again and recognize con-
stellations for the first time on the trip. It's -
the sky is full of stars. Just like the nightside
of Earth. But all the way here, we have only been
able to see stars occasionally and perhaps through
the monocular, but not recognize any star patterns.

02 23 59 52 CC I guess it has turned into night up there really,


hasn't it ?

02 23 59 58 CDR Really has.

03 00 04 57 CC ll, this is Houston. Go ahead. Over.

03 O0 13 48 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Do you read? Over.

03 00 14 38 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. How do you read?


Over.

03 00 14 43 CDR Okay. We went to HIGH GAIN. Looks like you had


a little trouble getting signal strength there.

03 00 14 49 CC Roger. We missed an 0MNI switch there. Over.

03 00 14 55 CDR All right. On the secondary loop check when we


went to FLOW on the secondary radiators, the
quantity dropped from 40 percent down to 36 in
the first l0 seconds and then stabilized at 36 for
the remainder of the 30 seconds.
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03 O0 15 30 CC Apollo tl, this is Houston. We believe that is


normal system operation. The radiators are ex-
pected to be very cold right now and apparently
the decrease you saw was due to contraction in
the fluid. Over.

03 O0 15 49 CDR Okay. We will go ahes_twith the procedure Just


as if there were no decrease in accumulator
quantity. Right?

03 00 15 55 CC Roger. Press on.

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03 O0 17 25 CDR And, Houston, the secondary radiator flow check


is complete andsatisfactory.

03 00 17 31 CC Houston. Roger. Out.

03 00 17 40 CMP And that's a good deal because we don't have to


have any meetings about whether we're going to
do it or don't do it any more.

03 00 17 47 CC That's for sure.

03 00 18 00 CC The Flight Director says "ouch."

03 00 18 12 CMP No. No "ouch" intended. I enjoyed every one


of those meetings.

03 00 19 10 CC 11, this is Houston. I have your pericynthion


plus 2 PAD, P30 format; when you're ready to
copy.

03 00 19 24 CDR Roger. Stand by.

03 00 20 17 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Ready to copy pericynthion


plus 2.

03 00 20 24 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Pericynthion plus


2 hours PAD. SPS G&N: 62710, plus 098,
minus 019, GET ignition 077 46 2248, DELTA-VX
NOUN 81, plus 32148, minus 00455, minus 10377,
roll NA, pitch 307, and the remainder of the
PAD is NA. GDC align stars Vega and Deneb.
Roll 243 183 012, no ullage. Remarks: Assumes
landing site REFSMMAT and docked. Over.

03 O0 21 48 _ Roger. SPS G&N: 62710, plus 098, minus 019,


077 46 2248, plus 32148, minus 00455, minus 10377,
NA, 307, Vega and Deneb, 243 183 012, no ullage,
landing site REFSMMAT, docked. And I need a
change on the LM weight. Over.

03 00 22 30 CC No change in the LM's weight - in the LM weight,


and the readback is correct. Out.

03 00 25 06 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

03 00 25 13 CDR Roger. Go ahead.


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03 00 25 14 CC Roger. We're having difficulty getting commands


into the spacecraft. We'd like you to cycle your
UP TELEMETRY switch to COMMAND RESET and OFF and
then back to NORMAL. Over.

03 00 25 32 CDR OkaY. We'll do it.

03 00 25 50 CDR We have you on high gain right now. You want us


to switch over to OMNI?

03 00 26 02 CC Negative. We Would like to stay on the high gain


if we can. Over.

03 00 26 11 CDR Okay.

03 00 27 16 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

03 00 27 24 CDR Go ahead.

03 00 27 25 CC Roger. We'd like you to switch to 0MNI Delta


as we show you approximately at the scan limit
of the high gain antenna. Now we will then
command 0MNI Delta down here after you advise
us you've switched, and then you can select
Bravo on board and we will be back in the OMNI
antenna commanding business. Over.

0B 00 27 46 CDR Okay. We're going to Delta now.

0B 00 28 16 CC ll, Houston. You can go ahead and select OMNI


Bravo on board now.

03 00 28 24 CDR ...

03 00 28 27 CC Roger. Out.

0B 00 29 24 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. If you have a min-


ute or so free, we can read you up the morning
news here.

OB 00 29 35 CDR Go right ahead; let's hear it.

03 00 29 37 CC Roger. Hot from the wires of the MSC Public


Affairs Office, especially prepared for the crew
of Apollo ll.

03 00 29 46 CC Okay. First off, it looks like it's going to be


impossible to get away from the fact that you
guys are dominating all the news back here on
Earth. Even Pravda in Russia is headlining the
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mission and calls Nell, "The Czar of the Ship."


/ I think maybe they got the wrong mission.

03 00 30 06 CC West Germany has declared Monday to be "Apollo


Day." School children in Bavariahave been given
the day off. Post Office clerks have been
encouraged to bring radios to work and Frankfurt
is installing TV sets in public places.

03 00 30 24 CC BBC in London is considering a special radio alarm


system to call people to their TV sets in case
there is a change in the EVA time on the Moon.

03 00 30 35 CC And in Italy, Pope Paul VI has arranged for a


special color TV circuit at his summer residence
in order to watch you, even though Italian tele-
vision is still black and white.

03 00 30 48 CC Back here in Houston, your three wives and chil-


dren got together for lunch yesterday at Buzz's
house. And according to Pat, it turned out to be
a gabfest. The children swam and did some high
jumping over at Buzz's bamboo pole.

03 00 31 ll CC In Moscow, space engineer Anatol Koritsky was


quoted by TASS as saying that Luna 15 could
accomplish everything that has been done by
earlier Luna spacecraft. This was taken by the
press to mean Luna 15 could investigate the
gravitational fields, photograph the Moon, and
go down to the surface to scoop up a bit for
analysis.

03 00 31 35 CC Even the kids at camp got into the news when


Mike Jr. was quoted as replying "yeah" when
somebody asked him if his daddy was going to be
in history. Then after a short pause he asked,
"What is history?" In Washington, President Nixon
is planning to use his executive power to stream-
line the Interstate Commerce Commission. Accord-
ing to industry sources, it was reported Nixon
would trim the commission from ll to 7 members
by not making new appointments.

03 00 32 12 CC And the big news around Houston today concerns


the Astros. In the sports world, the Houston
Astros rallied in the ninth inning at Cincinnati
to dump the Reds 7 to 4. Going into the ninth
however, things looked pretty Bleak. :The Astros
were trailing 4 to 3. Then with one out, Jesus
Alou stroked a single to right field. John
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Edwards hit another single to right, and Sandy


Valdespino hit a double tobring in the tying
run. Julio Gotay was walked and Joe Morgan
dropped a bunt for the game-winning play. A
wild throw to the plate allowed another run to
score, then a sacrifice flyby Dennis Menke
brought in the final run. They really came
through in the ninth.

03 00 32 56 CC And other games in the National League - -

03 00 32 57 CMl° Yes. Those Astros have really been catching those


flies since they put a roof on the stadium.

03 O0 33 05 CC Good work.

03 00 33 19 CC In other games in the National League, New York


beat Montreal 5 to 2; Pittsburgh beat St. Louis 4
to l; and Atlanta over San Diego in the first
game of a double header 6 to 2.

03 00 33 32 CC In the American League, Detroit beat Cleveland


4 to nothing; New York trounced Washington 5 to
nothing; Baltimore outhit - Boston outhit Balti-
more to score 6 runs to the Orioles' 2; and
Chicago beat Kansas City 6 to 1.

03 00 33 50 CC Okay. In golf world, Tommy Jacobs, an infrequent


competitor inrecent years, took the lead in the
Philadelphia Golf Classic yesterday. His second
round score was 139.

03 00 34 02 CC You might be interested in knowing, since you are


already on the way, that a Houston astrologer,
Ruby Graham, says that all the signs are right
for your trip to the Moon. She says that Nell
is clever, Mike has good judgment, and Buzz can
work out intricate problems. She also says Nell
tends to see the world through rose-colored
glasses, but he is always ready to help the
afflicted or distressed. Nell, you are also
suppose to have "intuition that enables you to
interpret life with feeling." Buzz is to be
very sociable and cannot bear to be alone in
addition to having excellent critical ability.
Since she didn't know at what hour Mike was born,
she has decided that he either has the same
attributes as Nell or he is inventive with an
unconventional attitude that might seem eccentric
to the unimaginative.
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03 O0 34 56 CC And last but not - ~

03 O0 34 58 CMP Who said all that?

03 O0 35 O0 CC (Laughter) Ruby Graham, an astrologer here in


Houston. Now we check with Flight Operations
for all the signs for the mission, and then we,
of course, had to make sure that everything was
really all set.

03 00 35 49 CDR Houston, ll. You're cutting out ..,

03 00 35 56 CC Apollo ll, APollo il, this is Houston. We're


switching 0MNI's. Can you stand by for about
2 minutes?

03 00 37 30 CDR Houston, 11. Radio check.

03 00 37 35 CC 11, Houston. Go ahead.

03 O0 37 41 CDR Roger. You cut out after Tommy Jacobs. I guess


we got into antenna switching problems.

03 00 37 49 CC Okay. Following Tommy Jacobs, we have the hot


smoking word from a local Houston astrologer by
the name of Ruby Graham. She says that all the
signs are right for your trip to the Moon. Neil
is clever, Mike has good JudEment, and Buzz can
work out intricate problems. She also says Neil
tends to see the world through rose-colored
glasses but is always ready to help the afflicted
or distressed. Neil_ you are also supposed to
have "intuition that enables you to interpret
life with feeling," Buzz is supposed to be very
sociable and cannot bear to be alone in addition
to having excellent critical ability. Since she
didn't know at what hour Mike was born, she
decided he either has the same attributes as Nell
or that he is inventive with an unconventional
attitude that might seem eccentric to the unimag-
inative. And that's 30 for today. Over.

03 00 38 51 CDR Thank you much there, Bruce and Fred Show, we


appreciate that.

03 O0 38 58 CC Roger.

03 O0 39 13 CMP Did you hear our comment about the Astros?

03 O0 39 17 CC The one about the roof?


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03 00 39 23 CMP Yes.

03 O0 39 44 CC Hey, Mike, the game was at Cincinnati there,


and we think that they're still using Crosby
Field up there. I don't believe it has a roof
on it.

03 O0 40 O0 CDR You got him on that one.

03 O0 40 02 CC Right - -

03 O0 40 03 CDR I think they're just getting to be a good team


in the clinch.

03 00 40 05 CC They certainly seem to be.

03 O0 40 ll CMP Well, if they can do that well without a roof,


think of what they're going to do with a roof.

03 O0 40 16 CC Roger. Out.

03 O0 40 21 CMP We're trying.

03 00 40 41 CDR An old Oiler fan is trying to comment on an


alien game.

03 00 41 23 CMP You tell Michael Jr., history or no history, he'd


better behave himself.

03 O0 41 29 CC Roger. We'll pass that along, Mike.

03 00 48 58 CC Apollo 11, Houston. If it's convenient with you,


we have an LOI-1 PAD that we can pass up to you
now. Over.

03 00 49 10 CDR Stand by.

03 00 49 17 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. The next time we pass


through roll 0, we're going to stop PTC and that
will give us 90 degrees pitch. Now, I understand
you want us to move from 90 degrees pitch to
0 degrees pitch for the platform align, option 1.
Is that affirmative?

03 00 49 42 CC Standby, please.

03 O0 49 47 CDR And we are ready to copy on the LOI-1.

03 00 50 37 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. When you stop at


0 roll, you will be in approximately 90 pitch,
0 yaw, and 0 roll. We'd like you to run the
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first P52, that is, the P52 option B, from that


attitude. Then we'll uplink you a new REFSMMAT,
either before or while you are mR neuvering to 000,
and then you can torque the platform around and
run the second REFSMMAT. Over. Run the second
P52. Over.

03 O0 51 13 CMP Okay.

03 O0 51 15 CC And I copied you are ready for the LOI-1 pad.


Over.

OB O0 51 22 CDR Go ahead.

03 00 51 24 CC LOI-1, SPS G&N: 62710, plus 098, minus 019, GET


ignition 075 49 4965, minus 28897, minus 03944,
minus 00686. Roll 358, pitch 226, 347; 01692,
plus 00610; 29173 602 29108; sextant
star 31 1066 358. Remainder of the PAD is NA.
GDC align Vega and Deneb 243 183 012. No ullage.
The horizon will be visible Just below the upper
edge of the hatch window 2 minutes prior to the
LOI burn. It will not be visible in the rendez-
vous window on the left-hand side. LOS at
75 hours 41 minutes 23 seconds. AOS at 76 15 29.
AOS without the LOI burn 76 02 30. The values
which you would see on NOUN 42 prior to LOI burn
are HA plus 431.3, HP minus 128.2. Readback.
Over.

OB O0 53 54 CDR Roger. LOI-1, SPS G&N: 62710, plus 098,


minus 019, 075 49 4965, minus 28897, minus 03944,
minus 00686; 358 226 347; 01692, plus 00610;
29173 602 29108; 31 106.6 358. GDC align Vega
and Deneb 243 183 012. No ullage. Horizon in
the hatch window 2 minutes before TIG. A0S with
an LOI 76 15 29. AOS without an LOI 76 05 30.
HA before the burn 431.3, HP minus 128.2. Say
again LOS time.

03 00 55 47 CC Roger. LOS time 75 41 23. Over.

03 00 55 58 CDR Understand 75 41 23.

03 00 56 03 CC 11, this is Houston. Readhack correct. Out.

03 O1 04 38 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

03 O1 04 43 LMP Go ahead.
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03 01 04 44 CC Roger. Apparently we missed getting your onboard


readouts on battery Charlie and PYRO batteries
Alfa and Bravo last night. I wonder if you
could give us some fresh numbers. Over.

03 01 04 59 LMP Youwant the readings now?

03 01 05 01 CC Yes, please. If it's convenient for you.

03 01 05 16 LMP Okay. All three of the TM are still 37.1.

03 01 05 20 CC Roger. 37.1 cubed. Out.

03 O1 09 14 CMP Houston, Apollo ll. The P52 option 3 is com-


plete. We're maneuvering to 000.

03 01 09 20 CC Roger. We observe your maneuvering, and we'll


have some uplinks for you in a couple of minutes
here.

03 01 09 27 CMP Okay.

03 01 13 13 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. We observe you're


in P00. If you'll give us ACCEPT, we'll start
ouruplinks.

03 01 13 24 CNP You've got it, Houston.

03 01 13 25 CC Roger. Out.

03 O1 16 51 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

03 01 16 58 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

0B 01 16 59 CC Roger. We're on low bit rate at the present


time so it's going to take us a little bit longer
than normal to get this stuff up to you. Over.

03 01 l? 12 CDR I guess we're in no rush.

0B 01 l? 15 CC Okay. We're here if you're there.

03 01 17 24 CDR The view of the Moon that we've been having


recently is really spectacular. It fills about
three-quarters of the hatch window, and of
course, we can see the entire circumference,
even though part of it is in complete shadow and
part of it's in earthshine. It's a view worth
the price of the trip.
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03 01 17 45 CC Well, there are a lot of us down here that


would be willing to come along.

03 O1 17 58 CMP I hope you get your turn, and soon.

03 O1 18 11 CDR One of these days, we'll be able to bring the


whole MOCR along, I hope. Save a lot of antenna
switching.

03 01 18 21 CC Say again, 11.

03 01 18 26 CDR One of these days, we could bring the whole MOCH


along, and then that'll save a lot of antenna
switching.

03 O1 18 34 CC That's Jolly.

03 01 20 21 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

03 O1 20 28 CMP Go ahead, Houston.

03 O1 20 30 CC ll, this is Houston. We're showing you - -

03 01 20 32 CMP The Czar is brushing his teeth, so I'm filling


in for him.

03 O1 20 36 CC Say again, please.

03 O1 20 42 CMP I said the Czar is brushing his teeth, so I'm


filling in for hLm. What can we do for you?

03 01 20 47 CC Roger. If you don't get in the way of the Czar


while he's brushing his teeth, we'd like you to
bring up the primary accumulator quantity a little
bit. We're showing the quantity now at 20.6 per-
cent on TM. Seems to have gone down a bit since
you've gone into the shadow. We'd like it serv-
iced to bring the quantity up to between 30 and
40 percent, preferable 35 percent_ Over.

03 01 21 19 CMP Okay.

03 01 21 23 CC The computer is yours, ll. The loads are in and


verified. You can go back to BLOCK.

03 O1 21 31 CMP We're in BLOCK.

03 O1 23 52 CC ll, this is Houston. On the basis of your last


P52 alignment, the platform looks like it's
indeed performing very well. No problems there,
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no updates required, and no PIPA bias update is


required either. Over.

03 01 24 12 CMP Sounds good.

03 O1 40 51 CMl° Houston, Apollo 11. Radio check.

03 01 40 54 CC 11, this is Houston. Loud and clear. Over.

03 01 41 O0 CMP Okay. Just checking. Do you want high gain?

03 01 41 06 CC Roger. If you can give it to us.

03 01 41 11 CMP Okay.

03 O1 42 19 _ Houston, Apollo 11. How do you read on the


high gain?

0B 01 42 23 CC Loud and clear on the high gain.

03 01 42 29 CMP Same here. We've completed the P52 option 1.

03 O1 42 36 CC Roger. We've been looking over your shoulder


by TM.

03 01 42 48 CMl° Glad to have you.

END OF TAPE
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03 01 58 37 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Standing by to copy TEI 1


and TEI 4. Over.

03 01 58 43 CC Roger. I've got the 1 and 4 PAD's here, right


now. I'll be ready to read them up to you in
just a second.

03 O1 59 31 CC 11, this is Houston. I'm ready with the TEI 1


and 4 PAD's. Over.

03 01 59 44 LMP Ready to copy.

03 01 59 46 CC Roger. TEI l, SPS G&N: 38658, minus 054, plus


065, TIG 078 02 0345, plus 29180, plus 03779,
minus 01325; roll NA, pitch 041. The balance
of the PAD is NA. Ullage two jets, 19 seconds.
TEI 4 PAD, SPS G&N: 38658, minus 054, plus 065,
TIG 084 29 5059, plus 31373, plus 03760, minus
00968; roll NA, pitch 034. The rest cf the PAD
is NA. Ullage two jets, 19 seconds. Both of
these PAD's are for an undocked maneuver. TEI
plus 4 PAD assumes no LOI-2. Over. Make that
TEI 4 PAD assumes no LOI-2.

03 02 O1 53 · LMP Roger. TEI 1, SPS G&N: 38658, minus 054, plus


065, 078 02 0345, plus 29180, plus 03779, minus
01325; roll NA, pitch 041; two jets, 19 seconds,
undocked. TEI 4: 38658, minus 054, plus 065,
084 29 5059, plus 31373, plus 03760, minus 00968;
roll NA, pitch 034; two jets, 19 seconds, un-
docked; assumes no LOI-2.

03 02 02 59 CC ll, this is Houston - -

03 02 03 00 LMP - - Apollo 11. Over.

03 02! 03 01 CC - - 11, this is Houston. Readback correct. Out.

03 02 04 24 CC 11, this is Houston. Over.

03 02 04 30 LMP Roger. Go ahead, Houston.

03 02 04 32 CC Roger. At GET of 74 30, we'd like you to cycle


the fans in all four CRYO tanks and position the
heaters in all four CRYO tanks to the A_£O position.
We're doing this in advance of LOI in order to
insure that you don't have any destratification
as a result of the burn, which might result in
giving you a master caution and warning during
the burn. Over.
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03 02 05 08 LMP Okay. Was that 74 30? You want us to cycle


the heaters and turn - cycle the fans and turh
all the heaters on.

03 02 05 16 CC All the heaters to AUTO; cycle the fans at 74 30,


about 25 minutes from now. Over.

03 02 05 23 _ Okay.

03 02 34 44 CC 11, this is Houston. Radio check. Over.

03 02 34 49 CDR Houston, ll.

03 02 34 51 CC Roger. Loud and clear now.

03 02 35 l0 CDR Houston, Apollo ll.

03 02 35 12 CC Go ahead, 11.

03 02 35 20 CDR Apparently this is not a very good 0M_I attitude


for you. We're ready to start our PTC check.

03 02 35 52 CC ll, this is Houston. We're ready', except that


we'd like to get the high gain antenna prior to
this test. Over.

03 02 36 06 CDR Can you give us a couple of pointing angles?

03 02 36 09 CC Roger. From an attitude with 60 degrees roll,


around to an attitude of roll 058 inertial. It
would be pitch plus 30 and yaw 270 on the high
gain antezma.

03 02 36 27 CDR Thank you.

03 02 51 01 CC Apollo 11, Apollo ll, this is Houston. Radio


check. Over.

03 02 51 13 CC Apollo ll, Apollo ll, this is Houston. Radio


check. Over.

03 02 51 36 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Do you read? Over.

03 02 51 43 CDR Roger. Loud and clear.

03 02 51 45 CC Roger. We're reading you weak but clear.

03 02 51 52 CDR Roger. We put our - our roll for MSFN track in


on the wrong side. Going to continue rolling
around until we get high gain here. And, we'll
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dcletc thc - the pitch that was schcduJ, cd af'l,,n'


tile TVC check.

03 02 52 15 CC Say again please, ll.

03 02 52 20 CDR Roger. We put the wrong sign in - -

03 02 52 24 CC Roger.

03 02 52 25 CDR - - for the roll correction to get MSFN high


gain, and we're continuing rolling around to
get the proper attitude for high gain at this
time. We will delete the pitch m_neuver that
was scheduled subsequent to - subsequent to
the TV check since we already have those
pictures.

03 02 52 46 CC Roger. We copy. And we recommend that you go


ahead and complete your TVC test on board. If
you have problems, we'll talk to you when you
get around further into the high gain antenna
attitude. Over.

0B 02 53 12 CDR Roger.

03 02 58 59 CDR Houston, how do you read on high gain?

03 02 59 02 CC Oh, loud and clear on high gain, ll.

03 02 59 07 CDR Roger. We're proceeding.

03 02 59 09 CC Roger.

03 03 0B 22 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. We observed your


gimbal test down here, and it looked good to us.
Over.

03 03 03 32 CDR Roger. It looked good here.

03 03 18 49 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Radio cheek. Over.

03 03 18 55 CMP Loud and clear.

03 03 18 56 CC Roger. And your systems are looking good from


down here.

0B 03 19 02 CMP Yes. Looks good up here too, Bruce.

END OF TAPE
APOLLO 11 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

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03 03 30 38 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

03 03 30 44 LMP Roger. Go ahead Houston, Apollo 11.

03 03 30 46 CC ll, this is Houston. You are GO for LOI. Over.

03 03 30 53 LMP Roger. GO for LOI.

03 03 30 55 CC And we're showing about 10 minutes and 30 seconds


to LOS. I would like to remind you to enable
the BD roll on the AUTO RCS switches. Over.

03 03 31 09 laMP Roger. And confirm you want PCM low going over
the hill. Over.

03 03 31 18 CC That's affirmative, ll.

03 03 31 24 LMP Roger.

03 03 31 43 LMP If you want to, I'll put it back to high until


just before LOS. Over.

03 03 31 51 CC Negative, 11. Low is okay for now. Over.

03 03 31 57 _ Roger.

03 03 35 55 CDR Houston, do you want to give me a time check,


please?

03 03 35 58 CC Roger. I'll give you a Mark at 13 minutes


and 30 seconds to ignition.

03 03 36 11 CDR Okay. And then a GET, please.

03 03 36 16 CC Stand by a minute.

03 03 36 18 CDR Okay.

03 03 36 41 CC I'll give you a time hack on the GET at 75 hours


37 minutes and I'll try that bias at about
a second and a half to allow for the time of
flight.

03 03 36 55 CDR Okay.

03 03 36 57 CC Stand by.

03 03 37 01 CC MARK.
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03 03 37 02 CC 75 hours 37 minutes GET.

03 03 37 07 CDR Thank you.

03 03 37 12 CC And I'll give you a time hack on time to ignition


at 12 minutes to ignition. Over.

03 03 37 22 CDR Okay.

03 03 37 44 CC Stand by for a Mark at TIG minus 12.

03 03 37 51 CC MARK.

03 03 37 52 CC TIG minus 12.

03 03 37 56 CDR You were right on, Bruce. Thank you.

03 03 37 58 CC Roger. Out.

03 03 39 29 CC Two minutes to LOS.

03 03 40 33 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. All your systems are


looking good going around the corner, and we'll
see you on the other side. Over.

03 03 40 42 CDR Roger.

03 03 40 49 CDR Everything looks okay up here.

03 03 40 51 CC Roger. Out.

03 04 02 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 1

03 04 15 47 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston. Do you


read? Over.

03 04 15 59 CC Apollo ll, Apollo ll, this is Houston. Do you


read? Over.

03 04 16 11 SC ...

03 04 16 59 SC Houston, Apollo ll. Over.

03 04 17 00 CC Apollo ll, Apollo ll, this is Houston. We are


reading you weakly. Go ahead. Over.

03 04 17 08 CDR Roger. Burn status report follows. RELTA-TIG


zero, burn time 557, ... V minus O.1, V
gx gy
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Pa_e 218

minus 0.1, Vg z plus 0.1, DELTA-V C minus 0.390,\


fuel, plus 3 ... 42. Over.

05 04 17 44 CC 11, this is Houston. These residuals, do you


have minus 0.17

03 04 17 50 SC ... V minus 0.1, V minus 0.1, V 1.1, and


gx gy gz
a burn time of 5 plus 57. Stand by, maybe the
COMMwill improve a little bit. Over.

03 04 19 B2 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Are you in the


process of acquiring data on the burn? Over.

03 04 21 37 CC Apollo ll, Apollo ll, this is Houston. How do


you read?

03 04 21 43 CDR Reading you loud and clear, Houston. How us?

03 04 21 46 CC Roger. Reading you the same, now. Could you


repeat your burn status report? We copied the
residuals and burn time, and that was about it.
Send the whole thing again, please.

03 04 21 56 CDR It was like - like perfectX DELTA-TIG zero, burn


time 557, shaft value on the angles, V minus 0.1,
gx
V minus 0.1, V plus 0.1, no trim, minus 6.8
gy gz
on DELTA-Vc, fuel was 38.8, LOX 39.0, plus 50 on
balance, and we ran an increase on the PUGS,
NOUN 44 showed us in a 60.9 by 169.9.

OB 04 22 35 CC Roger. We copy your burn status report. And the


spacecraft is looking good to us on telemetry.

03 04 22 47 CDR Everything looks good up here.

03 04 34 34 CDR Apollo 11 is getting its first view of the land-


ing approach. This time we are going over the
Taruntius crater, and the pictures and maps
brought back by Apollo 8 and 10 have given us a
very good preview of what to look at here. It
looks very much like the pictures, but like the
difference between watching a real football game
and watching it on TV. There's no substitute
for actually being here.

03 04 35 11 CC Roger. We concur, and we surely wish we could


see it firsthand, also.
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03 04 35 B2 LMP We're going over the Messier series of craters


right at the time, looking vertically down oN
them, and Messier A we can see good sized blocks
in the bottom of the crater. I don't know what
our altitude is now, but in any case, those are
pretty good size blocks.

OB 04 35 56 CC Okay. Just roughly, it looks like you are about


120 miles or 1BO miles right now - make that
127 miles.

OB 04 37 12 CDR We're approaching PDI point now. Over.

03 04 37 24 CDR There's Secchi in sight.

03 04 37 48 LMP We're going over Mount Marilyn at the present


time, and it's ignition point.

OB 04 37 55 CC Roger. Thank you. And our preliminary tracking


data for the first few minutes shows you in a
61.6 by 169.5 orbit. Over.

03 04 38 10 LMP Roger.

03 04 38 lB CC And Jim is smiling.

03 04 41 29 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

03 04 41 B5 CDR Go ahead.

03 04 41 B7 CC ll, Houston. During your SPS burn as played


back on tape down here, we've observed the
nitrogen tank Bravo pressure in the SPS system
dropping a little bit more than we anticipated.
It's holding steady right now. We'll continue
to watch it and keep you posted if anything
comes up. Over.

03 04 42 03 CDR Roger. Thank you.

03 04 42 04 CC Right. And it has held steady - -

03 04 42 05 CDR Currently going over Maskelyne Mas -

03 04 42 10 CDR Okay.

03 04 42 11 CDR And Boothill, Duke Island, Sidewinder, looking


at Maskelyne W, thatls the yaw round checkpoint,
and Just coming into the terminator. At the
terminator it's ashen and gray. As you get
further away from the terminator, it gets to be
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a lighter gray, and as you get closer to the sub-


solar point, you can definitely see browns and
tans on the ground, according to the last
Apollo 11 observation anyway.

03 04 42 49 CC Roger, 11. We're recording your comments for


posterity.

03 04 42 57 CDR (Laughter) Okay.

03 04 43 04 CMP Did somebody in the background - do they accuse


us of being compromisers? Huh!

03 04 43 19 CDR And landing site is well into the dark here. I


don't think we're going to be able to see any-
thing of the landing site this early.

03 04 43 42 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. When you have a free


minute, could you give us your onboard readout
of N2 tank Bravo, please. And we'd like to make
sure you understand that ever since you stopped
thrusting with the SPS, the temperature in this
tank has remained steady. Over. Make that the
pressure has remained steady.

03 04 44 07 CMP Roger. We understand tank pressure has stayed


steady. Thank you.

03 04 44 12 LMP Roger. We're showing the N 2 tank pressure and


the tank Bravo to he 1960, something like that,
and Alfa is, oh, about 2250. Over.
I

03 04 44 34 CC Roger. We show 2249 in Alfa and 1946 down here.

03 04 44 44 LMP All right.

03 04 53 19 CMl° Houston, Apollo 11. How about coming up with


some roll, pitch, and yaw angles in which to
stop this so-called ORB RATE that I'm doing.

03 04 53 28 CC Roger. Standby.

03 04 53 45 CC We'll have them for you in a minute, Ii.

03 04 53 51 CMP Okay. And time to stop also, please.

03 04 53 55 CC Yes, indeed.

03 04 56 35 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.


i '_:::_E'I'1) '[':tL_,'
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03 04 56 41 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

03 04 56 42 CC Roger. We show you, in the flight plan, staying


in orbital rate until about 79 hours 10 minutes.
Do you have some particular attitude or reason
for wanting to go inertial? Over.

END OF TAPE
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Page 222

03 04 57 00 LMP No, that's fine. I just wanted to confirm that.


Until 79 10, then we'll breeze around here in
orbit.

03 04 57 07 CC Roger. And we've got an observation you can make


if you have some time up there. There's been
some lunar transient e_ents reported in the vi-
cinity of Aristarchus. Over.

03 04 57 28 LMP Roger. We just went into spacecraft darkness.


Until then, why, we couldn't see a thing down
below us. But now, with earthshine, tne visibility
is pretty fair. Looking back behind me, now,
I can see the corona from where the Sun has just
set. And we'll get out the map and see what we
can find around Aristarchus

03 04 57 54 CDY We're coming upon Aristarchus right now - -

03 04 57 55 CC - - Okay. Aristarchus is at angle Echo 9 on your


ATO chart. It's about 394 miles nortD of track.
However, at your present altitude, which is about
167 nautical miles, it ought to be over - that
is within view of your horizon: 23 degrees north,
47 west. Take a look and see if you see anything
worth noting up there. Over.

03 04 58 34 CDR Both looking.

03 04 58 36 CC Roger. Out.

03 05 03 O1 _P Houston, 11. It might help us a little bit if


you could give us a time of crossing o _ 45 west.

03 05 03 )9 CC Say again, please, 11.

03 05 03 23 LMP You might give us a time of crossing of 45 west,


and then we'll know when to start searching for
Aristarchus.

03 05 03 32 CC Roger. You'll be crossing 45 west at 77 04 l0


or _bout 40 seconds from now. Over. Thirty
seconds from now.

03 05 03 45 LMP Okay.

03 05 04 50 CC Apollo 11, when we lose the S-band, we'd like to


get 0MNI Charlie from you. And update my last,
that 77 04 was the time when Aristarchus should
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become visible over your horizon. 77 12 is point


of closest approach south of it. Over.

03 05 05 14 LM__ Okay. That sounds better because we just went


by Copernicus a little bit ago.

03 05 05 18 CC Roger. We show you at about 27 degrees longitude


right now.

03 05 05 25 LMP Righto.

03 05 07 07 LMP Houston, when a star sets up here, there's no


doubt about it. One instant it's there, and the
next instant it's just completely gone.

03 05 07 16 CC · Roger. We copy.

03 05 09 21 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. We request you use


OMNI Charlie at this time. Over.

03 05 09 29 LMt Okay. Going to OMNI C_arlie.

03 05 09 32 CC Roger. Out.

03 05 ll 57 LMP Houston, Apollo 11.

03 05 12 01 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Go ahead.

03 05 12 06 LMP Roger. Seems to me since we know orbits so


precisely, and know where the stars are so pre-
cisely, and the time of setting of a star or a
planet to so very fine a degree, that this might
be a pretty good means of measuring the altitude
of the horizon ...

03 05 12 32 CC Roger.

03 05 12 51 CMP Hey, Houston. I'm looking north up toward


Aristarchu$ now, and I can't really tell at that
dist.ance whether I am really looking at Aristarchus,
but there's an area that is considerably more
iltuininated than the surrounding area. It just
has - seems to have a slight amount of fluorescence
to it. A crater can be seen, and the _rea around
the crater is quite bright.

03 05 13 30 CC Roger, 11. We copy.

03 05 14 23 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Looking up at the same area


now and it does seem to be reflecting some of the
earthshine. I'm not sure whether it was worked
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out to be about zero phase to - Well, at least


there is one wall of the crater that seems to be
more illuminated than the others, and that
one - if we are lining up with the Earth cor-
rectly, does seem to put it about at zero phase.
That area is definitely lighter than anything
else that I could see out this window. I am
not sure that I am really identifying any phos-
phorescence, but that definitely is lighter than
anything else in the neighborhood.

03 05 15 15 CC 11, this is Houston. Can you discern any differ-


ence in color of the illumination, and is that
an inner or an outer wall from the crater? Over.

03 05 15 34 CMt_ Roger. That's an inner wall of the crater.

03 05 15 43 TjV_ No, there doesn't appear to be any color involved


in it, Bruce.

03 05 15 47 CC Roger. You said inner wall. Would that be the


inner edge of the northern surface?

03 05 16 O0 CM/_ I guess it would be _he inner edge of the west-


northwest part, the part that would be more nearly
normal if you were looking at it from the Earth.

03 05 16 20 CC 11, Houston. Have you used the monocl._lar on


this? Over.

03 05 16 28 LM_ Stand by one.

03 05 17 59 LMP Roger. Like you to know this quest for science


has caused me to lose my E-memory program, it's
in here somewhere, but I can't find it.

0_ 05 18 08 CC 11, this is Houston. We're - we're he_ring only


a partial COMM. Say again please.

03 05 18 20 CDR I think ...

03 05 18 41 CDR Houston, we will give it a try if we have the


opportunity on next - when we are not in the
middle of lunch, and trying to find the monocular.

03 05 18 51 CC Roger. Copied you that time. Expect in the next


REV you will probably be getting ready for LOI-2.

03 05 19 09 CC So, let's wind this up, and since we've got some
other things to talk to you about in a few minutes.
Over.
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03 05 19 19 _ Okay.

03 05 22 44 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

03 05 22 49 CMP Go ahead, Houston.

03 05 22 53 CC 11, this is Houston. We're targeting - planning


to make the LOI-2 burn now using bank A only.
We'll have the P;_D and everything for you next
time around. Just trying to economi _e a little
on bank B. Bank B is holding, thoug,_.

03 05 23 15 CMP Roger. Understand.

03 05 31 53 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

03 05 32 02 CDR Go ahead.

03 05 32 04 CC 11, Houston. In order to improve the communi-


cations a little bit here, we'd like to try to
get you on the high-gain antenna. We're recom-
mending a Ditch angle of O, yaw 355 - I say again
355, the track switch to MANUAL, and wide beam-
wi dth. Over.

03 05 32 42 CDR Okay. You ready to switch to high gain now?

03 05 32 45 CC That's affirmative.

03 05 33 09 CC 11, Houston. Do you read?

03 05 33 19 CDR Roger. We read you. It seems to be rather mar-


ginal on the high gain.

03 05 33 24 CC Roger. We concur.

03 05 33 42 L_,R
° Houston, Apollo 1t. Could you give us a time
of crossing the prime meridian 150 west? Over.

03 05 33 47 CC Roger. Stand by about a half a second, here.


Okay. Your time of crossing the 150 west merid-
ian will be 77 50 05. Over.

03 05 34 10 IF2° Thank you.


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03 05 34 24 CC 11, this is Houston. We have about 6 minutes


remaining until LOS, and in order that we may
configure our ground lines, we'd like to know
if you're still planning to have the TV up with
the beginning of the next pass. Over.

03 05 34 48 CDB Roger, Houston. We'll try to have it ready.

03 05 34 50 CC This is Houston. We are inquiring if it is your


plan to. Over.

03 05 35 00 CDF It never was our plan to; but it's in the flight
plan, so I guess we'll do it.

03 05 35 07 CC Houston. Roger. Out.

03 05 35 47 CC 11, Houston.

03 05 35 53 CMt Roger. Go ahead.

03 05 35 54 CC For use in connection with the prime m<_ridian


crossing, you have an orbital period now of 2
hours 8 minutes and 37 seconds. Over.

03 05 36 L0 CMP Thank you.

03 05 36 11 CC Roger. Out.

03 05 38 16 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. A little over 2 min-


utes to LOS. All your systems parameters and
orbit are looking good from the ground. We have
AOS on the other side at 78 23 31. Over.

03 05 38 40 CDR Roger. 78 23 21.

03 05 38 43 CC Roger. That was 31 on the end.

03 05 38 50 CMl° Okay.

03 06 03 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 2

03 06 23 55 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.


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03 06 24 09 LMP This is Apollo ll. Are you picking up our sig-


nals okay?

03 06 24 lB CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Affirmative. We are


reading you loud and clear on voice and we have
a good clear TV picture, a little bright crater
in the - -

03 06 24 23 LMP - - No, no, no - -

03 06 24 24 CC - - the bottom of the picture. I guess that's


the spot on the tube.

03 06 24 B0 LMt I'm sorry about that one.

03 06 24 33 CC And if you give us PO0 and ACCEPT, we will uplink


our new state vector and target load to you.

03 06 24 45 CMP Okay.

03 06 25 30 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. One of the larger craters


on the back side - I noticed a small, dark speck
on the outer wall and I put the monocular on it.
I was able to see - oh, an area maybe a quarter
of a mile in diameter. It was really a fresh-
looking dark-colored pit, and that seems to be in
contrast with all the other fresh little craters
or holes that you can perceive on the walls of
any of these craters. Around this particular
one there seems to be two or three of these - es-
pecially the one that caught my attention. Quite
remarkable. Over.

03 06 26 24 CC Roger. Do you have a location on that one?

03 06 26 34 LM_ No, not a precise one. I've got several pictures


of it, though.

03 06 26 38 CC Roger. We copy.

03 06 26 47 CC We're getting a beautiful picture in down there


now, 11. The color's coming in quite clearly,
and we can see the horizon and the relative
blackness of space, and without getting into the
question of grays and browns, it looks, at least
on our monitor, sort of a brownish-gray.

03 06 27 10 LMP That's a good, reasonable way of describing it.


It appears to me as though it made a difference
Just sitting back in the tunnel and gazing at
all windows; it makes a difference which one
you're looking out of. For example, the camera
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right now is looking out the number 5 window,


and it definitely gives a rosier or tanner tinge,
especially when you look straight through it and
not at an angle. Over.

03 06 27 45 CC Roger.

03 06 27 53 LM} And if you rear back 95 or 100 degrees ...

03 06 27 54 MS ... Still holding ... Okay.

03 06 28 02 CC Say again, 117

03 06 28 07 LMP I'd say we're about 95 degrees east, coming up


on Smyth's Sea.

03 06 28 ll CC Roger. And for your information, we show you at


an altitude of about 92 miles above the surface
right now.

03 06 28 21 LMP Okay.

03 06 28 9_2 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Could you observe a differ-


ence in the N2 pressures before LOI? It seems
to me as though the Cwo were not equal on the ...
B tank was a little ]ow on pressure. Over.

03 06 28 57 CMP I'm flying it in SPS minimum impulse, Houston,


and it's rather difficult to keep it on a constant
data. The LM wants to wander up and down. I'm
not sure if it's in response to MASCONN's or what,
but I can get it completely stabilized in DATA
and let it alone, and in another couple of minutes
it will have developed its own rate.

03 06 29 22 CC This is Houston. Roger.

03 06 29 30 CMP Houston, we'll be moving shortly from the side


window to the hatch window, and we'll try and pick
up some of the landmarks that we'll be looking at
as we approach the powered descent. Over.

03 06 29 47 CC 11, this is Houston. Roger. And we're through


with the uplinks; the computer is yours. You
can go to BLOCK and we'll have the information on
nitrogen for you shortly. Over.

03 06 30 O1 CMP Roger. Copy.

03 06 30 08 LMP Okay, Houston. Several minutes ago I was exactly


steady on data, and since then I have been moving
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toward the LM, pointed straight down toward the


radius vector, and that's been despite a number of
down minimum-pitch impulses.

03 06 30 30 CC Roger.

03 06 30 49 LMP We're over Smyth's Sea right now.

03 06 30 51 CC Roger.

END OF TAPE

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03 06 30 56 CMl° We're about 88 degrees east, I would estimate.

03 06 31 04 CC We show you about south of the - southwest of the


crater Jansky right now.

03 06 31 28 _ Smyth Sea doesn't look much like a sea. It - The


area which is devoid of craters, of which there's
not very much, is sort of a hilly looking area.
It's not like the maria at all.

03 06 31 41 CC Roge r . We copy that about the sea, and it looks


like you were Just giving us a view of the crater
Neper, the large crater on the left, and Jansky
on the right.

03 06 32 06 CMP We think you're close, but no cigar.

03 06 33 20 CC ll, this is Houston. Would you care tc_ comment on


some of these craters as we go by?

03 06 33 29 CDR Roger. We're approaching the approach path to


ignition. This is equivalent to 13 mil_utes before
ignition, and we're at about 83 degrees, I guess -
83 degrees east. That correspond to location Yo_'re
holding there presently?

09 06 33 59 CC Roger. We're showing your present position as about


7T - 76 degreem east looking back towards the east.

_3 06 34 i6 CMP Hey, you should be looking back at Smyth Sea now.


L
03 06 94 19 CC Roger.

03 06 34 23 CDR Okay.
/

OB 06 3_ 25 CMP Houston, what you're seeing in the middle of th_


screen now is the crater Schubert and Gilbert U
is in the center right now; and this comes up at
about -a little over 12.:minutes before power
decent_;' Instead of me looking - Instead of looking
back at it, we'd be looking straight down at it in
descent.

03 06.34 50 CC Roger_

03 06 3k 55 CC And we show you at an altitude now of about ll0 miles;


and, of course, you'll be considerably lower at the
initiation of powered descent.

',F? ,

}_ /'
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03 06 35 18 CMP Okay, Houston. Look at register 3 on the DSKY


data.. This data is increasing toward my desired
of 315; and I'll let the hand controller alone
here, and I'll bet you it reverses itself.

03 06 35 46 CC Roger, 11. We're watching the DSKY now, and it's


still coming in beautifully on the TV.

03 06 35 59 LAP Okay. There's - on the right side of the screen


at the present time, there's a triple crater with -
with a small crater between the first and second;
and the one at the bottom of the screen is
Schubert Y. Zoom in; it does have a central peak
in Schubert Y. Actually, several of them, and
you can observe those plus the rim craters at the
bottom of your screen.

03 06 3_. 36 C( Roger. We're seeing the central pea_ quite clearly


now.

03 06 B6 53 I_5_ Okay. We're zooming in now on a crater called


Schubert N. Schubert N, very conical inside walls
and the bottom appears to be nearly flat.

03 06 37 11 CMP Look at data on the DSKY. It's stabilized and is


holding steady now.

03 06 37 19 CC Roger.

03 06 3v 20 I_4P Looking out the window I can see a number of small


craters on the bottom of Schubert N.

03 06 37 32 CM_ We're coming up on the Foaming Sea where I'll be


doing some P22 marking on a crater oi my choice,
name of crater, Camp.

03 06 37 41 CC Okay. WeTll be watching for Neper.

03 06 37 49 C_LP And notice register 3 has reversed itself, and


it's heading back the other way now without any
pitch thruster firing.

03 06 37 56 CC Roger, Mike. We confirm that you've changed the


direction of your pitch rate.

03 06 38 28 CMP Generally speaking - -

03 06 38 30 LM_ The crater - -

03 06 38 31 CMP - - The tendency seems to be to pull the LM down


toward the center of the Moon there as in a
gravity gradient experiment.
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03 06 38 40 CC Roger, 11. We copy - -

03 06 38 43 CMP It may have something to do with MASSCON's or


it may - -

03 06 38 46 CC Roger. We copy ...

03 06 38 47 LMt_ ...

03 06 38 48 CM_ It may have something to do with MASSCON's or it


may just be the peculiarity of the DSKY display.

03 06 38 51 CC Okay. We've observed the behavior of your DSKY,


and I think we've got the data here to work on it.
Let us grind around a little while on it, and
we'll report back to you, probably in a REV or
two.

03 06 39 08 CMP Okay. Well, in the meantime, I'm going to pitch


down toward 315.

03 06 39 14 CC Roger.

03 06 39 25 _ Three craters - three horizontal craters that you


now have in the field of view are immediately
underneath the ground track. The right-hand is
the largest crater that you see, Dubiago P.

Q3 06 39 49 CC Roger. We concur on the identification of that


crater.

03 06 40 01 CC And we show you coming up on landmark Alfa 1


here shortly.

03 06 40 11 hMP Roger. M_ke's having his first look a_ Alfa 1


at the present time.

03 06 40 22 CMP Yea. It's a very bright crater. It's not a large


one but an extremely bright one. It looks like a
very recent and, I would guess, impact crater with
rays streaming out in all directions which should
make my -Correction - the Foaming Sea easy to
see coming up on it now. Crater Camp is one of
the smaller ones out on the - on the floor of the
Fo_ming Sea.

03 06 41 34 CC Here we show you over the Sea of Fertility now, and


we ought to have Langrenus down south of track a
few degrees, about 9 degrees south of track.
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03 06 41 48 IA{P Now the crater that's in the center of the


screen now is Webb. We'd be looking straight
down on it at about 6 minutes before power
descent. It has a relatively flat bottom to
the crater, and you can see maybe two or three
craters that are in tile bottom of it on the
western wall, the wall that's now nearest the -
the camera. Near the bottom of the screen, we
can see a dimple crater, Just on the outside.
And then coming back toward the bottom of the
screen and to the left, you can see a series
of depressions. It's this type of connected
craters that give us most interest to discover
why they're in the particular pattern that
they're in. I'll zoom the camera in now and
try and give you a closer look at it.

03 06 42 48 CC Roger. We're observing the dimple crater now.


The central peak we can see on the Orbiter photos
doesn't seem to stand out very well here.

03 06 43 02 LMP Well, they're not central peaks. They're depres-


sions in the center.

03 06 43 05 CC Roger.

05 06 4_ 08 CM}_ And you'll notice on the pitch thruster activity,


I've still - I've put in a dozen mininum impulses
in pttchdown, and I'm still far from correcting
back to 315.

03 06 43 20 LMF We're moving the camera over to the r_ght window


now _o give you Langrenus, its - its several
central peaks and -

03 06 43 29 CC Roger. We got Langrenus in our screen now.

03 06 43 54 CC Okay, ll. This is Houston. We're getting a


beautiful picture of Langrenus now with its
r_ther conspicuous central peak.

03 06 44 07 CMP The Sea of Fertility doesn't look very fertile


to me. I don't know who named it.

03 06 44 12 CDR Well, it may have been named by a gentleman whom


this crater was named after, Langrenus. Langrenus
was a cartographer to the King of Spain and made
one of the - one of the early reasonably accurate
maps of the Moon.

03 06 44 39 CC Roger. That's very interesting - -


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03 06 44 41 CDR ... at least it sounds better for our purposes


than the Sea of Crises.

03 06 44 46 CC Amen to that.

03 06 44 52 CC Okay. It looks like you're coming inside now


on the camera.

03 06 44 59 LMP Well, I can't get behind to see the monitor.


I'll bring the focus in, but we're going to be
looking down past one of the LM quads and one
of the antennas almost straight down at the
ground track that we'll be seeing coming in now.
I guess there's maybe 2 or 3 minutes before
power descent.

03 06 45 37 LM]_ All right, that should put the _I structure about


in focus, and I'm going to move it out to infin-
ity and then expand the field of view.

03 06 46 00 LMP Crater Secchi is out my window now, window num-


ber 2.

03 06 46 09 CC Hello, Apollo ll. This is Houston. We show you


coming up on the terminator at 78 53, about 7 min-
utes from now, and we've also got the LOI-2 and
TEI-5 PAD's ready for you after the TV whenever
you want to terminate. Over.

05 06 46 31 LMP Roger.

03 06 46 33 CC And we're getting a good view of the track lead-


ing into the landing site now and -

03 06 46 58 CC Okay, And it looks like we got Secchi K, went


by about l0 seconds ago; coming up on Apollo
Ridge. ,

03 06 47 36 CC And in the right-hand portion of our screen right


now, we can see Messier Alfa and Bravo with the
light-colored rays streaming off in o:_e direction.

03 06 48 00 LM__ I don't know if you can make out, but in the


Sea of Fertility there are a number of craters
that are Just barely discernible, old, old cra-
ters whose outlines are just barely able to be
seen.
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03 06 48 14 CC Roger. I think we can make them out. The color


really enhances our ability to discern features
and craters over what we see in real time on our
black and white monitor.

03 06 48 31 LMP Right. The - At these low Sun angles, there's


no trace of brown, it's now returned to a very
gray appearance and, like the 8 crew says, it
has a look of plaster of paris to it at this
Sun angle, which is completely lacking in ...

03 06 48 49 CC Roger.

03 06 49 06 I/__ Okay. This is very close to ignition point for


power descent. Just passing Mount Marilyn that -
that triangular-shaped mountain that you see in
the center of the screen at the present time
with crater Secchi Theta on top of the far
northern edge of the mountain.

03 06 49 32 CC Roger. We're getting a good view of Mount


Marilyn and the Secchi Theta.

0B 06 49 45 LMP And now we're looking at what we call Boot Hill;


occurs 20 seconds into the descent.

03 06 50 08 LM? The bright, sharp-rimmed crater at the very right


edge of the screen, Censorinus T. Now passing
the - the 1-minute point in power descent.

03 06 50 30 CC Roger. And for your information, your current


altitude is 148 nautical miles above the surface.

03 06 50 39 LM? Don't you think?

03 06 50 43 CMP I'm unable to determine altitude at aL1 looking


out the window. I couldn't tell whetler we were
down at 60 or up at 170.

03 06 50 50 CC I bet you could tell if you were down at


50 000 feet.

03 06 50 57 CMP I wouldn't be surprised.

03 06 51 11 LM]_ We're passing some steep ridges here. The edge


of some old craters that were photographed by
Apollo 10; and those - the crew of Apollo l0
was very impressed with the steepness of these
ridges when they came over them at about
50 000 feet.
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03 06 51 36 CC Roger. We can observe they're also steep even


from this altitude. You got quite a shadow
being cast by the Sun at these low angles.

03 06 51 47 LMP The entire surface is getting considerably darker


than the surface that we looked at previously
when the Sun was quite high above us. The crater
in the - bright crater in the center cf the
screen, - well, the smaller one is Censorinus.

03 06 52 09 CC Roger. And we show you iow over 1 minute from


the terminator at the present time.

03 06 52 24 LMP How's the brightness of the picture you're


receiving? You think we ought to open f-stop
some as we approach the terminator?

03 06 52 34 CC Yes. The brightness is still doing q_ite well.


You can go ahead and open it up a sto_ or two.
The a_tomatic light level compensation seems to
be working beautifully.

03 06 52 58 I2&_ There's a good picture of Boot Hill.

03 06 53 02 CC Roger. We're--

03 06 53 03 LMP Three minutes and 15 seconds into the descent.

03 06 53 08 CC Roger. We're seeing Boot Hill now.

03 06 53 10 I24_
,° The next crater coming into the bottom, that's
Duke Island right there, and to the left, the
crater - the largest of the craters n_ar the
center of the picture right now is Ma_kelyne W.
This is a position check during desce_% at about
3 minutes and 39 seconds, and it's otu down-
range position check and cross-range r osition
check prior to yawing over face up to acquire
the landing radar. Past this point, we would
be unable to see the surface below us until
getting very near the landing area.

03 06 53 57 CC Roger. I imagine you'll get a - you'll get a


real good look at that tomorrow afternoon.

03 06 54 14 LMm{' Sinuous Rille is the one that was referred to


in Apollo 10 as Sidewinder.

03 06 54 21 CMP That's a good name, too: Sidewinder and


Diamondback. It looks like a couple of snakes
down there in a lake bed.
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03 06 54 42 LMP And we're approaching the terminator now.


See the - -

03 06 54 48 CC Roger.

03 06 54 49 LMP Contrast has increased and only the sunlit


side of these ridges remain illuminated, while
the dark sides and the shadow will become com-
pletely black.

03 06 54 59 CC 11, this is Houston. The picture's getting a


little grainy now. You might go ahead and
open up the f-stop.

03 06 55 _9 LMP Landing point is just barely in the darkness.


That one crater, the upper part of which you
see, lower part completely in darkness. The
small, well-defined crater is Moltke, which is
about abeam of the landing sight.

03 06 55 32 CC Roger. We can just see; it looks like a little


less than half of its rim right now.

03 06 55 45 CC And we can make out just barely some features


on the surface, maybe from earthshine.

03 06 55 58 CC Are you wide open on the f-stop at this time?

03 06 56 03 CMP Yes, we are.

03 06 56 96 LMP Yes. And it looks like we're Just abcut to get


the Sun coming into the lens, so we'll have to
move the camera away.

03 06 56 12 CC Roger.

03 06 56 t4 CMl° We can't see any earthshine or any surface features


at all in earthshine now due to the fact that the
I_M is very bright and is causing our pupils to
contract. It's a very fantastic view to see the
terminator as you look along the edge of it. I
think you'll agree that some of these craters
that you're seeing in the picture now are really
accentuated by the lengthening of the shadows
as they come close to the terminator.

03 06 56 42 CC Yes. It's a very beautiful and a rugged sight


that we've got on the screen now.

03 06 56 52 CMP And I think you've got some interesting data on


thruster firing versus pitch angle. It looks
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like that LM Just wants to head down towards the


surface, is all.

03 06 57 01 CC Roger. T have a comment here that says that's


what the LM was built for.

03 06 57 12 CMP I believe!

03 06 57 45 CM__ And as the Moon sinks slowly in the west,


Apollo ll bids good day to you.

03 06 57 50 CC Roger. We sort of thought it was the Sun


setting in the east.

03 06 58 O0 CMP Well, it depends on your point of view.

03 06 58 04 CC Roger. Out.

03 06 58 20 CC Apollo ll, Houston. When you're ream) to copy,


I have an LOI-2 PAD and a TEI-5 PAD. Over.

03 06 58 30 CM}' Okay. Stand by.

03 06 58 46 CM}' I'm passing 182 inertial. I'm going _nertial


n ow.

03 06 58 54 I/__ Ready to copy LOI-2 PAD.

03 06 58 58 CC Roger on the inertial. And here we go on the


LOI-2 PAD. LOI-2, SPS/G&N: 38320, plus 166,
minus 081; TIG 080 11 3603. NOUN 81:
minus 01408, minus all balls, minus 0C743.
Roll all balls, 196 359 00657, plus 00537.
DELTA-V T 01592 017 01531. Sextant
star 23 1160 138. The rest of the PAD is NA.
GDC align, Vega and Deneb 243 183 012. Ullage,
two Jets 19 seconds. Remarks: On your DAP
load, we would like am R1 20101 vice the value
which appears in the flight plan. In making
the sextant star che¢.k this must be done between
GET of 79 30 10, at which time the star comes
above the horizon, and 79 52 10, which is your
local sunrise due to the fact that this star's
relatively close to the Sun. Your burn orienta-
tion is heads down, retrograde pitched up
28 degress with respect to local horizontal.
The calculated values for NOUN 42 are HA 65.6

and _ 54.6. Both of those being plus. Read


back. Over.
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03 07 01 55 LM__ Roger, LOI-2: SPS/G&N: 38320, plus 166,


minus 081 080 11 3603, minus 01408, minus all
balls, minus 00743, all zeros, 196 359 00657,
plus 00537, 01592 017 01531 23 1160 138. Vega,
Deneb 243 183 012, two Jet 19 seconds, DAP,
R1 20101. Sextant star between 79 30 l0 and
79 52 10. Attitude is heads down, retrograde
pitched up 28 degrees. HA after the burn - Was

that NOUN 42 for HA and 64.6 and _ 54.67 Over.

03 07 03 19 CC Roger. On the NOUN 42 value, the last stuff you


gave, HA is 65.6, Hp is 54.6. Otherwise, I read-
back correct. I'm standing by with your TEI-5
PAD. Over.

03 07 03 37 LMt> Roger. HA 65.6 for NOUN 42. And ready to copy.

03 07 03 44 CC 11, this is Houston. TEI-5 SPS/G&N: 37201,


minus 060, plus 047; TIG 086 09 3666. NOUN 81:
plus 33521, plus 03441, minus 01458; roll NA,
pitch 032. The rest of the PAD is NA. Ullage
two Jet, 16 seconds undocked. Over.

03 07 04 44 IsM]
_ Roger. TEI-5 SPS/G&N: 37201, minus 060,
plus 047 086 09 3666, plus 33521, plua 03441,
minus 0145-458, NA, 032. The rest is NA. Two
Jet, 16 seconds, undocked. Over.

03 07 05 16 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Readback is correct.


Out.

03 07 05 42 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston.

03 07 05 44 CM_ Houston, you want us back on downvoice backup?


Over.

03 07 05 49 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. That's al firmative


on the downvoice backup. We'd like ycu to con-
firm your UPTELEMETRY switch in the NORMAL posi-
tion. Over.

03 07 06 04 CMl° Roger. It's in BLOCK. Did you get us the - You


got us a new CSM state vector and an LOI-2 target
load in between all that television, didn't you?

03 07 06 13 CC That's affirmative.

03 07 06 17 CMP Thank you.

03 07 06 18 CC And what I'm asking for is the switchover to - -


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03 07 06 20 CMP The UPTELEMETRY switch is in NORMAL. Over.

03 07 06 22 CC Roger. Out.

03 07 21 51 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

03 07 21 57 LMP Go ahead, Houston.

03 07 21 58 CC Roger. During the LOI-1 burn, your ermine


burned a little bit more propellant than we
predicted, and consequently, we'd like to
update - or send you a new TEI-4 PAD. Over.

03 07 22 19 LMP Okay.

03 07 22 23 CMP Our chamber pressure onboard was higher that


time, too. It's all on the onboard tape, the
time entry, and the chamber pressure_ but to
make a lo_ story short, it worked it_ way up
to 100.

03 07 22 34 CC Roger.

03 07 22 39 CC And down here, we showed a chamber pressure of


on the order of 103 to 104 psi during your burn
on playback.

03 07 22 50 CMI' Okay.

03 07 22 52 I_MP Go ahead with the TEI-4.

03 07 22 54 CC Roger. TEI-4 revised: SPS/G&N: 38320,


minus 055, plus 060 084 30 2749, plus 31380,
plus 03475, minus 01032; roll NA, pitch 034.
Rest of the PAD is NA. Ullage two Jets 16 sec-
onds, undocked. No LOI-2. Over.

03 07 23 52 LMP Just in TEI-4 SPS/G&N: 38320, minus 055,


plus 060 084 30 2749, plus 31380, plus 03475,
minus 01032, NA, 034. All the rest of the PAD's
NA. Two Jets, 16 seconds, undocked. No LOI-2.

03 07 24 29 CC ll, this is Houston. Readback correct. Out.

03 07 32 19 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston.

03 07 32 24 LMP Roger. Go ahead, Houston.

03 07 32 26 CC Roger. We've been looking at your systems data


on playback, and everything is looking good. In
particular, the EPS looks good. I would like to
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remind you, though, of a request to perform this


burn on the bank A ball valves only, and you are
GO for LOI-2. Also, we have currently in the
flight plan, you scheduled tomorrow to start
entering the LM at about 96 hours GET, and we'd
like to know if you have any plans to initiate
this ingress into the LM earlier. If so, we can
call the people in ahead of time. Over.

03 07 33 15 _ Well, we didn't have any plans to. N,_. We just


wanted to be ready at that time.

03 07 33 20 CC Roger. We Just wanted to make sure that we were


ready when you were ready. Over.

03 07 33 27 LMP Okay. And to get the sextant star in LOI-2,


that's roll zero. Is that affirmative?

03 07 33 38 CC That's affirmative. Roll zero.

03 07 33 43 LMP Okay.

03 07 43 30 CC APollo 11, Houston. Five minutes until LOS.


And with respect to your request for the nitro-
gen bottle pressures preburn, Just before the
burn, we were showing 2270 pounds per square
inch on bottle Alfa and 2350 on bottle Bravo.
Over.

03 07 43 58 CMP Apollo 11. Roger. Thank you.

03 07 44 00 CC Roger. Out.

03 07 46 23 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Two minutes to LOS.


Your AOS on the other side is 80 BB 21, and the
friendly White Team will see you when you come
out from behind the Moon.

03 07 46 41 CMP Apollo i1. Roger.

03 07 46 43 _ Thank you, Bruce.

03 07 46 44 CC Make that your friendly "Greens." Your friendly


White Team CAP COMM will see you when you come
out from behind the Moon. I think it's basically
the Maroon Team here, and we "Greenies" are
leaving.

03 07 46 56 CMP Okay. I don't blame you, Hank.

03 07 47 06 CC Roger. I'd rather be up there.


END OF TAPE
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03 08 12 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 3

03 08 35 30 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We're standing by.


Over.

03 08 35 58 CDR V gy minus0.0, V gz minus 0.1, DELTA-V C minus 5.2,


fuel 362, OX 364, unbalance plus 50, and our
postburn now 94's, 66.1 by 54.4. Go ahead.

03 08 36 25 CC Roger. We copy, Neil. Would you say again the


DELTA-V ? We missed that. Over.
z

03 08 36 _2 CDR Roger. That was minus 0.1.

03 08 36 35 CC Roger. Copy the burn report. Sounds good.

03 08 36 43 CDR And all looked good up here.

03 08 37 07 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We missed your DEl_A-TIG


and also your DELTA burn time. Over.

03 08 37 15 CDR DELTA-TIG was zero and the burn time was


17 seconds.

03 08 37 20 CC Copy 17.

03 08 38 05 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We'll be satisfied if you


pump up the cabin to 5.4. Over.

03 08 38 14 CDR Okay. We're showing about 5.2 right now.

03 08 38 18 CC Roger.

03 08 38 40 CDR And, Charlie, the LM/CM DELTA-P is just over


1 pound right now.

03 08 38 44 CC Copy. Out.

03 08 43 48 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

03 08 44 32 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Over.

03 08 45 28 CC Apollo 11, Houston. If you read, please attempt


to acquire on the high gain. We're having
trouble locking up on the TM and we have no voice.
Over.
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03 08 47 23 CC Hello, Apollo 11, Apollo 11.

03 08 47 24 CDR Roger.

03 08 47 26 CC Roger. We're reading you five-by. Go ahead.


Over.

03 08 47 27 CDR Roger. We have you on high gain now.

03 08 47 34 CC Roger. We lost the TM and the voice for about


5 minutes here. We attempted a handover and
fouled it up in some manner, but we got you back
now. Thank you much.

03 08 47 47 CDR Okay. We're pressurizing the LM at this time.

03 08 47 50 CC Copy.

03 08 50 51 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We have a P22 AUTO


optics update for y_l if you're ready to copy.
Over.

03 08 51 22 CMP Ready to copy.

03 08 51 23 CC Roger, Mike. It's landmark Alfa l: T1, 82 37 35;


T2, 82 42 50. We're 7 miles north. Over.

03 08 51 59 CMP Copy. P22: T1, time 82 37 35; T2, 82 42 50.


And the target is 7 miles north. Thank you.

03 08 52 21 CC Roger.

03 08 55 32 CD5 I get the distinct impression, Charlie, that mare


there laps up over the edge of the mountains at
the shorelines.

03 08 55 42 CC Roger. We copy.

03 08 56 40 CC Houston. On your comment about the mare lapping


up tO the terrain - mountainous terrain, is that
an impressioR like a lava flow coming in around
ayrominence, Nell, or is it more -lcoks like
it's sloping up at that point? Over.

03 08 57 06 CDR It i_n't ' true everywhere, but there's certainly


places where there seems to be a slope downward
towards the shoreline on the m_re. In other
words, from the mare down to the shoreline is a
downward slope indicating that it might be a
lava flow.
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03 08 57 23 CC Roger.

03 08 58 41 CDR Crossing Duke Island and Maskelyne W.

03 08 58 47 CC S_y again, Neil. Over.

03 08 58 50 CDR We Just crossed Duke Island and Maskelyne W.

03 08 58 52 CC Roger.

03 09 22 57 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We're wondering if


you've started into the LM yet. Over.

03 09 23 06 CDR We have the CSM hatch out, the drogue and probe
removed and stowed, and we're just abeut ready
to open the LM hatch now.

03 09 23 16 CC Roger. Th_zk you much, Nell. We'll be standing


by.

03 09 25 53 CDR Okay, Charlie. We're in the LM. The docking


index mark is the same.

03 09 26 O0 CC Roger. We copy.

03 09 26 53 LM? Charlie, apparently there just doesn'l seem to


be any slow way to get that REPRESS tc AUTO
without making a big bang.

03 09 27 01 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Say again. Over.

03 09 27 08 LMP Roger. There just doesn't seem to be any slow


way to get the REPRESS closed to AUTO and avoid
a big bang. Over.

03 09 27 16 CC We copy, Buzz. Thank you much. Out.

03 09 27 23 CC We concur with that, Buzz.

03 09 27 35 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We'll have LOS 81 45, next


AOS - Stand by.

03 09 27 47 CC Next AOS 82 32. Over.

03 09 27 55 CDR Okay. 82 32.

03 09 29 30 CMP Houston, Apollo ll. I am going to start a ma-


neuver to P22 attitude at this time.

03 09 29 35 CC ll. Roger. We copy. Over.


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I'a_,,,
;015

03 09 29 41 CMP Okay. We're noticing _;ome water inside the


command module for the first time. There's a
little puddle of it on the aft bulkhead sort of
like 101 had.

03 09 29 49 CC Roger.

03 09 29 54 CMP I'd like to know how EECO_I wants to get rid of


it. There are a number of different ways and
what does he think is the best one?

03 09 30 00 CC We'll be with you in a moment, Mike. _;tand by.

03 09 30 05 CMP No big rush. It will wait until the next REV


or two.

03 09 30 08 CC All right.

END OF TAPE
At'Ol,l,f) 11 A_I_-TO-G][_OlJl_D VOICE '['I_ALiSC[_]PTIO_

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Page 246

03 09 41 21 CC Hello, Apollo 1t. Houston. We've played back


the LOI-2 burn. It looks really good to us.
The systems were all good. We got an orbit on
the limited amount of tracking at 65.4 by a
53.9. Over.

03 09 41 40 CDR Sounds good, Houston.

03 10 10 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 4

03 10 32 35 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We're standing by.


Out.

03 10 32 43 CMP Okay, Houston. We'll be done with P22 in just


a couple of minutes.

03 10 32 46 CC Roger. We copy all that. You're looking good.

03 10 47 Ol CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

03 10 47 03 CC Go ahead.

03 10 47 07 CMP Roger. You copy that NOUN 49 on your downlink?


If you've had enough time, I'll proceed.

03 10 47 i1 CC We got it. Go ahead, Mike.

03 10 50 27 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We see a NODN 89. You can


do the VERB 34 now. Over. Beat me to it.

03 10 50 [_5 CR[P Yes. I've done it, Charlie.

03 10 50 37 CC Roger.

03 10 52 19 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

03 10 52 22 CC Go ahead, 11. Over.

03 10 52 26 CMP Ail that procedure for P22 seemed to work very


well. The only thing that was a little odd, is
that there was some DAP thruster activity. I
had pitch in ACCEL COMMAND, and roll and yaw in
RATE COMMAND, and somehow, roll and yaw got ex-
cited and the DAP went into a flurry of thruster
firing. We've noticed the same thing in the CMS,
and Just written it off as a CMS peculiarity.
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03 10 52 55 CC Roger. We saw that activity, Mike. We'll see


if we can track it down and let you know. Over.

03 10 53 03 CMl° Okay.

03 10 53 46 CC Apollo I1_ Houston. You can proceed to sleep


attitude now. Over.

03 10 53 54 CMP That's in work, Houston.

03 10 53 56 CC Okay.

03 10 54 °3 CMP Houston, we're holding inertial a little while


to study the approach to the landing zone.

03 10 54 27 CC Roger.

03 10 56 50 LMP Houston, this is Apollo ... in the Eagle -


Apollo 11 in the Eagle. I've got ... _'or our
landing area.

03 10 57 O1 CC Apollo 11, Houston. You are breaking ap badly.


Say again. Over.

03 10 57 09 _ Roger. I can see the entire landing area from


the position I'm in looking out the left window
in the I_4.

03 10 57 20 CC Roger, Buzz. Understand you can see t?e entire


landing area looking out the LM windows. Over.

03 10 57 28 LMP That's right.

O3 l0 59 O7 SC ...

03 10 59 12 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Say again. Over.

03 10 59 56 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We got a lot of noise on the


downlink. Would you please try your high gain in
wide beamwidth, and the angles are 180 the yaw
and pitch zero. Over.

03 11 00 30 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. How do you read us on the


high gain? Over.

03 11 00 34 CC Roger, Mike. You're a lot better now. Over.

03 11 00 38 CMP Okay. You want a wide beam for some reason?

03 11 00 43 CC That's affirmative. We got you in the shadows,


though. You are looking right down along the
engine bell towards the Earth so we need you in
wide beam. Over.
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03 IL O0 53 CMP Okay. Fine. We're starting our ma_,euvers to


sleep attitude. Roll 82, pitch 229, yaw zero.

03 11 01 02 CC Roger. The angles you got in the flight plan


will he good when you get there.

03 11 03 43 CDR Houston, 11.

03 11 03 45 CC Go ahead, 11. Over.

03 tl 03 49 CDR Okay. We are on page activation 12 and 13,


step 4, and verify descent talkbacks gray, and
they' re barberpole.

03 11 04 04 CC Roger. Stand by.

03 11 04 13 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We would like you to take


the low voltage taps OFF; RESET, then 0N. Over.

03 ll 04 22 CDR Stand by. We got it. We just had one circuit


breaker out of position.

03 11 04 26 CC Okay.

03 11 04 '28 CDR We have them gray now.

03 11 04 29 CC Roger.

03 11 09 14 _ ... should have warmed up by now.

03 11 09 53 I/v5
° Oh, he's transmitting on B.

03 ll 09 54 CDR Hey, Mike, you transmitting on B?

03 11 10 22 IMP Houston, Apollo 11 - Apollo il/Eagle. Over.

03 ll l0 29 CC Roger, Eagle. This is Houston. We read you.


Over.

03 11 10 35 _ Roger. I read you about four-by-four. Could


you give me a short count, please?

03 11 10 40 CC Roger, Eagle. Coming in with the short count -


1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Houston out. Over.

03 11 10 55 _ Roger. Are you copying my low bit rate? Over.

03 ll l0 58 CC Roger. We got some beautiful data here, Eagle.


We're - All those guys are looking at it - sys-
tems guys. We'll have some word for you in a
minute how everything looks.
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03 11 11 09 _ Roger. I'm all ready to switch to high bit


rate if that's okay with you.

03 ll ll 13 CC Would you please stand by, Eagle. We want to


get to the proper sleep attitude before we proceed
on with the COMM check. Over.

03 11 1i 23 _ Standing by.

03 11 11 33 LMP Houston, Eagle. We'll go ahead with the camera


checkout. I'm still on low taps, and I assume
there's no problem doing that. Over.

03 11 11 42 CC Stand by.

03 i1 1i 46 CC That's affirmative. No problem on that, Eagle.


You can go ahead and power up the sequence camera.
Over.

03 11 12 00 I24P Should have done that before.

03 ll 12 03 CC Eagle, be advised - sounds like a hot mike. Over.

03 11 12 04 I24P Right. Yes.

03 11 12 16 LMP Roger. If you're reading me now, I am in hot


mike because I'm in iCS push to talk, snd DOWN-
VOICE BACKUP. Over.

03 ll 12 24 CC Roger. We just wanted to remind you. Over.

03 11 12 ½0 LMP Thank you.

03 11 12 50 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Are you ma_leuvering


to sleep attitude? Over.

03 11 13 03 CC Eagle, this is Houston. We have lost ell the


voice and data with Columbia. Would you see if
he is maneuvering to sleep attitude? Over.

03 11 13 17 LMP Hey, Mike. You maneuvering to sleep attitude?

03 11 13 20 CMP ...

03 11 13 24 LMi° I don't believe they can hear you, Mike. Are


you maneuvering now to sleep attitude?

03 11 13 28 CMP ...

03 11 13 40 LMP Houston, Eagle. The Columbia has maneuvered to


sleep attitude. He's got the high gain antennas -
antenna angles set in, and he should be cnmmuni-
cating with you. Over.
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03 ll 13 55 CC Roger. We don't have him. Stand by.

03 ll 14 02 CC Eagle, Houston. Would you please have Columbia


put in COMMAND RESET? Over.

03 11 14 12 CMP Wilco. COMMAND RESET.

03 11 1_ 22 CC Eagle, Houston. Since we're in sleep attitude,


I'll give you another long count. If you're
reading in this mode, we'd like you to switch
to high bit rate. Over.

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Page 25i

03 11 14 38 LMP Roger. Go ahead with your short count.

03 11 14 40 CC Roger. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. We're read-


ing you five-by. You can go to high bit rate now.
Over.

03 11 14 53 IMP Roger. Going to high bit rate now.

03 11 15 34 CC Eagle, this is Houston. Do you read? Over.

03 11 15 40 I/4P Houston, this is Eagle. Roger. Read you loud and


clear. How me? Over.

03 ll 15 45 CC Roger. Reading you five-by also, Buzz, and we got


the high bit rate. It's looking beautiful through
Goldstone. Giving you a count: l, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5,
4, 3, 2, 1. Please give us a count. Over.

03 11 16 04 _ Roger, Houston. Eagle with a count. 1, 2, 3, 4,


5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Over.

03 ll 16 15 CC Roger. Stand by. We're reading you five-by. Over.

03 11 16 23 LMP Okay. I'm ready to go S-baud voice. Over.

03 ll 16 27 CC Stand by, Eagle. Stand by on step 4.

03 ll 16 !,5 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Would you please give


us P00 in ACCEPT. We've got a load for you.
Break. Eagle, we're ready to go to step 4. Please
select S-band voice to VOICE. Over.

03 ll 17 53 CC Hello, Eagle. This is Houston. How do you read -


normal voice? Over.

03 ll 18 00 LMP Eagle - Houston, this is Eagle. Read you loud and


clear on S-band, normal voice. How me? Over.

03 ll 18 05 CC Roger. You're beautiful in this mode, Buzz. We're


reading you five-by. Coming with a short count and
we'd like one back from you. l, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 2,
3, 2, 1. Houston out.

03 ll 18 28 LMP Roger. Houston, Eagle. You're gorgeous also. l, 2,


3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Eagle, over.

03 ll 18 39 CC Roger, Eagle. This is better than the downvoice


backup. Stand by 1.
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03 ]] 18 55 CC Eagle, Houston. Everybody's happy as a elam with


this mode. We'd like to stay here for a little
bit. Telemetry looks great, and thc; voice is
great. Over.

03 11 19 09 LMP Roger. Understand. I'm checking out camera


number 4 now.

03 ll 19 26 CC Eagle, Houston. Say again what you're checking


out? 0vet.

03 11 19 :;5 LMP Roger, Houston. Eagle has checked out both


70-millimeter cameras and both 16-millimeter
cameras, and all work fine. Over.

03 ll 19 46 CC Sounds great. Stand by.

03 ll 19 _7 CC Eagle, Houston. We've looked over your systems


on the high bit rate. Everything looks super;
we're ready to go. Over.

03 11 20 iO LMP Roger. Stand by. YOll want to go back to low


bit rate now?

03 ll 20 13 CC Stand by on that. Over.

03 ll 20 28 CC Eagle, Houston. We look good through tae 210 on


this mode. We're going to shift data select to
an 85-foot dish to see what we've got, and then
we'll be back to you on the 210. If you'll stand
by a couple of minutes in this mode, we'll be
back with you. Over.

03 11 20 48 LMP Roger. Eagle standing by.

03 ll 21 Z_6 CC Eagle, Houston. How do you read? Over.

03 11 21 52 LMP Houston, Eagle. Read you loud and clear. Over.

03 ll 21 55 CC Roger. We're reading you five-by. We've got the


voice good through the 85; the telemetry is in
and out through the 85. Stand by. We'll be back
with you through the 210. Over.

03 ll 22 28 CC Eagle, Houston. You can go step 5 now. We'd like


low bit rate. Over.

03 11 22 39 LMP Houston, Eagle. You have low bit rate.

03 11 22 44 CC Roger. Copy, Eagle.


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03 11 22 59 CC Eagle, Houston. Could you give me a short count -


this mode? Over.

03 ll 23 07 LMP Houston, this is Eagle with a short count. 1, 2, 3,


4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Eagle. Over.

03 ll 23 15 CC Roger, Eagle. You're five-by. This S-band voice


is really beautiful. Over.

03 ll 23 26 CC And, Eagle, Houston. We'll be standing by in this


mode for a minute or so. We'll be back with you
if you'll Just stand by. Over.

03 11 23 41 LMP Roger.

03 ll 25 26 CC Eagle, this is Houston coming through the 2]0.


How do you read? Over.

03 ll 25 35 _ Roger. Read you loud and clear.

03 ll 26 16 CC Eagle, this is Houston. We're happy with all our


data in all modes. You can power down the COMM
now. Over.

03 ll 26 26 LMP Roger. I understand. Eagle will power down the


COMM, and we are Just approaching 27 volts now. It
looks like we won't have to bother with the high
taps.

03 ll 26 39 CC Right.

03 ll 26 40 LMP We're powering down. Out.

02 ll 26 41 CC Roger. Copy. Out.

03 ll 26 44 CC Columbia, this is Houston. We got a TEIll PAD


for you and an update on the water dump. Over.

03 1! 26 54 CMP Stand by one, Houston. Are you through with the


D_KY?

03 ll 26 56 CC That's affirmative. Over.

03 11 26 59 CMP Okay.

03 ll 29 25 CMP Houston, Columbia. Ready to copy TEI Il. Over.

03 ll 29 29 CC Roger, Columbia. Here we come with the TEIll.


SPS G&N: 37200, minus 060, plus 047. NOUN 33,
098 05 2422, plus 41448, plus 03719, minus 02422.
Roll is NA, pitch 020, the rest of the PAD is
NA. Set stars are NA. The ullage is two quads -
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Page 254

correction, two Jets for 16 seconds; use Bravo


and Delta. In the comments, the undocked present
CSM- correction, this is for -TEI ll is undocked.
Present onboard weight of the CSM is 37200 pounds,
about 50 Alfa on your DAP. Over.

03 11 31 17 CMP All right. I read back: TEI 11, SPS G&N: 37200,
minus 060, plus 047, plus 098, 05 2422, plus 41448,
plus 03719, minus 02422; NA, 020; the rest of the
PAD NA. Ullage, two Jets for 16 seconds, Quads B
and D. Undocked present CSM weight is okay in
the DAP.

03 11 31 50 CC Roger, ll. And we'd like you to do a waste-water


dump at 84 hours down to 25 percent. Over.

03 i1 32 06 CMP Roger. I understand. Waste-water dum_ to 25 per-


cent at 84 hours.

03 ll 32 l0 CC Roger. And, Mike, we'll have LOS in about ll _nutes


at 83 44. A0S is 84 30, and prior to - or at LOS,
we would like you to go - Configure the S-band for
high gain track to REACQ, high gain beam to NARROW,
and let's try that to see if we can get an automatic
REACQ at the next AOS. Over.

03 11 32 43 CMP Good idea.

03 il 32 51 CMP I'm in REACQ and NARROW now.

03 !l 32 54 CC Roger.

03 ll 33 31 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Also, that water that you got


on the aft bulkhead, we - If it's not too much,
we Just recommend sopping it up and then throwing
the sponges away in the waste stowage area. If
it's too much, then we recommend using the proce-
dure in the checklist on page Fl0-14. Over.

03 11 33 58 CMP All right. Thank you.

03 11 37 25 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Would you have Buzz make sure


he gives us the 0PS pressure readings before you
close up? Over.

03 ll 37 ]35 CMP Will do.

03 ll 38 01 CDR Houston, ll. The OPS read 5750, both bottles.

03 ll 38 05 CC Roger.
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0B 12 08 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 5

03 12 31 12 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Over.

03 12 31 20 CMP Houston, Apollo ll.

03 12 31 21 CC ll, Houston. Roger. Reading you fine, and it


looks like the automatic REACQ went very well just
as soon as you came around the limb. We have
several small items to discuss with you here just
before you go to sleep. Over.

03 12 31 29 CMP Go ahead. Over.

03 12 31 40 CC Okay, ll. First of all, on our LM systems checks,


everything went fine. I would like to remind you,
though, tomorrow you may see an ascent pressure
light when you activate the MC&W. There should
be no problem, however. You did note that the
APS AUX tank pressure was only re_ding lll psi,
which is normal at this point, but below the level
which will trigger your light due to the helium
which has been dissolved into the propellant. Over.

03 12 32 18 CMP Roger. Understand that. Thank you.

03 _ 32 20 CC Roser, And next item, the supercritical helium


rise rate is nominal, and you also had that question
for us about your thruster activity during the P22
on the l_st REV. Believe we understand that now,
as yOU reported that your pitch was in ACCEL COMMAND
and your yaw and roll were in RATE COMMAND. You
were firing your pitch thrusters. This will couple
_tes into your yaw and roll axes, and the - You
were at that time holding only half a degree dead-
ba_3_ and coupling rates into yaw and roll produced
the extra firings about the yaw and roll axes. Over.

03 12 33 07 CMP Yes. That may be true. It's very peculiar coupling,


in %hat it waits longer than you would think and its
l'e_ction is greater than you would think. We were
getting yaw rates of around four-tenths of a degree
per second, for example.

03 12 B3 23 CC Roger, Mike. We did play the data back, and that's


the way it looked upon analysis of the chart record-
ings back here. Over.

03 12 33 35 CMP Okay. Fine.


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03 12 33 36 CC They've also looked at the results of your landmark


tracking. The marks all apparently were very good,
and we've got a full page of data here relative to
the altitudes of the various site locations, which
I won't read up to you, but I did want to let you
know that the marks apparently went very well. I
also have your consumable budgets, particularly
your RCS propellant quantities. They're Deltas
from nominal if you should want them. Your worst
quad is quad Charlie, which is 9 percent low. I'll
not read up the others unless you want them. Over.

03 12 34 17 CMP Okay. How about the 02 fuel cell purge? You want
that now?

03 12 34 22 CC I'll have to stand by Just a moment.

03 12 34 26 LMP Okay. And then the other one is, we're still
charging battery A.

OB 12 B5 28 CC 11, Houston. We would like to delay the fuel cell


purge until the backside of the Moon, and you go
ahead and - should terminate your battery charge
at this time. Over.

03 12 35 43 I24P Okay. Understand. I knew we had another 02 and

H2 purge coming up in the morning; I wasn't sure


whether you wanted to go through with this one
or not. I'll wait until the next side and then
do it.

03 12 35 53 CC That's fine, Buzz.

03 12 35 54 I24P Terminate battery charging now.

03 12 35 56 CC That's right, and one other systems item here -


in or,er to balance your CRYO tanks, would you get
your 02 tank i and your H 2 tank 2 heaters off? Over.

OB 12 36 16 CMP Okay. I have 02 tank heater 1 off, and H2 tank


heater 2 off.

OB 12 B6 25 CC That's right, Mike, and we believe you have your


quad Bravo and quad Charlie turned off in your
DAP at this time, and a 5-degree deadband. We'd
prefer a lO-degree deadband for your sleep period
overnight here. Over.

OB 12 36 43 (24P Okay.

03 12 B6 47 CC One other item relative to a malfunction procedure.


It's unlikely that you'll have to worry about this
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Page 257

tomorrow, but in your malfunction list under docking


on page Fll-9, there is a malfunction procedure for
a high OR flow rate at the top of - under tunnel at
the top of page ll-9. We would like to have you not
use that malfunction procedure should you encounter
the high 02 flow rate, and instead, check back with
Houston for a revised procedure should you find that
situation. Over.

03 12 37 38 CMP Understand, and note has been made in my checklist.

03 12 37 45 CC ll, Houston. Roger. That Just about takes care of


all the items we have here on the ground before time
to hit the sack, and I guess you will have a presleep
check for us before you go to bed.

03 12 38 06 _ Roger. We're in the midst of cycling the 0_ and H2


fans now.

03 12 38 ll CC Roger.

03 12 38 21 _ And the radiation is as follows: CDR 11012,


CMP 100lB, _ 09015. Negative medication. Over.

03 12 38 36 CC Roger. Copy, ll.

03 12 41 54 LMP Houston, Apollo ll.

03 12 41 56 CC ll, Houston. Go ahead.

03 12 42 31 _ Roger. We're thinking about taking the monocular


with us on into the LM. We think it m'ght prove
to be of some use. Over.

03 12 42 l0 CC Roger, Buzz. It sounds like a good idea for some


of yo_r surveying work there inside the cockpit.
Over.

03 12 42 21 _ Okay. You want to run that by with whoever might


be concerned?

03 12 42 24 CC I sure will.

03 12 47 47 CC Apollo ll, Houston. We have apparently lost the


high gain lock. We would appreciate it if you would
give us a help manually to try to relock up on the
high gain. Over.

03 12 48 07 LMP Houston, Apollo ll ....


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03 12 48 12 CC ll, Houston. Reading you very weak, still too


far down in the noise to complete the full
trausm/ssion. If you'd give us a hand on a manual
reloek, we'd appreciate it.

END OF TAPE
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Page 259

03 12 52 02 CC Apollo ll, Houston. We're still unable to


pick you up on the high gain antenna. Request
you go to MANUAL, and wide beamwidth. The pitch
and yaw angles in your checklist are good ones.
You should be able to find us there. Over.

03 12 53 08 LMP Houston, Apollo ll. How do you read now?

03 12 53 l0 CC ll, Houston. Loud and clear this time. How


me?

03 12 53 16 _4P Loud and clear. You faded out on your last


transmission. Over.

03 12 53 21 CC Roger. Are you in wide bes:n now?

03 12 53 29 LMP Negative. I got you locked back on again


REACQ and narrow.

03 12 53 33 CC Roger. _lat's all we want. We want to stay in


narrow, and we're a little puzzled _)out why
we lost you here a few minutes ago. Do you
have any ideas?

03 12 53 48 LM2° No, we sure don't (cough) - sure don't. We're


showing - we're showing about 15 degrees plus
pitch and about 270. That ought to be good and
clear.

03 12 54 00 CC We concur there. We still don't have any good


ideas on why we were lost then.

03 12 54 38 CC ll, Houston. Would you confirm that we did


acquire automatically when you came around
the limb for this passage. Over.

03 12 54 51 LMP That's confirmed.

03 12 54 54 CC Thenk you.

03 13 04 38 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Over.

03 13 04 44 LMP Houston, Apollo ll.

03 13 04 46 CC 11, Houston. On your AUTO RCS SELECT switches,


we show quad Bravo disabled but quad Charlie
only partially disabled. Charlie 3, I believe,
is the only one you have selected off. Is
that correct?

03 13 05 05 CMP Yes. Roger. That's correct.


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03 13 05 06 CC Roger.

03 13 05 59 CMP How do they look to you now, Houston?

03 lB 06 06 CC ll, Houston. We see them all disabled at this


time. Thank you.

03 13 06 15 CMP Thank you.

03 13 09 22 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

03 13 09 30 LMP Go ahead, Houston.

03 13 09 31 CC 11, Houston. We're going to try to check out


this ability to automatically reacqulre on
the S-band, and what we want to do i_: to secure
our uplink carrier for about 30 seconds. Then
we will turn it back on and see if the space-
craft equipment will automatically reacquire.
So if you do not get a call from us within
about 3 minutes, that means we have not been
able to reacquire and request your assistance
on a manual acquisition. Over.

03 13 10 04 LF_P Okay. We understand.

03 13 l0 ll CC ll, Houston. We also would apprecia:;e - if


you will note the angles that the antenna tracks
through in its attempt to reacquire. Over.

03 13 10 26 LMP Roger. We'll do that.

03 13 13 28 CC ll, Houston. It looks like we're locked back up


again with no delay. How does it look on board?
Over.

03 13 13 37 LMP Roger. The signal strength dropped very rapidly


to zero; and the pitch and yaw, in about 3 sec-
conds, moved toward 40 degrees pitch and 240
degrees yaw. Right now, they're sitting on
about 15 degrees pitch and about 265 degrees yaw.
So they didn't move very far, about 30 degrees
apiece; and then they picked right back on up
again. Over.

03 13 14 19 CC Roger. Some of "The Luckiest People" in the


background there. We copied your pitch and
yaw angles.

03 13 15 27 CC 11, Houston. Could you give us the location


of your - pitch and yaw location of your posi-
tion indicators? Over.
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03 13 15 39 LMP Roger. They're in the same position as the


antenna right now; plus 15 degrees pitch and -
no, now wait a minute. I got them - got it
at about 275 instead of 265.

03 13 15 57 CC Okay. Thank you.

03 13 16 23 CC ll, Houston. We'd like to try the same


procedure once more. We'll leave the carrier
a little longer and be back up for a call
within 4 minutes. Over.

03 13 16 35 I_P Okay.

03 13 20 07 CC ll, Houston. We're locked back up a_ain. Can


you give us a report on how the antenna behaved?

03 13 20 24 LMP Roger. It was essentially identical as before.


The pitch went to 45, 40 to 45 s_ld the yaw went
to about - to about 255, 245 to 255; and then
it rather quickly locked up at 15 degrees pitch
and 270 yaw. Over.

03 13 20 49 CC 11, Houston. Roger. Your angles are 45 and


255. Do I understand that as soon as the car-
rier dropped, it went to these angle _; or did
it only go to these angles after the uplink
carrier was reenabled and the antenna began
to reacquire? Over.

03 13 21 12 LMP No. As soon as the carrier dropped off, why,


it drifted over into those angles anti stayed
there. Then when it came back up again, why,
it hunted around for a while, but it didn't
get any further off. Gradually brought it on
in to the angles where it is right now; and
then the signal strength would take several
Jumps as evidently it goes from wide to medium
to narrow. Over.

03 13 21 38 CC ll, Houston. Understand. And on ancther sub-


Ject, request you zero your optics for the
night. Over.

03 13 21 58 LMP Roger. Zeroed.

03 13 27 46 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Can you confirm that you


have changed the C02 filter as per flight plan
in the last hour? Over?

03 13 28 01 CMP No. We're still eating. We're about to do it.


We'll let you know.
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03 13 28 04 CC Roger, 11. And we've got about 14 minutes until


LOS. A0S is 86 30, an hour away. We're won-
dering whether or not you plan to have one man
up at that time or would you all like to be
asleep inside the next hour? Over.

03 13 28 25 CMP Somebody will be up.

03 13 28 27 CC Roger. The thing that we're still puzzling on


is the antenna, and if - as long as there will be
somebody up, why, we would like to have somebody
check the automatic REACQ on the next AOS.

03 13 28 42 CMP Okay. We'll do that. We haven't chlorinated


the water yet, and we haven't changed the
lithium hydroxide. We're just still finishing
up dinner.

03 13 28 49 CC Roger, Mike. Thank you.

03 13 40 07 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We have LOS coming up in


2 minutes now, and A0S will be at 86 plus 28
plus 15. Over.

03 13 40 20 CDR We'll see you on the other side, Houston.

03 13 40 21 CC Roger.

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03 14 06 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 6

03 14 30 37 CMP Houston, Apollo ll. Over.

03 14 30 39 CC ll, Houston. Loud and clear here. Over.

03 14 30 44 CMP Okay. We Just appeared to get a solid lock for


the last - oh, about a minute. The ... needle's
been wandering up and down, and the pitch and yaw
needles have been wandering around, but it ap-
pears to have reacquired by itself solidly now.
We're Just finishing up our fuel cell purge. Hy-
drogen on number 3 is the last to go off. It'll
be coming off in Just a second.

03 14 31 09 CC Roger, ll.

03 14 32 17 CC Apollo ll, Houston. We believe we've tracked down


the reacquisition problem we had on the previous
REV. It looks like it was a receiver power sup-
ply here on the ground and no problems in the
spacecraft at all. Over.

03 14 32 35 CMP Okay. Glad to hear it.

03 14 32 37 CC ll, that really winds things up as far as we're


concerned on the ground, for the evening. We're
ready to go to bed and get a little sleep. Over.

03 14 32 49 CMP Yes. We're about to Join you. i:_ii_i


03 14 32 51 CC Roger. i

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03 21 32 39 CC Apollo ll, Apollo ll. Good morning from the


Black Team.

03 21 33 01 CMP Good morning, Houston.

03 21 33 04 CC Good morning. We got about 2 minutes to LOS


here, Mike.

03 21 33 12 CMP ... You guys wake up early.

03 21 33 15 CC (Laughing) Yes, you're about 2 minutes early on


the wakeup. Looks like you were really sawing
them away.

03 21 33 23 CMl° You're right.

03 21 33 44 CC ll, Houston. For planning purposes, you can go


ahead and take the monocular into the LMwlth you.

03 21 33 56 CMP Okay. I'll tell them. How are all the CSM sys-
tems looking?

03 21 34 06 CC 11, Houston. Looks like the command module's


in good shape. Black Team has been watching
it real closely for you.

03 21 34 17 CMP We sure appreciate that. Because I sure haven't.

03 2] 34 27 CC Say again.

03 21 34 34 CMP I say because I sure have not.

03 21 34 37 CC Roger.

03 21 35 01 CC Apollo 1].. Thirty seconds. AOS will be 94 plus 21.

03 21 35 11 CMP 94 21.

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03 21 59 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 10

03 22 22 17 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Standing by.

03 22 23 04 LMP Houston, Apollo 11.

03 22 23 06 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Go.

03 22 23 11 LMP Roger. How do you read the BIOMED in the LMP


with the LCG on? Over. "'

03 22 23 17 CC Roger. Stand by, 11.

03 22 23 47 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We have good data on all


3 crewmen. No. Belay that. The Commander we
do not have yet.

03 22 24 00 LMP Okay. He's not up yet.

03 22 50 00 _ Houston, Apollo 11. We just had a very good


view of the landing site. We can pick out almost
all of the features we've identified previously.

03 22 50 l0 CC ll, Houston. Roger. Sounds real fine. And, ll,


I have your maneuver PAD and consumables update
whenever you want them.

03 22 50 30 SC Stand by.

03 22 50 34 LMP Stand by a little, please.

03 22 50 37 CC Roger. We're standin_ by. And that's the block ,

data on the maneuver PAD, by the way. .i(_


03 22 52 39 CMP Houston, Apollo 11 is a couple of minutes away
from this rolling right 40 degrees to roll 122, [";'
pitch 229, yaw 0. Over. '._,_

0_ 22 52 48 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Roger. We're standing by. ,,_

03 22 54 04 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Ready to copy. _:.,

03 22 54 08 CC Roger. Apollo 11, Houston. Here's your block ,,_::


data, TEl 30. Over.

'L f
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03 22 54 20 CMl° Ready to copy.

03 22 54 22 CC SPS/G&N: 36639; your NOUN 48, minus 072, plus 051;


your NOUN 33, 135 24 4000; NOUN 81, plus 32178,
plus 06036, minus 01304, your pitch 064. The
rest is NA. Ullage: two jet, 16 seconds; and
it's based on L0I REFSMMAT. Over.

03 22 55 49 CMl° Roger. TEI 30 SPS/G&N: 36639 minus 072, plus 051,


135 24 4000, plus 32178, plus 06036, minus 01304,
pitch 064, two jets 16 second, LOI REFSMMAT. Over.

03 22 56 15 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Readback correct. Your con-


sumables update?

03 22 56 36 CMP Yes. Go ahead.

03 22 56 37 CC Roger. GET 91 plus 30, minus 7 percent; Alfa


minus 8, Bravo minus 2.5, Charlie minus 10,
Delta minus 6.5. H_ total, minus 2 pounds; oxygen
total, plus 9 pounds. Over.

03 22 57 18 CMP Okay. Thank you. And on board, we're reading for


quad Alfa 75 percent, Bravo 78, Charlie 78, and
Delta 77 percent.

03 22 57 37 CC ll, Houston. We copy.


!i

03 22 57 49 CC Apollo 11, Houston. I have your base-line altitude


update now, if Buzz is ready to copy.

03 22 58 O0 SC ...

03 22 58 02 CMP Go ahead. _ ,_

03 22 58 ]4 CC Roger. Alfa 1 is 500, that's 500 feet above the


landing site. Over.

03 22 58 23 CMP Okay. Alfa ! is 500 feet above the landing site. '_i'_
Thank you.

03 22 58 51 CMP Houston, Apollo ll. Our crew status report for


sleep: CDR 5.5, CMl° 6.0, _ 5.0. Over. _·_

03 22 59 02 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Roger. We have that now. __

03 23 16 09 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Over. S

03 23 16 16 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Go ahead ....


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03 23 16 18 CC Roger. The "Black Bugle" Just arrived with some


morning news briefs if you're ready.

03 23 16 28 CDR Go ahead.

03 23 16 30 CC Roger.

03 23 16 31 CMP ...

03 23 16 32 CC Okay. Church services around the world today are


mentioning Apollo ll in their prayers. Presi-
dent Nixon's worship service at the White House
is also dedicated to the mission, and our fellow
astronaut, Frank Borman, is still in there pitch-
ing and will read the passage from Genesis which
was read on Apollo 8 last Christmas. The Cabinet
and members of Congress, with emphasi_ on the
Senate and House space committees, ha_e been in-
vited, along with a number of other guests. Buzz,
your son, Andy, got a tour of MSC yesterday. Your
Uncle Bob Moon accompanied him on the visit which
included the LRL. Among the - -

03 23 17 27 LMP - - Thank you.

03 23 17 28 CC Roger. Among the large headlines concerning _,_


Apollo this morning, there's one asking that _ _
you watch for a lovely girl with a big rabbit.
An ancient legend says a beautiful Chinese girl _
called Chang-o has been living there for ,_
4000 years. It seems she was banished to the
Moon because she stole the pill of immortality _._'_
from her husband. You might also look for her ,_
companion, a large Chinese rabbit, who is easy _:,,
to spot since he is always standing on his hind _
feet in the shade of a cinnamon tree. The name -'_,_,
of the rabbit is not reported. _Y

03 23 18 15 Ib_' Okay. We'll keep a close eye out for the bunny "_(:_
girl
OB 23 18 19 CC Roger. You residents of the spacecraft Columbia %
may be interested in knowing that today is Inde- ,'_
pendence Day in the country of Colombia. Gloria
Diaz of the Philippines was crowned Miss Universe
last night. She defeated 60 other girls for the
global beauty title. Miss Diaz is 18, with black
hair and eyes, and measures 34-1/2, 23, 34-1/2.
First runner-up was Miss Australia, followed by
Miss Israel, and Miss Japan. -While you're on
your way back Tuesday night, the American and
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National League Allstars will be playing ball in


Washington. Mel Stottlemyre of the Yankees is
expected to be the American League's first pitcher.
No one is predicting who will be first pitcher for
the National League yet. They have nine on the
roster. Even though research has certainly paid
off in the space program, research doesn't always
pay off, it seems. The Woodstream Corporation,
parent company of the Animal Trap Company of
America which has made more than a billion wooden
spring mousetraps, reports that it built a better
mousetrap but the world didn't beat a door to its
path - didn't beat a path to its door. As a matter
of fact, the company had to go back to the old-
fashioned kind. They said, "We should have spent
more time researching housewives and less time
researching mice". And the "Black Beag - Bugle"
is all completed for the morning.

03 23 20 47 CDR Thank you very much. We appreciate the news.

03 23 21 21 I34P Black Team, we'll be looking for an irteresting


day with you all tomorrow.

03 23 21 27 CC Roger. We'll be going off here shortly, and


we'll pick you up in the morning for mzre.

03 23 30 15 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Three minutes to LOS; AOS


at 96 plus 20.

03 23 30 27 CDR Apollo ll. 96 20. Thank you.

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0_ 23 54 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 11

04 00 21 24 CC Hello, Columbia. Houston. Do you read? Over.

04 00 21 58 LMP Hello, Houston, this is Eagle. How do you


read? Over.

04 00 22 03 CC Eagle, this is Houston. Are you calling? Over.

04 00 22 08 LMi° Roger. How do you read? Over.

04 00 22 11 CC Roger. Reading you about three-by, Buzz; a lot


of noise on the loop. We think it's coming from
Columbia, but we can't tell. We're unable to
raise voice with him. Would he please go to high
gain. Over.

04 00 22 26 LMP Okay. I'll have him go to high gain. It's


probably the glycol pump you hear in the back-
ground, and I'm up to the point where I turn on
the IMU. Would you recommend I hold off here
for a few minutes or go ahead and power up the
IMU? Over.

04 00 22 41 CC Roger. Stand by.

04 00 22 42 LMP Hey, get your high gain to working.

04 00 22 46 CMP Houston.

04 00 23 06 CC Eagle, this is Houston. You can turn on the


IMU. Over.

04 00 23 14 SC ...

04 00 23 21 CMl° Houston, this is Columbia.

04 00 23 31 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Do you read? Over.

04 00 23 37 CMl° Houston ...

04 00 24 44 CC Hello, Eagle. This is Houston. We've got a


noisy downlink on the downvoiee backup. Would
you please select S-band voice to VOICE? Over.

04 00 25 50 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Do you read? Over.

04 00 25 57 CMP Houston, Columbia. Reading you loud and clear.


How me?
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04 00 26 O0 CC Roger. About three-by, Mike. We've got a lot


of noise in the background. It's clearing up
now. Break. Eagle, Houston. Do you read?
Over.

0_ 00 26 12 LMP Houston, Eagle. About four-by-four. Go ahead.

04 00 26 15 CC Roger. Just getting a voice check. Say the


page you're on in the activation checklist.
Over.

04 00 26 24 IMP Roger. I'm on page 27. Over.

04 00 26 27 CC Roger. Understand 27. We copy. Out.

04 00 27 07 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Would you please


give us P00 in ACCEPT. We have a state vector
for you. Over.

04 00 27 15 CMl° Stand by one.

04 00 28 21 CMP Houston, Columbia. You have P00 in ACCEPT,


and how are you reading me now?

04 00 28 26 CC Roger. Understand, we have PO0 in ACCEPT.


You're about three-by in - on the voice, Mike.
Over.

04 00 28 35 CMl° Okay. You're coming in loud and clear, and I'm


configured for normal voice. If you've got any
switch changes, let me know.

04 00 28 42 CC Roger. We've got some noise somewhere in the


system down here, I think. We're working on it.
And I've got a 130 landmark update for you, and
also a DAP load whenever you're ready to copy.
Ore r.

04 0__ 28 59 CMP Stand by one.

04 0_ 2 20 CMl° Go ahead with the 130 update.

04 oo 29 22 CC Roger, Mike. Coming at you with the ]30,


P1 is 98 37 35, P2 98 42 44, 4 miles aorth.
Ore r.

04 O0 29 52 CMP Okay. P1 98 37 35, P2 98 42 44, 4 miles north


of track; and go ahead with your DAP load.

04 00 30 04 CC Roger. CSM weight 36651, LM weight 33627,


pitch trim minus 0.72, yaw trim plus 0.51. Over.
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04 00 30 32 CMP 36651, 33627, minus 0.72_ plus 0.5_. Over.

0_t 00 30 1_0 CC Both arc good feedbacks. Out.

04 00 30 46 LMP Houston, Eagle. Are you satisfied with the


LGC self test? Over.

04 00 30 52 CC Roger. Understand. You passed the LGC self


test. Over.

04 00 30 59 LMP Negative. I was asking you if you were satis-


fied with it. As far as I can tell, it's
satisfactory. And also the primary EVAP flow
is actuated to number 1 at 96 05. Over.

04 00 31 11 CC Roger. Copy on the primary EVAP. We've got


the low bit rate, Buzz. We couldn't see that
LGC self test. Over.

04 00 31 20 LMP Okay.

04 00 31 27 CMP Houston, Columbia. The docking tunnel index


angle remains unchanged.

04 00 31 32 CC Roger. Copy. Out.

Oh 00 32 07 LMP Houston, Eagle is going to secondary transmitter/


receiver and secondary power amplifier, and
I'll check with you in 60 seconds. Over.

04 00 32 16 CC Roger. Stand by. We're standing by. Over.

04 00 32 23 LMP Okay.

04 00 32 29 CC Columbia, Houston. We are through with the


computer. You can go back to BLOCK. Over.

04 00 33 14 LMP Houston, Eagle. On secondary transmitter/


receiver and power smplifier, how do Vou read?
Over. l, 2, 3, 4, 5. Over.

04 00 33 21 CC Roger. Reading you five-by, Buzz. How me?


1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Out.

04 00 33 30 LMI° Roger. That's about the same as before.


Switching back to PRIMARY.

04 00 33 34 CC Roger.

04 00 34 27 LMP Houston, Eagle. Back on PRIMARY, and I'm ready


to proceed with the steerable antenna activa-
tion.
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04 00 34 34 CC Roger. We're standing by, Buzz. Go ahead.


Over.

04 00 34 45 I_Wyp And I'll go to BIOMED left - right momentarily.

04 00 34 49 CC Roger.

04 O0 36 40 LMP Houston, Eagle. Got a real nice lock on -


lockon on the steerable antenna, and you
should be receiving BIOMED right and PCM
high. Over.

04 00 36 53 CC Roger, Eagle. We got you five-by. It's


really beautiful. We've got the high bit rate
and the BIOMED. Out.

04 00 37 07 CC Eagle, Houston. Do you copy? Over.

04 00 37 13 LMP Roger. Copy.

04 00 39 26 LMP Houston, Eagle. For your information, we're


doing the glycol pump check now.

04 00 39 30 CC Roger. Copy.

04 00 39 44 LMP And there's the secondary glycol pump.

04 00 39 47 CC Roger.

04 00 40 26 LMP And I'm on secondary, or number 2 pump right


now, and I'll hold here for a couple of seconds
and then switch back to number 1.

04 _J 40 35 CC Roger.

04 00 42 47 CC Columbia, Houston. Over.

04 00 42 51 LMP Houston.

0b 00 42 54 CMP/LMP Go ahead, Houston.

04 _J0 42 56 CC Roger, Columbia. We noticed your DAP configu-


ration. We'd like you to turn off B3 and C4,
Mike, and for register 2 in the DAP, _e'd like
all ones. Over.

04 00 43 21 CMP B3 and C4 are both off on panel 8 and I under-


stand you want - Say again what you want on
register 2.

04 00 23 29 CC Roger. In the DAP, we'd like you load all


ones. Over.
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04 00 43 36 CMP All right.

04 00 44 08 CC Columbia, Houston. Did you hit the COMMAND


RESET around - after LOS on the last pass? Over.

04 00 44 19 CMP That's affirmative. When we were having


difficulty getting you, Charlie, I pushed the
COMMAND RESET to make sure I had control of
high gain.

04 O0 44 26 CC Roger. Thank you much. We're in good shape


now. Over.

04 O0 44 31 CMP Okay.

04 00 46 19 LMP Houston, Eagle. Can you tell me if you're


picking up BIOMED on the CDR now? Over.

04 00 46 26 CC Stand by.

04 00 46 44 CC Eagle, Houston. We're not getting any BIOMED


from the CDR now. Over.

04 00 46 53 LMP Roger. Understand.

04 00 47 58 CC Eagle, Houston. We got the BIOMED on the


commander now. Over.

04 00 48 06 LMP Very good. Thank you.

04 00 49 19 LMP Houston, Eagle. We're ready for an E-memory


dump if you are. Over.

04 00 49 23 CC Roger. We're ready. Go.

04 00 49 58 CC Eagle, this is Houston. We see the optics zero


switch on. Before you take some marks, don't
forget to cycle it back off and on, and then
on. Over.

04 ,0 50 12 LMP Roger. Houston, Eagle here. I wish we had


one of those optics. I'll tell Mike _0out it.

04 00 50 18 CC Roger, Columbia. Excuse me. Sorry _out that.

04 00 57 04 CC Eagle, Houston. Could you give us a hack on


the time that you switched to LM power and also
verify that we're on glycol pump 1. Over.

04 00 57 20 CDR This is Eagle. We're on pump 1, stand by for


the switchover time.
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04 00 57 26 CC Roger.

04 00 57 57 CDR The switch time to LM power is 95 54 00. Over.

04 00 58 03 CC Roger. Copy, Neil. Is Buzz back in the


Columbia now? Over.

04 00 58 10 CDR Yes. He is.

04 00 58 12 CC Roger. Thank you.

04 01 00 04 CDR Hello, Columbia, this is Eagle on Simplex B.


How do you read?

04 O1 00 10 CMP You are loud and clear in Simplex B, Nell.

04 01 00 13 CDR Roger. Read you loud and clear.

04 0t 00 24 CDR Okay. Would you configure for Simplex A,


please?

04 01 00 30 CMP Roger. Going to Simplex A.

04 01 01 05 CDR Columbia, Eagle. How do you read on VHF-A?

04 01 01 09 CMP Reading you loud and clear on A.

04 01 01 11 CDR Roger. Read you loud and clear.

04 01 01 22 CDR And I'm ready to get a time hack from you.


Load the CSM time.

04 01 01 29 CMP Okay.

04 01 01 42 CMP Do you want the T-EPHEM first?

04 01 01 46 CDR Let's get your clock first and then we'll get
T-EPHEM.

04 0l 01 50 CMP Okay.

04 01 01 53 CDR Give me a time for load.

04 01 01 59 CMP 97 O1 30. Correction on that, Neil. 97 -


make that 97 03 30.

04 01 02 23 CDR Okay. I have 97 03 30 set in.

04 01 02 27 CMP Okay. And you've got about a minute to go.

04 01 02 29 CDR Okay.
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OiL 01 03 17 CMF 15 seconds to go. 10. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

04 01 03 32 CMP 1.

04 01 03 33 CMP MARK it.

04 01 03 34 CMP 97 03 30.

04 01 03 35 CDR Got it.

04 01 03 46 CDR Okay. Let's do a 0665 on my Mark.

04 01 03 59 CDR Did you get that, Mike?

04 01 04 01 CMP Standing by for your Mark.

04 01 04 03 CDR Okay, 3, 2, 1.

04 01 04 06 CDR MARK.

04 01 04 08 CMP Okay. 97 04 03.86.

04 01 04 20 CDR Okay. I'm within three-hundredths. That's


within our ability to keep together, I think.

04 01 04 26 CMP Roger.

04 01 04 46 CDR Okay. Now you want to give me T-EPHEM VERB 05,


NOUN 01 ENTER?

04 O1 04 56 CMP Okay. I've got VERB 05, NOUN 01, ENTER. Going
to 17 06 ENTER.

04 O1 05 00 CDR Roger.

04 01 05 04 CMP Are you ready to copy?

04 01 05 06 CDR Go ahead.

04 01 05 07 CMP Roger. Register 1, 5 balls; register 2, 20017;


register 3, 20616. Over.

04 01 05 20 CDR Understand Ri, 5 zeIos; R2, 20017; R3, 20616.

04 01 05 28 CMP That's correct.

04 01 05 43 CMP And I'm standing by configured to record your


PCM data.

04 01 06 37 CDR And I'm ready to start on a docked IMU coarse


align when you are; and when you're ready, go
MIN deadband ATT hold.
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04 O l 06 50 CMP ()kay. Stand by.

04 01 08 13 CMP We're minimum deadband, attitude hold.

04 01 08 21 CDR Okay. Now I need your NOUN 20.

04 01 08 31 CMP Okay. I got VERB 06, NOUN 20. Give me a Mark


on it.

04 01 08 37 CDR Okay.

04 01 08 38 CDR MARK.

04 01 08 42 CMP Register 1, plus 11202, plus 20741, plus 00211.


Over.

04 01 08 57 CDR Copy. 11202, 20741, 00211.

04 01 09 05 CMP That's correct.

04 01 11 34 CC Eagle, Houston. That coarse align looked good


to us. Over.

04 01 11 40 CDR Roger.

04 01 11 52 CDR Okay, Mike. Your attitude hold's no longer


required.

04 01 11 58 CMP Thank you.

04 01 13 55 CDR Okay, Mike. I'd like to copy a NOUN 20 again,


06 NOUN 20. Be on my Mark.

04 01 14 07 CMP Standing by for your Mark.

04 01 14 09 CDR 3, 2, t; stand by. Take it again.

04 01 14 18 CMP Okay.

04 01 14 19 CDR 3, 2, 1.

04 01 14 22 CDR MARK.

04 01 14 24 CMP Okay, I read plus 11154, plus 20792, plus 00230.


Over.

04 01 14 38 CDR I get - You get 11154, 20792, 00230.

04 01 lb 48 CMP That's correct.

04 01 15 06 CC Eagle, Houston. I -
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04 01 15 07 CDR Okay, Houston. Did you copy -

04 01 15 10 CC Eagle, Houston. We have the angles. I'll


read them back. Over. For the command module,
11154, 20792, 00230. For the LM, 18995, 02852,
35863. Over.

04 O1 15 34 CDR That's correct for Eagle and command module.

04 01 15 36 CC Roger.

04 01 15 42 CDR Did you get the time? Was 97 14 20.

04 01 15 45 CC Roger. Copy, Eagle. Out.

04 01 17 08 CC Columbia and Eagle: LOS for both spacecrafts


97 32, AOS 98 18. Houston, out.

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Page 281

04 01 2] 35 CC ]':agle,liouston. %_e haw yom- g,.yrotoz'quint_


angles if you're ready to copy. Over.

04 01 21 47 CDR Roger. We're ready to copy.

04 01 21 59 CC Roger. Eagle. For X minus 00060, Y plus 00620,


Z plus 01080. Over.

04 01 22 34 CDR Understand. X minus 00060, Y plus 00620,


Z plus 01080.

04 01 22 50 CC Roger, Eagle. Good readback. Out.

04 0t 24 18 CDR Houston, this is Eagle. Do you want us to go


ahead and do a VERB 42 at this time?

04 01 24 28 CC Stand by. That's affirmative, Eagle. We'd like


you to go ahead and fine align. Over.

04 01 24 37 CDR Okay.

04 01 24 48 LMP tIouston, Eagle, LMP. How do you read? Over.

04 01 24 49 CC Roger. Ffve-by, Buzz. How me? Over.

04 01 24 54 LMP Loud and clear. I'm going to be going through an


ascent battery check. You want to check my
BIOMED' s briefly? Over.

04 01 25 01 CC Roger. Go ahead.

04 01 25 17 CC Eagle, Houston. We got a good BIOMED on you,


Buzz. Over.

04 0_ 25 26 I_[P Okay. Let me know where it ought to be at this


point.

04 0_ 25 29 CC Roger. You can stay there at that point. When


we go LOS, we'd like you to go off on the BIOMED.
Over.

04 0i 25 39 LMP Roger.

04 01 25 53 CDR Do you copy those angles, Houston - torquing


angles ?

04 01 25 57 CC Roger. They're correct. You can torque. Over.


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04 01 27 43 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We have about 4 minutes LOS.


That makes A0S 98 18. Over.

04 01 27 54 CDR Eagle. Roger.

04 O1 2'{ 58 CMP Columbia. Roger.

04 01 28 31 CMP Eagle, Columbia.

04 01 28 39 CDR Columbia, Eagle. Go ailead.

04 01 28 41 CMP Roger. The capture latch is in the probe or


engaged in the drogue. Would you like to set
them from your side?

04 O1 28 51 CDR Roger. Stand by.

04 01 28 57 LMP Houston, Eagle. ED battery A is 37.0 and


battery B is 36.9. Over.

04 01 29 04 CC Roger. Copy both of those, Buzz. Out.

04 01 29 20 CC Eagle, Houston. We looked at the E-memory.


It's GO. Over.

04 01 29 26 _ Roger. E-memory GO.

04 01 29 41 CDR Mike, the capture latches look good.

04 0l 29 44 CMP Thank you.

04 01 29 54 CC Eagle, Houston. We'd like you to go to the OMNI


antenna, and next AOS, we'd like you to be in
forward. Over.

04 01 30 06 LMP Roger. Going to - _,_hich0MNI do you want now,


aft ?

04 01 30 20 CC Eagle, Houston. We'd like aft now and forward


at AOS. Over.

04 01 30 27 LMP Roger.

04 01 31 05 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Thirty seconds to LOS.


Both spacecraft looking good going ove_ the
hi 11. Out.
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()11 O] 5[_ -- B[,;G1N LUNA[_ REV 12

04 02 18 21 CC Apollo il, Ilouston. W_'i'c.standing by. ()vei'.

04 02 19 10 CC Columbia, Houston. Do you read? Over.

04 02 19 30 CC Eagle, Houston. Do you read? Over.

04 02 20 19 CC Columbia, Houston. Over.

04 02 20 53 CC Eagle, Houston. No voice. Will you verify


forward OMNI? Over.

04 02 21 58 CC Columbia, Houston. We have no voice with Eagle.


Would you please verify that Eagle is on forward
0MNI. Over.

04 02 22 36 CC Columbia, Houston. Over.

04 02 23 10 CC Eagle, Houston. Over.

04 02 23 16 LMP Houston, Eagle. Go ahead.

04 02 23 17 CC Roger. Are you reading me, Buzz? Over.

04 02 23 22 LMP Roger. I've got you now. I fed in those angles


for the S-band but I couldn't get a lockon
because the antenna would be looking through the
LM in order to reach the Earth. Over.

04 02 23 41 CC Roger. We copied in the P22 attitude that you


will not be able to get a high-gain lo¢:kon. We
have a DAP data load, if you're ready to copy.
Over.

04 02 24 05 LMP Roger. Ready to copy.

04 02 24 07 CC Okay. _,I weight 33627, CSM weight 36651, pitch


trim 00470, roll trim 00589. Over.

04 02 24 34 LMP Roger. LM weight 33627, CSM weight 3(651, pitch


trim 00470, roll trin 00589. Over.

04 02 24 49 CC Roger, Buzz. That's a good readback. You're


about two-by with these OMNI's in this configura-
tion; we won't have very good COMM until we get
through with the P22. Over.

04 02 25 02 LMP Roger. Understand.


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04 02 25 13 CC Eagle, Houston. Would you select S-band voice


to VOICE. Over.

04 02 25 57 CMP Houston, Columbia. Downvoice backup. Do you


read?

04 02 25 59 CC Roger. We read you. Columbia, did you call?


Over.

04 02 26 06 CMP Affirmative. Downvoice backup. How do you read


me?

04 02 26 08 CC Roger. Better, Mike. We're reading you now


about four-by. No voice at all with you earlier.
Let's stay in this configuration. Eagle, are
you in VOICE mode? Over.

04 02 26 22 I24P Roger. Eagle is in VOICE mode. How do you


read? Over.

04 02 26 25 CC Roger. You're about three-by now, Buzz. We're


satisfied with this COMM configuration. Let's
stay with where we are. Over.

04 02 26 36 CMP Houston, Columbia is in OMNI Charlie downvoice


backup, and if you get a chance, would you look
up the coordinates of 130 for me, please? I
have been - conflicting information between my
cue card and my flight plan. I'd like to know
which coordinate values you want me to use.

04 02 26 51 CC Roger. Stand by.

04 02 27 07 _ Houston, Eagle. Completed gear extension okay.

04 02 27 46 CC Columbia, Houston. We're satisfied with what


you already have loaded in P22 for these
coordinates. Over.

04 02 27 56 CMP Thank you, Houston.

04 02 29 00 CC Columbia, Houston. The coordinates yo_ have


loaded in P22 are - _e have - are Site 130
prime. Do you concuz? Over.

04 02 29 17 CMP I have the coordinates loaded on the cue card


which are for crater 130.

04 02 30 03 CC Columbia, Houston. We made an error oa those


coordinates. We'd like you to load for latitude
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in a NOUN 89 plus 01 243, longitude over 2


plus 11 844, altitude minus 001 46 as shown in
the flight plan. Over.

04 02 31 30 CMP Okay, liouston.

04 02 33 06 CC Eagle, Houston. Could you give us an idea where


you are in the activation? Over.

04 02 33 13 LMP Roger. We're just sitting around waiting for


something to do. We need a state vector, a
REFSMMAT, a reading on the AGS. And we need you
to watch our DAP load, give a voice check, and
throttle check. Over.

04 02 33 34 CC Roger. Eagle, we'll have the state vectors and


the REFSMMAT as soon as we get the high gain.
Over. It will be about another 10 minutes or
so before we get throug h the P22, and when we
maneuver to attitude and get the high gain,
we'll have the updates for you. Over.

04 02 33 56 _ Roger. We'll go ahead with the DAP and throttle


... check if you don't have the gimble drive
check, okay?

04 02 34 04 CC Roger. Understand you're going to the DAP throttle


check. That 's affirmative.

04 02 35 32 CMP Houston, Columbia. These Ti and T2 times are


still good, aren't they?

04 02 35 37 CC Say again. Over.

04 02 35 42 CMP I say the Ti and T2 times remain unchanged,


don't they?

04 02 35 51 CC That's affirmative. Over.

04 02 35 55 CMP Thank you.

04 02 37 58 LMP Houston, Eagle.

04 02 38 01 CC Go ahead, Eagle. Over.

04 02 38 05 LMP Roger. In the first of - on page 47, _tep 1,


we had the guidance control in PGNS ani mode
control PGNS AUTO and, of course, the 2ircuit
breakers are not in on the thrusters yet. So
when we started through the DAP and proceeded
on NOUN 46 - and we're looking at NOUN 47 now,
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so we've got an RCS TTA light and we've got four


out of the eight other bright colored red flags.
I think that this is explained by the fact that
we _re in I'GNS rind AUTO zmd unable t,o fi rc bhe
thrusters.

04 02 38 51 CC Roger. Stand by.

04 02 39 13 CC Eagle, Houston. You are correct. The lights


are there and the flags because we haven't
closed the breakers yet. Over.

04 02 39 23 I24P Roger.

04 02 40 02 CDR And Houston, Eagle. Are you going to use the


high gain before you can look at our GDA posi-
tion indicator?

04 02 40 12 CC Stand by.

04 02 40 B5 CC Eagle, Houston. We can see all the throttle


data - -

04 02 40 37 MS I can give high ...

04 02 kO kO CC Go ahead. Over.

0k 02 k0 143 CDR I could give you high bit rate on the O_I if
that would help any.

Ok 02 k0 k7 CC Negative. We have all the throttle data we


need. You can stay iow bit rate. You can
proceed through the throttle test, but do not
do the gimbal trim. Over. Repeat, do not do
the gimbal trim.

04 02 41 01 CDR Roger. Understand.

04 02 41 kl 0MP Boy, you Just can't miss those check points,


Diamondback and Sidewinder.

04 02 42 23 CMP AUTO optics are pointed Just a little bit north


of crater 130.

04 0_ 42 _9 CC Roger. Copy, Columbia, Out.

04 0_ 4_ 33 CMP ...

04 02 44 15 LMP Houston, Eagle. We are ready to pressurize the


RCS. Over.
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04 02 44 21 CC Stand by.

U4 02 44 40 CC [!lag,It', ilou._Lon. You car, go ahead with your


RCS pressurizaLion, but we would like to hold
off on RCS checkout until we get the high bit
rate. Over.

04 02 44 52 IAfP Roger.

04 02 44 54 CC And Eagle, Houston. Have you deployed the


landing gear yet? Over.

04 02 44 59 LMP That's affirmative. The landing gear is out


and ...

04 02 45 04 CC Roger.

04 02 45 55 CMP Houston, Columbia. I've completed my marks.


I've gone ACCEL COMMAND in all three axes to
prevent that thruster firing that last time.

04 _o 46 03 CC Roger.

'_ _ 2 46 49 CMP Houston, Columbia. Say again on the necessary


data on the downlink. Let me know and I'll
proceed.

04 02 46 55 CC Columbia, stand by on the NOUN 49. Over.

_ 02 47 00 CMP Standing by, Houston.

04 02 47 18 CC Columbia, Houston. We got your NOUN 49; you


can proceed. Over.

04 02 47 23 _hMt
_ Roger.

04 02 47 38 CC Colum - correction, Eagle, Houston. We see the


MASTER A]_4, you can go ahead and press_ We see
the press now. Over.

04 02 47 49 lIMP Roger. Looks good.

oh 02 47 51 CC Roger, Buzz. If you've got - would like, I've


got your AGS abort constants. Over.

04 02 48 01 LMP Ready to copy.

04 02 48 03 CC Roger. For your AGS address 224, plus 60267;


225, plus 58148; 226_ plus 70312; 227,
minus 50031. Over.
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0)4 02 48 35 IA_P Roger. 224, plus 60267, 225, plus 58148; 226,
plus 70312; 227, minus 50031. Over.

04 02 48 52 CC Roger. Good readbaek. Out.

04 02 49 19 CMP Eagle, Columbia. My P22 is complete. I'm con-


tinuing this maneuver to AGS CAL attitude.

04 02 49 25 CC Roger. Fine. We copy.

04 02 49 28 LMP Roger.

04 02 49 30 CC Eagle, Columbia. Your high-gain angles are -


Corrected - Eagle, Houston. Your high-gain
angles are 165 pitch, yaw 66. Over.

04 02 49 47 LMP Roger ....

04 02 50 16 LMP Stand by about another ...

04 02 5! 13 LMP Houston, Eagle. 2 think I've got you on the


high-gain antenna now. AGS are go.

/ 51 36 CC Columbia, Houston. If you go to REACQ on the


high gain, we can acquire you now. Over.

')4 02 52 24 CC Eagle, Houston. We got some loads for you if


you'll give us P00 and DATA. Over.

_, _o 52 32 LMP You've got PO0 and DATA.

04 02 52 35 CC Roger. We've got both of you on the high gains


now. It sounds great now. Over.

04 02 52 43 CMl° Copy. Roger.

04 02 52 46 CC Columbia_ Houston. I have a SEP PAD if you're


ready to copy. Over.

04 02 52 5_ CMP Stand by one.

0b 02 53 _ CMP Ready to copy.

04 02 53 19 CC Roger, Mike. SEP PAD, RCS/G&N: NOUN 47 and


NOUN 48 are NA, NOUN 33, 100 395 000, _0UN 81
is NA, roll 000 007 000. Rest of PAD is NA.
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04 02 53 58 CMP SEP, RCS/G&N at a TIG of 100 39 50: roll 0,


pitch 007, yaw 0. Over.

04 02 54 08 CC Roger. Good readback.

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PaCe 290

lilt (J;' _}1 )1_j (:l)lt IJolJ:JLol]_ I'::U_I_:. Afc you z'r:tirJy ['oJ" u:; to ::tar'l,
thc RC[J checkout now?

04 02 55 03 CC As soon as we finish the uplink. Stand by one.


Over.

04 02 55 11 CDR Okay.

04 02 55 45 CMP tlouston, Columbia. Co_mment on P22. Worked just


fine. '].rite crater I marked on 'is a small erabt,r
down inside crater ].30 its described by ,]olinYoung.

04 02 55 57 CC Roger. We copy.

04 02 56 06 CC Eagle, Houston. On our load - during our load,


we had to do a VERB 96 to stop integration. We're
going to start over again on this load. Over.

04 02 56 19 CDR Eagle. Roger.

04 02 56 22 LMP And, Eagle, here. I have read out address in the


AGS 404, 405 and 406, and I had believed that 405
and 406 would both be all zeros, and I would pro-
pose m_ybe that I reset them to zero. I realize
that 404 should be a negative number, _nd it is
minus 13495. Over.

04 0;' 56 51 CC Roger. Copy.

04 0;' 57 23 CC Eagle, ][eusten. Over.

01_ 02 57 28 IMP Go ahead.

Oh 0_ 57 31 CC Buzz, we've get - The en]_¥ thin_ we're _l_tn_


here i_ the drift cheek. After we finish our
lead, we'd like you te do the drift check with
Col_bia. Over.

04 rJ'_ ?r' hh CDR GO.

04 O? 58 05 CC Ea$le, _{eu_ten. The _04, 405, 406 %eel: fine to


tl_. Over,

o4 02 58 _8 _ Bo_er. I _m soin_ te be _ettinE them n_, te zero


for tbs _ndocking. _ q_e_t$on $_ do you want me
to re,et 404, 405, 406 b_ek to the number_ that
they are now, er san I leave them zero', I intend
te set 404 to a minus 13h95. Over.
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04 02 58 38 CC Stand by.

04 OP 59 33 CC Ea_le, Ilouston. We would l_ke you to _'_(,ro,


:u;
called out in the timeline, al] three :tddl'_ss_s,
404, 405, 406, before undocking. After docking
you can load them hack to the values that you have
right now. Over.

!iL 02 59 54 LMP Eagle. Roger.

Oh 03 00 13 LMP And, Houston, Eagle here. Both RCS helium pres-


sures are reading 2900. Over.

oh 03 O0 23 CC Copy. Out.

04 03 O1 30 CC Eagle, Houston. Over.

04 03 O1 35 LM2 Go ahead.

04 03 01 36 CC Roger, Buzz. There seems to be some confusion


here on 405 and 406. We'd like you to zero them
out prior to undocking, and after undocking you
can - we'd like them still zeroed. Over.

04 03 01 52 LMP Roger. I agree with that. Thank you.

04 03 O1 55 CC Yes.

04 0t 03 25 CC Eagle, Houston. We've got the load in the - We


have reselected PO0; your integration is going
again for you; the computer is yours. _e'd like
to do the drift check now. Over.

04 i!_ 03 37 CDR Roger. In work.

04 03 03 39 CDR Columbia, let's flick it in 0620 when you are ready.

,)l 0 _-Jli[_ CMP Standing by until your Mark, Neil.

0; 03 57 CDR Okay. 3, 2, 1.

01_ ' _ 04 E . CDR MARK.

_3 04 09 CI{P 358.1.64, 020.73, 359.54. Over.

03 04 20 CDR Copy. 358.64 020.73 and 359.54.

O _3 04 2[ CMP That's correct.

%4 03 04 38 CC Eagle, Houston. We've copied the angl_s and will


read back if you are ready. Over.
(c;l_:;:;
I_Jl,:l'
I) T:q,_' 64/
] '_li'.c, _'_), '

_))1 ()_ ())1 )1¥ (fI J]( (_(_ :dlt':Ld.

04 03 04 48 CC Roger, Neil.

04 03 04 49 CC For the CM - for Columbia: 35864, 02073, 35954.

04 03 04 58 CC For Eagle: 30374, 20078, 00053. Over.

04 03 05 09 CDR That's correct, and GET was 99 hours and 4 minutes


even.

04 03 05 13 CC Roger. Copy. Out.

04 03 06 08 CC Eagle, Houston. Have you initialized the AGS yet?


Over.

04 03 06 17 I_MP Negative. I haven't had a state vector yet.

04 03 06 21 CC Roger, Buzz. ttave you done the 377 yet?

014 0[3 06 27 LMP Roger. Standing by for your lq-factor.

04 ')'_06 30 CC Roger. Stand by.

04 03 06 57 CC Columbia, Houston. We have got a load for you.


Could we have PO0 and ACCEPT? Over.

04 07] 06 45 6_P You got it.

04 03 06 47 CCI Roger. Thank you, Mike. And break. Eagle, we've


got a K-factor for you. Over.

04 wi 07 00 LMP Roger. Ready to copy.

04 O' 07 02 CC Roger, Buzz. K-factor coming at you: 90 00 00 15.


Over.

0} _ !;7 _ I_,'! Roger. 90 O0 00 15.

_,_; _, I' 2)! CC Roger. That's good. _at's a good ENTEB there.

r)Z J9 iq CC Eagle, Houston. We reco_mlend the AGS [nitial -


Well, we see it comirg up now on the A_S initiali-
zation. Over.

0_ 03 09 22 LMP Roger.

J .;3 09 28 CC Eagle, Houston. After the AGS initialLzation,


we'll be ready for the RCS checkout.

04 03 09 36 LMP Roger.
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04 03 09 42 CC Columbia, Houston. We got the load in. You can go


back to BLOCK.

Oh 03 09 48 CMP Thank you.

04 03 11 29 CC Columbia, Houston. Did you get a - copy any L_


data, low bit rate, behind the Moon? Over.

04 03 11 39 CMP That's affirmative.

04 03 11 42 CC Roger. Stand by.

04 03 11 48 CMP Or at least I've configured for it. I'm not sure


Eagle sent it or not.

04 03 11 51 LMP No, we did not send V-data. Eagle. Over.

04 03 11 55 CC Roger. Copy.

04 03 13 58 CC Eagle, Houston. The aligI_nent and the initialization


looked good to us. Over.

04 03 14 11 LMP Roger. Thank you.

04 OB 15 27 CC Apollo 11, Houston. LOS is 99 30; next AOS 100 16.


Over.

04 03 15 43 LMP 100 16. Roger.

04 03 ]6 31 CMP Eagle, Columbia. Let me know when you come to your


RCS hot-fire checks so I can disable my roll.

Oh 0 16 37 CDR Wilco.

04 0 L6 ?] IZ_P Roger. We're right there now. And we'a like you -
CSM in MID deadband ATT hold. Over.

04 _ 16 44 C_t That's where I am.

04 c}'_!_ 26 LMP And, Houston, you have high bit rate with us now,
I believe? We're ready to proc_,_d with the RCS
checks.

04 03 16 54 CC Roger, Eagle. We're standing by. We' 'e ready.


Over.

:_ !_B 18 57 hMP Columbia, we'd like wide deadhand ATT hold. Over.

'_h 03 19 02 CMP Okay. Going wide deadband ATT hold.

01_ 03 19 12 CMP You got it.


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04 03 19 17 CMP Are you goin_ to do your hot-fire now?

04 03 19 20 I_P Roger.

04 03 19 21 CMP Okay. I'm disa0ting my roll.

04 03 19 31 C_vtP Roll is disabled.

04 03 19 34 LMP Roger.

04 03 21 07 CM_ Roger. Would you believe you've got thrusters on


board that vehicle.

04 03 22 04 CMl' Give me a call just as soon as your hot-.f_re ]_


complete _ please.

04 03 22 09 CDR Wilco.

04 03 24 13 LMt_ Houston, Eagle. The RCS hot-fire is complete.


How did you observe it? Over.

04 03 24 18 CC Stand by. Eagle, Houston. The RCS hot-fire looks


super to us. We're all GO.

0L 03 24 32 I2_P Roger. Mike, would you confirm that thrusters


B3 and C4 are off? Over. And your radar trans-
ponder off.

04 0_ 24 42 CMl° C4 is off; B3 is off. Transponder is to HEATER


which is the same as being off, and I've got my
roll jets back on now.

q4 0_ 24 5_ CDR And you're maneuvering. Right?

04 0 24 5_ CH]_ Will be shortly, Nell.

04 _ 25 OO CC Apollo 11_ tlouston. We're GO for undocking. Over.

04 ¢; 25 08 I2,iP Roger. Ur_derstand.

(_Li03 !:6 39 CMP Starting a trim maneuver to AGS CAL attitude.

3 28 05 CMP Houston, Columbia.

j4 'J3 28 07 CC Go ahead, Columbia. Over.

r_ _3 28 12 CMP Roger. There will be no television of the undock-


ing. I have all available windows either full of
heads or cameras, and I'm busy with otler things.

04 03 28 19 CC We concur. Over.
((]O[_L; NI':'i) l) Ta.p¢ t_)l/t_
]','/_ o ','Oq

04 03 28 23 CMP Okay.

04 03 28 24 CC And, Eagle, Houston. We'd like you te select


aft OMNI now. It will be good for both LOS and
AOS. Over.

04 03 28 33 LMP Roger. Going to aft OMNI.

04 03 29 07 CC Apollo 11, Houston. One minute to LOg.

04 03 29 13 CMP Columbia. Roger.

04 03 29 18 CDR ... Columbia. Systems looking good.

04 03 51 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 13

04 0_l 17 06 CC Hello, Eagle. Houston. We're standirg by. Over.

0_ 04 17 51 CC Eagle, Houston. We see you on the steerable. Over.

04 04 18 01 CDR Roger. Eagle is undocked.


(EAG LE )

04 04 18 03 CC Roger. How does it look, Neil?

04 04 18 04 CDR The Eagle has wings.


(EAC,
LE)" %

04 04 18 06 CC Roger.

02 04 18 08 CDR Looking good.


(EAGLZ)

(,4 0 r t8 09 CC Roger, Nell. We got a - If you will give us PO0


and DATA, we've got the loads for you.

r:!_ 04 18 kJ IJ_P Okay. You've got it. PO0 and DATA.


(EAGLE )

_r z_ 24 CC Roger. Let us know when you are ready _o copy.


We have a DOI PAD, _:d a i_DI PAD. Ove_.

L4 18 _1 CDR You check our tracking light, Mike?


(ZAGLE
)

04 U4 ±p _2 CDR Back off? Okay. I'm ready to start my yaw maneuver


(EAGLE) if it suits you, Mike.

04 04 20 06 CDR Does it look like you are going to be able to do


(EAGLE) this without burning thrusters, Mike?
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04 04 20 28 LMP Go ahead, tfouston. Eagle is ready to copy.


( EAGLZ )

04 04 20 32 CC Roger, Eagle. Coming at you with a D0I PAD:


101 36 14.07. NOUN 81, minus 00758, plus all
balls, plus 00098 plus - correction, 00572,
perigee plus 00085 00764 030 000 293. NOUN 86,
minus 00759, plus all balls, plus 00093. Rest
of the PAD is NA. Stand by on your readback.
If you are ready to copy the PDI data, I have it
for you. Over.

()Il0_1 20 51 LMP Go ahead.


( i_AGLE )

04 04 21 55 CC Understand you are ready to copy the P)I data,


Eagle. Over

01, 04 22 01 L_ That's affirmative. Go ahead with the PDI.


(EAGLE)

04 04 22 05 CC Roger. PDI PAD: TIG 102 33 04.36 09 50, minus


00021, 182 287 000, plus 56919. PDI aoort, less
than 10 minutes, 105 12 30.00. PDI absrt,
greater than 10 minutes, 103 40 00.00 h07 11 30.00.
No PDI plus 12: 102 44 27.00. NOUN 8L plus 01223,
minus all balls, plus 01889 01520 plus 00110 02250,
burn time 046 000 19C, plus 01187, plus all halls,
plus 01911. NOUN 11 103 31 07.00. NOUN 37
105 12 30.00. Ready for your readbacks, Over.

04 04 24 39 CC Eagle, Houston. We are through with the computer.


You can ge, back to BLOCK. Over.

04 04 24 49 LMP Roger. Back to BLOCK; and REALIGN: 101 36 14.07


(EAGLE) minus 007.=;8,plus all zeros, plus 00098 00572,
plus 00085 00764 030 000 293, minus 000759, plus
all zeros, plus 00090. NA. Over.

O_ _5 33 CC That was a good readback, Buzz. Go ahead. Over.

!_ ,n L_5 l_2 I24P Okay. PDI PAD: 102 33 04.36, 09 50, minus 00021
(EAGLE) 182 287 000, plus 56919. PDI less thai 10:
105 12 30.00. PDI greater than 10: 1(13 40 00.00
107 11 30.00. No PDI plus 12 abort: ?02 44 27.00,
plus 01223, minus all zeros, plus 01889 01520,
plus 00110 02250 046 000 190, plus 01187, plus 00000,
plus 019011 103 31 07.00 105 12 30.00. Over.

04 04 27 24 CC Roger. Good readback, Buzz. Out.

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Page 297

04 04 29 02 CMl° Neil, I'm maneuvering in roll.


(COLUMBIA)

04 04 29 04 CDR Roger. I see you.


( EAGLE )

04 04 29 10 _ Houston, Eagle. Are you copying the very large


(EAGLE) numbers for range and range rate in VERB 83?
And did you just give us a state vector that
changed one of the two vehicles? Over.

04 04 29 28 CC Roger, Eagle. We gave you a LM state vector.


We have not changed the CSM state vector, how-
ever. Over.

04 04 29 40 _ Okay. That explains it. Over.


(EAGLE )

04 04 30 16 CC Columbia, Houston. On my Mark 9 30 to ignition.

04 04 30 i9 cc MARK.

04 04 30 20 CC 9 30.

04 04 30 53 CC Eagle, Houston. Would you have Columbia go to


the high gain, yaw 0, pitch minus 20. Over.

04 04 31 05 CDR You want him to go to high gain yaw O? Say


EAGLE again the numbers.

04 04 31 13 CC Roger, Neil. Yaw O, pitch minus 20, high-gain


angles. Over.

04 04 31 20 CDR Okay. Yaw 0, pitch minus 20 on the high gain.


(EAGnE

04 04 31 23 CC That's affirmative. We've lost all data with


him.

04 02 31 25 CDR To Columbia?
(_AGLE

04 02 31 29 CDR He says he'll do that as soon as he gets around


(EAGLE th ere.

04 02 31 32 CC Roger.

o4 04 31 45 CDR Okay.
(EAGLE)
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04 04 32 36 CC Columbia, Houston. How do you read?

04 04 32 40 CMP I read you loud and clear, Houston. How me?


(COLUMBIA)

04 04 32 43 CC Roger, Mike. Five-by. On my Mark 7 minutes to


ignition.

04 04 32 49 CC MARK.

04 04 32 50 CC Seven minutes.

04 04 32 55 LMP I agree. Everything's looking real good.


(COLUKBIA)

04 Oh 33 47 CC Apollo 11, Houston. You are looking good for


separation. You are GO for separation,
Columbia. Over.

04 04 33 55 CMP Columbia understands.


(COLUMBIA)

04 04 34 38 CMP We're really stabilized, Neil. I haven't


(COLUMBIA) burned a thruster in 5 minutes.

04 04 35 26 CMP I'll make a small trim maneuver.


(COLUMBIA)

04 04 36 21 CDR Mike, what's going to be your pitch angle at


(EAGLE) SEP?

04 04 36 27 CMP 007 degrees.


(COLUMBIA)

04 04 36 28 CDR Okay.
(EAGLE )

04 04 36 44 CMP Is that close enough for you or do you want it


(COLUMBIA) to a couple of decimal places?

04 04 36 46 CDR No. That's good.


( EAG LI'_
)

04 04 37 31 CMl' I think you've got a fine looking flying


(COLUMBIA) machine there, Eagle, despite the fact you're
ups i de-down.

04 04 37 36 CDR Somebody's upside-down.


(EAGLE)
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(Iii Oh ill '_ CHI' [)li_[y_ Jq_L_;l(:. O[LO IliitJULt: u_iL]'I '['1(_, YOU gU_y[;
(COLUMbJ A) t 'dJ_e care.

04 04 38 56 CDR See you later.


( EAGLE )

04 04 40 19 CMP Houston, Columbia. My DSKY is reading 4.9, in


(COLUMBIA) X, 5.0 ..., make it and EMS 105.4. Over.

04 04 40 32 CC Roger. Copy. Columbia, it looks good to us.


Over.

04 04 40 36 CMP Thanks.
(COLUMBIA)

04 04 41 07 CC Columbia, Houston. We'd like you to terminate


average O. Over.

04 04 41 16 CMl° Roger. In PO0.


( COLUMBIA )

04 04 43 00 CDR You're going right down U.S. 1, Mike.


(EAGLE )

04 04 47 20 CMP Eagle, Columbia. At your convenience, I would


(COLUMBIA) like to switch over to VtIF ranging modes.

04 04 47 29 LMP Roger. Let's go to VHF ranging now.


(EAGLE)

04 04 47 31 CMP Okay.
(COLUMBIA)

04 04 47 32 CMP MARK.
(COLUMBIA)

04 04 47 58 CMP Eagle, Columbia. I am. reading you loud and


(COLUMBIA) scratchy. Nell is not coming through too well
on his VOX. Could you be quiet for 15 seconds
while I get this locked on.

04 Oh 48 13 LMP Okay.
( ^sLE)

04 04 48 33 CMP I've got a solid lock on. I have you at 0.27


(COLUMBIA ) mi les.

04 04 49 07 CC Eagle, Houston. We've got a state vector for you.


We'd like P00 and DATA. Over.

04 04 49 15 IMP You have it.


( EAGLE )
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04 04 49 16 CC Thank you, sir.

0b 04 49 29 CC Columbia, Eouston. We have a CSM rescue PAD if


you are ready to copy. Over.

04 ())l 49 _,'( CMl' l/caddy to copy.


(COi,UMi_IA)

04 04 49 39 CC Ro_er, MiKe. Phasing TIG 103 40 0000, TPI for


PDI less that 10, 105 12 3000, TPI for PDI
greater than 10, 107 11 3000. Over.

04 04 50 ih CMP Roger. TIG's follow: phasing 103 40, PDI less


(COLUMBIA) than 10, 105 12 30 more than 10, 107 11 30.
Over.

04 04 50 25 CC Good readback. Out.

04 04 50 57 CC Eagle, Houston. When you are ready to copy,


I have a lunar surface data PAD for you. Over.

04 04 51 08 _ Roger. Stand by.


(EAGLE)

04 Oh 51 10 CC We've got the load in, Eagle. You can go back


updata link OFF. Over.

04 04 51 21 hMP Roger.
(EAGLE)
04 04 52 16 CC Columbia, _ouston. At your convenience we'd
like POO and ACCEPT. We have a couple of
state vectors for you. Over.

04 04 52 24 CMP Okay. Going to PO0 and ACCEPT, and ! just got


(COLUMBIA) some unexplained roll thruster activity. I
might have bumped the hand controller.

04 04 52 32 CC Roger. We will look at it. Out

04 04 52 38 LMP And Eagle is ready to copy lunar surface data


(EAGLE) PAD.

04 04 52 43 CC Roger, Buzz. Starting with the T2, 92 TIG:


102 54 2900 103 51 13600 106 37 3500:09 10 0000.
In the remarks: T2 occurs at PDI pll_ 2126.
T3 time - correction T3, T3 TIG: 104 39 4100
001 58 1500 001 58 5400. NOUN 11: ]05 36 2300
107 11 3000. Ready for your readback. Over.

04 04 54 20 IMP Roger. T2: 102 54 2900 103 51 5600 106 37 3500


(EAGLE)
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109 10 0000, T2 is PDI plus 2126. T3: 104 39 4100


001 58 1500 001 58 5400 105 36 2300 107 11 3000.
Over.

04 04 55 10 CC Roger. Good readback, Eagle. Out.

04 04 55 50 CMP Would you put your tracking light on, please?


(COLUMBIA)

04 04 55 53 LMP It's on, Mike.


( EAGLE )

04 04 55 54 CMP Thank you.


(COLUMBIA)

04 04 56 20 CC Columbia, Houston. We've got the load in. You


can go back to BLOCK. Over.

04 04 56 30 CMP Is that for Columbia?


(COLUMBIA)

04 04 56 32 CC That's affirmative, Columbia.

04 04 56 37 CMP Okay. Thank you, Houston.


(COLUMBIA)

04 04 58 31 LMP Mike, you want to give us a Mark when you're


(EAGLE) right at 7 miles - I mean seven-tenths of a
mile?

04 04 58 36 CMP Will do.


(COLUMBIA)

04 04 58 57 LMP Okay. We just got seven-tenths on the radar.


(EAGLE)

o4 O4 58 59 cMP _A_.
(COLUZA)

04 04 59 00 CMP Yes. I'm oscillating between 0.69 and seven-


(COLUMBIA ) tenths.

04 04-59 05 LMP Very good. We've got 4200 on the ... meter.
(EAGLE )

04 0h 59 11 CMP I'm steady on 70 now. Yes. I read you sort of


(COLUMBIA) scratchy, but I read you.

04 05 00 01 CMP Houston, Apollo - or Houston, Columbia. Over.


(COLUMBIA)
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04 05 00 04 CC Roger. Go, Columbia. Over.

04 05 00 08 CMP Roger. I still need a DOI P76 PAD, and a PDI-1


(COLUMBIA plus 12 P76 PAD sometime at your convenience.

04 05 00 16 CC Roger. Stand by.

04 05 01 05 CC Columbia, Houston. DOI P76 PAD, if you're ready


to copy. Over.

04 05 01 13 CMP Ready to copy.


(COLUMBIA

04 05 O1 14 CC Roger, Mike. NOUN 80 - correction, NOUN 84:


minus 00758, plus all zeros, plus 00098;
NOUN 33: 101 jo 1400, and stand by for the
PDI plus 12.

04 05 O1 43 CMP Roger.
(COLUMBIA

04 05 O1 47 CC Columbia, Houston, with the PDI plus 12 NOUN 84,


if you're ready to copy.

04 05 01 54 CMP Ready to copy.


(COLUMBIA

04 05 01 56 CC Roger. NOUN 84: plus 01223, minus all zeros,


plus 0188[); NOUN 33: 102 44 2700, PDI plus 12
burn time is 046, burn time for DOI is 030.
Ready for your readback. Over.

04 05 02 40 CMF Roger. DOI P76: 84 is minus 00758, all balls,


(COLUMBIA) plus 00098, aL 101 36 1400; plus 01223, minus
all balls, pl_; 01589, ]()2 114 2700; burn time
);6and 3() zcconds.

04 05 03 09 CC Roger. One error, Columbia, on the TIG for DOI;


seconds was 1407. Over.

04 05 03 21 CMP Roger. 1407.


(COLUMBIA)

04 05 03 23 CC Roger.

04 05 03 37 CC Columbia, Houston. We'd like you to turn off


your rotational direct - rotational control
power direct number 2 off. Over.

04 05 03 49 CMP It's off. Thank you.


(COLUMBIA)
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04 05 06 58 CC Columbia, Houston. On those P76's, a friendly


reminder from your FIDO: add half the burn
time to the TIG. Over.

04 05 07 10 CMP Roger.
(COLUMBIA

04 05 14 09 CC Columbia, Houston. We've lost data with Eagle.


Will you please have him select aft 0MNI? Over.

04 05 14 22 CMP Eagle, this is Columbia. Houston would like


(COLUMBIA you to select aft OMNI.

04 05 14 37 LMP Roger. I got it now. houston, you reading


(EAGLE) Eagle now on af_ OMni?

04 05 14 41 CC That's affirmative, Eagle. Reading you five-by.

04 05 14 58 CMP Roger.
(COLUMBIA

04 05 16 17 CC Columbia, Houston. We'll have LOS at 101 28.


A0S for you 102 15. Over.

04 05 16 30 CMP Thank you.


(COLUMBIA

04 05 17 07 CC Eagle, Houston. It appeared to us when you


were doing the P52, maneuvering the S-band,
the high gain went into the stop. Verify that
both S-bs_d breakers are in. Over.

04 05 17 23 _MP Roger. I think I'd gone up to 90.0 before it


(EAGLE) went there. The one on this side is in and
I'll check the other later.

04 05 17 29 CC Okay. Thank you, Buzz.

04 05 17 53 CC Eagle, Houston. You are GO for DOI. Over.

04 05 18 00 LMP Roger. GO for DOI. Do you have LOS and AOS


(EAGLE ) times ?

05 04 18 03 CC Roger. For you LOS at 101 28. AOS 102 16.


Over.

Ob 05 18 16 LMP Roger. Copy.


(EAGLE )
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04 05 18 18 CC And, Buzz, S-band steerable update for you on


the angles at AOS: 219 and yaw 30. Over.

04 05 18 31 I_ Roger. That's in the flight plan. Thank you.


(EAGLE)

04 05 19 08 CMP Houston, Columbia. How are all the systems


( COLUMBIA looking?

04 05 19 13 CC Say again, Over.

05 04 19 19 CMP Just wanted to get a systems check from you


(COLUMBIA sometime prior to LOS.

04 05 19 23 CC Roger.

04 05 19 46 CDR Houston, Eagle. You can - Torquing angles


(EAGLE) NOUN 93 on four zeros and a 3 are minus 00292,
plus 00289, minus 00094.

04 05 20 04 CC Roger. Copy. Stand by. Roger, Eagle. You


can torque it. Over.

04 05 20 18 CDR Roger. Copy.


( EAGLE )

04 05 20 44 CC Columbia, Houston. Your systems are looking


good going over the hill. Approximately 7
minutes to LOS.

04 05 20 53 CMP Thank you.


(COLUM]3IA

04 05 22 37 CC Eagle, Houston. Place the BIOMED to Commander.


Over.

04 05 22 48 LMP Roger. You got him.


( EAGLE )

04 05 22 51 CC Tharak you, sir.

04 05 23 43 CC Eagle, Houston. We've lost the high bit rate.


Would you please select low bit rate? Over.

04 05 23 52 _ You got it.


(EAGLE )

04 05 23 54 CC And, Eagle, on my Mark we'll have 12 minutes


to ignition. Over.

04 05 24 06 LMP Roger.
( EAGLE )
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()4 0% 2)1 ()_l ('.(' I,;l_',,l_',, 11,,_lmL_m. ;Ul_ld hy I'o_' my M:lrk.

()4 05 24 J _ CC MAI{I(.

04 05 24 14 CC Twelve minutes to ignition.

04 05 24 18 IMP We copy.
(EAGLE)

04 05 25 27 CC Col_nbia/Eagle, Houston. Three minutes to LOS.


Both looking good going over the hill.

04 05 25 34 CMP Columbia. Roger.


(COLUMBIA)

04 05 25 38 I_ Eagle. Roger,

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Page 306

04 05 51 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 14

04 06 15 02 CC Columbia, Houston. We're standing by. over.

04 06 15 36 CC Columbia, Houston. Over.

04 06 15 41 CMP Houston, Columbia. Reading you loud and clear.


(COLUMBIA) How me?

04 06 15 43 CC Roger. Five-by, Mike. How did it go? Over.

04 _. ?' 49 CMP Listen, babe. Everything's going just swimmingly,


(COLUMBIA ) Be auti ful.

04 06 15 52 CC Great. We're standing by for Eagle.

04 06 15 57 CMP Okay, He's coming along.


(cOLmmZA)
04 06 16 00 CC We copy. Out.

04 06 16 09 CC And, Columbia, Houston. We expect to lose your


high gain sometime during the powered descent.
i Ove r.

04 06 16 19 CMP Columbia. Roger. You don't much care do you?


(COLUMBIA)

04 06 16 22 CC No, sir.

04 06 17 27 _ Houston, Eagle. How do you read?


(EAGLE)

04 06 17 29 CC Five-by, Eagle. We're standing by for your burn


report. Over.

04 06 17 36 IAIP Roger. The burn was on time. The residuals be-


(EAGLE) fore nulling: minus 0.1, minus 0.4, minus 0.1,
X and Z nulled to zero ... hulling ...

04 06 18 25 CC Columbia, Houston. We've lost all data with Eagle.


Please have him reaequire on the high ga_,n, Over.

04 06 18 37 CMP Eagle, this is Columbia. _ouston would like you


(COLUMBIA) to reacquire on the high _'afn. They've lost your
dar a. Ove r.

04 06 18 50 CMP Eagle, did you copy Columbia?


(COLU_mIA)

04 06 18 5_ Cf: Eagle, Houston. Did you call?


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}'_ge 307

04 06 19 05 _3 _ Eagle, Houston - Houst,m, ;:sW_ · How do you read


/': _C,LE) now?

04 06 19 08 CC Roger. Five-by, Neil. We copied up to the AGS


residuals. Would you please repeat the AGS re-
siduals in the trim - correction - the Sun check?
Over.

04 06 19 19 LMP Roger. AGS residuals: minus 0.1, minus 0.2,


(EAGLE) minus 0.7. And we used the PGNS NOUN _36 for
DELTA-V Z which was 9.5, versus yours which was 9.1,
and I believe that may explain the difference.
Apogee 57.2, perilune 9.1, Sun check to three
marks, NOUN 20, minus NOUN 22, plus 0.i9, plus
0.16, plus 0.11. Over.

04 06 19 54 CC Roger. Copy. Looks great.

04 06 22 37 CC Columbia, Houston. We've lost Eagle again. }[ave


him try the high gain. Over.

04 06 22 46 CMP Eagle, this is Columbia. Houston lost you again.


(COLUMBIA) They're requesting another try at the nigh gain.

04 06 23 57 CC Eagle, Houston. We have you now. Do you read?


Ove r ·

04 06 24 02 LMP Loud and clear.


(EAGLE )

04 06 24 04 CC Roger. We see your VERB 47.

04 06 24 12 LMP Yes. I don't know what the problem was there. It


(EAGLE) just started oscillating around in yaw. According
to the needle, we're picking up a little oscilla-
tion right now, as a matter of fact.

04 06 24 23 CC Roger. We'll work on it.

04 06 24 38 CDR Horizon checklist right on time.


(EAGLE )

o._ '_/ _!4 41 CC Roger.

04 06 24 45 LMP Did you copy the star - I mean the Sun check,
(EAGLE Charlie?

Oh 06 24 48 CC That's affirmative. We did, Duzz. Out.

04 06 25 35 CC Eagle, Houston. The AGS initJ atizatien ]ooked


good to us. Over.

04 0_] 2ti 1_3 [_[P Roger.


(EAGI_
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04 06 26 28 CDR Our radar checks indi_ at_ 5C 00-foot perilune.


,_E_GLE) Our visual altitude check_ _t:,adying out at
about 53 000.

04 06 26 37 CC Roger. Copy.

04 06 26 55 LMP And, Houston, we got a 500 alarm early in the


(EAGLE) program. Went to DESCENT l, proceeded on it,
and we're back at AUTO again. Over.

04 06 27 06 CC Roger. We saw that, Buzz. Thank you much. Out.

04 06 27 09 _ All right. I say again - Okay. That wasn't an


(EAGLE) alarm; that was a code. Okay.

04 0b i_ CC Roger. We saw that.

04 06 27 22 CC Eagle, Houston. We recommend you yaw l0 right. It


will help us on the high-gain signal streI_th. Over.

04 06 28 08 CC Eagle, Houston. If you read, you're GO for powered


descent. Over.

04 06 28 18 CMP Eagle, this is Columbia. They just gave you a GO


(COLUMBIA) for powered deseent.

04 06 28 22 CC Columbia, Houston. We've lost them on the high


gain again. Would you please - We recommend they
yaw right l0 degrees and reacquire.

04 06 28 34 CMP Eagle, this is Columbia. You're GO for ?DI and


(COLUMBIA) they recommend you yaw right l0 degrees and try
the high gain again.

04 06 28 46 CMP Eagle, you read Columbia?


(COLUMBIA)

04 06 28 48 LMP Roger. We read you.


(EAGLE)

oh 06 28 49 CMP Okay.
(COLUMBIA )

f._)_
'(':_.8 51 CC Eagle, Houston. We read you now. You're GO for
PDI. Over.

04 06 28 57 LMP Roger. Understand. i_,ELD_c,r_'ol eirL'_ _reakers.


(EAGLE) DECA GIMBAL AC - closed?

04 06 29 07 CDR What?
(EAG LE )
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04 06 29 0 _ DECA GIMBAL AC - closed? O' rcuit breaker? COMMAND


(EAGLE) OVERRIDE - off? GIMBAL-ENA_LE? RATE SCALE - 25.

04 06 29 2B CC Eagle, Houston. Your alignment is GO on the AGS.


On my Mark, 3 30 until ignition.

04 06 29 29 LMP Roger.
(EAGLE)

04 06 29 33 CC Mark.

04 06 29 34 CC 3 30 until ignition.

04 06 :_, 38 LMP Roger. Copy. Thrust translation - four jets - j-


(EAGLE) Balance couple - ON. TTCA throttle - MINIMUM.
Throttle - AUTO CDR. Prop button - RESET. Prop
button. Okay. ABORT/ABORT STAGE - RESET. ATT
CONTROL - three of them to MODE CONTROL. 0kay,
MODE CONTROL is set. AGS is reading 400 plus 1.
Standing by for ...

04 06 30 45 LMP Hit VERB 77?


(EAGLE)

04 06 31 04 LMP Okay. Sequence camera coming on.


(EAGLE)

04 06 31 32 CC Eagle, Houston. If you'd like to try high gain,


pitch 212, yaw 37. Over.

04 06 31 45 LMP Roger. I think I've got you on high gain now.


( EAGLE )

04 06 31 49 CC Roger.

04 06 32 03 LMP Say again the angles, though.


(EAGLE )

04 06 32 05 CC Roger.

04 06 32 06 _ I'll set them in to use them before we yaw around.


(F_GLE )

04 06 32 08 CC Roger. Pitch 212, yaw plms _7.

04 06 32 24 IMP OMNI's in.


(EAO )
04 06 33 09 LMF ... 10 ... 10 percent ...
(EAGLE)
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0lI ¢36 33 4] C:: Columbia, Houston. Wu "vt: 1,_._ _nem. TeL1 them
to go aft OMNI. Over_

04 06 33 51 CMP They've lost you. Use the OMNI's again.


(COLUMBIA)

04 06 34 01 LMP ...
(EAGLE)

04 06 34 05 CMP Say again, Nell?


(COLUMBIA)

04 06 34 07 LMP I'll leave it in SLEW. Relay to us. See if they


(EAGLE) have got me now. I've got good signal strength
in SLEW.

04 06 34 13 CMP Okay. You should have him now, Houston.


(COLUMBIA)

04 06 Bk 16 CC Eagle, we've got you now. It's looking good. Over.

04 06 34 23 CC Eagle - -

04 06 34 24 LMP - - descent looks good.


(EAGLE )

04 06 34 25 CC Eagle, Houston. Everything is lookin_ good here.


Ove r.

04 06 34 29 I_4P Roger. Copy.


(EAGLE)

04 06 34 34 CC Eagle, Houston. After yaw around, angles: S-band


pitch, minus 9, yaw plus 18.

04 06 34 46 LMP Copy.
(EAGLE
)
04 06 34 59 LMP AGS and PNGS agree very closely.
( nE)
04 06 35 O1 CC Roger.

OL Ob 35 14 LMP Beta ARM. Altitudes are a _ ttle high.


(EAGLE)

04 06 35 45 I_4P Houston. I'm gettin_ a l/tt i,_fluctu:_:,i,'nii1 the


(FJ%q!_M) AC voltage now.

04 06 35 51 C(. Roger,

04 06 35 52 L,5_? Could be our meter, m_ybe, b;!h7


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,' 64 0_ 35 5L :;" Stand by, Looki_.,ggo_ ' t _ You're, r,ti]l


looking good at 3, coming up : minutes.

04 06 36 13 LMP ... real good .... about on.


(EACLE)

04 06 36 18 CDR Our. position checks downrange show us to be a


(EAGLE) little long.

04 06 36 21 CC Roger. Copy.

04 06 36 24 LMP AGS has gone about 2 feet per second greater ...
( EAGLE )

04 Ob :_ _6 CDR ... ought to be ... Stand by,


( EAGLE )

_4 06 36 43 LMP Altitude ...


(EAGLE )

04 06 37 O0 Ib__ ... it's going to stop.


EAGLE )

0h 06 37 18 CC Eagle, Houston. You are GO to continue - -

· 04 06 37 19 LMP closed GO at 4 minutes.


._t:__ . EAGLE)

_ _ '04 06 37 22 CC Roger. You are GO - You are GO to contiaue


" _y,..?, , powered descent. You are GO to continue powered
_; des cent.

'" 30 LMP Roger.


· _ _. 04 06 37 EAGLE)

' '0_ ' 37 35 CC And, Eagle, Houston. We've got data dropout.
.... ',_'..' You're still looking _ood.

_'. _ ' "- 04 06 38 04 LMP ... PGNS. We got good lock-o,,. Altitude light,,
', . EAGle) OUT. DELTA-H is minus 2 900.

':_ '_X')l_O6 _8 18 CC Roger. We copy.

04 06 38 20 LMP Got the Earth r_ght out our ! ,_nt window.

,_._
04 0(] 38 23 CDR Houston, you're looki_ ,'at GE DELTA-HU
(EAGi_

04 0_, 38 25 CC That's affirmative.

t,. fl_ n 38 o-6 C?' PROGRAM ALARM.

_N,! ·
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04 06 38 2b C It's looking good to _s. O_.u'.

04 06 38 30 CDR It's a 1202.


(EAGLE )

o6 38 32 12o2.
(EAGLE)
04 06 38 48 CDR Give us a reading on the 1202 PROGRAM AlJ_vl.
(EAGLE)

04 06 38 q3 CC Roger. We got - We're GO on that alarm

Oh 0t. _ CDR Roger. P30.


(EAGLE )

04 06 39 O1 CC 6 plus 25, throttle down - -

04 06 39 02 LMP Looks like about 820 -


(F GLE)

04 06 39 03 CC - - 6 plus 25, throttle down.

04 06 39 06 CDR Roger. Copy. 6 plus 25.


(EAGLE )

04 06 39 14 LMP Same alarm, and it appears to come up when we


(EAGLE) have a 1668 up.

04 06 39 17 CC Roger. Copy.

04 06 39 23 CC Eagle, Houston. We'll monitor your DELTA-H.

04 06 39 24 ImMP ... worked out beautifully.


(EAGLE)

04 06 39 28 CC DELTA-H - -

04 06 39 29 _ ... looks good now.


(EAGLE )

,,h ?a 39 30 CC Roger. DELTA-H is looking good to us.

04 06 39 34 LMP Ah! Throttle down - -


(EAGLE)

04 06 39 35 _DE Throttle down on tii_,!

04 06 39 36 i_i Roger, We copy thr(_tL, ,i_,_


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04 06 39 3, _&_p - - ... throttles down. Better than the simulator.


(EAGLE )

04 06 39 42 CC Roger.

04 06 39 48 LMP AGS and PGNS look real close.


(EAGLE )

04 06 40 08 CC At 7 minutes, you're looking great to u. ,


Eagle.

04 06 40 !3 LMP Okay. I'm still on SLEW so we may tend to lose


(EAGLE) as we gradually pitch over. Let me try AUTO
again now and see what happens.

04 06 40 21 CC Roger.

04 06 40 23 LMP Okay. Looks like it's holding.


( EAGLE )

04 06 40 24 CC Roger. We got good data.

04 06 40 49 CC Eagle, Houston. It's descent 2 fuel to MONITOR.


Over.

04 06 40 55 CDR Going to 2.
(EAGLE )

04 06 41 01 I24P Give us an estimated switchover time please,


(EAGLE) Houston.

04 06 41 05 CC Roger. Stand by. You're looking great at


8 minutes.

Oh o6 41 10 IJMP At 7000 -
(E,AGLE)

04 06 41 12 CC Eagle, you've got 30 seconds to P64.

04 06 41 15 LMP ... Roger.


(EAGLE)

04 06 41 27 CC Eagle, Houston. Coming up 8 3!!;you'rc ],-,kiug


great.

04 06 41 35 LMP P64.
(EAGLE)
04 06 41 37 ,.C We copy.

-- 04 06 _1 5]- ¢C Eagle, you're looking great. Coming up '_ minutes.


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Page 314

' UJ_ 06 I_ 05 _F, Manual attitude control is ga_d.


j ,., ¢
,_.J_,id)

04 06 42 08 CC Roger. Copy.

04 06 42 10 CC Eagle, Houston. You're GO for landing. Over.

04 06 42 17 LMP Roger. Understand. GO for landing. 3000 feet.


(EAGLE) PROGRAM _LAI_.

04 06 42 19 CC Copy.

04 0_ 5 V LMP 1201
(EAGLE)

04 06 42 24 CDR 1201.
(EAGLE)

04 06 42 25 CC Roger. 1201 alarm. We're GO. Same type. We're


GO.

04 06 42 31 LMP 2000 feet. 2000 feet, Into the AGS, 47 degrees.


(EAGLE )

04 06 42 35 CC Roger.

04 06 42 36 LMP 47 degrees.

04 06 42 41 CC Eagle, looking great. You're GO.

04 06 42 58 CC Roger. 1202. We copy it.

04 06 43 O1 LMP 35 degrees. 35 degrees. 750. Coming aown to


(EAGLE) 23.

fl 04 06 43:07 LMP 700 feet, 21 down, 33 degrees.

04 06 43 11 L_R° 600 feet, down at 19.


,, (EAGLE)
04 06'43 15 LMP 540 feet, down at - 30. Down at 15.
(EAGLE )

' B1 S_ _ 04 06 43 26 I2_P At 400 feet, down at 9.


I

"_:' 04 06 43 29 i ';° forward.


', (E,VmE)
(GOSS NET i[_ Tape 66/10
Page 315

Oh 06 h_ '_ _:, 350 feet, down at 4.


P;AGLE)

04 06 43 35 LMP 30, ... one-half down.


(EAGLE )

04 06 43 42 LMP We're pegged on horizontal velocity.


(EAGLE)

04 06 43 46 LMP 300 feet, down 3 1/2, 47 forward.


( EAGLE )
o
04 O( !_ _; LMP ... up.
'e (EAGLE)

04 06 43 52 LMP On 1 a minute, 1 1/2 down.


(EAGLE )

04 06 43 57 CDR 70.
(EAGLE)

04 06 44 04 LMP Watch your shadow out there.


(EAGLE)

04 06 44 07 LMP 50, down at 2 1/2, 19 forward.


_ (EAGLE)
04 06 44 13 LMP Altitude-velocity light.
,; (EAGLE )
/,

04 06 44 16 LMP 3 1/2 down s 220 feet, 13 forward.


(EAGLE)

04 06 44 23 LMP 1t forward. Coming down nicely.


(EAGLE )

04 06 44 24 LMP 200 feet, 4 1/2 down.


(EAGLE)

04 06 44 26 LMP 5 1/2 down.


(EAGLE)

04 06 44 31 LMP 160, 6 - 6 1/2 down.


. (EAGLE )

04 06 44 33 LMP 5 1/2 down, 9 forward. That's good.

04 06 44 40 [,_r 120 feet.


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_'
_ge 316

" O_ 06 4h P ,/vip 100 feet, 3 1/2 do_m, _ ro.r;_'_r_.. Five percent.


"._-,',GLE)

o4 o6 44 51 _P ...
(EAOLE)
04 06 44 54 LMP Okay. 75 feet. There's looking good. Down a
(EAGLE) half, 6 forward.

04 06 45 02 CC 60 seconds.

04 06 45 9h LMP Lights on ....


(EAGLE)

04 06" D8 laMP Down 2 1/2. Forward. Forward. Good.


(EAGLe.)

04 06 45 17 LMP 40 feet, down 2 1/2. Kicking up some dust.


(EAGLE )

04 06 45 21 laMP 30 feet, 2 1/2 down. Faint shadow.


(EAGLE)

o4 06 45 25 LMP 4 forward. 4 forward. Drifting to the right


" (EAGLE) a little. Okay. Down a half.

- 04 06 45 31 CC 30 seconds.
i ·

, 04 06 45 32 CDR Forward drift?


' (EAGLE)

04 06 45 33 LMP Yes.
·_ (EAGLE )

Oh 06 45 34 LMP Okay.
(EAGLE )
!,

04 06 45 ho Ll_ CONTACT LIGHT.


(FAOLE)
Oh 06 45 43 LMP Okay. ENGINE STOP.
(EAoLE
)
04 06 45 45 LMP ACA - out of DETENT.
: (EAGLE
)
04 06 45 46 CDR Out of DETENT.
fFAGLE )

0;4 06 45 47 LMP MODE CONTROL - both AUTO. i_E_CENT EN._._


·L,'_'-
_ COMMAND
(F!.-GLE) OVERRIDE - OFF. ENGINE ARM - OFF.

1
(GOSS NET ,[; Tape 66/12
?:zge 317

04 06 h5 5; LMP 413 is in.


_ozm)

04 06 45 57 CC We copy you down, Eagle.

q[¢_j__
-_ 04 06 45 59 (TRA_Q)
CDR Houston, Tranquility Base here.

04 06 46 04 CDR THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.


(TRA_Q)

04 06 4F_ _id CC Roger, Tranquility. We copy you on the ground.


You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue.
We're breathing again. Thanks a lot.

04 06 46 16 CDR Thank you.


(TRANQ)

04 06 46 18 CC You' re looking good here.

04 06 46 23 CDR Okay. We're going to be busy for a minute.


(TRANQ)

04 06 46 25 LMP MASTER ARM, ON. Take care of the ... I'll get
(T_A_Q) this ...

04 06 46 38 LMP Very smooth touchdown.


; (TRANQ)

04 06 46 52 LMP ...
(TRANQ)

04 06 47 03 LMP Okay. It looks like we're venting the oxidizer


(TRANQ ) now.

04 06 47 06 CC Roger, Eagle. And you are STAY for - -

04 06 47 08 LMP ...
(TRANQ)

04 06 h7 09 CC - - T1. Over. Eagle, you are STAY for Ti.

04 06 47 12 CDR Roger. Understand, STAY for T1.


(TRANQ)

04 06 47 15 CC Roger. And we see you vent-_u_ the 0×_

04 06 47 20 L_ _ Roger.
(T_ANQ )

_t
(GOSS _,_ET].] Tape 66/13
_h_ge 318

04 06 47 !! _2_P ... circuit breaker.


CZ?_NQ)

04 06 48 10 LMP ... copy NOUN 60, NOUN 43. Over.


(TRANQ)

04 06 48 13 CC Roger. We have it.

O_ 06 _8 14 CMP Houston, how do you read Columbia on the high


(COLUMBIA) gain?

04 06 48 17 CC Roger - -

04 '_'. _ LMP ...


(TRANQ)

04 06 48 19 CC - - We read you five-by, Columbia. He has


landed, Tranquility Base. Eagle is at Tranquil-
ity. Over.

04 06 48 26 CMP Yes. I heard the whole thing.


(COLUMBIA)

04 06 48 27 CC ... good show.

-- 04 06 48 31 CMP Fantastic.
(COLUMBIA)
i
_
'_'04 06 48 32 LMP Engine STOP-RESET.
(TRANQ)

04 06 48 58 CMP Houston, Columbia went UPTEI,EMETRY COMNAND,


(COLUMBIA) RESET, to reacquire on the high gain.

04 36 49 02 CC Copy. Out.

04 06 49 39 CC Eagle, Houston. You loaded R2 wrong. We


want 10254.

04 06 49 50 _ Roger.
(TRANQ)

_ 06 50 28 LMP And do you want V horizontal 5515.27


(TRANQ)

04 06 50 32 CC That's affirmative.

04 06 50 59 hMP Like - AGS to PGNS align. _ _,

04 06 51 04 ?'C Say again?


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_'_ge 319

_4 06 _J _ ,,MI' Like an AGZ to I'GN[;_Lli,_._.',v,_r.


Ur_ANQ)

04 06 51 11 CC Roger. We're standing by for it.

04 06 51 41 LMP ... quantity ...


(TRANQ)

04 06 51 45 CC Eagle, Houston. You are STAY for T2. _ver.

04 06 51 50 CC Correction, you're - -

04 o,g _ .'-,2 CDR Roger. STAY for T2. We thank you.


(TRANQ)

04 06 51 54 CC Roger, sir.

04 06 53 37 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. We recommend you


exit P12. Over.

04 06 55 16 CDR Hey, Houston, that may have seemed like a very


(TRANQ) long final phase. The AUTO targeting was

football-field sized crater, with a large num-


ber of big boulders and rocks for about ...
one or two
taking craterinto
us right diameters around it, size
a football-field and it
-
t required a ... in P66 and flying manually over
I the rock field to find a reasonably good area.

04 06 55 49 CC Roger. We copy. It was beautiful from here,


Tranquility. Over.

04 06 56 02 LMP We'll get to the details of what's arotuld here,


(TRANQ) but it looks like a collection of just about
: every variety of shape, angularity, granularity,
about every variety of rock you could find.
The colors - Well, it varies pretty much depend-
ing on how you're looking relative to the zero-
phase point. There doesn't appear to be _oo
much of a general color at all. However, it
looks as though some of the ?ocks and boulders,
of which there are quite a few in the near area,
it looks as though they're g.'_ingto have ,_ome
interesting colors to them. Over.

04 06 56 47 CC Roger. Copy. Sounds good _ _ ,is, TraJ_qui_ity.


We'll let you press on t.'_.r, ._'_: the s;mu]:dcd
countdown, and we'll ta2k i,-:,_.u later, twit.

04 06 57 O0 CD_ Roger.
tT_i_NQ)
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Page 320

04 06 _7 (: :,MAP Okay. This one-sixti g _ _ '. lik,: the air-


.£RANQ) plane.

04 06 57 04 CC Roger. Tranquility. Be advised there's lots of


smiling faces in this room and all over the
world. Over.

04 06 57 15 CDR Well, there are two of them up here.


(TRANQ)

02 06 57 17 CC Roger. That was a beautiful job, you t 3_rs.

04 06 5' ]9 CMP And don't forget one in the command module.


(COLUMBIA)

04 06 5 { 22 CC Roger.

04 06 57 48 CC Tranquility, Houston. We have you pitched up


about 4-1/2 degrees. Over.

04 06 57 55 CDR That's confirmed by our local observation.


(TRANQ)

04 06 58 00 CC Roger.

02 06 58 12 CMP And thanks for putting me on relay, Houston.


- (COLUMBIA) I was missing all the action.

04 06 58 16 CC Roger. We'll enable MSFN relay.

04 06 58 27 CMP I Just got it, I think.


(COLUMBIA)

04 06 58 28 CC Roger, Columbia. This is Houston. Say some-


thing. They ought to be able to hea__ you. Over.

04 06 58 40 CMP Roger, Tranquility Base. It sure sounded great


(COLUMBIA) from up here. You guys did a fantastic job.

04 06 58 48 CDR Thank you. Just keep that orbiting base ready


(TRANQ) for us up there now.

q'_ _36 58 55 CMP Will do.


( C0T,U_ IA )

04 06 59 19 CC Columbia, Houston. LOS __..} ,', AOS !.!_ -.-,.


Over.

04 06 59 32 c_,_, Thank you.


(GO:;:; rti;'l' _) 'l':q.: 66/16
', .q4_: 3_!1

04 (J7 09 4 .C Tranquility Base, HO,_T_;,q. ?_tl your _:onsumables


are solid. You're looking _:od in every respect.
We copy the DPS are venting. Everything is
copasetie. Over.

04 07 00 58 CDR Thank you, Houston.


(TRANQ)

04 07 02 03 CDR Houston, the guys that said that we wouldn't


(TRANQ) be able to tell precisely where we are are the
winners todsJ. We were a little busy worrying
about program alarms and things like that in
the part of the descent where we would normally
be picking out cur landing spot; and aside from
a good look at several of the craters we came
over in the final descent, I haven't been able
to pick out the things on the horizon as a
reference as yet.

04 07 02 41 CC Roger, Tranquility. No sweat. We'll figure


out - We'll figure it out. Over.

04 07 03 32 CDR You might be interested to know that I don't


(TRANQ) think we notice any difficulty at all in
adapting to one-sixth g. It seems iF_ediately
natural to move in this environment.

04 07 03 h7 CC Roger, Tranquility. We copy. Over.

04 07 03 55 CDR The area out the left-hand window is a re±a-


(TRANQ) tively level plain cratered with a fairly large
number of craters of the 5- to 50-foot variety,
and some ridges - small, 20, 30 feet high, I
would guess, and literally thousands of little
1- and 2-foot craters around the area. We see
some angular blocks out several hundred feet in
front of us that are probably 2 feet _n si?e and
have angular _:dges. There is a hill Jn view, just
about on the ground track ahead of us Yiffic_lt
to estimate, but might be a half a mile or a
mile.

b4 [_7 04 54 CC Roger, Tranquility. We copy Over.

04 07 05 01 CMP Sounds like it looks ,, ]_.!. _,' ' _r th.,. ;! .'.id


(COLUMBIA) yesterday - -

0_ 07 05 02 C_R ...
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I:age 322

04 07 05 01 _;MP - - at that very low S,_l -ag_:e. It looked rough


_COLUMBIA) as a cob then.

04 07 05 11 CDR It really was rough, Mike. Over the JJargeted


(TRANQ) landing area, it was extremely rough, cratered,
and large numbers of rocks that were probably
some, many larger than 5 or 10 feet in size.

04 07 05 32 CMP When in doubt, land long.


(COLUMBIA)

04 07 05 _8 CDR So we did.
(TRA_Q)

04 07 ?5 57 CC Tranquility, Houston. After you get through


this P57, we'd like an E-memory dump. Over.

04 07 06 07 LMP Roger. After this first P57, you want an


(TRANQ) E-memory dump.

04 07 06 ll CC That's affirmative.

04 07 06 16 CC Columbia, Houston. We have a P22 update for


you, if you're ready to copy. Over.

J 04 07 06 27 CMP At your service, sir.


(COLUMBIA)

04 07 06 29 CC Roger, Mike. Ti, 104 32 18; T2, 104 37 28.


And that is 4 miles south. This is based on
a targeted landing site. Over.

04 07 06 58 CMP Okay. Roger. Understand based on a targeted


(COLUMBIA) landing site; T1, 104 32 18; T2, 104 37 28,
and 4 miles south.

04 07 07 l0 CC Roger.

04 07 07 13 CMP Do you have any idea whether they l_nded l_,_t


(COLUMBIA) or right of center line? Just a little b:_t
long, is that all we know?

U4 07 07 19 CC Apparently that's about all _e can te[{1. (_ver.

04 07 07 24 CMP Okay. Thank you.


(COLUMBIA)

04 07 08 06 CC Tranquility, Houston - -

04 07 08 07 CDR And, Houston, our mission _;:;_ is now r_'_,fing


('IPANQ) 902 34 47 and static.
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Page 323

04 07 08 1_; CC Roger, Copy your mission ti_:_r's nc,_'static.


It - Say again the time?

04 07 08 24 CDR 902 34 47.


(rRi q)
04 07 08 35 CC Roger. Copy, Tranquility, 2_at gravity align
looked good to us. We see you recycling.

04 07 08 47 LMP Well, no, I was trying to get time, 16 65 out,


(TRANQ) and somehow it proceeded on to the 622 before
I could do a VERB 32 ENTER. I want to log a
time here, and then I'd like to know wh_ther
you want me to proceed on the torquing angles
or to go back and reenter again before torquing.
Over.

04 07 09 08 CC Roger, Buzz. Stand by.

04 07 10 15 CC Tranquility, Houston. We'd like you to recall


P57 and run through the gravity align one more
time. Over.

04 07 10 24 LMP Roger. I concur with that.


(TRANQ)

04 07 l0 26 CC Roger, Tranquility. For the mission timer, two


suggestions. Set the circuit breaker, panel ll;
also reset and attempt to start. That nine in
the first digit might have something to do with
it. Over.

04 07 l0 45 CDR Okay. We've tried both of those. If the cir-


(TRANQ) cult breaker is in when I reset the - put it in
RESET, I get 902 04 40. When I release it now,
I get 902 04 49. I'm going to cycle the cir-
cuit breaker.

04 07 11 08 CC Roger.

04 07 ll 12 CDR I cycled the circuit breaker and got all nines.


(TRANQ) And we'll not now reset from all nines.

04 07 ll 22 CC Roger.

04 07 11 37 CC Tranquility, Houston. W_'i _'esearc[_ ,, , prob-


lem and be back with you moo_ntarily ot_ the
mission event time - correction, the mi:-_Jon
timer.
(GOSS NET l) Tape 66/19
?age 324

04 07 I1 h- CDR Okay.
-' (TRANQ)

04 07 12 44 CDR I'd say the color of the - The local surface is


(TRANQ) very comparable to that we observed from orbit
at this Sun angle, about l0 degrees Sun angle,
or that nature. It's pretty much without color.
It's gray, and it's a very white, chalky gray,
as you look into the zero-phase line; smd it's
considerably darker gray, more like a ash -
ashen gray as you look out 90 degrees to thc S_m.
The - Some of the surface rocks in close here
that have been fractured or disturbed by the
rocket engine plume are coated with this light
gray on the outside; but where they've been
broken, they display a dark - very dark gray
interior; and it looks like it could be country
basalt.

04 07 lh 02 CC Roger, Tranquility. We see the NOUN 93, VERB 34.

04 07 14 10 LMP Roger. I assume you wanted it. Roger.


(TRANQ)

04 07 14 32 CC Tranquility, Houston. Please vent fuel and


OX again. Over. It's building back up.

04 07 14 42 CDR Okay. OX going now.


(TRANQ)

04 07 14 52 CC Tranquility, Houston. You can open both fuel


and OX vent now. Over.

04 07 14 59 CDR Okay.
(TRANQ)

04 07 15 01 LMP Houston, Tranquility standing by for GO on a


(TRANQ) AGS to PGNS align and a lunar align. Over.

04 07 15 09 cc Stand by.

n/$ aw 15 17 CC Tranquility, Houston. You are GO for the AGS


to PGNS align and a lunar ali gn. Over.

04 07 15 26 LMP Roger.
(TRANQ)

04 07 15 44 CC Tranquility, Houston. Piea_ vent thc ff_,-i.


It's increasing rapidly. Ov-:.
(GOZ.J NET 1) Tape 66/20
iOage 325

-" 04 07 16 0_ CDR We show 30 psi in the fuel and 30 in the


(TRANQ) oxidizer.

04 07 16 05 CC Roger. We're reading somewhat different than


that. Stand by.

04 07 16 14 CDR The fuel temperature is reading 64 in the


(TRANQ) descent, and the oxidizer - that's descent 2 -
and the oxidizer is off-scale low. Descent I is
showing 61 in the fuel and 65 in the oxidizer.

04 07 16 {_1 CC Roger. Stand by. Tranquility, Houston. Please


take the fuel vent switch and hold it open. Over.

04 07 17 Oi CDR Okay. We're holding it open. Indicating about


(TRANQ) 24 psi on board.

04 07 17 09 CC Roger.

04 07 17 34 CDR Now indicating 20 psi in the fuel side.


(TRANQ)

04 07 17 37 CC Roger.

04 07 17 38 CDR And 22 in the OX.


j (TRANQ)

04 07 17 41 CC Roger.

04 07 18 47 _ Now indicating 15 psi in both tanks.


(TRANQ)

04 07 18 51 CC Roger.

n4 07 19 17 CC Tranquility, Houston. If you haven't done so,


you can release the fuel vent switch now.
Over.

04 07 19 25 CDR Roger.
(TRANQ)

,L, Ol 20 52 CC Tranquility, Houston. We have indication that


we've frozen up the descent-I_el helium h_2_
exchanger, and there's some _1 trapp?d i_ the
line between there and the v'a_ vas; s_ldth_
pressure we're looking at is Jucreasing there.
Over.

04 07 21 10 CDR Roger. Understand.


(TRANQ)
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Page 326

- 04 07 22 0 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. _f you have not done


so, please close both fuel aud OX vents now.
Over.

04 07 22 17 CDR They're closed.


(TRANQ)

04 07 22 18 CC Thank you, sir.

04 07 22 30 CDR From the surface, we could not see 8ny stars out
(TRANQ) the window; but out my overhead hatch, I'm
looking at the Earth. It's big and bright and
beautiful. Buzz is going to give a try at seeing
some stars through the optics.

04 07 22 54 CC Roger, Tranquility. We understand. Must be


a beautiful sight. Over.

04 07 24 52 CC Columbia, Houston. Two minutes to LOS. You're


looking great going over the hill. Over.

04 07 25 08 CMP Okay. Thank you. Glad to hear the system's


(COLUMBIA) looking good. You have a suggested attitude
for me? This one here seems all right.

J 04 07 25 15 CC Stand by.

04 07 25 21 CMP Let me know when it's lunch time, will you?


(COLUMBIA)

04 07 25 24 CC Say again.

04 07 25 29 CMP Oh, disregard.


(COLUMBIA)

04 07 25 31 CC Columbia, Houston. You got a good attitude


right there.

04 07 25 37 CMP Okay. Thank you.


(COLUMBIA)

EN_ .:)FTAPE.
/\l'(Jl,I,<) Ii AII<-'I'(_-(;I,_()IINI_ V()ICi,; 'I'I<AN;;Ct(II"I'ION

((;(_:;;; NI,:T I) 'J'_q,_, ()'(/I


Page 327

04 07 33 16 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. If you want me to,


I can give you a hack on the mission time,
every 30 minutes. Over.

04 07 34 07 CC Tranquility, Houston. I'm counting down to


T3 time. If you'd like to give me a hack, we
can set up an event timer. Over.

04 07 34 22 If4P Okay. How about counting up?


(TRANQ)

04 07 34 23 CC Roger. You want it counting up? Stand by.

04 07 35 30 CC Tranquility, Houston. On my Mark, 62 30.

04 07 35 34 CC MARK.

04 07 35 35 CC 62 30 from - past PDI.

04 07 35 46 I24P What we're looking for, Charlie, is the time


(TRANQ) counting up to T2 that'll be equal to 60 min-
utes - or T3, be equal to 60 minutes on T3.

04 07 35 56 CC Roger. We'll have it for you.

04 07 36 28 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. Reset the event


tamer to zero and on my Mark at 103 39 41.
We'll give you a hack, and it'll be 1 hour.
Over.

04 07 36 44 CDR Roger.
(T_Q)

04 07 36 h5 CC And we've got about - almost 3 minutes to go,


Neil. Ow_r.

04 07 36 52 CDR Okay.

()_J 07 39 ]6 CC Tranquility Base, stand by on the event timer.

04 07 39 25 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. On my Mark start your


event timer.

04 07 39 36 CC 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

04 07 39 4i CC MARK.

04 07 39 46 CDR Roger. We got it; thank you.


(TRANQ )
_ (GOSS NET 1) Tape 67/2
Page 328

04 07 39 47 CC Roger, Nell.

04 07 47 19 CC Tranquility, Houston. We see the star angle


difference. Looks good.

04 07 47 29 LMP Okay. That last star was Navi, and it wasn't


(TRANQ) too well distinguishable. I can see where that
error could come in. I think for the gravity
alignment with one star, Rigel will he quite
good.

04 07 47 42 CC Roger. Stand by on the NOUN 93.

04 07 48 04 CC Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. We'd like


you to torque that. Over.

04 07 49 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV i_

04 07 49 19 CDR Houston, this is Tranquility. Do you want us


(TRANQ) to accept this position? Over.

04 07 49 24 CC Tranquility, Houston. We're looking at it.


Stand by. We'd like you to pull the circuit
breaker on panel 11 for the mission timer. Over.

04 07 49 35 CDR Roger. I've already done that, Charlie.

04 07 49 37 CC Okay.

04 07 50 20 CC Tranquility, Houston. We'd like you to reject


that RLS. Over.

04 07 50 29 LMP Roger.
(TRANQ)

04 07 50 32 CC And, Tranquility Base, Houston. We'd like you


to call - after this, call PO0, and give us a
E-memory dump.

04 07 51 24 LMP Okay. Here comes the E-memory dump.


(TRANQ)

04 07 51 28 CC Roger.

04 07 51 41 LMP And we got 1106.


(Ta_Q)

04 07 51 43 CC Roger.
(t;,_;:;:
NI:T r) T:_l_,'
_'(/

_ 04 07 52 09 CC Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. Did I copy


PROGRAM ALARM 1106 from you? Over.

04 07 52 16 [_o Roger. That' s affirmative.


(T_e_q)

04 07 52 18 CC Okay. Stand by.

04 07 52 19 LMP Could that, by any chance, be due to the fact that


(TRANQ) I flashed the updata link switch to DATA while
that was going on? Over.

04 07 52 29 CC Stand by.

04 07 52 38 CC Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. The SPAN


guys think that's conceivable. Stand by. I
think we want another VERB 74.

04 07 52 51 LM? Okay. Standing by.


(TRANQ)

04 07 53 02 CC Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. We'd like


another VERB 74. Over.

04 07 53 13 LMP Roger. Here it comes.


(T_m.NQ)

Oh 07 53 54 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. On _ry Mark it will be


GET 103 53

o4 07 54 00 cc MARK.

04 07 54 01 CC 103 53 - correction, 5h.

04 07 54 09 CDR Roger.
(TRANQ)

OJ_ 07 511 l_J CC Hello, Tranquility. Houston. We have the LM


ascent }'Ai). lf'you're ready to go. Over.

04 07 54 28 LMP Stand by.


(_ANQ)

04 07 54 38 LMP Roger. Ready to copy the LM ascent PAD.


(TRANQ )

04 07 54 42 CC Roger, Tranquility. TIG, 104 39 47 00,


55358 00322, plus 0022. DEDA 47, plus 37130,
minus 70615, plus 58620, plus 56936. Over.

04 07 55 28 LMP Roger. LM ascent PAD: 104 B9 47 00,


(TRANQ) 55358 00322, plus 0022, plus 37130, mLnus
70615, plus 58620, plus 56936. Over.
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Page 330

04 07 55 53 CC Roger, Tranquility. Good readback. We also have


a CSI PAD if you are ready to copy.

04 07 56 10 LMP Okay. We are ready to go.


(TRANQ )

04 07 56 12 CC Roger. Coming at you with a CSI: NOUN


11, 105 35 3700, 107 11 3000, 0538, minus all
zeros. FDAI is NA, 0937 - correction, 09356,
10315, plus 0538, minus all zeros, plus 0012.
Over.

04 07 57 08 L_ ° Roger. Say again Ri and NOUN 86.


(TRANQ)

04 07 57 12 CC Roger. Ri is plus 0538, and we have a load for


you. Will you please give us PO0 and DATA?
Over.

04 07 57 25 L_P Roger. Before I do that I would like to des-


(TRA_NQ) ignate the rendezvous radar up to plus-X.

04 07 57 30 CC Roger.

04 07 57 44 LMP Okay. CSI readback: NOUN 11, 105 35 3700,


(TRANQ) 107 11 3000, 0538, minus all zeros, NA, 09356,
10315. NOUN 86, plus 0538, plus all zeros, and
the last one was 0012. And what's the sign of
that, please?

04 07 58 55 CC Tranquility, Houston. The DELTA-Vy is minus all

zeros. The DELrA-V Z is plus 0012. Over.

04 07 59 08 I,_fi
_ Roger. Plus 0012.
(TR_q)

04 07 59 10 CC Roger. Good readback.

04 07 59 41 CDR Houston, Tranquility Base. The DSKY's yours,


(TRANQ) and updata link to DATA.

04 07 59 47 CC Roger. Thank you, Tranquility.

04 08 02 26 CC Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. Or mY Mark


it will be 37 minute's;to T3. Over.

04 08 02 35 CDR Okay.
( TRANQ )

04 08 02 42 CC Stand by.

04 08 02 46 CC MARK.
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_)}l ()_t ();,)F{ ('.I'. Th irty-:;,,v,m mirmtcs til'l 'P'}.

t))l (17_ ():' ',I f'lll{ tllz:kV. '['h_ud,. .y()H.


('['!¢_[.!,;.)

04 0_J 03 10 CC Tranquility, this is Houston. It's your computer.


We got the load in. You can start your P57.

0h 08 03 18 CDR Roger. Thank you.


( TRANQ )

04 08 05 19 LMP Houston, Tranquility Base. Does somebody down


(TRANQ) there have a mike button keyed? Over.

04 08 05 26 CC Stand by, and we'll check.

04 08 05 42 CC Tranquility, Houston. Do you still hear it now?


Over.

04 08 05 59 LMP I still hear it. it sounds like somebody banging


(TRANQ) some chairs around in the back room.

0It 08 06 05 CC Roger. That's a VOGAA that you hear for the CSM
to keep the noise down on the loop. Maybe we
got a _FN relay or something. Stand by.

04 08 06 17 LMP Okay.
( TRANQ )

04 08 06 43 CC Tranquility, Houston. We got the MSFN relay in.


You're hearing the VOGAA, which is a noise sup-
pression device. We'll try to take it .out. Over.

04 08 06 55 LMP Ail right. Thank you.

04 08 08 O0 CC Tranquility, Houston. It ought to be a little


quieter up there now. We disabled the MSFN
relay.

04 08 08 11 LMP Okay. I think the noise has stopped now. Thank


(TRANQ) you, Charlie.

()}lOI½ 08 _3 CC Roger.

04 08 14 32 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. On my Mark, 25 min-


utes till T3. Stand by.

04 08 lh 46 cc MARK.

04 08 14 47 CC Twenty-five minutes until T3.

04 08 14 52 CDR Roger. Thank you, Charlie.


(TRANQ)
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04 08 15 O0 CMP Houston, Columbia. How's it going?


(COLUMBIA)

04 08 15 02 CC Columbia, Houston. We're reading you about


three-by. Over.

04 08 15 10 CMP Roger. I'm on ONLNI Charlie. How's it going?


(COLUMBIA

04 08 15 13 CC Roger. Understand. 0MNI Charlie. Mike, be


advised we have an update for you on the P22 for
the LM. We estimate he landed about 4 miles
downrange. Your Ti times are updated and your
T2, if you're ready to copy. Over.

04 08 15 33 CMP Ready to copy.


(COLUMBIA

04 08 15 36 CMP Ready to copy.


(COLUMBIA

04 08 15 37 CC Okay. Roger, Columbia. Ti 104 32 24, 104 37 33,


2 miles south. Time of closest approach is
104 39 08.

04 08 16 08 CC Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. We copy the


NOUN 93. You can torque them. Over.

04 08 17 30 CMP You said 4 miles long, is that correct, Houston?


(COLUMBIA

04 08 17 34 CC That's affirmative, Columbia. It's about 4 miles


long. Stand by. We'll have you a map location
momentarily. Over.

04 08 18 38 CDR Houston, Tranquility Base. Do you have an up-


(TRANQ) dated LM weight for us? Over.

04 08 18 42 CC That's affirmative. Stand by on the DAP. Our


DAP PAD for you is LM weight 10906. Over.

04 08 18 59 CDR Roger. 10906.


(TRANQ)

04 08 19 02 CC Roger.

04 08 19 57 CC Columbia, Houston. With a latitude/longitude


over two update for LM position. Over.

04 08 20 21 CC Columbia, Houston. Over.

04 08 20 26 CMP Go ahead, Houston.


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04 08 20 28 CC Roger, Mike. We got an update on the LAT longi-


tude for the LM, if you're ready to copy. Over.

04 08 20 36 CMP Go ahead.
(COLUMBIA)

0_ 08 20 41 CMP Go ahead.
(COLUMBIA)

04 08 20 42 CC Roger. Columbia, it's plus 7 - correction,


plus 0.799 for the LAT, plus 11.730 for the
longitude over two. Over.

04 08 21 02 CMP Thank you. The altitude remain unchanged?


(COLUMBIA)

04 08 21 08 CC Say again. Over.

04 08 21 12 CMP Does the altitude remain unchanged? ...


(COLUMBIA)

04 08 21 16 CC That's affirmative.

04 08 21 31 CC Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. You are


stay for a T3. We have some surface block data
if you're ready to copy. Over.

04 08 21 40 CDR Roger. Understand we're stay for T3. Stand by.


(TnA_Q)

04 08 22 27 CDR Okay, Houston. Go ahead with your block data.


(TnANQ )

0)4 0_ 22 30 CC Roger, Tranquility. TII, 106 38 02; TS, ]08 36 15;


T6, 110 3)4 30; TT, 112 32 115. Over.

04 ()_ 23 Ob I,MI
_ Copy. T4, 106 38 07; T5, 108 36 15; T6 110 311 30;
(TRANQ) T7, 112 32 45.

04 08 23 20 CC Roger, Tranquility. Stand by one.

04 08 23 26 CC Tranquility, Houston. Say again your T4 copy.


Over.

04 08 23 33 CDR T4, 106 38 07.


(TRANQ)

04 08 23 37 CC Roger. Correction on T4: 106 38 02. Over.

04 08 23 49 CDR Got T4, 106 38 02.


(TRANQ)
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Oh 08 23 51 CMl' ...
(COL_,iA)

04 08 23 53 CC Roger.

04 08 24 51 CC Hello, Columbia. Houston. We will not come up


on the MSFN relay. We'd like you to come on
panel 9, turn on your VHF to TR. Over.

04 08 25 08 CMP Okay. I'm on panel 9. Ready to receive. You


(COLUMBIA) want me to transmit for some reason with it?

04 08 25 14 CC Say again, Mike. You're about two-by.

04 08 25 21 CMP Roger. Panel 9 is configured VHF, RECEIVE. You


(COLUMBIA) want me to transmit with the VHF for some reason?
Why do you want me in TR?

04 08 25 31 CC Columbia, this is Houston. We don't want you to


transmit, Mike. We just want you in that posi-
tion in case you want to talk to Tranquility.
Break. Tranquility, Houston. Say again. Over.

04 08 25 47 CDR Roger. I have a fairly good-sized difference


(TRANQ) between battery volts on 5 and 6; 6 is reading
33.5 and 5 is reading 36.5. Is that what you
expect? Over.

04 08 26 03 CC Roger. Stand by.

04 03 26 09 CC Tranquility, Houston. They are both coming up


in voltage. No problem. We're still GO. Over.

04 08 26 19 CDR Roger.
(TRm_Q)

04 08 32 38 CC Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. Could you


please give us a readout now of all of your
descent tank pressures? Over.

04 08 32 56 LMP Okay, Houston. On descent 1, fuel and oxidizer


(TRANQ) are reading 10 psi; and descent 2, fuel is read-
ing 10 psi, oxidizer 11 psi.

04 08 33 09 CC Roger_ Tranquility. Thank you much. ()ut.

04 08 34 55 CDR Houston, Tranquility Base is ready to go through


(TRANQ) the powerdown and terminate the simulated count-
down.

04 08 35 00 CC Roger. Standby.
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04 08 35 2'5 CC lfello, Tranquility Base. Houston. You can


start your powerdown now. Over.

04 08 35 31 CDR Roger. It's in progress.


(TRANQ )

04 08 35 37 CC And, Tranquility Base, the White Team is going


off now and letting the Maroon Team take over.
We appreciate the great show. It was a beautiful
Job, you guys.

04 08 35 h7 LMI' Roger. Couldn't of had better agreement from


(TRANQ) all of you back there.

04 08 39 07 LMP Houston, Tranquility.


(TRANQ)

04 08 39 09 CC Go, Tranquility. 3ver.

6__ 04 08 39 14 LMP Roger. Our recommendation at this point is


_ (TRANQ) planning an EVA with your concurrence starting
about eight o'clock this evening, Houston time.
That is about 3 hours from now.

04 08 39 31 CC Stand by.

04 08 39 35 LMP Well, we will give you some time to think about


(TRANQ) that.

04 ()_ 39 hO CC Tranquility Base, tIouston. We thought about it;


we will support it. You're C_O at that time.
Over.

04 08 39 48 LMP Roger.
(TRB2_Q )

04 08 39 56 CC You guys are getting prime time TV there.

04 08 40 08 CDR Hope that little TV set works, but we'll see.


(TRANQ)

04 08 40 11 CC Roger.

04 08 140 33 CC Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. Wa_ your


eight o'clock Houston time a reference to open-
ing the hatch or starting the PREP for EVA at
that time? Over.

04 08 40 46 CDR That would be hatch oFening.


(TR^NQ )
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04 08 40 48 CC That's what we thought. Thank you much.

04 08 40 52 CDR That might be a little later than that, but in


(?RAI_TQ) other words, start the PREP in about an hour or
SO.

oll OP_ 40 57 CMP Houston, Columbia. Copy NOUN 49?


(COLUMBIA)

04 08 41 O0 CC Stand by, Columbia.

04 08 41 01 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. That's fine. We are


ready to support you any time, Neil. Over.

04 08 41 04 CMP Roger.

04 08 41 09 CDR Roger.
(TP_U_Q)

04 08 41 10 CC Break. Columbia, we see the NOUN 49. Stand by.

04 08 41 36 CC Columbia, Houston. We got the data. We would


like a VERB 34. Over.

04 08 41 46 CMP Ail right. Stand by one, Charlie, for the next


(COLUMBIA) one.

04 08 41 50 CC Roger, Columbia. Did - How did Tranquility look


to you down there? Over.

04 08 41 58 CMP Well, the area looks smooth, but I was unable to


(COLUMBIA) see him. I just picked out a distinguishable
crater nearby and marked on it.

04 08 42 08 CC Roger.

04 08 42 14 CMP It looks like a nice area, though.


(COLUMBIA)

04 0& 42 29 CC Hello, Columbia. Houston. I understand you


could not see Tranquility. What were you mark-
ing on? Over.

04 08 42 48 CMP Houston, Columbia. I say again, I could not see


(COLUMBIA) him. AUTO optics pointed at a spot very close to
the coordinates which you gave me, so Z picked a
tiny crater in that area and marked on it so I
will be able to have repeatable data, but I was
unable to see him.

04 08 42 05 CC Roger. Copy.
((;(_)t;:_ NI,?I' J) 'i'apc (,'(/.ii
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04 08 46 11 CC Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. On our DPS


venting and that fuel problem, our heat exchanger
is cleared up. We heard that the ice is melted,
and we are in good shape now. Out.

04 08 49 39 CDR Houston. Tranquility is going to put the track


(TRANQ) modes in P00 now.

04 08 59 27 CC Columbia, Houston. Over.

04 08 59 3h CMP Colt_nbia. Go.


(COLUMBIA)

04 08 59 35 CC Columbia, Houston. We noticed you are maneuver-


ing very close to gimbal lock. I suggest you
move back away. Over.

04 08 59 43 CMP Yes. I am goin_z _'_roundit, doing this CMC AUTO


(COLUMBIA) maneuvers to the PAD values of roll 270, pitch 101,
yaw 45.

04 08 59 52 CC Roger, Columbia.

04 09 00 30 CMP How about sending me a fourth gimbal for Christmas.


(COLUMBIA)

04 09 00 40 CC Columbia, Houston. You were unreadable. Say


again please.

04 09 00 46 CMP Disregard.
(COLUMBIA)

04 09 01 21 CC Columbia, Houston. Several items for you. Over.

04 09 01 [!8 CMl' Ready to copy.

04 09 01 30 CC Columbia, Houston. First of all, we'd like a


waste-water dump to 10 percent on the backside.
Secondly, it does not look like we are going to
need any plane change at this time, so we will
not be uplinking a new REFSMMAT. Third item, I
would like all of your CRYO heaters to AUTO, and
we are ready for a battery charge, battery BRAVO;
it will last about 7 hours. If you should go to
sleep, we will be terminating that BATr charge,
but at the moment, we can go ahead and start the
BATT charge on BATT Bravo. And a final item,
for your SM RCS configuration for your rest
period, register 1 for the DAP is 11111; DAP
register 2, 01100. And your AUTO RCS select
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switches, quad Alfa, pitch jets on only, quad


Bravo all on, quad Charlie and quad Delta all
off. Over.

0_ 09 02 57 CMP Roger. Dump waste water to 10 percent on the


(COLUMBIA backside. Use prior REFSMMAT, CRYO heaters on
to AUTO, battery B charge until I go to sleep.
DAP is 11111, 01100. Select quads A pitch only
on, C and D all up. Over.

04 09 03 22 CC Columbia, Houston. Roger.

04 09 04 25 CC Columbia, Houston. We will have a state vector


update for you a little later. We are not pre-
pared with it right now_ and on another subject,
from Tranquility Base, they are prepared to
begin their EVA early. They expect to begin
DEPRESS operati<J_s in about 3 hours at 108,
approximately 108 GET. Over.

04 09 04 58 CMP Sounds good to me. Tell them to eat some lunch


(COLUMBIA before they go.

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Page 339

b)_ rJ9 06 07 CC Columbia, Houston. W_:'d like your PRD readouts


when possible, and we've checked over your EM
dump. It all looks okay.

04 09 06 48 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. Over.

04 09 06 54 LMP Go ahead, Houston.


(TRAHIQ)

04 09 06 56 CC Tranquility, Houston. We'd like your PRD read-


out, and we have double-checked your t_4 dump.
It all looks okay. Over.

04 09 07 26 CDR Roger. Understand our E-memory dump was good.


(TRANQ) CDR's dosimeter is !1014.

o4 o9 o7 37 mm is 09011.
(TRANQ)

04 09 07 44 CC Roger, Tranquility. Break. Columbia, we would


like for you to REACQ with your high _lain; attempt
a manual lock-on. Over.

04 09 08 01 CM_° ...
( COLUMBIA )

04 09 08 11 LMP Houston, Tranquility here. The LMP's readout


(TR__NQ) may possibly be 09017. Over.

Oh 09 08 21 CC Tranquility, Houston. Roger. 09017 is an up-


date on your readout.

04 09 05 31 C¥_ Columbia's in high gain.


(COLd,IA)
04 09 08 32 I24P I'll let you know for sure when it go_s to either
(TRANQ) 12 dr 18.

04 09 08 41 CC Tranquility, Houston. Roger. The medics report


your latter reading, 17, appears to be the correct
one. Over.

04 09 08 54 LMP Roger.
(TRANQ)

04 09 09 11 CMP Columbia's in the high gain.


(COLUMBIA)

04 09 09 13 CC Roger, Columbia. You're sounding much better


now.
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O;I O9 09 57 CC ¢;olumbla, Houston. R_quest PO0 in ACCEPT, and


we'll uplink another _tate w:ctor. Ov,_r.

04 09 10 08 CMP Roger. Going PO0 in ACCEPT.


(COLUMBIA)

04 09 12 02 CC Columbia, Houston. Suggest you put BArT A on your


BATT relay bus. Over.

04 09 12 12 CMP Okay.
(COLUMBIA)

04 09 12 46 CC Columbia, Houston. We're through with your com-


puter. You can go to BLOCK.

04 09 12 53 CMP Roger. BLOCK.


(COLUMBIA)

04 09 14 43 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. Over.

04 09 14 53 LMP Go ahead, Houston. Tranquility Base.


(TmU_Q)

04 09 14 55 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. We've reviewed the


checklist, and about the only change in order to
advance the EVA that we've found is that you'll
want to delay your lithium hydroxide change until
after the EVA rather than before. Over.

04 09 15 19 LMP Roger. We'd Just as soon make a change and jet-


(TRANQ) tison the old one. Over.

04 09 16 21 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. We would like to


delay that LOIO - LiOH change until after the EVA.
There is a possibility you could jettison the
canister when you Jettison your PLSS. Over.

04 09 16 39 LMP All right. We'll plan it that way. Over.


(TRANQ )

04 09 16 142 CC Roger, Tranquility.

04 09 17 52 CC Columbia, Houston. Over.

04 09 17 58 CMP Houston, Columbia.


(COLUMBIA)

04 09 17 59 CC Columbia, Houston. We show your EVAP OUT temp-


perature running low. Request you go to manual
temperature control and bring it up. You can check
the procedures in ECS HAL 17. Over.
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rfilr)
2 I_ 20 CMl' Eoger, Houston.
( COl ,IJMI;[^ )

04 09 19 49 CC Columbia, Houston. I have a P22 update for you.

04 09 19 57 CaMP Columbia. Go ahead.


(COLUMBIA)

04 09 19 59 CC Columbia, Houston. Your P22 AUTO - A[_O optics


landmark ID on LM. T1, 106 plus 30 plus 31; T2,
106 plus 35 plus 41, 2 nautical miles south. Your
TCA, 106 plus 37 plus 16. Shaft angle 357.9 and
trunnion angle 44.3. Over.

04 09 20 46 CMP Roger. Thank you.


(COLUMBIA)

04 09 21 35 CC Columbia, Houston. We have your LOS ._n 3 minutes.


AOS will be 106 plus 11. Over.

Oh. 09 21 47 CMP Roger.


(COLUMBIA)

0h 09 25 29 LMP Houston, Tranquility. Over.

04 09 25 31 CC Tranquility, Houston. Go ahead.

04 09 25 38 LMP Roger. This is the LM pilot. I'd like to take


(TRANQ) this opportunity to ask ever), person listening
in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause
for a moment and contemplate the events of the
past few hours and to give thanks in his or her
own way. Over.

04 09 26 08 CC Roger, Tranquility Base.

04 09 35 03 IAMP That's about ready to fall off.


(TR_Q )

04 09 35 07 CDR As a matter of fact, it just doesn't look like


(TRANQ) it sunk in at all.

04 09 46 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 16

04 09 47 17 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. We'd like some estimate


of how far along you are with your eating and .,
when you may be ready to start you EVA PREP. Over.

04 09 47 43 CDR I think that we'll be ready to start EVA PREP in


(TRANQ) about a half an hour or so.
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04 09 47 50 CC Roger, Tranquility.

04 10 11 07 CMP Houston, Columbia. How do you read?


(COLUMBIA)

04 10 11 12 CC Columbia, Columbia. This is Houston.

_ 04 10 11 14 CDR Houston, this is Tranquility Base. We are begin-


'_ (TRANQ) ning our EVA PREP.

04 l0 ll 23 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston, Roger. Copy.


You're beginning EVA PREP. Break. Break. Colum-
bia, Columbia, this is Houston. Reading you loud
and clear. Over

04 l0 ll 35 CMP You're loud and clear. The waste-water dump is


(COLUMBIA) down to l0 percent. I have a questiou on the
P22. Do you want me to do another P22, or is
all that informatioz_ just for my own use in track-
ing the LM for photographic purposes?

04 l0 ll 49 CC Columbia, this is Houston. We request that you


perform another P22. We'd like you t_ let the
AUTO optics take care of the tracking and devote
your energies to trying to pick out the LM on
the lunar surface. If you can find the LM, of
course. We're looking for marks on it; but track-
ing of geographical Features doesn't 2o us all
that much good. Over.

04 10 12 18 CM9 Okay. Fine. I'll do it. And on the ECS system,


(COLUM3IA) the - Whatever the problem was, it seems to have
gone away without a[,y changing of J52 sensors or
anything like that. _ glycol evapor_Ltor outlet
TEMP is up above 50 now, and it's quite comfort-
able in the cockpit; so we'll talk move about
that one later.

04 10 12 _3 CC Roger, Columbia. Did you shift into manual con-


trol, or did the problem resolve itself under
AUTO control? Over.

04 10 12 52 CMP The problem went away under AUTO.


(COLUMBIA)

Oh 10 12 55 CC Roger. That's the best type. Out.

04 10 12 56 CMP I did cycle out of AUTO into - I did cycle out


(COLUMBIA) of AUTO into MANUAL, back into AUTO.
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Oh ]0 ]3 q5 CC tlouston. Ro_er. O_t.

())l I(J :'_' r)6 [J[,_ r}i['.'J.}JY_lJ } I i l,.y I}fJ:;'!, II'r','l,[}'l_ji ,} [ },.¥ I_,'l,._;f *, [,}ii:; ][]

l]_rjlJ:;_,_;fi. ()V('.r'.

O)J10 23 05 ChH Go ahead, Houston.

04 10 23 07 CC Tranquility, this is Houston. We nee,[ a second


set of PRD readin&s _o that we may eslablish a
rate. Over.

04 l0 23 19 CDR Okay. Stand by.


(T_Q)

04 l0 23 30 CDR CDR is reading llO14.


(TP_WQ)

04 ]0 23 44 _,_ LMP is reading 09017 and three-quar_e_s.


(TRf, _Q)

Oil 10 23 52 CC Tranquility, this _s Houston. We copb_ your read-


ings, Out.

04 10 29 26 C_,]
° Houston, Columbia. How do you read on OMNI D,
(COLUM _IA Dog?

Oh l0 29 30 C(' Columbia, this is Hounton. We're reaiing you


loud with background noise on OMni D. Over.

04 !0 29 hl C'r4_ Okay. I'll stay on D here for awhile. I'm about


(COLU_,I6!A to go i_to ...

0'_ 10 29 1_5 CC' Roger. Out.

Oh 10 36 16 CMl Houston, Colu_foia. i'm coming up on _ time for


(COLU_'_IA the first pass when I may - -

04 !0 36 19 CC Now while we've got time, you can.

011 i0 36 20 C_ TM - - be able to see the LM. Do you have any topo-


(COLIJ_g_IA graphical cue that might help me out here? AUTO
optics is tracking between two crater_;. One of
them, as the I24sees it, would be lon_z at
11 o'clock. The oth_'r would be short and be-
hind him at 5 o'clock. They're great big old
craters - depressiom;.

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04 10 36 44 CC Stand by.

04 10 37 34 CC Columbia, this is Houston. The best we can do


on topo features is to advise you to look to
the west of the irregularly shaped crater, and
then work on down to the southwest of it. Over.

04 10 38 05 CC Columbia, Houston. Another possibility is the


southern rim of the southern of the two old-
looking craters. Over.

04 10 38 42 CMl° Roger, tIouston. Columbia ... I kept my eyes


(COLUMBIA) glued to the sextant that time hoping I'd get
a flash of reflected light off the LM, but I
wasn't able to see any of my scan areas that
you suggested.

04 10 38 56 CC Roger. On that southern of the old craters,


there's a small bright crater on the southern
rim. One plot would put him slightly to the
west of that small bright crater, about 500
to 1000 feet. Do yo_ see anything down there?
Over.

04 10 39 19 CMP Its going past now, Bruce, but I scanned that


(COLUMBIA) area that you are talking about very closely,
and no, I did not see smything.

04 10 39 26 CC Roger. Otlt.

04 10 40 21 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 10 40 28 CMP Go ahead.
(COLUMBIA)

04 10 40 33 CC Colta}Lbi_
_ this is HOL_Ston. On your LAM-2 map,
we'd like to confirm the topographical area
in _,_i_
ch you were looking on this last period
of s[ghti_lgs. As we tmderstand you, you were
looking in the vicinity of Papa 7 to November 8.
Is t,_,b correct? Over.

04 10 40 59 C_ Stand 1_2/one.
(COLUMBIA)

04 10 41 O1 CC P_oger.
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04 10 43 00 CMP Houston, Columbia.


COLUMBIA)

04 10 43 02 CC Go ahead, Columbia.

04 10 43 08 CMP One of the craters I was talking about is lo-


COLUMBIA) cated exactly at Mike 6.7.

04 10 43 19 CC Roger. We found that one.

04 10 43 21 CMP The other one is located at 7 - The other one


COLUMBIA) is located at 7.2, two-thirds of the way from
Mike to Nan.

04 10 43 36 CC Roger. We believe you were looking a little


too far to the west and south. Over.

04 10 44 03 CMP Roger. Understand. I was looking where auto


COLUMBIA) optics was tracking, on the average, and under-
stand that it should have been more to the north
and more to the west_ actually a tiny bit out-
side the circle, huh?

04 10 44 17 CC More to the north and a little more to the east.


The feature that I was describing to you, the
small bright crater on the rim of the large,
fairly old crater, would be about Mike 0.8
and 8.2. Over.

04 10 44 40 CFEP Well, just give iae your best estimate as to


(COLUi',,_IA) his location and his coordinate system, and
I'll plot it on my map and go from there.

04 10 44 48 CC R:ger.

04 10 48 54 CC Tranquility Ease, this is Houston. C_ you


give us some idea of where you are in the sur-
face checklist at the present time? Over.

0Ii 10 49 07 LMP Okay. We're a_ the top of page 27.

f/!_I0 i, 1] CC Roger. Out

L/ _-.J
29 CMP iiouston_ Coitunbia. Over.

' _iO ':'"


_._ 31 CC _ _.ahead, Co_t rbia.
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04 10 50 38 CMP Roger. I finally got you back on OMNI D. I've


(COLUMBIA been unsuccessfully trying to get you on the
high gain, and I've gone COMMAND RESET to
PROCESS. How do you read me now?

04 10 50 46 CC Roger. Reading you loud with background noise.


Understand that's 0MNI Delta or 0MNI Bravo?
Over. !

04 10 50 56 CMP 0MNI Delta and you were cut out. I never got
(COLUMBIA your coordinates on estimated LM position.
Over.

04 10 51 04 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Estimated LM posi-


tion is latitude plus 0.799, longitude over 2
plus 11.730. On your chart we would place it -
Stand by on the charts and readback on the
latitude and longitude.

04 10 51 46 CMP Yes. The latitude and longitude over 2, 799


(COLUMBIA and 11730 are the ones that I been using in
P22. But what I'm interested in is - is grid
coordinates on that map we're using.

04 10 52 01 CC Roger. We'll have them for you in a second.

04 10 52 08 CMP Thank you_


( COLUMBIA

04 10 53 04 CM_ Houston, Columbia. Could you enable the S-band


(COLU_IA relay at ]east one-way from Eagle to Columbia
so I can hear what's going on?

04 10 53 12 CC Roger. T! ere's not much going on at the pres-


ent time, Coiturlbia. I'll see what I can do
about the relay.

04 10 53 23 CC Colt_nbia, this is Houston. Are you aware that


Eagle plans the EVA about 4 hours early? Over.

04 10 53 33 CMP Affi_mati_ . M_en's hatch open time in GET


(COLUMBIA estinat e 17

04 10 53 39 CC Roger. Somewhere around 108 hours. We'll have


an update for you on that a little later.

04 10 53 52 CMP 0k_y. I havenrt heard a word from these guys,


(COLUMBIA and I thought I'd be hearing them through your
S-b_]d relay.
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Page 3h7

04 10 53 57 CC Hoger. They're on about page Surface 27 in


the checklist, proceeding in good time.

04 10 54 09 CMP Glad to hear it.


( COLUMBIA

04 10 54 13 CMP You got a crowd there in MCC?


(COLUMBIA

04 10 54 20 CC Roger. You're last, Columbia.

04 10 54 46 CMP Roger. I expect you probably have about nine


(COLUMBIA CAP COMMS and 11 Flight Directors with no
place to plug in.

04 10 54 53 CC Roger. Out.

04 10 55 O0 CMP That ratio might even be reversed.


( COLUMBIA

04 10 55 37 CMP Glycol evaporator outlet temperature is 50


(COLUMBIA degrees and the comfort in here is just fine.

04 10 55 43 CC Roger. We copy 50 degrees on the glycol, and


comfort index fine.

04 10 56 25 CMP If you'll excuse me a minute, I'm going to have


(COLUMBIA a cup of coffee.

04 10 56 28 CC Roger.

04 10 56 37 CC Apollo- Columbia, this is Houston. Your map


coordinates are Papa decimal 2 and 6 decimal 3
on the LA2,f-2chart. Over.

Oll 10 57 10 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Did you copy the


coordinates for the !JM? Over.

04 10 58 49 CC Columbia, Columbia, this is Houston. If you


read we request high-gain antenna, yaw 180,
pitch 0. I say again, yaw 180, pitch 0 on the
high gain. Over.

04 11 02 15 CC Cottmlbia, Columbia, this is Houston. Do you


read? Over.

04 11 05 15 CMP Houston, Columbia on the high gain.


(COLUMBIA

04 ll 05 18 CC Columbia, this is Houston reading you loud and


clear. Over.
t
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04 i1 05 25 CMP Read you loud and clear, Bruce.


(COLU_I A )

04 11 05 26 CC Roger, Mike. I have the coordinates - -

04 11 05 29 CMP What's new?


(CO.ttrMBTA)

04 11 05 31 CC Well, what's new is I thiitk we have some more


coordinates for you on the LM location. Over.

04 11 05 41 CMP Ready to copy.


(COLUMBIA)

04 11 05 43 CC Roger, Mike. Papa 0.2 and 6.3 on your LAM-2


chart. Over.

04 11 06 02 CMP Roger. Papa 0.2 and who 0.3?


(COLUMBIA)

04 11 06 05 CC 6.3, I say again, 6.3.

04 11 06 17 CMP Thank you. Papa 0.2 and 6.3. I'll try them.
(COLU_IA)

04 11 06 21 CC Roger.

04 11 06 57 CMP Okay. What you are saying is, if you look at


(COLUMBIA) the cat's paw, then that's just about, oh - his
middle finger, a little bit - one to two o'clock
from his middle finger. Is that right?

04 11 07 16 CC Roger. About one to two o'clock from the middle


fiiiger if 'sou are using 12 o'clock being to the
west. 0ye _.

04 11 07 29 CMl° T_)at must oe _he way the cat's faced. Okay. I'm
(COLUF_IA) with y_u.

·4 Jl (7 33 CC Okay. A_d I go LOS amd A0S times for you.

Ok tl 07 40 C[v2
m C,o _uhead.
(COLUF[BIA)

04 11 07 48 CMl° Go ahead, houston.


(COLUMBIA)

04 il 07 50 CC Roger. Your LOS at 107 plus 23 plus 03. A0S


at 108 plus 09 plus 06. The next pass for
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Page 3149

COAS tracking: your time of closest _J_proach


is 108 35 28. That's 3 miles south of track.
Over.

04 11 08 28 CMP I understand all that, but with this new infor-


(COLIPM]3IA mation would you like me to try P22 and look
for him in a different spot?

04 11 08 40 CC Stand by a minute, please.

04 11 08 44 CMP Okay. Because I was looking in the wrong place


(COLUMBIA last time. AUTO optics was not pointing me
at the coordinates you gave me.

04 11 08 53 CC Roger.

04 11 10 06 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 11 10 13 CMP Go ahead.
(COLUMBIA

04 11 10 15 CC On your next pass, Columbia, rather than per-


forming a P22 as such, we would like you to look
in the vicinity of the coordinates that we gave
you, which is our best analysis based on map
physics mid the trajectory, and we also have
another set uf coordinates that we would like
you to search in the vicinity of. This last
one being based on all interpretation of the geo-
logiciel features that were seen by the crew on
their way down. _le coordinates of this second
site are ](ih._0.7 and 8.0. I say again, Mike
0.7 and 8_ ). ! say again, Mike 0.7 and 8.0.
Over.

04 11 11 08 C_fP Roger. Copy. Mike 0.7 and 8.0. The only thing
(COL_.fi3IA is, my be:t tool for looking is the sextant
and ir I'l; goths lo crank the sextant up, I
mSgh' as _o!1 iet n22 go at the same time, or
don't o_ think sc:'

0h 11 11 24 CC Roger. J f a Jant to go that way, crank it up


mad then _,ou can drive it a_ound and hook where
_OU Uz i]%. _% t l.

04 11 11 33 CMP Okay.
(COLUMBIA

04 11 11 35 CC And if you can find the LM, then by _1 means,


track it or make a note of where it w_, and we
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can track it on the next REV. If you are ready,


we have a REFSM_UIT update that we can pass up
to you at this time, if you will give us PO0
in ACCEPT. Over.

04 11 12 06 CMP Okay. P00 in ACCEPT you got. And this is an


COLUMBIA) updated landing site RESFMMAT. We still be-
lieve that a plane change is not required. Is
that affirmative?

04 11 12 15 CC That's affirmative, Columbia.

04 11 12 20 CMP Good shew.


COLUMBIA)

04 11 15 34 CC Columbia, this is Houston. We are through


with the uplink. It's your computer.

04 11 15 43 CMP Roger. Thank you.


COLUMBIA)

04 11 19 27 CMP Houston, Columbia.


(COT,triVIA)

04 11 19 30 CC Go ahead, Columbia.

04 11 19 34 CMP On our next pass, I'd appreciate the S-band


(COLUMBIA) relay mode. Over.

04 11 19 40 CC Roger. We're working on that. There haven't


been stay transmissions fram Tranquility Base
since we last talked to you. We cannot give you
a full S-band relay without being assured of
high-gain antenna. We're working on the partial
relay for you. Over.

04 11 20 O0 CMP Okay. Understand, Bruce. Thank you very much.


(COLUMBIA)

04 [1 20 57 CC Coltm_bia, this Js Houston. Approximately 2


minutes to LOS. Ail your systems are looking
goed from down here. Over.

04 11 21 09 CMP Does it look to you like the 240 controller is


(COLUMBIA) properly controlling the glycol evaporator
outlet TEMP? It locks all right up here.

04 11 21 19 CC Roger, Columbia. During this pass on the


front side, it looked okay to us.
((iOSS NR"I' 1) 'l','q_c! b_)/,t_
tb.tgc 351

04 11 21 26 CMP Okay. Thank you.


(COLUMBIA)

04 11 31 00 CDR Houston, Tranquility Base.


(TRANQ)

04 11 31 03 CC Go ahead Tranquility Base.

04 11 31 09 CDR Okay. We are on about the middle of page 28,


(TRANQ) Surface - 28.

04 11 31 20 CC Roger, Tranquility. We copy

04 11 38 16 CDR Ail right -


(TRANQ)

04 11 40 10 CDR ... minimum.


( TRANQ )

04 11 44 35 CDR I think we'd ... to put ...


(TRANQ )

04 11 45 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 17

04 11 54 O0 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. Over.

04 11 54 09 LMP Roger. Go ahead, Houston.


(TRANQ )

04 11 54 11 CC Roger, Tra_lquility. We're coming up in about


6 minutes on GET of 108. If you'd like to
start your event timer_ we can give you a hack
at 108 00. Over.

04 11 54 27 CDR Wilco.
( TRANQ )

04 12 01 03 LMP Houston, Tranquility. We're ready to start with


(TRANQ) the electrical checkout. We're going to S-band
modulate FM. Over.

Oh 12 01 14 CC Roger. Tranquility, this is Houston. We copy.


Go ahead with the FM. And we missed the mark at
108. Do you want us to try and give you one
at 108 05? Over.

04 12 01 27 CDR I think we've got the timer going. We've got


(TRANQ) 1 minute and 30 seconds.
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Page 352

ob 12 Ol 33 CDR MARK.
(TRA_Q)

04 12 01 34 CC Roger. We copy, and you're in SYNC with us.

04 12 02 55 CDR It's increase.


(TRANQ)

o4 12 02 58 CDR T/R.
(TRANQ)

04 12 03 O1 CDR In.
(T_ANQ )

04 12 04 42 CDR Help you on that?


(TRANQ)

04 12 04 49 CDR Feed it, or disconnect, or what?


(TRANQ)

04 12 04 57 LMP Say again.


(TRANQ)

04 12 05 00 CDR Connect PLSS electrical umbilical to PGA.


TRANQ)

04 12 05 16 LMP Let me *** up tight *** have to *** up straight


TRANQ) *** up. Got her about ***

04 12 06 49 LMP That's got it.


T_Q)

04 1! 07 21 CDR *** Right.


TRANQ)

02 ]P 07 30 CDR Fastest VOX in the west.


TP_NQ)

04 i _ 07 37 l_e° Mark. All right. Okay.


TR_I q )

014 12 07 43 I,_P Aren't they?


TRAi{q )

04 12 07 44 CDR Well, we_ve got s_tennas down and *** not real
TRANQ) good, is it? Okay. Yours is up. We'll put
my antenna up.

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04 12 08 11 l,M]_ Okay.
(TI_ANQ)

END OF TAPE
APOLLO 11 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

(_;O;;;; _'_,_;'F1.) ' Tape 70/1


l'a_e 354

Oh 12 08 13 CDR Okay.
(TRANQ)

04 12 08 14 [A{P How do you read now?


(TRANQ)

Oh 12 08 15 CDR Okay.
(TRANQ)

04 12 08 18 _ Okay. I think that's going to be bet_;er.


(THANQ)

04 12 08 26 CDR You read me all right now?


(TRANQ)

04 12 08 28 _ Yes.
(TRANQ)

04 12 08 30 CDR Okay. That sounds pretty good.


(THANQ)

Oh 12 08 32 _ I guess it's a combination of the vol_uae and the


(TRANQ) antenna. May have been just the voluz,e that was
way up too high. Why don't you try stowing it
again; see if that makes any difference.

04 12 08 52 CDR Okay.
(_mmWQ)

04 12 08 53 _ All right. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. That -


(TRANQ) That sounds pretty good.

04 12 08 58 CDR ... Okay?


(TR_Q)

04 02 08 59 LMP Better keep it pretty close to your mo_th, though.

04 12 09 05 CDR Okay. Open up your audio circuit breaker, and


(TRANQ) disconnect the LM COMM cable.

04 12 09 4_ CC Columbia, Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 12 09 53 CMP Houston, Columbia on the high gain. How do you


(COLUMBIA ) read ?

04 12 09 55 CC Roger, Columbia. Reading you loud and clear on


the high gain. We have enabled the one-way MSFN
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Page 355

relay that you requested. The crew of Tranquil-


ity Base is currently donning PLSS's. The
has his PLSS on, COMM checks out, and the CDR
is checking his COMM out now. Over.

04 12 10 23 CMP Sounds good. Thank you kindly.


(COLUMBIA)

Oh 12 10 50 CMP Houston, Columbia. I tweaked the platform up


(COLUMBIA) on the back side. I have a P52 option 3 when
you're ready to copy the data.

04 12 10 58 CC Go ahead, Columbia.

Oh 12 11 33 CMP Roger. Stars 43 and 44: star angle difference


(COLUM_[A) 4 balls 1, NOUN 93 p2us 000 - -

0h 12 11 14 LMP Audio circuit breaker CLOSED.

04 12 ll 16 CMP - - 57, plus - -


(COLUMBIA )

04 12 ll L7 IxMP All right, on your panel, VHF A, OFF; '7IF B, OFF.


(TRA_Q)

04 12 11 '!2 CMP - - 00166, minus 00022, and the - -

04 12 11 _6 LMP All right, RCU PTT to MAIN.


(TRA_Q)

04 12 11 ?7 CMP - - time is 107 30 38. Over.


(COLUMBIA )

04 12 11 _2 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Copy star sngle


difference of 4 balls 1; NOUN 93, plus 00057 - -

04 12 11 h2 LMP PLSS mode switch to B.

04 12 ll 1.3 CC - - plus 00166, minus 00022 - -

04 12 11 50 I_P Warning tone?


(_ANQ)

04 12 11 51 CC - - time of 107 30 38. Over.

ok 12 n 59 ...
(TRANQ)
(GOSS NET 1) Tape 70/3
Page 356

04 12 12 O0 CMP You got it.


(COLUMBIA)

04 12 12 02 CC Roger. Are you reading Tranquility Base now?

04 12 12 05 CDR Okay. You've got an 0 and a P.


(TR_Q)

04 12 12 06 LMP What is your 02 quantity, by the way?


(TRm_Q)

04 12 12 ll CDE 02 quantity is about 91.


(THA_Q)

04 12 12 15 LMP I've got 92.


(TRA_Q)

04 12 12 21 CDR Okay, now. I'm going to mode select B.


(TRANQ)

04 12 12 33 LMP Warning tone.


(TR_NQ)

04 12 12 41 CDP That where you were? B?


(TRANQ)

04 12 12 44 _ I'm in B.
(TRANQ)

04 12 12 45 CDR *** A.
(TRANQ)

04 12 12 46 LMP Okay.
(_Q)

04 12 12 49 CDR I'm in A.
(TRANQ)

04 12 12 51 LMP 0kay. How do you read me?


(TR q)
04 12 12 53 CDR I read you.
(TRANQ)

04 12 12 55 LMP You're loud and clear.

04 12 12 _8 _ I got another warning tone. Go.


(THANQ)

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04 12 13 04 CDR *** about now? Okay?


(TRANQ )

04 12 13 06 LMP Both. That's mode select AR.


(TRANQ)

02 13 CDR AR.
(TRANQ)

04 12 13 15 LMP How do you read?


(TRANQ)
04 12 13 16 CDR Didn't get a warning tone.
(TRANQ)

04 12 13 17 LMP I got one.


(TRANQ)

Oh 12 13 18 CDR Got it?


(TRANQ)

04 12 13 ?8 CDR Okay. One antenna is out. Verify PLgS 02


(TR_NQ) bottle pressure greater than 85. ***

04 12 13 33 LMP It is.
(TRANQ)
04 12 13 35 CDR Do you have voice with ***
(TRANQ)

04 12 13 38 LMP Got her.


(TRmWQ)

04 12 13 39 CDR Houston, Tranquility. How do you read ? Over.


(T_Q)

04 12 13 43 CC Neil, Neil, this is Houston through Trmquility.


Radio check. Over.

04 12 13 53 CDR Roger. Houston, this is Neil. How do you read?

94 12 13 57 CC Nell, this is Houston. We're reading you loud


and clear. Break, break. Buzz, this _s Houston
through Tranquility. Over.

04 12 14 06 LMP Roger, Houston. This is Buzz through rranquil-


(TRANQ) ity. How do you read? Over.

04 12 14 l0 CC We're reading you loud and clear, Buzz. Out.

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04 12 14 18 CDR **# and are you getting a signal on the TV?


(TRANQ) Over.

04 12 14 24 CC That's affirmative, Neil. The data that we're


receiving looks good and we are receiving SYNC
pulses and a black signal on TV.

04 12 14 35 CDR Okay. You'll find that the area arolu_d the


(TRANQ) ladder is in a complete dark shadow si we're
going to have some problem with TV, b_,t I'm
sure you will see the - You'll get a picture
from the lighted horizon ...

04 12 14 53 CC This is Houston. We copy, and right toward the


end of your transmission after you mentioned
lighted horizon, you trailed off down into the
noise level, Neil. Over.

04 12 15 07 CDP_ Okay.
(T_Q)

04 12 16 59 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Are you r_ading


Tranquility all right on the relay? ('ver.

04 12 17 07 CMl° I believe so. I haven't heard anythin_ fairly


(COLUMBIA) lately, and it's breaking up. But up ,mtil
about 3 minutes ago, I was reading them loud
and clear.

04 12 17 15 CC Roger. Sounds like you're getting it all.

04 12 17 _2 CMP Thank you.


(C 0LU_ IA )

04 12 19 22 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. We request


you open the TV circuit breaker at the present
time. We've had it on about 15 minutes now
with the MESA closed. Over.

04 12 19 _7 CDR Roger.
(tam, Q)

04 12 20 22 CDR Houston, do you read ***


(T3Q)
04 12 20 :!7 CC Say again, Nell.

04 12 20 33 CDR ***
(TRANQ)

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(J_ 12 20 4'_ Cf; Neil, Neil, this i_; ][ouston, I csli h_ar you
trying to transmit; however, your tral_smission
is breaking up. Over.

04 12 20 55 CDR Roger. ***


(TRANQ)

04 12 21 01 CC Buzz, Buzz, this is Houston. Do you read?


Over.

04 12 21 08 LMP Roger, Houston. This is Buzz. How dc.you read?


(TRANQ) Over.

04 12 21 ll CC Roger. You're coming through loud and clear,


Buzz. It's a beautiful signal.

04 12 21 19 LMP Neil's got his antenna up now. Let's see if


(TRANQ) he comes through any better now.

04 12 21 23 CDR Okay. Houston, this is _eil. How do you read?


(TRANQ)

04 12 21 26 CC Nell, this is Houston. Reading you beautifully.

0h 12 21 hl CDR (Static) My antenna's scratching the roof.


(TR_Q)

04 12 21 44 CC We copy,your antenna scratching the r¢of.


Roger.

04 12 21 59 LMP They hear everything but that.


(TRANQ)

0_ 12 22 01 CDR Houston, this is Tranquility. We're standing by


(TRANQ) for a GO for cabin DEPRESS. Over.

04 12 22 06 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. Ycu are GO


for cabin depressurization. GO for cabin depres-
surization.

04 12 22 15 CDR Roger. Thank you.


(TkANQ)

04 12 22 18 _ And the descent water valve is closed.


(TR Q)
04 12 22 21 CDR Okay.

0.4,12 22 23 I/4P Verify cabin fan number 1 circuit breaker open.


(TRANQ)
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!'age 360

04 12 22 27 CDR *** Over, PLSS fan number 1 breaker,


(TRANQ)

04 12 22 30 LMP We'll have to pull that one out. ***


(TRANQ)

04 12 22 48 LMP Now wait a minute.


(TRANQ)
04 12 22 54 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Your LM line-of-
sight C0_94 acquisition with the Tranquility
Base is 108 plus 29. LOS is 108 plus 42. Over.

04 12 23 11 _ Suit circuits relief valve to AUTO.


(TRA_Q)

04 12 23 14 CDR In AUTO.
(_Q )

04 12 23 15 I34P Suit gas diverter valve to EGRESS.


(TRANQ)

04 12 23 16 CNS' I'm going over to ... I'll pick you up on OMNI C


(COLUMBIA) or D.

o4 12 23 18 CDR GO.
(TRm Q)
04 12 23 21 CC Stand by please.

04 12 23 22 LMP Verify MASTER ALARM.


(TR Q) ' ,% L %

04 12 23 26 CDR Pu_hbutt0n !i_ht. RESET.

04 12 23 _1 CDR **;_ECS cau_tion light and water separation light


" (TRANQ). ON. Take s a while for the water separator.
Maybe.

04 12 23 45 LMP . I don't'_Understaad '... Suit fan number 1 cir-


(TRANe) cult breaker opened.

04 12 24 09 CC _ Buzz, this is Houston. We would like 5ou to


pull the suit fan DELTA-P circuit breaker on
panel 16. Over.

04 12 24 28 LMP Roger, I have it.


(TRANQ )

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O;I 12 24 [_0 CDR *## that #*# if, if it's in.


(rR_Q)

04 12 24 41 LMP **#
(TRA_Q)

04 '12 24 50 LMP *** in EGRESS ***


(_Q)

04 12 25 15 CDR Okay. There it is. ECS MASTER ALARM, water


(TRANQ) separator.

04 12 25 20 LMP Okay.
(rRA_Q)

04 12 25 25 CDR *** both suit isolation valves to SUIT DISCON-


(rm_Q ) _CT.

04 12 25 26 LMP I'll get them.


(TRA_Q)

04 12 25 28 LMP Got it.


(TRA_Q)

04 12 25 30 CDR Okay. Disconnect LM hoses.


(rai_Q)

04 12 25 46 LMP Okay.

04 12 25 50 CDR Connect 0PS 02 hose to right-hand PGA blue


(TRANQ) connector and lock.

04 12 25 54 LMP Let me do that for you.

04 12 26 04 CDR Okay. Locked and lock locked.


(TRANQ)

04 12 26 06 LMP Raise your arm up.


(THA Q)
04 12 26 36 CDR Locked, lock locked.

04 12 26 41 CDR Okay. Retrieve purge valves from pocket.


(TRANQ)

04 12 26 48 LMP Okay.
(TRANQ )

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04 12 26 49 CDR Verify closed; locked pin installed.


(TRANQ)

04 12 26 51 LMP Okay.
(TR_Q)

04 12 26 52 CDR Install in RH PGA red ***


(TRANQ)

04 12 27 09 LMP Okay. It's installed, locked and lock locked.


(TRANQ)

04 12 27 14 CDR Did you put it - -


(TRANQ)

04 12 27 16 LMP Oh, wait a minute. Should be - , Stsad by.


(TRANQ )

04' 12 27 26 CDR Roger ....


(TPJ_NQ)

04 12 27 42 L_ ° It's right out in the middle.


(TRANQ)

04 12 2] 44 CDR All right. Check my diverter valves, VERTICAL.


(T_NQ )

04 12 27 50 LMP Both VERTICAL.


(TRANQ)

04 12 27 55 CDR That's two vertical.


(TPJLNQ)

04 12 27 57 LMP_ Okay.
(TRANQ )

04 12 27 58 CD_ Hold this ... in your purge valve.


(TRANQ )

04 12 28 22 LMP Locked and double locked.


(TRANQ)

04 12 28 25 CDR Okay.
(T RANQ )

04 12 28 42 CDR Position mike.


(TRANQ )

04 12 29 00 LMP Sure wished I had shaved last night.


(TRANQ)

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(GO,';:; Nt,,_I
' l) 'l'_J.[_' 70/10

U4 12 29 31 L_ *** Got your mikes where you want them?


(TRANQ)

04 12 29 42 CDR Roger.
(TRANQ)

04 12 30 07 CDR Verify PLSS mode select in AR.


(TRANQ)

04 12 30 11 LMP Verified.
(TRANQ)

04 12 _ 19 CM2° I don't know if you guys can read me _n VHF,


(COLUMBIA) but you sure sound good down there.

04 12 30 46 LMP And locked.


(TRANQ)

04 12 30 48 CDR (,kay.
(T_,_Q)

04 12 30 53 LMP All right. The vent window is clear. And re-


(TRANQ) move LEVA from the engine cover. VeIify EV visor
is attached.

04 12 31 13 LMm? How's the COX now, Houston? Over.


(TRANQ)

04 12 31 16 CC Buzz, this is Houston. The COX is v,.ry good.


You are coming in loud and clear, and Mike
passes on the word that he is receivi:_g you az d
following your progress with interest.

04 12 31 27 LMP Very well, thank you.


(TRANQ )

04 12 B1 58 CDR Got all the material up in the back?


(TR_NQ)

04 12 32 40 LMP Complete.
(T_Q)
04 12 33 43 CDR Helmet locked?
(TRANQ)

04 12 33 46 LMP Yes. Locked and aligned.


(TRANQ)

04 12 34 47 LMP Now, if you'll pull the RCU down.


(TRANQ)

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Page 364

04 12 35 38 _ Wonder if we're triggering all the time.


(TRANQ)

04 12 35 42 CDR I don't think so.


(TRANQ)

04 12 35 45 CDR Houston, Neil. How do you read?


(TRA Q)
04 12 35 48 CC Neil, this is Houston. Read you loud :md clear
and I read both the comments that said: "I
wonder if we're triggering all the time" and "I
don't think so." Prior to that it was relatively
quiet. Over.

04 12 36 01 CDR Okay. We're hearing a little bit of background


(TRANQ) noise, and I Just wanted to make sure that we
weren't continually keyed.

04 12 36 07 CC Don't sound like it.

04 12 36 26 CDR Want to put the light back up?


(TRANQ)

04 12 36 36 CC Neil, this is Houston. Would you verify your


RCU vent window's clear? Over.

04 12 36 46 CDR That's verified.


(TRANQ)

04 12 36 48 CC Roger. Out.

04 12 37 12 LMP That's good.


(TRANQ)
04 12 37 14 CDR Okay.
(TRAN_)

04 12 37 L9 _ ...
(TR*NQ)

04 12 37 _41 CDR Okay. We can stow this.


(TRANQ)

04 12 38 03 CDR Okay. It is stowed. All right, PREP i_or EVA.


(TRANQ)

04 12 38 17 LMP First you connect the water hose.


(TRANQ)
04 12 38 39 CDR Okay. Let me get yours.
(TRANQ)
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04 12 38 36 It,IP Okay. Now we should be able to stow these. Huh?


(TRANQ)

04 12 40 [0 CC Columbia_ this is Houston. Any joy on the LM


that pass ? Over.

04 12 40 [9 CDR Okay. They're all stowed. Connect PLSS water


(TRANQ) hose to PGA. Let's see; let me do that.

04 12 41 03 LMP Okay. That's in arid locked.


(TRA_q)

04 12 41 04 CDR Okay.
(TRANQ)

04 12 41 36 LMP Houston, Buzz here. Over.


(TRANQ)

0)4 12 41 39 CC Go _lead, Buzz. This is Houston.

04 12 41 44 L_-' Roger. Our COM_ just seemed to clear up a good


(T_RA/_Q) bit. Did CSM just g) over the hill?

04 12 41 52 CC Negative. He's been over the hill, h._re, for


a minute or so.

04 12 41 59 CC Correction -

04 12 42 00 CDR Okay.
(TR_NQ)

04 12 42 01 CC He should be losing contact with you in about a


minute.

04 12 42 I0 LMP The flag locks are comp - checked. *** locks are
(TRANQ) checked, blue locks are checked, lock locks, red
locks, purge locks; and on this side, the PLSS
locks, and lock locks; both sides, wa_;er locks
and the COMM.

0k 12 42 32 CDR Okay.

04 12 42 34 LM? I'll fix the gloves. Locked.


(TRILNQ)

04 12 44 15 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Do you read? Over.

04 12 4£ 21 CMP Columbia reads you loud and clear on 0MNI C -


(COLUMBIA) Charlie.

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04 12 44 25 CC Roger. Columbia, I have LOS and AOS times for


you this pass with MSFN. LOS 109 plus 21 plus 12.
A0S coming around on the corner 110 07 35. Over.

04 12 44 52 CMP Thank you. That's f_ne.


(COLUMBIA )

04 12 44 53 CC Roger. Out.

04 12 45 32 LMP Okay.
(TRA_Q)

04 12 45 33 CDR Okay.
(TRANQ)

04 12 45 34 LMP All locked. Verify your diverter val_'_ open.


(TRANQ) Up position.

04 12 45 47 LMP Diverter valve up.


(TRANQ)

04 12 45 49 CDR Diverter valves up in the minimum.


(TP_NQ)

04 12 45 52 LMP PLSS pump on.


(TRANQ)

04 12 45 57 CDR PLSS *** on. Running.

04 12 46 02 LMP And mine's running, also, and it's cooling already.

z2 o8 Me',too.
(TRANQ)

04 12 46 LO LMP Audible tone.


(TRANQ)

04 12 46 12 CDR Verified.
(TRA_Q)

04 12 46 14 LMP That's what it is. Yes. *** Why don't you bend
(TRANQ) down and let me stow that. See if we ***

04 12 46 38 LMP Mine is back to EMU. Already done that pretty


(TRANQ) well.

04 12 46 43 CDR Pretty well, complete.


(TRANQ)

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04 12 46 47 LMP Okay.
(TRA Q)
04 12 47 08 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 12 47 16 CMP Houston, Columbia. Go ahead.


(COLUMBIA)

04 12 47 18 CC Roger. Were you successful in spotting the


LM on that pass? Over.

04 12 47 26 CMP That's negative. I checked both locations, and


(COLUMBIA) no Joy.

04 12 47 30 CC Okay. If you'd like to look again next pass,


we have a different set of coordinates based
on the onboard P57 solution of the LM. These
are Echo 0.3 and 4.8. I say again Echo 0.3,
4.8, same chart. Ova_r.

04 12 48 70 CMP Roger. I'll look there. And, also, _ow about


(COLUMBIA) putting that in your machine and comi_ g out with
some coordinates: latitude and longitude over 2,
and altitude for P22, so it can help _._=as best
it can.

04 12 48 14 CC Roger.

04 12 48 ?l CMP That P22 is still pointing in the wrong way.


(COLOWmIA)

04 12 48 26 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Latitude plus 0.523,


longitude divided by 2, 11.710. Over.

04 12 48 _8 CMP Roger. Understand plus 00523 and plus 11710.


(COLUMBIA) Thank yOU.

04 12 48 58 CC Houston. Roger. Out.

04 12 49 08 CC Columbia, this is Houston. We're requesting


high-gain antenna, pitch, yaw, - pitch O, yaw 200.
That is, pitch 0, yaw 200. Over.

04 12 51 42 CDR *#* cooling unit circuit ***

04 12 52 36 CDR Houston, this is Nell. How do you read?


(TR_Q)

04 12 52 39 CC Nell, this is Houston. Loud and clear.

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Page 368

Oh 12 52 41 LMP Okay. That's a little bit better now. There we


(r NQ) go.
04 12 52 42 CDR Roger. Read you and clear.
(mANQ)

04 12 52 47 LMP You're not too loud _md clear, but I _hink it's
(TRANQ) the same problem. Houston, how do you read Buzz?

04 12 52 52 CC Buzz, this is Houston. Loud and clear. You're


really coming in beautifully. Over.

04 12 52 58 I_MP Very good.


(TRANQ)

04 12 53 00 CDR Okay. Cabin REPRESS closed.


(Tm Q)

04 12 53 33 _ Okay.
(TRANQ)

04 12 53 41 CDR Now. Now for the gyrmuastics.


(Tm_Q)

04 12 53 46 LM} What?
(TRANQ)

Oh 12 53 47 CDR Now comes the _ymnastics.

Oh 12 5B _9 I24P Oh, I think it'll be a lot easier.


(TRANQ)

04 12 53 56 CDR Okay, I want to go to DUMP and go down to 3.5


(TRANQ) and back to AUTO.

04 12 54 08 LMP Okay, Going dump and it's down to 4.2, 4.1, - -

04 !2 54 25 CDR That's 3.5. Are you in AUTO? Verify cabin


(TRANQ) pressure at 3.5 and I_M suit circuit pressure
between B.6 and 4.3.

04 12 54 44 LMP It is. Suit circuit's at about 43.


(TRANQ )

04 12 54 i_8 CDR Okay. Verify the PGA pressure is above 45,


(TRANQ) minus 46.

04 12 54 53 LMP Minus 47.


(TRANQ)
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Page 369

04 [2 54 54 CC Nell, this is Houston. Will you give us hack


when you start - -

04 12 54 57 CDR ***
(TRA Q)
04 12 54 58 CC - - your chronometer. Over.

04 12 55 03 CDR Roger.
(TaA q)
04 12 55 08 _ Give it to them later.
(TRANQ)

04 12 55 12 CDR Okay. Okay, let's go to dump.


(TRANQ)

04 12 55 17 7_ Dum_-p. Go to dump.
(TRANQ)

04 12 55 40 CDR Houston, I'll set n_ywatch at 56. Ove._.


(TRANQ)

04 12 55 50 CC Roger.

04 12 56 00 CDR 3, 2, i.
(TRANQ)

Oh lS 56 02 CDP !vt&RK.
(TPJU_Q)

04 12 56 03 C_._ Houston, Columbia is back on the high gain.


(COLUMBIA )

04 12 56 05 CC Roger, Columbia. Loud and clear. And we copied


you Mark there, Buzz.

04 12 56 09 CDR Okay. I've got my water warning.


(TR_/IQ )

04 12 56 18 LMP Okay. Water warning.


(rR q)
04 12 56 20 CDR Is that yours?
(TRANQ)

04 12 56 21 LMP Yes. Got mine.


(TRANQ)

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Page 370

04 12 56 22 CDR Okay. Cabin pressure going towards zero. Verify


(TRANQ) LM suit circuit 36 to 43. That's verified. FIPGA
pressure above 4.5. Okay. 4.7, coming down. Ready
to open the hatch when we get to zero.

04 12 57 06 I2_P You want to bring down one of your visors now or


(TRANQ) leave them up? I'll read *** okay.

04 12 57 19 CDR Inner visor down.


(T_Q)

04 12 58 18 CDR Four-tenths of a pound in the cabin.


(_Q)

04 12 _9 06 CDR Down to about 0,2.


(TRANQ)

04 13 O1 12 !34P Sure tab=es a long LJ me to get all the way down,


(%_RANQ) doesn't it?

04 13 01 14 CDR Yes.
(T_Q)

04 13 02 45 LMt: Let me see if it will open :low.


(T_Q)

04 13 02 48 CDR Okay.

04 13 03 02 CD_: Open .my RCU there, would you, Buzz? _,


(_Q)

04 13 03 52 CDR Push outward. _z


(T_Q)

04 13 04 23 CDR Need some light?


(_Q) , ,_

04 13 04 26 _' It's unlocked, yes. _,_

04 13 04 27 CDR Unlocked. ..
(TRANQ) "_'

04 13 04 37 LMP That'll be good enough .'_


.d
(TRANQ)

04 13 04 40 CDR It '11 pop open.


(TRANQ) ;, '_:

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NET 1) Tape 70/18
Page 371

04 13 05 23 L_ Get a steady tone in the background?


(TRAJ_Q)

04 13 05 28 CDR i have a - static. A little bit of static.


(TRANQ)

04 13 05 34 LMP I've got a little bit of a steady tone.


(gQ)
04 13 05 39 CDR I don't guess I hear that.

04 13 06 15 CC Neil, this is Houston. What's your status on


hatch opening? Over.

04 13 06 22 CDR Everything is GO here. Me're just wa:ting for


(TRA3_Q) the cabin pressure to bleed so - to blow enough
pressure to open the hatch. It's about 0.1 on
cur gage now,

04 13 06 48 LMP Sure hate to tug on that thing, _iternative


(TRANQ) would be to open *** too.

04 13 06 59 CC Neil, this is Houston. Over.

04 13 07 34 CD_ Go ahead, Houston.


(T._;Q)

04 13 07 05 CC Roger. We're showing a relatively static pressure


on your cabin. Do you think you can coen the hatch
at this pressure of about 1.2 psi?

04 13 07 18 CDR We're going to try it.

04 13 07 20 CC Roger.

v\_ _ 04 13 07 13 CDR The hatch is coming open.


10' (TRANQ)

04 13 07 _0 LMP Okay, Hold it from going closed and i'll get


(TRANQ) the valve to - -

04 13 07 43 CDR Okay.
(_ANQ)

04 13 07 45 LMP No. I'd better get up first.

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Page 372

04 13 08 11 LMP Okay. The valves in AUTO.


(TR Q)
04 13 08 12 CDR Okay.
(TRANQ)

04 13 08 20 LMP Might want to fill it up to FORWARD.


(Tke_Q)

04 13 08 37 CDR Your window cleared yet? Your water _rindow


(TRANQ) cleared yet?

04 13 08 46 LMP It was, yes.


(TRANQ)

04 13 08 48 CDR Mine hasn't cleared yet.


(TRANQ)

04 13 08 55 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 13 09 01 CMP Columbia. Go ahead.


(COLUMBIA)

04 13 09 03 CC Columbia, this is Houston. We'd like you to


cycle the fans in CRYO hydrogen tsn%k number l,
and LOS time this orbit is lll 19 31.

04 13 09 23 CC Correction - Make that for the next orbit. You


already have the AOS/LOS for this orbit.

04 13 09 35 CMP Roger on time, and you want to cycle the fan in


(COLbI_BIA) CRYO hydrogen tank 1.

04 13 09 41 CC Roger. Out.

04 13 l0 39 CDR Have you got your water valve on there?


(TRANQ)

04 13 10 41 LMP Yes.
(TRANQ)

04 13 12 35 CC Columbia, this is Houston. We show you nearing


high-gain antenna scan limits. When you lose lock
on us, we request OMNI Delta. OMNI Delta when you
lose lock. Over.

04 13 12 52 CMP Roger. 0MNI Delta.


(COLUMBIA)

04 13 13 22 CDR Okay. My window's cleared. I'm going to go to


(TRANQ) turn mV cooling up a little bit.
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04 13 13 26 I2_° Okay. My window's clear.


(TRD2_Q)

04 13 13 40 CDR All RCU windows are clear. And suit ¢ircuit


(TRA_Q) is 42 - 43. And I got ascent pressure light,
a VF light, and a ECS light.

04 13 14 00 L_ _ And we've got a water separater light Hold it


(_ANQ) and I '11 check.

04 13 lh 03 CDR Ail right.


(T_:Q)

Oh 13 14 05 _ And I'll look at your cabin fan 1 circuit breaker,


(TRD2[Q) and you look at glycol secondary.

04 13 14 26 h_: I've got good cooling no_..


(TRa2_Q )

04 13 14 28 CDR Me, too.

_!+ 13 14 35 _R Okay. Glycol pump secondary circuit breaker open?


(TRm,'Q)

04 13 14 40 CD_t i can see that. I have to lean this way.


(TRAI_Q)

04 13 14 h8 i_5_ Can't go any further.


(_Q )

04 13 14 52 CDK My cabin fan ! ***


(TR_ Q )

04 13 14 58 i_' Yes, That's good.


(TRA2,1Q)

04 13 15 00 CPA Can you check it?


TR_Q)

04 13 15 05 I24P It's open. Verified.


rRANQ)

04 13 15 14 CDB Okay. PGNS radar circuit breaker's open.


(TRANQ)

04 13 15 29 LMP Well, I'm looking head on at it. I'll get it.


(T_Q)

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04 13 15 32 CDR Okay. Let's get your antenna.


(T_Q)

04 13 15 33 LMP You'll have to fix my antenna.


(TRA_Q)

04 13 15 43 CDR Well, ready? - -

04 13 15 45 L_ About ready to go down and get some M_on rock?


(TRANQ)

:)4 13 15 47 CDR My antenna's o._t. Okay. Now we're r_ady to


(TRA_fQ) hook up the LEC here.

04 13 16 12 LMY All right. That should go down with no twists


{TP_a2,
Q) at all. Put the bag up this wa}, 0_at's eve_,.
Nei] _ a_a you hooked up to it?

_4 13 16 26 CDR Yes. Okay. _iow w,:need to i:_e/._ais.


(TRm_Q )

04 13 16 30 _ Move that up there

04 13 i6 34 CDR Okay.

04 13 lc 38 CDI Okay. !our visor.


(_J_NQ)

04 13 16 !,9 12_ Okay. Yo_r back is up agai_lst the purse. All


(TRAi_Q) rig_ht. Now it's on top of the DSKY. Forward and
_p; now you are clear. Little bit toward me.
Straight down, to your left a little bit. Plenty
of room. Neil, you':_e lined up nicel_ . Toward
me a little bit, dow_. Okay. Now you're clear.
You're catching the first hinge on th{ bottom.

04 13 17 26 CDP What hinge?


(T_Q)

04 13 17 29 LMP Ail right. Move, here roll to the left. Okay.


(TRANQ) Now you're clear. You're lined up on the platform.
Put your left foot to the right a little bit. Okay.
That's good. Roll left, Good.

04 13 17 '54 CDR Okay. Now I'm going to check PLSS here.


(TRANQ)

04 13 18 }5 _ Okay. You're not quite squared away. Roll to


(TRANQ) the - roll right a little. Now you're even.
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04 Jii 18 14 CDH That's okay?


(TRANQ )

04 13 18 15 LMP That's good. You've got plenty of room to your


(TR_f_Q) left. It's a little close on the ***

04 13 i8 28 CDR How am I doing?


(T___Q )

04 13 18 29 I_AP YOU re doing fine.


(TRA_Q)

Oh 13 18 51 _ Okay. Do you want those bags?


(TRANQ )

04 13 18 53 CDR Yes. Got it.


(TPJd_Q )

0_+ 13 19 16 CD!: Oka_v, '._o'_ston,


_i'm _,nth:_ porch.
(TR_21-Q
)

04 13 19 20 CC Roger, Neil.

04 13 19 36 L_2- Okay. Stand by, Neil_


(TRm_Q)

04 13 19 37 CC Coi_nbia. Coltunbia, this is Houston. b%le minute


and 30 seconds to LOS. Ail syste._s GC. Over.

04 13 19 46 CI_ Colurfbia. Thank you.


(collie IA )

Oh 13 19 47 LI_,_: Stay where you are a minute, Neil.


(T_Ze_
q)

04 13 19 48 CDP Okay. Need a little slack?


(T_U_Q)

04 13 20 38 CDR You need more slack, Buzz?


(TRg_NQ)

04 13 20 40 IJviP No. Hold it just a minute.


(mm_Q)

04 13 20 _1 CDR Okay.
(TRANQ)

04 13 20 56 LMP Okay. Everything's nice and straight in here.


(TRANQ )

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04 13 20 58 CDR Okay. Can you pull the door open a little more?
(TRANQ)

04 13 21 00 LMP All right.


(TRA_Q)

04 12 21 03 CDR Okay.

04 13 21 07 12_H
_ Did you get the M_SA out?
(TmU_Q)

04 13 21 09 CDR I'm going to pull it now.

04 13 21 18 ODE Houston, the MESA came down all right.


(T_U_Q)

04 13 21 22 CC This is Honky,
ton, Roger. We copy. Ar;:_wc'r_
st_mdin_ L,y for yot_ TV.

04 13 21 39 CDP Houston, this is Neii. Radio check.


(TRA_Q)

0h 13 21 42 CC Nell, this is Houston. Loud and clear. Break.


Break. Buzz, this is i!ouston. Radio _heck, and
veri_; TV c rcuit breaker in.

04 13 21 54 LMP Roger, TV circuit breaker's in, and read you


(TRANQ) five-square.

04 !3 22 00 CC Roger. We're gettin_ a picture on the TV.

04 13 22 39 LMP You got a good picture, huh?

04 1'3 22 11 CC There's a great deal of contrast in it, and cur-


rently it's upside-down on our monitor, but we can
make out a fair amount of detail.

04 13 22 28 LMP Okay. Will you verify the position - _he opening


(TRANQ) I ought to have on the camera?

04 13 22 34 CC Stand by.

04 13 22 k8 CC Okay. Neil, we can see you coming do_ the ladder


now.

04 13 22 59 CDR Okay. I _ust checked getting back up to that first


(TRANQ) step, Buzz. It's - not even collapsed too far, but
it's adequate to get back up.
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04 13 23 10 CC Roger. We copy.

04 i3 23 11 CDR It takes a pretty good little jump.


(T_U_Q )

Oh 13 23 25 CC Buzz, this is Houston. F/2 - 1/160th second


for shadow photography on the sequence camera.

04 13 23 35 L_iP Okay.
(TRANQ)

04 13 23 38 CDR I'm at the foot of the ladder. The I2! footpads


(TRANQ) are only depressed in the surface about I or
2 inches, although the surface appears to be very,
very fine grained, as you get close te it. It's
almost like a powder. Down-there, it's very fine.

04 13 23 i3 CDP: I'm going to step off the _ now.

'?¢ 13 24 48 CDR THAT'S O_TE SM__LL STEP POR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP

04 13 24 48 CDR And the - the surface is fine a_d powdery. I


(TR_i_'Q) can = I can pick it _p loosely with nt_-toe.
It does adhere in fine layers 2like powdered
charcoal to the sole and sides of my boots. I
only go in a small fraction of em inch, maybe an
eighth of an inch, but I can see the footprints
of my boots and the treads in the fine, sandy
particles.

0h 13 25 30 CC Neil, this is Houston. We're copying.

04 13 25 45 CDR There seems to be no difficulty in mo_ing around


as we suspected. It's even perhaps e_sier than
the simulations at one-sixth g that we performed
in the various simulations on the ground. It's
actually no trouble to walk arotmd. Okay. The
descent engine did not leave a crater of any size.
It has about 1 foot clearance on the ground.
We're essentially on a very level place here. I
can see some evidence of rays emanating from the
descent engine, but a very insignificant amount.

04 13 26 54 CDR Okay, Buzz, we ready to bring down the camera?

04 13 26 59 IJ_P I'm all ready. I think it's been all squared away
and in good shape.

04 13 27 03 CDR Okay.
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04 13 27 05 laMP Okay. You'll have to pay out all the LEC. It


looks like it's coming out nice and evenly.

04 13 27 13 CDR Okay. It's quite dark here in the shadow said


a little hard for me to see that I have good
footing. I_ll work my way over into _he sun-
light here without looking directly il,to the
Sun.

04 13 27 28 LMt_ Okay. it's taut now.

04 13 27 51 LMP Okay. I think you're pulling the wrong one.

04 13 27 55 CD}_ I'm just - Okay. I'm ready to puli it down now.


There was _:iil a little bit !e_% in _he -

04 13 28 O1 IJ_.z? Ok_ay_ Don't hold it quite so tight.

04 13 28 02 CDR Okay.

04 !3 28 17 CD_: Looking up at the !A,_,i'm standing directly in


tne shadow now looking up at Buzz in the window.
A_nd I can see everyt_iing quite clearl_. The
ligkt is suf_ct_,,,_y
_ '_ bright backlighted into
the front of the LM, that everything is very
clearly visible,

04 13 28 55 LMt Okoy. i'm going _o ia changing _he ***

04 13 28 58 CDP Okay.

04 13 30 23 CDI The camera is instal]ed on the RCU bracket, and


I'm storing the LEC on the secondary strut.

04 13 30 53 CDP I'll step out and take some of my firs_ pictures


here.

04 13 31 05 CC Roger. Nail, we're reading you loud a_ld clear.


We see you getting some pictures and the con-
tingency sample.

04 13 32 19 CC Neil, this is Houston. Did you copy about the


contingency sample? Over.

04 13 32 __6 CDR Roger. I'm going to get to that just as soon as


I finish these picture series.

04 13 33 25 LMP Okay. Going to get the contingency sample there,


Nail.

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04 13 33 27 CDR Right.

04 13 33 B0 LMP Okay. That's good.

04 13 3B 58 L_' Okay. The contingency sample is down and it's


*** Looks like it's a little difficult to dig
through the initial crust.

04 13 34 12 CDR This is very interesz,ing. It's a very soft sur-


face, but here and there where I plug with the
contingency sample collector, I run into a very
hard surface, but it appears to be very cohesive
material of the same sort. I'll try to get a rock
in here. Just a couple.

04 13 34 54 tS_J
_' That ioohs beautifu] from here, Yeil.

04 ]3 34 56 CD[' it has a stark beanery all its own. It's like


much of t_e high d_:zert of the [Jnited States.
It's different but it's vez_' pretty out here.
Be advised that a lot of the rock samples out
here, the nard rock samp]_s, have what appear
to be vesicles in the surface_ Also, I am
looking at one now t_at appears to have some sort
of phenocryst.

04 13 35 30 CC Houston. Roger. Out.

04 13 35 43 L_i_ Okay. The handle is off the *** in aho_t 6 or


8 inches into the surface. I could *** easy ***

04 13 35 56 CDR Yes, it is. it's - I'm sure I could _ush it in


farther, but it's hard for me to bend down further
than that.

Oh 13 36 07 LMP Now, you can throw so far.

04 13 36 08 CDt_ You can really throw things a long way up here.

04 13 36 32 CDR That pocket open, Buzz?

04 13 36 35 LMm' Yes, it is. It's not up against your suit though.


Hit it back once more. More toward the inside.
Okay. That's good.

04 13 36 57 CDR That in the pocket?

04 13 36 52 LMP Yes. Push down.

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Page 380

04 ] 3 36 55 CD¥_ Got it?

04 13 36 57 LM? No. It's not all the way in. Push it. T_lere
you go.

Oh 13 37 08 CDR Contingency sample is in the pocket. _4y oxygen


is 81 percent. I have no flags_ and I'm in
minimum flow.

04 13 37 22 CC This is Houston. Roger, Neil.

04 13 37 40 LMP Okay. I have got the cameras on at one frame


a second.

C4 13 37 44 CDR Okay.

04 13 37 52 LMP And I've got the 80 percent, no flags.

,DI_13 38 00 CDR Are you getting a ]tV ricture now, Houston?

Oh 13 38 05 CC Nei!, yes we are getting a TV picture.

04 13 38 22 CC Neil, this is Houston. We're getting a picture.


Yom're not in it at the present time. We can
see the bag on the LEC being moved by 6uzz,
though. Here you come into oul_ field of view.

04 13 38 33 CDR ...

04 13 38 35 L_EP Roger.

04 13 38 36 CD_ Hold it a second. First let me move tilat over


the edge for you.

Oh 13 38 41 L_r_ Okay. Are you ready for me to come out?

04 13 38 42 CDR Yes. Just stand by a second. I'll mo_e this


over the handrail.

04 13 39 06 CDR Okay.

04 13 39 07 LMzP Ail right. That's got it. Are you ready?

04 13 39 11 CDR All set. Okay. You saw what difficulties I was


having. I'll try to watch your PLSS from t_der-
neath here.

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Page 381

04 13 39 43 _P __ll right. _e backup camera's positioned.

04 13 39 57 CDR Okay. Your PLSS is - Looks like it is clearing


okay. Your toes are about to come ov_,r the sill.
Okay. Now drop your PLSS down. There you go;
you're clear. And laterally you're good. You've
got an inch clearaz_ce on top of yomr PLSS.

04 13 40 18 LMP Okay. You need a little bit of arching of the


back to come ao_m .... How are are my feet
from the edge?

04 13 40 27 CD_! Okay. You're right at the edge of the porch.

02 13 40 30 L_' Okay. Back in *** l_+ttle of foov movcclent ***


porch. Little archiu_ of the hack. _elmet
comes _p _nd clears _he bulkhead -_itncut any
trouble at all.

0L_'13 40 48 C_Dj,'_ _ooks good.

04 13 4] 08 CC Neii, this is Houston. Based on your camera


zransfer with the aEC, do you foresee any
difficulties in SRC transfer? Over.

04 13 41 18 CDP, Negative.

04 !3 41 28 IJv_
_ Okay. Now I want to back up and partially close
the hatch.

Oh 13 41 47 LM]' Making sure not to lock it on my way ¢ut.

04 13 41 53 CDP (Laughter) A pretty good thought.

Oh ]3 41 56 LMm' That's our home for the next couple of hours and
we want to take good care of it. Okay. I'm
on the top step and I can look do,ua o_er the
RCU, landing gear pads. It's a very simple
matter to hop down from one step to tle next.

04 13 42 18 CDP Yes. I found I could be very comfortable, amid


walking is also very comfortable.

04 13 42 28 CDR You've got three more steps and then a long one.

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Page '_,_2

04 J3 42 42 LMP OKay. I'm going to l_ave that one foot up there


and both hands down to about the fourth rung up.

04 13 42 50 CDR There you go.

04 13 42 53 LMP Okay. Now I think I'll do the same ***

04 13 43 O1 CDR A little more. About another inch.

04 13 43 05 CDP THEPW YOU GOT IT.

04 13 43 08 CDR That's a good step. About a 3-footer.

04 13 43 16 LMP Beautiful view!

04 13 43 18 CDP isn't that something! Magnificent sight out


here.

04 13 43 2h L_ _ Magnifi_-ent desoi_t_;n.

Oh 13 h3 47 L_ _ Looks like the secondary struv *** Ii, tie thermaJ


effects on it right here, Ne_!.

04 13 43 54 CD]: Yes. I noticed that. -q_at seems to be the


worst, although similar effects are on - all
around.

Oh 13 44 -- BEGIN LL_,_R REV 18

Oh 13 44 07 MS ... powder, isn't it?

Oh 13 44 09 CDR Isn't it fine?

04 13 44 11 L_ff Right in this area I don't think there's much


of any *** fine powder *** clods together, arid
it's hard to tell whether it's a clod or a rock.

04 13 4}4 23 CDR Notice how you can kick it out.

04 13 44 28 LMP Yes. And it bounces and then -

04 13 44 55 LMP Reaching down is fairly easy. I got my suit


dirty at this stage.

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04 13 h5 11 LMP The mass of the backpack does have some effect


in inertia.

04 13 45 30 LM_P There's a slight tendency, I can see now, to


*** backwards *** due to the soft, very soft
texture.

04 13 45 45 CDt You're standing on a rock, a big rock there now.

04 13 46 01 _,_,_ 'fnis pad sure didn't ***

04 13 h6 05 CDR No. It didn't.

04 13 46 08 I_4P _iere's absolutely rio crater there at all from


the engine.

04 13 46 10 CDR No.

04 13 46 !2 _2,? Z wonder if about ri_i.,tu_ider th_ ._C ne is


where the probe mi_h + _lave his.

04 13 46 20 CDt I'd like that.

04 13 46 25 CD!', Yes. I think that's a good representation of


our sideward velocity at touchdown there - hole
at t?_e probe.

0h 13 46 30 LP_ I see that probe over on the minus-Y strut.


It's broken off and bent back up.

04 13 h6 40 CD! It did, didn't it? qbe other two bott bent


over.

04 13 47 04 L_ Can't say too much for the visibility right here


without the visor up. It's dark. It looks
like there is a *** surface of it is *** potmded
rock *** And incidentally, these rocks *** vei7
powdery surface ***

04 13 47 40 CC Say again, please, Buzz; you're cutting out.

Oh 13 47 _5 I2_ I say that the rocks are rather slippery.

04 13 47 50 CC Roger.

Oh 13 47 52 LMP A powdery surface when the sun hits. *** they


split up all the very little fine porouses ***
Will tend to slide over it rather easily.

04 13 48 25 LMP Traction *** seems q_ite good. ***

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(_)I13 4_1 _O I,_4[' *** About to lose my balance in one d_rcction


and recovery is a quite natural and w_ry easy ***
And, moving your arms around, Jack, doesn't ***
off the surface *** not quite that light-footed.

04 13 49 06 CDR And, I have the insulation off the MESA now and
MESA seems to be in good shape.

04 13 49 13 LSd' Got to be careful that you are leaning in the


direction you want to go, otherwise you ***
slightly inebriated. In other words, you have
to cross your foot over to stay underneath where
your center-of-mass is.

04 13 49 37 IAi' And, Nell, didn't I say we might see some purple


rocks?

04 23 49 L2 CDP, Find a _urple rock?

O_ 13 49 )_4 LMP Yes. The-- ar_ small, sperkly *** fragmcr:ts ***
places *** would make a first guess t_at some
sort of biotite *** We'll leave that to further
analysis ***

04 13 50 28 LM2 *** compact 'anderneath *** completely no ***


you don't sink down rqcre than ... a quarter of
an inch.

04 13 50 59 CDi Okay, Houston. I'm going to ch_ge lenses on


you.

Oh 13 51 05 CC Roger, Neii.

Oh 13 51 30 CD_ Okay, Houston. Tell me if you're getting a new


picture.

04 13 51 35 CC Neil, this is Houston. That's affirmative.


We're getting a new pLcture. You can r_ell it's
a longer focal length lens. And for your infor-
mation_ all LM systems are GO. Over.

04 13 51 _6 LM2 We appreciate that. 't/aank you.

04 13 52 ]9 _ Nell is now unveilSng the plaque *** gaar.

04 13 52 27 CC Roger. We got you boresighted, but back under


one track.

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¢)h ; _, 'j._, )_IJ CJ_}'. },'r)r L_O,_O who h_tvof_ ' L road _h_ _;J :J.ql_, we' ] ]
road the plaque that',_ on t.h<: front tandinf{
gear of this LM. Fir._;t there's two hemispheres,
one showing each of the two hemispheres of the
Earth. Underneath it says "Here Man from the
planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon,
July 1969 A.D_ We came in peace for aL1 mankind."
it has the crew members' signatures mhd the
signature of the President of the United States.

04 13 53 35 CDR Ready for the c._mera?

0_ 13 53 38 LM_ No. I'll get it. i_o, you bake this TV on out.

0k 13 53 45 CDR Watch the LEC, there.

0_ 13 53 53 LMP Now I'm afreid these ... materi_is are going to


get dusty *_*

04 13 54 07 L['_ The s_lrfa_e material is _'owder_.


T *:_* Lo-_ good
your lens is, but if you cam *** smudges ...
very much like a very finely powdered carbon,
but it's very pretty looking.

04 13 5h 40 CDR Would you pull out some of my cable for me, Buzz?

04 13 54 58 _ Houston. How close sre you able to get things in


focus ?

04 13 55 02 CC This is Houston. We can see Buzz's right hand.


It is somewhat out of focus. I'd say _e were
focusing do_,m to probably - oh, about _ inches
to a foot behind the position of his hc_nd when
he was pulling out the cable.

04 13 55 21 LM[P Okay. How's the temperature on there?

04 13 55 25 CDR Temperature of the camera is showing zero.

04 13 55 32 L_ I'm a little cool. I think I'll trade ***

04 13 55 43 LMP I'm on intermediate now, Houston, and _- show


3.78. No flags, 70 ***

04 13 55 50 CC Houston. Roger. Out.

04 13 55 57 LMP And, we'iI probably need a little *** distance


*** back location *** television camera.

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Page 386

04 13 56 14 LMP Neil, look at the minus Y-strut, the direction


of travel there *** travel from right to left.

04 13 56 24 CDR Right.

04 13 56 25 LMP This one over here underneath the ascent engine


where the probe first hit - the minus-Y probe
firs t hit.

04 13 56 35 CDR I got plenty of eab!_?

04 13 56 38 LM_ You've got plenty. _lenty more.

Oh 13 56 48 LMP Okay. I think I've got the end of it.

Oh 13 56 51 CDR Something _nteresting' in the bottem _f this


little crater here - It may be -

04 13 57 ')i L?? Now keep going. We've got a lot re©re.

04 13 57 03 CDR Okay.

04 13 57 04 Z2_2
_ Getting a little harder to pull out, here.

04 13 57 30 CDR How far would you sa_ I am, Buzz?

04 13 57 33 L_ Forty, 50 feet. %_y don't you turn around and


let them get a view from there smd se_ what the
field of view looks like?

04 13 57 42 CDR Okay.

04 13 57 i_5 LMP You're backing into the cable.

04 13 57 46 CDR Okay.

04 13 57 30 LMP Turn around to your right, would be better.

04 13 57 53 CDR I don't want to go into the Sun if I can avoid


it.

04 13 57 55 LMP That's right. Yes.

04 13 57 59 CDR I'll j_st leave it --

04 13 58 O1 _ - - Ail right.

04 12 58 02 CDR - - sit like that and walk around it.

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Page 387

04 13 58 06 LMP Houston. How's that field of view going to


pick up the i_SA? *** far away?

04 I _ 58 15 CC Roger.

Oh 13 58 20 CC Neil, this is Houston. The field of _iew is


okay. We'd like you to aim it a little bit more
to the right. Over.

04 13 58 28 CDt_ Okay.

04 13 58 32 _ Okay. That's all the cable we have. *** not


going out. I'll start _orking on the solar
wind - -

02 13 58 40 CC A little bi_ toe much to the r_ht. Can you


bring it back left about 4 or 5 0egrees?

04 13 58 50 CC Okay. That looks good Neil.

04 13 58 55 CDR Okay, now° Do you think i ought to be farther


away, or closer?

04 13 59 O1 LM_ Can't get too much further away.

04 13 59 05 CDR Let's try it like that for a while. I'll get


a couple of panoramas with it, here.

04 13 59 [3 CC Roger. You look okay as far as distance goes,


Nell. And we'll line you up again wnen you
finish the panorama. Now you're going too fas'
on the panorama sweep. You're going to have to
stop, or-

04 13 59 28 CDR I haven't stopped - _ haven't set it d,_wn yet.


That's the first pieture in the panormna.
Right there.

04 13 59 Z_5 CC Roger.

04 13 59 20 CDR It's taken just a little - about north, nor_h-


east.

04 13 59 52 CDR Tell me if you've got a picture, Houston.

04 13 59 _4 CC We've got a beautiful picture, Neil.

0_ 13 59 58 CDR Okay. I'm going to move it.

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Page 388

f_)_ iii <)0 I() (_C O_'.a.y. }[,:r'_:".'. :_rlrJ{,i_,'r ?,'_J_ ofl_'.

04 ]4 O0 23 CC Okay, we got that one.

04 14 00 29 CDR Okay. Now, this one is right down front, straight


west. And I want to know if you can see sm angular
rock in the foreground.

04 14 O0 41 CC Roger_ We have a large e_gmlar rock Tn the fore-


ground, and it looks like a much smal] er rock a
couple of inches to the left of it. Over.

04 14 O0 52 CDR Ail right, And then on beyond it abo_t 10 feet


is an even larger rock that's very rounded. That
rock is about - The closest one to yol_ is about
sticking our of the sand about 1 foot. And it's
about a foot and one-half long, and it's ab_u_ 6
inches _hiek_ but _t_s stanaing on edge.

04 Ih O1 16 CC Roger.

Oh 14 O1 26 LI__ Okay, Neil. I've got the tahle out _,_ the bag
deployed.

04 14 O1 33 CC We've got this view, Neil.

04 14 Oi 1_2 CDR This is straight south.

04 14 Ol 45 CC Roger. And we see the shadow of the LM.

04 14 O! 48 CDiI Roger. The little hill just beyond the shadow


of the LM is a pair of elongate craters about -
probably the pair together is about 40 feet
long and 20 feet across, and they're ?robably
6 feet deep. We'll probably get some more
work in there later.

04 14 02 20 CC Roger_ We see Buzz going a0omt his work.

04 14 02 22 CDR How's that for a final?

04 14 02 26 CC For a final orientation, we'd like it to come


left about 5 degrees. Over.

04 14 02 36 CC Now back to the right about half as much.

04 14 02 42 CDR Okay?

04 14 02 53 CC Okay. That looks good there, Neil.


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04 14 03 00 CDR Okay.

04 14 03 20 CDR Okay. You can make a Mark, Houston. *** de-


ployed.

04 14 03 24 CC Roger. Solar wind.

04 14 03 36 _ And, incidently, you can use the s_adew that the


staff makes to *** getting it perpendicular _**

Oh 14 03 50 CC Roger.

02 14 04 05 _4P Some of these small depressions *** tend to sink -


oh, maybe 2 or 3 inches. *** suggest exactly
what the Surveyor pictures showed when they
pushed away a little bit. You get a iorce trans-
mitted through the upper surface of the soil and
about 5 or 6 inches of bay breaks loo_.e and moves
as if it were cakea on the surface_ _en in fact
it really isn't.

Oh 14 04 43 CD[_ I noticed in the soft spots where we had foot-


prints nearly an inch deep that the soil is very
cohesive and it will retain a - will retain a
slope of probably 70 degrees along side of the
footprints.

04 14 06 29 CDR Okay?

04 14 06 30 L_v_ Yes. I think that's excellent.

04 14 06 39 _t _ They didn't come off?

04 14 06 46 _ *** get the ***

04 14 07 01 CDt *** that part? *** a rock here.

04 14 07 38 _ You'll have to extend that one.

04 14 07 58 CC Columbia, Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 14 08 26 LMP ***

04 14 08 53 CMl Houston, Columbia on the high gain. Over.


(COLUMBIA)

04 14 08 55 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Reading you loud and


clear. Over.

04 14 09 03 CMP Yes. Reading you loud and clear. How's it going?


(COLUMBIA)

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Page 390

01_ 14 09 05 CC Roger. The EVA is progressing beautifully. I


believe they are setting up the flag now.

01_ i4 09 14 C_[P Great.


(COLUMBIA

04 14 09 18 CC I guess you're about tho only person a_ound


that doesn't have TV coverao=e of the scene.

04 14 09 25 C_' That's s_ll right. I don't mind a bit.


(COLUMBIA

04 14 09 33 CMI_ How is the quality of the TV?


(COLb$_ IA

04 14 09 35 CC Oh, it's beautiful, 5_ike. It really is.

04 lh 09 3_ C_ Oh, gee, that'_ great! is the lighting half-


(COLL,!BiA way decent ?

04 ]4 09 43 CC Yes, indeed. %?le.y_vegot the fla_ up now and


you can see the stars and svrip_s on tho lunar
surface.

04 14 09 50 CMP Beautiful. Just beau%iful.


(COLUMi IA

04 14 i0 16 IA_ That's good. See if you can pull that end off
a little bit. Take that end up a little.

04 14 10 33 CDP It won't pull out.

04 14 10 39 CDt Okay.

04 14 12 21 CC Nei!, this is Houston. Radio check. Over.

04 14 12 27 CDR Roger, Houston. Loud and clear.

04 14 12 29 CC Roger. Out.

_)h 14 12 30 LMP Loud and clear, Houston.

04 14 12 32 CC Roger, Buzz.

04 14 13 15 LMP I'd like to evaluate the various paces that a


person can *** traveling on the lunar surface.
I believe I'm out of your field of view. Is that
right, now, Houston?

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Page 391

04 14 13 30 CC That's affirmative, Buzz.

04 14 13 37 CC You are in our field of view now.

04 14 13 42 LMP Okay. You do have to be rather careful to keep


track of where your center of mass is. Some-
times, it takes about two or three paces to make
sure you've got your feet _nderneath you.

02 14 14 05 LMt_ About two to throe or maybe four easy b_e.cescan


bring you to a nearly smooth stop. *** change
directions, like a football player, yoc just have to
to *** foot out to the side and cut a little bit.

04 14 14 38 LMi_ So-called ks_geroo hop does work, but it seems


that your forward mobility is not quite as good
as - it is in the conventional - more eonven-
tiona], one foot after another.

04 14 15 06 L_[_ It's hard saying ';_aata s_ie pace mig} _ be.


I think it's the one that I'm using now - would
get rather tiring after several hundred *** but
this may be a function of this suit, Es well as
lack of gravity forces.

04 14 15 47 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. Co'mid we get


both of you on the camera for a minute, please?

04 14 16 00 CDP Say again, Houston.

04 14 16 02 CC Roger. We'd like to get both of you in the field


of view of the camera for a minute.

04 14 16 09 CC Neil and Buzz, the President of the U_oited States


is in his office now and would like to say a
few words to you. Over.

04 14 16 23 CDR That would be an honor.

04 14 16 25 CC Go ahead, Mr. President. 'i_is is Houston. Out.

THE FOLLOWING IS A MESSAGE FROM RICHARD M. NIXON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ' _,_,'i
STATES; THE MESSAGE ORIGINATED FROM THE OVAL ROOM OF THE I_HITE HOUSE, r
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

04 14 16 30 PRESIDENT Nell and Buzz, I am talking to you by telephone


NIXON from the Oval Room at the '_hite House, and this
certainly has to be the most historic telephone

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!
!!
(GOSS NET 1) Tape 71/12
Page 392

call ever made. I Just can't tell you how proud


we all are of what you *** for every _neriean.
_nis has to be the proudest day of our lives. And
for people all over the world, I am sure they, too,
join with Americans in recognizing wh_t an im-
mense feat this is. Because of what _ _u have done,
the heavens have become a part of man's world.
And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquility,
it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring
peace and tranquility to Earth. For one price-
less moment in the whole history of man, all the
people on this Earth are truly one; one in their
pride in what you have clone, and one in our
prayers that you will return safely to Earth.

04 14 17 44 CDR That,. you, Y_. President. It's a great honor and


privilege for us to be here representing not only
the United States but men of peace of all nations,
and with ir_erest _d a curiosity and a vision for
the future. It's an honor for us to be able to
participate here today.

04 14 18 12 PRESIDZ_]NT And thank you very much and I look forward - All
NIX0_ of us look forward to seeing you on the Hornet
on Thursday.

04 14 18 _1 LMP I look forward to that vez-y much, sir.

04 14 18 31 CC Columbia, Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 14 18 37 CMP Loud and clear, Houston.


(COLUMBIA)

04 14 18 39 CC Roger. I got a P22 _2_0 optics - AUTO optics PAD


for you.

04 14 18 53 CMP Roger. Go ahead.


(COLUMBIA)

04 14 18 c.
6 CC Roger. P22 landmark ID, LM: T1, 110 26 56; T2,
110 32 06. Three miles south; time of closest
approach, 110 33 40. Shaft 353.855, trunnion
46.495, roll zero, pitch 250, yaw zero. Over.

04 14 19 53 CMP Roger. Thank you. Readback not required.


(COLUMBIA)

04 14 19 55 CC Roger. Out.

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Page 393

04 14 20 06 LMP Houston, it's very interesting to note that when


I kick my foot *** with no atmosphere here, and
this gravity *** they seem to leave, and most of
them have about the same angle of departure and
velocity. From where I stand, a large portion
of them will impact at a certain distance out.
Several *** the percentage is, of course, that
will impact *** different regions *** it's highly
dependent upon *** the initial trajectory upward
*** where most of the *** already the particles
are found, ... terrain.

04 14 21 08 CC Roger, Buzz. And break. Break. Columbia, this


is Houston. When you track out of high-gain an-
tenna, then let's request OMNI Delta, OMNI Delta.
Over.

04 14 21 20 Cb_ So be it.
(COLUMBIA}

04 14 21 24 LMP i've noticed several times in going from the sun-


light into the shadow, that just as I go in, I
catch an additional reflection off the LM ***
along with the reflection off my face onto the
visor, makes visibility very poor just at the
_r_lsition *** sunlight into the shadow. I
essentially have so much glare coming onto my
¥isor *** shadow *** helmet actually gets the
shadow. Than it takes a short while for my eyes
to adapt to the lighting conditions. *** inside
the shadow area, visibility, as we said before,
is not too great, but both visor's up *** what
sort of footprints we have and the general con-
dition of the soil. Then, after being out in the
sunlight a while, it takes - Watch it, Neill
Nell, you're on the cable.

04 1_ 22 40 CDR Okay.

04 14 22 41 LMP Yes. Lift up your right foot, right foot. It's


still - your toe is still hooked in it.

04 14 22 h5 CDR That one?

04 14 22 46 LMP Yes. It's still hooked in it. Wait a minute.


Okay. You're clear now.

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((;O:;:; NET .L) '?ar,(? 7.1/ 14

04 14 22 51 CDR Thank you.

04 14 22 55 LMP Now, let's move that over this way.

04 14 23 04 _ Okay. I've got it.

04 14 23 32 _ The blue color of n_ boots has completely dis-


appeared now into this *** still don't know ex-
actly what color to describe this other than
ash-cocoa color. It seems to be covering most
of the lighter part of the boo_ *** color that
*** very fine particles ***

04 14 24 11 CC Buzz, this is Houston. You're cutting out on


the end of your transmissions. Can you speak
a little more closely into your microphone? Over.

04 14 24 23 LMP Roger. I'll try that.

04 14 24 25 CC Beautiful.

04 14 24 30 L_L° Well, I had that one inside my mouth that time.

04 14 24 35 CC It sounded a little wet.

04 14 25 09 L_ In general, time spent in the shadow doesn't


seem to have any *** thermal effects. *** inside
the suit. TT_ere is a difference, of course, in
the ... radiation and the helmet. So I think
there's a tendency to feel a little cooler in the
shadow than the Sun.

04 14 25 41 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 14 26 05 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 14 26 55 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 14 27 03 CMP Houston, Columbia in Delta.


(COLUMBklA)

04 14 27 05 CC Roger. You should have VHF AOS with the LM right


about now. VHF LOS will be about 40 minutes
15 seconds. Over.

04 14 27 20 CMP Thank you.


(COLUMBIA)

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Page 395

04 14 28 22 LMP As I look around the area, the contrast, in


general, is *** comes about completely by virtue
of the shadow *** down Sun ... very light-colored
gray, light gray color, a halo around my own sha-
dow, around the shadow of my helmet. Then, as I
look off across *** the contrast becomes strongest
in that the surromlding color is still fairly
light. As you look down into the Sun *** a larger
amount of *** shadowed area is looking toward us.
The general color of the *** surrounding *** the
contrast is not as great. Surveying all the dusty
area that we've kicked up *** considerably darker
in texture. Now, I've kicked up one, _ld I ima-
gine that this is *** Surveyor. The same is true
when I survey across on - along the area that we're
walking, in general *** to the fact that there
are footprints there. General terrain where I've
been kicking up a lot of this surface material is
generally of a darker contrast *.** color_

04 ih 31 29 !2_P The panorama I'll be taking is about 30 or 40 feet


out to plus ***

04 14 31 39 CC Say again which strut, Buzz?

04 14 31 43 LMP The plus-Z strut.

04 1L 31 47 CC Roger.

04 14 31 48 I24P And right in this area, there are two craters.


The one that's right in front of me now as I lo_k
off in about the eleven o'clock position from t_e
spacecraft, about 30 to 35 feet ... There's several
eral rocks and boulders 6 to 8 inches across ...
sizes.

04 14 34 13 LMP I'm now in the area of the minus-Y struv taking


some ... photographs.

04 14 35 52 LMP How's the bulk sample coming, Nell?

04 14 35 56 CDR Bulk sample is Just being sealed.

04 14 36 58 CMP Houston, Columbia.


(COLUMBIA)

04 14 37 01 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Go ahead. Over.

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t_ f_ 396

04 14 37 09 CMP Roger. No marks on the LM that time. I did see


(COLUMBIA) a suspiciously small white object whose coordi-
nates are - -

04 14 37 25 CC Go ahead with the coordinates on the small white


object.

04 14 37 28 CMP Easy - Easy 0.3, 7.6, but I ... right on the


(COLUMBIA) southwest end of a crater. I think they would
know it if they were in such a location. It
looks like their LM would be pitched up quite
a degree. It's on the southwest wall of a
smallish crater.

04 14 37 58 CC Roger. Copy Echo 0.3 and 7.6, and -

04 14 38 27 CC Columbia, this is Houston. _ile i'm talking


to you, LOS will be aw, !11 19 31; AOS, 1!2 05 4_.
Over.

04 14 39 04 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Did you copy LOS AOS


times? Over.

04 14 39 14 CMP Negative, Houston. You broke. Disregard. I'll


(COLUMBIA) get them off the flight plans.

04 14 39 L9 CC Roger. Out.

04 14 39 56 LMA° The jet deflector that's mounted on quad 1 seems


to be a good bit more _inkled *** right now on
quad 4.

04 14 40 12 CC You're breaking up again, Buzz.

04 14 40 18 _P I say the jets deflector that's mounted on quad


seems to be - the surface of it seems lo be more
wrinkled than the one that's on quad 1. Generally,
underneath part of the I_M seems to have stood up
quite well to the *** get some pictures in the aft
part of the LM that will illuminate the thermal
effects much better than we could get them up here
in the front.

04 14 40 53 CC Roger. Out.

04 14 40 58 LMP We're going to get some particular photographs of


the bulk sample area, Neil?

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(GOSS NET 1) Tape 71/17
Page 397

04 14 41 07 CDR Okay.

04 14 41 25 LMP And, Houston? Buzz here. I'm showing 3.78 psi,


63 percent, no flags, adequate, slight warming
*** fingered.

04 14 42 01 CDR Roger. And Nell has 66 percent 02, no flags,


minimum cooling, and the suit pressure is 382.

04 14 42 14 CC Houston. Roger. Out.

04 14 42 39 CC Buzz, this is Houston. Have you removed the


closeup camera from the MESA yet? Over.

04 14 42 50 LMP Negative. Thank you.

04 14 43 18 LMP *** get the panorama now. Okay.

04 14 43 53 LMP Did you get it?

04 14 43 50 CDR Houston, how does ou__ timeline appear to be going?

04 14 43 55 CC Roger. It looks like you're about a h_lf hour


slow on it. We're working on consumables. Over.

04 14 44 03 CDR Ail right.

04 14 44 45 CC Neil and Buzz, this is Houston. To clarify my


last, your consumables are in good sha oe at this
time. The 30-minute reference was with respect
to the nominal timeline. Over.

04 14 45 03 CDR Roger. I understand that.

04 14 46 36 CDR I don't note any abnormalities in the _M. The


pods seem to be in good shape. The pr[mary and
secondary struts are in good shape. _Itennas
are all in place. There's no evidence of problem
underneath the LM due to engine exhaust or drain-
age of any kind.

04 14 47 17 CC Roger. Out.

04 14 47 18 LMP It's very surprising, the very surprising lack of


penetration of all four of the foot pads. I'd
say if we were to try and determine just how far
below the surface they would have penetrated,
you'd measure maybe 3 inches, wouldn't you say,
Nell?

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(GOSSNET l) Tape 71/18
Page 398

04 14 47 37 CDR At the most, yes. That Y-strut there is probably


even less than that.

04 14 47 55 LMP Nice paint job.

04 14 48 04 CDR I get a picture of the plus-Y strut taken from


near the descent stage, and I think we'll be able
to see a little bit better what the thermal effects
are. Seem to be quite minimal.

04 14 48 48 LMP There's one picture taken in the right rear of


the spacecraft looking at the skirt of the descent
stage, shows a quite darkening of the surface
color, a rather minimal amount of radiating or etch-
ing away or erosion of the surface. 0n descent,
both of us remarked that we could see s large
amount of very fine dust particles moving out.
It was reported beforehand that we would probably
see an upgassing from the surface after actual
engine shutdown, but as I recall, I was _znable
to confirm that.

04 14 50 26 LMP This is too big an angle, Neil.

04 14 50 34 CDR Yes. I think you are right.

04 14 51 29 LMP We're back at the minus-Z strut now. _** very


little force of impact that we actually had.

04 14 52 01 LMP And, Nell, if you'll take the camera, I'll get


to work on the SEQ bay.

04 14 52 05 CDR Okay.

04 14 52 07 CC Columbia, Columbia_ this is Houston. 1 notice


that -

04 14 52 16 CC Go ahead, Buzz.

04 14 52 20 LMP Taking some close-up pictures of that rock.

04 14 52 27 LMP I was saying that, Houston, *** stop and take a


photograph or something and then want to start
moving again sideways, there's quite a tendency
to start doing it with just gradual sideways hops
until you start getting ***

04 14 52 47 CC Roger.

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(GOSS NET 1) Tape 71/19
Page 399

04 14 52 57 LMP Can you see us underneath the LM over at the SEQ


bay, Houston?

04 14 53 00 CC Yes indeed, Buzz. We can see your feet sticking


our underneath the structure of the LM descent
stage.

04 14 53 08 LMP Okay. I'm Just on the other side of the - -

04 14 53 13 CC Now we can see you through the structure of the


minus-Z secondary strut.

04 14 53 38 LMP All right. The doors are open, and it looks like
they are going to stay up without any problem.

04 14 53 46 CC Columbia, Columbia_ this is Houston. We are about


to lose you on the OMNI's. Request high-gain
antenna, REACQ mode Fish 20, yaw 135_ Over.

04 14 54 03 LMP You want to pick an area, Nell?

04 14 54 05 CC Make that yaw 175, Columbia, yaw 175 on the high


gain.

04 14 54 14 CMP Columbia is locked up on the high gain, Houston.


(COLUMBIA)

04 14 54 16 CC Roger. ,Out.

04 14 55 42 LMP Houston, the passive seismometer has been deployed


manually.

04 14 55 49 CC Roger.

04 14 56 30 _ And the manual deployment of the LR cubed, the


little spring that is at the end of the string is
pulled off of the picks head. However, I was
able to reach up and get hold of the picks head
and pull it loose. So, it will be deployed manual-
ly, also.

04 14 56 51 CC Roger.

04 14 57 05 CDR And, the panorama is complete. *** and the LM -


got the LM at 7 30 position at about 60 feet.

04 14 57 39 CDR And the doors are closed and locked.

04 14 57 43 CC Roger.

04 14 57 50 LMP Have you got us a good area picked out?


(GOSS NET 1) Tape 71/20
Page 400

04 14 57 53 CDR Yes. I think right out on that rise out there


is probably as good as any.

04 14 58 08 CDR I'll probably stay on the high ground there and - -

04 14 58 16 LMP Watch it; the edge of that crater is - drops - -

04 14 58 19 CDR Yes. It drops off there, doesn't it?

04 14 58 24 LMP Get a couple of close-ups on these qu_te rounded


large boulders.

04 14 58 44 CDR About 40 feet out - I'd say out at the end of that
next - -

04 14 58 50 LMP it's going to be a little difficult to find a good


level spot here.

04 14 58 55 CD_ The top of that next little ridge there. Wouldn't


that be a pretty good place?

04 14 59 03 LMP All right. Should I put the LR cubed right about


here?

04 14 59 07 CDR All right.

04 14 59 10 LMP I'm going to have to get on the other side of


this rock here.

04 14 59 19 CDR I would go right around that crater to the left


there. Isn't that a level spot there?

04 14 59 25 L_ ° I think this right here is just as level.

04 15 00 00 CDR These boulders look like basalt, and they have


probably 2-percent white minerals in them, the
white crystals. And the thing that I reported
as the vesicular before, I'm not - I don't be-
lieve I believe that any more. I think that
small craters - they look llke little impact
craters where shot - B-B shot has hit the surface.

04 15 02 08 LMP Houston. I have the seismic experiment flipped


over now, and I'm aligning it, but I'm having a
little bit of difficulty getting the B-B in the
center_ It wants to move around and around on
the outside. ***

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(GOSS NET 1) Tape 71/21
Page 401

04 15 02 34 CC You're cutting out again, Buzz.

04 15 02 49 LMP Roger. I say I'm not having too much success in


leveling the PSE experiment.

04 15 03 57 CDR The laser reflector is installed and the bubble


is leveled and the alignment appears to be good.

04 15 04 16 CC Nell, this is Houston. Roger. Out.

04 15 04 23 LMP Hey, you want to take a look at this B-B and see
what you make out of it?

04 15 04 30 CDP, I find it pretty hard to get perfectl_ level, too.

04 15 04 37 LMP _n_natB-B likes the outside. It won't go on the


inside.

04 15 04 48 CDr That little cup is convex now, instead of concave.

04 15 04 53 I2JLP I think you're right.

04 15 04 56 CD! Believe it is.

04 15 04 57 LMP Houston, I don't think there's any hope for using


this leveling device to come up with an accurate
level. It looks to me as though the cup here that
the B-B is in is now convex instead of concave.
Over.

04 15 05 19 CC Roger, 11. Press on. If you think it looks l_rel


by eyeball, go ahead.

04 15 05 28 LMP Okay.

04 15 06 03 CDR ...

04 15 06 20 CDR There you go. Good work; good show. Hey, whoa;
stop, stop! Back up.

04 15 06 34 LMP Houston, as I was spacing the PSE, the right-hand


solar array deployed automatically. The left-
hand I had to manually *** the bar at the far end.

04 15 06 56 LMP All parts of the solar array are clear of the


ground now.

04 15 07 02 CC Buzz, this is Houston. I understand that you did


successfully deploy both solar arrays. Over.

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(GOSZ NET 1) Tape 71/22
Page 402

04 ]5 07 10 LMP Roger. That's affirmative. And there isn't any


way of telling whether that's lined up. I'm
getting in the way; maybe I can get down here.

04 15 07 38 LMP Neil, how does that appear to be pointing?

04 15 08 08 CC Nell, this is Houston. Over.

04 15 08 lB CDR Go ahead, Houston.

04 15 08 15 CC Roger. We've been looking at your consumables,


and you're in good shape. Subject to your con-
currence, we'd like to extend the duration of
the EVA 15 minutes from nominal. We will still
give Buzz a hack at l0 minutes for heading in.
Your current elapsed time is 2 plus 12. Over.

04 15 08 45 CDR Okay. _nat sounds fine.

04 15 08 47 CC Roger. Out.

04 15 09 07 CC Buzz, this is Houston. If you're still in the


vicinity of the PSE, could you get a photograph
of the ball level? Over.

04 15 09 16 CDR I'll do that, Buzz.

04 15 09 18 IMP Right. We'll get a photograph of that. Houston,


what time would you estimate we could allow for
the documented sample? Over.

04 15 09 43 CDR Oh, shoot. Would you believe the ball is righv


in the middle now?

04 15 09 50 LMP Wonderful. Take a picture before it moves.

04 15 l0 O0 CC Neil, this is Houston. We're estimating about


l0 minutes for the documented sampling. Over.

04 15 l0 25 CC Columbia, Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 15 l0 B4 CMP Go ahead, Houston. Columbia.


(COLUMBIA)

04 15 l0 36 CC Roger. Like you to terminate charging battery


Bravo at lll plus 15. Over.

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(GO_S NET 1) Tape 71/23
Page 403

04 15 10 47 CMP How about right now?


(COLUMBIA )

04 15 10 49 CC Roger.

04 15 11 15 CC Buzz, this is Houston. You've got about 10 minutes


left now prior to commencing your EVA termination
activities. Over.

04 15 11 31 L_' Roger. i understand.

04 15 12 32 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. The passive


seismic experiment has been uncaged and we're
observing st_ort-period oscillations in it. Over.

END OF TAPE
APOLLO 11 AIR-T0-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

(.SOES NET 1) Tape 72/1


Page 40h

rJ4 !'; t[; i _ I,i'4!' L tuq-' ynu'r'_: w.u,tchi:u.': how hard I haw. {,e hi[.
this ]nfo the ground, to the tta_e o{' about 5 inches_
Houston.

04 ]5 15 22 CC Roger.

Oh 15 15 35 I_ It almost looks wet.

04 i5 15 46 CDR Got a sample.

04 25 15 57 LMP Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute,


you cut the cable again.

Oh ]5 16 03 CC All right, Neil and Buzz, this is Houston. We'd


like you to - -

04 15 16 04 b_ ...

04 15 16 10 CDR _nat clear?

Oh 15 16 11 I_Vk
° Not quite.

04 15 16 13 CC Nell, this is Houston. We'd like you 911 to get


two core tubes and the solar wind experiment; two
core tubes and the solar wind. Over.

04 15 16 25 CDR Roger.

04 15 16 51 LMP Okay. While I'm getting the next one, maybe you
can - ... away the box a little bit.

04 15 17 04 CDR ...

04 15 18 04 CC Buzz, this is Houston. You have approximately


3 minutes until you must commence your EVA ter-
mination activities. Over.

04 15 18 L4 LM2 Roger. Understand.

04 15 18 q2 CC Columbia, this is Hot_ston. Approximat_.ly 1 minute


to LOS. Over.

04 15 18 32 CMP Columbia. Roger.


(CO_,O_mlA )

Oh I',18 3'{ CC And, do you plan on commencing your sleep on the


backside this pass? If so, we'll disable uplink
bo you while we're talking to the laM. Over.

0}l 15 18 51 CMP Negative that.


(COLUMBIA)
(f;O:;ZNET 1) Tape 72/2
Page 405

04 15 18 59 LMP Houston, were you able to record the documentary


way where the two core tube samples were taken?

04 15 19 12 CC Negative. Out.

04 15 19 19 CDR I didn't get a stereopair of those two, but they


are right in the vicinity of the solar wind.

04 15 19 29 CC Nei!, this is Houston. After you've got the core


tubes and the solar wind, anything else that you
can throw into the box would be acceptable.

04 15 19 44 CDR Righto.

04 15 19 58 CDR Cap ...

04 15 20 O1 LMP i got the cap.

04 15 20 03 CDr,_ Got the cap?

0_ 15 20 04 IMP They're both good caps on ...

04 15 20 05 CDR Okay.

04 15 20 07 LMP And, you want to pick up some stuff, snd I'll - -

04 15 20 09 CDR Get these aseptic ones.

04 15 20 1! LMP - - Move the solar wind in.

04 15 21 05 CC Buzz, this is Houston. It's about time for you to


start your EVA closeout activities.

04 15 21 16 LMP Roger. That's in progress.

04 15 22 20 CC Neil and Buzz, this is Houston. We'd like to


remind you of the closeup camera magazine before
you start up the ladder, Buzz.

04 15 22 30 LMP Okay. Got that over with you, Neil? _i_

04 15 22 34 CDR No, the closeup camera's underneath the MESA. '


I'll have to pick it up with the prong. I'm picking
up several pieces of really vesicular rock out here,
no_g.

04 15 22 53 LMP You didn't get anything in those environmental


samples, did you?

04 15 22 56 CDR Not yet.


(GOSS NET 1) Tape 72/3
Page 406

04 15 22 59 LMP Well, I don't think we'll have time.

04 15 23 07 CC Roger, Neil and Buzz. Let's press on with getting


the closeup camera magazine and closing out of the
sample return container. We're running a little
low on time.

04 15 23 19 LMP Roger.

04 15 24 04 LMP Okay. Can you quickly stick this in my pocket,


Nell, and I'll head on up the ladder?

04 15 24 07 CDR Okay.

04 15 24 18 IR_P I'll hold it. You open the packet up.

04 15 24 B9 CDR ... that'd kill us. Just hold it right there.


Okay. Let the pocket go.

04 15 24 49 _ About through?

04 15 24 52 CDR Got it.

/ 04 15 24 53 LMP Okay. Adios, _mlgo.

04 15 24 56 CDR Okay.

04 15 24 58 LMt __nything more before I head on up, Brlce?

0_ 15 25 04 CC Negative. Head on up the ladder, Buzz.

04 15 25 57 L_' How are you coming, Neil?

04 15 25 58 CDR Okay.

04 15 26 22 CDR Did you get that solar wind rolled up there, Buzz?

04 15 26 24 LMP Right. That's it right there.

04 15 26 25 CDR Okay.

04 15 26 47 LMP Think you can reach the - reach this hook that's
hanging over here? You might entertain the idea
of sending up the second one that way.

04 15 26 59 CDR Okay.

04 15 27 05 LMP Get the film off of that.

04 15 27 08 CDR I will. Get that up now.

04 15 27 23 LMP Okay. I'm heading on in.


(GOSS NET 1) Tape 72/4
Page 407

¢jl_15 27 24 CDR Okay.

04 15 27 26 _ And I'll get the LEC all ready for the rock box.

04 15 28 02 CC Nell, this is Houston. Did the Hasselblad maga-


zine go up on that sample return container also?

04 15 28 12 CDR I've got the Hasselblad magazine hooked to the


SRC now, yes.

04 15 28 17 CC Roger.

04 15 28 58 CDR How are you doing, Buzz?

04 15 29 00 LMP I'm okay.

Oh 15 29 34 _ About ready to send up the LEC?

04 15 29 39 CDR Yes. Just about.

04 15 30 01 LMP Okay.

02 15 30 45 LMP Okay. That's got it elear.

04 15 31 04 CDR Oh. Un - oh. The camera came off. I mean the


film pack came off.

04 15 31 30 LMP Okay. Just ease it down now. Don't pull so hard


on it. All right, let it go.

04 15 31 46 CDR While you're getti_ that, I've got to get the


camera.

04 15 31 55 LMP Okay. This - This one's in. No problem.

Oh 15 31 58 CDR Okay. Stand by a second.

04 15 32 02 CC Nell, this is Houston. Request an EMU check.


Ove r.

04 15 32 09 CDR Roger. Got 3.8 and I got 54 on the 02 and no


flags, and my flow is in N.

04 15 33 46 CC Nell and Buzz, for your information, your con-


sumables remain in good shape. Out.

04 15 33 53 LMP Roger, How's it coming, Nell?

04 15 33 56 CDR Okay. I've got one side hooked up to the second


box and I've got the film pack on.

04 15 34 01 _ Okay. Good.
I

(GOSS_ET _) Tape 72/5


Page 408

04 15 34 20 CDR Boy, that bilge from on the LEC is kind of falling


all over me while I'm doing this.

04 15 34 30 _ All that soot, huh?

04 15 34 36 CDR That's what it looks like down here.

04 15 3_ 43 L_P I think mY watch stopped, Neil.

04 15 34 47 CDR Did it?

O_ 15 35 O1 LMP No, it didn't either. Second hand.

04 1_ _3 12 LMP Okay. If you can Just kind of hold it, why, I


think I can do the pulling.

04 15 35 16 CDR Okay. Stand by a minute. Let me move back.

04 15 35 40 LMP Okay. Easy. All right, easy in the hatch now.

04 15 35 51 LMP Okay. I'll get it the rest of the way. And I'll
give it to you to - No, wait, Just a second. Yes,
a little more.

04 15 36 32 CDR Buzz?

04 15 36 33 _ Okay. It's unhooked.

04 15 36 39 CDR How about that - package out of your - brief.


Get that?

04 15 36 54 _ No.

04 15 36 56 CDR Okay. I'll get it when I get up there.

04 15 37 o2 LMP ... now?

04 15 37 04 CDR ...

04 15 37 12 CDR Okay?

04 15 37 13 LMP Okay.

04 15 37 21 CC Nell, this is Houston. Did you get the Hasselblad


magazine?

04 15 37 35 CDR Yes, I did. And we got about, I'd say, 20 pounds


of carefully selected, if not documented, samples.

04 15 37 4e CC Houston. Roger. Well done. Out.


(_O::Z Nh"l'_) Tape 72/6
Page 409

04 15 37 48 CDR ...

04 15 38 08 _ Just keep your head down close. Now start


arching your back. That's good. ' Plenty of
room. Now, all right, arch your back a little,
your head up against *** Roll right Just a little
bit. Head down .... in good shape.

04 15 38 26 CDR Thank you. Am I bumping now?

04 15 38 33 I24P No, you're clear. You're rubbing up against me


a little bit.

04 15 38 36 CDR Okay?

04 15 38 38 LMP *** All right. That's right. A bit to the left.


Okay. Now move your foot, and I'll get the
hatch.

04 15 38 58 CDR Okay.
(Tm_Q)

f'__c.6 04 15 39 13 LMP Okay. The hatch is closed and latched, and


(TRANQ) verified secure.

04 15 39 25 CDR Okay. Now we turn the feedw_ter valve - CLOSED.


(TRANQ) And I got your PLSS antenna ...

04 15 39 52 LMP Okay. Feedwater valve's CLOSED.


(TR_Q)
04 15 40 02 LMP And your antenna's ...
(TRA_Q)
05 15 40 16 CDR Okay.
(_mmQ)
o4 15 40 20 _m ...

04 15 40 23 CDR Okay. That's out .... I did my part ... Okay.


(T_ANQ)

o4 15 4O 37 LMP ...
(TRA_Q)
04 15 40 44 CC This is Houston. Go ahead.

04 15 40 49 LMP ***
(TmmQ)

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(GOSS NET 1) Tape 72/7
Page 410

04 15 40 54 CC You're cutting out, Neit. You're not readable.


I understand you said something about contin-
gency sample container on the ascent engine?

04 15 41 ll CC We are not reading you, Nell. Buzz, Buzz, this


is Houston. Do you read? Over.

04 15 41 24 IAfP ***
(TRANQ)

Ok 15 41 28 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. We're reading


neither one of you, but standing by.

04 15 42 -- BEGIN LUNAR _REV 19

04 15 52 46 CC Nell, this is Houston. Neil, this is Houston.


Radio check. Over.

04 15 52 58 CC Buzz, Buzz, this is Houston. Radio check, radio


check. Over.

04 15 53 31 CDR Houston. ***


(TRANQ)

04 15 53 B8 CC This is Houston. I copy a transmission calling


Houston; all else was broken up. Over.

04 15 54 12 CC Nell, this is Houston. If you read, we suggest


you _lstow one PLSS antenna so we can have
co_unications. Over.

04 15 56 08 CDR Okay *** read?


(TRANQ)

Oh 15 56 18 CDR A, receive. B, off.


(TRANQ)

04 15 56 25 CC Nell, this is Houston. We seem to be reading


you now. How do,you read us? Over.

04 15 56 CDR ICS, push to talk.


(TRANQ)

04 15 56 44 CDR Houston, this is Tranquility. How do you read?


(TRANQ)

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(('(J:::; NE'I' ±) Tape 72/8
Page 411

':'104_1556 47 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. Loud and


_: clear. How us?

04 !5 56 53 CDR Loud and clear. We're in the process of switching


(TRANQ) over to LM COMM here.

64 15 56 56 CC Roger.

04 15 59 41 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. We'd like to


verify your steerable antenna in track mode slew.
We're going to do a communications handover here
on Earth. Over.

04 15 59 55 _ Roger. That's affirmative. We're in track mode


(TRANQ) slew.

04 16 O0 00 CC Roger. Out.

04 16 06 06 CC Columbia, Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 16 06 12 CMP Roger, Columbia on Charlie. How do you read?


(COLUMBIA)

04 16 06 16 CC Roger, Columbia. This is Houston. Reading you


loud and clear on OMNI Charlie. The crew of
Tranquility Base is back inside their base,
repressurized, and they're in the process of
doffing the PLSS's. Everything went beautifully.
Over.

04 16 06 36 CMP Hallelujah.
(COLUMBIA)

04 16 06 38 CC And we'd like to get PO0 and ACCEPT from you.


We have a state vector uplink. And, after that,
we'd like you to realign your platform to the
new 5EFSMMAT that we sent up a REV or two ago.
Over.

04 16 06 59 CMP Roger. Understand. You want a option 1, P52


(COLUMBIA) option 1.

04 16 08 53 CC Columbia, this is Houston. We're going to uplink


you a new state vector, and then we'll send the
REFS_AT up again, because sending the state
vector up will wipe out the one that you have on
board; and then you can do a P52 option 1. Over.

% 04 16 09 ll CMP P52.
(COLUMBIA)
(GOSS NET l) Tape 72/9
Page 412

04 16 14 44 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Do you read? Over.

04 16 14 53 CMP Roger, Houston. Columbia's reading you.


(COLUMBIA)

04 16 14 56 CC OkM , Columbia. We've completed the uplink; the


computer is yours. You can go BLOCK; however,
we'd like you to hold off on the P52 °Ption 1
align until after you've passed landing'site 2;
and we're requesting that you perform another
P22 and attempt to find the I24 this pass. I've
got some numbers for you when you're ready to copy.
Ove r.

04 16 15 22 CMP Roger. Stand by.


(COLUMBIA)

04 16 15 49 CMP Ready to copy.


(COLUMBIA)

04 16 15 51 CC Roger, Columbia. P22 landmark ID is lunar module -


make that Tranquility Base; P1, ll2 25 08; P2,
112 30 17, 4 nautical miles south. Time of
closest approach, ll2 31 52; shaft 357. 051,
trunnion 047. 432, roll zero, pitch 250,
yaw zero. Readback. Over.

04 16 17 06 CC Col_mhia, this is Houston. Did you copy nV P22


update? Over.

04 16 17 39 CMP Houston, Columbia.


(COLUMBIA)

04 16 17 45 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Did you copy my P22


PAD?

04 16 18 03 CC Columoia, this is Houston. Do you copy nV PAD?


· Over.

04 16 18 09 CMP Negative, Bruce. Just give me the latitude and


:' (COLUMBIA) longitude over 2, altitude, and the grid squares
Never mind the other. You're broken up.

04 16 18 21 CC Stand by.

04 16 18 30 CMP Well, that is, if you have new information.


(COLUMBIA) Otherwise, I'll Just use the old numbers.

04 16 18 34 CC No, wait a minute. We've got new information.


(GOSS NET 1) Tape 72/10
Page 413

04 16 18 39 CMP Okay.
(COLUMBIA)

04 16 20 42 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. Can you give


us some idea of how you're progressing on the
PLSS doffing and preparation for DEPRESS?

04 16 20 56 CDR Roger, Houston. Tranquility Base. We're in


(TRANQ) the process of using up what film we have, and
I'm Just getting ready to change the primary
ECS canister. Over.

04 16 21 14 CC Roger, Tranquility. We'd like to hold off as


long as possible on the lithium hydroxide canister.
Make that one of the last things you do in getting
ready for the DEPRESS, if you can. Over.

04 16 21 31 CDR Roger. We're planning on doing that. I was just


(TRANQ) wondering how much longer we want to wait, though.
We've probably got s_lother half an hour's worth
of picture taking, and I guess we could run
through an eat cycle and then change the canister,
and then DEPRESS. Over.

04 16 21 56 CC Roger. That sounds fine to us.

04 16 22 02 CDR Well, it'll be a little crowded in here for a


(TRANQ) while.

04 16 22 06 CC Well, we don't mind a bit.

04 16 22 20 CMP Houston, Columbia. You got the new coordinates?


(COLUMBIA)

04 16 22 27 CC Columbia. This is Houston. Go ahead.

04 16 22 34 CMP Roger, Have you got the new coordinates for me?
(COLUMBIA)

04 16 22 37 CC Roger. Latitude 00.691 - that would be plus


00.691 - and longitude over 2 is plus 11.713.
The altitude is minus 1.44 nautical miles. Over.

04 16 23 15 CMP Roger. Thank you.


(COLUMBIA)

04 16 23 31 CC Columbia, this is Houston. On latitude, make


that plus 00.692, rounding off. Over.

o4 16 23 45 cMP Okay.
(COLUMBIA)
(GOSS NET 1) Tape 72/11
Page 414

04 16 23 59 CMP Okay. I read back plus 00.692, plus 11713, and


(COLUMBIA) minus 00144. And you have a grid square for me?

04 16 24 10 CC Roger. Standby.

04 16 24 25 CC Columbia. This is Houston. Grig coordinates:


Kilo 0.9, 6.3, on LAM-2. Over.

04 16 24 38 CMP Kilo 0.9 and 6.3. Thank you. One of these grid
(COLUMBIA) squares is about as much as you can scan on a
single pass.

04 16 24 48 CC Roger.

04 16 25 22 CC And for your information, Columbia, you're


approaching the VHF line-of-site COMM limit with
Tranquility Base. LOS will be at 38 minutes
plus 25 seconds. Over.

04 16 25 40 CMP Roger.
(COLUMBIA)

04 16 25 42 CC Roger. And we've had to disable the one-way


M_FN relay owing to a ground-site reconfiguration
down here. Over.

04 16 25 53 CMP Okay.
(COLUMBIA)

04 16 33 59 CMP Houston, Columbia ....


(COLUMBIA)

04 16 34 06 CC This is Houston. Go ahead. Over.

04 16 34 12 CMP Roger. I can't see them.


(COLUMBIA)

04 16 34 17 CC Roger. I guess that takes care of the news for


today, Mike.

b4 16 34 23 CMP All right. Roger.


(COLUMBIA)

04 16 34 29 CC / You might be interested in knowing, Mike, that


we have gotten reflections back from the laser

04 16 34 45 CMP
/
(COLUMBIA)
reflector ray they deployed, and we may be able
to get some information
later.

Roger.
out of that a little

I need a very precise position, because


I can only do a decent job of scanning maybe one
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of those grid squares at a time. The area th at


we've been sweeping covers 10's and 20's and B0's
of them.

04 16 35 00 CC Roger. We understand. This is intended to be


your last P22. We don't want to use up too much
fuel in this effort. Over.

04 16 35 12 CMP Roger. How's the fuel coming2


(COLUMBIA)

04 16 35 18 CC Roger. There's no problem fuel-wise. It's Just


that there seems to be a limit to the number of
P22's and the number of grid squares you can
search over.

04 16 35 32 CMP Roger. Well, I'll continue this maneuver then


(COLUMBIA) to roll 82, pitch 218, yaw zero, if that's okay
with you: and do a P52 in that attitude. And
that'll be a sleep ...

04 16 35 48 CC Roger. That's fine with us. And P52 in that attitude.

04 16 35 59 CC Roger. A P52 and then the sleep attitude.

04 16 43 46 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. Over.

04 16 43 52 LMP Houston, Tranquility Base. Go ahead.


(TRA Q)
04 16 43 55 CC Roger. When you all have a free moment, I have
your T8 through T12 block data. Over.

04 16 44 08 LMP Roger. Stand by one.


(TRANQ)

04 16 45 24 LMP Houston, Tranquility Base. Ready to copy.


( ANq)
04 16 45 29 CC Roger, Tranquility. T8, 114 30 57; Tg, 116 29 10;
T10, 118 27 23; Tll, 120 25 36; T12, 122 23 49.
Readback. Over.

04 16 46 14 LMP Roger. TS, 114 30 57; T9, 116 29 10; T10, 118
(TRANQ) 27 23; Tll, 120 25 36; T12, 122 23 49. Over.

04 16 46 45 CC Readback correct. Houston out.

END OF TAPE
APOLLO 11 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

(GO[:?, NET _ ) tL'apt-_ '[ _/_,


h_g_' 41o

Oh 16 47 26 CMP Houston. Columbia.


(COLUMBIA)

04 16 47 149 CMP Houston, Columbia on high gain.


(COLUMBIA )

O_ 16 h7 50 CDR Houston, Tranquility Base.


( mANQ)
01_ 16 47 5h CC Columbia. Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 16 48 04 CMP Columbia in the high gain.


(COLUMBIA)

04 16 h8 06 CC Roger. Reading you loud and clear on the high


gain, Columbia.

04 16 48 13 CMl° Roger. Going to P52 attitude. You want a crew


(COLUMBIA) status report?

04 16 48 21 CC Say again, Columbia?

04 16 48 27 CMl° I say again, I am maneuvering to the P52 attitude,


(COLUMBIA) and do you want a crew status report?

04 16 48 34 CC Roger. And go ahead with your crew status report.

04 16 48 40 CMl° Roger. No medication. Radiation 100.16.


( COI,UMBIA )

Oh 16 h8 46 CC Houston. We copy.

04 16 49 15 CDR Houston, Tranquility Base.


(TRANQ )

04 16 49 17 CC Go ahead, Tranquility.

04 16 49 23 CDR Roger. The weight of the RCU was 12 ounces.


(TRANQ) That was by itself without the bag, and the
weight of the water from the CDR's PLSS was
12-1/2 ounces. That's reading zero with the
bag on.

04 16 49 53 CC This is Houston. We copy. And, for your infor-


mation, the new LM weight after jettison of
equipment including lithium hydroxide canister
is 10837. Over.
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04 16 50 11 CDR Okay. 10837.


(TRANQ)

04 16 53 16 CMl° Houston, Columbia. Did you copy the P52?


(COLUMBIA)

04 16 53 30 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Affirmative.

04 16 53 39 CMP Okay.
(COLU IA)

04 16 55 05 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. In the flight


plan configuration, we show that the stability
control circuit breaker ATCA on panel 16 should
be open at this time. Over.

04 16 55 49 LMP Houston, Tranquility. Say again which one should


(TRANQ) be closed?

04 16 55 54 CC Roger. Panel 16, row 2, STAB control _TCA, that


is A-T-C-A, and it should be open at this time.
Over.

04 16 56 06 LMP Roger. Coming open.


(TRANQ)

04 16 56 12 CC Roger. Out.

04 16 56 28 LMP Housquin - Houston, Tranquility. Do you have


(TRANQ) a way of showing the configuration of the engine
arm circuit breaker? Over. The reason I'm
asking is because the end of it appears to be
broken off. I think we can push it back in
again. I'm not sure we could pull it out if we
pushed it in, though. Over.

04 16 56 56 CC Roger. We copy. Stand by please.

04 16 57 21 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. Our telemetry


shows the engine arm circuit breaker in the OPEN
position at the present time. We want you to
leave it open until it is nominally scheduled
to be pushed in, which is later on. Over.

04 16 57 41 LMP Roger. Copy.

04 16 59 39 CDR Houston, Tranquility Base. The CDR's FRD


(TRANQ) reads 11014.

04 16 59 51 CC Roger. 11014 for the CDR.


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04 17 00 O1 LMP Roger. LMP reads 09018. Over.


(TRANQ)

04 17 00 06 CC Roger. 09018.

04 17 04 39 CMP Houston, Columbia. Over.


( C0 LUMBIA

04 17 04 43 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Go ahead.

04 17 04 48 CMP Roger, Bruce. When you get a few minutes could


(COLUMBIA you give me some words on tomorrow's sctivities -
when they're going to start?

04 17 04 57 CC Roger.

04 17 11 45 CC Columbia, Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 17 11 57 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 17 12 03 CMP Go ahead.
( COLUMBIA

04 17 12 05 CC Roger, Mike. Couple of quick flight plan update:.


here. First off, we'd like to get an 02 fuel
cell purge at time 113 30. You - Are you copy-
ing? Over.

04 17 12 23 CMP Roger. And copy.


(COLUMBIA

04 17 12 26 CC Secondly, we will return to the nominal timeline


with your scheduled wakeup of 121 hours and
12 minutes. We sort of slipped by lithium hydrox-
ide canister change number 9 during the EVA and
EVA PREP. We'd like you to accomplish that now.
The COMM for sleep will be the normal lunar COMM
configuration, the RCS configuration. We're
requesting you use quads Alfa and Bravo. A DAP
data load for R2 should be 01t11. Readback.
Over.

04 17 13 28 CMP Roger. Oxygen fuel cell purge at 113 30.


(COLUMBIA Return to the nominal timeline at 121 hours
wakeup. Lithium hydroxide change numLer 9 right
now. Normal lunar COMM sleep configuration, I'm
in that now. On the RCS, I understood before
you wanted to load the DAP register 2 011000
which made sense, and then later to p_teh only
(GOSS NET 1) Tape 73/4
Page 419

on quad A, enable all on quad B, and C and D off.


But you don't want to do that any more, huh?

OJ.! 17 ]% ;'() (_C (',(_l.rnbitL. Thi:: i:; li_m::t,orl. On .ye,lit' I)Al' I_.ul
in 1_2. w_,'t'_' r,.q.,t::t, Jn/_ :L (] :md t'C_llr' It::, I.J.t[,
_s, Oll] I. Or'er.

04 17 15 34 CMP Okay.
( COLUMBIA

04 17 15 38 CC And you - -

04 17 15 39 CMP Load's going in right now.


(COLUMBIA

04 17 15 41 CC Roger. And you'll be enabling quads Alfa and


Bravo on the AUTO RCS select switches. Disable
Charlie and Delta.

04 17 15 51 CMP Ail right.


(COLUMBIA

04 17 15 59 CC And we have a little less than 2 minutes to LOS.


If you're still up, AOS next time around will
be 114 04. Over.

04 17 16 18 CMP Roger.
(COLUMBIA

04 17 16 27 CC And, Columbia, if it's agreeable with you, we'd


like you to stay awake until we have one success-
ful reacquisition on the high-gain antenna. And
I guess you can plan on turning in shortly after
AOS this next pass. Over.

04 17 16 47 CMP Okay.
( COLUMBIA

04 17 16 49 CC Roger. Out.

04 17 17 34 CC Tranquility Base, Tranquility Base, this is


Houston. Radio check. Over.

04 17 17 42 CDR Go ahead. Houston.


( TRANQ)

04 17 17 44 CC Roger. Reading you loud and clear. Just want-


ed to make sure we still had COMM.
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?age 1120

04 17 17 52 CDR Roger. We just finished up - we're Just I:'in-


(TRANQ) ishing up our eat period. Be ready to go back
into PREP for DEPRESS.

04 17 17 59 CC Roger.

04 17 39 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 20

04 17 46 23 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. Over.

04 17 46 29 CDR Roger. Go ahead, Houston.


('mA_._Q)

04 17 46 32 CC Roger. On your next depressurization, it's


acceptable to use the overhead hatch dump valve
in addition to or instead of the forward hatch
dump valve to speed up the depressurization of
the cabin. I have a T13 update for you, and if
you could, sometime here, give us P00 and DATA:
we'll uplink you a new CSM state vector. Over.

04 17 47 04 CDR Ail right.


( )
04 17 47 19 LMP You've got the DSKY.
(_Q)

04 17 47 22 CC Roger. Your T13 time is 124 22 02. Over.

04 17 47 40 L_P Roger. It's T13, 124 22 - is that 02? Over.

04 17 47 49 CC That's affirmative. That is 02. And do you


have a time estimate for us until you're ready
to start cabin DEPRESS? Over.

04 17 48 05 CDR Fifteen minutes, maybe?


( )
04 17 48 10 CC Roger.

04 17 50 30 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. Uplink com-


plete. The computer's yours, and you can go out
of DATA.

04 17 50 39 CDR Roger.
(TRANQ)

04 17 59 50 CC Tranquility Base, Houston.


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Pa,,;e 421

04 17 59 59 CDR Go ahead. Tranquility Base, here.


(TRANQ)

04 18 00 02 CC Roger. Just want to let you guys know that siner,


you're an hour and a half over your timeline
and we're all taking a day off tomorrow, we're
going to leave you. See you later.

04 18 O0 13 CDR I don't blame you a bit.

04 18 00 16 CC That's a real great day, guys. I really enjoyed


it.

04 18 00 23 CDR Thank you. You couldn't have enjoyed it as


(TRANQ) much as we did.

04 18 00 26 CC Roger.

04 18 00 28 LMP It was great.

04 18 O0 30 CC Sure wish you'd hurry up and get that trash oL,t


out of there, though.

04 18 00 34 CDR Yes. We're just about to do it.

04 18 00 36 CC Okay.

04 18 03 34 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. We show the


suit relief valve still in the AUTO position.
_t should be closed. Over.

04 18 05 19 CC Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

04 18 05 33 CMP Houston, Columbia. Go ahead.


( COLUMBIA )

04 18 05 35 CC Roger. We've sucessfully reacquired high-gain


antenna. Unless you have some other _raffic
with us, I guess we'll bid you a good night and
let you get some sleep, Mike. Over.

04 18 05 48 CMP Okay. Sounds fine.


(COLUMBIA)

04 18 05 50 CC And we're going to power down the voice sub-


carrier part of our uplink to you in order that
we don't disturb you while we're talking to
Tranquility Base. If you need us, just give us
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P_e 422

a ealJ, and wo eau respond with a time la f_ o?


about a minul, e I,o a minutc_ and a ha]f in _.l,tiru_
reeonfi_ured. Over.

04 18 06 i3 CMP Okay. Thank you.


(COLUMBIA)

04 18 06 15 CC Roger. And good night.

04 18 06 20 CMl° Good night, Bruce. Thanks a lot.


(COLU mZA)
04 18 09 23 CC Columbia, Columbia, this is Houston. We'd like
you to ENABLE the thrusters in Bravo 1 and
Bravo 2, AUTO RCS SELECT. Over.

04 18 09 46 CMP Okay. Bravo 1 and Bravo 2 ENABLE.


(COLUMBIA)

04 18 09 49 CC Roger. Out.

04 18 10 18 CC Tranquility, this is Houston. For a reference,


which dump valve are you using? Over.

04 18 10 28 CDR We used the forward dump valve until about 2 ps_.


(TRANQ) and we're using the overhead now.

04 18 10 34 CC Roger. Out.

04 18 10 37 CDR They're both - they're both open now.


(RAQ)
04 18 18 27 CDR Houston, _ikanquility Base. REPRESS complete.

04 18 18 31 CC Roger, Tranquility. We observed your equipment


jettison on the TV, and the passive seismic
experiment recorded shocks when each PLSS hit
the surface. Over.

04 18 18 47 CDR You can't get away with anything anymore, can


(TRANQ
) you?
04 18 18 51 CC No, indeed.

END OF TAPE
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Page 423

04 18 21 28 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. Over.

04 18 21 3_ CDR Go ahead, Houston.


(TRANQ)

04 18 21 36 CC Roger. When you get back into your surface


checklist and come over to the COMM reconfigura-
tion on page Surface-45, we'd like you to enable
the ranging feature on your S-band. That is,
when you come down to S-band configuration, in-
stead of CAUTION and WARNING ELECTRONICS, ENABLE
TV, we'd like you to go into the RANGE position
and leave it there for as long as you conveniently
can until you get ready to commence yo_w rest
period; and we'll try to get a little nore ranging
data on you. Over.

04 18 22 20 CDR Roger. Copy.


(TRANQ)

04 18 22 23 CC And of course, when you get ready to tln-n in, go


back into caution and warning, ENABLE, and we'd
like to say from all of us down here in Houston
and really from all of us in all the countries
and in the entire world, we think that you've
done a magnificent job up there today. Over.

04 18 22 46 CDR Thank you very much.


(TRANQ)

04 18 22 48 LMP It's been a long day.


(TRANQ)

04 18 22 51 CC Yes, indeed. Get some rest there and have at it


tomorrow.

04 18 24 06 LMP Houston, Tranquility. Did you all come up with


(TRANQ) aAy other solution that we might try to the mission
timer problem? Over.

04 18 24 27 CC Stand by, Tranquility. We'll be back with you in


Just a minute.

04 18 25 29 LMP And, Houston, Tranquility. Have you had enough


(TRANQ) TV for today?

04 18 25 34 CC Tranquility, this is"Houston. Yes, indeed. It's


been a mighty fine presentation there.

04 18 25 43 LMP Okay. Signing off. See you again tomorrow°


(TRANQ)
· · ¢,¢,
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__ Page 424

04 18 25 46 CC Roger.

04 18 :% 5'_ CC C,_luJnb[:t, C,,]l_nbia, Lhi:: i:: I{ou:_toll. Ovot'.

04 18 27 O0 CMP Go ahead, llouston.


(COLU_Z IA )

04 18 27 02 CC Roger. Sorry to bother you, Columbia. Two things:


we request that you select 10-degree deadband in
your DAP in accordance with the procedures on
Foxtrot 9-7 in your checklist; and secondly, we'd
like to leave a display on the DSKY that is not
one that's cycling, being continuously updated.
What you have when you get through widening the
deadbsad will be a static display, and that'll
be satisfactory. Over.

04 18 27 41 CMP Okay.
(COLUMBIA)

04 18 27 42 CC Roger. Goodnight again.

04 18 28 09 CC Tranquility Base, this is Houston. Over.

04 18 28 16 LMP Roger. Go ahead.


(TRANQ)
04 18 28 19 CC Roger. On your mission timer, we wanted to pull
the circuit breaker and let it cool down for an
hour and a half to 2 hours. I believe the breaker
is currently open. It has been off, so go ahead
and reset the mission timer circuit breaker. Put
the timer control to RESET and hold it in RESET
for 30 seconds, and then slew it to your desired
settings left to right, and place the timer control
to START. Over.

04 18 29 04 LMP Okay. We'll try it.

04 18 29 55 CDR Houston, our mission timer seems to be slewing


(TRANQ) okay. You want to give us a time hack? Or can
we get it off the CMC - LGC, I mean?

0_ 18 30 23 CC Roger, Tranquility. I'll give you a time hack


at ll4 31 00. It's about 30 seconds from now.
Over.

04 18 30 51 CC Stand by for a Mark _,£ ll4 31.


'(GOSS l)
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Pa6e 425

04 18 30 52 LMP Okay .... you.


(TRANQ)

04 18 30 57 CC Stand by.

04 18 31 00 CC MARK.

04 18 31 14 CC Tranquility, this is Houston. Did you copy my


Mark at ll4 317

04 18 31 22 CDR Roger. Thank you, and our mission timer is running


(TRANQ) now.

04 18 31 27 CC Roger. Very good. And, I've got a consllmables


update for you if you're ready to copy or listen.
Over.

04 18 31 38 LMP Stand by.


(TRANQ)

04 18 31 43 I_ Okay. Go ahead.

04 18 31 45 CC Okay. RCS Alfa is 81 percent, RCS Bravo 75 percent.


Coming up on ll5 hours GET, descent oxygen is
31.8 pounds or 59 percent; descent amp hours 858,
and ascent amp hours 574. Over.

04 18 32 28 LMP Roger. Copy. Thank you very much.


(tmaNq)
04 18 32 32 CC Roger. Out.

04 18 33 06 CC Tranquility, this is Houston. We also have a set


of about l0 questions relating to observations
you made, things you may have seen during the EVA.
You can either discuss a little later on this
evening or sometime later in the mission at
your option. How do you feel? Over.

04 18 33 35 CDR I guess we can take them up now.


("mANQ)

04 18 33 39 CC Okay. And your friendly Green Team here has


pretty well been relieved by your friendly
Maroon Team, and I'll put Owen on with the
questions.

04 18 33 52 CC Tranquility - -

04 18 33 53 CDR Okay. Thank you, Bruce. Go ahead.


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Page 426

04 18 33 59 CC Tranquility, Houston. First question here is how


your best estimate of the yaw on the - of the LM
as compared to the nominal preflight plan. Over.

04 18 34 16 LMP We got 13 degrees left on the ball, and I think


(TRANQ) that's probably about right. Looking at the
shadow and so on, we prob - probably about 13 de-
grees left of the shadow.

04 18 34 31 CC Roger. That's 13 degrees left of the shadow.


And, next question relates to the depth of the
bulk sampling that you obtained near the first
part of the EVA and any changes in composition
that you might have observed during the bulk
sampling interval. Over.

04 18 35 02 CDR I'm not sure I understand that question, but we


(TRANQ) got a good bit of the ground mass in the bulk
sample plus a sizable number of selected rock
fragments of different types.

04 18 35 22 CC Roger, Neil. One of the implications here is


the depth from which the b_lk sample was collected.
Did you manage to get down there several inches
or nearer the surface? Over.

04 18 35 37 CDR We got some down from as much as 3 inches in the


(TRANQ) area where I was looking at variation with depth
in the bulk sample. There really wasn't appreci-
able difference, and I didn't run into any hard
bed. Later on, or at some other times aad other
areas, why, I'd get down just a short distance,
an inch or two, and couldn't go any further.

04 18 36 06 CC Roger. Be Zieve we understand down as deep as


3 inches, did not hit any hard bed, and no
significant changes in composition to that depth.
Next question, the - the second SRC was packed
rather hurriedly due to the time limitation, and
wonder if you would be able to provide any more
detailed description of the samples which were
included in the second SRC. Over.

04 18 36 40 CDR We got two core tubes and solar wind anl about
(TRANQ) half of the big sample bag full of assorted rocks
which I picked up hurriedly from around the area.
I tried to get as many representative t_rpes as I
could.
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l";L,_';,t
· 427

04 18 37 09 CC Roger, Neil. Next topic here relates to the rays


which emanate from the DPS engine burning area.
We're wondering if the rays emanating from the -
beneath the engine are any darker or lighter than
the surrounding surface. Over.

04 18 37 42 LMP The ones that I saw back in the aft end of the
(TRANQ) spacecraft appeared to be a good bit darker; of
course, viewed from the aft end, why, they did
have the Sun shining directly on them. It seemed
as though the material had been baked somewhat and
also scattered in a radially outward direction,
but in that particular area, this feature didn't
extend more than about 2, maybe 3 feet, from the
skirt of the engine. Over.

04 18 38 24 CC Roger. Understand that near the aft end out to


the east that the rays did appear darker. I
understand, Buzz, that these were - this was the
appearance of the material which had been uncovered
by the rays that appeared darker for 2 or 3 feet
extending outward. Is that correct?

04 18 ]38 49 LMP No. I wouldn't say it was necessarily material


(TRANQ) that had been uncovered. I think some of the
material might have been baked or in some way
caused to be more cohesive and perhaps flow to-
gether in some way, I don't know. Now, in other
areas, before we started trampling around out
front, why, we could see that small erosion had
taken place in a radially outward direction, but
it had left no significant mark on the surface
other than just having eroded it away. Now, it
was different back in the - right under the skirt
itself. It seems as though the surface had been
baked in a streak fashion, and I think a couple
of pictures on film will show this. Bl.t that
didn't extend out very far. Over.

04 18 39 48 CC Roger, Tranquility. And this baked appearance


that you described, at least the suggestion is
that it was due to the heat of the engine at any
rate. Next subject, did - -

04 18 40 01 LMP I believe so.


(T_Q)

04 18 40 02 CC Roger. Next subject, did either of the solar


panels on the PSE touch the surface of the Moon
during deployment? Over.
((I0', ;t; NI,_I! 1. ) 'l','Lp,_ 71t/_'
. Page 42/J

0}4 18 40 19 LMP I think that two corners did touch, since when it
(TRANQ) was deployed, both of them didn't come out at the
same time. It unfolded a little unevenly, and of
course, the terrain that it was on was a little
bit - not quite as level as it was - as I would
like to have it. And I think that two corners
did touch to about i inch - no, three-quarters
to a half an inch deep; and maybe along the bottom,
it might have been maybe 3 inches, leaving a small
triangular coating on two of the corners; and I
think these are on the western ones. Over.

04 18 41 06 CC Roger. Understand the description there. And


the next subject, on the two core tubes which
you collected, how did the driving fozce re-
quired to collect these tubes eompare_ Was
there any difference? Over

04 18 41 27 LMP Not significantly. I could get down to about


(TRANQ) the first 2 inches without much of a problem,
and then as I would pound it in about as hard
as I could do it, and the second one took two
hands on the han_ner, and I was putting pretty
good dents in the top of the extension rod, and
it just wouldn't go much more than - I think the
total depth might haYe been about 8 oz 9 inches.
But even there, it didn't - For some reason it
didn't seem to want to stand up straight. In
other words, I'd keep driving it in and it
would dig some sort of a hole but it wouldn't -
just penetrate in a way that would support it
and keep it from falling over, if that makes any
sense at all. It didn't really to me. Over.

04 18 42 22 CC Roger, Buzz. I think I've got the picture. You


indicate that little difference between the two
samples and that in each case you got down about
2 inches without any problems and then had to
continue hammering rather vigorously in order
to continue driving it in to a total depth of
8 or 9 inches, and even at that point the rods
did not want to stay vertical, that they'd tend
to fall over on you even after pounding in that
far. Is that correct?

04 18 42 59 LMP Yes. That's about it. It wasn't a rapid change


(TRANQ) in resistive force. And also I noticed when I
took the bit off that the material was quite
well packed, a good bit darker, and it - The way
it adhered to the core tube gave me the distinct
impression of being moist. Over.
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04 18 4B 23 CC Roger. Understand the general impression of


being moist as it packed in the core tube. Next
question: we did copy your comments prior to
the EVA of your general description of the area.
We wonder if either of you would have any more
lengthy description or more detailed description
of the general summary of the geology of the
area. Over.

0h 18 44 01 LMP Yes let's - we'll - We'll postpone our answer


(TRANQ) to that one until tomorrow. Okay?

04 18 44 08 CC Yes, indeed. That'll be fine. Just a couple


more here, and I think these may not be quite
as lengthy as number 7 there. Can you estimate
the stroke of the primary and secondary struts?
Over.

04 18 44 31 CDR Well, I could do it like this, Owen. About all


(TRANQ) the struts are about equally stroked, and the
height from the ground to the first step is
about 3 feet or maybe 3 and 1/2 feet, huh?

04 18 44 52 CC Roger. Understand, Neil. Next topic, as -


just after landing, you pointed out that there
was a hill to the west along the plus-Z axis
from the LM. Are there any large rocks in that
direction that might block the solar ray during
the sunset - as sunset approaches in your local-
ity - Are there any large rocks that might tend
to obscure the ray? Over.

04 18 45 32 LMP No. I don't believe so, I think that it's -


(TRANQ) It's about as level as any other areas that we
chose.

04 18 45 46 CC Roger. I -- -

04 18 45 47 LMP There's nothing large, anyway, that's going to


(TRANQ) get in the way.

04 18 45 50 CC Roger. Copy. That's also the way it appeared


from the television, [ think. And now the final
question. You commented, Neil, that on your
approach to the landing spot, you had passed
over a football field-sized crater containing
rather large blocks of solid rock perhaps 10 to
15 feet in size. Can you estimate the distance
to this football-sized crater from yotu' present
position? Over.
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Page 430

I_)_ /_ h6 25 CDR ] th<mf_h[ w,."d b,' ,'1o_,.: c..mgh s,_ th:fL when w.'
('I,liANt/) gol. <ul(:;idt. wt, ,'ould :;(,,, il:: rim bru'k Ibc'r<,..
buL I cou]thtlt. BuL [ dtm't Il:lid. t,hsul, wt.'t',..
i]lol'e L_lf_li _L tl:tk[' mi]c beyond it. That is. a
half mile west of it.

04 18 46 45 CC Roger. So you estimate your present position


less than half a mile approximately west of
this large crater. Over.

0h 18 46 56 CDR That's correct.


(TRANQ )

04 18 46 58 CC Okay. Well, that takes care of the questions


from our geologists for tonight, and unless you
have something else, that'll he all for - from
us for the evening. Over.

04 18 47 12 LMP Okay. Thank you.

04 18 49 01 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. We've now collected


all the ranging data that we can use, and you
can go back to caution and warning ENABLE. Over.

04 18 49 14 LMP Roger. Will do.


(TR_Q)

04 18 52 18 CC Tranquility Base , Houston. Over.

04 18 52 27 LMP Go ahead, Houston.


(T_Q)

04 18 52 28 CC Roger. Two more verifications, here. Can you -


will you verify that the disk with messages
was placed on the surface as planned, and also
that the items listed in the flight plan - all
of those listed there were jettisoned. Over.

04 18 52 48 LMP That's - Ail that's verified.


(T Q)

t.]_ 04 18 52 51 CC Roger. Thank you, and I hope this will be a final


_6 _ good night.

04 18 52 57 LMP Okay.
( )

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REST PERIOD - NO COMMUNICATIONS


AI'oI,I,() I I AII_-T()-*;I-:_)tJNI) V()ICI,', TI_AN;;CI;II'TIL)N

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Page 434

05 00 59 04 CC Columbia, Columbia, good morning from Houston.

05 00 59 12 CMP Hi, don.


(C0LU_IA)

05 00 59 14 CC Hey, Mike, how's it going this morning?

05 O0 59 17 CMP How goes it?


(COLUMBIA

05 00 59 18 CC Hey, real fine. While you're --

05 O0 59 20 CMP I don't know yet, how's it goinF_ with you?


(C0LU_IA

05 O0 59 23 CC Real fine here. Columbia, request POO and ACCEPT.


We'll shove the state vector in for you right
away.

05 OO 59 57 CC Okay. It's coming up now, Columbia. We're going


to keep you a little busy here. As soon as we
get the state vector in, we'd like you to go
ahead and do a P52 option 3 on this night pass,
and then when you come on around the other side
there, we'll give you some landmark tracking
information on prime 130.

05 O1 oo 29 c_[ ° Okay.
(COLUMBIA

05 O] O0 34 CC And for your information, we're also going to


have Tranquility Base do a P52 when you come
around the other time; and I have the P22 infor-
mation if you're ready to copy.

05 01 00 54 CMP Go ahead.
(COLUMBIA)

05 O1 O0 56 CC Okay. Track landmark 130 prime using P22, and


for information, this will properly position
your rendezvous radar transponder. Ti is 122
plus 16 plus 05 - whoops, okay. Stand by.

05 01 02 04 CC Columbia, Houston. The computer is yours.

05 O1 02 12 CMP Okay. And I'd like the grid square of this


(COLUMBIA) crater 130 prime. Over.

05 O1 02 24 CC Columbia, Houston. Say again about 130 prime.


' (t:o;;l; NI,:T I) '1':,1,,' '{_/:'
I':lld_' II _',

05 O1 02 31 CMP I'd like its grid square, please.


(COLUMBIA)

05 O1 02 35 CC Roger. Stand by.

05 O1 04 58 CC Columbia, Houston.

05 01 05 08 CMP Go ahead.
(COLUMBiA)

05 O1 05 09 CC Roger. I have the T1 and T2 times and also the


longitude of the 130 prime. We're working on the
grid squares and we'll get them shortly.

05 01 05 26 CMP Okay. Ready to copy.


(COLUMBIA )

05 0J 05 2!8 CC Okay. Ti: 122 plus 16 plus 05. Tango 2 is 122


plus 21 plus 11, and 6 miles north of track.
And do you want your NOUN 89 values?

05 O1 05 58 CMP Yes, please.


(COLUMBIA)

05 01 06 00 CC Roger. Latitudes, plus 01.243. Longitude over 2,


plus 11.844. Altitude, minus 001.46. Over.

05 01 06 32 CMP Copy TI: 122 16 05. T2: 122 21 11, 6 miles


(COLUMBIA) north, NOUN 89 is plus 01243, plus 11844, minus
00146.

05 01 06 51 CC Columbia, affirmative. And at the Ti time, put


your rendezvous radar transponder switch to
OPERATE.

05 01 07 05 CMl_ All right.


(COLUMBIA)

05 0] 07 06 CC And this 130 prime is the same one that you


tracked prior to descent. Over.

05 01 07 23 CMP Okay. You've updated your information as to the


(COLUMBIA) LM's position and this is your best estimate of
where the I24 is, is that correct?

05 01 07 37 CC Columbia, that's negative. This 130 is the


little bitty crater there that you tracked -
John Young's crater - that you tracked prior to
descent. And we want that - -

05 O1 07 50 CMP Fine. Okay. You've given up looking for that.


(COLUMBIA)
/
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05 0l 07 53 CC Affirmative. We want this for one last fix on


your plane.

()50l (gl O(I CMl' All right. Fim'. Und_m;t_md. Thank you.
(COLUMBIA)

05 01 08 05 CC And when the LM does his P22 on your transponder,


well then, that'll be our last shot at the LM's
position.

05 01 08 14 CMP Roger. Understand. Do you care whether my trans-


(COLUMBIA) ponder is on before Tl?

05 O1 08 35 CC Roger. It'll be on WARMUP prior to that time,


and you can go to OPERATE anywhere around that
time.

05 O1 08 44 CMP Yes. I gather it's on its 24-minute warmup now?


(COLUMBIA)

05 O1 08 47 CC Roger.

05 01 08 53 CC And, Houston. The computer is yours, you can go


to BLOCK anytime.

05 O1 08 59 CMl? Roger. BLOCK, going P52, option 3.


(COLUMBIA)

05 O1 09 02 CC Roger. And we'll see you coming around the other


side. About 1 minute to go, and all your systems
are looking good.

05 O1 09 11 CMP Thanks, Ron.


(COLUMBIA)

05 01 32 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 24

¢_ 'w_ 05 01 40 36 CC Tranquility Base, Tranquility Base, Houston.


l i_ Over.

05 01 40 h5 CDR Good morning, Houston. Tranquility Base. Over


(TRANQ)

05 01 40 49 CC Roger. Loud and clear. And how is the resting


standing up there. Did you get a chance to curl
up on the engine can?

05 O1 41 02 LMP Roger. Neil has rigged himself a really good


(TRANQ) hammock with a waste tether, and he's been lying
on the ascent engine cover, and I curled up on
the floor. Over.

05 01 41 14 CC Roger. Copy, Buzz. Got a couple of changes to


your surface checklist here, and in general,
what we're going to want you to do is P22, track-
ing the command module for one last hack on your
position there. And this will be - in other
words, P57, P22, and then to press on with the
checklist, and the rest of them are a couple of
minor changes in the checklist. The main one
being that we do not want the rendezvous radar
on during the ascent, and we think that this will
take care of some of the overflow of program
alarms which we're getting during descent.

05 01 42 05 CDR Okay. We had the rendezvous radar in SLEW during


(TRANQ) descent, though.

05 01 42 14 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. I missed that. Say


again.

05 01 42 21 CDR Roger. I say again. We had the rendezvous radar _


(TRANQ) switch in the SLEW position, not the LGC position.

05 01 42 33 CC Roger. We copy that. But there's a greater duty


cycle on - There's a good 15-percent duty cycle
on the ascent program there, so just go ahead and
leave it off. And I have the changes there if
you want to get out your surface checklist, and
I can go ahead and start giving them to you.

05 O] 42 59 CDR Ail right. Go ahead. I've got it out.


(TRANQ )

05 01 43 01 CC Okay. Before we start here, request PO0 and


DATA, and we'll give you some vectors.

05 01 43 23 CDR Now you've got PO0 and DATA.


(Ta Q)
0) 01 43 25 CC Okay. And on Surface-50 will be the first change
there.

05 01 43 35 CDR Okay. And I understand you want us to do a P57


(TRANQ) option 3 and then a P22, is that the general
idea? Over.

05 01 43 44 CC That's affirmative. So on Surface-50 there,


down at the bottom of the page, just after PRO
after two recycles, stick in a time of' 122 plus
15; do P22 as per PGNS-20 of G&N dictionary. Over.
((X)Sf;NET ] ) Tape 'rS/fi
Pat_e 43_

05 01 44 21 CDR lloger. Understand that's [[22 15, do 1_22 as _cr


(TRANQ) PGNS-20, G&N dictionary.

05 01 44 29 CC Roger. Okay. Let's skip on over to Surface-59.

05 01 44 50 CDR Okay.
(TRANQ)

05 O1 44 51 CC Okay. This is going to be for one last vent on


the DPS tank there, so at the top of the page
just after EPS INVERTER 1, CLOSE, add - Okay,
after EPS INVERTER 1, CLOSE, add PROP DESCENT
HELIUM REG/VENT CLOSE, and then after STABILI-
ZATION/CONTROL AELD, CLOSE, add PROP DISPLAYS/
ENGINE 0VERRIDE/LOGIC, CLOSE. Over.

05 01 46 02 CDR Roger. Copy. These are two circuit breakers,


(TRANQ) right?

05 01 46 20 CC Tranquility Base, affirmative. Those are just


the circuit breakers at that time.

05 01 46 53 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. Did you get those


two on the propulsion circuit breakers?

05 01 47 02 CDR Roger. I have those two.


(TRANQ )

05 0l 47 04 CC Okay. Let's go over to Surface-60, and then


down the middle of the page, after launch guid-
ance system recommendation from MSFN, then I add
the switches there.

05 01 47 37 CDR Roger. Go ahead then.


(TRANQ )

05 01 47 38 CC Okay. After launch guidance system recommendation


from MSFN, add DESCENT PROPULSION FUEL VENT, OPEN;
add DESCENT PROPULSION OXIDIZER VENT, OPEN; add
verify talkbaek gray. Over.

05 01 h8 22 CDR Roger. DE[3CENT PROPELLANT FUEL VENT, OPEN; DE-


(EAGLE) SCENT PROPELLANT OXIDIZER VENT, OPEN; verify
t alkback gray.

05 01 48 29 CC Roger. You got that one, so that'll be the last


vent and it will continue venting. Skip over to
Surface-61 down there at TIG minus 17.

05 01 49 10 CDR Roger. I'm there. Go ahead.


( T_ANQ )
/(_l);i:_ t_['?l' [) Tap,, '[_V(_

()50I Ip) .I;' CC Oit?_. Al, '{'J(; m i:nl:_ I'(, th, lvL_. CI_(I I). AC I_(/;: A:
i_D_ZVOU_ t_AJ_, CLO_E, wait 30 seconds; delete
PONS: I_I_EZVOUS RADAR, CLOSE; and then add
UP-DATA LINK switch to VOICE BACKUP. Over

05 01 49 47 CDR Roger. I have that. We'll leave those two cir-


(TRANQ) cuit breakers open, and have the UP-DATA LINK to
VOICE BACKUP; and we'll make the appropriate
changes on the following circuit breaker status
card.

05 01 50 01 CC Roger. And then you might add a little note down


there at the bottom of the page - Note: - This
is at the bottom of page 61 - Note: Do not use
tape meter in PGNS, i.e., do not place MODE SELECT
switch to PGNS. Over.

05 O1 50 35 CDR Okay. We'll put it in AGS.


(TRANQ)

05 01 50 40 CC Roger. Fair enough. That's some more of that


computer load business.

05 01 50 49 CC Okay. That's all the changes we have for the


checklist here. I've got some - just some gen-
eral notes, I'll read to you on P22, and just
for some information. Over.

05 O1 51 08 CDR Okay. Then it looks to me like we ought to get


(EAGLE) hopping on this P57.

05 O1 51 21 CC Roger. We agree wholeheartedly. And while you're


starting on that, I'll read - just read these
notes on P22. Call P22 possible program alarm
5.6, range greater than 400 nautical miles, and
then use the P22 as described on PGNS-20. Take
option 1 in NOUN 06, and use the no-update mode.
The rendezvous radar will lock on at about 25 de-
grees elevation above the horizon. If 503
alarm occurs, designate fail. Key a PROCEED and
allow the rendezvous radar to search for the CSM.
And place the range altitude monitor switch in
altitude/altitude rate to prevent the tape meter
from driving into the stops. And press on.

05 O1 52 29 CDR Roger. I think I have that.


(EAGLE)

05 01 58 18 CC Columbia, Columbia, Houston. Over.

05 01 59 17 CC Columbia, Columbia, Houston. Over.


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Page 440

05 01 59 33 CMP Houston, Columbia.


(COLUMBIA)

05 O1 59 35 CC Roger, Columbia. We'd like a CRYO stir in all


four tanks and the standard 1 m_inute. Over.

05 01 59 47 CMP In work.
(COLUMBIA)

05 01 59 48 CC Roger. A_d do you have any torquing angles from


the P527

05 01 59 55 CMP Roger. Stand by one.


(COLUMBIA)

05 02 00 12 CC Tranquility, Houston. Request ERROR RESET at


this time. Over.

05 02 00 21 LMP Roger. ERROR RESET, and would you tell me when


(EAGLE) you're satisfied with the LGC self-test?

05 02 00 30 CC Tranquility, LGC is a GO.

05 02 00 36 LMP Roger.

05 02 00 39 CMP Torquing angles when you're ready.


(COLUMBIA

05 02 00 41 CC Columbia, Houston. Go ahead.

05 02 00 51 CMP Roger. Stars 25 and 42; angle difference 5 balls;


(COLUMBIA NOUN 93, plus 00165, plus 00186, minus 00039,
time of torquing 121 15. Over.

05 02 01 12 CC Columbia, Houston. We copy. Thank you.

05 02 01 26 CMP And CRY0 stir complete.


(COLUMBIA

05 02 01 29 CC Roger. Thank you, Columbia.

05 02 05 35 LMP Houston, Tranquility. Would you like a recycle


(TRANQ) on the VERB 6 04? Over.

05 02 05 47 CC Tranquility, Houston, We copy. Stand by one.

05 02 05 55 CC Tranquility, Houston. Request recycle.

END OF TAPE
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Page 441

05 02 11 43 CMP Houston, Columbia. My rendezvous radar trans-


(COLUMBIA) ponder is operating.

05 02 11 52 CC Spacecraft calling Houston? Say again.

05 02 11 57 CMP This is Columbia saying the rendezvous radar


(COLUMBIA) transponder is operating.

05 02 12 02 CC Roger. Copy, Columbia.

05 02 13 56 CC Tranquility, Houston. Request rendezvous radar


breakers in about now.

05 02 14 33 CC Columbia, Houston. Request OMNI D - OMNI Delta.

05 02 15 47 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. Request you go ahead


and start the warmup on the rendezvous radar.

05 02 15 56 LMP Roger.
(TRA Q)
05 02 16 58 CDR Houston, you copying NOUN 93?
(TRANQ)

05 02 17 01 CC Tranquility, affirmative. Go.

05 02 17 07 CDR Roger. We're going to a torque.


(TRANQ)

05 02 17 l0 CC Houston. Roger.

05 02 18 00 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. Columbia will be


overhead at 122 plus 22 plus 51. His LOS will be
29 35. Over.

05 02 18 21 LMP Roger.
(TRA_Q)

05 02 20 35 CDR Houston, we'd like to check this on the tape meter


(TRANQ) against the AGS. We'll go back to altitude -
altitude rates as soon as the rate starts to
build up. Over.

05 02 20 50 CC Tranquility, Houston. Roger.

05 02 21 03 CDR On second thought, since that will peg the range


(TRANQ) rate, I guess maybe we'd better not do that. And
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Page 442

for this range that the AGS are showing now,


425 miles with a signal strength of 2.2. It
looks like we ought to proceed on this. Over.

05 02 21 31 CC Roger. Stand by one. Tranquility, affirmative.


Proceed.

05 02 21 56 LMP Are you getting the information on the downlink


(TRANQ ) now?

05 02 22 04 CC Tranquility, affirmative, and we're saving it.


We've got 4 so far, and it's looking good.

05 02 22 18 CDR Okay. What do you people think about calling up


(TRANQ) a VERB 83?

05 02 22 41 CC Tranquility, Houston. Stand by on that now.


We're getting the data now. We're checking on
the VERB 83.

05 02 22 50 LMP And we expect that we may lose lock when it


(TRANQ) passes overhead because of the MAX rate that the
radar has.

05 02 23 05 CC Tranquility, Houston. Negative on VERB 83.

05 02 23 11 LMP Understand.
(TRANQ)

05 02 24 09 CDR We just lost lock.


(TRANQ )

05 02 24 12 CC Tranquility, Houston. Go.

05 02 24 23 CMP They've just lost lock, Ron.


(COLUMBIA )

05 02 24 25 CC Roger. We had about 20 some points before you


did that. And for your information, the reason
the AGS is a little different there - The reason
the AGS is a little different is because the
K-factor is a little bit wrong.

05 02 24 40 LMP Has he already gone? Over. Okay. Okay. Has


(TRANQ) he already gone overhead, or do you want us to
try and get in lock on again?

05 02 24 51 CMP Houston, Columbia. You got NOUN 49. Five good


(COLUMBIA) marks.
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05 02 24 57 CC Tranquility, affirmative. Try to lock on again,


and you'll lose _m at about 29 minutes and
35 seconds.

05 02 25 09 LMP Okay. Do you have a real quick procedure how to


(TRANQ) do that?

05 02 25 21 CC Columbia, Houston. Say again about your NOUN 49.

05 02 25 28 CMP I say I got five good marks. You got NOUN 49.
(COLUMBIA) When you get everything you need off the down-
link, let me know.

05 02 25 36 CC Columbia, Houston. Stand by one.

05 02 25 56 CDR Ron, did you say on the 526 alarm to proceed or


(TRANQ) do a VERB 32?

05 02 26 03 CC Roger. It's just that radar thinks the range


is greater than 400 miles now.

05 02 26 13 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. Recommend you termi-


nate P22. Over.

05 02 26 22 CDR Roger. Will do.


(TRANQ)

05 02 26 24 CC And, Columbia, Houston. Same for you. You can


terminate P22.

05 02 26 34 CMP I have. I'm running fast.


(TRANQ)

05 02 26 36 CC Roger.

05 02 27 14 CMP I'm staying in P22 here a second just to record


(TRANQ) the NOUN 89 and then over VERB 34.

05 02 27 21 CC Columbia, Houston. Roger. We copy, and that's


good.

05 02 27 57 CC Tranquility, Houston.

05 02 28 07 LMP Roger. Go ahead.


(TRANQ)

05 02 28 09 CC Roger. Request S-BAND FUNCTION switch to RANGE.


We're going to do some ranging on you. Also, I
have an updated AGS K-factor when you are ready
to copy. Over.
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Page 444

05 02 28 24 CDR Roger. Go ahead with the K-factor.


(TR_Q )

05 02 28 27 CO Roger. 119 plus 59 plus 59.92. Over.

05 02 28 44 CDR Roger. A little closer this time.


(T_Q)

05 02 28 46 CC Yes. It sure is.

05 02 28 47 LMP 119 59 5992. Over.


(TRANQ)

05 02 28 52 CC Tranquility, Houston. Readback correct.

05 02 30 l0 CC Columbia, Houston - -

05 02 30 ll CDR Houston, Tranquility. I see what you mean now


(TRANQ) about the K-factor.

05 02 30 15 CC Roger.

05 02 30 23 CMP This is Columbia. Go ahead. And I'd like to


(COLUMBIA) know about this P52 coming up. Is that the one
I just completed or do you want a pair of them
back to back?

05 02 30 36 CC Columbia, Houston. You do not need to do another


P52 unless you want to. Break. And also, Columbia,
when you get a chance, request BATT C and the
PYRO readouts. Over.

05 02 31 08 CMl° BATT C says 37 volts even. PYRO A, 37. PYRO B, 37.


(COLUMB IA )

05 02 31 20 CC Columbia, Houston. Roger. We copy. Thank you.

05 02 31 28 CMP BATT bus B is 37. BATT bus A is 36, or I'd


(COLUMBIA) think the gauge is stuck.

05 02 31 35 CC Roger. And you're looking good to us - to us,


Columbia.

05 02 31 43 CMP Yes sir. Keep it that way.


(COLUMBIA)

05 02 32 06 CMP Columbia is coming up on a VERB 45 ENTER to reset


(COLUMBIA) the surface flag.

05 02 32 15 CC Columbia, Houston. Negative. Stand by on the


VErB 45.
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Page 445

05 02 32 22 CMP Roger that.


(COLO_mlA)

05 02 32 43 CMP And a crew status report from Columbia. I figure


(COLUMBIA) I got about 5 hours' good sleep, although you
guys probably know better than I do.

05 02 32 52 CC Columbia. Roger. We copy.

05 02 33 31 CC Columbia, Houston. We've got a couple more


vectors to send up to you. They'll be coming
up shortly and then you can do the VERB 45
after you get those in. Over.

05 02 33 44 CMP Okay. That's fine. Just wanted to make sure that


(COLUMBIA) we're both in SYNC on the order.

05 02 33 54 CC Roger.

05 02 35 24 CC Columbia and Tranquility Base, this is Houston.


In case you haven't noticed, the MSFN relay is
not activated, so I can go ahead and relay anything
if you want to talk directly.

05 02 35 44 CMP Columbia. Roger.


(COLUMBIA)

05 02 35 54 CDR Houston, Tranquility. Be advised we've got - -


(TRANQ)

05 02 35 57 CMP ...
(COLUMBIA)

05 02 36 O1 CDR Coming ... on schedule - - showing red right now.


(TRANQ) We just put a VERB 77 in. I believe that there's
... let me check here.

05 02 36 20 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. We've got a lot of


static down here. Could you say again?

05 02 36 31 CDR Roger. We have four out of eight circuit


(TRANQ) breaker talkbacks indicating red. We still
have the circuit breakers out as of right now.
I believe at this moment we have just entered
VERB 77 on tape 3052 and are ready to proceed
with the hot fire. Is it normal to have these
four red flags? Over.

05 02 37 09 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. We think that's okay.


Go ahead and reset them and press on with the hot
fire. Over.
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Page 446

05 02 37 28 CC Roger. They are reset.

05 02 37 33 CC Columbia, Columbia, Houston. Request PO0 and


ACCEPT, and we'll send some state vectors up to
you.

05 02 37 44 CMP Here we going POO and ACCEPT.


(COT,UMBIA)

05 02 41 58 CDR Houston, Tranquility. I used Capella in the last


(TRANQ) sighting, and it's a good ways near the edge. A
good ways away from the center of detent 4. I'm
wondering if it would pay any to use Alpheratz,
star number 1. It might be a little closer.
However, it would delay things a little, since
I'd have to designate the radar out of the way.
Over.

05 02 42 36 CC Tranquility. Roger. We copy. Stand by 1. And,


break, break, Columbia. We're having a little
trouble getting the stuff in there. Request
high gain, pitch minus 20, yaw plus 150. Over.

05 02 43 06 CC And, Tranquility, Houston. We'd prefer to save


the time; press on with Capella. Over.

05 02 43 19 CDR Roger.
(TRANQ)

05 02 43 30 CC And, Tranquility, Houston. The RCS check looked


mighty fine to us.

05 02 4B 37 CDR It looks good up here.


(TRANQ)

05 02 43 48 CC Columbia, Columbia, Houston. Over.

05 02 44 22 CC Columbia, Houston. Over.

05 02 44 57 CC Columbia, Houston in the blind - high gain. Pitch


minus 20, yaw plus 150.

05 02 45 52 LMP Houston, Tranquility. Could you give me the


(TRANQ) fixed portion of the ascent PAD so I can load
it in for a P577 Over.

05 02 46 02 CC Tranquility. Roger. Stand by one. We want


to wait on that P57 until about TIG minus 50 min-
utes. Over.

05 02 46 19 LMP Roger.
(Tm_Q)
(GOSS NET 1) Tape 79/7
Page 447

05 02 47 03 CC Columbia, Columbia, Houston. Over.

05 02 48 30 CC Columbia, Columbia, Houston. Over.

05 02 50 24 LMP Houston, Tranquility. It turns out that detent 4


(TRANQ) isn't usable anyway with the yaw that we have,
because the Earth appears in both detent 2 and
detent 3.

05 02 50 39 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. Roger.

05 02 50 54 CC Columbia, Houston. Over.

05 02 51 22 CC Tranquility, Houston. I have your LM ascent


and CSI data pAD's when you are ready to copy.

05 02 51 33 CDR We're ready to copy.


(TRA_Q)
v

05 02 51 36 CC Roger. LM ascent PAD: TIG 124 22 00 00 00


NOUN 76 55349 00322, plus 0017; DEDA 47,
plus 37104, minus 70470, plus 58604, plus 56936.
Your LM weight 10837. Your T14 126, plus 20,
plus 12. Over.

05 02 53 18 CDR What figure is the crossrange and NOUN 76?


(TRANQ)

05 02 53 26 CC Roger. Your crossrange for NOUN 76 - By the


way, we may update this later, but now it is
plus 0017. Over.

05 02 5J h7 CDR Roger. Readback follows. TIG 124 22 0000


(TRANQ) 55349 00322, plus 0017, plus 37104, minus 70470,
plus 58604, plus 56936. LM weight 10837. T14,
126 20 12. Go.

05 02 54 30 CC Tranquility, Houston. Roger. Your readback


correct. Now I have your CSI PAD.

05 02 54 50 CDR Going to CSI PAD.


(TRANQ)

05 02 54 52 CC Roger. CSI PAD. TIG of CSI 125 19 3470;


TIG of TPI 126 57 0000; NOUN 81, 0532 plus 0000;
FDAI NA; DEDA 373 03196; DEDA 275 04170; NOUN 86
plus 0532, plus 0000, plus 0012. Tranquility
readback.
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05 02 56 21 CDR CSI Apollo PAD follows. TIG 125 19 3470;


(TRANQ) TIG of TPI 126 57 0000; NOUN 81, 0532, plus
all zeroes, 373 03196 275 04170; NOUN 86
plus 0532, plus 0000, plus 0012. Go.

05 02 57 10 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. Your readback is


correct. And, Tranquility, no need for any
GYRO compensation. It's GO.

05 02 57 26 LMP Roger. Understand.


(TRANQ)

05 02 57 34 CC Columbia, Houston. Over.

05 02 57 48 CC Columbia, Houston in the blind. Request high


gain. Pitch minus 30, yaw plus 170. Over.

05 02 58 35 CMP Houston, Columbia on the high gain. Over.


(COLUMBIA)

05 02 58 38 CC Roger, Columbia. We still need to finish your


uplink there, and then I have your CSI and TPI
times and also the lift-off.

05 02 58 53 CMP Go ahead. Ready to copy.


(COLUMBIA)

05 02 58 57 CC Roger. LM ascent lift-off time: 124 22 0000.


Your CSI TIG, say again CSI TIG: 125 19 3470.
Your TIG of TPI: 126 57 0000. And the LM's
NOUN 81 values for CSI: 0532 - that's 53.2
for DELTA VX, DELTA Vy all zeros. Columbia,
Houston. Over.

05 03 00 12 CMP Roger. I readback lift-off TIG 124 22 even,


(COLUMBIA) CSI 125 19 3470, TPI 126 57 even, the LM's
NOUN 81 for CSI 53.2 DELTA V X. Over.

05 03 00 35 CC Columbia, Houston. Roger. Your readback correct.

05 03 01 00 CC Columbia, Houston. We're coming up with your


second load now.

05 03 01 12 CMP Roger that.


(COLUMBIA )

05 03 01 49 CC Columbia, Houston. The computer is yours, and


you can do your VERB 45 ENTER now.

05 03 01 58 CMP Roger. Go into BLOCK and VERB 45 ENTER.


(COLUMBIA)
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05 03 02 02 CC Roger.

05 03 02 11 CMP How's the Black Team today? Ail primed and


(COLUMBIA) raring to go?

05 03 02 14 CC You bet you there, Mike.

05 03 02 20 CMP Good signal.


(COLUMBIA)

05 03 05 43 CC Columbia, Houston. About 3 minutes to LOS, and


I have your consumables update.

05 03 05 52 CMP Ready to copy.


(COLUMBIA)

05 03 05 53 CC Roger. At 123 plus 00, RCS total minus 7 percent,


klfa minus 12 percent, Bravo plus 4.5, Charlie
minus 7, Delta minus 6.5. Your hydrogen total
minus 1.4 pounds, oxygen - oxygen plus 1.7. Over.

05 03 06 40 CMP Whoever figured those hydrogens and oxygens out


(COLUMBIA) a couple of days ago must have known what he was
doing.

05 03 06 46 CC Okay. I think I read that oxygen - it's a plus


17 pounds.

05 03 06 54 CMP Roger. Still close.


(COLUMBIA)

05 03 06 56 CC Roger.

05 03 07 52 CC Eagle and Columbia, this is the backup crew.


Our congratulations for yesterday's performance,
and our prayers are with you for the rendezvous.
Over.

05 03 08 04 CDR Thank you, Jim.


(TRANQ)

05 03 08 06 LMP Thank you, Jim.


(TRANQ)

05 03 08 10 CMP Glad to have all you big room full of people


(COLUMBIA) looking over our shoulder.

05 03 08 15 CDR We had a lot of help down there, Jim.


(TRANQ)
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05 03 10 32 CDR And, Houston, TranqUility Base is going to give


(TRANQ) you a few comments with regard to the geology
question of last night. We are landed in a
relatively smooth crater field of elongate
secondary - circular secondary craters, most of
which have rims irrespective of their - raised
rims irrespective of their size. That's'not
universally true. There are - There are a few
of the smaller craters around which do not have
a discernable rim. The ground mass throughout
the area is a very fine sand to a silt. I'd
say the thing that would be most like it on
Earth is powdered graphite. Immersed in this
ground mass are a wide variety of rock shapes,
sizes, textures, rounded and angular, many with
varying consistencies. As I said, I've seen
plain - what looked to be plain basalt and
vesicular basalt. Others with no crystals, some
with small white phenocrysts, maybe one to less
than 5 percent. And the bould - we are in a
boulder field where the boulders range generally
up to 2 feet with a few larger than that. Now,
some of the boulders are lying on top of the
surface, some are partially exposed, and some
are just barely exposed. And in our traverse
around on the surface and particularly working
with the scoop, we've run into boulders below
the surface - it was probably buried under
several inches of the ground mass.

05 OB 12 55 CC Tranquility, Houston. Roger. Very fine description.

05 OB lB 05 CDR I suspect this boulder field may have some of its


(TRANQ) origin with this large sharp-edged rocky rim
crater that we passed over at final descent.
Now yesterday I said that was about the size of
a football field, and I have to admit it was a
little - little hard to measure coming in. But
I thought that it might just fit in the Astro-
dome as we came by it. And the rocks in the
vicinity of the - of this rocky rim crater are
much larger than these in this area. Some are
10 feet or so and perhaps bigger, and they are
very thickly populated out to about one crater
diameter beyond the crater rim. Beyond that,
there is some diminishing, and even out in this
area the blocks seem to run out in rows with
irregular patterns, and then there are paths
between them where there are considerably less
surface evidence of hard rocks. Over.
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05 03 14 16 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. We copy. Thank you


very much.

05 03 14 32 CC And, Tranquility Base, we're through with the


ranging. You can take your S-band function switch
to OFF RESET.

05 03 14 42 CDR Roger.
(TRANQ)

05 03 14 45 CC And, Tranquility, I have a LM consumables update


for you.

05 03 14 53 CDR Roger. Ready to copy.


(TRA_Q)

05 03 14 55 CC Okay. At 123 plus 00, RCS Alfa 78 - 78 percent


PQMD, Bravo is 76 percent PQMD, descent 02 is
62 percent - 62 percent. Descent ampere hours
are 590, 590 remaining, ascent ampere hours are
574, 574 remaining. Over.

05 03 15 41 CDR Roger. Copy. Sounds very good. Thank you.


(TRANQ)

05 03 15 44 CC Roger.

05 03 18 35 CC Tranquility Base, Houston.

05 03 18 hl CDR Go ahead, Houston.


(TRA_Q)

05 03 18 43 CC Roger. For your P57 .... we did a little looking


around, and it looks like Sirius and Rigel out at
detent 6 would be real good on that. The Sun
angle on Sirius is about 43 degrees, and on Rigel,
it's abo_t 55 degrees. Over.

05 03 19 08 LMP Roger, Houston. The only trouble is that the Sun


(TRANQ) is in number 5, the closed one. And it appears
to also b_ close enough to detent 6 to shine on
the far side of the cone. And it completely
obscures detent 6. I'm - unable to use that at all.

05 03 19 37 CC Okay. We understand it now, and thank you.

05 03 20 43 CC Tranquility, Houston. For your information, the


circuitry looks real fine on that ascent engine
arm circuit breaker.
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05 _)3 20 5)4 LMP Roger. I don't think I could get it out now
(Trt_NQ) if I wanted to.

05 03 21 00 CC Roger. We copy.

05 03 21 05 LMP And it looks like in detent 6 I can pick up


(TRANQ) Venus right at the fringe, but I can't get any-
thing else.

05 03 21 15 CC Roger.

05 03 21 33 CDR And by the way, Houston, our EVA antenna did


(TRANQ) retract.

05 03 21 37 CC Roger. Mighty fine. Thank you.

05 03 22 45 CC Tranquility, Houston.

05 03 22 52 LMP Roger. Go ahead.


(TRANQ )

05 03 22 52 CC Roger. It looks like you're going to have to


reposition the radar here. We suggest you may
want to start your TIG minus 45 minute - that
point in the checklist at about TIG minus 50.
Over.

05 03 23 10 LMP Roger. Why do you think I need to move the radar?


(T NQ)
05 03 23 14 CC Well, we thought that you probably wouldn't be
able to get the star there.

05 03 23 36 LMP On the rear detent, the radar can be pointing


(TRANQ) plus-X, and I'm - I'll be using right rear.
That 's okay.

05 03 23 44 CC Roger. That's fine then.

05 03 25 43 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. I have one more late


checklist change there on the rendezvous radar
position for lift-off. Over. From page Surface-57.

05 03 26 O0 LMP Roger. Go ahead.


(TRANQ)

05 03 26 01 CC Okay. On Surface-57 there on your VERB 21 NOUN 73


trunnion, leave it 180; the shaft we'd like 335.
Over.
(Gt);:;; NET I) T:U.' 7'_/I ';
I'n.?_t, 4', '_

05 03 26 25 LMP Roger. Understand. Shaft 335.


(TRANQ)

05 03 26 29 CC Roger. And if the steerable doesn't quite hack


it on lift-off, looks like the forward OMNI is
good for about 30 to 60 seconds after lift-off.
And then the aft OMNI antenna is good for the rest
of the ascent. Over.

05 03 26 52 LMP Roger. Copy.


(TRANQ)

05 03 27 l0 LMP Houston, we've got two angles here at 3 minutes


(TRANQ) in ascent. Would you confirm those? Pitch 134
and yaw minus 32. Over.

05 03 27 25 CC Tranquility Base. Roger. We verify; those are


correct.

05 03 30 41 CC Tranquility Base, Houston.

05 03 30 46 CDR Go ahead.
(TRANQ)

05 03 30 48 CC Roger. Eagle's looking real fine to us down here.


We have a fairly high confidence that we know the
position of the LM. However, it is possible that
we may have a planes change, but the - In the
worst case, it would be up to 30 feet per second.
And, of course, we don't expect that at all.

05 03 3& -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 25

05 03 31 15 COR Okay.
(TRAIgQ)

05 03 31 24 LMP Houston, Tranquility Base. Since we've still


(TRANQ) got plenty of time I think I'll go ahead and
recycle on this 604.

05 03 31 38 CC Tranquility. Roger. That's okay with us, and


we assume that the primary canister is still
aboard. Is this correct?

05 03 31 52 LMP We have one primary canister on board and one


(TRANQ) secondary. The other primary is - out in front
of the Z - plus - Z pad. Over.

05 03 32 06 CC Roger. We copy. Thank you.


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o'J o _, _,_ )Il CDI_ l_r,ady ['or I,h_' blln, l_:ltC - -


('Iq_^N_I.)

05 03 33 44 I_MP The f'GN'_looks consistent today.


( TRANQ )

05 03 33 47 CC Hey, that's affirmative, by gosh. Looking great.

END OF TAPE
APOLLO 11 AIR-T0-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

(GO,';[]
N_._ 1) Tape 80/1
Page 455

05 03 44 15 LMP Houston, did you copy NOUN 05, and are you look-
(TRANQ) ing at 93? Over.

05 03 44 21 CC Tranquility Base. It's beautiful.

05 03 44 28 LMP Okay. We'll proceed.

05 13 1,4 31 CC Roger.

05 13 1,4 35 LMP I know where the star is; I'm not sure the PGNS
(TRANQ) knows where gravity is.

05 03 44 39 CC Okay.

05 03 48 04 LMP Houston, these are your angles, not ours.


(T NQ)
05 03 1,8 12 CC Roger, Tranquility.

05 03 48 13 LMP Stand by for some change or modification in the


(TRANQ) angles.

05 03 1,8 23 CC Tranquility Base, Houston. Recommend 331,, and


that should Just keep it out of the limit.

05 03 48 32 LMP Okay.
(TRANQ)
05 03 55 19 CMP Houston, Columbia on 0MNI D Delta. Over.
(COLUMBIA)

05 03 55 23 CC Columbia, Houston. Roger. Loud and clear.


And if you would like to take it down, we have
the latest position of Tranquility Base. Over.

05 03 55 33 CMP Go ahead.
(COLUMBIA)

05 03 55 36 CC Roger. It's just west - at west crater,


Juliett 0.5, 7.7. Over.

05 03 55 52 CMP Understand that it is just west of the crater


(COLUMBIA) Juliett 0.5 and 7.7. Is that correct?

05 03 56 01 CC Columbia, Houston. That is correct.

05 03 56 06 CMP Okay. Thank you, Ron.


(COLUMBIA)
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05 03 56 15 CC Tranquility Base, Houston.

05 03 56 20 LMP Go ahead.
(TRA_Q)

05 03 56 21 CC Roger. Because of the lower load with the ren-


dezvous radar off, we'd like to have battery 5
and 6 on the line now, I and 3 off. Over.

05 03 56 53 IaMP In work.

05 03 56 55 CC Roger. Thank you.

05 03 57 36 CC Columbia, Houston. You're still looking mighty


fine to us.

05 03 57 43 CMP ...
(COLUMBIA)

05 03 58 09 CMP Columbia is holding inertially at lift-off atti-


(COLUMBIA) tude, my DAP is configured as per my procedures
at a time of 124 02.

05 03 58 19 CC Columbia, Houston. Roger. We copy you.

05 03 58 36 CMP I'm using B and D roll.


(COLUMBIA)

05 03 58 41 CC Tranquility, Houston. Say again.

05 03 58 51 CDR Houston, we were not calling.


(T_3Q)

05 03 58 54 CC Roger. Columbia, was that Bravo and Delta roll?


Over.

05 03 59 00 CMP Columbia, affirmative.


(COLUMBIA)

05 03 59 03 CC Roger.

05 04 O1 27 CC Columbia and Tranquility, I'll give you a Mark


at 20 minutes to go, and that's in about
20 seconds.

05 04 01 56 CC Stand by.

05 03 O1 59 CC MARK.

05 04 02 00 CC 20 minutes.
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05 04 02 06 CMP Columbia. Roger.


(COLUMBIA )

05 04 OB 26 CC Tranquility B_se, Houston.

05 04 03 31 CDR Go ahead.

05 04 03 32 CC Roger. Just a reminder here, we want to make


sure you leave the rendezvous radar circuit
breakers pulled. However, we want the rendez-
vous radar mode switch in LGC, Just as it is
on Surface-59.

05 04 03 48 CDR Okay.
(TR Q.)
05 04 04 43 CC Tranquility Base, Houston.

05 04 04 49 CDR Roger. Go ahead.

05 04 04 51 CC Roger. Our guidance recommendation is PGNS, and


you're cleared for takeoff.

05 04 05 O0 CDR Roger. Understand. We're number i on the runway.

05 04 05 04 CC Roger.

05 04 05 47 CDR Houston, Tranquility. We're not sure that we


(TRANQ) got number 2 tank to fire. It's still showing
a high pressure.

05 04 06 03 CC Roger. We confirm that. Try it again.

05 04 06 12 LMP Okay. We'll go to number 2 this time.


(TRANQ)
05 04 06 15 CC Roger. we concur.

05 04 06 24 LMP Roger. No problem.


(TRA_Q )

05 04 08 53 LMP Houston, looks like there's very little differ-


(TRANQ) ence between the two.

05 04 09 00 CC Roger.

05 04 09 02 LMP We've got number 2 reading 3050 and number 1


(TRANQ) is reading - 3000 and it drops down to 2990.
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So I'm not sure that it's really indicative that


it didn't go. Over,

05 04 09 17 CC Roger. We copy and we agree.

05 04 09 55 LMP Okay. I ass6me we're - we're GO for lift-off,


(TRANQ) and we'll proceed with the ascent feed.

05 04 l0 02 CC Roger. That's correct, and we'll go ahead and


watch tank 2. If it doesn't - tank 2 doesn't
decrease, we'll tell you to close the ascent
feeds and open the shutoffs. Over.

05 04 l0 26 LMP Okay. Ascent feeds are open and shutoffs are


(TRANQ ) closed.

05 04 l0 31 CC Roger.

05 04 lO 32 LMP And I've got the cross feed on.

05 04 12 06 CC Tranquility Base, little less than l0 minutes


here. Everything looks good and we assume the
steerable's in track mode AUTO.

05 04 12 20 LMP Roger. It is in track mode AUTO.


(T_Q)

05 04 12 24 CC Roger.

05 04 13 l0 _ And both ED batteries are GO.

05 04 13 15 CC TranqUility, Houston. Roger.

05 04 14 44 CMP Nell, I'm reading you on VHF. You sound good.


(COLUMBIA)

05 04 14 50 CDR Yes sir. Couldn't be better. It's Just purr-


(TRANQ) ing along.

05 04 17 17 LMP Rate scale, 25?


(T_Q)

05 04 17 18 CDR 25.
(T Q)
05 04 17 19 LMP ATT translation, four jets. Balance couple ON.
(T_Q)
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05 04 17 23 CDR Balance couple, ON.


(TRANQ)

05 04 17 24 LMP TTCA Jets, PROP PUSHBUTTON RESET, ABORT, ABORT


(TRANQ) STAGE RESET.

o5 o_l? 32 CDR _S_T.


(TR_Q)
05 04 17 34 LMP DEADBAND, MINIMUM, ATT CONTROL to MODE CONTROL;
(TRANQ) MODE CONTROL, AUTO, both.

05 04 17 42 CDR AUTO, AUTO.

05 04 17 49 LMP Okay. We're standing by for 2 minutes to - for


the guidance steering in the AGS.

05 04 18 23 CC Eagle, Houston. You're looking good to us.

05 04 18 29 CDR Roger.
(TR_Q)
05 04 19 26 LMP ...
(TRANQ )

o5 o4 19 59 cc _.

05 04 20 00 CC TIG minus 2.

05 04 20 05 LMP Roger. Guidance steering in the AGS.


(TRANQ)

05 04 20 58 LMP Okay. MASTER ARM ON.


(TRANQ )

05 04 21 33 LMP DSKY blanks.

05 04 21 44 CDR Got that ascent ... ?


(TRANQ )

i(_%_ --> 05 04 21 54 _ 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, abort stage, engine arm ascent,


_ (TRANQ) proceed.

05 04 22 07 LMP ... Beautiful.


(EAGLE)
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05 04 22 09 LMP 26, 36 feet per second up. Be advised of the


(EAGLE) pitchover. Very smooth. Balance couple, OFF.
Very quiet ride. There's that one ... on now.

05 04 22 40 CC Eagle, Houston. Request manual start override.

05 04 22 47 LMP Roger.
( EAGLE )

05 04 22 52 LMP ...
( EAGLE )

05 04 23 04 CC Eagle, Houston. One minute and you're looking


good.

05 04 23 10 LMP Roger.
(EAGLE)

05 04 23 19 LMP A very quiet ride, just a little bit of slow


(EAGLE) wallowing back and forth. Not very much thruster
activity.

05 04 23 31 CC Roger. Mighty fine.

05 04 23 B7 LMP 700, 150 up, beautiful. 9000. PGNS-AGS agrees


(EAGLE) within a foot per second.

05 04 23 59 CC Eagle, Houston. You're looking good at 2. PGNS,


AGS, and MSFN all agree.

05 04 24 06 LMP And that's a thousand, 170 up, beautiful. 14 000.


(EAGLE) And a foot per second again, AGS to PGNS.

05 04 24 32 LMP S-band looks like it's holding good, Houston.


(EAGLE )

05 04 24 36 CC Roger. We concur. It's great.

05 04 24 38 LMP 1500, 185.


(EAGLE)
05 04 25 01 CC Eagle, Houston. You're GO at 3 minutes. Every-
thing's looking good.

05 04 25 07 CDR Roger.
(EAGLE )

05 04 25 17 LMP Right on H-dot.


( EAGLE )
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05 04 25 21 CDR Coming up to, ... to the right.


(EAGLE )

05 04 25 22 LMP - - this is H-dot MAX now.


(EAGLE)

05 04 25 35 CDR We're going right down U.S. 1.


(EAGLE)

05 04 25 39 CC Roger.

05 04 26 0t CC Eagle, Houston. Four minutes; you're going right


down the track. Everything's great.

05 04 26 12 LMP Now we got - got Sabine off to our right now.


(EAGLE )

05 04 26 18 CC Roger.

05 04 26 33 LMP 240 to go.


(EAGLE)

05 04 26 56 LMP Okay. There's Ritter out there. There it is,


(EAGLE) right there, there's Schmidt Man, that's im-
pressive looking, isn't it?

05 04 27 l0 CC Eagle, Houston. You're looking good.

05 04 27 13 LMP ... 55.


(EAGLE)

05 04 27 17 CDR Looking good here. It's a pretty spectacular


(EAGLE) ride.

05 04 27 40 LMP ... of to the right.


(EAGLE)

05 04 28 02 CC Eagle, Houston. You're still looking mighty fine.

05 04 28 09 LMP Roger. Good agreement in DELTA-V to go in both


(EAGLE) AGS and PGNS.

05 04 28 13 CC Roger.

05 04 28 34 LMP Got 800 to go.


(EAGLE)

05 04 28 41 LMP 700 to go. Okay, Itm going to open up the main


(EAGLE) shutoffs.
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05 04 28 56 I24P Ascent feed closed; pressure's holding good,


(EAGLE) cross feed ON, 350 to go.

05 04 29 ll LMP S_and by on the engine arm. 90, okay, OFF, 50.


(EAGLE)

05 04 29 17 LMP SHUTDOWN.
(EAGLE
)
05 04 29 23 LMP We got 53373, 32.8 feet per second, 60 666.
(EAGLe)

05 04 29 33 CC Eagle. Roger. We copy. It's great. Go.

05 04 29 35 LMP And we got - got our residuals.


(EAGLE )

05 04 29 45 m_m ...
(EAGLe)
05 04 29 50 CC Eagle, Houston. Trim residuals.

05 04 29 53 LMP ...
( EAGLE )

05 04 30 14 LMP We're working on it.


( EAGLE )

05 04 30 33 CC Eagle, Houston. Trim looks good.

05 04 B0 43 IMP That's good.


( EAaIm )

05 04 30 45 CMP Eagle, Columbia .... got a solid lock on in


(COLUMBIA) VHF ranging and .,. 480 feet per second.

05 04 30 53 CDR Okay. That sounds a little - little on the


(EAGLE) high side.

05 04 30 57 CMP Yes. I'll update it here shortly.


(COLUMBIA )

05 04 30 59 CDR Okay.
(EAGLE )

05 04 31 00 IMP Okay, Houston. We show 47.3 by 9.5.


(EAGLE)

05 04 31 07 CC Roger. 47.2 by 9.5.


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05 04 31 14 LMP AGS has 9.5, 46.6.


( AOLE)
05 04 31 23 CC Eagle, Houston. Copy.

05 04 31 44 CC Eagle, Houston. Request abort stage, reset, ...


PROP reset, and mode control to ATT HOLD when
you get a chance to.

05 04 31 52 LMP Roger.
(EAGLE )

05 04 B2 44 CC Eagle, Houston. You can go ahead and proceed with


P52 as per nominal.

05 04 32 55 CDR Roger, Houston. The Eagle is back in orbit,


(EAGLE) having left Tranquility Base and leaving behind
a - a replica from our Apollo ll patch and the
olive branch.

05 04 33 15 CC Eagle, Houston. Roger. We copy. The whole


world is proud of you.

05 04 33 26 CDR We had a lot of help down there.


(EAGLE )

05 04 33 37 CMP Eagle, Columbia. I've got 470 now for R-dot,


(COLUMBIA) and I just broke lock. Could you hold silent
for a few seconds here while I reacquire.

05 04 34 09 CMP Columbia's reacquired you.


(COLUMBIA)
05 04 35 23 CC Columbia, Houston. Request PO0 in ACCEPT, and
we'll give you a good GO LMvector. Over.

05 04 35 37 CMP Roger. Houston. Going to ACCEPT.


(COLUMBIA)

05 04 37 29 CC Eagle, Houston. You can go ahead and turn your


updata link switch off.

05 04 37 39 CDR Roger. It's off.


(EAGLE )

05 04 37 41 CC Roger.

05 04 39 06 CC Columbia, Houston. The computer is yours.


Press on.
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05 04 39 12 CMP Okay.
(COLUMBIA )

05 04 39 24 LMP Houston, the AGS has a DELTA-H of 15.5.


(EAGLE )

05 04 39 31 CC Eagle, Houston. Roger. 15.5.

05 04 39 33 LMP And a maneuver of - and a maneuver of 51.3.


(EAGLE )

05 04 39 41 CC Roger. We copy. And, Eagle, aft OMNI. Over.

05 04 39 55 LMP Roger. Aft OMNI.


(EAGLE )

05 04 40 25 CC Columbia, Houston.

05 04 41 16 CMP ...
( COLUMBIA )

05 04 41 20 LMP Roger. It's on.


(EAGLE )

05 04 41 23 CMP ...
(COLUMBIA )

05 04 41 26 IA{P And I can see it reflecting out my ..,


(EAGLE)

05 04 41 43 CC Eagle, Houston in the blind. Try low bit rate.


Over.

05 04 41 55 LMP Roger. Low bit rate. I've got a 3.8 signal


(EAGLE) strength. Over.

05 04 42 13 CC Eagle, Houston. Roger. We copy your signal


strength 3.8.

05 04 42 51 LMP 37, I believe.

05 04 48 00 CC Eagle, Houston.

05 04 48 06 CDR Roger. Go ahead.


(EAGLE
)

05 04 48 07 CC Roger. We saw a very slight jump in cabin and


suit pressure there. Could you verify cabin
REPRESS valve is closed?
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05 04 48 24 CDR Okay. It's closed.


(EAGLE )

05 04 48 26 CC Roger. And we've got about 1 minute to before


where you ought to be radar tracking, and we've
lost data with you.

05 04 48 40 CDR Okay ....


(EAGLE)

05 04 49 03 LMP Okay. Get a pass.


(EAGLE )

05 04 49 26 _ Got it? ...


(EAGLE )

05 04 49 42 CMP Eagle, Columbia. You can turn your ... light off.
(COLUMBIA)

05 04 49 46 LMP Okay. You got it?


(EAGLE )

05 04 49 48 CDR Yes.
(EAGLE
)
05 04 49 50 LMP All ready to mark, X and Y. Okay. Marked X now.
(EAGLE)

05 04 49 58 cMP ...
(COLUMBIA )

05 04 50 02 LMP X or Y? Maybe we ought to be satisfied with


(EAGLE) three of them.

05 04 50 14 CMP ...
(COLUMBIA)

05 04 50 21 CC Columbia, Houston - -

05 04 50 22 LMP ... is still on.


(EAGLE )

05 04 50 23 CC - - Say again.

05 04 50 25 IA{P X or Y?
(EAGLE )

05 04 50 29 (COLUMBIA) ***
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05 Oh 50 _5 _ I can't tell.
( _AOLE )

05 04 50 54 LMP Okay. Mark Y.


(EAGLE)

05 04 51 06 LMP That enough? Beautiful! All zeros. Okay.


(EAGLE) Let's torque them. I'll write them down. Minus
06, plus 64, plus ... 7. Torque ... Radar cir-
cuit breakers in?

05 04 50 58 CMP ***
(COLUMBIA)
05 04 52 06 CDR Yes. We're pointed down pretty much. We're
(EAGLE) going to be up - -

05 04 52 08 LMP Okay .... circuit - -


(EAGLE )

05 04 52 12 CMP Roger.
(COLUMBIA)

05 04 52 13 LMP - - breaker in? Both circuit breakers in?


(EAGLE)

05 04 52 18 CMP *** - -
(COLUMBIA)

05 04 52 19 MS ...

05 04 52 20 CMP - - ***
(COLUMBIA)

05 04 52 26 LMP Okay. AUTO maneuver.


(EAGLE)

05 04 52 36 CMP ***
(COLUMBIA)

05 04 52 40 CC Columbia, Houston. Did you cml1?

05 04 52 51 CMl° That's affirmative. I called you before about


(COLUMBIA) the VHF ranging. It's not working. ***

05 04 53 O1 LMP Houston, Eagle. Did you copy our star angle


(EAGLE) difference and torquing angles.

*** Three asterisks denote clipping of words and phrases.


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Page 467

05 04 53 07 CC Eagle, Housto N . We didn't have them on the


downlink but we copied them on the VOX.

05 04 53 18 LMP Okay. It was zero for star angle difference,


(EAGLE) minus 06, plus 64, and plus 1.37. Over.

05 04 53 28 CC Eagle, Houston. Roger. We have that.

05 04 54 02 LMP That's it. Got a good lockon, Houston.


(EAGLE)

05 04 54 26 LMP ... take that.


( EAGLE )

05 0_ 54 59 LMP How about that?


(EAGLE )

05 04 55 28 LMP Your really think its apogee is 125 21, huh?


(EAGLE) 25 ... That circuit breaker is in.

05 04 55 54 LMP Engine arm circuit breaker.


( EAGLE )

05 04 57 03 LMP Okay. There's a mark. Buy that?


(EAGLE )

05 04 57 24 CC Eagle, Houston. If you have time, pitch 162,


yaw minus 16.

05 04 58 32 LMP You load the REFSMMAT? Okay.


(EAGLE)

05 04 58 36 CMP Eagle, Col-sbic. Your Y-dot is minus 1.0. Over.


(COLO mZA)
05 04 58 44 CDR Mike, you're ...
(EAGLE)

05 04 58 53 CMP Eagle, do you read Columbia? Over.


(COLUMBIA)

05 04 59 04 CMP Eagle, this is Columbia. Over.


(COLUMBIA)

05 04 59 10 CMP Houston, Columbia. Over.


(COLUMBIA)

05 04 59 12 CC Roger, Columbia. Loud and clear now. This


is Houston.
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05 04 59 17 CMP
(COLUMBIA)
Roger.
1.0.
Would
Over.
you tel i Eagle his Y-dot is minus

05 04 59 24 CC Roger. Eagle, Columbia says your Y-dot is minus


1.0. Over.

05 04 59 37 CDR Roger, Houston. We got that. Thank you.


( EAGLE )

05 04 59 39 CC Roger. And you can go high bit rate now. Eagle


Can.

05 05 00 29 CMP Eagle, Columbia. How do you read?


(COLUMBIA)

05 05 00 44 LMP AGS agrees very closely, and pointing ...


(EAGLE )

05 05 00 57 CMP Houston, C°lumbia is _nable to read Eagle on


(COLb/_BIA) either antenna or on VHF duplex Bravo. You got
any suggestions?

05 05 01 07 CC Roger. Columbia, we understand. You are unable


to read Eagle. Stand by.

05 05 O1 23 CDR Houston, tell Columbia that we read him about


(EAGLE) strength 2.

05 05 02 00 LMP Okay. Wide deadband on.


(EAGLE)

05 05 02 04 CMP Houston, Columbia. Also my VHF ranging is not


(COLUMBIA) working now, and I'd like to know whether you'd
like me to continue making sextant marks or do
nothing. I'm supposed to be doing VHF marks
only, and it's for the next 6 or 7 minutes.

05 05 02 20 CC Columbia, Houston. R_ger. We copy. And, Eagle,


looks like the best antenna would be forward for
the LM. And, break. Eagle, we missed your
loading of the TPI TIG and P32. Could you con-
firm you've done that?

05 05 03 00 CC Columbia, Houston. Recommend you take sextant


marks and do not reinitialize. Over.

05 05 03 15 CMP Roger, Houston. Columbia's got the VHF ranging


(COLUMBIA) back now. I'll stick with the nominal. Thank
yOU ·
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Page 469

05 05 03 20 CC Roger. Mighty fine.

05 05 03 38 CMP Columbia reading you loud and clear now, Eagle.


(COLUMBIA)

05 05 04 54 CC Columbia, Houston.

05 05 05 00 CMP Go ahead, Houston.


(COLUMBIA)

05 05 05 02 CC Roger. Mike, you can go ahead and get as many


VHF and sextant marks as you can here in this
period of time.

05 05 05 12 CMP Roger. I've just got time for maybe two sex-
(COLUMBIA) tant marks, then get on with the final count.

05 05 05 57 CC Eagle and Columbia, about i minute till LOS


there on Columbia. It looks like we have about
51.5 for CSI, and we tend to confirm your
Y-dot. And, break. For Eagle, verify VHF Bravo
transmitter is off.

05 05 06 22 _ Roger. VHF Bravo is off.


(EAGLE)

05 05 06 35 CC Eagle, Houston. Recommend aft OMNI and are you


GO for CSI, so we can let Columbia know. Over.

05 05 06 47 LMP Roger. We're GO for CSI.


(EAGLE)

05 05 06 52 CC Columbia, Houston. Did you copy? Eagle is GO


for CSI.

05 05 06 58 CMP No, I did not copy. I'm reading them only inter-
(COLUMBIA) mittently, but thank you.

05 05 07 02 CC Roger.

05 05 08 09 CC Eagle, Houston. We'll see you coming around


the other side. Your AOS time -is i minute
,Z
ahead of the flight plan.

05 05 08 18 CDR Okay. Thank you.


(EAGLE )
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APOLLO 11 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

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)h_£e )171

o5 o5 53 27 CMr ...
C,
OLUMU_A)

05 05 53 51 CC Columbia, Houston. Heard you talked to Eagle?


I assume you have COMM with Eagle now?

05 05 55 12 CMP Houston, Columbia. Over.


COLUMBIA

05 05 55 29 _P Houston, Columbia in OMNI D Delta. Over.


CO L_4BIA

05 05 56 II CMP Houston, Columbia. Over.


COLUMBIA )

05 05 56 17 CC Columbia, Houston. You're very weak. Say again.

05 05 56 26 CMP Roger. Houston, Columbia. CSI nominal; no


(COLUMBIA) plane change. Everzrthing's going beautifully,
and the LM seems to be ...your laser...

05 05 56 47 CC Columbia, Houston. You're about one-by, I


could just barely make you out. I csn't
understand.

05 05 57 OE CMP Houston, Columbia. How now?


(COLUMBIA)
05 05 57 22 CMP Houston, Columbia. Over.
(COLUMBIA )

05 05 57 38 CMP Houston, Columbia. Over.


(COLUMBIA )

05 05 58 12 CMP Houston, Columbia. Over.


( COLUMBIA )

05 05 58 2h LMP Houston, this is Eagle. Over.


(EAGLE)

05 05 58 27 CC Hey, Eagle. Houston loud and clear. Columbia


was very weak. We were unable to read him.

05 05 58 36 I24P Roger. We saw you come up over the horizon


EAGLE) and it looks like you had a laser operating.
Could you confirm that?

05 05 58 46 CC Eagle, Houston. Stand by. We'll check it.


And, Eagle, Houston. Can you give u:_ a burn
report ?
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(i,:/_,_;_
,j,:)

O_ 05 _9 24 L_ _ Okay. The CSI burn was on scheduled time of


(EAGLE) 125 19 3470, 51.5 feet per second was our
solution. After chasing residuals a little
bit, we ended up with a minus 0.2, plus 0.7,
and minus 0.1. And in the AGS, at that time,
we had plus 0.4, plus 0.9, and plus 0.3.

05 05 59 57 CC Eagle - Eagle, Houston. We copy. Any plane


change? Over.

05 06 O0 04 LMP No. There was no plane change on CSI, and


(EAGLE) CSM had a 2.3 foot per second burn. We had
a 2.9, and we elected to postpone that. Over.

05 06 O0 18 CC Roger. We copy, Eagle. Thank you.

05 06 00 28 CMP Houston, how do you read Columbia now?


(COLUMBIA)

05 06 00 41 CMP Eagle, how about asking them for some high


(COLUMBIA) gain angles for me, will you, please?

05 06 00 46 LMP Roger, Houston, do you have some high gain


(EAGLE) angles for Columbia? Over.

05 06 00 54 CC Roger, Eagle. And, Columbia, stand by. We'll


have them for you shortly.

05 06 Ot 15 CC Eagle, Houston. Could you verify you switched


lithium hydroxide canisters? Over.

05 06 01 24 Lb_ That's affirmative. We started getting an


(EAGLE) erratic indication on primary, so we switched
to secondary, and it was again erratic and I
thought it might have been a sensor. But it's
settled down now, smd we're on the secondary.
Over.

05 06 01 38 CC Roger. We copy. Mighty fine.

05 06 O1 47 CC Columbia and Eagle. Request OMNI Delta for


Columbia.

05 06 01 57 CMP Roger, Houston. I've been in Delta the whole


(COLUMBIA) time but it doesn't ...

05 06 02 09 CDR Houston. Columbia's been on Delta, bit he


(EAGLE) hasn't had much luck with you.

05 06 02 18 CC Eagle, Houston. Roger. We copy.


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Il', Ill. 11' :'Il 4!MI' I".:IF.[,'. :,r, y,,ll r,.:.l.¥ I "'I'Y y,,nr Y _h,l'i
{ 1711,llMl_l iX

05 06 03 29 CDI_ GO ahead.

05 06 03 30 CMP *_*
(COLUMBIA

05 06 04 25 CC Eagle, Houston. At your convenience, we'd


like to go ahead and try your lithium hydroxides
on the primary and let us take a look at it
down here.

05 06 05 04 CC Columbia, Houston. Over.

05 06 05 09 CMP Go ahead, Houston. ***


(COLUMBIA

05 06 05 39 CDR Houston, Eagle. Col_nbia's been reading you


(EAGLE) loud and clear on his OMNI's, but he hasn't
had any luck in transmitting to you.

05 06 05 50 CC Roger, Eagle. Mighty fine. We don't hear


Columbia though.

05 06 06 O0 CDR Okay.
(EAGLE )

05 06 07 32 LMP We're burning ours, Mike. Minus 1.8.


EAGLE )

05 06 08 32 CC Eagle, Houston ....

05 06 08 40 CC Columbia, Houston ....

05 06 09 42 CC Columbia, Houston. Over.

05 06 09 59 CC Columbia, Houston. You can go ahead an_ go


to HEACQ in the high gain. We should get you
then.

05 06 10 16 LMP Do you have some angles for him, Houston?


EAGLE )

05 06 10 18 CC Roger. Pitch minus 30, yaw 180, for Columbia.

05 06 10 29 I24P Okay. And what was your CSI - CDH solution,


EAGLE) Mike?

*** 2],_reeasterisks dencte clip_in_z of wr_rd:_ _:.,_ r_:r:_:;,:::.


((1()I;:; NPTI' I) 'l':_p,' 81/4
I':q.qt' Il'I'll

05 06 10 43 CMP ***
(COL IA)
05 06 11 18 LMP Roger. Copy. Thank you.
(EAGLE )

05 06 11 31 CDR And, Houston, Eagle. Got an ECS light - a


(EAGLE) CO 2 light. Partial pressure's reading about
one-half millimeter.

05 06 11 42 CC Eagle and Columbia, Houston. Roger. We copy.

05 06 12 03 CMP Houston, how do you read Columbia?


COLUMBIA

05 06 ]2 08 CC Columbia, Houston. Go.

05 06 12 22 CC Eagle, Houston. We're sure that's a sensor


problem. You can leave it on PRIMARY_

05 06 12 30 CDR Okay.
( EAGLE )

05 06 12 41 CDR Roger. We pulled the circuit breakers.


(EAGLE )

05 06 12 45 CC Roger, Eagle.

05 06 13 01 CDR And our water separator apparently isn't


(EAGLE) working too well. We're getting a lot of
water through the suit loop, and we've changed
water separators, but it doesn't seem to have
improved the situation any.

05 06 13 20 CC Eagle, Houston. Roger. We copy.

05 06 13 47 CMP Eagle, Columbia. Standing by to back you up


COLUMBIA on the burn. Just let me know how it's going.

05 06 13 53 CDR Okay.
(EAGLE)
05 06 13 58 LMP Okay. You want to t_low what our NOUN 81 is?
(EAGLE)

05 06 14 03 CMP Ready to copy.


COLUMBIA

05 06 14 05 LMP Okay. I think you already got the burn time;


(EAGLE) minus 8.1, minus 1.8, minus 18.2.

*_ Three asterisks denote clipping of'words and phrases.


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Page 475

()% ()(, I)l [[) CMl' ()ktl,y. '['h_.l,':: Hr',q,l,y -1,,:.' _U?(-'rrl,-r)'l,. A.,J,
(Ihfi.IJMhl/_) l',Jr' IJurll I, im,-, ) :;I,i I) h:,.v,, I,t'6 17 )d,.

05 06 1_ 26 LMP Roger.
( EAGLE )

05 06 15 06 CC Eagle, Houston. For warm feeling, we are


agreeing with your CDH.

05 06 15 15 laMP Congratulations.
( EAGLE )

05 06 15 28 LMP Unfortunately, the chart doesn't agree with it,,


(EAGLE) because the range rate at 36 minutes was off
the chart.

05 06 17 18 CMP Thirty seconds.


( COLUMBIA )

05 06 17 20 CDR We're ready to burn.


(EAGLE)

05 06 17 21 CMP Okay.
(COLUMBIA )

05 06 17 31 CMP Yes. I'm ready ....


(COLUMBIA )

05 06 18 49 C_5° Burn complete?


(COLUMBIA )

05 06 18 51 CDR Burn complete.


( _,.C.-._ )

05 06 18 52 CMP Thank you.


( COLOMBIA )

05 06 19 47 CC Eagle, Houston. When you get a chance, are


your LCG's hooked up? And if so, what does
the LCG accumulator show?

05 06 20 37 CMP Eagle, Columbia. Passing over the Landing Site.


(COLUMBIA) It sure is great to look down there and not
see you.

05 06 20 46 _ ...
(EAGLE)

05 06 21 04 CC Eagle, Houston.

05 06 21 08 CDR Go ahead.
(EAGLE )
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t'a_ce476

05 ()6 21 09 CC Ho/_.(:r. Did you copy on th_ [,CG, there:, az_d


the reading on the water accumulator?

05 06 21 15 CDR Yes. Roger. I did. I'm getting ...


(EAGLE )

05 06 22 20 LMP Houston, the water accumulator is right on


(EAGLE) the line between the red and the green. Over.

05 06 22 26 CC Eagle, Houston. Roger. We copy.

05 06 24 13 CC Eagle, Houston.

05 06 24 19 LMP Houston, Eagle.


( EAGLE )

05 06 24 20 CC Roger. On the water problem, we can't add


anything more to it, except the fact that it
looks like the water accumulators are up to
speed to us down here.

05 06 24 35 CDR Okay. It's not going to be too much trouble.


(EAGLE)

05 06 24 39 CC Roger. Fine.

05 06 24 40 LMP It's just in one suit, too, for some reason.


( EAGLE )

05 06 26 29 CC Columbia, Houston. Our COMM problem was traced


to a ground station here.

05 06 26 38 CMP Okay. Glad to hear it.


(COLUMBIA)

05 06 26 39 CC Roger. You're mighty fine now.

05 06 32 35 LMP Range rate at 30.


( EAGLE )

05 06 32 43 CMP I have a TPI TIG when you guys want to compare


(COLUMBIA ) them.

o5 06 32 48 LMP Stand by.


(EAOLE)

05 06 33 05 LMP ... 19.8.


( EAGLE )

05 06 33 15 LMP Go ahead, Mike. What have you got?


<EAGLE)
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[':l_, _, ll'['[

41', ,_4, ; ", t'_ _'hl]' I:"[ I_.' ',It',41.


(_', ,I,ttMl!l t\ )

05 06 JJ 25 hMl' You're about iL.' ,.;ct!()nd'.t -_-1_-,_LhmJ wt., _u'c.


(EAGLE)

05 06 33 29 CMP Okay, fine.


( COLUMBIA )

05 06 35 01 LMP ***
(EAGLE )

05 06 39 12 SC *** and I'll do it.

05 06 39 52 I2_P *** want to get another *** data update ***


( EAGLE )

05 06 40 50 C_,_ Mark it *** range.


( COLUMBIA )

05 06 42 55 LI,_UP Mark.

05 06 42 56 LMP Range rate at 40.


(ZAGL)
05 06 44 16 CMP Buzz, I would like to confirm that your TPI
(COLUMBIA) TIG is 127 02 02. Over.

05 06 44 25 LMP We haven't settled on a final one yet. The


(EAGLE) last one was - stand by.

05 06 45 04 CMP Roger. Understand.


( COLUMBIA )

05 06 45 12 CMP Just as soon as you know what TPI TIG is going


(COLUMBIA) to be, I would appreciate a call.

05 06 45 18 LMP Okay.
( EAGLE )

05 06 45 24 CMP Last I got was 32 seconds earlier than mine


(COLUMBIA) which would make it 127 02 02.

05 06 45 4o CMP Thank you. Are you going to be revL' ing that


(COLUMBIA ) one?

05 06 45 44 LMP I think probably so. How late - How late can


(EAGLE) you take a revision?

*** Three asterisks denote clipping of words and phrases.


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Page 478

05 06 45 56 CMP Well, to stay on my time line, I should have


(COI_IJM]zJA) it in the n_xt couple of minutes.

r_5 o(, 4_ 07 LI4I' Okay. L_f,r:r;t


,;:;t_mate, 127 03 39.
(F,A_;I
,_';
)

05 06 48 14 CMP Thank you kindly,


( COLUMBIA )

05 06 48 41 CC Eagle, Houston.

05 06 48 45 LMP Roger. Go ahead.


( EAGLE )

05 06 48 47 CC Roger. In the event of the possibility that


we may have had some water channeling in those
hydroxide canisters, we recommend you stay in
the cabin mode from now on. Over.

05 06 49 03 LMP Roger.
(EAGLE)

05 06 51 25 CC Eagle, Houston.

05 06 51 30 LMP Go ahead.
(EAGLE)

05 06 51 32 CC Roger. I'd better clarify that cabin mode a


little bit there. What we mean is you go ahead
and stay in the cabin mode. Helmets and gloves
on are your option. And we really have no
concern with the CO 2. Over.

05 06 51 52 LMP Roger. Understand.


( EAGLE )
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I':tl_(: )1'(9

05 06 52 51 LMP Mike, you already loaded that time? We've got a


(EAGLE) final one here.

05 06 52 58 CMP I've already loaded it. I don't think it'll make


(COLUMBIA much difference.

05 06 _3 O1 LMP Rol_cr. Only 9 seconds diffcrcnce.


( i':Aqi,i'; )

0% 0(, '_, 0)1 CMl' M()x nix.


' COI,tIMJSlA

05 06 54 06 CC Colm'r,_bia, Houston.

05 06 54 12 CMP Columbia. Go ahead.


COLUMBIA

05 06 54 13 CC Roger, Mike. You can go ahead and arm your logic


anytime you want to, and we'll give you a GO so
that you can get your PYRO ARM at your convenience.

05 06 54 23 CMP That's a good idea, babe. You standing by to


COLUMBIA) watch the logic?

05 06 54 26 CC Affirmative. Give us a Mark.

05 o6 5h 3o c_ > ,_I_RK
LOGIC 1.
(COLUMBIA)

05 06 54 $i> CMP ;IARi{LOGIC _


(COLUMBIA)
05 06 54 59 CC Columbia, Houston. We need the SEQ ARM circuit
bresJiers closed.

05 06 55 08 CMP Okay. Going in SEQ ARM BATT A, and BATT B.


(COLUMBIA)

05 06 55 27 CC Columbia, Houston. Logic looks good. You can


arm your PYRO's at your convenience.

05 06. 55 36 CMP Thank .you.


(COLUMBIA)

05 06 55 55 CMP Eagle, Columbia's starting to maneuver to TPI


(COLUMBIA ) att itude.

05 06 55 58 CDR Okay.
(EAGLE )
(I;_)i:_
iJi;'L
' I) T:,pL'_L"/2

05 06 _'{ :'() ('_-f J':;L:_J.'_:_Lnd (k:lumbJa,, ]l.,ou:;L,or_. AiL your solutio.:;


look t_ood to us. Out.

05 06 58 18 LMP And, Mike, if you want our target DELTA-V, I'll


(EAGLE) give it to you.

05 06 58 22 CMP Ready to copy.


(COLUMBIA)

05 06 58 23 LMP 127 03 3082, plus 22.7, plus 1.7, minus 10.6.


(EAGLE ) Ov er.

05 06 58 41 CMP 127 03 3082, plus 22.7, plus 1.7, minus 10.6.


(COLUMBIA) Thank you.

05 07 00 55 CDR I'm showing a good bit of out-of-plane velocity


(EAGLE) on _m/ cross-pointers, Mike.

05 07 01 03 CMP Roger. I have no indication of it.


(COLUMBIA )

05 07 02 32 CMP Coming up on 1 minute to TIG, i_eil. How's it


(COLUMBIA) looking?

05 07 02 38 CDR Pretty good.


(EAGLE)

05 07 02 40 Ci,iP Good.
(COL_ :oIA )

05 07 02 43 CDR That out-of-plane was in the AGS, not in the radar.


( EAGLE )

05 07 02 47 CMP Roger that.


(COLUMBIA)

05 07 03 52 CDR We're burning.


(EAGLE )

05 07 03 54 CMP That-a-boy!
COLUMBIA)

05 07 04 36 CMP Burn complete?


COLUMBIA )

05 07 04 40 CDR Read burn complete.


(EAGLE )

05 07 0_ 42 CMP Roger. Thank you.


COLUMBIA)
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Page _;81

()5 07 04 )13 CC _!;;_l_L_.',Hou:;ton. Al't, Orl,Hi, low-bit rata., and


we'll sec you ;J,b J2'( plus 51.

05 07 27 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 27

05 07 51 42 CDR Okay. You've got me.


( EAGLE )

05 07 52 OO CC Eagle and Columbia, Houston. Standing by.

05 07 5:205 CDR Roger. We're stationkeeping.


(EAGLE)

05 07 52 0_ CC Roger.

05 07 54 13 CDR Okay, Mike. I'll get - try to get in position


(EAGLE) here, then you got it.

05 07 54 39 CDR How does the roll attitude look?


(EAGLE)

05 07 54 55 CDR I'll stop. Matter of fact, I can stop right here


(EAGLE) if you like that.

05 07 56 30 CC Eagle, Houston. Middle gimbal. And you might


pass to Columbia, we don't have him yet.

05 07 56 35 CDR That's right.


(EAGLs)

05 07 57 34 CDR I'm not going to do a thing, Mike. I'm just let-


(EAGLE) ting her hold in ATTITUDE HOLD.

05 07 57 40 C_ Okay.
(COL_IA

05 08 O0 50 CDR You ...


(EAGLE)

05 08 00 56 CDR Okay.
(_AGLE)

05 08 03 12 CDR Okay. We're all yours. Roger.

05 08 03 17 CMP Okay. Okay, I have thrusters B3 and C4 safetied.

05 08 03 30 _ Okay.

05 08 03 43 CMP I'm pumpin_ up cabin pressux-e.


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__ i'age )489

()'_ ()_ ())1 ;'_) CMl' 'l'h:,t wa:; _, f'ulmy o_l_. Yon k_n_w, I dicl_l'L I'_'_'l :L
:;he)ok, :_ld I t, hou_dlt t,I_[_l_; wc't'c, [_t'_t.by :;t.t,:uiy.
[ wenL to I{I,;'I![{AC'I'there, and Lhat':; when ali hi, Il
broke loos¢_. Were you guys - did it appealr to you
to be - that you were jerking around quite a bit
during the retract cycle? '

05 08 04 50 CDR Yes. It seemed to happen at the time I put the


plus X thrust to it, and apparently it wasn't
centered, because somehow or other I acciden-
tally got off in attitude and then the attitude
hold system started firing.

05 08 05 09 CMP Yes. I was sure busy there for a couple of sec-


onds.

05 08 05 19 CMP Are you hearing me all right? I got a horrible


squeal.

05 08 05 22 CDR Yes. I agree with that, but we hear you okay.


Over.

05 05 05 36 CMP Houston_ Apollo 11. Over.

05 08 05 39 CC Apollo i1, Houston. Go.

05 08 05 44 CMP Roger. I'm supposed to adjust the oxygen flow


in this thing to six-tenths of a pound per hour,
but being as how this transducer is not working
right, could you give me an updated number?

05 08 05 55 CC Affirmative. You want to go ahead and adjust


your 02 flow until it just goes off the peg, and
then crank the direct 02 valve back do;_ about
5 degrees. Over.

05 08 06 14 CMP Boy, you were really waiting for that one, weren't
you? Okay, Ron. Thank you.

05 08 06 59 CMP Houston, Z did that, and I believe we are flowing


oxygen, but the gage is just pegged FULL SCALE LOW.

05 08 07 08 CC Roger. That's fine. That's what we expect.

05 08 07 13 CMP Okay.

05 08 07 24 CMP Okay. I'm going to go ahead with the tunnel


leak check.

05 08 07 32 CC Columbia, Houston. I have a new LM weight for


you whenever you're ready to copy.
(_;_;:;: Ili.:T I) '1':_.I,,, I1:'/5

05 08 07 _5 CMt' Not right now, Ron. l_emlnd me of it later,


would you please?

05 08 07 50 CC Roger. We'll stand by.

05 08 08 56 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. I let P47 run longer than


I should. I may have deteriorated our state
vector slightly.

05 08 09 06 CC Roger, Apollo 11. That's okay. We'll see later.

05 08 11 03 C_ Houston, Apollo ll. Go ahead with your DAP up,


please.

05 08 11 07 CC Roger. Your LM weight, 5785. For an R1 we'd like


to have 61102, R2 01111. Use BD roll. Over.

05 08 11 35 LMP Roger. I'm configured now at ... for BD roll,


and I have thrusters C4 and B3 turned off, and
I copy register 1 61102 01111 and LM weight 5785.
Thank you.

05 08 11 52 CC Roger, Columbia.

05 08 13 57 CMP Houston, Columbia has completed the leak check,


and proceeding with opening the hatch dump valve.

05 08 14 07 CC Roger, Columbia. Understand you're doing the


leak check. I missed anything after that.

05 08 14 13 CMP I say the leak check is complete, and I'm pro-


ceeding with opening the hatch dump valve.

05 0i_ 14 23 CC Eagle - Columbia, Roger.

05 O_ 20 03 CMP Eagle, Columbia.

05 08 20 07 L_ Go ahead.

05 08 20 08 C_ I,_ hatch is removed. You can open yours, and I'll


start passing stuff up to you.

05 08 20 12 LMP Okay.

05 08 20 22 CMP No. Stand by one, first.

05 08 20 27 LMP Okay.

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Page 484

05 08 28 30 LMP Mike, you ...

05 08 28 32 CMP Yes, everything is going fine. Be with you in


just a second.

05 09 30 10 CC Eagle, Houston. Over.

05 08 30 16 LMP Go ahead, Houston, Eagle here.

05 08 30 17 CC Roger. Any time prior to jettison there, we'd


like an AGS to PGNS align: 400 plus 30 000.
Over.

05 08 30 34 LMP Okay. Any particular attitude you would like


the PGNS in when we do that?

05 08 30 47 LMP No. We're not getting any. Could you give us


some course align gimbal angles to move the
PONS to, and then we will align the AGS to the
PGNS. Over.

05 08 30 58 CC Roger. Eagle. We concur. Stand by on the gimbal


angles. And also, Eagle, while we've got the
comm,nd module direct 02 on there, there's a
possibility that your cabin relief might relieve
if we get up around cabin pressure of about 5.4
or 5.5.

05 08 31 24 LMP Roger.

05 08 32 05 CC Eagle, Houston.

05 08 32 10 LMP Roger. Go ahead.

05 08 32 ll CC Roger. All we are trying to do is get PGNS and


AGS aligned together. Doesn't make any differ-
ence on the gimbal angle.

05 08 32 28 CDR ...

05 08 32 34 LMP Okay. We are pretty close to 000. Is that all


right?

05 08 32 38 CC Eagle, that's beautiful.

05 08 32 44 LMP Now, you might want to take into account what


will happen when the CSM maneuvers to Jettison
att itude.
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05 08 32 56 CC Eagle, Houston. We don't care what - All we


are trying to do is get a drift rate and see
how long it takes them to drift apart on the
thing after you jettison.

05 08 33 08 LMP Okay. Will we be Jettisoning at about this


attitude? That's okay. I'll align the AGS
with the PGNS. You can tell me a little later
if you need some help.

05 08 33 22 CC Eagle, Houston. That's fine.

05 08 36 31 CMP Houston, Columbia. You want me to roll over and


get high gain or anything like that?

05 08 36 38 CC Columbia, Houston. I can give you some REACQ


angles for the high gain on the LM jettison
attitude. Then you can go there whenever you
want to. The angles are pitch minus 50, and
yaw zero.

05 08 37 02 CMP Okay.

05 08 38 07 CMP Houston, Columbia. Say again the jettison roll,


pitch, and yaw, please.

05 08 38 22 CC Columbia, Houston. Roll zero, pitch 025, and


yaw zero. Over.

05 08 38 36 CMP Roger. Understand roll zero, pitch 025, yaw zero.

05 08 38 40 CC That's affirmative.

05 08 39 13 CMP ... in progress. We've moving. Houston.

05 08 40 09 LMP Houston, Eagle. Over.

05 08 40 12 CC Eagle, Hol_ton. Go.

05 08 40 18 LMP Roger. It doesn't appear as though the red hose


is going to be much of a competitor to the lead-
ing vacuum cleaner brands. Over.

05 08 40 27 CC There's a little noise there, Buzz. Say again.

05 08 41 54 CC Eagle, Houston.

05 08 42 02 LMP Roger. Go ahead.

05 08 42 05 CC Roger. Just a reminder to be sure to zero the


AGS errors before you enable the AGS attitude
hold there after you get in burn attitude.
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05 08 42 26 LMP Roger. You mean SEP attitude?

05 08 42 47 CMP Houston, how do you read Columbia on high gain


now?

05 08 42 50 CC Hey, Columbia. Houston. Mighty fine; loud and


clear.

05 08 42 56 CMP Same here, Ron. Thanks.

05 08 43 00 CC And Eagle, Houston. Your steerable antenna


angles for jettison attitude are - Over.

05 08 43 22 CDR Roger. Go ahead.

05 08 43 23 CC Roger. Pitch 165, yaw 68. Over.

05 08 43 35 CDR Roger. Pitch 165, yaw 68.

05 08 43 38 CC Eagle, Houston. Correct.

05 08 45 07 CC Columbia, Houston.

05 08 45 13 CMP Columbia. Go ahead.

05 08 45 15 CC Roger, Mike. You w_lt to tweak the 02 flow up


Just a bit there?

05 08 45 22 CMP Okay. Coming up. Houston, do you hay _-any


preferences as to what you want us to lo with
the probe? Over.

05 08 45 36 CC Columbia, Houston. Stand by one.

05 08 45 43 CMP Okay. Eagle says they've got a place for it


inside there, so no problem.

05 08 45 48 CC Roger. That's all we were assuming.

05 08 46 50 CC Eagle, Houston.

05 08 47 06 CDR Eagle. Go ahead.

05 08 47 07 CC Roger. Neil, it looks like your steer_bie's


good. You can put your track mode to _lsw and
high bit rate, please. Over.

05 08 47 19 CDR Okay. Track mode to slew and high bit rate.

05 08 47 48 CMP Okay. Stand by just one, please.


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05 08 48 24 CMP Okay. Shoot them on down.

05 08 49 28 CC Eagle, Houston.

05 08 49 35 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

05 08 49 36 CC Roger. Neil, just a reminder again, the ACA


out of detent to zero; the AGS out of there
just in case you go to ATTITUDE HOLD shortly.

05 08 49 47 CDR Okay.

05 08 50 20 CMP You say you wanted the probe now?

05 08 53 46 CC Eagle, Houston.

05 08 53 53 CDR Houston, Eagle. Go ahead.

05 08 53 54 CC Roger. That ACA out of detent didn't quite do


it because the mode control switches were off.
Request guidance control to PGNS and then back
to AGS, and that will zero the AGS, there. Ove_'_

05 08 54 12 CDR Say again, please.

05 08 54 14 CC Roger. Request guidance control switch to PGNS


and then back to AGS. Over.

05 08 54 23 CDR Okay. We still have both mode control switches


o ff. Ove r.

05 08 54 28 CC That's okay. That's good.

05 08 54 39 CDR And I thought I'd just take about 5 seconds here


and see if I could get 000 gone, since _e're
fairly close to gimbal lock right now.

05 08 54 56 CC Eagle, Houston. That's fine.

05 08 58 03 CC Columbia and Eagle, Houston. About 5 minutes


to LOS. Your LM Jet time will be 131 plus 52,
and I have the rest of the maneuver PAD if you
want it now, or I can give it to you on the next
time around.

05 08 58 25 CMP Stand by one.

05 08 58 43 CMP Could you read it around the next time around,


please?

05 08 58 47 CC Sure, Mike. That's fine. We'll get it to you


then.
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05 09 01 52 CC Apollo 11, Itouston. About a minute and a ha] F


to LOS. You're looking gr(utt. It's b,'(,n:_
mighty fine day.

05 09 02 02 CMP Boy, you're not kidding.

05 09 26 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 28

05 09 50 55 CC Hello, Eagle. Houston. Do you read? Over.

05 09 51 02 CDR Houston, this is Columbia. Reading yoa loud and


clear. We're all three back inside; the hatch
is installed. We're running a pressure check
leak check. Everything's going well.

05 09 51 ll CC Roger, Eagle. Correction - Roger, Columbia.


We copy. You guys are speedy; you beat us ko
the punch. We had a couple of things for you.

05 09 51 25 CDR What are they?

05 09 51 26 CC Oh, it was just - We wanted you to close the


C02 sensor breaker and give us an RCS onboard
readout out of Eagle, but that's all. Columbi:_
Houston. We've got a state vector for you if
you'll give us PO0 in ACCEPT. Over.

05 09 51 54 CDR Buzz says the C02 sensor circuit breaker is IN

05 09 51 58 CC Roger. Thank you very much.

05 09 52 09 CDR The RCS quantity was approximately 60 ._ A and


45 percent at B.

05 09 52 14 CC Roger.

05 09 52 19 CDR And we're going PO0 in ACCEPT.

05 09 52 21 CC Roger. Thank you.

05 09 54 07 CC Columbia, Houston. Your friendly White team's


going to be on till we get you on the _ra¥ home,
and we'd like to congratulate everybo_ _ on a
successful rendezvous and a beautiful iWA. It
was a great show for everybody. Over.

05 09 54 25 CMP Thank you, sir. I'll tell Neil and Buzz.


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05 09 54 39 CDR Houston, the hatch passes its integrity check.


I'm going to go to 1;4 tunne] VENT now, and lc:ivy-
]t there.

05 09 54 51 CC Roger, Colualbia. We copy. That's good, and _'d


like a readout on the TEP of about the time you -
that Eagle selected the secondary loop. Over.

05 09 55 05 CDR Stand by.

05 09 55 17 CC Hello, Columbia. Houston. We got the load in.


You can do the VERB 66 and the computer is yours.
Over.

05 09 55 24 CDR Roger.

05 09 56 O1 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. I'd say that the secondary


loop was actuated about 15 to 20 minutes ago.
Over.

05 09 56 ll CC Roger. Copy. Columbia. Thank you very much.

END OF TAPE
APOb[,O 11 A]R-TO-GROUNI) VOICI,: TRANgCRIP'PTON

(GO:3/; NET 1) 'l':,p_, _h/I


? _Lt-?,_! Jl/)O

05 09 57 20 CC Columbia, Houston. It looks like you guys are


so speedy on us that we're thinking about moving
up Jettison time to about a GET of 130 plus 30,
if that's okay with you all. Over.

05 09 57 41 CMP That's fine. I've still got to get a P30 PAD


from you.

05 09 57 49 CC Roger. We want to talk to you about that. Mike,


we can - for your druthers, we can do it either
way. We can either let you do it in the jettison
in P30 - correction P47, or we can send you a
P30 target load up and then you - let ._,oucall
P41, whichever you want to do. Over.

05 09 58 13 CMP Yes, I see. Ron was going to give me _ P30 PAD


and the flight plan says P47. Out of _;he two,
I prefer to go to P30, P41 route.

05 09 58 20 CC Roger. Beautiful. _-e've got the load, If you'll


give us PO0 and ACCEPT, we'll send you a load up.
Stand by.

05 09 58 41 CC Columbia, Houston. We'd like you to terminate


direct 02 flow, and stand by on your PO0 and
ACCEPT. We'll have to generate a new load due
to the moveup on time. Over.

05 09 58 56 CMP Roger.

05 l0 02 13 CC Columbia, Houston. Over.

05 l0 02 19 CMP Go ahead.

05 l0 02 21 CC Roger, Mike. It looks like if we move up this


jettison time and give you a new load, it would
require a new attitude, and we can't de that due
to the LM already closed out, and it would fight
us all the way around and we'd lose CO_[ with
it. We're thinking separating in P47 in about
l0 minutes. We're looking at trajectories and
we'll be right with you momentarily. Over.

05 l0 02 46 CMP Okay. It's no big thing with me either way.

05 l0 02 48 CC Roger.

05 l0 04 34 CC Hello, Columbia. Houston. We'd like you to start


down your jettison checklist. We recommend
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picking up pa_;e li']l -12 ,..d we'd ]ik_' l._, ,l_t.-


tison t_t .10 rnJnutos. TI,LL'I.L [)_ lit) 14 )15. (_v('l'.

o5 l0 04 54 c_ Right.

05 l0 04 57 CC Columbia, Houston. If that's not satinfactory,


let us know. Over.

05 l0 05 05 CMP Right.

05 l0 05 36 CDR Houston, Columbia. How about a GO for logic


BUS ARM.

05 l0 05 40 CC Stand by.

05 l0 05 48 CC Columbia, Houston. You've got a GO.

05 l0 05 55 CDR Thank you.

05 l0 06 46 CC Columbia, Houston. You can undock at your con-


venience, correction, jettison at your conven-
ience. We would like you to jettison Eagle a_d
stationkeep - in P47 and stationkeep, and we'll
have another attitude and a maneuver foc you so
we'll be okay for TEI. Over.

05 10 07 08 CDR Roger that.

05 10 07 45 CMP And I'm standing by to go to P47 Just as soon as


you give me a go for PYRO ARM.

05 l0 07 49 CC Roger. I thought we gave you that. Mike, you're


GO for PYRO ARM and you're GO for jettison.

05 l0 07 57 OMP 3kay.

05 10 09 13 CMP Okay. Let her go in 10 seconds.

05 l0 09 15 CC Copy. Out.

05 10 09 40 CMP NOUN 83 reading minus four balls, minus three


balls, 3 or - correction - minus - both register 1
and register 2 are reading minus four balls 3,
register 3 is zeros, the EMS remained on lO0.0.
A fairly loud noise, and it appears to be depart-
ing - oh, I would guess several feet per second.

05 l0 10 06 CC Roger, can you kind of stationkeep with it, Mike?


Just stand by now.

05 10 10 12 CMP Will do.


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05 10 10 23 CC Columbia, Houston. Don't try to chase it, just


hold what you've got.

05 10 l0 32 I_P Charlie, did it hold cabin pressure this time?

05 l0 l0 35 CC Say again, Buzz. Over.

05 10 10 36 _ Okay. I thrusted back - I thrusted back toward


it a little bit, Charlie, and I'm now reading
NOUN 83, plus four balls 4, minus four balls 8,
and you want me to kill average D. Right?

05 l0 l0 53 CC Stand by. That's affirmative. You can exit P47.

05 l0 ll 05 CDR There she goes. It was a good one.

05 l0 ll 08 CC Roger dodger. We got Eagle looking good. It's


holding cabin pressure and it picked up about
2 feet per second from that jettison.

05 10 ll 19 IMP I believe that. I can see some cracks on the


outer coating around the tunnel. In the thermal
protective covering, I don't think it has any-
thing to do with the structure.

05 l0 ll 35 CC Roger.

05 10 12 43 CC Hello, Columbia, Houston. We'll have an attitude


and a little blip burn for you in about 130 30,
so we can separate from Eagle. Over.

05 l0 12 56 CMP That's fine.

05 l0 16 49 CC Columbia, Houston. Would you start a maneuver


to a pitch of 230 for this little tweak burn?
Over.

05 10 17 01 CMP Roger. Pitch 230.

05 l0 17 03 CC Roger, Mike. And verify track mode in AUTO for


the high gain.

05 l0 17 15 CMP We're in REACQ. Is that all right?

05 l0 17 17 CC Say again. We need AUTO.

05 l0 17 23 CMP Say again. We're in REACQ - AUTO REACQ.

05 l0 17 26 CC Roger. We need AUTO, please, sir.

05 l0 17 31 CMP Okay. You got it.


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05 10 17 42 CMP Roll zero, pitch _20, yaw zero?

05 10 17 4'( CC hal,':Jw{itJ.'t, wc'r'c ]ooking at. [:l,_uld


J{Lght ric_wI, by.
We might have you roll so we can keep the high
gain. Stand by.

05 10 17 56 CMP Roger.

05 l0 19 05 CC Columbia, Houston. Over.

05 10 19 09 CMP Go ahead.

05 10 19 l0 CC Roger, Mike - -

05 l0 19 ll CDR Apollo ll, these days.

05 l0 19 12 CC ph, Roger, Apollo ll. We got you going to a


posigrade attitude and we want you - this burn
will be using minus X thrusters at about 2 or
3 feet per second, and we got a load for you.
We'll send it up momentarily. Over.

05 10 19 33 CMP Okay.

05 10 20 56 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Would you give us PO0 and


ACCEPt? We have a load for you. Over.

05 10 21 02 CMP You got it.

05 l0 21 04 CC Roger, Mike. And our pitch attitude's a little


wrong here. If you're ready to copy, I'll give
you the SEP PAD. Over.

05 10 21 13 CMP Go ahead. Ready to copy.

05 10 21 14 CC Roger. Starting with NOUN 33: 130 30 0000,


plus 00020, plus all zeros, plus all zeros. Roll
all zeros, pitch 230, yaw zero. NOUN 44 is NA.
DELTA-Vp 00020, burn time 007, DELTA-V C 00020.
We have - The rest of the PAD is NA.

05 10 22 15 CMP Roger. GET 130 hours 30 minutes, DELTA-V X 2.0,

roll zero, pitch 230, yaw zero, DELTA-Vc, 2.0.

05 10 22 32 CC That's affirmative, Apollo 11. And, Mike, it's


similar to the SEP burn prior to flight after the
undocking here. And the P41 you should see on
register i - 2, and then you burn minus X until
you read 4. Over.
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05 10 24 11 CC Apollo 11, tlouston. Computer's yours. Over.

05 10 24 19 CMP Roger, Charlie. We switched our OMNI-D - Delta,


and I lost that last transmission. Would you
say again, please? The thing I'm wondering about
specifically is that earlier you said it would be
minus X thrusters and the PAD indicates plus X.
Do you want me to null that to zero or do you
want to add 2 and leave it as a 4?

05 l0 24 39 CC Roger, Apollo ll. The way we gave it to you in


the attitude we're in, it'll be Just like the SEP
burn that you had yesterday. You'll see - NOUN 85
will give you a plus 2 and then you just burn
minus X until you read 4. Over.

05 10 24 58 CMP Understand.

05 l0 25 50 CC Apollo ll, Houston. We see you in P41 now. It


might take you a couple of minutes to integrate
these vectors that we gave you and if you don't
make TIG, it's pretty insensitive. You can just
let P41 bring you up to TIG, and when you get to
zero, you can burn on that. Over.

05 10 26 12 CMP Okay.

05 10 30 24 CMP Okay. Burn complete. Residuals: plus three


balls 40, plus four balls 7, plus four balls 2,
DELTA-V counter 102.1. Over.

05 l0 30 38 CC Copy, Apollo ll. Looks good to us. Over.

05 10 30 43 CMP Okay.

05 10 33 24 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. How about coming up with a


good communications attitude for us to go to
between now and the time we maneuver at TEI atti-
tude.

05 10 33 33 CC Roger, sir. Stand by.

05 10 34 40 CC Hello, Apollo 11, Houston. A couple of things


for you. Over.

05 10 34 46 CMP Go ahead.

05 l0 34 47 CC Okay. Mike, you can maneuver to your preliminary


TEI attitude as shown on page 398 of the flight
plan, and the high-gain angles are good as shown
in the flight plan, and we'd like you to dump the
waste water at 131 05 down to l0 percent. Over.
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05 10 35 13 CMP Okay. Understand. I'm going to go to roll 1.1,


pitch zero - or 52.6, and yaw 13.8, and you want
a waste-water dump l0 percent starting at 131 05.

05 l0 35 28 CC That's affirmative. Right out the LOS.

05 10 37 l0 CMP Maneuver is in progress, Houston.

05 l0 37 14 CC Copy, ll. Out.

05 l0 40 14 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Over.

05 l0 46 46 CMP Apollo ll under high gain. How do you read?

05 10 46 50 CC Five-by, ll. How me? Over.

05 10 46 54 CMP You're loud and clear, Charlie. What - What


numbers are you looking at for TEI TIG prelimi-
nary; 135 hours 23 minutes, something like that?

05 10 47 05 CC That's affirmative, Mike. We're looking at about


nominal time. We've considered kicking it up a
REV, but we don't think this REV-track is going
to be any good since we had the RCS burn and we
need some more tracking to get you a good TEI.
Over.

05 10 47 26 CMP That's what we're looking for.

05 10 47 27 CC Roger.

05 10 47 39 CC 11, Houston. Looks like it's going to be pretty


relaxed time here for the next couple of hours.
We'll have you a PAD, of course, the next REV or
so, and we'll keep you posted on TEI. Looks like
nominal time. Over.

05 10 47 52 CMP Thank you, Charlie.

05 10 47 57 CC And your little maneuver back here a moment ago


will put you about 20 miles ahead of the LM at
TEI.

05 10 48 07 CMP Okay.

05 10 48 42 CMP ImAgine that place has cleared out a little bit


after that rendezvous. You can find a place to
sit down almost, huh?

05 l0 48 47 CC Roger. Our MOCR's about empty right now. We're


taking it a little easy. How does it feel up
there to have some company?
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05 10 48 57 CMP Damn good, I'll tell you.

05 10 49 O0 CC I'll bet. I bet, you'd almost be talking to


yourself up there after 10 REVS or so.

05 10 49 07 CMP No, no. It's a happy home here. It'd be nice


to have company. As a matter of fact, it'd be
nice to have a couple of hundred million Americans
up here.

05 10 49 18 CC Roger. Well, they were with you in spirit.

05 10 49 19 CMP Let them see what they're getting for their money.

05 10 49 22 CC Roger. Well, they were with you in spirit any-


way, at least that many. We heard on the news
today, 11, that last night - yesterday after
you made your landing, New York Times came out
with a - headlines, the largest headlines they've
ever used in the historY of the newspaper.

05 10 49 48 CMP Save us a copy.

05 10 49 55 CDR I'm glad to hear it was fit to print.

05 10 49 59 CC It was great.

05 10 50 08 CC That's why we didn't read you up any newscast.


There really wasn't anything to talk about.

05 10 50 15 CMP Hello, there, Boss.

05 10 51 36 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We've got 10 minutes to LOS;


see you over the hill at 131 48. Over.

05 ]0 51 45 CMP Okay, Charlie. I'll dump the water as soon as


we go around the corner.

05 10 51 48 CC Roger. Everything's looking real good now.

05 lO 51 53 CMP Yes. Same here.

05 10 57 08 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Coming up about


4 30 LOS. You're looking great on all your sys-
tems. Eagle is purring right along after an
hour 30 without any cooling. The PNGS is still
looking good. Over.

05 10 57 24 CMP Roger.

05 11 00 26 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Will you verify that your


rendezvous radar transponder is off? Over.
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05 11 O0 38 CMP It's not, but I'll get it off.

05 ll O0 hl CC Roger. We were seeing - believe it or not, we


were seeing some funnies on the Eagle's rend_,z-
vous radar, and that was thc only theory that
we had. It looked like it was a good orie.

05 11 00 55 CMP Good theory.

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P_e 49_

05 ll 25 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 29

05 11 49 29 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We are standing by.


Everything is looking great here. Over.

05 11 49 42 _ Apollo 11. Roger.

05 12 16 00 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. If you guys want it,


we've got some news, here, we can read up. Over.

05 12 16 09 CDR Be pleased to have it.

05 12 16 ll CC Roger, Nell. Starting off: Congratulatory


messages on the Apollo ll mission have been
pouring into the White House from world leaders
in a steady stream all day. Among the latest
are telegrams from Prime Minister Harold Wilson
of Great Britain and the King of Belgium. The
world's press has been dominated by news of
Apollo ll. Some newsmen estimate that more than
60 percent of the news used in papers across the
country today concerned your mission. The New
York Times which, as we mentioned before, has
had such a demand for its edition of the paper
today (even though it ran 950 000 copies) said
it will reprint the whole thing on Thursday as
a souvenir edition. And Premier Alexei Kosygin
has sent congratulations to you and President
Nixon through former Vice President Humol_ey
who is visiting Russia. The cosmonauts have
also issued a statement of congratulations.
Humphrey quoted Kosygin as saying "I want you
to tell the President and the American people
that the Soviet Union desires to work with the
United States in the cause of peace."

05 12 17 21 CC And Mrs. Robert Goddard said today that her


husband would have been so happy. "He wouldn't
have shouted or anything. He would just have
glowed." She added, "That was his dream, send-
ing a rocket to the Moon." People around the
world had many reasons to be happy about the
Apollo ll mission. The Italian police reported
that Sunday night was the most crime-free night
of the year. And in London, a boy who had the
faith to bet $5 with a bookie that a man would
reach the Moon before 1970 collected $2h 000.
That's pretty good odds.
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05 12 18 00 CC You're probably interested in the comments your


wives have made. Neil, Jan had said about yes-
terday's activities, "The evening was unbelievably
perfect. It is an honor and a privilege to share
with my husband, the crew, the Manned Spacecraft
Center, the American public, and all mankind;
the magnificent experience of the beginning of
lunar exploration." She was then asked if she
considered the Moon landing the greatest moment
in her life. She said "No, that was the day we
were married." And Mike, Pat said simply, "It
was fantastically marvelous." Buzz, Joan said -
apparently couldn't quite believe the EVA on the
Moon. She said, "It was hard to think it was
real until the men actually moved. After the
Moon touchdown, I wept because I was so happy."
But she added, "The best part of the mission will
be the splashdown."

05 12 18 52 CC In other news, and there was a little bit,


another explorer: Thor Heyerdahl had to give
up his attempt to sail a papyrus boat across
the Atlantic. The storm-damaged boat was aban-
doned about 650 miles from Bermuda. The speed
of the craft had been reduced to about 25 miles
a day, and Heyerdahl said the object of the
voyage had not been to provide an endurance test
for the crew.

05 12 19 21 CC Looking at the world of sports, let's see here.


While you were busy the other day, Joe Namath
and football Commissioner Pete Rozelle made the
announcement that "Broadway Joe" had agreed to
sell his interest in the Bachelors III restau-
rant and report to the New York Jets. Joe
arrived at the Jets' training camp toda N and had
his first workout. Several other Jet players
who had held out along with Joe also reported.
And Davy Hill, from Jackson, Michigan, won his
third major golf in as many starts in the past
week. He won the Philadelphia Classic. Hill
has won four tournaments so far this year and
is the leading money winner this year with a
cool $129 000. And in baseball, the west
division of the National League remains a tight
race. LA and San Francisco are one game behind
league-leading Atlanta. The Astros have a
record of 48 wins and 48 losses, and are now in
fifth place, seven games out. A twin bill
between the Astros and Cincinnati last night was
postponed because of rain. The Chicago Cubs
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are still in first place in the East Division.


They lead the New York Mets by four and on_.-half
games. And in the American League, Baltimore
is breezing toward the ]!',a'_tern Division tJLtt,.
They lead second-place Boston by 11 games.
Looking ahead, the All-Star baseball game is
scheduled for tomorrow. And President Nixon was
scheduled to see the game and then leave imme-
diately after the game for the Pacific splashdown
area before going on his tour of Europe. And
that about covers the news this day. You guys
have been making most of it and I'm sure we
couldn't fill you in on any of the details that
you don't already know. Out.

05 12 21 22 CDR Thank you much, Charlie.

05 12 21 24 CC You're welcome.

05 12 21 42 CC ll, Houston. We've got a preliminary TEI 30 PAD,


if you're ready to copy.

05 12 22 06 CMP Ready to copy.

05 12 22 l0 CC Roger. Coming at you. TEI 30, SPS/G&N: 36691;


minus 061, plus 067 135 23 4149; NOUN 81,
plus 32020, plus 06713, minus 02773 181 054 013;
NOUN 44, HA is NA, plus 00230 32833 228,
DELTA-V C 32625 24 1510 355. Next three lines
are NA. NOUN 61 plus ll03, minus -
minus 17237 11806 36275 195 04 52. Your
set stars are Deneb and Vega, 242 172 012.
We like two-jet ullage to 16 seconds. The
horizon will be on the il-degree mark at TIG
minus 2 minutes. And other comments: your
sextant star is visible after GET of 134 50.
Ready for your readback. Over.

05 12 24 39 CMP Roger. We have a TEI 30, SPS/G&N: 36691,


minus 061, plus 067 135 23 4149; plus 32020,
plus 06713, minus 02773 181 054 013; NA,
plus 00230, plus 32833 228 32625, 24 1510 355;
NA three times, plus 1103, minus 17237 11806 36275
195 04 52. Deneb and Vega 242 172 012, two-jet
ullage, 16 seconds; horizon il-degree line at
TIG minus 2 minutes; sextant star visible after
134 50. Over.

05 12 25 58 CC Roger, Mike. Good readbaek. Out.


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05 12 53 02 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Seven minutes to


LOS; next AOS 133 46. You're looking good going
over the hill. Out.

END OF TAPE
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05 13 23 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 30

05 13 49 44 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We're standing by.

05 13 49 54 CMP Roger. Apollo 11.

05 13 49 56 CC Roger. We'd like you, sometime at your conven-


ience, to stir up the CRYO's on this pass. And
we're wondering if you got the fuel cell purge.
Over.

05 13 50 08 CMP Roger. *** fuel cell purge ...

05 13 50 12 CC Say again. You're breaking up.

05 13 50 18 CMP Roger. %1_e 02 fuel cell purge is complete.

05 13 50 22 CC Roger. Copy.

05 13 52 42 CC Hello, Apollo 112 Houston. We've got a load for


you, if you give us PO0 and ACCEPT. The load
consists of a CSM pre-TEI state vector that's
going in the CSM slot, and a post-TEI state vec-
tor that'll go into the LM slot, if that's okay;
and also a TEI target load. Any comments? Over.

05 13 53 07 C_iP Very good. Thank you very much.

05 13 53 08 CC Yes, sir.

05 13 53 09 C_ PO0 and ACCEPT. You got it.

05 13 53 10 CC Thank you.

05 13 53 31 CC And, 11, Houston. A reminder: you can scratch


the VERB 66 at 134 30.

05 1_ 53 hi C_ Understated.

05 13 54 03 CC And, 11, Houston. For your information, Eagle,


we had an ISS fail light came on at about 3 19
due to a CDU overheating; and at about this time
at AOS it looks like we're about to lose the
platform.

*** Three asterisks denote clipping of words and phrases.


((fOr:l; Ni,:T ]) Tap_, 86/P

(_', I ; ',4 :"J CMl' ...

05 14 00 09 CC Apollo 11, liouston. Wc got the load iii. You


can have the computer - -

05 1_ 00 12 LMP 11. Are you through with the computer?

05 14 00 14 CC That's affirmative, Buzz.

05 14 00 20 LMP Ail right. That's timing for you.

05 14 00 41 CC And, Apollo 11, Houston. Your friendly White


Team has you_ coming-home information, if you're
ready to copy. Over.

05 14 00 56 LMP Stand by.

05 14 01 14 LMP Apollo 11. Ready to copy.

05 14 01 16 CC Roger, 1t. Got two PADS for you, TEI-30 and then
a TEI-31. TEI-30 SPS/G&N: 36691, minus 061, plus
066 135 23 }4156. NOU_ 81: 32 - correction, plus
32011, plus 06818, minus 02650 181 054 014.
Apogee is NA, perigee plus 00230 3286 - correction,
32836; burn time 2 28 32628 24 1511 357. Next
three lines are NA. NOUN 61: plus 1103, minus
17237 11806 36275 195 04 52. Set stars are Deneb
and Vega, 242 172 012. We'd like ullage from two
jets for 16 seconds, and the horizon is on the
10-degree line at TIG minus 2 minutes; and your
sextant star is visible after 134 plus 50. Stand
by on your readback. I have a TEI-31 if you're
ready to copy. Over.

05 14 04 14 LMLP Roger. TEI-30, SPS/G&N: 36691, minus 061, plus


066 135 23 4156, plus 32011, plus 06 818, minus
02650, 181 054 014; apogee NA, plus 00230 32836
228 32628 42 1511 357, NA three lines, plus 1103,
minus 17237 11806 36275 195 04 52, Deneb and Vega,
242 172 012, two-jet ullage, 16 seconds, horizon
out-of-the-window, 10 degrees, TIG minus 2 minutes,
sextant star at 134 10. Over.

05 14 05 43 CC Roger, Buzz. Good readback. You're very weak.


If you're ready to copy, I got a TEI-31 for you.
Over.

05 14 06 01 LMP All right. Go ahead.

05 14 06 09 CC Apollo 11, Houston. You were cut out. Say again.


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05 14 06 17 LMP Roger. Stand by one.

05 ])4 06 _8 CC Roger.

05 14 06 2)1 1J_j_ Ali right. Go _]le:]d. i'm ready to copy.

05 14 06 27 CC Roger, 11. TEI-31, SPS/G&N: 36691, minus 061,


plus 066 137 22 3985, plus 32838, plus 06845,
minus 02487, NA, pitch 052. Rest of the PAD is
NA. Ready for your readback. Over.

05 14 07 25 LMP Roger. TEI-31, SPS/G&N: 36691 minus 061, plus


066, 137 22 3985, plus 32838, plus 06845, minus
02487, NA, pitch 052. The rest is NA. Over.

05 14 07 56 CC Roger. Good readback. And, Buzz, did you say


sextant star is visible after 134 50?

05 14 08 11 LMP No. I wrote down 134 10. I wasn't real sure


about that.

05 14 08 18 CC Roger. It went by me there. RETRO caught it.


It's 134 50. Over.

05 14 08 26 LMP Okay. 134 50. Thank you.

05 iL 08 29 CC Yes, sir.

05 14 16 53 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. After the burn,


we'd like you to trim X and Z. Over.

05 14 17 05 CMP Okay, Charlie.

05 11' 17 07 CC Roger. And that's to 0.2 foot per second, as


shown in the flight plan.

05 iL 17 23 C_? Sounds like there's a story behind that one, too.

05 14 17 28 CC We'll tell you when you get back.

05 14 20 22 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Would you verify


that you've stirred up the CRYO's? Over_

05 14 20 31 CMP Roger. We've stirred them up.

05 14 20 33 CC Thank you, sir.

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Page 505

05 14 37 53 CC Apollo 11, Houston. You are GO for TEI. Over.

05 14 37 59 CMP Apollo 11. Thank you.

05 14 49 25 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. You've got about


8 minutes till LOS. Your AOS with the burn,
135 34 05, no burn 135 44. Over.

05 14 49 43 CMP Okay. Thank you.

05 14 49 46 CC Yes, sir.

05 14 56 35 CC Apollo 11, Houston. One minute to LOS. Go


sic 'em.

05 14 56 41 CMl° Thank you, sir. We'll do it.

05 15 19 -- BEGIN LUNAR REV 31

05 15 35 14 CC Hello Apollo 11. Houston. How did it go?


Over.

05 15 35 22 CMP Time to open up the LRL doors, Charlie.

05 15 35 25 CC Rogerm We got you coming home. It's well


stocked.

05 15 35 33 CDR Okay, Burn status: DELTA-TIG was zero, burn


time was 2 plus 30. PAD angles: DELTA V
gx

after trim was 0.1, Vgy 0.9, Vg z 0.1. DELTA-V C


minu_ 17.9, fuel 10.6, OX 10.4, unbalance
minu_ 50.

05 15 36 01 CC Roger. Copy, Neil. Sounds good to us.

05 15 36 16 CC And Apollo 11, Houston. All your systems look


rea[ good to us. We'll keep you posted.

05 15 36 27 CDR Roger.

05 15 36 28 CDR Hey, Charlie boy, looking good here. That was


a beautiful burn. They don't come any finer.

05 15 36 31 CC Roger.
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05 15 36 48 CC Apollo 11, Houston. I wondered if you've com-


pared your state vector accuracy with thc one
in the [_ /'lights? Ow,r.

05 15 36 59 CDR Yes, sir, and it looked very nice. VERB 83 was


plus 00070 and minus 00008.

05 15 37 10 CC Roger.

05 15 37 38 CC 11, Houston. I was looking at your bank Bravo


nitrogen tank. It didn't leak a bit - correc-
tion - didn't leak a bit this time. Over.

05 15 37 51 CDR Roger. Looked good here.

05 15 37 53 CMP Chamber pressure was hanging in there around 100.


The latter part, of the burn it started oscillat-
ing a little bit and got down a little bit
below 100.

05 15 37 59 CC Roger.

05 15 38 00 CMP 96 or so.

05 15 38 01 CC Roger.

05 15 47 24 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Would you give us PO0 in


ACCEPT? We've got a REFSMMAT for you. Over.

05 15 47 36 CMP Okay.

05 ]5 47 37 CC Thank you.

05 15 50 07 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We've got the load


in. You can go back to BLOCK. Over.

05 15 50 16 CMP We're there.

05 15 50 18 CC Roger.

05 15 50 38 CMP Your command module film seems to be working


out pretty well, Charlie, the amount we carried.
Looks like we carried Just about what we needed.

O_ 15 50 45 CC Wonderful.

05 15 50 51 CMP We have one 16-millimeter roll on the ASA-1000


color interior film. We were thinking of
shooting that during the entry, out window
number 4 on a bracket, and you might get the
camera guide sometime in the next couple of
days and give us all the good settings for that.
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05 15 51 09 CC Roger.

05 15 54 46 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. I wondered if


during the TEI burn you utilized the oxidizer
flow valve on the PUGS. Over.

05 15 55 06 Ih5° Yes, we did. Based on your very excellent


briefing I was expecting the thing to
continue desiring increase for the whole time,
so we started out with it in INCREASE. I saw
that we pretty quickly crossed the line and
started falling about 6 or 7 percent behind, so
I was still expecting it to move up, and then
I went down to FULL DECREASE and brought it back
down to a difference of 2 percent. Over.

05 15 55 40 CC Roger. Thank you very much, Buzz.

05 15 55 41 IAIP Two-tenths of a percent, I'm sorry.

05 15 55 43 CC Roger. Thank you.

05 15 59 37 CC Apollo ll, Houston. You can go to PTC attitude


and torque at your - and do the P52 and torque at
your convenience. Over.

05 15 59 50 CMP Hey, we got to take some more pictures, Charlie.


Is there any constraint, normally, in staying
here for awhile?

05 15 59 55 CC No, sir.

05 16 00 O0 CMl° Thank you.

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Page 508

05 ]6 20 37 CC Go ahead, ll. Over.

05 16 20 42 CMP How does that tracking look, or is it too early


to tell?

05 16 20 45 CC Stand by, Mike.

05 16 21 12 CC Apollo ll, Houston. FIDO's are looking at the


data. It's too early to tell yet exactly. It's
looking real good so far. We'll have you some
answers shortly on trajectory. Over.

05 16 21 27 CMP Okay. What FIDO is that?

05 16 21 33 CC That's Jay Green.

05 16 21 40 CMP Howdy, Jay.

05 16 21 54 CC ll, Houston. We have a DAP CSM update for cu.

05 16 22 03 CMP Go ahead.

05 16 22 04 CC Roger. CSM weight, Mike: 26370. Over.

05 16 22 12 CMP Thank you, sir.

05 16 22 14 CC Welcome.

05 16 24 ll CC Apollo ll, Houston. We've taken your onboard


vector and propagated it forward, and it's
looking real good. We only got about 24 minutes
of tracking now. Really too early to tel3 on
the radar. Over.

05 16 24 26 CMP Roger. Understand.

05 16 28 08 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Mike, did you not ,'e


any transients at ignition on TEI? Over.

05 16 28 21 CMl° Yes. The transients were more noticeable than on


the previous burns, Charlie. I Just wrote it off
on the fact we had a light command module, but
there was considerable roll activity which damp-
ened down after the first 20 seconds, 1 would
guess, of the burn; but then there was also some
pitch and yaw activity. I don't believe it was
abnormal, and it seemed to be deadbanding ratherly
crisply in roll plus or minus about 8 degrees
either side of the center line; and after the
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first couple of - oh, after the first 20 seconds


or so, the gimbals were quiet, and pitch and
yaw were relatively quiet. Before that, there
was some oscillation but mostly Just in rates.
Total attitude hung in there pretty well.

05 16 29 12 CC Roger. Thank you much. We were looking at the


playback, and we saw some things that - right
at start up. We'll be back with you later on
that.

05 16 29 22 CMP Okay.

05 16 42 26 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Have you finished taking


pictures? Over.

05 16 42 36 CMP We're just finishing up, Charlie.

05 16 42 38 CC Roger.

05 16 42 45 CMP About to get started on the P52 here pretty soon.

05 16 42 48 CC Copy.

05 16 42 50 CMP Another eight or nine of them.

05 16 52 26 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. You can crank up


on the PTC at any time. Over.

05 16 52 33 CMP All right-o.

05 16 52 45 CC Apollo ll, Houston.

05 16 52 50 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

05 16 52 52 CC Roger, ll. This is the regional CAP COMM.


Congratulations on an outstanding job. You
guys have really put on a great show up there.
I think it's about time you powered dowel and
got a little rest, however. You've had a
mighty long day here. Hope you're all going
to get a good sleep on the way back. I look
forward to seeing you when you get back here.
Don't fraternize with any of those bugs in
route except for the Hornet.

05 16 53 21 CDR Okay. Thank you, boss. We'll - We're looking


forward to a little rest and a restful trip
back. And see you when we get there.
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05 16 53 30 CC Roger. You've earned it.

05 16 54 13 CC Hello, Apollo 1t. Houston. We'd like you to


turn off 02 tank n_uber 1 heaters. Over.

05 16 54 27 CMP It's off. Thank you.

05 16 54 29 CC Roger.

05 16 54 57 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. For your informa-


tion, the LGC in Eagle just went belly up at
7 hours. Over.

05 16 55 10 CDR Okay. Very good, ... death of a real w_nner,


there.

05 16 55 26 CMP Charlie, we're going to rotate about pitch


270 degrees on the way home vice 1 - or 090 on
the way out. Right?

05 16 55 34 CC Right, sir.

05 16 55 39 CMP Okay. VERB 49 maneuver to that attitude is i_


progress.

05 16 55 43 CC Roger.

05 16 56 14 CDR Houston, crew status report. Radiation:


CDR 11017, CMd° 10019, LMP 09020. No medication.

05 16 56 29 CC Say again, please, Neil. We - you were break-


ing up. We missed that. Over.

05 16 56 37 CDR Okay. This is crew status report. Radiation:


CDR 11017_ CI_ 10019, L_,_ 09020. No medication.

05 16 56 56 CC Roger. Thank you.

05 16 57 00 CC And we didn't get any crew status report from


you this morning. _ndered if you could give
us an estimate of sleep last night. Over.

05 16 57 12 CDR Okay ...

05 16 57 48 CDR Okay. We'll take a guess, Charlie, and try to


give an equivalent amount. Oh, it's CDR 3, and
LMP4.

05 16 58 00 CC Roger. Thank you very much.


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05 16 58 25 CDR And, Charlie, you want the fans cycled ...


Right?

05 16 58 30 CC That's affirmative, and we'd like you to disable


quads Charlie and Delta. Over.

05 16 58 38 CMP Okay. Charlie and Delta.

05 16 59 09 CC Apollo ll, Houston. If it's convenient, we'd


like to go through your onboard readout. Over.

05 16 59 21 CMP Of what?

05 16 59 22 CC Oh, excuse me. It's on the flight plan, 3102.


We'd like BATTS and RCS. Over.

05 16 59 33 CMP Stand by.

05 17 00 38 CMP Ready to copy, Houston?

05 17 00 40 CC Roger. Go ahead.

05 17 00 44 CMl° BATT Charlie 370, PYRO BATT A 370, BATT B 370;


RCS, 55, 65, 64, and 62. Over.

05 17 00 59 CC Roger. We copy all that. Thank you much.

05 17 01 05 CMP Roger.

05 17 17 01 CC Apollo ll, Houston. A couple of questions for


the Moon walkers, if you got a second. Over.

05 17 17 09 CDR Go ahead.

05 17 17 ll CC Roger, Neil. We're seeing some temperature


rises on the passive seismic experiment that
are a little higher than normal and were won-
dering if you could verify the deployed posi-
tion. We understand it's about 40 feet from
the LM in the eleven o'clock position. Over.

05 17 17 37 CDR No. It's about in the nine or nine-thirty


position, and I'd say it's about 50 or 60 feet.

05 17 17 50 CC Roger. Copy. Also, did you notice - was there


any indication of any dust cloud as you lifted
off? Over.
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05 17 18 02 CDH Not very much. There was quite a bit of _(apton


and parts of the LM that went out in all direc-
tions, usually for great distances, as far as I
can tell. But I don't remember seeing anything
of a dust cloud to speak of.

05 17 18 21 CC Roger. Understand all you could see was parts


of the ImM going out. What was your - your
first - first comment? Over.

05 17 18 35 CDR I don't remember. Just that the Kapton and other


parts on the LM staging scattering all around the
area for great distances, but I didn't see much
dust.

05 17 18 50 CC Roger. Thank you very much.

05 17 21 09 CMl° Houston, Apollo 11. Could you keep me hones1


on the lithium hydroxide changes? When do yoa
have the next one scheduled for?

05 17 21 16 CC Stand by.

05 17 22 09 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Mike, on that canister,


we had you due to change one at 133 before TE ,
and it's on page 399. The next one we got is
at 147. Over.

05 17 22 30 CMP Okay.

05 17 25 31 CC Hello, Apollo 11, Houston. We'd like to extend


our damping period for another 5 minutes; let
the rates get way down. Over.

05 17 25 42 CMl° 11. Roger.

05 17 30 12 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

05 17 30 14 CC Go ahead, 11. Over.

05 17 30 19 CMP Roger, Charlie. Like to bring you up to date


on our chlorination status. In compartment B4,
we have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven -
correction, we have eight pockets for chlorine
and buffer ampules, of which - Let me correct
that. We have seven pockets, of which one is
empty and always has been empty, leavin_ six
remaining. On the other side over there in B7,
we have another container with seven pockets,
so we have a total of seven plus six, and those
are filled with six chlorines and seven buffers.
Now, I've been using ()ne chlorine and oae buffer
per day which, at this point in time, I,_ior to
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this chlorination I'm about to do, leaves me one


chlorine and two buffers. Seems to me I'm one
chlorine short, and that being the case, I'd
like to ask your advice on postponing this
chlorination using the last container until
some later date, like maybe tomorrow. Over.

05 17 31 41 CC Roger. We copy, Mike. Stand by.

05 17 3i 46 CMP Okay.

05 17 37 21 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. Check in Al, Mike,


and see what you can find in there. Over.

05 17 37 34 CC We think you might have some more chlorine up


in Al. Over.

05 17 38 25 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston.

05 17 38 42 CMP Houston, Apollo ll.

05 17 38 50 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Do you read? You're br_ak -


ing up. Over.

05 17 38 57 CMl° Roger. Read.

05 17 39 02 CC Roger, ll. You're breaking up. Mike, please


look in compartment Al. We think there might
be some more chlorine up there. Over.

05 17 39 21 CMP Eureka!

05 17 39 26 CC 11, Houston. Reading you about one-by. Over_

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Page 514

05 17 41 43 CC 11, Houston. We're having a downlink problem.


That's the reason we can't read you. We're
switching sites. Stand by.

05 17 42 02 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. How do you read


now? Over.

05 17 42 09 CMP Fine.

05 17 42 10 CC Roger. You're five-by now, too, Mike. Thank


you much. Did you copy that about A1 on that
chlorine?

05 17 42 20 CMP Eureka!

05 17 42 21 CC How about that, sports fans!

05 17 45 26 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We're having a little


trouble getting the yaw rate damped out to the
appropriate value. We'd like you all to be
quite like mice for a couple of minutes and
let's see if that will help it out. Over.

05 17 45 45 CC 11, Houston. You did great work there. We're


ready to spin it up. Over.

05 17 46 30 CC 11, Houston. Did you copy? Over.

05 17 46 43 LMP Yes. We read you, Charlie. Would you stand by


a minute ?

05 17 46 46 CC Roger. No hurry.

05 17 47 18 CC 11, Houston. Shift change time, here. White


Team bids you good night; we'll see you tomorrow.
Over.

05 17 47 27 CDR Good night, Charlie. Thank you.

05 17 47 30 LMP Good night, Charlie. Thank you.

05 17 47 33 CMP Adios.

05 17 47 35 CC Adios. Thanks again for a great show, you guys.

05 17 47 41 CMP Thanks for a great job down there.

05 18 01 52 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Over.


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05 18 O1 59 CMP Good morning, Ron.

05 18 02 01 CC Howdy there, Mike. We're ready to go ahead and


have you switch to your OMNI positions for your
sleep period, and we would like the following
high-gain switch positions: your high gain
antenna in MANUAL, beam width WIDE, pitch is
minus 50, and yaw is a plus 270. And just
follow the flight plan for remaining COMM
configuration. Over.

05 18 02 37 CDR Roger. Out.

05 18 02 48 LMP You "Purple" people keep funny hours.

05 18 02 52 CC Your COMM is pretty weak at this point, Mike.


Please say again.

05 18 02 59 CMP Roger. Disregard.

05 18 03 39 CMl° Houston, Apollo ll.

05 18 03 41 CC Go ahead, ll.

05 18 03 56 CMP It's on the way now.

05 18 06 20 CC Apollo ll, Houston. We'd like for you to go


ahead and put your S-band antenna OMNI to OMNI
and OMNI B. Over.

05 18 07 51 CC Apollo ll, Houston. How do you read me through


Honeysuckle now? Over.

05 18 08 02 CMP You're loud and clear. Over.

05 18 08 03 CC Very good. Reading you better now. And did you


copy we'd appreciate going S-band OMNI and OMNI B
at this time? Over.

05 13 08 14 CMP That's the configuration we're in.

05 18 08 17 CC Okay. Thank you.

05 18 08 24 CMP I'll say you "Purple" people keep funny hours.

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06 03 47 11 CMP Good afternoon, Houston. Apollo 11. Over.

06 03 47 24 CC Good morning, 11. This is Houston. Over.

06 03 47 31 CMP Okay. Crew status report: 88 and 8.5.

06 03 47 38 CC Roger. 88 and 8.5. When you're ready, we've


got a small flight plan update for you.

06 03 48 14 LMP Houston, we're ready to copy.

06 03 48 16 CC Roger. At about 148 hours, if you've not already


done so, a CO 2 filter change, and the H2 purge
line heater on 20 minutes before the 02 and H 2
purge. At 148 hours, we'd like you to initiate
a charge on battery Alfa instead of at 151 hours,
and leave the charge on until we notify you
further. At 150 hours GET, waste-water dump to
l0 percent. We do plan to burn midcourse cor-
rection 5. It will be an RCS burn about 5 feet
per second at about the nominal time in the flight
plan. Over.

06 03 49 24 LMP Roger. Understand. We'll be accomplishing the


filter change shortly, the purge line heater is
on ***, 02 and H2 purge shortly, and at 148 will
initiate a charge on battery A until you notify
us further. At 150 hours, waste-water dump to
10 percent. And we're looking forward to mid-
course correction 5 at about 5 feet per second
at the nominal time. Over.

06 03 49 52 CC Roger. I've got your consumables update, if


you're ready to copy.

06 03 50 02 LMP Copy.

06 03 50 04 CC Okay. At GET of 147 plus 00, RCS total


minus 2.0 percent, which is about minus 14 pounds.
Alfa minus 12.0, Bravo plus 10.0, minus 3.0,
minus 2.0. Hydrogen total minus 1.5 pou_lds,
02 total plus 20 pounds. Over.

06 03 50 50 LMP Roger. I copy, and our onboard readouts: Alfa,


*** 2 percent, Bravo 54 percent, Cocoa's 64 per-
cent, Delta 61 percent. Over.

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06 03 51 19 CC Roger, ll. Would you read that quad Alfa again,


please, Buzz. You're cutting out. It may be -
are you operating on VOX? Over.

06 OB 51 29 _ Negative. Alfa is 53 percent. Over.

06 03 51 36 CC Roger. We copy.

06 03 51 53 CC ll, from down here on telemetry, all your systems


look to be in good shape.

06 04 01 51 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

06 04 01 57 CMP Go ahead.

06 04 01 58 CC Roger. Would you ask Buzz to check his biomed-


ical TM sensors for a loose or dried out sensor?
We're getting an erratic electrocardiogr_un read-
ing. That would be one of the three sternal
le ads. Ove r.

06 04 02 18 CMP Okay.

06 04 02 45 CMP ...

06 04 03 58 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Say again your


last, please.

06 04 04 07 CMP Disregard.

06 04 04 ll CC Roger. Out.

06 04 07 14 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Stand by for a


Mark leaving the lunar sphere of influence.

06 04 07 22 CC MARK.

06 04 07 23 CC You're leaving the lunar sphere of influence.


Over.

06 04 07 31 CMP Roger. Is Bill Shaffer down there?

06 04 07 34 CC Negative. But we've got a highly qualified team


on in his stead.

06 04 07 42 CMP Roger. I wanted to hear him explain it again to


the press conference.

06 04 07 50 CC Okay.

06 04 07 54 CMP That's old Apollo 8 junk, but tell him the space-
craft gave a little jump as it went through the
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06 04 07 58 CC Okay. I'll pass it on to him. Thanks a lot,


and Dave Reed is sort of burying his head in his
arms right now.

06 04 08 l0 CMP Roger. Out.

06 04 08 15 CDR Those g_s down there in the press room did a


pretty good Job this morning.

06 04 08 20 CC Yes, they have.

06 04 08 30 CDR We don't want them to give up yet, though.

06 04 08 34 CC No. They'll hang in there for about another


47 hours or so.

06 04 08 39 CDR Okay.

06 04 22 48 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. If you're not busy


now, I can read you up the morning news.

06 04 23 O1 LMP Okay. We're all listening.

06 04 23 05 CC Say again, ll?

06 04 23 ll LMP Roger. We're all listening. Go ahead.

06 04 23 13 CC Roger. From the hot wires of the Public Affairs


Office: Apollo ll still dominates the news
around the world. Only four nations, Communist
China, North Korea, North Viet Nam, and Albania,
have not yet informed their citizens of your
flight and landing on the Moon. One newsman
said that he has run out of ways to describe
your success. Tonight, President Nixon is sched-
uled to watch the All Star baseball game in
Washington. After the game, he will depart for
the Pacific recovery area. Wednesday evening,
he will fly from Johnston Island by helicopter to
the Navy communications ship Arlington. Then on
Thursday morning, he will reboard the helicopter
and fly to the Hornet in time to witness your
splashdown. Accompanying the President will be
Secretary of State William Rogers and Frank
Borman. They will watch the splashdown from the
bridge of the recovery ship with Admiral John
Sidney McCain, Jr., Commander of the Pacific
Forces. Following the President's stay aboard
the Hornet, he will depart for his tour of Asia
and scheduled visit to Romania. Luna 15 is be-
lieved to have crashed into the Sea of (',rises
yesterday after orbiting the Moon 52 t_Les. The
Soviet News Agency TASS reported that "scientific
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research in near-Moon space was carried out."


Sir Bernard Lovell at Jodrell Bank Observatory
said that Luna 15 hit the surface of the Moon
at a speed of about 300 miles per hour. Things
have been relatively quiet recently in Vier Nam.
GI's on patrol were observed carrying transistor
radios tuned into your flight. The Armed Forces
radio and TV network in Viet Nam gave the mis-
sion full coverage. Skirmishes still continue
between the Egyptians and Israelis along the
Suez Canal. U.N. observers there are trying to
halt the action. In Washington, the House Ways
and Means Commlttee has voted to reduce the
27.5-percent oil depletion allowance to 20 per-
cent. We've had rain several times here in the
Houston area. Today it is cloudy, and more
showers are expected. On the sports front, as
we mentioned earlier, the All Star game is to-
night. There were no games played yesterday.
Last night in New York, the Baseball Writers
Association of America named Babe Ruth the great-
est ball player of all time. Joe DiMaggio was
named the greatest living ball player. Frank
Borman made the announcements at a dinner honor-
ing the pl_fers. Joe Namath put in a full day
at the New York Jets' training camp. Five police-
men had a hard time restraining about 500 kids
who wanted to touch Broadway Joe. He said he
feels fine and will play in the All Star game
August l, if Coach Weeb Eubank lets him. The
Oilers' camp at Kerrville got wet yesterday,
but the workouts continued. There have been
some minor injuries, but nothing too serious.
Coach Wally Lemm is satisfied so far with the
workouts. The Oilers are expecting attendance
by over 30 000 for the preseason game with Buf-
falo. Apparently, Don Meredith's announced re-
tirement isn't expected to dampen enthusiasm,
especially around here in Houston. Marlo Andretti
won the 200-mile Trenton Auto Race Sunday and is
now the leading race driver in the U.S. Auto
Club 's point standings. And that 's about the
s_.......
ary of the morning news this afternoon in
Houston. Over.

06 04 26 52 LMP Look up the Dow Jones Industrials for us.

06 04 26 55 CC Roger. Stand by a minute, please.

06 04 33 45 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. We see you in PO0.


When you can give us ACCEPT, we have a state
vector and target load uplink ready for you.
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06 04 _4 l_ LM]_ Roger, Houston. I'm going nhead and start th_:


computer.

06 04 34 18 CC Roger. Thank you.

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Page 526

06 04 38 41 CC Apollo 11, we've completed the uplink. The


computer' s yours.

06 04 38 48 CMP Thank you.

06 04 43 41 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

06 Oh 43 47 _ Go ahead.

06 04 43 49 CC Roger. With respect to the Dow Jones industrials,


since closing on Tuesday afternoon the 15th up
to about 1:05 p.m. Houston time this afternoon,
why, the effect has been a net drop; that is,
minus 6 points on the industrial average. So
far today since opening, the Dow Jones indus-
trial average has gone down by ll.05 after
rising l-l/2 shortly after opening. Today's
performance on the utilities is a drop of 1.63,
and railroads a drop of 1.58. Over.

06 04 44 36 CMP Every flight has to have some disadvantages, I


guess.

06 04 44 40 CC Roger. There is some speculation that you all


are responsible for that 1-1/2-point rise right
after opening.

06 04 44 55 CMP Well, don't blame the ll-point drop on us, any-


way.

06 04 44 59 CC Roger.

06 04 45 30 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. If you have a


minute or so free, I wonder if we could get
Mike to give us a little bit of clarification
on what happened around about the time of
docking. We copied him as mentioning that
contact was very smooth, almost imperceptible;
and we're a little bit inquisitive or curious
about his remarks as to what happened after
probe retraction. Over.

06 04 46 00 CMP Roger. I docked in CMC AUTO, and as I said, I


wasn't really sure of the moment of contact. I
kept cross-checking the docking probe indicators.
I got two barber poles indicating that the three
capture latches - not capture latches, but the
three ... latches had made, and we were soft
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I'ttg,,, !,27

docked. And at that t'J]ne thc uit, uat, iou looked


very stable. So, I went to CMO FREE, F_l_anccd
back out the window and it still looked stable;
and I fired primary 2 bottle. And at that time,
a gyration began between the two vehicles due
I'm not sure to what. Perhaps the LM thrusting
or perhaps it was building up prior, and I
hadn't noticed it. But anyway, during the
RETRACT of the probe, there were yaw - my yaw
excursions of, I would guess, around 15 degrees,
and I had to ec_e hack on, take the FREE switch
and throw it back to AUTO, and try to damp them
out; and I guess Neil was doing the same in the
I_. I'll let him tell you about his side of it.
And I though that we were not going to get a
successful RETRACT and hard dock. However, in
about - oh, I guess 6 or 8 seconds, I did hear -
could see the situation damping out, and then
we heard the noise indicating the docking latches
had fired; and later on when I got into the
tunnel, all 12 of them had properly engaged.

06 04 47 44 CC Roger.

06 04 47 49 CDR And on the LM side, we were in AGS MIN deadband


ATT HOLD; and at contact, I thrusted plus-X; and
shortly after that we had a sizable attitude
oscillation and thruster firing, so we opened
up the deadband to MAX and manually flew the
vehicle into stable attitude during the retrac-
tion. It went to OFF after ...

06 04 48 28 CC Roger. Thank you very much. Out.

06 04 50 48 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. I have your


midcourse-correction-5 PAD available when you're
ready to copy.

06 04 50 56 LMP Stand by.

06 04 51 56 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Ready to copy.

06 04 52 02 CC il, this is Houston. Midcourse correction num-


ber 5, RCS/G&N: 26025, pitch and yaw trim NA,
TIG 150 29 5453, minus 00048, plus all balls,
plus 00001 075 159 328; HA is NA;
plus 00230 00048 011 00048; sextant
star 03 0908 382. Boresite star block, none
available. Latitude plus 1102,
minus 17204 11803 36275 195 03 33, GDC align,
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Deneb and Vega, 007 144 068, no ullage, of


course, four-quad thrusting. Over. Readback.

06 04 53 51 _ Roger. Midcourse number 5, RCS/G&N: 26025,


pitch and yaw NA, 150 29 5453, minus 00048,
plus all zeros, plus 00001 075 159 328, NA,
plus 00230 00048 011 00048 03 0908 382, NA
three times, plus 1102, minus 17204 11803
36275 195 03 33, Deneb and Vega, 007 144 068,
and four quads for the burn. Over.

06 04 55 17 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Readback correct.


Out.

06 05 03 ll CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

06 05 03 18 CMP Roger. Go ahead, Houston.

06 05 03 20 CC Roger. If Neil has a free minute, we've got a


question or two regarding the CO 2 partial
pressure and water in the suit loop discrep-
ancies noted yesterday. Over.

06 05 03 33 CDR Go ahead.

06 05 03 36 CC Roger, ll. Was water noted in both suits or


only in yours, Nell?

06 05 03 44 CDR I think only in my suit.

06 05 03 48 CC Okay. Can you locate that occurrence for us


in time when you first noticed water in the
suit, either by mission time or relation to
any particular event?

06 05 04 17 CDR I think it was after insertion sometime, Bruce.


I don't remember exactly when. I - It was when
we were irt orbit and had our - after we took
our helmets off.

06 05 04 31 CC Roger. Did you call it to us when you first


noticed it, or was it sometime after when you
called it?

06 05 04 38 CDR I'd guess it might have been probably 20 minutes


after I noticed it that I mentioned it to you.

06 05 04 44 CC Roger. Was this noticing the water accompanied


by erratic CO 2 partial pressure readings, or
was that a separate problem? Over.
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06 05 04 57 CDR Well, the water problem evidenced itself before


we noted any erratic motions of the PC02 gage.

06 05 05 06 CC Roger. And what was the relative sequence on


selecting water separator number 2 and the
secondary C02 canister; that is, did you go to
the secondary water separator first and then the
secondary C027 Over.

06 05 05 27 LMP I believe we went to secondary C02 first.

06 05 05 33 CDR Secondary hydroxide - lithium hydroxide.

06 05 05 37 CC Roger. We copy. And was there any change in


your suit loop - -

06 05 05 40 CDR No.

06 05 05 41 CC Go ahead.

06 05 05 44 LMP I should mention, Bruce, that when I went to


water secondary - water separator to secondary
there, I didn't notice any change. But about
after 15 minutes or 20 minutes, the water
stopped coming out. So maybe that was just
water that was already in the loop that was still
blowing out, but the secondary water separator
was operating properly.

06 05 06 ll CC Roger. Did you make any changes in the suit


loop configuration after you went from the
egress mode to the cabin mode after insertion;
that is, in particular, they're interested in
knowing if you recall changing the diverter
valve position to EGRESS at any time wh_le you
were on the secondary canister? Over.

06 05 06 36 CMP No. I don't believe we did that at all, Bruce.

06 05 06 40 CC Okay, ll. Thank you. That sums up our ques-


tions for now, and we'll crank these back into
the engineering pipeline and see what we can
come up with.

06 05 06 51 LMP Okay. Are you satisfied that the C02 _ircuit


breaker was in on Jettison? Over.

06 05 07 00 CC Say again, please?


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06 05 07 04 LMP Roger. On LM Jettison, are you satisfied that


the C02 circuit breaker was in? Over.

06 05 07 l0 CC Yes. It was in.

06 05 07 17 LMP Roger. Could you confirm that? I thought there


was some question after we got into the command
module as to whether that had been left in or
not. Over.

06 05 07 34 CC Roger, ll. It was in and confirmed in, and the


readings after Jettison stayed about O.1 to 0.2.

06 05 24 24 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. We have not noticed


any change in the signal coming through on the
LMP's EKG. When he has a little free time, we'd
like him to cheek into it again. Over.

06 05 24 41 _ Roger. I looked at all three of the upper chest


center ones, and they appear to be fairly tight.
I'll push them back in again. Over.

06 05 24 53 CC Roger. On the TM here, we noticed some fluctua-


tions that may have been attributed to your
moving the sensors around or pushing on them,
but the erratic problem seems to be persisting.

06 05 4_ 27 _ Houston, Apollo 11. Over.

06 05 4_ 40 CC ll, this is Houston. Over.

06 05 44 45 I_P Roger. I wonder if you've noticed any change


in the BIOMED returns you're getting. Over.

06 05 44 54 CC Negative, Buzz. It still looks kind of bad.


Apparently, when you move around, it's c_ting
in and out. Have you checked the little electri-
cal connector where it goes into the signal con-
ditioner? Over.

06 05 45 07 LMP Yes. They're all about as tight as can be. I


tell you what; I'll take them off and put them
back on again and see if that makes any differ-
ence.

06 05 45 17 CC Okay. If you would, at your convience, we'll


be watching it down here.

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Pa_c ',_1

06 06 10 19 CC Apollo 11, this is Ilouston. We'd Ilks? yoLl to


try acquisition on the high-gain antenna for
us at pitch minus 90, yaw 270. Over.

06 06 10 33 CDR Roger. That's in work.

06 06 10 37 CC Roger. Out.

06 06 12 36 CC 11, this is Houston. We're showing about 6.8 per-


cent on waste water on our telemetry now. Over.

06 06 12 48 CMP Okay. We've got about 9, up here. Over.

06 06 12 51 CC Roger. Out.

06 06 28 31 CC 11, Houston. We're standing by for your burn.


Everything's looking good from down here.

06 06 28 39 LMP Thank you, Bruce. You've got about a minute and


20 seconds.

06 06 28 42 CC Roger. We concur.

06 06 31 16 CMP Houston, do you copy our residuals?

06 06 31 33 CC Roger. We've got your residual fuel counter


reading for us.

06 06 31 43 CMP DELTA-V C is plus 0.2.

06 06 31 46 CC Roger. Plus 0.2.

06 06 31 50 CMP That was actually plus 100.2. Okay?

06 06 31 54 CC Okay.

06 06 43 34 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

06 06 43 38 CC Go ahead, 11.

06 06 43 43 CMP Roger. We're in PTC attitude and would you


please give us a call when our thruster activity
has subsided sufficiently?

06 06 43 52 CC Roger. Stand by.

06 06 56 41 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. We're going to hand


over from Madrid to Goldstone at 151 hours even.
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If you should lose lock on the high gain at this


time, you may reaequire at pitch minus 45,
yaw 270. Break. We're still watching your
rates. Over.

06 06 57 05 CDR Okay. Thank you.

06 07 08 49 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

06 07 08 56 CDR This is ll, Houston.

06 07 09 07 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. Over.

06 07 09 15 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

06 07 09 17 CC ll, we're still seeing rates on your spacecraft


above those we would like for the continuation
of the PTC mode which we are still monitoring,
and we'll advise you when it has settled down.
Over.

06 07 09 34 CDR Okay.

06 07 21 51 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. You are go for the


spinup on PTC. Over.

06 07 22 59 CDR Thank you.

06 07 24 23 CDR Houston, Apollo 11. Over.

06 07 24 27 CC Go ahead, ll.

06 07 24 32 CDR Roger. It didn't like it that time. When I got


down to the entry 27303 ENTER, it took off in roll
at a high rate in excess of 1 degree per second.
Over. I've stopped it now, and we are going to
have to go back and do it over again. I'd like
to try to find out the reason it did that.

06 07 24 55 CC Roger. You might as well start setting up for


it, and we will be working the problem here.

06 07 25 02 CDR Okay. Do you have us on high bit rate here now?

06 07 25 07 CC That's affirmative.

06 07 25 ll CDR Okay, good. I'll maneuver back to PTC initiation


attitude while you guys look at the data and see
what you think.

06 07 25 20 CC Roger.
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06 07 25 50 CDR Houston, Apollo 11. I think the reason is in


having 1620 on the DSKY during the subsequent
entries, or at least that's one possibility.

06 07 26 06 CC Roger. We'll check it out.

06 07 33 33 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. While you're wait-


lng for the CSM to settle down and for us to
look at the tapes on your latest maneuver, would
you feel like answering some more questions with
relation to the lunar surface? Over.

06 07 33 52 CDR Go ahead.

06 07 33 57 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

06 07 33 59 CC Roger. For 64 thousand dollars, we're still


trying to work out the location of your landing
site, Tranquility Base. We think it is located
on LAM-2 chart at Juliet 0.5 and 7.8. Do you
still have those charts on board? Over.

06 07 34 24 CDR Yes. Stand by one. They're packed.

06 07 34 31 CC Roger. You may not have to unpack it. The


position which I just gave you is slightly west
of West Crater. I guess it's about two-tenths
of a kilometer west of it, and we were wondering
if Neil or Buzz had observed any additional land-
marks during descent, lunar stay, or ascent which
would confirm or disprove this. One thing that
we're wondering about is that if you were at this
position, you would have seen the Cat's Paw
during ascent just up to the north of your track.
Over.

06 07 35 18 CDR We were looking for the Cat's Paw, too, thinking


we were probably downrange, beyond the Big V.
But I think that it's likely that that might have
been West Crater that we went across in landing,
but - Stand by.

06 07 36 22 CDR We're hoping, Bruce, that our 16-mm film was


working at that point in descent, and we'll be
able to confirm our touchdown position. We
thought that during ascent we might be able to
pick up some recognizable objects close to the
landing site, and we did see a number of small
craters, and crater rows, and things like that,
which we may be able to pick out after the fact,
but we haven't been able to yet.
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06 07 36 58 CC Roger. And the next question from our p_lnel is


for Buzz. We recall that he reported seeing a
laser upon AOS of the Earth the first time
after - the first REV after ascent, and we're
wondering what color the beam was and if he
could determine at the approximate location with
respect to the Earth. Over.

06 07 37 25 _ It was mostly white, perhaps a tinge of yellowish


color to it; and it seemed to be - as I recall
it, the terminator of the Earth was toward the
horizon and seemed to be about a quarter to a
third of the way down from - down towards the
terminator of the Earth - from the opposite
horizon. That's a third to a quarter Earth
radii. Over.

06 07 38 l0 CC Roger. And that puts it in the light side?


Over.

06 07 38 18 _ Roger. Yes, it was in the light side. The


Earth was about - a two-thirds lit Earth, with
the terminator down toward the horizon. And
now coming from the opposite limb of the Earth,
the sunlight limb, coming down about one-quarter
to one-third of a radius in from the limb.
Generally, pensively located with respect to a
line drawn perpendicular to the terminator
that goes through the center. Over.

06 07 38 58 CC Roger, Buzz. We copy.

06 07 39 02 It5° And I got pictures of that. I'm sure ths,t will


show up.

06 07 39 07 CDR And I saw that, too. It was a very bright spot


of light and I confirm Buzz's observation of
its position.

06 07 39 15 CC Okay, ll. Very good. Now, with respect to the


documented sample container: on television it
appeared to us as though the ssnsoles for that
container were in fact being given - being
selected in accordance with some thought or
consideration being given to the rocks them-
selves. And we were wondering if you could give
any further details from memory about any of
these samples, and the context of the material
or the surface from which they were taken. Over.
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06 0T 39 56 CDR Yes. You remember I initially starte d on the


cut side of the LM that the TV camera ws_ on,
IL]ICI 1 t, ook IL [llJNIb¢'t' oi' llaIBj)]{,,q o[' ro(_kzl Oll th(,
surface, and ucveral that weru JusL LiuL)_LII'I'i_C_ --
about 20 - 15 to 20 feet north of the t/q. And
then I recalled that that area had been probably
swept pretty well by the exhaust of the descent
engine, so I crossed over to the southern side
of the IR, and took a number of samples from the
area around the elongate double crater that we
commented on, and several beyond that, and tried
to take as many different types - of rock types
as I could see by eye - as I could in the short
time we had available. There were a number of
other samples that I had seen earlier in our
stroll around the IR that I had hoped to get
back and pick up and put in the documented sam-
ple, but I didn't get those, and I'll be able to
comment in detail when we get in the debriefing
session.

06 07 41 17 CC Roger. Did you observe any small craters with


conspicuously blocky rims? Over.

06 07 41 28 CDR Well, aside from the one big one that we went
over, I guess there were none in our area. I
took a stroll back after putting up the EASEP,
and while Buzz was starting to unpack the docu-
mented samples - took a stroll back to a crater
behind us that was maybe 70 or 80 feet ill diam-
eter and 15 or 20 feet deep, and took solae pic-
tures of it. It had rocks in the bottom of
pretty good size, considerably bigger than any
that were out on the surface, but there was no -
we apparently, at 15 feet or so, had not gotten
below the regolith. We were essentially showing
no bedrock, at least in the walls of the crater
at that depth. Over.

06 07 42 28 CC Roger. We copy,

06 07 h2 50 CC Okay. Thank you, Nell. That about wraps up the


questions we have on hand for now.

06 O? 43 O0 CDR Okay.

06 07 43 50 CDR MY compliments to the chef. The food is out-


standing. This cream of chicken soup I give at
least three spoons.
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(]6 07 43 58 CC Okay. Cream of chicken, three spoons.

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l",g_' ', V[

I)(; 0'_ }t6 2k' CC Apo/Jo LJ, Lh[,q i:; Jlou:;Lon. t)vor.

06 07 46 27 CMP 6o ahead.

06 07 46 29 CC ll, we concur that having VERB 16, NOUE 20 up on


the DSKY may well have had some effect on your
PTC initiation. It looks llke this would give -
let the computer work with a knowledge of the
actual CDU angles. What we'd like you to do is
do a CDU zero which is VERB 40, NOUN 20, ENTER,
and then start the PTC procedure again at step 2
with loading VERB 6, NOUN 22, desired attitude
in the AUTO maneuver, and all that. Over.

06 07 47 08 CMP Okay. The only thing I don't understand about


that is why it took off at the rate it did. What
rate should it have taken off at under that
theory?

06 07 47 17 CC Stand by a minute, Mike.

06 07 52 17 CC ll, CMP, this is Houston. Over.

06 07 52 25 CMP Go ahead, Houston.

06 07 52 27 CC Mike, over here on page 9-7 of your checklist


where we're setting up PTC, there's been a note
penciled in after, "Wait 20 minutes for rate to
damp. Do not monitor VERB 16, NOUN 20." It
turns out that the significance of that is that,
if you are monitoring 16 NOUN 20, then when you
get down here in step 7, the second time you do a
VERB 24, you've got to reload the NOUN 01 to make
it VERB 24, NOUN 01, ENTER, before you load the
three registers. Over.

06 07 53 09 CMP Roger, that. I was just questioning the rate at


which the maneuver would begin if that were not
done.

06 07 53 17 CC Roger. We're still working on cc_putillg the


rate for you.

06 07 53 39 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. We'd like you to


select REACQ mode on the high-gain antenna.
Looks like we're about to lose you. Over.
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06 08 17 13 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston broadcasting


in the blind. If you read us_ att_mpt l,o :lcquive
on OMN1 _tnt_ttlt_ts. ^t'tcunpt Lo .tcquirt, u:_ ott OMNI
antennas, if you read. Tills is ltouston. ()ut.

06 08 18 3)4 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston broadcasting


in the blind. If you read, attempt acquisition
on an OMNI antenna. Attempt acquisition using
an OMNI antenna. Over.

06 08 20 lh CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston broadcasting


in the blind. If you read, attempt contact using
OMNI antenna, using an 0MNI antenna. This is
Houston. Out.

06 08 35 08 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston broadcasting


in the blind. If you read us, attempt acquisition
using an OMNI antenna. Attempt acquisition using
an OMNI antenna. This is Houston. Out.

06 08 43 48 C_ ... Goldstone.

06 08 43 54 CC Apollo ll, Apollo ll, this is Houston. R_dio check.


Over.

06 08 46 15 CT ...

06 08 46 46 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. How do you read?


Over.

06 08 46 51 CMP Loud and clear, Bruce. How me?

06 08 46 54 CC Roger. What antenna _re you using?

06 08 47 27 CMP Houston, Apollo ll is calling you on th_ high


gain. How do you read? Over.

06 08 47 31 CC Roger. Loud and clear on the high gain.

06 08 47 48 CMP So what's new?

06 08 47 51 CC Oh, we were wondering what was new with you up


there.

06 08 47 56 CMP It's all very quiet. We're just sitting here


letting the thruster firing damp down. When they
get good enough, let us know, and we'll start
this PTC.
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06 08 )t806 CC Roger.

06 08 48 29 CMl° Nice to sit here and watch the Earth g_tting


larger and larger and the Moon smaller and
smaller.

06 08 48 37 CC Roger. We' 11 give you a call when your rates


have damped down sufficiently, and we']'e unable
at the present time to predict what rate you
should have seen at your last attempt _,o initiate
PTC. We saw about 2-1/2 degrees per s_cond.
0ve r.

06 08 48 57 CMP Yes. I believe that.

06 08 _9 21 CMP Buzz thinks we should have a PTC progr _m built in


the computer. He could very well be r_ght.

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(GOSS NET 1) Tape 99/1


Page '_40

06 09 19 17 CMP Houston, Apollo 11.

06 09 19 21 CC Go atlead, 11.

06 09 19 27 CMP Roger. I was just checking the radios, and how


is the thruster activity coming?

06 09 19 51 CC 11, Houston. The radios are still in good shape,


and we are still waiting for your rates to decay.
We've got 0.03 degrees per second _n pitch now.

06 09 20 05 CMP Okay. We're - we're in no rush. This is a very


pleasant attitude, as a matter of fact. The Sim
is down in the LEB, so it's not shining thron_h
the windows and heating the place up. W_'¥_ _ot
the Earth steady out window 1. We haYe thc Mt,on
steadily out window 3 and, of course, we are
locked up on the high gain. So as long as the
thermal people are happy, we're happy.

06 09 20 29 CC Roger. We copy.

06 09 33 27 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

06 09 33 33 CMP Go ahead, Houston.

/ 06 09 33 35 CC Okay, 11. We are about ready to start PI'C. I


would like to give you some high-gain-antenna
angles, though. We'd like to operate in the
REACQ mode, and do you plan on spinning um in
the positive or negative direction? 0v_ _.

06 09 33 52 CMP We can do it either way. I had planned the


positive.

06 09 33 53 CC Okay. For positive, the high-gain-antenna


setting should be pitch plus 30, yaw 270, and
in REACQ. Over.

06 09 34 10 CMP Understand. REACQ, pitch plus 30, yaw 270.


Thank you.

06 09 34 14 CC Roger. And if you would, when you're making


your DSKY entries to set up for PTC, go a little
slower, and we'll try to follow each entry from
down here. Over.

06 09 34 28 CMP Roger. Out.


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06 09 39 47 CMP Houston, 11. PTC established.

06 09 39 50 CC Roger, 11.

06 09 43 05 CC 11, Houston. We observe the PTC to be fairly


well established here, and we'll keep you posted
on how it's going, and your friendly VNite Team
commentator is taking over now.

06 09 43 23 CMP Okay. Thanks to all you Black Team.

06 09 43 26 CC That was the Green Team.

06 09 43 28 CMl° Correction, all you Green Team - correction,


Green Team. Excuse me.

06 09 43 31 CC Roger. Out.

06 09 43 48 CMP How could I forget. I used to be a "Green"


one.

06 09 45 42 CC Hello, Apollo 11, Houston. Your White Te:,m is


now on. We're standing by for an exciting
evening of TV and a presleep report. Over.

06 09 53 03 (Unidentifiable Noise)

06 09 53 12 SC (Laughter)

06 09 53 31 CC Apollo 11, Houston. You sure you don't have


anybody else in there with you?

06 09 53 38 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Say again, please.

06 09 53 41 CC We had some strange noises coming down on the


downlink, and it sounded like you had some
friends up there.

06 09 53 55 CDR Where - where do the White Team go during their


off hours anyway?

06 09 53 59 CC Say again.

06 09 56 30 (Unidentifiable Noise)

06 09 58 59 (Unindentifiable Noise)

06 10 40 58 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

06 10 41 05 LMP Go ahead, Houston.


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06 10 41 07 CC Roger. Would you ver - We've lost COMM with


you for about the last 10 minutes. Would you
verify that the S-hand track switch is Jn
}IEACQ? Ow_r.

06 10 41 17 LMP Negative. It's not. The last time we broke


lock, we went to AUTO, and I left it there.
Sorry.

06 10 41 22 CC Roger. We'd like to have you to put it in REACQ,


and monitor. In about 2 minutes, we'll be
coming up on the high gain. Would you monitor
the REACQ? If it doesn't take, acquire manually.
Over.

06 10 41 39 LMP Okay. Say again the angles you'd like.

06 10 41 42 CC We'll - we'll try to switch it ourselves. Stand


by on the angles.

06 10 41 52 CC Buzz, it's pitch plus 30, yaw 270. Over.

06 10 41 58 LMP Roger. I've got them.

06 10 42 01 CC Thank you.

06 10 46 11 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Would you Dlease


terminate battery charge now? Over.

06 10 46 19 I3_P Roger. Terminating battery charge.

06 10 46 22 CC Roger.

06 10 50 51 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Any special attitude


you'd like us to look at for the TV? Over.

06 l0 51 09 CMP I don't guess we have a requirement there,


Charlie.

06 10 51 14 CC Roger. We have an attitude that we can get the


Earth out of a window or the Moon. We're trying
to look at - find one that we can get both, if
that's what you'd like. Over.

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Page 543

06 10 51 33 CMP A 50-degree roll attitude will probably give us


that, Joe.

06 10 51 37 CC Roger.

06 10 51 49 LMP That's a good one because it puts the Earth out


window 1 and the Moon out window 3 and puts the
Sun down in the LEB, so the lighting in here
remains relatively constant.

06 10 52 03 CC Roger. Well, we'll just stop on the 50 roll,


then, and we'll give you the word when to do
that. Over.

06 10 52 09 CMP Okay.

06 11 23 08 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We'll ha_e high-g_in cover-


age about 155 30. At that time, you can t_tr_
on the TV if you desire, and continue i;ol_rr_ .i-
around until you get 50 degrees roll. Ow_r.

06 11 23 26 CDR Okay.

06 11 28 25 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We were going to live you


the Ail Star game tonight, but it was rained
out. Over.

06 11 28 35 SC ...

06 ll 30 05 CC 11, Houston. We're on the high gain. Y)u can


warm up the SM now if you like. Over.

06 L1 32 45 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We see you coming up on


50 roll. How does that attitude look? Over.

06 11 34 52 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We're ready for the TV;


we're all configured. At your convenience.
Over.

06 11 36 34 CDR Houston, Apollo 11. Over.

06 11 36 36 CC Roger. Go ahead, 11. Over.

06 11 36 40 CDR Are you picking up our TV signals?

06 11 36 42 CC That's affirmative. We have it up on _he


Eidephor now. The focus is a little bit out.
We see the Earth in the center of the screen.
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Still have a little white dot in the bottom


of the camera, apparently. And see some land-
masses in the center, at least I guess that's
what it is. It's very hazy at this time on
our Eidephor. Over.

06 11 37 06 CC Let me change - -

06 11 37 07 CMP Believe that's where we just came from.

06 11 37 10 CC It is, huh? Well, I'm really looking at the


bad - at a bad screen here. Stand by one. Hey,
you're right.

06 11 37 34 CMP It's not bad enough not finding the r ght landing
spot --

06 11 37 35 CC ... screen now.

06 11 37 42 CMP It's not bad enough not finding the r_ght lar_d-
ing spot when you haven't even got thc right
planet !

06 11 37 46 CC I'll never live that one down.

06 11 37 55 CMP We're making it get smaller and smaller here to


make sure that it really is the one w_'re leaving.

06 11 38 02 CC Ail right. That's enough you guys.

06 11 38 14 CC 11, that was a good picture there.

06 11 38 16 CDR Okay. That's enough of the Moon.

06 11 38 20 CDR Okay. That's enough of the Moon, Charlie. We're


getting set up now for some inside pictures.

06 11 38 22 CC Roger.

06 11 40 32 CDR We know there's a lot of scientists from a num-


her of countries standing by to see the lunar
samples, and we thought you'd be interested to
see them as they really are here. These two
boxes are the sample return container_'_. They -
They're vacuum-packed containers that were closed
in a vacuum on the lunar surface, sea]ed, and
then brought inside the LM and put inside these
fiber-glass bags, zippered, and resea},ed around
the outside, and placed in these rece]_tacles in
the side of the command module. Thes_ are the
two boxes. And as soon as we get onto the ship,
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I'm sure these boxes will immediately be t_'ans-


ferred and delivery started to the Lunar I eceiv-
ing Laboratory. These boxes include the samples
of the various types of rock, the groundmass of
the soil, the sand and silt, and the particle
collector for the solar wind experiment, and the
core tubes that took depth samples of the lunar
surface.

06 11 42 07 CC Roger, Neil. Thank you much for that description.


We've got a pretty dark picture down here. Could
you check your f-stop? We'd like to have it -
See if you can open it up a little bit. Over.

06 11 42 20 LMP Okay. Our monitor showed that to be very bright.

06 11 42 22 CC Roger.

06 11 42 23 CDR ... We're down around between, w_Iz a?ound f:ll,


which we thought would be plenty light. Wel! ,
we'll lighten it up some more.

06 11 42 31 CC Well, we'd appreciate it. It's pretty dark on


all our monitors here.

06 11 42 39 CDR Okay. Fine.

06 11 42 43 CC It's looking a lot better now, Nell.

06 1t 42 49 CC There's Buzz.

06 11 43 14 CC 11, Houston. We have an excellent picture now.


Over.

06 11 43 19 LMP Okay. How do you read me, Charlie?

06 11 43 21 CC Five-by now, Buzz. Over.

06 11 43 24 LMP Okay. The more mundane affairs, now that we've


left the Moon, I'd like to trace through them a
little bit for you *** developments that have
taken place in the food department. I'm sure
you've already *** type of a drink container.
A little later, Mike will show you hew the wats'
gun operates with its new filter to t_ke out the
hydrogen. Essentially, this water gun is put in
this end and fills up this bag with w'_ter, and
the drink then dissolves in the water, and this
end of the *** outfeeding. Likewise, we have
other foods that are more solid nature. You can

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Page 540

probably see this shrimp cocktail meal. ***


this afternoon while the two of us had salmon
salad. *** another early development was the
use of bite-size food ***

06 11 44 37 CC 11, Houston. Buzz, you're breaking up badly.


Will you check your VOX? Over.

06 11 44 47 I24P Roger. How am I coming through now, Charlie?

06 11 44 49 CC Roger. You're very clear when you come through.


It's just that your VOX is not keying at every
word. Over.

06 11 44 57 _ Okay. These bite-sized objects were design _


to remove the problem of having so ma,_y cl tm
floating around in the cabin, so t?cy desig_
a particular size that would be able to g_ :
the mouth all at once. I think since .mit oY
our experience, we've discovered that we co__
progress a good bit further than that back
some of the type meals that we have ol_ Earth
As a matter of fact, on this flight we've car-
ried along pieces of bread, and along wit]i the
bread we have a ham spread; and I'll show you,
I hope, how easy it is to spread some ham while
I'm in zero g.

06 11 46 17 LMP I think we've discovered that it is quite easy


to *** you're all very familiar with.

06 11 46 44 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We notice your roll rate


increasing. Will you please see if y( L_ can
bring that down to about 04 or we'll be losing
high gain shortly. Over.

06 11 47 03 LMP You can also use zero gravity to demonstrate


many things that we've all learned in school.
I'd like to demonstrate briefly how easy it is
to explain the action of the gyroscope. If I
spin this can, we know that according to the
equations of motion that we would expect that
once this is given a spin, and has a spin axis
in this direction, if we give it a particular
torque, and I'll do this by pushing my hands
against it in this fashion once it's spinning.
By the equations we can predict that, _s I put
this torque on it, it will in fact rotate this
direction. Let's see how well this wo_ks out.

*** Three asterisks denote clipping of words and phrases.


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Pa_;e 5117

06 11 47 53 LMP See that as I apply the torque this way, it's


rotated this way.

06 11 48 12 CMP Too close, I think.

06 11 48 32 CC 11, Houston. It's a pretty good demonstration.

06 11 48 46 CMP Houston, this next is a little demons':ration


for the kids at home, all kids everywhere, for
that matter. I was going to show you how you
drink water out of a spoon, but I'm afraid I
filled the spoon too full and if I'm :lot care-
ful, I'm going to spill water right o-zer the
sides. Can you see the water sloppin_ around
on the top of the spoon, kids?

06 11 49 07 CC That's affirmative, 11.

06 11 49 12 CMl° Okay. Well, as I said, I was going t_ show


you but I'm afraid I filled it too fu 1 and it's
going to spill over the sides. I'll -;ell yc
what. I'll just turn this one over and get
rid of the water and start all over again.
Okay?

06 11 49 27 CC Okay.

06 11 49 35 CMP And you can see, up here we don't kno_ where


over is. One up is as good as anothe'. That
really is water, though. I'll show you.

06 11 50 04 CMl° That's really not the way we drink. We really


have a %rater gun which I'll show you.

06 11 50 15 CMP Here's the water gun. This cylindrical thii_g


on the end of it is a filter with several mem-
branes: one allows water to pass, but not any
gas; the other allows gas to pass, but not any
water. So, by routing the gaseous _v_ter which
comes from our tank through this fill.er, we're
enabled to drink purified water without the
gas in it, filtered water. And, of course, all
we do to - to get it started is just pull the
trigger.

06 11 50 58 CMP It's sort of messy. I haven't been a. this very


long. It's sort of the same system tllat the
Spaniards used to drink out of wineskins at bull
fights, only I think this is even more fun. Well,
be seeing you, kids.
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06 11 51 14 CC Thank you from all us kids in the world, here


in the MOCR, who can't tell the Earth from the
Moon.

06 11 51 23 CMP Roger. Stand by one, and we'll get you that


Earth one.

06 11 51 29 CC Looks like you need a wine skin up there, Mike.

06 11 51 35 CMP That_d be nice.

06 11 52 50 CMP Okay.

06 11 52 54 CC 11, Houston - -

06 11 52 55 CMP You have a picture now, Houston?

06 11 52 56 CC That's affirmative. I refuse to bite o_ this


one, though. You tell us.

06 11 53 02 CDR Okay. This should be getting larger, smd if


it is, it's the place we're coming 1 ome to.

06 11 53 12 CC Roger.

06 11 53 40 CDR No matter where you travel, it's always nice


to get home.

06 11 53 46 CC We concur, 11. We'll be happy to have you baa!_.

06 11 53 53 CDR This is Apollo 11. Signing off.

06 11 53 56 CC Roger. Thank you very much, 11. _lat wis a


good demonstration and a good show. We appre-
ciate it very much.

06 11 57 25 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We were curious to see


if there was any excess moisture up around the
tunnel hatch area as we saw on 10. Over.

06 11 57 39 CMP It just so happens that's what we were taJ_king


about now. There is a little bit of dampnes
around the outside edge of the hatch, Out a
very, very slight amount. We've got a hose
up there that we're hoping will sort of help
keep it a little bit dry.
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06 11 57 58 CC Roger, Mike. Thank you much. Have you seen


any more water collecting on the aft bulkhead?
Over.

06 11 58 07 CMP No, we haven't, as a matter of fact. It's


been dry in that area since we got rid of
that last time_

06 tl 58 14 CC Roger. Thank you.

06 11 58 47 CMP Apollo 11 is back in PTC attitude. Standing


by for thruster quieting.

06 11 58 53 CC Roger. We see that. Thank you much, Mik_.

06 12 07 20 CMl° Houston, Apollo 11. Could you get a ];_ ·


summary of the evening news for _r _

06 12 07 26 CC Yes, sir. We'll have it for you momentarily.


Also, a little flight plan update, Mike. If
you - On page 3-113, you can delete the 0
fuel cell purge. Over.

06 12 07 38 CMP Will do.

06 12 07 45 CC There is a flurry of activity in the PA0 s_


for the evening news.

06 12 07 52 CMP Bully.

06 12 08 03 CMP How's the weather down there? You got any


rain?

06 12 08 05 CC Roger. We've been having a little bit,


thunderstorm-type, the last couple of days.
We had a pretty good rain today, smd it's
been overcast. A slow storm system's been
moving through the area in the last couple c _'
days, and primarily evening and a_ernoon
th_idershowers.

06 12 08 26 CMP Roger. We were watching a few clouds in your


area through the monocular along the Texas
Gulf Coast this afternoon, and we also noticed
there were clouds over Baja California, wl,_ch
is a little bit unusual.

06 12 08 40 CC Roger. Thank you for the weather report. We


can't quite see that far. It see_; to have
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Page 550

cleared up outside now, according to some of


the people coming in. This constant over-
cast in the MOCR here is a little hard to see
outs ide.

06 12 08 58 I24P Yes. We also noticed it was a little overcast


down over - in the Antarctic ice cap, too.

06 12 09 05 CC Roger. It's apparently raining pretty hard


up - -

06 12 09 08 CMP How's that for one-upsmanship?

06 12 09 l0 CC Yes. (Laughter).

06 12 09 16 CDR He may know that, but he doesn't even know


whether his grass is wet or dry.

06 12 09 25 CC It's apparently raining fairly hard up in


Washington where the All Star game _as to be
played tonight. They started out, [ understand,
and then it was rained out and they called it
off.

06 12 09 36 CMP ?ney need a roof on their sbadiuml so they can


catch all those flys.

06 12 09 39 CC Roger.

06 12 09 41 CMP In the rain.

06 12 09 43 CC Touche.

06 12 10 O1 LMP Hey, Cza: Lie, whai's the pre!f.minar_y outlook


for _he weather i_ our recovery are%?

06 12 10 05 CC Stand 'b._ h zz. It looks pretty good as far


as i coul8 tell, We got the - alon.:_the tropi-
cal converg,,n_'e ±ine there, there_s a few
clouds sl,.ownoq '[:_-..feathermap f'm looking
at here, Out nu_g of significsatce, Right
now - St:_nd by. -eb's see, right r:ow in the
mid - yes, at the [_iPL,_:.'ve got 3600 scattered,
visibility 2. , wa_ : h:igl,t 3 feet_ is the
present wea _Lcr. : don't think there's any-
thing f)reca_t ·_ ._ of significanc_. 5_ere
are a couple of - ],'I,'[GHT just informed me that
what I jusl _ ¥: ..u was the foreca._t. There
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[_age 551

are a couple of tropical storms in the -


well, not in the area of landing but in the
Pacific. A storm called Claudia which is
north - correction - about east of Hawaii.
It's going northwest and dissipating. And
there's one called Viola, which is out over
Guam, and so they aren't any factor at all.
It looks like it's going to be real nice for
re cevery.

06 12 ll 35 CC Navy called up those special calm seas for


you guys from up there on the Hudson.

06 12 11 40 _ Well, we might need it. We'll get a look at


it tc_orrow, I guess, though. We'll probably
be giving it a pretty close eye.

06 12 11 L6 CC Roger.

_ _ C3 CC 11, Houston. The RETRO's were wondering if


you could fill us in on any non-nominal stow-
age that we have on board. Just location and
weight is about all they're interested in.
Over.

__ 2 CMP Roger. We'll do some work on that and let


you know, Charlie.

,': I_ , 17 CC Thaz_ you, sir.

Ob d ,l__4 CC And, Apollo 11, Houston. Would you please place


02 tank 1 heater to AUTO? Over.

06 i4 55 C%_P AUTO it is.

1_ 02 CDR Houston, Apollo 11.

!7 0il CC Go s2rcad.

. 2 27 10 CDR _at we'll do Charlie, tomorrow, is go through


_d reconfigure our stowage as closely as pos-
sible to nomiiJal. Some things that will not be
nominal are as follows: the EVA visors were
brought b_ck into the command module, and we
have not yet found a home for them. We'll let
you know where they go. In addition, there's
about 5 pounds of miscellaneous weight from the _
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Page 552

in compartment Able-8, and it's taking the


place of the LCGts which we moved from A-8
into the suit bag. We got rid of one miscel-
laneous trash bag, mostly old food wrapping
and also old underwear and that helmet pro-
tective visor of the CMP's. We left all that
with Eagle. And those are about the only
off-nominals we have.

06 12 18 07 CC Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Out.

06 12 18 12 CDR Roger.

06 12 22 12 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We got the rates looking


copacetic. You can go ahead and initiate PTC.
Over.

06 12 22 22 CMP Okay. Thank you.

06 ]2 22 24 CC And Buzz, we're still not getting any data


from your EKG. It looks like the only way
that we're going to be able to get any is if,
at your convenience, you would take your -
chsnge out your EKG leads, which are the center
ones that are connected to the blue pin; and
there's a spare one in the medical box. Over.

_4 12 2© 55 L_¥_ Roger. How many did you want me to change?

06 12 22 57 CC Just the center one. I'll get the right nomen-


clature from the Doc. Stand by. It's called
the sternal EKG, which are the three center
ones_ and it's got - they lead into a - into
the blue-stringed lead ones. Over.

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(GOSS Nl,:q'
1) T;q_,?]01/1.
Ib_e 5'u_

06 12 23 24 CMP Okay. There's three of them, is that right?

06 12 23 26 CC That's affirmative.

06 12 23 30 LMP And you want me to change all three.

06 12 23 32 CC That's affirmative and they're all hooked


together from the picture I'm looking at, and
they go into the center belt, signal conditioner,
and it's got the blue strain relief on it.

06 12 23 46 LMP Yes. I checked the connectors at both ends on


that. I don't guess we have a spare signal con-
ditioner or anything like that, do we?

06 12 23 52 CC No. We do not.

06 12 24 02 I2_fP Well, I can show you my heart's still working.

06 12 24 06 CC We believe it.

06 12 24 23 I2_P _arlie, what we suggest here is, before we


start that, turn our two suit powers off and
plug his blue lead into my blue signal condi-
tioner and see if we can get his signal through
my signal conditioner. Okay?

06 12 24 38 CC Roger. That's a good suggestion, Neil. We


concur. Over.

06 12 26 23 LMP Okay, Charlie. We're transmitting, and let's


see if you get any EKG signal on the CDR at
this point.

06 12 26 32 CC Roger, _,tand by.

CS 12 26 42 CC ll, :_!o,_ston.We get some data, but it's got


the s_ne problem thai; we had through Buzz's
signal conditioner, so apparently the lead is
broke_ and we'd like you to change it out if
you c ,ul_
TM . Over.

06 12 26 56 _P Okay.

06 12 26 58 CC Ta_nk yo_.

0_ 12 38 12 LMP Hou_ I _n_ Apollo ]t.

06 12 38 1_ CC Go a_e_ si_'.
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Page 554

06 12 38 17 LMP Roger. I think the problem was that the center


lead had dried out .... put the new one on,
and I'll see how that works. Over.

06 12 38 32 CC Roger.

06 12 38 36 LMP I can't tell you how good it feels to get it


off.

06 12 38 38 CC Yes. I can imagine.

06 12 48 41 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Houston, Apollo 11.

06 12 48 42 CC Go ahead, 11. Over.

06 12 48 45 LMP Roger. How do you read my EKG now?

06 12 48 48 CC Stand by. We'll let the docs look at it. Buzz,


we're on low bit rate. We'll get you on a high
gain momentarily, and we'll let you know then.
Over.

O_ 12 49 04 LMP Okay. I got my high gain antenna coming out.

06 12 49 11 CC Roger. Just leave on REACQ. We'll get you.

06 [2 52 38 CC Apollo 1!, Houston. Buzz, your EKG looks good


now. The doc said thanks a lot.

06 12 52 47 I_MP Okay. They're welcome.

06 13 03 55 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Based on our sighting


since the midcourse, we're showing a g_mma of
minus 6.57. This is preliminary, though, and
we think that after some more tracking it should
como on in, and we could tweak it right on into
the corridor. It's just about in the center
of th_ corridor; everything's looking fine.
We'll have you an entry PAD in a couple of hours
before you go to sleep. And from our friends
in _ublic affairs, a few headlines, other than
your flight. You're still dominating the news.
Hc ever, there are some other things of interest
f _ ou. As mentioned earlier, the Ail Star
g_ae was rained out. It's going to be played
tomorrow. However, President Nixon will not be
aole to see it as he planned. We'll keep you
posted on results. And, also, the weathermen
are going to be good to you. Our forecast is,
iooks like it's holding good for the recovery
area; it should be real fine out there. Presi-
den!, Nixon, as he prepares to fly out to greet
(_;r/_;NMT ] ) Tape 1.01/-4
Pr_,a. 55)

your returrl, predicted that within 31 years man


will have visited at least one other planet
bearing some form of life. "In the year 2000,
we, on this Earth, will have visited new worlds
where there will be a form of life," he told 2000
foreign exchange students at the White House.
Before he left for his week-long trip, the
President sent Congress his proposal for organ-
izing - reorganizing the Interstate Commerce
Commission. He also conferred with chairman
Earl Wheeler of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on
his return from Viet Nam, and the launch of
Intelstat was scrubbed and has been rescheduled
for l0 p.m., eastern daylight time on Wednes-
day. The second stage fuel ground support sys-
tem showed some contamination.

06 13 05 50 CC And back in Washington, the House Ways and Means


Committee agreed to tax changes affecting oil
companies, banks, and utilities that could add
nearly 2 billion a year to federal revenue.
And, also today, NASA announced it will launch
a large orbital workshop in 1972, with a cutdown
version of the Saturn V. And, your television
pictures attracted a lot of interest. They
were shown live throughout just about the whole
world, and, we're expecting hundreds of tele-
phone calls from mothers all over the world
complaining that their youngsters are trying
to drink milk from spoons, thanks to you, Mike.

06 !3 06 37 CMP I take it all back.

05 i[ 06 40 CC You need more practice.

(_] 13 53 37 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Buzz, you brought


the surgeon right out of his chair. We see you
exerc_ sing. Over.

_0 !3 5B h9 CDR Say again.

_ii !3 53 50 CC We see you exercising. Is that correct, Buzz?

.i _3 3 54 CDR Yes, that's right. Buzz is.

06 13 53 57 CC Roger. We've got his heartbeat way up.

06 13 54 03 CDR Right. He's sort of out of shape.

06 13 54 06 CC Yes. That's what we thought.

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Page 556

06 13 56 32 CMP White Team's really got a busy one tonight, huh,


Charlie?

06 13 56 36 CC Say again, Mike. Over.

06 13 56 41 CMP Say the old White Team's really got a busy one
tonight, huh?

06 13 56 43 CC Oh, boy. We're really booming along here with


all this activity. Can barely believe it.

06 13 56 51 CMP What are you doing? Sitting around with your


feet up on the console drinking coffee?

06 13 56 55 CC (Laughter) You must have your X-ray eyes up.


You sure can see a long way.

06 13 57 05 CMP Yes. We're watching you as well, you know.

06 13 57 08 CC All right. z

06 13 57 27 CMP Two people in the viewing room and that's more


than is in the trench.

06 13 57 43 CC We've got eight in the viewing room, and let's


see, about six in the trench right now. And this
is the highlight of the day; Buzz's exercise for
the surgeon.

06 13 58 10 CC 11, you copy? Over.

06 13 58 15 CDR Roger. 11.

06 13 58 17 CC Roger. Neil has the highest heartbeat ever seen


on a m,nned space flight, and we Just went low
bit rate. The surgeon is about to die. (Laughter)

06 13 58 35 CDR I measured it up here. It came out to be 247.

06 13 58 45 CC Boy, that's super.

06 13 59 01 CMP The unit's on that furlong per fortnight.

06 13 59 04 CC Roger. We copy that. EECOMM says if you keep


that up, you're going to have to change your
C02 canister.
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06 13 59 15 CMP You were going to ,.ake me do that in another


45 minutes anyway_

06 13 59 19 CC That's true.

06 13 59 26 CMP That's the highlight of my day. I 'm really iook-


lng forward to that.

06 14 01 00 (Music: "Music Out of the Moan")

06 14 01 03 CC Thank you, ll. We appreciate you turning that


o ff. (Laught er )

06 14 03 24 CDR Charlie, could you copy our music down there?

06 14 03 28 CC Did we-coPy what, Neil?

06 14 03 32 CDR Did you copy our music down there?

06 14 03 34 CC Roger. We sure did. We're wondering who select-


ed - made your selections?

06 14 03 41 CDR That's an old favorite of mine, about - It's an


album made about 20 years ago, called "Music Out
of the Moon."

06 14 03 49 CC Roger. It sounded a little scratchy to us, Nell.


Either that or yo ur tape Was a little slow.

06 14 04 01 CDR It's supposed to sound that way.

06 14 04 03 CC That's one of those - -

06 14 04 04 CMP - - it sounds a little scratchy to us too, but


the czar likes it.

06 14 04 09 CC That's what we figured. He and his 40 000 votes.

06 14 04 24 CC For your info, we got you - It looks like about


150 000 out now.

06 14 04 31 MS ...
i

06 14 04 33 CMP It's getting appreciably larger now. It's look-


lng more like the world.

06 14 04 38 CC Roger. I'm looking at the right side of the


screen this time.

06 14 04 42 CMP How's everything going on the - Say again, Charlie?


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06 14 04 46 CC Oh, Just - I -I'l I never hear th e last of that


one about that Earth/Moon business during the TV
there, and I was Just saying that I was looking
at the right side of the board here, so you are
going towards the Earth. What are - What were
you going to say, M/ke?

06 14 05 01 CMP You'll have - YoU'll have fun at the press con-


ference after this shift then, won't you?

06 14 05 06 CC It's 2:30. Everybody will be asleep. I going to


sneak off through the back way.

06 14 05 13 CMP Okay. I was Just wondering how everything is going


at the home front. All the wives and kids in one
piece?

06 14 05 19 CC Roger. Sure are. Everything's doing fine. All


the gals are having a little party tonight, as
far as I know.

06 14 05 27 CMP Oh, good. Glad to hear it.

06 14 20 40 CC Apollo ll, Houston. I was Just reading some of


the transcripts of earlier today about this ear-
lier PTC that we attempted, and when you keyed
into VERB 24 and did the two ENTER's, it took
off on you. I think we got a story on that, if
you'd like to listen to why it had such a high
rate, Mike. Over.

06 14 21 06 CMP Yes. I'm all ears.

06 14 21 08 CC Okay. I think it would be better if you got


your checklist out on 97, and we could walk
you through it, and that way I could probably
get the story straight. Over.

06 14 21 21 CMP Okay. I got it.

06 14 21 22 CC Okay, _ke, what happened is- you know, you were


sitting there monitoring VERB 16, NOUN 20, and at
step 7 you went into VERB 24, NOUN 01, and keyed
in the address and then INFORMATION INFORMATION;
and on the final ENTER of that 35400 ENTER, right
after that, it - that then put you back into the
16, NOUN 20. Then when you did the VERB 24, ENTER,
you were really entering the information in the
actual CDU; and when you got the two entries in,
in register i and 2, it was an - at was an instan-
taneous change in the actual CDU, and the CM DAP
looked at that and saw - saw what at thought it
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had. My - my gosh, I got a 600-degree-per-second


rate. And it turns on the Jets to try to take
that rate out. And the rate filters that it's
looking at - it - well, the rate it's looking at
is filtered, so it doesn't really sense the actual
rate until the thing is already built up, and
then it starts reading the rate filters, and it
says, "Well, I really didn't have 600 degrees."
So then it turns it off and tries to slow it
down. But until that happens, and it is some
time lag, and that's why the rate was building
up. The Jets were on, and they were going to
stay on due to that instantaneous 600 - suspected
600-degree-per-second rate. Over.

06 14 22 48 CMP Okay. I got you.

06 14 22 50 CC Roger.

06 14 22 51 CMP Man.

06 14 23 24 LMP Hey, Charlie' are you Saying that for a short


period of time, he actually loaded NOUN 20 with
some value other than was being read by the CDU?

06 14 23 B4 CC i thi nk I got that, BuZz. That's affirmative.


But when he did that second VERB 24, you were -
the NOUN was 20, so when he did the B175 and then
a 002 ENTER, wha$ he actually did there was load
the first two actual CDU locations, and the com-
puter looked at it - the DAP looked at it as an
instantanegusch _ inthe aptualCDU. Stand bY
on your comments. We're switching antennas.

06 14 24 03 LMP Roger.

06 14 24 05 CC - - We're very scratchy.

06 14 24 08 LNP Okay.

06 14 24 4B CC 11, Houston. We got you back now on the high


gain. Did you copy all that, Buzz? Over.

06 14 24 51 LMP Yes. I think so. I - I thought maybe that NOUN 20


was one of those that you could never load from the
DSKY, and that still maybe. Maybe it was loaded
Just for the short period of time, and then when
the counters read the - the gimbal angles, why
they changed it back to what they actually are.
But in the meantime, the DAP saw this different
number. Is that right?
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06 14 25 17 CC Well, our guidance guy was telling me that you


can actually load those ACDU's, the actual CDU's,
but we'll - we're checking on that. Over.

06 14 25 30 LMP Okay.

06 14 25 42 CC 11, Houston. Buzz, the word from the back room


is that you can actually load the NOUN 20, but
you should not.

06 14 25 55 LMP Yes. I got that. Th_n_ you.

06 14 25 57 CC You're welcome.

06 14 33 30 CC Apollo ll, Houston. We got a recommendation for


you on your stowage of theEVVA's. Over.

06 14 33 39 LMP Go ahead.

06 14 33 41 CC Okay. We'd like - the SPAN guys say it looks -


they think that one would go on the helmet that
you're going to have in B1, and you could put
the other one on Mike's helmet, which will be in
the sleep restraint. Over.

06 14 34 01 CDR I doubt if it will fit on the helmet in B1. The


other one might - might go in the sleep restraint.
We've got them in our helmet bags, and I guess
we're going to have to keep the helmets in the
helmet bags, and the LEVVA's in the LEVVA bags.

06 14 34 20 CC Roger.

06 14 34 22 CDR Yes. I've been t_inking maybe they ought to stay


sealed up.

06 14 34 26 CC Okay. We - -

06 14 34 27 CMP It won't hack Bi, Charlie, with the cover. I


tried it already.

06 14 34 31 CC Okay. Fine. We weren't sure of that. It was


Just a suggestion. We thought we'd - You check
it out. Sounds like you've already done that, so
I guess whatever you can come up with, Just let
US krlow.

06 14 34 44 LMP Okay. There's no problem. We'll let you know


where they end up.

06 14 34 47 CC Roger.

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Page 561

06 15 49 04 CDR Hello, Houston. Apollo 11.


?

06 15 49 06 CC Go ahead, ll. Over.

06 15 49 l0 CDR Okay. Crew status report. Radiation:


CDR ll020, CMP 10022, I/4P 09024. No medica-
tion.

06 15 49 28 CC Roger. Copy.

06 15 49 35 CC And, Neil, we got - we'd like your onboard read-


outs of batteries and RCS. Over.

06 15 49 43 CDR Okay.

06 15 50 54 CDR Okay, Charlie. Ready to copy?

06 15 50 56 CC Roger. Go ahead. Over.

06 15 50 59 CDR Okay. BATT C, PYRO BATT A, and PYRO BATT B are


37.0. RCS A, 51; B, 63; C, 63; D, 59. Go.

06 15 51 14 CC Roger. Copy all that, Nell. And we got an


entry PAD if you're ready to copy. Over.

06 15 52 O0 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Ready to copy. Over.

06 15 52 02 CC Roger, Buzz. It's an entry PAD, MPL, starting


with roll 05, 35 - correction - 359 152 OO1.
GET 194 46 03 267, plus ll02, minus 17203, 068,
NOUN 60, 36194 656 11894 36275 195 03 03 0027,
NOUN 69, all four lines are NA. Picking up
with D zero: 400 02 09. RET of blackout,
00 17 03 38 08 20. Sextant star, 02 0945 149.
Boresight star is Scorpii theta, that's Scorpii
theta. Up 315, right 35, lift vector up. And
the cr......
ents: This entry PAD assumes no mid-
course 6. And for your information, looking
at it right now, based on all the tracking we
got, that maneuver would only be a tenth of a
foot per second. So, we'll probably skip it.
We'll let you know more about that later.
Okay. Your horizon check at EI minus 30 minutes,
GET of 194 33 03, gives you a pitch angle of
298. Okay. The GDC, your backup align - Your
set stars for the entry REFSMMAT are Deneb and
Vega, 079 234 340. Standing by for your read-
back. Over.
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06 15 55 27 _ Roger. Lun ar entry, MPL: 359 152 001 194 46 03


267, plus ll02, minus 172G3 068 36194 656-11894
36275; 195 03 03 0027, four NA, 400 02 09 00 17
03 38 08 20 02 0945 149, Scorpii theta. Up 315,
right 35, up. Ass_es no MCC-6. Horizon at EI
minus 30 194 33 03, and pitch 298. Set stars
Deneb and Vega, 079 234 340. Over.

06 15 57 04 CC Roger. Very good readback, Buzz, and for your


communication setup for tonight's sleep, we'd
llke 0MNI to OMNI. Stand by.

06 15 58 51 CC Apollo ll, Houston. If you didn't copy that,


Buzz, it was a good readback on the PAD. We've
got a clock update for you that we'll have to
you as soon as we can get it out to the site.
We're in the process of handing over to Honey-
suckle, and it will be a couple of minutes.
Over.

06 15 59 11 LMP Okay. You want the computer to BLOCK?

06 15 59 15 CC We'll call you. You can stay BLOCK right now.


We'll give you a call.

06 16 00 54 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. Would y?u please


give us PO0 and ACCEPT? We've got a clock up-
date for you.

06 16 01 lB CMP Go ahead, Charlie. We're P00 and ACCEPT.

06 16 01 21 CC Roger.

06 16 03 19 CC ll, HOUSTON. We've got the load in. You can


go back to BLOCK. Over.

06 16 03 26 CMP Roger. Thank you.

06 16 03 32 CC And ll, Houston. One final thing. We'd like


you to select your OMNI to OMNI, OMNI A to
Bravo, high-gain track to MANUAL, and beam WIDE.
Your angles are 270 in yaw, pitch minus 50.
Over.

06 16 03 56 LMP Roger. Fifty and minus 70.

06 16 04 04 CC The angles, Buzz, were yaw 270, pitch minus 50.


Over.

06 16 04 13 _ Okay. Yaw 270, pitch minus 50.


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06 16 04 19 CC That's Roger.

06 16 04 27 CC And Apollo ll, it's good night from a sleepy


White Team. Over.

06 16 04 39 IMP Roger. Thank you very much. We're not as sleepy


tonight as we were last night.

06 16 04 46 CC Yes. I guess you guys were pretty tired last


night after that busy day.

06 16 04 54 CMP That's affirmative. I couldn't even find the


chlorine.

06 16 04 57 CC (Laughing) Yes.

06 16 25 45 CC Hello, Apollo ll. Houston. Sorry to bother you,


but we'd like to have you do a VERB 34 to get
the NOUN 65 off of there. Over.

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07 02 59 56 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Are you up and at them yet?


Qver.

07 03 O0 04 CDR Well, we're up, at least, Owen.

07 03 00 09 CMP Eyeballing my Magellanic clouds. Over.

07 03 00 12 CC 11, Houston. Got your signals loud and clear,


_ere. How are things this morning? O_er.

07 03 00 24 CDR Do you read us, Owen?

07 03 O0 27 CC Roger. Loud and clear, 11.

07 03 00 31 CDR Okay. Everything *** to be all right Lere. _o


far, we haven't been looking ir the cockpit t.
We've been spending our time _ing _ttside bae
_ockpit. ***

07 03 O0 42 CC Roger, 11. You're breaking up just a little bit


there, Neil. Your signals are loud but are break-
ing up occasionally. Your spacecraft all looks
good here from the ground. We noticed you stir-
ring around the cockpit and thought we'd give
you a call. Over.

07 03 00 59 CDR Good morning.

07 03 01 07 CC hl, Houston. We do have a few items for you


here, entry PAD's, consumables, and so forth.
ttfter you've had a chance to get organized,
_enever you're ready to start on a few of thes_
:terns, why, we'll resd them up to you. Over.

07 03 01 22 LMP ()kay. Stand by.

07 03 01 50 LMP Go ahead, Owen. I've got the book now. I'm


ready to copy.

07 03 01 52 CC Okay, Buzz. On your flight plan items, a few


_pdates first of all. We've cancelled midcourse
number 6. Just remain - remain in PTC. I'll
give you a little more time this morning. Second
Stem on the flight plan is we're ready for a
BATT B charge anytime you want to put it on the
line; and third item, we'd like a wast_-water
dump a little differently this time. _fe'd like

*** Three _terisks denote clipping of words and phrases.


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Page 571

to do it on our marks from the ground. The PTC


is a little bit ragged, and we would like to make
the water dump at a time which we think wJ 11 hold
it in its proper configuration, so it looks like
we'll have a desirable opportunity comintl a lol_l_
in - between 15 and 20 minutes. And or our' m_l_'k,
we would like to have a waste-water dunp down to
about 40 percent. I'll give you a more accurate
level for the water dump a little latez. Over.

07 03 02 53 LMP Roger. You must have stayed up all night figur-


ing this one out.

07 03 03 00 CC 11, Houston. Stand by just a moment here tmtil


we get out of the NO position on the artenna.

07 03 04 14 CC 11, Houston. We're over on OMNI Delta now. I


think we can read you better. )id you L _t :
those first three items on ye flight plan
date? Over.

07 03 04 25 L_ I got midcourse correction cancelled; t ,.tterv


charge and water dump on your call. 0% er.

07 03 04 35 CC That's right, Buzz; and the last item here, _.


do request that we do a P52, even though we're
not doing midcourse correction; and we suggest
you get to that after the waste-water c_ump ha _
been complete. We also have a state vector ui-
date for you, if you can give us PO0 ar d ACCEPT.
Over.

07 03 05 09 LMP Okay. You have the DSKY now.

07 03 05 12 CC Roger. We'll be sending that up, and i'll give


you your consumables update now. It's - for a
time of ]70 hours, your RCS total is minus 3.5 per-
cent, Alfa is minus 14.5, Bravo plus 7, Charlie
minus 4.5, Delta minus 3; hydrogen total is
minus 1, and your oxygen total is plus 24. Over.

07 03 05 50 CMP Roger. Copy those. And onboard readol.ts, D is


69, C is 73, D is - Let me start over again.
Okay. A is 51 and B is 62; C is 63 ancL D is 59.
Over.

07 03 06 47 CC Roger, 11. Copy those, and we've chec]ed them


here on the ground, also. One correction to my
last transmission. We would like that P52 prior
to the waste-water dump, which is coming up in
about 30 minutes from now. Will that ] e possible?
Over.
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07 03 07 03 CMP Oh, yes. We'll take care of that.

07 03 07 07 CC Roger. And if you're ready l'or _uicnt_-y [_AI_,


I'll read that up to you now, also, 11.

07 03 07 16 CMP Ready to copy.

07 03 07 19 CC Okay. Entry PAD is area MIDPAC: 359 153 001


194 46 03 267, plus 1102, minus 17203 067 36194
655 11875 36275 195 03 03 00 28; DL and VL, all
four are not applicable; DO, 4 00 02 10 00 18
03 38 08 21 44 2932 380; boresight star is Scorpio
Theta, up 314, right 34, lift vector ut,. Com-
ments: Entry data assumes no midcourse maneu-
vers. Your earth entry: minus 30 minltes;
horizon check, 194 plus 33 plus 03. Ycur pitch
is 297. This assumes an entry REFSM/_A_. _ur
GDC align stars are Deneb and Vega. R_ 11, !Jla,
yaw, 078, 233, 340. Read ba_ _ Over.

07 03 09 57 CMP Roger. MIDPAC entry PAD: 3'?_ 1_3 001 104 4_ O_


2(,7, plus 1102, minus 17203 O__, 3t_194 _'$r'11_7'
36275 195 03 03 0028, DL and VL NA, 4 (0 02 ]0
00 18 03 38 08 21 44 )-932 380, Scorpii Delta
Scorpii Theta, up 314, right 34, up. 1/o mid-
course correction, horizon, TI minus 30, 194 33
03, pitch 297, Deneb and Vega, 078, 23:., 340.
Over.

07 03 11 17 CC 11, Houston. That's Roger. Copy. 11, it's also


your computer. You can go back to BLOCK.

07 03 11 28 CMP Roger.

07 03 18 51 CDR Okay, Houston. The crew status report ,[s8-1/2,


7, and 8.

07 03 19 00 CC 11, Houston. Roger, Nell. 8-1/2, 7, and 8 for


your crew status.

07 03 19 08 CDR Right.

07 03 19 13 CC 11, Houston. Your P52 looks goof[ here on the


ground, and we are now estimating that water dump
will occur along about 171 plus 40; ano we'd like
for you to dump to 45 percent. This should let
you arrive at Earth interface with just about a
full load of waste water. Over.

07 03 19 37 CDR Understand 171 40, approximately, 40 percent.


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07 03 22 14 CC 11, Houston. We'd like to advance the time on


that water dump to about 171 plus 30 just efter we
reacquire on the next 0MNI, and - as I mentioned,
it'll be down to 45 percent - is the new quantity.
Also, we're standing by for your CM RCS ejector
temperature readout. Over.

07 03 25 38 CC Apollo 11, Houston. I'm not certain you copied


nry last transmission, as we were just in the
process of switching OMNI's. We'd like to ad-
vance the time on that water dump until about
5 minutes from now. And we'll give you a pre-
cise mark on the time to start the dump, and w
are standing by for a readout on your CM RCS
ejector temperatures. Over.

07 03 26 00 CMF Okay, Owen. We're standing by for you _ mark.


and stand by for the readout.

07 03 26 03 CC Roger.

07 03 26 40 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Are you ready to cop_


ejector temperatures? I'll read them in volts.

07 03 26 46 CC That's affirmative. Go ahead, Mike.

07 03 26 49 CMP Okay. 2-4 is reading 4.7 volts, 2-5 is readi_


4.8 volts, 1-2 is reading 4.8 volts, 1-4 is
reading 4.8, 1-6 4.5, And 2-1 4.8. Over.

07 03 26 52 CC 11, Houston. Roger. Those - I got th_m all.

07 03 29 46 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We're ready for you to start


your waste-water dump at this time. Over.

07 03 33 00 CMP Roger. Dumping.

07 03 33 30 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We show you - -

07 03 33 32 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. We've dumped to 45 percent,


$nd we're stopping now. Do you concur?

07 03 33 37 CC _oger, 11. We concu3'.

07 03 53 35 CC Apollo 11, Houston. I can read up your forecast


weather for the recovery any time you'd like to
hear about it. Over.

07 03 53 45 LMP Go ahead.
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Page 574

07 03 53 47 CC 11, Houston. Present forecast shows acceptable


conditions in your recovery area: 2000-foot
scattered, high scattered, wind from 070 degrees,
13 knots, visibility 10 miles, and sea state
about 4 feet. The forecast yesterday showed a
tropical storm, Claudia, some 500 to 1000 miles
east of Hawaii. The - the pictures from Earth
satellites taken yesterday afternoon - afternoon
showed Claudia dissipating, so this appears to be
even less a factor than it was before. Your
recovery area is now believed to be just a little
ways north of the intertropical convergence zone,
which you can probably see when you look out
your windows there. Yesterday there was also a
report of a tropical storm, Viola, further to
the west. Its present location is some thousand
miles east of the Phillipines and moviDg north-
west. Tropical storm Viola has been i_t_, iFy-
ing, and should be transferr_ to the lyph,J_n
category within the next 12 iic_rs or scl; how< v r,
that will be far to your west. As a m_tter of
fact, sunrise terminator has rot yet r_ ached
Viola. When it does several hours from now,
you can probably distinguish it from your view-
point quite readily. As a matter of fact it
should be of interest to perhaps take some
pictures. Comment on it when you get s chance to
see Viola in a few hours. So that's a_out the
present weather state and situation for your
recovery area. Over.

07 03 55 40 CMP That sounds pretty good ...

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07 04 17 16 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Over,

07 04 17 22 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

07 04 17 24 CC 11, Houston. We'd like to try operation with


the high-gain array here. If you would select
reacquire and your S-band antenna to HIGH GAIN,
your positions are pitch plus 40 and yaw 270,
and then monitor for acquisition. Over.

07 04 17 48 CMP Okay. It's in work.

07 04 21 25 CC ll, Houston. We're Just now ready to switch


frc_ OMNI Delta over to your high-gain antenna.
Can you confirm that you have gone to REACQ?
Over.

07 04 21 35 CMP Confirmed.

07 04 23 04 CC That looks real good, Mike. Looks like we picked


up about 30 dB on the signal strength.

07 04 23 11 CMP Yes. It came in quite quickly. However, I'm


showing about 2_0 yaw and about zero on pitch,
nov.

07 04 23 22 CC Roger. About 240 and 0.

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U7 05 f) ;'3 CC Ap_[Jo J l, l{ou_;ton. Over.

0'( 05 35 28 CDH Go ahead.

07 05 35 29 CC Roger. Just wanted to make sure you fellows


hadn't gone back to sleep again. And I also
have a little bit of late news here :Lfyou'd
like to find out what's happened in vhe last
12 - 14 hours. Over.

07 05 35 42 CDR Okay. Go ahead.

07 05 35 44 CC Okey doke. Hot off the press here: We find


Juan Carlos was formally designated yesterday -
Tuesday - to become General Franco's successor -
as the Chief of State of Spain and eventual
King. Juan Carlos will be sworn in voday :_s
his successor designate afte" taking an _ath
of loyalty to the law and t._a Nationtl Move-
ment, Spain's only legal political organiza-
tion. He will apparently be called the Prince
of Spain.

07 05 36 14 CC House Ways and Means Committee also has


agreed yesterday to tax changes affecting oil
companies, also banks and utilities, which
could add as much as 2 billion dolla?s per
year to the federal revenue. The c_mmittee
also voted tentatively to change the account-
ing procedures for telephone, electric, gas,
and oil pipeline companies and to reduce tax
benefits of mutual savings and loan institu-
tions. So, it looks as if tax reform mat be
on the way.

07 05 36 42 CC Looking overseas, we find South Korea's first


super highway, linking Seoul with the Port of
Inchon, has been named the Apollo Highway to
commemorate your trip. I think we mentioned
last night that President Nixon has already
started on his round-the-world trip, and today
he is in San Francisco on his first stop which
will take him to the U.S.S. Hornet, from which
he'll watch the return of your spacecraft. He
plans to visit seven nations including Rumania
during this trip. He, as I think ycu also knew,
had to miss the Ail Star baseball game yester-
day, as it was rained out; but it is being
played today.
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Page 577

07 05 37 28 CC The West Coast residents in Seattle, Washing-


ton; Portland, Oregon; Vancouver, British
Columbia; and San Francisco all plan to make
their areas visible to the three of you by
lighting their lights between 9 pm and mid-
night tonight, according to the Asso_ia+=d
Press. We do have clear weather predicted
there, so you may be able to see Christmas
lights, porch lights, store lights, and
whatever may be turned on.

07 05 37 38 CDR Good show.

07 05 37 39 CC A little closer to home here, back i 1 Memphis,,


Tennessee, a young lady who is prese ltly tip-
ping the scales at 8 pounds, 2 ounce _, was
named "Module" by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Eddie Lee McGhee. "It wasn' _ my id_a_" _ _
Mrs. McGhee, "It was my hus _ nd'_." She sa_d
she had balked at the name _nar Mod _ie McGh_ e,
because it didn't sound too good, but apparently
they have compromised on just Modula. Over.

07 05 38 29 SC (Laughter) ...

07 05 38 32 CC Roger. Hear a few chuckles coming from that


direction. And we do have a late report on
the sports here also. The Ail Star game cur-
rently being played. The present score at _he
end of the fourth inning has the National
League leading the American League hy 9 to 3
So the hitters are having a good day, you can
tell.

07 05 38 54 CC And rain clouds are over the MSC area at the


moment. It began raining here just about
10 minutes ago, and last report, we were havi_g
a pretty heavy deluge. So, that's Jt from th_
news front for the afternoon here, Apollo 11.
Over.

07 05 39 19 CDR Thank you very mucl, Owen. I think my yard


could use some water.

07 05 39 23 CC That's very true. I've forgotten exactly how


many days it did go, Buzz, but something like
30 days without rain; and we can aprreciate
the rain we're getting right now.
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07 05 39 34 _MI_ That was Nell. This is Buzz, here. I wi:;h


we could find out when the last time my lawn
was cut. Over.

07 05 39 39 CMP That might be a little more difficul% to


find out. I'm not sure whether the - whether
Mike is ready to admit when he last did the
job, but I'll look into that for you.

07 05 39 51 _ Well, he'll tell you. He's got a new mower.

07 05 39 53 CC Roger.

07 05 40 04 CMP Hey, ask my chinch bugs how they're toing?

07 05 40 07 CC Well, I'm not sure about your's. I _an let


you know about my own, and the repori_ isn't
very good.

07 05 47 45 CC 11, Houston. Over.

07 05 47 50 LMP Go ahead.

07 05 47 51 CC Roger. Joan wasn't home right now, :Buzz,


but Janis reports the grass is gettiag pretty
high, and I would estimate that it's going to
be close to your knees by the time you get out
of quarantine. Over.

07 05 48 08 LMP Okay. I'll have to schedule a little discus-


sion after I get back.

07 05 48 13 CC Roger. And no reports - no report from the


chinch bugs there, Mike.

07 05 48 21 CMP Well, they're sort of taciturn little fellows.


They don't say much; they just chomp away.

07 05 48 26 CC Concur on that.

07 05 48 47 CMP Which _s about what we're doing up here.

07 05 48 52 CC We concur on that, too.

07 05 49 18 CMP Breakfast was magnificent as usual. I had


sliced peaches, sausage patties, two cups of
coffee, and I forget all what else.
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07 05 49 27 CC That does sound pretty good. As a matter of


fact, I'm way overdue for a meal myself, here.
I could use some of that.

07 05 49 50 CMP Why don't you get Milt to give you 5 minutes


off and grab a hamburger?

07 05 50 O0 CC I suggested that awhile ago. He was pointing


out about the weight problem here. Ve've got
to keep the calories low, so I'd better stand
by without it.

07 05 52 46 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. We've been doin_ a little


flight planning for Apollo 12 up her._.

07 05 52 54 CC Roger. Go ahead.

07 05 52 57 CMP We're trying to calculate how much s_,agb t*'


and meatballs we can get on _ _ard fe

07 05 53 05 CC I'm not sure the spacecraft 11 tak,_ that l: h


extra weight. Have you made any est_imates?

07 05 53 12 CMP It'll be close.

07 05 55 52 CC 11, Houston. The medics at the next console


report that the shrew is one animal 'rh_ch csu
eat six times its own body weight every 24
hours. This may be a satisfactory base linc
for your spaghetti calculations on A1 Bean.
Over.

07 05 56 11 CMP Okay. Thank you. That's in work.

07 05 59 15 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. It was slightly aolder i_


here last night than it has been on any previ-
ous night. Does EECOMM notice any e lange in
his data or any explanation for that ?

07 05 59 25 CC Roger. Stand by j_st a moment. We' ve got to


check some temperalures.

07 05 59 35 CMP Up until last nigh_ it was - if anyt ling,


little on the warm side at night. L _st night
it was on the chilly side.

07 05 59 43 CC Roger there. We'll run down the temoeratures


for the 2 nights.
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07 05 59 50 CMl' Oh, it':; rio big thiag. Ju:;t as a matt(:z' o1'


interest.

07 05 59 52 CC Roger.

07 06 O0 05 CMP And how'd you like the commalld module RCS


temperatures ?

07 06 00 17 CC 11, Houston. They all look very good. The


lowest temperature was 40 degrees, and we're
taking a look at your cabin temperat_ires now.

07 06 O0 27 CMP We agree on the CM RCS. No heaters are goin 2


to be required by a country mile.

07 06 00 38 CC We think that's correct.

07 06 O0 50 CMP We don't like those heaters, anyway, wor!_'_-


off the direct coils.

07 06 O0 53 CC Roger.

07 06 01 34 CMP Peculiar thing, Owen, on the platform align-


ment is that when I really take my t [me ana do
a very slow, careful, precise job of marking.
I'm getting about the same star angle differ-
ence as when I'm doing it in DTC and have bo
do a hurried rush job with relatively poor
tracking. Star angle differences seem insens L-
tire. It almost made me believe there's a very
small bias there somewhere in the sextant.

07 06 02 07 CC Roger, 11. Perhaps the 3 degrees per secoi_i


just isn't that much of a bother. Over.

07 06 02 16 LMP Well, he's really trying to explain qhy he


can't get all zeros.

07 06 02 20 CMP I think Buzz is probably right. As a matter


of fact, one time I made a mark which I thoug't
was a little bit in error, but I tho aght, "W,_[i,
heck. I'll go ahead and see how it _orks oat
anyway," and I got five zeros that time. And
when I have thought everything was e cactly
precisely on, I have consistently be_n getting
0.01.
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07 06 02 52 CC Roger. Apparently it pays to hurry.

07 06 02 59 CMP I usually do.

07 06 03 07 CMP The visibility through the telescope has been


very poor. It's, I would say, even worse than
the simulator is right now. It requires long
periods of dark adaptation which most times
are most inconvenient; so it's really a tremen-
dous asset to keep the platform powered up at
all times and to keep it tweaked within the
capability of the sextant field of vJ ew.

07 06 03 37 CC Understand, Mike.

07 06 05 07 CC 1t, Houston. Checking your temperat wes, it


does look like the spacecraft may havre cooled
down perhaps 2 or 3 degrees in the 1 _st
24 hours, and that sounds to be consiste, _
with your report on the com_ st leve ther _
Over.

07 06 05 25 CMP Okay.

07 06 05 29 CDR Is that a LM-off phenomenon?

07 06 05 59 CC 11, Houston. It looks like we'll have to


think a little more about that, as to whether
it's a I_-off or some effect of being out of
Lunar orbit. We don't know, so we'll have to
puzzle before we can give a better answer.

07 06 06 12 CDR Okay.

07 06 06 15 CMP Well, if the systems guys have anything they


want chased down, we'll be happy to give you
any readings or reports or what have _ou.

07 06 06 23 CC Roger. We'll think about that and see if


there aren't some other tests to be useihllly
performed here.

07 06 06 31 CMP Okay.

07 06 13 09 CC 11, Houston. I'll be turning things over to


the Green CAP COMM at this time, and see you
on the ground tomorrow.
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07 06 13 25 CDR Okay, Owen. I want to thank you and the


whole Purple/Maroon group there for a good
job helping Apollo 11.

07 06 13 35 CC Thank you, sir.

07 06 13 41 LMP Thanks from us to all of you. It was really


appreciated.

07 06 13 45 CMP Great job, you guys.

07 06 13 50 CC Roger, out.

07 06 26 30 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

07 06 26 34 CMP Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 11.

07 06 26 37 CC 11, this is Houston. With reference to your


subjective evaluation that it felt c_ol_'r 7_
side the spacecraft last night, we r?To_'teJ
earlier that we did indeed _:_'ea drop} of ab.-_+.
3 degrees over the previous night. Jooking
back, it appears the crew of Apollo LO repor_ _a
similar feelings during the translunar and
transearth coast phases. We're wondering i_
you could give us any indication of the relativ_
amounts of free or condensed water il the
cabin last night and the night before from
which we could infer humidity. Over.

07 06 27 27 CDR Roger. That might be a little bit difficult


to do. We'll take a look at the tunnel now.
It does seem as though, between the ilrt, we
had a little bit more moisture in the tunnel.
Of course, the LM hadn't been vented when we
did translunar.

07 06 27 45 CC Roger. We were more curious about the rela-


tive amount of moisture between, say, last
night and the night before, both of which
would have the LM missing.

07 06 28 04 CMP There's more moisture in the tunnel _low than


there has been at any previous time. Sub-
jectively we have been unable to determine
any change in - any buildup in humid [ty.
There appears to be no moisture any other
place in the spacecraft. For exampla, the
windows are not fogging or - and var [ous other
cool spots around the spacecraft - aL1 of them
appear to be compl_tely dry.
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07 06 28 35 CC This is Houston. Roger. Thank you.

07 06 42 07 CMP How are all the "Greens" today, Bruce?

07 06 42 14 CC Oh, the Greens are in good shape. The actual


Green Team has been here for several hours.
We're dogging the watch down here to position
Ron for entry. Over.

07 06 42 25 CMP Roger. Understand. Did Dave Reed get to ex-


plain the lunar ... at the _,e_s conference?

07 06 42 32 CC No, but your comments about _ Shal'fer and


the explanations were quoted in the paper
last night.

07 06 42 40 CMP Oh, oh.

07 06 42 45 CC Do you want to say anything more while you'r_


on the line?

07 06 42 51 CMP He's right. He's absolutely right.

07 06 44 05 CMP How's old White, Bruce? Did he ever let you


go get a cup of coffee when we were over on
the back side?

07 06 44 15 CC Oh, things have been going pretty smoothly


down here. He's really not that hard to get
along with.

07 06 44 21 CMP Oh, he must be mellowing.

07 06 44 23 CC We've only got two of them back here zight now.

07 06 44 30 CMP Re always used to make me sit at the console


through the back-side passes, just for training.

07 06 44 41 CC Well, the word we have here is - that was be-


cause whenever you came back, you had to be
retrained.

07 06 44 50 CMP Touch_.

07 06 51 08 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Out of curiosit_ _, on


those 70-mm cameras, we figure we e_osed
around 300 in the LM and around a th_usand in
the command module; and both cameras - or all
the 70-mm cameras worked just fine.

07 06 51 26 CC Okay. Very good. Thank you.

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Page 584

07 07 07 14 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

07 07 07 19 CMP Go ahead, Houston.

07 07 07 21 CC 11, this is Houston. Do you all have 'Change


Lima" for your entry operations checkl [st dated
July 23? Over.

07 07 07 34 CDR Dated when?

07 07 07 36 CC July 23.

07 07 07 39 CDR I'm not sure that we hung around long mough to


pick that one up.

07 07 07 44 CC Okay. If you've got the entry operations cheek-


list handy, then I'll pass it up to yoi. Over.

07 07 07 53 CDR How can you make changes after' lift-of ??

07 07 08 04 CMP You sure you don't mean June?

' 07 07 08 06 CC Negative. It just came up today. Over.

07 07 08 12 CMP So, you're the first to get to us. Go ahead.

07 07 08 18 CC Okay. On page 6-1 of the entry-out checklist


down toward the bottom after "MAIN DEPLOY push-
button," we have three additional steps we'd
like you to accomplish. The intent of this is
to reduce the oxygen pressure in your msnifold
and to eliminate the oxygen bleed flow through
the potable and waste-water tanks durin2 descent.
Over.

07 07 08 56 CMP Okay. We've got 6-1 out. Go ahead.

07 07 09 00 CC Okay. Down at the bottom, you've got "10 000 feet


MAIN PARACHUTE DEPLOY, MAIN DEPLOY pushbutton,
PUSH within i second." And after that step, we'd
like you insert "SURGE TANK 02 valve, OFF; RE-

PRESS PACKAGE valve, OFF; and DIRECT 02 valve,


OPEN." Do you copy?

07 07 09 49 CMP Okay. Down at the bottom, after "MAIN DEPLOY


pushbutton, PUSH; SURGE TANK 02, OFF; and RE-
PRESS PACKAGE VALVE, OFF, DIRECT 02 , O:[." Over.
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07 07 10 04 CC Roger. And then down at the very botton of


page 6-2 where you see "DIRECT 02, OFF ;ERIFY,"
delete that step completely. Over.

07 07 10 20 CMP Roger.

07 07 10 22 CC And for record purposes, this will be "]hange


Lima." Over.

07 07 10 30 CMP Okay. We've got it. How far open do y)u want
this the DIRECT 02 valve to be opened a; this
point? I guess you want it - just leav._ [t open
from that point on?

07 07 10 46 CC Roger. It should go all the way open, md you


can just leave it on I¥om that point on. The
intent is to completely depressurize th ._oxygen
manifold. Over.

07 07 10 59 CMP Roger. Copy.

07 07 15 34 CC Apollo ll, this is Houston. For your i lformatJoo


the All Star game has just ended with tae Nat: nal
League winning 9 to 3 over American. O_er.

07 07 15 48 CDR Roger. Thank you.

07 07 15 52 CC And I have a message here for Mike that says


"All the chinch bugs are gone." Over.

07 07 16 05 CMP Having done their job I guess.

07 07 16 l0 CC Well, along with one tree, it turns out.

07 07 16 15 CMP Yes. I heard about that. That was right before


___ the flight.

07 07 16 18 CC Right. That big storm.

07 08 23 55 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Are you still up


there? Over.
-2-

f 07 08 24 07 CDR Yes, we are. But not quite so far as w__ were a


*L , while ago.
'9._

07 08 24 12 CC Roger. We concur. We just wanted to make sure


_ that we had good COMM with you.

07 08 24 18 CDR Okay.
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07 08 26 26 CC For general information, 11, you are ncw


95 970 miles out from the Earth. Over.

07 08 26 39 CDR Right in our own back yard.

07 08 26 41 CC Say again.

07 08 26 46 CDR Right in our own back yard.

07 08 26 54 CC Roger that.

07 08 27 03 LMP Trying to come down hill a little bit now. What's


our velocity?

07 08 27 12 CC Your velocity is 5991 feet per second.

07 08 27 20 LMP Thank you.

07 08 27 21 CC And you are indeed c_ing dowr hill.

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Page 587

07 09 08 35 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

07 09 08 42 CMP Go ahead, Houston.

07 09 08 45 CC Roger, 11. I've got a flight plan update for


you to give you an optimum attitude for the
Earth in the number 1 window and the Moon in
number 5 window. Over.

07 09 09 00 CMP Ready to copy.

07 09 09 03 CC Roger. Your attitude will be roll 12 degrees,


pitch 270 degrees, yaw 0 degrees. High-gain
antenna angles, pitch plus 14, yaw 263. Over.

07 09 09 25 CMP Roger. I copy. Roll 012, pitch 270, yaw 0.


High-gain antenna, pitch plus 14 and yaw 263.

07 09 09 35 CC Roger. And when coming out of PTC, you might


be advised that your deadband has been collapsed,
so follow the checklist items. Over.

07 09 09 46 CMP Roger that.

07 09 12 23 CC 11, this is Houston. We're receiving a black


signal from you right now, but we are getting
TV. Over.

07 09 24 10 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

07 09 24 14 CMP Go ahead.

07 09 24 16 CC From signal strength indications, it appears that


we may be locked up on a side lobe with a
high-gain antenna. We'd like you to go into
wide bandwidth for about 15 seconds and then
back to narrow. Over.

07 09 24 29 CMP All right.

07 09 31 18 CDR You have good S-band signal strength now, Houston?

07 09 31 22 CC That's affirmative, ]1.

07 09 31 29 CDR You all set for TV?

07 09 31 35 CC Roger. We're all set whenever you're ready to


send.
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Page 588

07 09 31 39 CDR Okay.

07 09 31 52 CC Okay. You're coming through loud and clear now,


11, with your patch.

07 09 32 24 CDR Good evening. This is the Commander of Apollo 11.


A hundred years ago, Jules Verne wrote a book

Columbia, took off from Florida and landed in


the Pacific Ocean after completing a trip to
the Moon. It seems appropriate to us to share
with you some of the reflections of the crew
as the modern-day Columbia completes its ren-
about a voyage to the Moon. His spaceship,
dezvous with the planet Earth and the same
Pacific Ocean tomorrow. First, Mike Collins.

07 09 33 35 CC 11, this is Houston. We have an LOS here.

07 09 33 39 CDR We'll he right back with you.

07 09 33 40 CC Roger.

07 09 33 51 CC In the interim, you may be interested in knowing


that Jan and the children and Pat and the young-
sters and Andy Aldrin are down here in the viewing
room watching this evening.

07 09 34 05 CDR We're glad to hear tkat.

07 09 34 38 CC Okay, 11. You're back on, with Mike in the


middle of the screen there.

07 09 34 44 CMP Roger. This trip of ours to the Moon may have


looked, to you, simple or easy. I'd like to
assure you that has _ot been the case. The
Saturn V rocket which put us into orbit is an
incredibly complicated piece of machinery, every
piece of which worked flawlessly. This computer
up above my head has a 38 000-word vocabulary,
each word of which has been very carefkllly chosen
to be of the utmost value to us, the crew. This
switch which I have in my hand now, has over
300 counterparts in the command module alone,
this one single switch design. In add::tion to
that, there are myrisds of circuit bre_,kers,
levers, rods, and other associated con.rols. The
SPS engine, our large rocket engine on the aft end
of our service module, must have performed flaw-
lessly, or we would have been stranded in lunar
orbit. The parachutes up above my heaa must work
perfectly tomorrow or we will plur_net into the
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Page 589

ocean. We have always ha(3 confidence that all


this equipment will work, and work proper_y,
and we continue to have confidence that it will
do so for the remainder of the flight. Ail this
is possible only through the blood, sweat, and
tears of a number of people. First, the American
workmen who put these pieces of machinery to-
gether in the factory. Second, the painstaking
work done by the various test te_m_ during the
assembly and retest after assembly. And finally,
the people at the Manned Spacecraft Center, both
in management, in mission planning, in flight
control, and last, but not least, in crew training.
This operation is somewhat like the periscope of
a submarine. Ail you see is the three of us,
but beneath the surface are thousands _uad thou-
sands of others, and to all those, I would like
to say, thank you very much.

07 09 37 52 CC 11, this is Houston. We're getting a _;ood picture


of Buzz now, but no voice modulation. And would
you open up the f-stop on the TV camer_; try 22,
please?

07 09 38 13 CC That appears to be a lot better now. %Ye're still


not receiving Buzz's audio.

07 09 38 20 LMP Good evening. I'd like to discuss with you a


few of the more symbolic aspects of the flight
of our mission, Apollo 11. As we've been dis-
cussing the events that have taken place in the
past 2 or 3 days here on board our spacecraft,
we've come to the conclusion that this has been
far more than three men on a voyage to the Moon;
more, still, than the efforts of a government
and industry team; more, even, than the efforts
of one nation. We feel that this stands as a
symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind
to explore the unknown. Nell's statement the
other day upon first setting foot on the surface
of the Moon, "This is a small step for a man, but
a great leap for mankind," I believe sum_ up these
feelings very nicely. We accepted the challenge
of going to the Moon; the acceptance oJ this
challenge was inevita01e. The relatiw ease with
which we carried out our mission, I be._ieve, is
a tribute to the timeliness of that act eptance.
Today, I feel we're f_lly capable of ac cepting
expanded roles in the exploration of st ace. In
retrospect, we have all been particularly pleased
with the call signs that we very laboriously
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chose for our spacecraft, Columbia and Eagle.


We've been particularly pleased with the emblem
of our flight, depicting the U.S. eagle bringing
the universal symbol of peace from the Earth,
from the planet Earth to the Moon; that symbol
being the olive branch. It was our overall crew
choice to deposit a replica of this symbol on
the Moon. Personally, in reflecting on the
events of the past several days, a verse from
Psalms comes to mind to me. "When I consider
the heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon
and the stars which Thou hast ordained_ what is
man that Thou art mindful of him."

07 09 41 42 CDR The responsibility for this flight lies first


with history and with the giants of science who
have preceded this effort; next with the American
people, who have thr<,ugh their will, indicated
their desire; next, _ o four administrations, and
their Congresses, fol' implementing that will;
and then, to the agel_cy and industry teams that
built our spacecraft_ the Saturn, the Columbia,
the Eagle, and the 1 ttle EMU, the space suit
and backpack that wa._,our small spacecraft out
on the lunar surfacer We would like to give a
special thanks to al:[ those Americans who built
the spacecraft, who aid the construction, design,
the tests, and put their - their hearts and all
their abilities into those crafts. To those
people, tonight, we give a special tha:zk you,
and to all the other people that are listening
and watching tonight_ God bless you. _ Good night
from Apollo 11.

07 09 43 52 CC 11, this is Houston. We're getting a _oom view


out the window now.

07 09 44 24 CDR Apollo 11, signing off.

07 09 47 48 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Do you want to crank up


PTC again; do you hare some reason to hold its
attitude, or what's ) our pleasure?

07 09 47 57 CC You can crank up PTC again, Mike, any ;ime you


like. And I might ccd I thought that _as a
mighty fine TV presertation. There's :ertainly
nothing I can add to it from down here.

07 09 48 10 CMP Thank you.

07 09 53 27 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.


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07 09 53 33 CDR Go ahead.

07 09 53 36 CC Okay, 11. I've got a few small items here:


one flight plan update and some entry photography
information, if you are ready to copy. Over.

07 09 53 49 CDR Go ahead.

07 09 53 51 CC Roger. At 180 hours 50 minutes GET, we should


like to delete your oxygen fuel cell purge.

07 09 54 02 CDR Okay.

07 09 54 03 CC And on the entry photography, if you sre going


to use a fresh magazine of color interior film,
we recommend the following exposure settings:
fll at 1/250, six frames per second, focus on
7 feet for the fireball; f2.0, 1/60 of a second,
six frames per second, focus on QO feet when the
chutes open. If you are using a magazine, part
of which has already been used for int_=rior
shots, we recommend fl6 at 1/500 of a second,
six frames per second, focus on 7 feet for the
fireball; f2.8, 1/60 of a second, six frames per
second, focus on 50 feet when the parachutes
open. And we would _%ike to know the magazine
number that you are intending to use if you have
a chance. Over.

07 09 55 22 CMP Okay. I think we got those. We will be using


a fresh one and it will be color inter[or. Over.

07 09 55 32 CC Roger. When you get - get it out, we would like


to have the number of the magazine and the letter
of the magazine relayed down.

07 09 55 42 CDR Okay. And we're thir_king that we might want to


run some of that at 12 frames per second. And
I think we can get everything from 0.5 - 0.5g
down; that will only give us about 7.8 minutes
and ... frames ... dcuble that. I guess maybe
just an occasional burst to 12 frames would be
what we want and the rest of it at six. Over.

07 09 56 23 CC This is Houston. Thst plan sounds fin_ with us,


Neil.

07 09 56 28 CDR Okay.

07 09 56 30 CC And lastly, we would like to know if your stowage


configuration for entry is going to co_form to
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the nominal. The RETRO's down here are anxious


to get an accurate c.g. computed for you, and in
particular, where the LEVVA's are being stowed.
Over.

07 09 56 53 CDR Okay. We think we are going to put the LEWA's


and helmets in the hatch bag, and we'll let you
know any other nonstandard stowage locations
that we complete this evening.

07 09 57 08 CC This is Houston. Roger. Out.

07 10 06 57 CDR Houston, Apollo 11.

07 10 07 01 CC Go ahead, 11.

07 10 07 03 CDR Roger. The magazine we'll be using for entry


tomorrow is magazine M. Over.

07 10 07 10 CC Roger. Understand. Magazine M as in Mike.

07 10 07 14 CDR That's right.

07 10 07 19 CC Thank you. Out.

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07 10 17 38 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Your friendly Green


Team going off for the night, and going off for
the last time[ We wish to bid you a good night
and Godspeed.

07 10 17 51 CDR Thank you. We appreciate all that fine work


done by the Green Team, and we'll be thanking
you in person when we get back.

07 10 18 O0 CC Roger. We'll see you on the ground.

07 10 18 03 LMP Really enjoyed working with all of you. _lanks


very much. Over.

07 10 18 08 CC Roger.

07 10 18 09 CMP As usual, all you Greenies.

07 10 18 11 CC They're all smiles down here, even the trenc] .

07 10 40 30 6T4P Houston, Apollo 11. ,

07 10 40 35 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

07 10 40 39 CMP Roger. How's our thruster firing activity?


We're about ready to crank up PTC if you are.

07 10 40 46 CC Roger. Go ahead.

07 10 40 49 CMP Okay. Thank you.

07 10 56 51 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

07 10 56 55 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

07 10 56 57 CC 11, we'd like you to shift to an OMNI ,_ntenna


configuration at the present time. Wa're re-
questing the S-band antenna OMNI switca to
Bravo and the S-band antenna OMNI switch to
OMNI. The high-gain antenna track in '_NUAL.
Pitch minus 50, yaw 270. Over.

07 10 57 25 LMP Roger. I'll do that right now.

07 10 57 30 CC Roger. And if Mike has a minute, we'_ like to


do a little bit of troubleshooting. It seems
he's either flat-chested or something because
we've lost respiration rate on the BIffED
telemetry. That is, the ZPN trace do_n here is
flat.
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07 l0 57 56 L_ _ ife was shavirl/{a little bit ago. fiemJ_[i_thave


just let it slip. Hold on a moment.

07 10 58 06 CMP Ail the blasted wires are all connect(d, is all


I know.

07 10 58 11 CC Okay, Mike. We had a request that yo_ disconnect.


the yellow connector from the signal conditioner
and verify that it looks okay, reconnect it and
then, if you would, check the two electrodes
that are placed one on each side of your lower
rib cage. Over.

07 10 58 36 C_ I bet you there's a smile on Charlesw_rth's face.

07 10 58 41 CC Cliff is not on right now. Gene Kranz just re-


lieved him a few minutes ago.

07 10 58 50 CMl° Roger that.

07 10 59 56 CMP Ail those wires and things look normal up here.

07 11 00 00 CC Roger, Mike. We could see variations on our


traces. You've connected and disconnected, but
the medics still don't have a signal.

07 11 00 16 CC Looks like you're sending us a message of some


sort.

07 11 O0 29 CMP Well, I promise to let you know if I stop


breathing.

07 1t 03 23 CC Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston broad-


casting in the blind. Request OMNI Bravo.
Request OMNI Bravo. Over.

07 11 10 45 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Communication


reestablished.

07 11 10 51 SC ...

07 11 11 51 CC Apollo 11, this is Houston. Will you confirm


you're in OMNI Bravo? Over.

07 11 12 08 LMP Okay. That ought to give it to you.

07 11 12 12 CC Roger. Out.
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07 11 14 51 CC Apollo 1t, this is Houston. Mike, we're still


getting a flat trace on you for the impedance
pneumograph. Before you turn in this evening,
you might try putting some fresh paste in the
sensors, and if that doesn't work, the medics
have agreed to forget about it. Over.

07 11 15 17 CDR Mike's off the loop right now. I'll convey


that message.

07 ll 15 20 CC Okay. Thank you.

07 11 15 46 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Say again.

07 11 15 50 CC Roger, Mike. The trace on your respi'ation


rate is still flat. If you have time this
evening before turning in, we would slggesb
that you try putting some fresh paste in the
two electrodes that go on the side of your !owe_
rib cage; and if that doesn't work, j_st g_ve up
on it.

07 11 16 13 CMP ...

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Page 596

07 12 07 45 SC (Sound of Train)

07 12 08 17 CC Hey, 11, this is Houston. You might tell Buzz


not to exercise quite so strenuously. Over.

07 12 08 30 LMP What's the problem?

07 12 08 32 CC Say again.

07 12 08 36 LMP What's the problem?

07 12 08 42 CC Okay. That's one - that's one on us. (Laughter

07 12 09 19 CC 11, Houston. Seriously, that comment was just


aimed at your musica] selection.

07 12 09 26 LMP Okay.

07 12 09 39 SC (Sound of train)

07 12 09 59 CMP Come on Neil, not so fast.

07 12 10 05 SC (Sound of train)

07 12 10 19 CMP You have an ergometer up here.

07 12 10 30 CC What was that? Real time exercise?

07 12 10 35 CMP Just trying to be your ergometer.

07 12 10 37 CC Roger.

07 12 21 22 CC Apollo 11_ this is Houston. Over.

07 12 21 28 CDR Go ahead, Houston.

07 12 21 30 CC We'd like to know what your plans are as far


as turning in this evening. Our - in the flight
plan we show you co_nencing a rest period at
about 182 hours, and what are you plannSng to
do on that? We're going to be watching the
weather here, and we expect to have an update
on the weather, I guess, in about half hour or
45 minutes to pass to you. Over.

07 12 21 57 CDR We're going to probably stick with the flight


plan pretty much. We are going to - i::'
- check
the lights in the northwest corner of the U.S.
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and southwest corner of Canada. If we can see


up that high into the northern hemisphere. Other
than that, we'll be on the flight plan.

07 12 22 21 CC Roger. For your information, the laser from


McDonald Observatory in West Texas will be up
from about 181 hours and 30 minutes, on for
1 hour. You should be able to spot the earth
out of the number 1 window every time you pass
roll 357 degrees and then, of course, Mou're in
West Texas. Over.

07 12 22 47 CDR Okay. Thank you.

07 12 23 07 CMP How about the number 5 window?

07 12 23 16 CC Stand by a minute.

07 12 23 24 CC Roger. For the number 5 window. That'll be -


every time you pass 230 degrees in roiL. Over.

07 12 23 32 CMP Beautiful. Thank you.

07 12 23 36 CMP You guys are on your toes down there.

07 12 23 39 CC Roger. - -

07 12 23 40 CDR You have a new, new star chart. You must have
a new, new star chart. Huh?

07 12 23 45 CC Oh, we got a fresh, fresh FAO here.

07 12 36 56 CDR Houston, Atlollo 11. How much longer do you want


us to keep charging battery B?

07 12 37 17 CC 11, this is Houston. Nominally we're looking


for about another hour and a half, but what we'd
like to do is continue charging until shcrtly
before you turn in for the night. Over.

07 12 37 30 CDR That'll be fine. Are you going to want to charge


A again at all?

07 12 37 36 CC Negative, 11.

07 12 37 40 CDR Okay.

07 12 42 18 CC 11, this is Houston. At about 180 45, _e'll be


handing over from Goldstone to Honeysuckle, and
I'm handing over to Charlie. See you waen you
get back. Over.
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07 12 42 33 CDR Okay, Bruce. Good night. Thank you.

07 12 42 35 CC Roger. Good night.

07 12 42 36 CMP Thank you very much, Bruce. It's been a pleas-


ute working with you.

07 12 42 38 CC Have a nice trip down.

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Page 599

07 13 26 46 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Over.

07 13 26 55 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Go ahead.

07 13 27 02 CMP Roger, Houston. For RETRO, I have the antic-


ipated location of all the entry stowage, and
I suggest you pull out the entry checklist,
and we'll go through those maps in the front
of it.

07 13 27 19 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Could you stand b M just


a few minutes? Charlie and Flight are out
getting a weather briefing. They'll be back
shortly.

07 13 27 33 CMP Is this Ken?

07 13 27 35 CC Say again?

07 13 27 40 CMl° Is this Owen?

07 13 27 42 CC No, this is Chuck Lewis. Charlie Duke is out


with Flight getting a weather briefing right
now.

07 13 27 49 CMP Okay. They're out &_inking coffee. I know.

07 13 27 52 CC (Laughter) They'll be back momentarilj.

07 13 35 55 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Over.

07 13 36 00 CMP Roger, Houston. Apollo 11. Did you get the


word on the entry checklist?

07 13 36 05 CC Roger, Mike. We sure did. We're ready to


talk about it, if you are. Over.

07 13 36 13 CMP I think the quickest thing is to go through


page by page, the first part of the entry
checklist where it h_ a map. Starting on
the page with compartment L2 and L3. Ire you
with me?

07 13 36 25 CC Roger. With you.

07 13 36 28 CMP Okay. L2 is as sho_. L3 is as show_; there


is about half the food remaining in L3.

07 13 36 35 CC Roger.
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07 13 36 36 CMP Where it says - where it says "And note," the


CMP PGA is located in the L-shaped bag with the
other two PGA's. The LM shield was jettisoned
with the - Correction, the CMP's helmet shield
was Jettisoned with the I34, and his he]met and
gloves, instead of being in the sleep restraint,
are in the hatch bags.

07 13 37 06 CC Okay. Let's see now. Your PGA is in the


L-shaped bag with the other two PGA's, and your
helmet and gloves are in the L-shaped tag instead
of the sleep restraint.

07 13 37 21 CMP The helmet and gloves are in the hatch bag, the
great big bag that's underneath the leS't-hand
couch that you put the hatch in.

07 13 37 30 CC Roger. I thought I - That's what I cotied.


Okay. Go ahead.

07 13 37 37 CMP Okay. The next page is identical except a nit-


picking point: out Ri we got the entr_* check-
list. Other than that it is identical, and
the third page has got some changes.

07 1337 49 CC Go ahead.

07 13 37 50 65{P In A1 - Are you with me? I'm over there in


compartment Al, now.

07 13 37 56 CC Go ahead, Mike. Over.

07 13 38 04 CMP In compartment Al, the 16-millimeter ma_azine


will be located in window number 4 instead of
5. Tissue dispensers; there is only on_ of
them left. And compartment U3, the 16-
millimeter bracket is on window 4, and the PGA
bag - add the CMP's PGA, plus add two L]G's.
And compartment A8 delete two LCG's, add one
PPK, making a total of four, and add 10 pounds
of I24miscellaneous equipment. We told you five
the other day. We think ten is probab_r closer.
Over.

07 13 38 57 CC Copy.

07 13 39 04 CMP And that's all the ch_nges on that page. Ready


for the next page?

07 13 39 07 CC Roger. Go ahead, Mike.


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07 13 39 12 CMP On your next page, _n compartment B1, we esti-


mate about 15 percent of that food is remaining.
In B2 we took PPK out of there and put trash in
it. In B3, the t6-millimeter cable, the 18-
millimeter lens, and the right-angle mirror
are on window number 4. And that there brings
you all up-to-date.

07 13 39 42 CC Roger. How about the LEVVA's, Mike? _here did


you put those? Over.

07 13 39 53 CMP They're in the hatch bag.

07 13 39 56 CC Roger. Stand by. Our only concern, 1[ , is with


the stuff you got in the hatch bag. _at's
pretty big bulk between you and A8, an,. we'd
like to talk about moving that over to the
sleep restraint. If you will stand by. I'll
verify that. Over.

07 13 40 16 CMP Okay.

07 13 41 16 CC 11, Houston. Our recommendation on the gear


you got in the helmet bag - correction_ hatch
bag, would be to remo_e that stuff and put it
in the sleep restraint under the right couch.
The reason is that the hatch bag straps are
only configured for zero g, and it is s pretty
difficult job getting it lashed down. With the
gear in the sleep resvraint, it's a pretty
standard lash-down procedure_ and you could
also use tile Beta cord that you have on hoard.
You concur? Over.

07 13 42 03 CMP Yes. We'll look at it, Charlie, and let you


know.

07 13 42 06 CC Roger. And I got a couple of other thi2_gs, Mike.


We need to terminate battery B charge ay this
time, and also, the weather is clobbering in at
our targeted landing point due to scatt_._red
thunderstorms. We don't want to tangle w_th one
of those, so we are going to move the - your
aim point uprange. Ccrrection, it will be
downrange, to target for 1500-nautical-i ile
entry so we can guarantee uplift control. The
aew coordinates are 13 degrees, 19 minul es north,
169 10 minutes west. _he weather in that area
is super. We got 2000 scattered, 8000 _cattered
sith l0 miles visibility and 6-foot se_ and
the Hornet is sitting [n great position to get
lo that targeted posit [on. Over.
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07 13 43 21 CMP Roger.

07 13 51 59 CC Apollo 11_ Houston. Some of the general last


minute updates here. On the entry, we had told
you on the camera to set _t at OO t'eet. It
turns out the biggest number on the can'ara is
25 feet, so just set it at infinity. Over.

07 13 52 19 CMP Roger. Infinity.

07 13 57 42 CC Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We're read M to put


you to bed and say good night, if you give us
your crew status report and verify that you
changed out the CO 2 canister a moment a_o.
Over.

07 13 57 55 CDR Stand by.

07 14 00 43 CDR Okay, Charlie. Crew status report follows:


CDR 11023, CMP 10025, LMP 09027. Canis ;er
change complete.

07 14 01 Ot CC Roger. Thsmk you very much there.

07 14 01 02 CDR Ail men okay.

07 14 01 03 CC Roger. Thank you. Could you give us an on-


board readout, please, sir?

07 14 01 08 CDR Stand by. Okay. BAT C 37, PYRO BAT A 37, BAT
B 37, RCS A 51, B 63, C 62, D 58.

07 14 01 26 CC Roger. Copy. Thank you much.

07 14 03 47 CC Apollo 11, Houston. It's good night fr _m the


White Team For the last time. We'll be off
when you wake up in the morning. It's been
a pleasure working wilh you guys. It wis a
beautiful show from all three of you. We
appreciate it very much, and we'll see you when
you get out of the LRL. Over.

07 14 04 04 CDR Okay, Charlie. Thanks to you and all the White


Team for a great job down there all the way
through. Thank you.

07 14 04 11 CM]P Outstanding.

07 14 04 13 LMP ... very much, Charlic. Thanks.


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07 14 04 16 CC Thanks to you guys, too.

07 14 04 36 CC And, 11, Houston. Mike, you get your chance


at landing tomorrow. No go-around.

07 14 04 44 CMP Roger. You're going to let me land closer


to Hawaii, too, aren't you?

07 14 04 47 CC That's right, sir.

07 14 07 59 CC 11, Houston. We got some word just a moment


ago that the McDonald Observatory is - said
they had picked up the spacecraft in their
telescope. Over.

07 14 08 09 CDR Outstanding. We have been looking for their


laser but haven't had much luck yet.

07 14 08 16 CC Roger. We'll pass it on to them, Neil. Thank


yOU.

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07 21 28 35 CDR Hello, Houston. Apollo 11.

07 21 28 39 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Go.

07 21 28 43 CDR Roger. Good morning. What's the status on mid-


course 7?

07 21 28 47 CC Roger. We were going to let you sleep in until


about 190 hours. Midcourse 7 is not required.

07 21 28 54 CDR Okay. Thank you.

07 22 19 07 CC Apollo 11. Good morning from Houston. Over.

07 22 19 12 CDR Good morning, 11.

07 22 19 15 CC Roger. We saw you up stirring around, and we


thought that you were probably eating _'our break-
fast there. Just in general, we'll probably start
coming up with the uplink of the state vectors and
the target loads and what have you at about 190 50,
somewhere in that area, and get you started to work.

07 22 19 35 CDR Okay.

07 22 19 36 CC And in the meantime, while you're eating your break-


fast there, I've got the Maroon Bugle all standing
by here to give you the morning news.

07 2[ 19 45 CDR Glad to hear it.

07 22 19 48 CC Okay. Apollo 11 remains the prime story with the


world awaibing your landing today at about
11 49 a.m. Houston time. In Washington, House
tax reformers have fashioned a provision which
would make it impossible for wealthy individuals
to avoid income tax entirely through tax-free in-
vestments or special allowances. Under the
proposal tentatively adopted by the House Ways and
Means Committee, everyone would pay taxes on at
least half of their income.

07 22 20 25 CDR Hang on a minute.

07 22 20 30 CC Roger. Standing by.

07 22 22 28 CDR Okay. Okay, Ron. We're ready to go again. Thank


you.
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07 22 22 36 CC Roger. Continuing with the Maroon Bugle. Presi-


dent Nixon surprised your wives with a phone call
from San Francisco just before he boarded a plane
to fly out to meet you. Ail of them were very
touched by your television broadcast. Jan and
Pat watched from Mission Control here. The launch
of Intelsat from the Cape was postponed for the
fourth time last night. The problem was said to
be a malfunctioning nitrogen regulator in the
second stage of Delta. A new attempt will be
made to launch it tonight. The research submarine
Ben Franklin, which is studying the Gulf Stream,
set a record by drifting 24 hours from 10 to
100 feet above the ocean floor in 1300 feet of
water off the Georgia coast. The mission is led
by Jacques Picard. Wally Schirra has been
elected to a 5-year term on the board of trustees
of the Detroit Institute of Technology. He will
serve on the Institute's development committee.
Air Canada says it has accepted 2300 reservations
for flights to the Moon in the past 5 days. It
might be noted that more than 100 have been made
by men for their mothers-in-law. And finally,
it appears that rather than killing romantic songs
about the Moon, you have inspired hundreds of song
writers. Nashville, _ennessee, which [,robably
houses the largest collection of recording com-
panies and song publishers in the country, now
reports it is being flooded by Moon songs. Some
will make it. The song at the top of the best
sellers list this week is, "In the year 2525."
Morning Bugle. Out.

07 22 24 51 CDR Thank you very much, Eon.

07 22 31 42 CDR Houston, crew status report: 5.5 7 5.5.

07 22 31 52 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Roger. We copy. And I have


your consumables update, if you're ready to copy.

07 22 32 00 CDR Go ahead.

07 22 32 01 CC Roger. GET 189 plus 00: RCS total minus 1 per-


cent; Alfa minus 11; Bravo plus 10; Cha_ile minus 1;
Delta minus 1; H2 tot_._lminus 0.76 pounis; oxygen
total plus 17.6 pound_. Over.

07 22 32 41 CDR Okay. It doesn't look like we're going to be


able to get quite back on the flight p]an_

07 22 32 46 CC Eot quite; just about though.

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Page 610

07 22 45 13 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Request POO and ACCEPT,


and we'll send your REFSMMAT, state veutor, and
entry target load. Over.

07 22 45 23 CDR You have it.

07 22 45 29 CC Roger. It'll he coming up.

07 22 48 04 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Can you tell us wi_ere the


visor assemblies ended up, there?

07 22 48 12 CDR We're going to follow your suggestion :nd stow


them under right-hand couch.

07 22 48 17 CC Roger. Mighty fine. Break. The weatt er fore-


case in the landing area right now is [000
scattered, high scattered, 10 miles. _e wind
about 080 at 18 knots. You'll have about 3- to
6-foot waves. Your Delta-H is plus 10 feet.
And it looks like you'll be landing about 10 min-
utes before sunrise. Over.

07 22 48 49 CDR Okay. Sounds good.

07 22 48 52 CC Roger.

07 22 50 31 CC Apollo 11, Houston. _11 three loads a_e in.


The computer is yours. Over.

07 22 50 38 CDR Roger.

07 22' 50 40 CC And Mike, if you're oa loop there, to extend the


range and the constant g reentry, here, I've got
a little procedure, if you would like to listen
to it.

07 22 50 56 CMP _,tand by one.

07 22 50 57 CC t_oger.

07 22! 51 01 CMP I'm right in the middle of my orange juice. Be


with you in about 5 minutes.

07 22 51 04 CC Sure, no problem, striding by.

07 22 52 24 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. tey, Ron, I wondei if you


could give us a good Navy explanation for this
Delt a-H time. Over.
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07 22 52 35 CC Roger. Let me think about it, and I'll come


back.

07 22 52 38 LMP You too, huh?

07 22 52 41 CC (Laughter) Right.

07 22 52 48 LMP Collins has got one, but I'm not sure I buy it.

07 22 58 16 CC Apollo 11, Houston.

07 22 58 21 LMP Go ahead.

07 22 58 22 CC Roger, 11. We don't have to worry about it any


more. The altimeter out there is now standard,
29.92; but basically what it means is that if I
give you a plus 10 feet, for instance, that means
that you will hit the water with the aiLtimeter
reading 10 feet. Over.

07 22 58 41 CMP Ail right.

07 22 58 43 LMP Ah, Collins was wrong.

07 23 43 31 CC Apollo 11, Houston. I have your entry PAD. Over.

07 23 43 42 LMP Stand by.

07 23 43 46 CC Roger. Standing by.

07 23 43 54 LM? Okay, I'm ready to copy.

07 23 43 57 CC Roger. Entry PAD: area is the mid-Pacific,


roll 000, 152, 001, GET 194 46 06, 267, latitude
plus 1332, minus 16917, 064, 36194, 649, range
to go 14045, 36275, 195 03 06, 00 28, DL max
154, 084, 22400, 1800), DO 400, 02 13, 00 17, 03 51,
09 02, sextant star 43 0189, 277, boresight star,
none available, lift vector up. Comments: GDC
align, Vega and Deneb, roll 078, pitch 223,
yaw 340. Additional comments: Use nonexit EMS
pattern, EI minus 30, horizon check GET 194 33 06.
Pitch 298. You'll ge_ P65, but no P66. Addi-
tional note: Initial bank angle in P6] may not
be full lift. Apollo 11, Houston. Read back.

07 23 48 46 I24P Okay, Ron, For MIDPAC: 000, 152, 001, 194,


46 06, 267, plus 1332_ minus 16917, 064, 36194,
649, 14045, 36275, 19'.i03 06, 0028, 154, 084,
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2240, 180, 400, 02 13, 00 17, 03 51, 09 02, 45,


0189, 277, none available, lift vector up, GDC
align, Vega and Deneb, roll 078, pitch 223,
yaw 340. Use nonexit EMS. EI minus 30, horizon
eheck 194 33 06, pitch 298. Initial bank angle
in P67 may not be full lift, and we will get P65
but no P66.

07 23 50 30 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Roger. On your G])C align


pitch, it should be 233, 233 in the pitch. Over.

07 23 50 41 LMP Okay. I'¥e got a 23_.

07 93 50 47 CC Also your DL and MAX and MII_, I'm sure. are


22 400 and 18 000. ever.

07 23 50 56 LMP Yes. That's right.

07 23 50 58 CC Okay. If you'll dig sut your entry eh_ cklist


there on page E6-1, I'll update your PdTRO times
there for the various altitudes. Over.

07 23 51 10 LMP Okay. Go ahead.

07 23 51 14 CC Okay. On page E6-1_ flour RRT is 07 20- your


50K is 08 16; 40K is )8 30; your 24K is 09 02; and
your 10K is 09 51. 0wer.

07 23 52 06 LMP Okay. RRT, 07 20, 50 000, 08 16. That's -


07 20 is - is the time of steam pressure peg
£rom RRT; and 40 000, 08 30; 24 000, 09 02;
10 000, 09 51.

07 23 52 48 CC 11, HoustoJl. You sta:ted out right, and then


the numbers you read back were correct; but I
didn't get your comment in between there.

07 23 52 58 LMP I assume that - all I wanted to know is that


first time, 07 20, that's the time of steam
t ressure peg. Right?

07 23 53 04 CC That's affirmative.

07 23 53 06 LMP Okay.

07 23 58 05 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. _on, I'm ready to copy your


message about the con,_tant drag level.
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07 23 58 13 CC Okay, Mike. Of course, this is in the event the


G&N and the EMS quits and you have to fly the
constant g; and what we're trying to do is extend
the constant g range from 1100 to 1500 miles.
We've run this procedure in the simulator, staid
it works fine. Basically, I'll go through it -
just go through it, and then if you have any
questions come back. But it's the same lift
vector up until MAX g, and then lift vector
down, and then modulate the lift vector until g
dot goes to zero. Okay. This procedure is
essentially the same so far. And then hold g dot
zero until you pass the RETRO elapsed time of V
circular; and then after you pass this RETRO
elapsed tJ_ue of V circular, roll to a gimbal
angle of 45 degrees, and then hold this constant
bank angle of 45 degrees until you coma to the
RETRO elapsed time of drogues. Over.

07 23 59 44 CMP Okay. It sounds straightforward enough. Under-


stand constant g backup backup procedure, lift
vector up until MAX g and then lift vector down;
then modulate until bank angle until g dot equals
zero. Maintain g dot equals zero until subcir-
cular, then roll 45 degrees and hold until drogue
time. Over.

08 00 00 07 CC Okay. That's mighty fine, Mike. That's correct.

END CF TAPE
APOLLO 11 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

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Page 614

08 01 01 57 CMP This entry time line is n_f kind of time line.


Nice and slow.

08 01 02 03 CC Okay, 11. Houston. Roger. It sure is. EECOMM


is anxiously awaiting his big moment here for
the logic sequence check whenever you're ready.

08 01 02 14 CDR Okay. We'll be ready for that in just a flash.

08 01 02 17 CC Roger.

08 01 02 28 CC Apollo 11, Houston.

08 01 02 31 CMP Go ahead, Ron.

08 01 02 32 CC This is Jim, Mike. Backup crew is still standing


by. I just want to remind you that the mo _-
difficult part of your missio_ is goin_ to oe
after recovery.

08 01 02 42 CMP Well, we're looking forward to all parts of it.

08 01 02 45 CC Please don't sneeze.

08 01 02 53 CMP Keep the mice healthy.

08 0t 03 03 CMP The Earth is really getting bigger up here and,


of course, we see a crescent.

08 01 03 08 CC Yes.

08 01 03 12 CMP We've been taking pictures and we have four ex-


posures to go, and we'll take those ard then
pack the camera.

08 01 05 18 CMP Houston, Apollo ll. We're ready for the logic


check whenever you are. We're standing by to arm
the logic. We've got ELS logic on, EI.S AUTO,
and all the circuit breakers in.

08 01 05 30 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Roger. You can ]_ress on with


the SECS logic.

08 01 05 35 CMP Okay. Logic i coming on.

08 01 05 37 CMP MARK it.

08 01 05 39 CMP Logic 2 coming on.


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08 O1 05 40 CMP MARK it.

08 01 05 50 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Logic checks good. You're


GO for PYRO ARM.

08 01 05 56 CMP Thank you, sir.

08 01 07 09 LMP Houston, Apollo 11 has got VHF A Simplex on


whenever you want to make a COMM check.

08 O1 07 20 CC Apollo ll, Houston. Roger. You fadeC out a


little bit there, Buzz. I understand you have
the VHF Simplex A on now. Is that correct?
Over.

08 01 07 29 LMP That affirmative. VHF Simplex A and _e're TR on


VHF.

08 O1 07 35 CC Roger. Mighty fine. We'll watch it as you are


coming on in and let you know then th_ intelligi-
bility is up. We'll make a _oice check with you
at that time.

08 01 07 50 CDR Houston, Apollo ll. I've been holdin_ here in


SCS control MINIMUM DEADBAND RATE LOW with the
limit cycle on, just as a matter of curiosity,
if you guys wanted some fuel numbers from that.

08 O1 08 07 CC ll, Houston. Roger. We copy and we'%e been


figuring it out.

08 01 08 13 CDR Okay.

08 01 08 18 CMP It's a pleasure to be able to waste g_s.

08 01 08 23 CC Roger. That's affirmative.

08 01 16 ll CC Apollo ll, Houston with a little recovery force


information. Over.

08 01 16 17 CMP Go ahead.

08 01 16 18 CC Roger. The Hornet is on station just far enough


off the target point to keep from getting hit.
Recovery l, or the chopper, is there; they're
on station. And Hawaii Rescue i and _, the
C-130's, are within 40 minutes of you target
point. Over.
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08 01 16 50 C_ Sounds good. Thank you.

08 01 25 08 CC Apollo 11, Houston.

08 01 25 11 CDR Go ahead.

08 01 25 13 CC Roger. Just to get a little downlink here to


check out our VHF: I show us about an hour
and 37 minutes, approximately, from erLtry inter-
face. Over.

08 01 25 26 LMP Okay. That's about right.

08 01 25 28 CC Okay. Looks like we're together on t]at, and


I guess we're standing by for you to _'hip into
the entry attitude.

08 O1 25 37 LMP Okay. We've just been taking a couplt of last


minute pictures. We've finished the ]?_ entry
check, primary water EVAP ac _ zation.

08 O1 25 46 CC Roger. Mighty fine.

08 O1 31 22 CC Apollo ll, Houston.

08 O1 31 26 CMP Go ahead.

08 O1 31 28 CC Roger, Mike. We recommend the left V_-F antenna


for VHF.

08 O1 31 33 CC And this is your friendly backup CMP. Have a


good trip, and may - remember to come in BEF.

08 O1 31 42 CMP You better believe. Thank you kindly.

08 O1 31 48 CMP We can see the Moon passing by the window and


it looks what I considered to be a correct size.

08 01 33 26 LMP Houston, Apollo 11. Like to switch to S-band


OMNI C. I just did a minute ago, and noticed
a loss of signal strength, over.

08 O1 33 34 CC Roger, Apollo 11. C_ ahead and try it again


now that you're in attitude.

08 01 33 42 LMP Roger. Going OMNI C.

08 01 37 10 CC Apollo 11, Houston.


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08 01 37 31 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Recommend antenna Bravo.


Over.

08 01 41 08 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Recomend antenna Bravo,


or at least a better one. Over.

08 01 47 35 CC Apollo 11, Houston.

08 01 47 39 CDR Go ahead, Ron.

08 01 47 40 CC Roger. Faces are red here. We lost data with


you there for a while. Did you do the P527
Over.

08 01 47 47 CDR That's affirmative, we completed the _52. We'll


give you the data from it in just a second.
We passed our sextant star check at e_ try
attitude, and right now we're maneuvering to
our first horizon cheek pitch attitud_ of :98
degrees.

08 01 48 05 CC Roger. Copy that, 11.

END OF TAPE
APOLLO 11 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION

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Page 618

08 01 58 53 CC Apollo 11, Houston. About 4 minutes to 1 hour,


and I'll give you a mark at 1 hour. Was a
command module prehe_t necessary? Over.

08 O1 59 03 CMP Negative that.

08 01 59 06 CC Roger. Copy. Negative command module preheat.

08 02 02 06 CC Apollo 11, Houston.

08 02 02 09 CMP Go ahead.

08 02 02 11 CC Roger. We don't want to jettison the hydrogen


tank that stratified, so could you cycle the
fans in tank 2 please? Hydrogen tank 2.

08 02 02 26 CMP You better believe, that old service module


has taken good care cf us. We want to take
good care of it.

08 02 02 30 CC It sure has, hasn't it.

08 02 02 33 CMP It's been a champ.

08 02 04 48 CC 11, Houston. I'll gire you a time hack at


58 minutes to go. Its about 15 seconds yet.

08 02 04 57 CMP Thank you.

08 02 05 04 CC Stand by.

08 02 05 07 CC MARK.

08 02 05 08 CC 58 minutes.

08 02 05 13 LMP Roger.

08 02 10 13 CC Apollo 11, Houston.

08 02 10 16 LMP Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 11.

08 02 10 17 CC Roger. We have our update at the state vector


_ut there for you. Reluest PO0 and ACCEPT.
Dver.

08 02 10 28 LMP )kay. You've got it.

08 02 10 32 CC )kay. Here it comes.


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Page 619

08 02 1t 55 CC Apollo 11, Houston.

08 02 11 58 LMP Go ahead.

08 02 12 00 CC Roger. The computer is yours now. Looks like


you're in VHF range, here. So we'll try a VHF
check for you. Wa'ii just send VHF up to you.
Stand by.

08 02 12 11 LMP Okay.

08 02 12 25 CC Apollo 11, Houston. VHF check on Simplex Alfa.


Over.

08 02 12 32 LMP Roger, Houston. Apollo 11, VHF Simplex Alfa,


loud and clear. How me? Over.

08 02 12 38 CC Roger, 11. Houston. You're loud. The standard


VHF noise, though, makes you realize that S-band
is good.

08 02 12 48 LMP Roger. Understand. Thank you.

08 02 13 19 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Backup S-band now, and we're


standing by for command module RCS aet[vation.

08 02 13 27 LMP Okay. We're just about there.

08 02 15 15 CC Apollo 11, Houston, you're GO for PYRO ARM.

08 02 15 19 C_ Thank you, Houston.

08 02 16 36 C£! Apollo 11, Houston. Your command module pres-


surization looks mighty fine to us.

08 02 16 41 LM2 Looks good here, Ron.

08 Of! 16 46 CC And 11, Houston, I've got an update for about


four items on your entry PAD.

08 02 16 55 LMP Ready to copy.

08 02 16 57 CC Roger. Your MAX g, 063; your NOUN 60, your


Gamma, at 400K, 648; your range to go _n the
EMS, 14033; and your RETRO time for V-_ireular,
02 14. Over.

08 02 17 40 _ Roger. Copy MAX g 6.3; R2 at NOUN 60, 6.48;


range to go, EMS, 14033; RET V-circular, 02 14.
Over.
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125/3
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08 02 17 58 CC Roger. Readback is correct there.

08 02 24 37 LMP Houston, Apollo 11.

0_ 02 2h _9 CC Apollo 11, llouston. (]0.

08 02 24 43 LMP Roger. _e first horizon cheek i94 23 06 at a


pitch angle of 298 does not quite fall on
the 31 7 line. It's just a little high. It's
within 5 degrees tolerance.

08 02 24 57 CC Apollo 11, Houston. The horizon check there


was supposed to be at 33. Over.

08 02 25 05 _ Okay. That's fine, sir. Thank you.

08 02 25 07 CC Roger.

08 02 29 00 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Command module RCS looks


fine to us.

08 02 29 05 CDR Same here, Ron. Looks very good. Doesn't


make as much noise as we thought. Somm of
them are barely audible.

08 02 29 11 CC Roger.

08 02 29 16 CC And 11, Houston. Weather still holding real fine


in the recovery area.

08 02 29 21 CDR Roger.

08 02 29 22 CC! Looks like it's about 1500 scattered, high


scattered. And it's still 3- to 6-foot waves.

08 02 29 29 CDR Hey, that part of it sotu_ds good.

08 02 29 33 CC Roger.

08 02 30 O0 CC 11, Houston, I'll give you another Mark at


33 minutes. Stand by.

08 02 30 07 CC MARK.

08 02 30 10 CMP Roger that.

08 02 32 37 CMP Houston, Apollo 11. Do you have any r_ commended


settings to catch the sunset. Over.

08 02 32 48 CC Roger. Well, the time is 36 41. And stand by


for some settings.
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Page 621

08 02 32 59 LMP Okay. I'll probably only be doing it maybe -


part of it at six frames a second, some it at
one. So I could be changing settings as it
goes throu_l.

08 02 BB 09 CC Roger. Copy.

08 02 33 19 CMP And the horizon check passes; it's right on the


money.

08 02 33 24 CC Hey, mighty fine. Sounds good.

08 02 35 07 CC Apollo 11, Houston. On the shooting at the Sun,


f:16th at 1 over 250.

08 02 35 18 LMP Understand f:16 at 1 over 250.

08 02 35 22 CC Roger.

08 02 37 05 CMP And the Sun is going down on schedule. It's


getting real dark in here.

08 02 37 11 CC Apollo 11. Houston. Copy.

08 02 48 54 CC Apollo 11, Houston. We see you getting ready


for SEP. Everything looks mighty fine down
here.

08 02 48 59 CMP Same here, Ron. Thank you.

08 02 50 42 CC Apollo 11, Houston. You're still looking mighty


fine from here. You're cleared for landing.

08 02 50 47 CDR We appreciate that, Ron. Thank you.

08 02 50 49 CMP Roger. Gears down and locked.

08 02 50 52 CC Roger.

08 02 50 54 CMP Thank you.

08 02 54 40 LMP Houston, we got the service module going by.


A little high and a little bit to the right.

08 02 54 49 CC Roger. Thank you.

08 02 54 53 _4P And it's rotating just; like it should bt.


Thrusters are firing.

08 02 55 05 CC Good. It's got a lot of gas there to barn out,


too.
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Page 622

08 02 55 07 _ Itts coming across now from right to left.

08 02 55 13 CC Houston. Roger.

08 02 57 07 LRP Houston, Apollo 11. You going to turn on the


tape recorder shortly?

08 02 57 19 CC 11, Houston. You can go ahead and turn it on.

08 02 57 24 hMP Okay. I'll have to go to command reset to do


that.

08 02 57 34 CC 11, Houston. That's negative. Ail you have


to do is turn it on. That'll be fine.

08 02 57 44 LMP I guess I don't know how to turn it on, then.


I got PCM, ANTILOG RECORD, FORWARD; high bit
rate, and barber pole.

08 02 58 03 CC 11, Houston. We'll send the ON command from


down here, see if it works.

08 02 58 07 I24P Okay.

08 02 58 56 LMP lot our friend the Moon wh_ppin_ by the field


if view right now.

08 02 59 01 CC ]'oger. Copy.

08 03 _)0 32 CC :1, Houston. We'll have Mou for about 3 or


I minutes throuKh Redstone and then pick you
up after blackout through ARIA.

08 03 00 41 I24P Roger.

08 03 0_ 48 _ Houston, Apollo 11. I'm going to go to COMMAND


R_ET and turn the tape on.

08 03 0i 54 CC ...

08 03 02 00 CC ii , Houston. Recommend negative on that. That


w_ll put us in low bit rate.

08 03 02 12 I24P 0k_y. I already put it to COMMAND RESET, but


I _till have barber pole on the tape. Ant now
my switch is high bit ra_e.

08 03 02 22 CC OkLy. That will be fine. On 225, there, if


yolt can reach it, Buzz, the last two circuit
br_ akers in the second r(,w from the bottom,
pul ch those in.
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t_age 623

08 03 02 42 CC And 11, Houston, dontt mess around with that


225 there.

08 03 02 48 LMP Okay.

08 03 03 O1 CC And 11, Houston. You're going over the hill


there shortly. Youtre looking mighty fine to
US.

08 03 03 06 CDR See you later.

08 03 07 15 CC Apollo 11, Houston through ARIA.

08 03 07 37 CC Apollo 11, Houston through ARIA.

08 03 08 10 CC Apollo 11, Houston through ARIA 4.

08 03 09 08 CC Apollo 11, Houston through ARIA. Stariing by.


Over.

08 03 09 45 CC Apollo 11, Houston in the blind. AIR 30SS has


visual contact.

08 03 11 18 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Standing by for your DSKY


reading. Over.

08 03 11 49 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Stand by for your miss


distance. Over.

08 03 12 04 CC Apollo 11_ Houston. Standing by for your DSKY


reading. Over.

08 03 12 09 CC DROGUES.

08 0_ 12 22 CC Apollo 11, Houston. Your DSKY reading, please.


Over.

08 03 12 31 CDR Roger. We were *** right on ... 169, 17.

08 03 12 53 CDR Reading 1330, 1069, 15.

08 03 15 03 HORNET Apollo 11, Apollo 11. This is Hornet. Hornet.


Over.

08 03 15 07 CDR Hello, Hornet. This is Apollo 11 read:ng you


loud and clear. Our position 1330, 16_ 15.

08 03 15 19 HORNET 11, Hornet. Copy 133), 1675. Any further data?


Over.

*** Three a_terisks denot_ clipping of word or phrases.


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08 03 15 24 CDR 330, 169, 15.

08 03 15 31 HORNET Do you have an error?

08 03 15 39 HORNET We have that. And what is condition of the


crew?

08 03 15 45 HORNET 11, this is Hornet. What's your errol_ of


splashdown and condition of crew? Over.

08 03 15 52 CDR The condition of crew *** 4000 - 3500 feet,


on the way down.

08 03 16 00 HORNET 11, this is Hornet. Copy. tl, Hornet. What's


your splashdown error? Over.

08 03 16 06 SC Okay. Our splashdown error isby latitude,


longitude, 1330 16 *** 15. That's ***

08 03 16 19 HORNET Hornet. Roger, out.

08 03 16 _4 CDR Okay, Hornet. Apollo 11 is out.

08 03 16 h8 HORNET RoRer. 2500 on chutes.

08 03 17 O0 SWIM 1 SWIM 1 has ... contact 150, holding ... 190.

08 C3 17 13 IIORNET Hornet. Roger. 0u_.

08 03 17 19 SWIM 1 ... bearing 200.

08 03 17 24 CDR Apollo 11 at 1500 feet.

08 C3 17 27 HORNET Hornet. Roger. Copy. Out.

08 03 17 32 SWIM 1 Swim 1. Have a visual dead ahead about a mile?

08 03 17 42 HOlhNET Hornet. Roger.

08 03 17 4k ...... spacecraft.

08 03 17 48 SWIM 1 Roger. This is SWIM 1, Apollo 11.

08 03 17 54 CDR ... 300 feet.

08 03 17 56 SWIM 1 Roger. You're looking real good.

08 03 18 18 SWIM 1 SPLASHDOWN!

*** Three mterisks denote clipping of word or phrases.

END OF TAPE

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