Apollo 11 - Onboard Voice Transcription

INTRODUCTION

This is the transcription of the Apollo 11 flightcrew communications as recorded on the command module (CM) data storage equipment (DSE), and subsequently transmitted (dumped) to Manned Space Flight Network stations. Magnetic tapes containing dumped voice and onboardrecorded ground elapsed time (GET) were forwarded to the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. Transcription of these tapes was managed by David M. Goldenbaum, Test Division, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, to whom questions regarding this document should be referred.

The Apollo 11 mission was flown July 16 to July 24, 1969.

Communicators in the text are identified as follows:

Command module:
CDROOOO	Commander	Neil A. Armstrong
CMP	Command module pilot	Michael Collins
LMP	Lunar module pilot	Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
SC	Unidentifiable crewmember
MS	Multiple speakers (simultaneous)
Mission Control Center:
CC	Capsule Communicator (CAP COMM)

In the text, a series of three dots (...) is used to designate those portions of the communications which could not be transcribed because of garbling. One dash (-) is used to indicate a speaker's pause or a self-interruption. Two dashes (- -) are used to indicate an interruption by another speaker or a point at which a recording was abruptly terminated.

Day 1

DAY 1 - Page 1

00 00 28 53 LMP
How are we doing on that time, anybody? Neil, are you sort of master of ceremonies on time, yet?

00 00 29 00 CDR
Well, I didn't ...

00 00 29 22 LMP
(Singing) Okay, your DRINKING WATER SUPPLY valve is ON.

00 00 29 27 CMP
How about this ... circuit configuration? GLYCOL RESERVOIR BYPASS valve OPEN?

00 00 29 33 CDR
(Cough) ... BYPASS is OPEN.

00 00 29 38 CMP
RESERVOIR OUT valve CLOSED?

00 00 29 40 CDR
OUT's CLOSED.

00 00 29 41 CMP
IN valve CLOSED?

00 00 29 42 CDR
IN's CLOSED.

00 00 29 43 CMP
ECS RADIATOR FLOW CONTROL, PRIMARY.

00 00 29 48 LMP
...

00 00 29 51 CMP
Hey, Buzz?

00 00 29 52 LMP
Yes.

00 00 29 53 CMP
How would you like the camera?

00 00 29 55 LMP
Okay.

00 00 29 56 CMP
PRIMARY GLYCOL TO RADIATOR valve, NORMAL.

00 00 29 59 LMP
Why don't I leave the dark slide - -

00 00 30 01 CDR
Are we ready for that, you think? What's the time?

00 00 30 04 LMP
30 minutes. ...

00 00 30 08 CDR
... to NORMAL, and check the radiator.

00 00 30 13 CMP
It will take awhile, that's - -

DAY 1 - Page 2

00 00 30 16 LMP
Okay, now, is that normal for the discharge pressure to zap down low and to do that? Do you think, Mike?

00 00 30 23 CMP
What's that? I'm sorry, I wasn't listening.

00 00 30 25 LMP
When Neil sends the GLYCOL RADIATORS to NORMAL, temporarily, it - -

00 00 30 31 CDR
It drops?

00 00 30 33 LMP
Yes.

00 00 30 34 CMP
The temperature done that?

00 00 30 35 CDR / LMP
No, the pressure.

00 00 30 36 CMP
Yes, pressure - you might get a little drop in it, I don't really know, but it came back up.

00 00 30 38 LMP
Yes, it goes back up.

00 00 30 39 CMP
Alright, Buzz, here's one Hasselblad for you.

00 00 30 40 CDR
Coming around the right-hand couch.

00 00 30 42 LMP
That seems okay.

00 00 30 44 CMP
Buzz?

00 00 30 45 LMP
Yes, just a second.

00 00 30 47 CMP
Okay. I'll just let go of it, Buzz; it will be hanging over here in the air. Coming up - it's occupying my couch.

00 00 31 03 LMP
Okay.

00 00 31 05 CMP
Just leave the dark slide with it?

00 00 31 08 LMP
Well, I thought about ... the dark slide or something, and then I thought we might need it later for a magazine change; so, I left it with it.

00 00 31 25 CMP
Well, I know there's an orange dot on this ... somewhere.

DAY 1 - Page 3

00 00 32 05 LMP
That looks just a couple of degrees still above the -

00 00 32 19 CMP
Buzz, did you ever get that camera?

00 00 32 21 LMP
Yes.

00 00 32 23 CMP
Okay.

00 00 32 44 CDR
Now, look.

00 00 32 46 CMP
Yes, I guess it's 5 minutes after you do this before ...

00 00 32 55 LMP
It's coming down, but it's - -

00 00 32 56 CDR
Is it?

00 00 32 57 LMP
- - as I said before, that's -

00 00 33 06 CDR
It looks like that's about equal to the limit pressure.

00 00 33 07 CMP
Yes, they're about - they're just about the same now.

00 00 33 11 CDR
Not getting much out of the radiator.

00 00 33 18 CMP
Okay, Buzz, are you ready for 16 millimeter?

00 00 33 20 LMP
Yes. How about a bracket?

00 00 33 22 CMP
Let - Neil will give you the bracket.

00 00 33 40 CDR
And the bracket - bracket slide -

00 00 33 47 CMP
Okay, Buzz, I'm going to have to do something about your couch. You mind sliding over to mine?

00 00 33 52 LMP
No, that's fine.

00 00 33 54 CMP
Could you - -

00 00 33 55 LMP
Can you work on that strap?

00 00 33 56 CMP
Oh, yes, I will. Sure will. The - the one that your strut's off ... instrument panel.

DAY 1 - Page 4

00 00 34 01 LMP
Yes. ...

00 00 34 54 CMP
And your ...

00 00 35 09 CDR
That temperature's coming down a little bit now.

00 00 35 14 LMP
Yes.

00 00 35 41 LMP
Now, let's see. You got an 18 millimeter on here, right?

00 00 35 44 CMP
Yes.

00 00 35 46 LMP
So - Do I push the thing all the way up? Is that right?

00 00 35 50 CMP
Yes.

00 00 35 51 LMP
About with that white mark?

00 00 35 52 CMP
Yes, one's for the 18, and one's for the 75; I – I think just as long it looks like it's out and ... the window, that's the main thing.

00 00 36 40 CDR
Did you get a secondary radiator leak check?

00 00 36 43 LMP
Yes, we did that.

00 00 36 44 CDR
Okay. We're not hearing them, but we're ... Tananarive.

00 00 36 48 CMP
Are we on SIMPLEX A?

00 00 36 49 CDR
We're on SIMPLEX A.

00 00 36 51 LMP
We're on SIMPLEX A, but we're not due over Tananarive for another couple of seconds.

00 00 36 56 CDR
Okay.

00 00 36 58 CMP
What - ... time is 36 something - -

00 00 37 00 LMP
Am I set up on VHF? Can you tell ...?

00 00 37 11 CMP
Yes, just a second. Just a second - Your MASTER is ON; your INTERCOM is ON; your VHF is ON; your PAD COMM is OFF; your S-BAND is ON; and you're in INTERCOM/PUSH-TO-TALK, so you're all squared away, except for maybe VOLUME dial.

DAY 1 - Page 5

00 00 37 29 LMP
Okay.

00 00 37 31 CDR
Now, Buzz, this item here at Canaries. LOS, 23:36; POTABLE WATER HEATER, MAIN A - -

00 00 37 38 LMP
Yes, I got that.

00 00 37 39 CDR
- - PCM BIT RATE, LOW - -

00 00 37 40 LMP
I got that.

00 00 37 41 CDR
- - You got all that, okay. Okay, when was the - -

00 00 37 44 LMP
And the purge check's complete, and I'm working my way down to ECS.

00 00 37 50 CDR
Okay.

00 00 37 51 CMP
I'm having a hell of a time maintaining my body position down here; I keep floating up.

00 00 37 56 LMP
Well, there's such a great tendency to - to try and put a little force ... want to stay there. Just forget about all that and go wherever you want.

00 00 38 11 CDR
Okay, I got the SYSTEMS TEST meter set up on 4-B and ... attitude ...

00 00 38 18 LMP
4-B, okay.

00 00 38 19 CMP
What are you reading?

00 00 38 20 CDR
I'm reading 3.50.

00 00 38 26 LMP
... our attitude quantities ...

00 00 38 36 CC
Houston, Apollo 11.

00 00 38 41 CDR
Hello, Houston; Apollo ll.

00 00 38 46 CMP
OPTICS ZERO is OFF. I'm going to jettison the ... cover - -

00 00 38 50 CC
Apollo 11, Apollo 11; this is Houston through Tananarive. Over.

DAY 1 - Page 6

00 00 38 56 CDR
Hello, Houston; Apollo 11. Go ahead.

00 00 39 03 LMP
Houston. Apollo 11, read you on VHF A SIMPLEX. How do you read? Over.

00 00 39 09 CC
Roger, 11; this is Houston. We're reading you loud and fairly clearly. For your information, Tananarive radar shows you in a 103.0 by 103.0 orbit. Over.

00 00 39 24 LMP
Beautiful.

00 00 39 26 CC
We concur.

00 00 39 30 CDR
Well, we're just coming into the terminator, here.

00 00 39 40 CMP
I jettisoned the optics; I hope they went. Did you see them go?

00 00 39 44 LMP
I heard a little something, but I - -

00 00 39 47 CMP
Don't want to miss that.

00 00 39 48 LMP
No.

00 00 39 55 CMP
Can't really tell here. I think I'm seeing the horizon - out there, but I'm ... far from being dark-adapted; it's hard to tell -

00 00 40 08 LMP
... a double blind on this?

00 00 40 12 CMP
Yes. What were those Z-30 angles? 0.22, isn't it?

00 00 40 18 LMP
That's right, plus.

00 00 40 19 CMP
Sure's a big one, isn't it? Okay, well, I'm standing by to do this - -

00 00 40 28 LMP
Got A and B down.

00 00 40 32 CMP
- - IMU align. Unstow the optics handles. Anybody wants any of that claptrap out of R-1, now is the time to say it.

00 00 40 47 LMP
Give me that little circular Job.

DAY 1 - Page 7

00 00 40 52 CMP
Alright, I'll - I'll look for it, Buzz. Let me get these - optics handles. I guess I really didn't mean what I said right when I said it a little while ... Oh, I knew there was something messed up.

00 00 41 09 LMP
You say you had about 3-point-something volts up there?

00 00 41 12 CMP
Yes. ... and on the ...

00 00 41 17 LMP
3.4?

00 00 41 19 CMP
3.45, something like that - -

00 00 41 20 LMP
Oh, that's - that's the minimum. 3.4, 4.1. And you can whip it over to 4-A, if - -

00 00 41 28 CMP
Okay, 4-A is 3.8. Okay.

00 00 41 38 LMP
No, 4-A.

00 00 41 41 CMP
4-A?

00 00 41 42 LMP
Yes.

00 00 41 43 CMP
And 3.8.

00 00 41 44 CC
Apollo 11, this is Houston. 1 minute to LOS Tananarive; AOS Carnarvon is at 52:15. Over.

00 00 41 53 CDR
Apollo 11, Roger.

00 00 41 56 LMP
52:15.

00 00 41 57 CDR
You want some of these lights down further, Mark - Mike?

00 00 42 04 CMP
Don't worry about it for the time being; I'm potting around with handholds right now, Neil. ...

00 00 42 13 LMP
That battery compartment pressure, Mike, it ought to be less that 1.5. However, it says NA until first vent.

00 00 42 21 CMP
Okay.

00 00 42 22 LMP
It's greater than 1.5; that vent - vent –

DAY 1 - Page 8

00 00 42 25 CMP
Well, we haven't even done it yet.

00 00 42 27 LMP
...

00 00 42 28 CMP
Yes.

00 00 43 13 CDR
Man, we are in the dark, now.

00 00 43 25 CMP
You got any reading off that REPRESS O2 to be greater than 8 ...

00 00 43 37 LMP
We got - No, not quite that much. That's that crazy gage.

00 00 43 48 CDR
Okay, can I have the ... now?

00 00 43 53 LMP
Yes, you got it. ... 50 degrees ...

00 00 44 06 CDR
... here is your acid test.

00 00 44 10 CMP
Okay, what did he say 52 -

00 00 44 11 CDR
52 ... percent, about.

00 00 44 15 CMP
As I say, I can't see ... Let me know if you want me to - come back ...

00 00 44 52 CMP
It's - Menkent.

00 00 44 58 LMP
... ball on that pad - it's maintaining about 39 degrees, Mike.

00 00 45 02 CMP
Yes, I noticed that. Before, it was maintaining less than that; it was abnormally low. I almost asked them about it during boost, and then I decided to heck with it. Damn, it'll be hard to see through these optics ... down a little bit. Okay, proceed to Menkent. There she goes - Menkent.

00 00 45 31 CMP
Menkent - God, what a star.

00 00 45 35 LMP
Nobody in their right - -

00 00 45 36 CMP
Menkent's good - -

00 00 45 37 LMP
- - nobody in their right mind would pick that one.

DAY 1 - Page 9

00 00 45 38 CMP
- - Menkent's a good star.

00 00 45 40 LMP
Hey, I sure wish you'd get out that - that star chart.

00 00 45 45 CDR
Can't see a thing, huh?

00 00 45 46 CMP
No. It's in the - -

00 00 45 48 CDR
Did you look in the telescope?

00 00 45 49 CMP
- - in the sextant. Yes, but I can't see it in the telescope; in the sextant - I can't.

00 00 45 53 CDR
Okay.

00 00 45 54 CMP
I believe it's at the angle we have to mark on it.

00 00 46 06 LMP
It's a little on the chilly side in the cabin. Would you like - -

00 00 46 08 CDR
Feels comfortable to me.

00 00 46 09 LMP
- - would you like it a little warmer, anybody?

00 00 46 10 CDR
I don't think so; I think it's a little on the - -

00 00 46 13 LMP
...

00 00 46 16 CDR
It sure doesn't look - sure doesn't feel like - Actually, it may be a little - it may be a little warm.

00 00 46 20 LMP
Well, my - my feet are a little chilly; see, it's 47. Okay, 37 is - -

00 00 46 26 CMP
No, that's - -

00 00 46 27 LMP
- - is Nunki. What?

00 00 46 30 CMP
Okay. Hey, Buzz?

00 00 46 31 LMP
What?

00 00 46 32 CMP
Did you write down any marks on 30 and on 37?

00 00 46 35 LMP
I was going to mark on 37, and that's Nunki; 30 and 37?

DAY 1 - Page 10

00 00 46 39 CMP
Yes, sir.

00 00 46 43 LMP
30 -

00 00 46 45 CDR
I can see some stars. Well, maybe I ...

00 00 46 53 CMP
Okay, again, looking through the telescope, I'm absolutely unable to tell if it's Nunki, but I have it in the sextant - so let's mark on it.

00 00 47 18 CMP
... you guys would appreciate doing this with old G&N men.

00 00 47 24 CDR
0.01.

00 00 47 26 CMP
0.01, alright. - Shoot, I forget, I think that's gray Gienah.

00 00 47 29 CDR
Cup of coffee around here later on when you get a little time.

00 00 47 34 LMP
You like that, Neil? You want us to record that star?

00 00 47 40 CMP
I got it, I got it; go ahead.

00 00 47 41 LMP
Let's see, what's tearing me up is we're going to ORB rate on this damn booster, and the rate is very evident.

00 00 47 48 CMP
Okay, Z torque is plus 0.152 instead of 150; I suppose that's close enough. Now then, you got those numbers written down, Buzz?

00 00 48 01 LMP
Copy.

00 00 48 02 CMP
Okay. Now I - I - If I remember right, I think you're just supposed to torque without further ado. We give them the time at which we torque. So, as soon as you got them written down, let me know and I'll proceed and you can mark the time.

00 00 48 13 LMP
I've got it.

00 00 48 14 CMP
Okay, here we go. Proceed - torque.

00 00 48 15 LMP
48:15.

DAY 1 - Page 11

00 00 48 18 CMP
Okay, now I - I'm going to verify with the third star, and let's see what that star's going to be. Star number 34 - -

00 00 48 34 LMP
Atria - -

00 00 48 35 CMP
- - is Atria. You might note that, Buzz, also. I think - -

00 00 48 39 LMP
34?

00 00 48 40 CMP
Yes, I think that's the third star; it'll say somewhere in that checklist. Proceed to Atria. Alright, if IMU is realigned, realign the GDC.

00 00 49 04 LMP
0.1 degree. Probably GDC's off a lot more than that.

00 00 49 12 CMP
Okay, and Atria is there in the sextant. Well, you know, it's not right in the middle of the sextant. Of course, I guess - I don't know what - Have you ever heard any rules on what constitutes a good third star check?

00 00 49 32 LMP
No, all you're really doing is seeing that you've got the right stars, it seems to me.

00 00 49 36 CMP
It's there, but it's not dab-smack in the middle of the sextant; it's off, I would guess - 0.02 or some crazy number like that. Alright, having done that, VERB 37, ENTER; ... ENTER, and I'm going OPTICS ZERO and MANUAL, and cranking up the floodlights down here.

00 00 50 04 CMP
God, I'll tell you, the visibility through that telescope is a big disappointment.

00 00 50 10 LMP
It's ...

00 00 50 13 CMP
Okay, Buzz, got all that good stuff?

00 00 50 20 CDR
GDC's realigned, okay -

00 00 50 27 CMP
Reticle brightness ... I don't know anything about that. ... Stow optics eyepieces, okay, that's in work.

00 00 50 35 CDR
And ... out there right now. ... , Buzz?

DAY 1 - Page 12

00 00 50 46 LMP
Neil, I haven't been looking out - My eyes aren't very well adapted.

00 00 50 52 CDR
You got your light on.

00 00 50 59 CMP
Yes, look at those bright ones down here.

00 00 51 09 LMP
Lightning! Is that lightning out your window?

00 00 51 12 CDR
No, I haven't seen any lightning.

00 00 51 15 LMP
Hell, that must be lightning. Either that or it's the ...

00 00 51 19 CMP
You know, no matter how many times I put these optics eyepieces - -

00 00 51 23 CDR
I just saw something. Maybe it is the ... They said that Borman's ... could see it; they couldn't hear it, but they could see it alright -

00 00 51 30 LMP
Yes.

00 00 51 35 CMP
No matter how many times I put these optics eyepieces in their box, it doesn't seem right.

00 00 51 45 CMP
0.01, God damn it! Now that's enough to piss a body off.

00 00 51 51 CDR
... that time.

00 00 51 53 LMP
S-band noise.

00 00 51 57 CDR
We're about to get - 10 seconds until acquisition.

00 00 51 59 LMP
Okay.

00 00 52 02 CMP
Okay, and my optics eyepieces are stowed.

00 00 52 09 CDR
You want me to take your checklist, Mike, and kind of skim through it?

00 00 52 16 CMP
It says here, coming up on Carnarvon LOS at - -

00 01 04 44 CMP
Let - let me tell them about the TV ...

DAY 1 - Page 13

00 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 05 02 CMP
Okay, you think we can do that?

00 01 05 04 LMP
That's fine with us.

00 01 05 05 CDR
This one here?

00 01 05 17 LMP
Tell them that we've got nothing to do here but recheck it here for the next 20 minutes or so.

00 01 05 26 LMP
Okay. I'm ready to turn the TV on. Play with it. ... flashlight ... hook it up ...

00 01 06 00 CDR
Want a - ...? Mike?

00 01 06 01 LMP
No.

00 01 06 04 CMP
Yes, I'd love one, Neil; thank you. I just stuck it in my pocket.

00 01 06 15 CMP
Can I give you the wrapping back?

00 01 06 18 CDR
(Laughing) Now that is a problem, trying to find - -

00 01 06 21 CMP
It's a gooey one. Gooey when the paper doesn't want to come off, but thanks anyway.

00 01 06 54 LMP
What was you doing? (Laughter)

00 01 06 57 CMP
I don't know ... I almost lost it. I figured I'd really go along with the ... and put some of that ointment on - so slick that I rubbed my ring off (laughter).

00 01 07 08 LMP
Is that right?

00 01 07 09 CMP
Yes.

00 01 07 18 CMP
Have we got any daylight? I can't see outside at all.

00 01 07 22 CDR
Nothing yet, ...

00 01 07 26 LMP
How are you going to rig that up, Michael?

DAY 1 - Page 14

00 01 07 29 CMP
Well, Buzz, I'm going to hold it out that hatch window.

00 01 07 30 LMP
Handhold it?

00 01 07 32 CMP
Yes - yes, yes, handhold it; don't dick with that.

00 01 07 38 CDR
Buzz can hold it, and you're going to run the monitor; have you run ...?

00 01 07 40 CMP
Yes.

00 01 08 09 CDR
Mike, how about this thing?

00 01 08 16 CMP
REPRESS - let's see, it's supposed to be - 865.

00 01 08 22 LMP
Go ahead.

00 01 08 23 CMP
And it - it kind of varies - not 865, but it's - 830.

00 01 08 33 CDR
...

00 01 08 40 CMP
Well, I don't know how - that ought to ...

00 01 08 44 CDR
I can turn - turn it on FILL for a minute, if you like. That's what we need to do, I think.

00 01 08 51 CMP
Maybe the ... this son of a bitch is working or not.

00 01 09 06 CDR
You got the power switches turned on up there at the - -

00 01 09 10 CMP
Yes. ...

00 01 09 21 LMP
Let's get into the Hasselblad ... get the right settings on it.

00 01 09 26 CMP
Okay.

00 01 09 29 LMP
Is Goldstone the only station that's going to get this?

00 01 09 32 CDR
Yes, that's all. That's the only one that's got a scanner converter. We've only got about 4 minutes, looks like.

DAY 1 - Page 15

00 01 09 44 LMP
That must be doing something.

00 01 09 46 CMP
Yes.

00 01 09 47 CDR
How long - -

00 01 09 48 CMP
You got it on infinity for one thing; let me put it down here.

00 01 09 52 CDR
- - how long is it supposed to take to - -

00 01 09 53 CMP
...?

00 01 09 54 CDR
No, no, it's the one with the ...

00 01 09 59 LMP
Okay, it's - it's working somewhat; it's just the question of not enough light in here when I get it.

00 01 10 06 CDR
Yes.

00 01 10 07 LMP
... It's, I think, working okay.

00 01 10 10 CDR
We ought to be coming out into the daylight here in a little bit. Get it all shaped up?

00 01 10 22 LMP
I think it's fine. Now the one thing I forget about this is this zoom.

00 01 10 30 CMP
Do we want to write on this what - what we're taking pictures of? 0.5 millimeter.

00 01 10 46 LMP
Who knows about zoom lenses? This lens goes from 12.5 millimeters to 75; I assume that's the same nomenclature as on a camera. Right, 75 is zoom - -

00 01 10 58 CDR
I would think so.

00 01 10 59 LMP
- - and 12.5 is wide angle. The only thing that confuses me is that it says for vehicle to vehicle - We want to be zoom on 12.5. I guess they just want to make sure you got the other vehicle in view. Probably ... telephoto.

00 01 11 15 CMP
Okay, well, then, I'll put the zoom on 12.5.

00 01 11 18 LMP
Okay. You didn't touch this lighting?

DAY 1 - Page 16

00 01 11 21 CMP
No, I didn't ... Minimum ...

00 01 11 29 LMP
I've got bright.

00 01 11 32 CMP
Focus, I'll put at infinity, and the f-stop for vehicle to vehicle is - -

00 01 11 58 CDR
Not much light in here.

00 01 12 02 CMP
- - f:2.8.

00 01 12 04 LMP
What?

00 01 12 09 CMP
Okay. I - I'll show what it looks like inside of the cabin.

00 01 12 27 LMP
Okay, this looks alright, I think.

00 01 12 30 CMP
Point that at Neil or point it at somebody who's in the light. Yes, we'll get it. ... You want to see the monitor?

00 01 12 41 LMP
...

00 01 12 43 CMP
Yes. You want to see the monitor?

00 01 12 49 CDR
Is this all ready to go; I'm going to put it back over here. It's over here under your stuff. Now, it seems to me if Buzz wants his camera to drift up, so what I ought to do is probably - Hey, Buzz.

00 01 13 02 LMP
Yes.

00 01 13 07 CDR
Hey, it seemed to stick pretty well if you stood it up on the - with the lens kind of pointing out. There are two pieces of Velcro over there.

00 01 13 14 LMP
Okay.

00 01 13 16 CDR
There are two pieces on the back of them ...

00 01 13 17 LMP
You think so, huh?

00 01 13 18 CDR
Yes, over, just a little up toward the ...

00 01 13 28 LMP
Now, ... - It's rolling around, so I can start looking outside, upside down.

DAY 1 - Page 17

00 01 13 53 CDR
I don't know, I think we'd almost be better just by looking at the monitor, Buzz.

00 01 13 59 LMP
Yes, yes, but this way I think I'll know how to - know which way to move it.

00 01 14 07 CDR
Are you going the right way for those hoses? It looks to me like you ought to roll over the other way.

00 01 14 25 LMP
Hey, there's something. How's that window?

00 01 14 37 CDR
When you get around there, Buzz, I'll give you the briefing (laughter). You just slid out of your - -

00 01 14 40 LMP
I was out of my ...

00 01 14 57 CMP
Handkerchief or something - -

00 01 14 59 LMP
Where do we have to go to get a tissue?

00 01 15 02 CMP
All the way down to the ...

00 01 15 04 CDR
How about - using a piece of cloth, like - -

00 01 15 10 LMP
While I'm here, let me - -

00 01 15 11 CMP
What - what - do you want a tissue for?

00 01 15 14 CDR
Hey, that's a good idea. We can get rid of that stuff - -

00 01 15 16 LMP
...

00 01 15 17 CDR
- - that's a good idea; good head.

00 01 15 22 LMP
Brilliant ...

00 01 15 23 CDR
I got your checklist, Mike; you want it back?

00 01 15 27 CMP
Yes, I'll take it back, Neil - Thank you, just put it here.

00 01 15 37 CMP
No, you got Buzz's checklist here. You gave me BUZZ'S.

00 01 15 41 CDR
Excuse me.

DAY 1 - Page 18

00 01 15 44 CMP
... I'd rather have my own.

00 01 15 47 LMP
How does the checklist look to you, Neil? You happy with it?

00 01 15 51 CDR
Yes, it looks fine to me.

00 01 15 53 LMP
Good.

00 01 15 56 CMP
I'll take your word for it, but the SPS and ECS and the EPS are now on ...

00 01 16 06 LMP
...

00 01 16 07 CMP
Yes, I'll do that. Are you ready for me to hand you your light test?

00 01 16 16 LMP
No, one-handed snap. ... I'm in the center now.

00 01 16 28 CMP
Okay, Buzz, the - -

00 01 16 29 LMP
Alright, I'll put yours on the left.

00 01 16 32 CMP
It doesn't matter, they're all good - far as I'm concerned, one's like another.

00 01 16 37 LMP
As a matter of fact, I'll put yours on the right.

00 01 16 38 CMP
Okay.

00 01 16 40 LMP
...

00 01 16 43 CMP
This 16-millimeter camera, Buzz, with the 18-millimeter lens - you got it shoved all the way up toward the window. I think we can – on this bracket.

00 01 16 52 LMP
Yes.

00 01 16 53 CDR
Okay, that was correct. You - you were asking about that.

00 01 16 58 CMP
And you have 6 frames per second, and it's color; you got 15 minutes worth - 6 frames a second, f:8, infinity, 1/250th.

00 01 17 20 LMP
Okay. The only question is, how much do we want to indicate on that?

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00 01 17 31 LMP
Outside of it - on the magazine?

00 01 17 36 CMP
Yes.

00 01 17 41 CDR
How does zero g feel? Your head feel funny, anybody, or anything like that?

00 01 17 44 CMP
No, I don't know, it just feels like we're going around upside down.

00 01 17 46 LMP
... I don't know - even feel that.

00 01 17 49 CDR
I feel the horizon coming up.

00 01 17 52 CMP
Oh, yes.

00 01 17 54 CDR
Buzz, are you ready to - -

00 01 17 55 CMP
... 90 degrees the wrong way - -

00 01 17 58 CDR
- - are you ready for this briefing? Buzz?

00 01 18 00 LMP
Yes, let me get this.

00 01 18 01 CDR
Oh! Okay.

00 01 18 04 CMP
Oh, yes, stand by for sunrise.

00 01 18 09 CDR
Say, we got the rookie with us; he hasn't seen so many of those.

00 01 18 23 CDR
(Laughter) Okay. 30 seconds.

00 01 18 30 CMP
Oh, no, there is a possibility.

00 01 18 33 CDR
We haven't got too many of them on this flight, so you might as well enjoy it while you can. Buzz, how are you doing?

00 01 18 42 LMP
Okay, go ahead and talk.

00 01 18 44 CDR
Okay, I'd like to show this to you while I'm talking. It works like a camera. It has the – The f-stop control is right here, and you set it on f:22 which, of course, lets in the smallest amount of light, and that's a safety precaution. Now, later you'll probably find that you want to go away from f:22. Okay? Under zoom - Your zoom

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control, can you see? The zoom is the middle one, and it's 12.5 millimeters on the middle one – See the 12.5 millimeters? That's the zoom.

00 01 19 18 LMP
Yes.

00 01 19 19 CDR
Focus is on infinity. You ought to just leave that on infinity; no doubt about that. Now, the zoom, they may want you to zoom in on the horizon a little bit, or the land or whatever. I'd start out with a wide angle at 12.5, and I'd start out with this on f:22 just for protection against getting too much light in. In all likelihood, you'll have to change that a little bit.

00 01 19 46 LMP
I think that - that's going to do it.

00 01 19 55 CDR
Yes, that looks good. I don't see how that can miss.

00 01 19 57 CMP
Jesus Christ, look at that horizon!

00 01 19 59 CDR
Isn't that something?

00 01 20 00 CMP
God damn, that's pretty; it's unreal.

00 01 20 08 CDR
Get a picture of that.

00 01 20 10 CMP
Ooh, sure, I will. I've lost a Hasselblad. ... Has anybody seen a Hasselblad floating by? It couldn't have gone very far - big son of a gun like that.

00 01 20 40 CDR
Now, what do we have - Is that all the -

00 01 20 44 CMP
You had the switch down - inside. ... automatic light control features.

00 01 21 05 CMP
Well, that pisses me off. Hasselblad gone. Find that mother before she or I ends the ... Everybody look for a floating Hasselblad. I see a pen floating loose down here, too. Is anybody missing a ballpoint pen?

00 01 21 17 LMP
Got mine. Is it ballpoint, or is it ...?

00 01 21 23 CMP
Yes, ballpoint. Here it is. I mean felt tip.

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00 01 21 45 CMP
... much embarrassed to say they've lost a Hasselblad. I seem to be prone to that.

00 01 22 01 CDR
And we're about 7 minutes away, so we got about 7 minutes of practice time.

00 01 22 13 CMP
I've looked - I've looked everywhere over here for that Hasselblad, and I just don't see it.

00 01 22 21 LMP
You can go to your ...

00 01 22 24 CDR
It's too late for sunrise, anyway.

00 01 22 27 CMP
I know, but I'm worried about - -

00 01 22 28 LMP
But you want to get it before TLI.

00 01 22 30 CMP
- - I know it. That's what I'm worried about.

00 01 22 31 LMP
Neil, could you look around over there?

00 01 22 32 CDR
Yes, I'll look.

00 01 22 35 CMP
I don't know if we want to go through any wild contortions looking for it - Do we have to throw some other switches?

00 01 22 41 LMP
No, the switches are all thrown.

00 01 22 45 CMP
... under you.

00 01 22 57 CMP
Buzz, you don't see the Hasselblad anywhere down below?

00 01 23 10 CMP
Let me go on a little expedition here. Has somebody ...?

00 01 23 18 LMP
I've looked already.

00 01 23 24 CMP
Ah! Here it is.

00 01 23 25 CDR
Find it?

00 01 23 26 CMP
Yes.

00 01 23 27 CDR
Beautiful.

00 01 23 28 CMP
It was floating in the aft bulkhead.

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00 01 23 30 CDR
On your side?

00 01 23 34 CMP
I got a way on it - of keeping it.

00 01 24 17 CMP
I got a little horizon. Man, look at thatl

00 01 24 21 LMP
Looks like what you have to do to this, is not hold it against the window, because it's going to pick up - -

00 01 24 27 CDR
How's the monitor, working okay for you? Anything I can do to help?

00 01 24 33 CMP
...

00 01 24 46 CMP
I found a spot that really ... my window.

00 01 24 50 LMP
Yes, it looks like ... I got my - -

00 01 24 51 CMP
Trees and a forest down there; it looks like trees and a forest or something. Looks like snow and trees. Fantastic. I have no conception of where we're pointed or which way we're going or a crapping thing, but it's a beautiful low pressure cell out here.

00 01 25 10 LMP
Yes, go ahead and take a picture. Keep your ... down.

00 01 25 15 CMP
Beautiful low pressure.

00 01 25 16 LMP
Must be past Hawaii by now. 01:28 is AOS.

00 01 25 22 CDR
Buzz, how's it going there, the monitor giving you good service?

00 01 25 25 LMP
Not yet - flicking an awful lot.

00 01 25 26 CDR
Well, that's ... - It looks to me like you're home free. Just remember now, you're going to have to get that f-stop probably off 22, maybe not – focus stays on infinity and the zoom beats me. You can take your choice, you can zoom with that thing all the way in if you take it fairly slowly.

00 01 25 44 LMP
Sun is bright, isn't it? ... It's a pretty nice camera, to tell you the truth.

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00 01 26 00 CDR
I think you probably want sort of a wide angle - -

00 01 26 07 LMP
Yes, I think ... would be something ...

00 01 26 20 LMP
Well, if I take normal to the window, it's going to be ..., ...?

00 01 26 26 CDR
Yes, that would be pretty nice.

00 01 26 41 CDR
Getting a little of the rim there?

00 01 26 44 CMP
To get a little more view, you have to move down - away from -

00 01 27 18 CDR
Now, how we doing checklist-wise? Let's make sure we don't screw up and forget - -

00 01 27 22 CMP
I'm working on the attitude reference check right now.

00 01 27 29 LMP
Now, do we need to do anything else to configure this for ... receiver?

00 01 27 32 CDR
No, far as I know it's all up to them.

00 01 27 50 LMP
Oh, shoot; they're going to - Let's see, they're going to have to send us up a TLI pad, TLI abort, and a P37 pad. They're all right here in this little book; don't forget to remind me of that.

00 01 28 02 CMP
Okay, that's good.

00 01 28 14 LMP
How do you think we can ...?

00 01 28 17 CDR
Yes, you can fold it flat; would that help you?

00 01 28 19 LMP
Yes.

00 01 28 20 CDR
That's pull - pull - -

00 01 28 28 CMP
See that, Buzz? You're a TV expert.

00 01 28 48 CMP
Now, the next big thing we got to do is, after the attitude reference check, is extend the docking probe. No big thing. Copy down a bunch of pads and then you got your RCS hotfire.

00 01 29 08 CMP
That booster, when that thing - -

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

00 01 29 14 CDR
Roger, Houston. Reading you loud and clear.

00 01 29 16 CC
Reading you the same. Coming up on AOS Goldstone.

00 01 29 19 CDR
Roger.

00 01 29 21 CDR
It should be right now, Buzz.

00 01 29 27 LMP
Cecil B. De Aldrin is standing by for instructions.

00 01 29 32 CC
Houston. Roger.

00 01 29 40 CDR
Okay, and I got pads, need to extend the probe, and do an SM RCS hotfire.

00 01 29 49 CMP
That's right, that's the same way I read it. I don't know what this is, coming up.

00 01 29 53 CDR
When you - when you come up on this SECS LOGIC - and MSFN GO for pyro arm, don't forget to get an okay from them before you send the ... out.

00 01 30 09 LMP
Wow, I hope they get that; that's pretty.

00 01 30 11 CDR
With the sun glaring like it is, you're - you're correct on the f:22, I'm sure. It might be part of the - -

00 01 53 56 CC
- - and the launch - vehicle guidance are 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, MLA received approximately 1 minute of a usable TV picture; so, apparently the system is working. You're a little over a minute from LOS at Canary; AOS Tananarive is 2 hours 9 minutes and 18 seconds. Over.

00 01 54 34 CMP
Roger. We like those 99 numbers. Thank you.

00 01 54 38 CC
Roger. Out.

00 01 54 39 CDR
Okay.

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00 01 54 40 CMP
Now, let's see. We want to go to the suit circuit - -

00 01 54 44 LMP
Yes, I'll get the suit circuit if I can find that valve.

00 01 54 50 CMP
Okay, let's see, that's the EDS POWER, ON.

00 01 54 54 LMP
Oh, that thing is hard.

00 01 54 59 CMP
What - what do we want here - -

00 01 55 00 LMP
Suit's closed.

00 01 55 01 CMP
- - on that VERB 48?

00 01 55 10 CDR
Ready for EDS POWER, ON, you think?

00 01 55 13 CMP
EDS POWER, up and ON, yes.

00 01 55 17 CDR
Okay, it's ON.

00 01 55 20 CMP
EMS FUNCTION, OFF, verify.

00 01 55 22 CDR
EMS FUNCTION, OFF.

00 01 55 23 CMP
MODE, STANDBY - EMS MODE, STANDBY.

00 01 55 28 CDR
Okay, it's at STANDBY.

00 01 55 30 CMP
EMS FUNCTION, DELTA-V; set range VHF A.

00 01 55 32 CDR
Okay.

00 01 55 33 CMP
Set for 1586.8.

00 01 55 34 CDR
Okay.

00 01 55 38 CMP
Then go to NORMAL. Anybody know what we're doing with VERB 48 up there?

00 01 55 54 CMP
What are we supposed to be putting in there?

00 01 55 58 CDR
...

00 01 56 08 LMP
I wonder what the hell that is?

00 01 56 22 CMP
Just verify you got a 3 there?

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00 01 56 25 LMP
I guess so, that's what you need.

00 01 56 30 CMP
That's all you need.

00 01 56 31 LMP
Yes.

00 01 56 32 CMP
I don't know what that entry is in the checklist.

00 01 56 33 CDR
It doesn't matter what the other numbers are.

00 01 56 36 CMP
No, I mean any - any other weights or anything?

00 01 56 38 LMP
No.

00 01 56 39 CMP
Doesn't seem to me, for the pad we got, we – we want to load in any - -

00 01 56 43 LMP
No.

00 01 56 44 CMP
- - any of this - stuff. That's what we got in there, anyway.

00 01 56 45 CDR
Yes.

00 01 56 46 CMP
Maybe we can change the weight, but that's TLI plus 90; we got plenty of time.

00 01 56 56 CDR
We don't want to do that.

00 01 56 57 LMP
No.

00 01 56 58 CMP
It's almost the same anyway.

00 01 57 00 CDR
It's about the same anyway, yes.

00 01 57 06 LMP
Okay. You ready for the - your EMS MODE, NORMAL?

00 01 57 11 CDR
NORMAL.

00 01 57 12 LMP
EMS FUNCTION to DELTA-V TEST.

00 01 57 15 CDR
That's good; that light enough.

00 01 57 20 LMP
...

00 01 57 21 CMP
Now, we want a GDC align.

00 01 57 24 CDR
Yes.

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00 01 57 25 CMP
Now, let's see - -

00 01 57 27 CDR
Minus 19.9.

00 01 57 29 CMP
That's alright - minus 0.1 to - can you write that one down?

00 01 57 34 CDR
It's real close.

00 01 57 37 CMP
Yes.

00 01 57 41 CDR
That's just about perfect.

00 01 57 44 LMP
Alright. EMS MODE, STANDBY.

00 01 57 48 CDR
STANDBY.

00 01 57 51 LMP
And EMS FUNCTION, DELTA-V, set. Set DELTA-VC. You got the number?

00 01 58 03 CMP
Yes. 10 4256.

00 01 58 10 CDR
4256? How about 4356?

00 01 58 16 LMP
That's right, 4356.

00 01 58 25 CDR
And how about ORDEAL? Does that go back, Buzz?

00 01 58 28 LMP
Yes.

00 01 58 35 CDR
I guess we got all of those -

00 01 58 49 CMP
Where did all those numbers come from?

00 01 58 54 CDR
Yes; much better.

00 01 58 57 CMP
They give us a new state vector?

00 01 59 00 CDR
Yes.

00 01 59 02 LMP
Yes, they did.

00 01 59 03 CDR
They did, yes.

00 01 59 04 CMP
No, that's VERB 66. ... apogee - perigee.

00 01 59 25 LMP
I'll just put a question mark here about - not show our ignorance.

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00 01 59 32 CMP
Well, looks like we're picking up a little. That sound reasonable? 1166?

00 01 59 40 CDR
... the time, is that right?

00 01 59 41 LMP
The S-IVB?

00 01 59 45 CMP
Yes, you add about 4 or 5 miles to your orbit - apogee - perigee.

00 01 59 49 CDR
Yes.

00 01 59 51 LMP
Yes, that's too much.

00 01 59 54 CDR
We're up to 6 ...

00 02 00 00 LMP
That thing ... now, that may not be now; that may be at TLI.

00 02 00 18 LMP
I don't have any reason not to believe it.

00 02 00 21 CDR
No.

00 02 00 25 CMP
If it isn't any good, we'll need another one anyway, huh? So, there isn't any point in saving the other one.

00 02 00 32 CDR
Okay.

00 02 00 33 CMP
VERB 66.

00 02 00 39 CDR
Okay. 10 435.6.

00 02 00 52 LMP
10 435.6. Alright, go to EMS FUNCTION, DELTA-V.

00 02 01 00 CMP
DELTA-V.

00 02 01 01 LMP
GDC align is at - What's this "D"?

00 02 01 12 CDR
Huh?

00 02 01 13 CMP
That means ...

00 02 01 15 LMP
Oh.

00 02 01 16 CMP
Won't get them on S-band.

00 02 01 17 LMP
S what?

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00 02 01 19 CMP
VHF.

00 02 01 20 LMP
Okay. A SIMPLEX, it should be on.

00 02 01 23 CMP
Set ORDEAL? Do something with it, anyway.

00 02 01 28 LMP
Let's see, ORDEAL is - -

00 02 01 29 CMP
What happened to that card that was here?

00 02 01 30 LMP
I already fired it.

00 02 01 32 CDR
What was that?

00 02 01 33 CMP
Um hum.

00 02 01 34 CDR
Saturn boost? This was a boost card.

00 02 01 38 LMP
Okay.

00 02 01 39 CMP
You can't have that.

00 02 01 42 LMP
You don't want that one, do you?

00 02 01 43 CMP
No.

00 02 01 44 LMP
Trade it - for a good one.

00 02 01 55 CMP
How about some LM pointing angles?

00 02 02 03 LMP
Okay, let's do one more. We're going first opportunity, you think?

00 02 02 22 CMP
Burn time is 05 plus 47.

00 02 02 24 CDR
Yes.

00 02 02 27 CMP
And emergency shutdown, Neil, is plus 10 seconds; 10 minus 40 on the DELTA-VC, is that right?

00 02 02 32 LMP
Plus 6 seconds - plus 6.

00 02 02 39 CMP
And - no - no, I'm sure about that minus.

00 02 02 43 LMP
No, no, it's not; it's only ...

00 02 02 45 CMP
No, it's plus 6 seconds and VI on the DSKY at G&N.

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00 02 02 58 CDR
I think that's going to show up here, isn't it?

00 02 03 01 LMP
What?

00 02 03 03 CDR
TLI?

00 02 03 04 CMP
The roll?

00 02 03 05 CDR
Burn ...

00 02 03 06 CMP
They're in the damn flight plan; I don't think they're in the checklist.

00 02 03 27 LMP
Alright. You got ORDEAL set in some way?

00 02 03 30 CDR
ORDEAL is okay.

00 02 03 33 LMP
Well, do you want to get ahead on a few things?

00 02 03 38 CDR
Well, give me an example.

00 02 03 44 LMP
We don't need the sequence pyro arm yet, huh?

00 02 03 47 CDR
No. Don't want to do that until -

00 02 03 52 LMP
TRANS CONTROL POWER, ON?

00 02 03 54 CDR
It's ON.

00 02 03 55 LMP
ROT CONTROL POWER, NORMAL, two of them, AC/DC?

00 02 03 58 CDR
There you go.

00 02 03 59 LMP
DIRECT, two, MAIN A/MAIN B?

00 02 04 04 CDR
Okay.

00 02 04 12 LMP
LAUNCH VEHICLE indicators: GPI to S-II/S-IVB. GUIDANCE to IU.

00 02 04 24 LMP
That IU?

00 02 04 26 CDR
Yes.

00 02 04 27 CMP
Have we got pyros armed?

00 02 04 28 CDR
No.

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00 02 04 29 LMP
No.

00 02 04 30 CMP
Okay.

00 02 04 33 LMP
CB, DIRECT ULLAGE, two of them, CLOSED.

00 02 04 38 CDR
Better wait awhile on that.

00 02 04 44 LMP
Okay, how about cranking the event timer to 51:00, then?

00 02 04 52 CDR
What's burn time? Ignition time? 2 what?

00 02 04 59 CMP
35, 30 minutes.

00 02 05 03 LMP
Well, that's going to be ...

00 02 05 08 CDR
Okay, I'll set up the event timer.

00 02 05 47 CDR
Burn time is 05:20.

00 02 06 07 CMP
DELTA-VI - going to be ...

00 02 06 45 CMP
Sure you got - you got your checklist here, haven't you? Yes.

00 02 06 48 LMP
Yes, they put all this TLI crap in my checklist; even though I took it out, they put it back in.

00 02 06 52 CMP
Well, Mattingly assured me that I was going to have a circular velocity versus altitude, you know, when they get me at 100 miles on the other side?

00 02 07 02 LMP
It's not in here, either, I looked.

00 02 07 04 CMP
Where would it be? It'd be right in here -

00 02 07 06 LMP
I finally gave it to ...

00 02 07 16 CMP
Hey, that's - you know what the numbers are, roughly.

00 02 07 24 CDR
25 - 25 550 at a 100 miles - something like that, it changes, probably - -

00 02 07 31 CMP
Yes, but this was to be - What do you have on this side to give you that on the other side?

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00 02 07 49 LMP
I'm running a little bit on the warm side; how are you guys ... along?

00 02 07 53 CDR
Probably a tad on the warm side.

00 02 07 59 LMP
Suit and cabin pressures both look - I guess we should be cool.

00 02 08 06 CDR
Should be about 100 ... - okay -

00 02 08 10 LMP
Water - boiling - ... potable ...

00 02 08 18 CMP
Fuel cells ... water. It goes to potable tank first and then we - we get it.

00 02 08 24 LMP
Oh - stop there?

00 02 08 25 CMP
Yes.

00 02 08 26 CDR
Coming into the terminator.

00 02 08 46 CMP
Gee, I'm really disappointed over those optics; that telescope is horrible. Maybe it'll get better with practice - or adaptation, or what have you.

00 02 09 38 CDR
Gee, I almost went to sleep then.

00 02 09 40 CMP
Me, too; I'm taking a little rest.

00 02 09 48 LMP
It's going to be a long day.

00 02 10 03 LMP
How'd the - is this the first part of the attitude comparison check or the second part?

00 02 10 10 CDR
I haven't done the second GDC align yet; it comes up on the next page. About now, I guess.

00 02 10 25 CMP
Well, we should have Tananarive. How about going - pressing ahead with the sequence pyro arm?

00 02 10 31 CDR
Okay, let me align the GDC.

00 02 10 46 CDR
Well, they cleverly do this on - just on opposite sides of the world so you always have to pitch - run all the thumbwheels the maximum amount.

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00 02 10 56 CC
Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston standing by through Tananarive. Over.

00 02 11 03 CDR
Houston, Apollo 11. Roger.

00 02 11 05 CC
Roger. Reading you loud and clear.

00 02 11 10 LMP
You get the pyro armed?

00 02 11 12 CDR
No, I haven't. Just a second, I'll be right with you.

00 02 11 24 LMP
Get 51 on the event timer?

00 02 11 34 CMP
We stopped boiling water.

00 02 11 37 LMP
That's good.

00 02 11 41 CDR
Old son of a gun.

00 02 11 46 LMP
Okay on the temperatures.

00 02 11 50 CMP
Looks like the setting on the AUTO thing is such that it just runs a little cold.

00 02 11 56 CDR
Yes, that's right. That's - that's what I think, too.

00 02 12 05 CMP
... have a feeling I have a ball in here.

00 02 12 09 CDR
Okay, the GDC is - is aligned. Ready to proceed.

00 02 12 15 LMP
Okay. We've got the VERB 48 in, VERB 83, ORDEAL set, and SEQUENCE PYRO ARM.

00 02 12 26 CDR
Okay. Stand by for a blast. One's ON. Two's ON.

00 02 12 35 LMP
Houston, Apollo 11. We have the pyros armed.

00 02 12 39 CDR
Okay.

00 02 12 40 CC
This is Houston. Roger; out.

00 02 12 41 LMP
TRANS CONTROL POWER's ON. ROT CONTROL POWER, NORMAL, two, AC/DC.

00 02 12 45 CDR
They're all up.

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00 02 12 46 LMP
DIRECT? MAIN A/MAIN B.

00 02 12 49 CDR
DIRECT.

00 02 12 50 LMP
S-II/S-IVB.

00 02 12 52 CDR
Check.

00 02 12 53 LMP
GUIDANCE, IU?

00 02 12 54 CDR
IU, yes.

00 02 12 55 LMP
Circuit breakers, DIRECT ULLAGE, two, CLOSED.

00 02 13 01 CDR
Okay.

00 02 13 02 LMP
And the event timer's set.

00 02 13 06 CMP
Now, why don't you - why don't you put ORDEAL on 200/LUNAR?

00 02 13 15 CDR
Alright.

00 02 13 17 CMP
Maybe you can start figuring out what the hell that ought to be.

00 02 13 32 CMP
I guess - leave them on INERTIAL for the time being.

00 02 13 45 CDR
Beyond my ability to - compute here right now.

00 02 14 10 CDR
...?

00 02 14 27 LMP
You're not worried now on that thing.

00 02 14 29 CMP
When the motor lights up, he's worried.

00 02 14 38 CDR
... 190, 110 degrees.

00 02 14 50 CMP
Got a long way around, yet.

00 02 15 23 CC
Apollo 11, this is Houston. 1 minute to LOS Tananarive; A0S at Carnarvon, 02:25:30.

00 02 15 35 LMP
Roger.

00 02 15 36 CDR
02:25:30.

00 02 15 37 LMP
Yes. 02:25. ...

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00 02 15 58 CMP
Why did they do that? That should be up here, before 02:35.

00 02 16 10 LMP
I don't know. It's screwed up in here anyway.

00 02 16 29 CDR
Well, weren't they giving us two abort pads before?

00 02 16 33 CMP
No, TLI plus 90 and TLI plus 4 hours. And now the TLI plus 4 hours is TLI plus 5 hours, P37.

00 02 16 44 CDR
Oh, is that right?

00 02 16 45 CMP
Yes. Got them on the same page.

00 02 16 49 CDR
Yes, they're on the same page.

00 02 16 50 CMP
Yes, I was expecting them to get something in.

00 02 17 29 CMP
Going to have to break your ... here, I mean - your LMP
handhold.

00 02 17 35 LMP
Oh, my G&N handhold; don't do that. ... managed to hang on to it, ... up there.

00 02 17 44 CMP
Holding against the ... - the couch.

00 02 18 13 CMP
Well, let's see ...

00 02 18 35 CMP
Think I was that slow punching the clock?

00 02 18 39 LMP
Huh?

00 02 18 40 CMP
I wonder if I was that slow getting everything going? I ought to have given them a second or ...

00 02 18 56 LMP
It didn't seem to me as though there was a tremendous cue; there's no doubt that you were moving, but to say exactly what the precise time was when you started to move, I think you'd call it whenever the thing started vibrating.

00 02 19 12 CMP
Yes, I didn't know when the hell we were airborne; I just took his word for it. It was sure shaking, rattling, and rolling, son of a bitch!

00 02 19 46 LMP
Wake me up at TLI, somebody.

00 02 19 50 CDR
Another 15 minutes, just time to sleep.

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00 02 19 52 CMP
You need to get out the alarm clock.

00 02 20 06 CDR
I don't know, I think I'll just put my window guard up.

00 02 20 12 CMP
Yes.

00 02 20 32 CMP
Whopseedoo, we picked up an S-band. No noise.

00 02 20 45 CDR
What's VERB 85 going to tell me - if I call that up, Mike?

00 02 20 50 CMP
It tells you range - range rate in C, which is the angle between your - optics line of sight and the horizon, depending on what - -

00 02 21 03 CDR
What's that little bump in the ... somebody?

00 02 21 06 CMP
That's me; I - I'm thrashing around over here a little bit.

00 02 21 08 LMP
I - if you wonder, I stuffed my launch checklist and - in the little gap between the -

00 02 21 19 CMP
You don't have a launch checklist.

00 02 21 22 LMP
My cue card.

00 02 21 23 CMP
Oh.

00 02 21 24 LMP
In between the - the Y-Y strut and the wall over here, to keep it from bouncing around.

00 02 21 31 CMP
Oh.

00 02 21 32 LMP
...

00 02 21 34 CMP
Yes, that says 58-1/2 degrees, huh?

00 02 21 40 CDR
Yes.

00 02 21 42 CMP
... 57-1/2 isn't that something like that? Now wait a minute.

00 02 21 50 CDR
Yes, 57-1/2 degrees.

00 02 21 52 CMP
I guess they're ... about on the horizon anyway. Yes, okay.

DAY 1 - Page 37

00 02 21 55 CDR
Huh?

00 02 21 56 CMP
Buzz, I put 39.5 volts over here; that's a reminder on the battery check - real good on the wall. Okay, Neil, now TLI - I'm going to write on the wall here - TLI - nominal is 05 plus 47; and 6 seconds later, it's 05 plus 53. And you want me to let you know when that is; I'll yell "cut-off" at that time.

00 02 22 27 CDR
Okay.

00 02 22 38 CMP
Now, we want to get what that time's going to be up there. Is that alright, Neil?

00 02 22 43 CDR
Yes, that's right. 05:53, I want it yelled.

00 02 22 45 CMP
Okay. I'll yell "cut-off," huh?

00 02 22 57 CDR
Yes, I guess. And I'll cut off if the G&N says - -

00 02 23 04 CMP
Agreed.

00 02 23 05 CDR
- - we're overburned.

00 02 23 06 LMP
That's right.

00 02 23 39 CMP
You got that TRANSLUNAR switched to INJECT, huh?

00 02 23 41 CDR
Yes, to INJECT.

00 02 23 47 LMP
EDS POWER, you got ON?

00 02 23 49 CDR
EDS POWER is ON.

00 02 23 53 LMP
PYROs are ARMED?

00 02 23 55 CDR
PYROs are - four breakers are in, and switches are up.

00 02 24 06 LMP
Okay, on this thing here, we should be reading 02:41:01, shutdown, and - -

00 02 24 14 CDR
Add 6 seconds to it?

00 02 24 15 LMP
Yes. At 07, cut-off.

00 02 24 48 LMP
BLOCK, BLOCK. SPACECRAFT CONTROL to SCS?

DAY 1 - Page 38

00 02 24 53 CDR
It is.

00 02 24 57 LMP
Tank pressures looking alright?

00 02 25 02 CDR
Tank pressures are looking good.

00 02 43 18 CC
Apollo 11, this is Houston. Slightly less than 1 minute to ignition, and everything is GO.

00 02 43 42 CDR
Okay, 59:25 - and this light will go off at 42 -

00 02 43 53 CMP
Time is based on tracking data; let me know when you start it up.

00 02 43 54 LMP
Okay.

00 02 43 59 CDR
When you feel it, that's when it is.

00 02 44 01 LMP
Okay, this light is out - know any of it any more.

00 02 44 09 CDR
Okay, we're operate - 59:59.

00 02 44 16 LMP
There we go; thrust.

00 02 44 18 CDR
IGNITION. Call it at 15.

00 02 44 22 CMP
Okay.

00 02 44 26 CDR
Whew!

00 02 44 27 CC
We confirm ignition, and the thrust is GO.

00 02 44 33 CDR
Pressures look good.

00 02 44 37 CMP
Flashes out window number 5.

00 02 44 38 MS
...

00 02 44 40 CMP
I'm not sure whether that's - it could be lightning, or it could be something to do with the engine -

00 02 44 59 CMP
Continual flashes ...

00 02 45 09 LMP
About 2 degrees off in the pitch ...

00 02 45 12 CDR
Yes, wouldn't worry too much about that.

DAY 1 - Page 39

00 02 45 14 CC
Apollo 11, this is Houston. At 1 minute, trajectory and guidance look good, and the stage is good. Over.

00 02 45 21 CDR
Apollo 11. Roger.

00 02 45 50 CMP
Don't look out window 1. If you're - if it looks like what I see out window 5, you don't want to look at it (laughter).

00 02 45 55 CDR
I don't see anything.

00 02 45 56 LMP
Why?

00 02 45 57 CMP
These flashes out here - -

00 02 45 58 CDR
Oh, I see a little flashing out there, yes.

00 02 46 03 CMP
You see that? Buzz is usually looking – just watch window 5 for a second. See it?

00 02 46 10 LMP
Yes, yes. Damn, everything's - just kind of sparks flying out there.

00 02 46 14 CMP
Yes, that's - Oopsedo.

00 02 46 16 CDR
Man, that really - -

00 02 46 18 CMP
That's PU shift?

00 02 46 19 CDR
I don't know, but it sure put a little blip in there at 2 minutes; I think it increased in thrust.

00 02 46 24 CMP
Think it's the PU shift?

00 02 46 26 CC
Apollo 11, this is Houston. Thrust is good; everything's still looking good.

00 02 46 32 CMP
That's about like a pitch change rather than an acceleration increase. Did it feel that way to you?

00 02 46 38 CDR
Okay. We got a lighted horizon at 2-1/2 minutes. Pretty horizon.

00 02 46 48 LMP
A fairly smooth ride, you know; it's just a little tiny bit rattly, but nothing like Stafford's – H-dot looks great. Don't bet you could do any better.

DAY 1 - Page 40

00 02 46 58 CMP
I'm sure I couldn't. I'd do worse because I'd be a - a full degree off from where it is right now.

00 02 47 14 LMP
Don't sweat that. 3 minutes.

00 02 47 16 CMP
3 minutes. What we got, about one g, Neil?

00 02 47 24 LMP
Pressures are good - -

00 02 47 25 CMP
Yes, we've got 3 feet per second - -

00 02 47 26 CDR
Just under one g.

00 02 47 27 LMP
Mike, we're within 3 feet per second on the card H-dot.

00 02 47 32 CMP
Fantastic. And it's shaking everything a little bit.

00 02 47 34 LMP
Shaking at 3 minutes.

00 02 47 35 CDR
Okay.

00 02 47 36 LMP
I hope that camera doesn't fall on your face.

00 02 47 38 CMP
I checked it; it's locked in there pretty well. Won't hurt this visor -

00 02 47 43 CDR
03:30 coming up - Should be 5.5, and it is 5.5.

00 02 47 53 CMP
Nice ride.

00 02 47 54 CC
Apollo 11, this is Houston. At 3-l/2 minutes, you're still looking good. Your predicted cut-off is right on the nominal.

00 02 48 04 CDR
Roger. Apollo 11's GO.

00 02 48 07 CMP
I see a bright star out there, must be Venus. Forgot to memorize John Mayer's views out the window well enough to say that's Venus or not, but it's sure bright.

00 02 48 17 LMP
What would you do about it?

00 02 48 18 CMP
Nothing.

00 02 48 19 CDR
4 minutes –

DAY 1 - Page 41

00 02 48 20 CMP
Tell you what - that's Venus.

00 02 48 22 LMP
10 feet per second off on H-dot -

00 02 48 25 CMP
..., that's about where it is.

00 02 48 27 LMP
Here comes the old sun.

00 02 48 29 CMP
Gee, that's going to be bright.

00 02 48 31 CDR
Glad I got my card up.

00 02 48 32 CMP
I'm glad you had - you do too, Neil; that was a good idea, a hell of a good idea. I can't see - well, my tapes are ... I can't ... see very much.

00 02 48 42 CDR
Coming up on 04:30. How you look, Buzz?

00 02 48 49 LMP
Looks good. Oh, about 14 feet per second right now. The altitude's very good. We ought to get a real good 5-minute cut at the ...

00 02 49 12 LMP
You guys agree with my mark; we'll be 5 minutes?

00 02 49 14 CMP
Okay.

00 02 49 15 CDR
Just a second.

00 02 49 16 CMP
5 minutes.

00 02 49 17 LMP
MARK.

00 02 49 18 CC
Apollo 11, this is Houston. You are GO at 5 minutes.

00 02 49 21 CDR
Roger. We're GO.

00 02 49 23 LMP
Okay, we're just a little bit low on time.

00 02 49 25 CMP
Right on it.

00 02 49 27 CDR
... yaw.

00 02 49 33 CMP
... do that?

00 02 49 34 CDR
Yes, we better do that.

00 02 49 37 CMP
5 - 5 seconds –

DAY 1 - Page 42

00 02 49 40 LMP
What kind of g we pulling?

00 02 49 42 CDR
We got a 1.2 or 3 - 1.3, maybe.

00 02 49 46 CMP
Gee, feels a lot more than that already.

00 02 49 51 LMP
Okay, 6 - okay, about 5 seconds to nominal.

00 02 50 03 CMP / LMP
Here we go -

00 02 50 06 CDR
We have cut-off.

00 02 50 09 LMP
3.3 on the DELTA - -

00 02 50 12 CDR
The DELTA-VC on the EMS: 3.3.

00 02 50 14 CMP
Beautiful. EMS FUNCTION, OFF.

00 02 50 17 CDR
OFF.

00 02 50 19 CMP
SECS PYRO ARM, two, SAFE.

00 02 50 22 CDR
I got out - I got out of kilter here; let's go back and let Buzz pick up on it. You're just a little bit ahead of yourself on the checklist.

00 02 50 29 CMP
Okay.

00 02 50 30 CDR
Okay, Houston, you read 11?

00 02 50 35 CMP
Buzz, forget I read anything in the checklist.

00 02 50 38 LMP
Yes - -

00 02 50 39 CDR
Not getting any answer -

00 02 50 41 CMP
Okay, let's go to IU ACCEPT here. Now, ...

00 02 50 56 CMP
Why don't you try to get up high - -

00 02 50 59 CDR
SCS TVC SERV0 POWER 1, OFF.

00 02 51 00 LMP
Okay.

00 02 51 01 CDR
You want to get Houston on the radio if you can?

00 02 51 02 LMP
Yes.

DAY 1 - Page 43

00 02 51 03 CDR
PCM BIT RATE, LOW.

00 02 51 04 CMP
PCM BIT RATE is LOW - -

00 03 16 27 LMP
- - two, ARMED.

00 03 16 28 CMP
Two, ARMED.

00 03 16 29 LMP
CMC MODE, AUTO.

00 03 16 30 CMP
AUTO.

00 03 16 31 LMP
Start the digital event timer.

00 03 16 33 CMP
Okay, start.

00 03 16 36 LMP
And we're going to translate plus X and hold.

00 03 16 37 CMP
Yes.

00 03 16 38 LMP
CM/LAUNCH VEHICLE SEP pushbutton?

00 03 16 39 CMP
Yes.

00 03 16 40 LMP
Watch the tank pressure and the engine light.

00 03 16 43 CMP
Are you on tank pressures? You are.

00 03 16 47 LMP
And you're going to go to 100.8?

00 03 16 49 CMP
Yes.

00 03 16 53 LMP
You want to -

00 03 16 54 CMP
Here we go.

00 03 16 55 CDR
Okay, Houston; we're about to SEP.

00 03 16 58 CMP
Thrusting -

00 03 16 59 CC
This is Houston. We copy.

00 03 17 00 CDR
SEP.

00 03 17 03 LMP
Look at that trash.

00 03 17 05 CDR
SEP complete.

DAY 1 - Page 44

00 03 17 07 LMP
Got DELTA-V?

00 03 17 08 CMP
Okay, got 0.7; I'm going to stop there and - -

00 03 17 11 LMP
... go to RELEASE; DELTA-V indicator minus 100.8 - -

00 03 17 14 CMP
Okay.

00 03 17 15 LMP
- - SERVICE MODULE RCS PROPELLANT, verify eight of them gray.

00 03 17 18 CMP
Okay, you got problems there. Get the ... – there you go.

00 03 17 22 CDR
I'll get them.

00 03 17 23 LMP
Okay, okay.

00 03 17 26 CMP
What else? Did - -

00 03 17 27 LMP
CM - -

00 03 17 28 CDR
PRIMARY and SECONDARY PROPELLANT B went barber pole at SEP.

00 03 17 36 CC
That was SECONDARY PROPELLANT on quad - quad Bravo?

00 03 17 41 CDR
Quad Bravo, yes; both the PRIMARY and SECONDARY talkbacks went barber pole.

00 03 17 45 CMP
..., three, OPEN.

00 03 17 47 LMP
Okay, your - -

00 03 17 50 CC
Roger; we copy.

00 03 17 51 LMP
- - ... This is the one that ... 0.5, right? Is it - Mike, you key a VERB 62?

00 03 17 57 CMP
Yes.

00 03 17 58 LMP
PROCEED and you're pitching?

00 03 18 00 CDR
She's pitching.

00 03 18 02 CMP
Trying - to turn itself off again; look at this.

00 03 18 05 CDR
Is it holding it this time?

DAY 1 - Page 45

00 03 18 06 CMP
Watch, it'll probably go back to RATE COMMAND.

00 03 18 10 CDR
That slows it down?

00 03 18 11 CMP
... keeps pitching.

00 03 18 15 LMP
Your MAN ATT, PITCH, to ACCEL COMMAND?

00 03 18 19 CDR
It went to RATE - Okay, I see a SLA panel going out.

00 03 18 23 LMP
Okay, you got to get a pitch rate in there -

00 03 18 30 CDR
See that SLA panel?

00 03 18 35 LMP
Is it flying - yet?

00 03 18 37 CMP
It's alright. She's darn well unbelievable - something.

00 03 18 47 CDR
I see it ...

00 03 18 50 LMP
Do I need some circuit breaker in to get - -

00 03 18 52 CDR
I see another - No, that's alright.

00 03 18 54 LMP
- - to get this camera going? Mike?

00 03 18 57 CMP
No, you need the power on over there, though.

00 03 19 00 LMP
I turned it on.

00 03 19 01 CDR
I got it. ... beautiful.

00 03 19 02 CMP
You sure you have the right power switch on?

00 03 19 03 CDR
Boy, that's - -

00 03 19 04 LMP
Yes.

00 03 19 05 CMP
You got him?

00 03 19 06 CDR
Yes, Mike.

00 03 19 06 LMP
No, I don't.

00 03 19 07 CMP
To the right over here.

00 03 19 08 CDR
Can you see him?

DAY 1 - Page 46

00 03 19 09 LMP
No, I don't see - -

00 03 19 10 CDR
He's a little bit to our right.

00 03 19 11 LMP
Okay, I see him.

00 03 19 12 CDR
We need about a 5-degree right, and we need to stop our - -

00 03 19 16 CMP
Okay. We'll stop here.

00 03 19 18 CDR
- - ... and we're pretty far away from him, too.

00 03 19 25 CMP
Okay, watch it, we should be stopping here.

00 03 19 40 LMP
How long do we want to run this film?

00 03 19 46 CDR
How does he look, Mike?

00 03 19 47 CMP
He's - he's fine.

00 03 19 52 CDR
Okay, you got 100.4 now.

00 03 19 54 CMP
Yes, I know; those numbers don't mean anything. They were 99-something when we turned around; don't ask me why. I thrusted toward him quite a bit, and I don't know why those numbers were screwed up, but they were.

00 03 20 13 CDR
Buzz, how does he look to you; looks like he's getting closer to me.

00 03 20 15 CMP
... get the BMAG?

00 03 20 18 LMP
Okay.

00 03 20 19 CDR
Yes, it looks like he's drifting down just a tad, and he's supposed to be.

00 03 20 22 CMP
How are our eight gray talkbacks; they still good?

00 03 20 29 CDR
Very good.

00 03 20 43 CMP
Flies like a spacecraft instead of a simulator. Hope that's good.

00 03 20 52 CDR
Sure beautiful. I hope you got some pictures, Buzz.

DAY 1 - Page 47

00 03 20 55 LMP
I got the 16 millimeter going - -

00 03 20 56 CDR
Is it going?

00 03 20 57 LMP
- - 16 frames at f:8 - -

00 03 20 58 CDR
Good.

00 03 21 01 LMP
- - 70, 1/250th, ...

00 03 21 03 CDR
Beautiful.

00 03 21 05 LMP
It really looks nice, doesn't it?

00 03 21 08 CMP
Hey, we're closing in a leisurely fashion.

00 03 21 12 LMP
Hey, how long does this ...?

00 03 21 16 CMP
It's on the - it's printed - -

00 03 21 18 CDR
Yes.

00 03 21 19 CMP
- - yes, it's six frames at 15; I suggest toward the end you probably goose it up a little bit.

00 03 21 23 LMP
You want to get the whole thing?

00 03 21 24 CDR
I don't care - ... tell by looking at ...

00 03 21 32 LMP
The thing is, with this sitting there, I can't get much with the Hasselblad. That window's no good, I'm afraid.

00 03 21 46 CDR
Can I hold something for you?

00 03 21 49 LMP
Take a couple of ...

00 03 21 54 CMP
Yes, you might look - if you're looking for something to do, you might just look over my panel 1 and 8 and all that and make sure all the switches are - to your liking.

00 03 22 05 CDR
I'll do it.

00 03 22 06 LMP
...

00 03 22 15 CDR
Be sure that your RCS is working anyway.

DAY 1 - Page 48

00 03 22 23 LMP
How far out are you, Mike?

00 03 22 25 CMP
I'm still quite a ways. That's definitely a SLA panel - there's no doubt about that. Sure looks like ... panel. That stuff's hitting from the S-IVB from us. Gees, look it - that one thing just hit the - gyro package on the S-band antenna.

00 03 22 46 LMP
Yes, things occasionally come scooting out.

00 03 22 52 CMP
...

00 03 22 53 LMP
And, occasionally, you know, a little piece of something hits the - what do you call that - covering? The whole LM quivers every so often. All - all the surface of it, Neil, you know, just kind of shakes like that.

00 03 23 12 CDR
Yes?

00 03 23 13 LMP
Just in one spot; it's not being hit. I hope it doesn't come in ... - -

00 03 23 17 CMP
Stand by; we're getting pretty close.

00 03 23 20 CDR
Just from the APS firing, you think?

00 03 23 25 CMP
Stand by; we're closing.

00 03 24 40 LMP
Okay - -

00 03 24 41 CDR
We don't have too much - -

00 03 24 43 LMP
- - BMAG MODE, three - You should stabilize and align CM - BMAG MODE, three, to ATT 1/RATE 2?

00 03 24 49 CMP
Okay.

00 03 24 50 LMP
And we're - translated plus X. That CAPTURE PROBE, EXTEND/RELEASE, you've done that; CMC MODE, FREE?

00 03 24 54 CDR
Yes, sir.

00 03 24 55 CMP
Yes.

00 03 24 57 LMP
Allow probe to damp spacecraft oscillations?

00 03 24 58 CDR
We did that.

DAY 1 - Page 49

00 03 24 59 LMP
Yes, you've done that. DOCKING PROBE, RETRACT, PRIMARY 1?

00 03 25 01 CMP
We did that.

00 03 25 03 LMP
Alright, after dock - -

00 03 25 20 LMP
- - EXTEND/RELEASE, to OFF?

00 03 25 21 CDR
DOCKING PROBE, EXTEND/RELEASE, to OFF, I did that. DOCKING PROBE, RETRACT, ... to OFF.

00 03 25 27 LMP
Okay, DOCKING PROBE, RETRACT, two of them, OFF?

00 03 25 30 CDR
No, no, wait a minute. It says "DOCKING PROBE, EXTEND/RELEASE, to OFF," huh?

00 03 25 34 LMP
Yes.

00 03 25 35 CDR
Okay.

00 03 25 36 LMP
Alright, let's go. DOCKING PROBE, RETRACT, two of them, OFF?

00 03 25 38 CDR / CMP
Yes, they're OFF.

00 03 25 40 LMP
Alright. Circuit breakers: DOCKING PROBE, two, OPEN.

00 03 25 45 CDR
DOCKING PROBE, two, OPEN.

00 03 25 47 LMP
Okay, PCM BIT RATE is LOW. Postdocking: it says RATE, HIGH; ATT DEADBAND, MAX.

00 03 25 56 CMP
RATE, HIGH; ATT DEADBAND, MAX.

00 03 25 58 LMP
COAS POWER, OFF.

00 03 25 59 CMP
COAS POWER, OFF.

00 03 26 01 CDR
... get this to stop ...

00 03 26 05 LMP
Yes, that wasn't the smoothest docking I've ever done.

00 03 26 08 CDR
Well, it felt good from here.

DAY 1 - Page 50

00 03 26 10 LMP
I mean the - I mean the whole - I mean the gas consumption would be a lot more than I would have guessed, you know? I thought I could about equal the simulator in ... and I didn't - I bet you I used - I hate to quote a number, but I've been down around 30-some pounds in the simulator, and I'll bet this was 50, 60 pounds, something like that. Hate to quote a number.

00 03 26 31 CMP
How do the - Speaking of that, how do the service module RCS quantities look?

00 03 26 35 CDR
Well, Buzz is fooling around with that - Let me just - -

00 03 26 38 LMP
They - they're all 90 except B, which is above 90.

00 03 26 42 CDR
Should be. Can't ever tell on 3 -

00 03 26 46 LMP
No, C and D are ... 3, anyway.

00 03 26 52 CDR
Okay -

00 03 26 55 CMP
Well, I got to go in there and dick - -

00 03 26 57 LMP
I'm not sure that we're getting - -

00 03 27 00 CDR
Well, Buzz is getting COMM right now.

00 03 27 02 CMP
Yes, let Buzz do his high-gain thing, and I'll get ready to go dick with the tunnel.

00 03 27 18 LMP
Sure is squiggly, isn't it? It really wanders all over, doesn't it?

00 03 27 33 CMP
Neil, where do you put this guy - usually?

00 03 27 35 CDR
I - clip it to that - clip up there beside the COAS - you see - -

00 03 27 38 CMP
Okay.

00 03 27 39 CDR
- - see those clips up there, one of those. It's got a snap right here that's pretty good.

00 03 27 48 CMP
I think I can get it now - ...

00 03 28 10 CMP
Okay, Buzz, how am I doing on the checklist?

DAY 1 - Page 51

00 03 28 18 LMP
Well, I'm trying to - -

00 03 28 19 CDR
You're at the high gain - -

00 03 28 20 LMP
- - you're at postdocking; I'm trying to get the high gain going - and I'm having a little trouble - ... trouble.

00 03 28 29 CDR
That's MANUAL -

00 03 28 33 CMP
Whatever you do, take some pictures.

00 03 28 35 CDR
That should be on wide beam or ...?

00 03 28 38 LMP
Wide.

00 03 28 40 CDR
Okay.

00 03 28 42 LMP
Hey, if you're through there, give me that VERB 64.

00 03 28 47 CMP
What? Okay.

00 03 28 48 CDR
I'm amazed how it just wanders around for a given setting; you notice that?

00 03 28 55 CMP
There - it sounds like we got it now. There's your VERB 64.

00 03 28 58 CDR
We got signal strength.

00 03 29 00 CMP
Okay. You have to really be on MANUAL for those things to be indicating correctly.

00 03 29 05 CDR
He was but - -

00 03 29 06 CMP
Okay.

00 03 29 07 CDR
- - this one was just kind of wandering around there - with no - -

00 03 29 13 LMP
As soon as I went down to HIGH GAIN was when the signal strength came up.

00 03 29 16 CMP
Okay, ... man.

00 03 29 21 CC
Apollo 11 - -

Day 4

DAY 4 - Page 52

03 03 39 38 CC
...

03 03 40 17 CMP
Optics ... are up?

03 03 40 19 CDR
Yes.

03 03 40 25 LMP
Okay, 41:23; 1 minute to LOS. Mark that.

03 03 40 33 CC
Apollo 11, this is Houston. ...

03 03 40 40 CDR
Roger. Everything looks okay up here.

03 03 40 48 LMP
How much time have we got, Mike?

03 03 40 51 CMP
9 minutes.

03 03 41 13 LMP
Well, let's let them look at the main bus ties coming on, alright?

03 03 41 17 CMP
Sure.

03 03 41 19 LMP
What time is it?

03 03 41 20 CMP
8-1/2 minutes.

03 03 41 23 LMP
How soon are we going to - -

03 03 41 24 CDR
... take 2.

03 03 41 25 LMP
1 second early. Okay. MAIN BUS TIES - -

03 03 41 28 CDR
Okay.

03 03 41 29 CMP
I'm going to turn my S-BAND VOLUME down, so you can ...

03 03 41 33 CDR
DOWN VOICE BACKUP.

03 03 41 39 LMP
MAIN BUS TIE A coming ON. Have you got TVC GIMBAL DRIVE - PITCH and YAW, to AUTO, huh?

03 03 41 46 CMP
TVC GIMBAL DRIVE, PITCH and YAW, to AUTO.

03 03 41 55 LMP
Okay, TVC - -

DAY 4 - Page 53

03 03 41 57 CMP
He's not going to have the sun in your eyes – I mean, on this thing, why don't we ...?

03 03 42 00 LMP
Is that right?

03 03 42 01 CDR
Now, you may have the sun in your eyes coming around the corner; now, you've got your patch ready in case you want it?

03 03 42 05 CMP
Got it right here.

03 03 42 08 LMP
Okay, TVC SERVO POWER 1, to AC 1,

03 03 42 11 CMP
TVC SERVO POWER 1, to AC 1.

03 03 42 15 LMP
2 to AC 2.

03 03 42 16 CDR
Look the other way.

03 03 42 18 CMP
2 to AC 2.

03 03 42 20 LMP
TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL POWER, ON.

03 03 42 24 CMP
TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL POWER is ON.

03 03 42 27 LMP
ROTATION CONTROL POWER, NORMAL, number 2, to AC.

03 03 42 33 CMP
Okay, stand by. ROTATIONAL CONTROL POWER is NORMAL, number 2, to AC.

03 03 42 47 LMP
ROTATION HAND CONTROLLER, number 2, ARMED.

03 03 43 01 CMP
ROTATIONAL HAND CONTROLLER, number 2, is ARMED.

03 03 43 07 LMP
It's going to have to get up pretty high to ... Alright, time check.

03 03 43 14 CDR
Okay, we've got 6-1/2.

03 03 43 21 CMP
MARK it -

03 03 43 22 CMP
6-1/2.

03 03 44 05 LMP
10-minutes difference whether we ..., huh? That's a lot of time.

03 03 44 10 CMP
Yes.

DAY 4 - Page 54

03 03 44 16 LMP
Now, what do we do? Turn up - Where did the noise come from?

03 03 44 20 CDR
VHF or the S-band?

03 03 44 23 LMP
I don't know.

03 03 44 24 CMP
VHF, I think. It's a woo-woo noise.

03 03 44 28 LMP
Woo-oo, what time is it?

03 03 44 29 CMP
I turned my S-BAND VOLUME down to get rid of that background noise; now don't forget for us to turn it back up on the other side.

03 03 44 36 LMP
What time you got?

03 03 44 37 CMP
It's coming up on 5 minutes to TIG; I'll give you a mark.

03 03 44 41 LMP
Alright. Start giving me PITCH 1, YAW 1.

03 03 44 44 CMP
Okay, here comes PITCH 1.

03 03 44 46 LMP
Got it.

03 03 44 47 CMP
Here comes YAW 1.

03 03 44 49 LMP
Got it.

03 03 44 50 CMP
MARK -

03 03 44 51 CMP
5 minutes to TIG.

03 03 44 52 LMP
Alright. TRANSLATION HAND CONTROLLER's counterclock - clockwise.

03 03 44 57 CMP
Hey, are you - are you on your INTERCOM switch? INTERCOM/PUSH-TO-TALK and all that?

03 03 45 03 LMP
Yes, yes.

03 03 45 04 CMP
Okay. Alright. TRANSLATIONAL CONTROLLER's - -

03 03 45 07 LMP
... going TVC.

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03 03 45 09 CMP
- - clockwise - that's verified. Alright, secondary TVC check; GIMBAL MOTORS, PITCH 2, YAW 2, ON.

03 03 45 18 CDR
PITCH 2, MARK.

03 03 45 19 CMP
Got it.

03 03 45 20 CDR
YAW 2, MARK.

03 03 45 22 CMP
Got it.

03 03 45 23 CDR
Okay.

03 03 45 24 CMP
Set GPI trim.

03 03 45 25 CDR
Plus - -

03 03 45 26 CMP
Okay, it's set.

03 03 45 27 CDR
- - 1.0, minus 0.2.

03 03 45 31 CMP
Yes, it's set. Verify MTVC.

03 03 45 38 CDR
Verified.

03 03 45 41 CMP
THC, NEUTRAL.

03 03 45 43 CDR
NEUTRAL.

03 03 45 45 CMP
Verify GPI return to zero, zero.

03 03 45 47 CDR
Verified.

03 03 45 48 CMP
ROT CONTROL POWER, NORMAL, number 2, to AC/DC.

03 03 45 52 CDR
AC/DC.

03 03 45 54 CMP
SPACECRAFT CONTROL, CMC, verify.

03 03 45 55 CDR
CMC.

03 03 45 57 CMP
Okay. Now you got an option of trimming or bypassing.

03 03 46 01 CDR
Let's bypass.

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03 03 46 02 CMP
Alright. BMAG MODE, three, to ATT 1/RATE 2.

03 03 46 06 CDR
Okay, we're going to - Did you say after ENTER?

03 03 46 08 CMP
Before ENTER.

03 03 46 10 CDR
Okay, ATT 1/RATE 2; BMAG's in shape.

03 03 46 13 CMP
ENTER.

03 03 46 15 CDR
ENTER.

03 03 46 17 CMP
Verify SPACECRAFT CONTROL, CMC.

03 03 46 20 CDR
CMC.

03 03 46 22 CMP
Accept this with a PROCEED.

03 03 46 24 CDR
PROCEED. You ready to go?

03 03 46 26 CMP
Yes. Up, down, zero. Up, down, zero. ... OFF and the ... OFF.

03 03 46 46 CDR
3 minutes. 3 - -

03 03 46 48 CMP
ROTATIONAL CONTROL POWER, DIRECT, two of them, to MAIN A/MAIN B.

03 03 46 52 CDR
ROTATIONAL CONTROL POWER, DIRECT, MAIN A/MAIN B.

03 03 46 56 CMP
Okay. SPS HELIUM VALVES, verified AUTO, barber pole; LIMIT CYCLE, OFF.

03 03 47 00 CDR
Okay.

03 03 47 03 CMP
FDAI scale, 50/15.

03 03 47 05 CDR
Alright.

03 03 47 07 CMP
Stand by for 2 minutes; then we'll have DELTA-V THRUST B, ON, okay?

03 03 47 11 CDR
That's right. Guess we want to turn it on at 2 minutes - Want to wait awhile?

03 03 47 19 CMP
You already asked them that and they said turn it on at 2 minutes.

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03 03 47 21 CDR
I never saw any lights, so they never saw a signal so everything looks good. Put it on 2 minutes and be ready to turn it off.

03 03 47 27 CMP
Okay. I'll be ready. Coming up on 2 minutes.

03 03 47 50 CMP
MARK -

03 03 47 52 CMP
Go on, nothing happened.

03 03 47 56 LMP
TRANSLATION CONTROLLER, ARMED.

03 03 47 59 CMP
Okay.

03 03 48 00 LMP
ROTATION CONTROLLER, ARMED.

03 03 48 02 CMP
Okay.

03 03 48 03 LMP
TAPE RECORDER ... RESET it - -

03 03 48 04 MS
...

03 03 48 21 CMP
Tape recorder's running, right?

03 03 48 22 LMP
Tape recorder is running. You verify the EMS set up to 81, is it, huh?

03 03 48 30 CMP
Yes, I got to go to horizontal at 35.

03 03 48 31 MS
...

03 03 48 32 LMP
- - 35, 30 seconds, yes.

03 03 48 37 CMP
I'll proceed on the 99.

03 03 48 39 LMP
Alright. 60 -

03 03 48 59 CMP
You're going to watch the - go gray - -

03 03 49 00 LMP
Right.

03 03 49 02 CMP
- - and the ball valve.

03 03 49 03 LMP
Right.

03 03 49 14 CDR
35 seconds; DSKY's blank, EMS MODE, NORMAL. Okay.

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03 03 49 26 CMP
Yes, the moon is there, boy - in all its splendor.

03 03 49 30 CDR
Man, it's a - -

03 03 49 32 CMP
Plaster of paris gray to me.

03 03 49 34 LMP
Man, look at it.

03 03 49 35 CDR
Don't look at it; here we come up - -

03 03 49 36 CMP
Okay.

03 03 49 37 CDR
- - ... to TIG.

03 03 49 42 LMP
8 seconds.

03 03 49 45 CMP
99 -

03 03 49 46 CDR / CMP
PROCEED.

03 03 49 48 CMP
Stand by for TIG.

03 03 49 50 CMP
Got B mode - -

03 03 49 51 CDR
Burning; we're looking good.

03 03 49 54 CMP
- - A, here comes B - B, I mean, THRUST A -

03 03 49 56 CMP
MARK.

03 03 49 57 LMP
Got them.

03 03 49 58 CMP
Got them both? Okay, now what's your - read your chamber pressure?

03 03 50 00 LMP
It's good. 95, 95.

03 03 50 03 CDR
PUGS is oscillating around. Okay, we're steering.

03 03 50 15 LMP
95 seconds in, it says go DECREASE, and we're ...

03 03 50 21 CMP
You're in pretty good; your gimbals are working a little bit more busily than I would have guessed, but everything's looking good.

03 03 50 34 CDR
EMS and G&N CALS together.

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03 03 50 36 LMP
Okay.

03 03 50 38 CMP
Pitch trim is up at 1.5 degrees, cycling about that, which is a little bit off the SIM value. Yaw trim is cycling about zero. Chamber pressure - -

03 03 50 49 LMP
...

03 03 50 50 CMP
- - is 95.

03 03 50 51 LMP
Right, going INCREASE.

03 03 50 54 CMP
Yes, you're into - a minute into it. Yes.

03 03 50 56 CDR
Well, it's still below zero, I just - -

03 03 50 59 CMP
I'll bet you we're never going to catch up. Let's do it and see what happens.

03 03 51 09 CDR
Okay, that should be gray -

03 03 51 13