Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
UNKNOWN: Okq. I'm jut how your tracking’s _ Qing.
UNKNOWN: We're 8tll.l tracking you. We don't have cc 84y rlrm 8olut!ons, yet. &out down there?
UNKNOWN: The systemsbasice.llylook good,Bill. We're going 'ti be m up on a ergo fan cycle period In aaotber few minutes, and you ten go abead and do that vhen you get ready.
UNKNOWN: I guess we picked up sane su~picfons about the fuel cell 2 radiator out tab. How does that wJll&ue on bosrdT
CC: Apollo 8, you called?
UNKNOWN: shovS.ng BAD OVT temp on. fuel cell 2 Wm. would be about 90 degreea, and on 1 and 3 it would be sli#.atly lower - maybe 75 or 80 degrees. Ahout an hour ago you vondered about fuel cells perfomance; it looks like 1 and 2 are lover in performance than 3. Over. pw2 Ye ehow the aame nlenbers on your outlet
CC: Roger. bmpemtures aad thought that uaa a ~lensor fall- ure. Ye%e been watchingl the thing and we'11 keep you advised of mything ve see.
LMP: Okrry.
CC: And on the performance, you're right - they are not quire the reme,laod2 are alittlebit lover but ell of these are sitting withti the ballpark. tionately higher B2 flov tb& O2 flov dl day long.
CC: OLap.
UNKNOWN: *howing 0.062 E2 and 0.48 02.
CC: We'11 take e~me CAL curves on those. Roeer*
UNKNOWN: Thesethinga reaeonableto UB and vetllkeeplooking at them. Our RAD OK!! rhwe about 0.43 se opposed to your 0.48 on the oxygen, endvetll keep aneye onthe CAL curves and just ~oxt of watch It for-you. If you'd to set up some kind e Cm check or specified time like every 30 minutes or so on theme quiet periods, that vould be okay with UB. &ght help to let us knou that ve+e still in busincas.
UNKNOWN: right. J&t give me acalleverynov and then.
CC: rpono 8, mueon. Sametime when it's convenient, g&t your BIOl4ED witch over to the right, end you doa% need to answer; just pass it up -Jap* -- i VOICE !rRARscRIPTIOR AFOL~~AI%-~ cc dtdymgetfhatfuelcellpurge - correctlon, the cry0 fen8 ORt 8hout3or4mimLte8. cc
UNKNOWN: Real good. lie veren't x&l sure that% uhatvewerewmtching.nndyou're coming through loud aad clear. c?4P cc Q!P cc Youtoe got the 16:~~ star visibility check, and what we%e got on that looks like Havi Is still our star, and the rmnbere associated vith that are roll 102.6, pitch 328.9, yaw 346.3. That gives you amheft andtmmnion of zero. Andlfyou thinkyotlcan- if you think you CM do aometh* vith this, why ve vould like to go ahead and give it atop and see if ue can either verify it or mybe ve'11 both learn eomething if ve verify it If you CM do it vith Havi. CMP’ '.' asP cc ? psec2
UNKNOWN: Ue%l mtmeuver at this preeent time and try to pick up that attitude and get Bavi, althougb I thlnk it's a waste of time, but we vill give it 8 try. Standing by for results.
UNKNOWN: 8, Eamton. GO.'
UNKNOWN: ke're at that attitude rlgbt now end looking tbrou@ the scenning telescope. I pan bsrelyreetqstam atall,andeverytimethat the,thntstcr till flW, you knov, just completely blenka a3t w VIeion. Roger, 8. lhderataud.
UNKNOWN: the attitude is good, iiouston, as far as mot having glare ~1 the optics, and it ml&t be 8 &taln eiawunt of data adaptation required * is here.
UNKNOWN: copy. Roger.
UNKNOWN: 8, EGUS~OIL over.
UNKNOWN: 8, Houston. tier.
UNKNOWN: Apollo 8 here.
UNKNOWN: 8, this is Emston. I've got a new ETC rttitude for you when you finish P23. Give you abetter look at the earth. Over. . * I poge3 ., - Cl&. Pitch224,yaw20.
CC: Affirm. Apollo 8, How3toa. co.
CC: Apollo 8, this lo Eouston. over.
CC: Apollo 8, Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
CC: A.pollo8,Apollo 8,Houston. Go ahead. ndy P23 attitude; going to Havi is quite a vags areg from the attitude ve need for P23. I have a correctiim to make on 20 - on Bavi after getting &ark adapted; you can pick out Cassiopeiae and you can pick out Ravi itself. It is difficult to oee vhat stars are around. We still have quite a bit of particles that are floating vith the rpacecraft, especially when ve move the optics and ehaft. It seems to throv off a lot of par- ticlee,
CC: Roger. We copy that. What's your spacecrsft .li&ting situation inside now?
UNKNOWN: _ have the center vindov - the round win&v Ve covered, and ve have - the other windovs are opened.
CC: Roger, 8. Copy. : L. -1
CC: npouo 8,~t~ustan. '
UNKNOWN: Qo'lAheed, Ealoton.
CC: Apollo 8, Eou8ton. While you're maneuvering for your i’23, ue hime an update for DXXA-H ior ycxl if yau're ready to copy.
UNKNOWN: Were Stand by.
UNKNOWN: Roger, Hamton. ICU 8sygouhave aDEU!A-Eupdate fortmt Juatvhat doyoumeant
CC: RoSar* horizon update. OlgIlpA
UNKNOWN: Roger. co shead.
CC: lkdm ir aa aresult ofyour P23 calibratim;the update follow: VERB 24, EOUH 01. EHTER 1354, tBmPlallbelb.ELfTER21450m~~~;co~t: continue to mark an the horizon destination that Jar%3 ueed previouEtly. Your marks are look* -rg m.
UNKNOWN: Rogerd update M VEFIR 24, DEL!TA-I? rollws: #WE 01, EiTKR 1354. ENTER all zeros. ENTER 214 50 l , l5lTER. Understand those are tvo octal ndere. i
CC: Rtat'a aiii~tive; both octal.
UNKNOWN: Roger. When do ve get the aaneuve~~ here? I'11 ,, e out a~ 23, and I'11 put these in; then I'11 con- tinue. w.
CC: Apolls 8, ml8ton. I
UNKNOWN: '8 no requirmnt for you to leme F23; yoican enter thosi right now ifyalwantto. : - -----_..-_..-____ 6 L I r page2 & sager.
UNKNOWN: are ve inlov bit rate nod You're in high bit rate.
CC: Apollo 8, Hamton.
UNKNOWN: asger. We’d like to record you this P23 sturf. cc w-
UNKNOWN: comanding 10~ bit rate record REWARD. Lou bit rate, record FORMID.
CC: @a-. lul right, Ealston.
UNKNOWN: Have you sent those connnands Y&f
UNKNOWN: They have been sent. All right, Roger. Thank you. I am on the other
CC: like bit rate in order to get this p23 data recorded. iher. Our checklist saye low bit rate, Eouston. If you mmt hi&l, you c8n have it.
CC: Roger. We're going high bit rate. yuurISEforyou7 It's probably abouthalffull. We're getting good hi@ bit rate dovn. We're getting good high bit rate down. pase3
CC: N. And, also, we're - your atate vector is nov based on shout 5 hours ot tracking. We have you on a pericynthiaa of 69.7 miles v&h a ine return. Tour entry flight path aigle looks You will need only fev like about oiimm 14. a Ret per econd to get you back on (L nominal entry We-
CC: APOI.IO 8, -ton. Didyou get thewords on the wcto~r 8t8ta
UNKNOWN: did you read? Apollo 8. got lot We a of noise. npollo8, Houston. 00ahead.
CC: APOLLO 8, g-ton. GO.
CC: Apollo8, this is Bousto~readingyou fairly weak. I'11 the in.fmnatiOn. Your repest St&e VeCtOr state vector nov base6 on 5 hours, more than is Shoursoftmcking. W& shov you on a pericyn- thim of 69.7 milea vith a free return vith entry p&h flight angle ofminua14 degrees. Will only need a few feet per second at the lunar dis- tance to get you back on a nominal entry angle. Over.
CC: Roger. l . paaC4
CDR: HOUBM, APOUO 8.
CC: Apollo8,Ha18ton. Go. Readingyouveak,but clear. I’m mautuvsring to PTC attitude. aoeer. oopy.
CDR: Houoton, 8. Apollo Omr.
CC: npouo 8, Eoueiton. GO.
UNKNOWN: IbDgtr. I’m at the FTC maneuver now. Like a distance datum from you - how the battery looks andhow the fuelcelle.look andet cetera. Over,
CC: ~pa1.19 8, &uston.
UNKNOWN: 00 aheed.
CC: Apollo 8, this is Routoh. We rigure battery B vill charged in about 2 to 3 hours. W your be systems RCS csege so 2.~1~ about look W;your 60 pounds, six-zero pounds over nominal. Over.
UNKNOWN: Roger. Houabaztfuelcell2;ie that looking , , all right nw? I !
UNKNOWN: Okay. Ye% going to have two of ua hit the bay now and one nmn minding the store so you migt have everybody keep au extra sharp eye on . . .
CC: Roger, Bill. You think you're going to be able i to sleep _ .,-----. ,I s .
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UNKNOWN: L think vc Linda vamed up t9 good. Im a rleep here by POW,
UNKNOWN: 8cnmton. &to110 8. cc
UNKNOWN: navigation indicates a perlcyxthian sl- cm -tltude of 38.4 miles.
CC: thdcrdsna; 38.4 mirc~.
UNKNOWN: affirmative. It's on the lWCY right mv, . cw ii ycu're reading it.
CC: Rogsr. Cqxy.
CC: Apouo 8, Houston.
UNKNOWN: 8heaa, Eouston,
UNKNOWN: 8, Houston. cc Be advised yau downlink dov $0 getting very noisy.
CC: Apono 8, this is Bcnmton vith sane conmenta on lraigation.
UNKNOWN: ahead, Houstoh.
UNKNOWN: mmning, Frank.
CC: Apollo 8, this ie Houeitcn. We’re vondering about your GDc ba&~p ISUS; ve% like your opinion on the possibility of doingthis align u13ingSiriu~ aadRige1 rather than liwl, as'lt's in the north set at this timz. over. \ 1. _- .- ~. 1 . --i- paee6
UNKNOWN: this is Apollb 8. endR&?lvaildbctvo etarstkt vouldbemuch better than llsvi end Polaris. Hovever, I did Ceaeiopeiee after I became adapted, but I'm 8fda fhst the tht2 do that trpe ~QUiRd t0 oiall~tvouldbeextensive ifveeverhaa to go to that alignment. Roger, Jim. We understand. We'11 go ahead and in that direction,'end ve'11 quit bothering vorh yal. Gooa night.
CC: #gono 8,taiais Hatston.
UNKNOWN: abeaa,~anston. ~pono8. 19 GET. ve're due for
CC: ~pono 8,~owton. At another cycle through c-33 the cry0 fans. Over.
CC: Roger. Give ua a cdl vhen you're complete.
CDR: Roger. i L- fim w1
CDR: Houston, ~pouo 8. cc Apono 8, -on. GO. / Giw M a call vhen it 16 ttme to Quit chargi.n# i. the battery,villyont I canltntch'it very wll owr there.
CC: Rager. copy.
UNKNOWN: throu@~ the faw &If okq, acrruton. 2dnuteme8ch,mdueQl~ta~1abyf0rthe call for battery charges.. cc 8, becanp.tct.euouna2lh0ur6. cc -w* liowton,
CC: Apollo 8, Eouton. GO.
CC: Ap~llo 8, Eowston. GO.
UNKNOWN: Bowton, Apollo 8. cc Routon. OO. - cc Apollo 8, Apollo 8, ‘ i 1 t ‘- . . II___ -. . . . . “l-.“_. _--I-. I-,-)-.* I..i._llXlt_‘iX~.~,‘.__IL_.-.i--- &ollo8,~ouston. hahead.
UNKNOWN: Roger, Eoluton. Crew rtatus report here. We're khlndmntermd food,uadve don't reaato / hw too much of aa qjmtite. We&e txying to - tiw up vith the water. but the food ir - not thatthhc'r mykihingurong~ththe focxi, but ve're jlufaotra~huagry. Rm. Underotand, Frank. u&the other tvo people a-e trying to sleep . . ,
CC: 8, Apollo Eouston. ra*d lib you to terminate the battery B charge ud 8tart battery A charge and then be&n on O2 purge. Over. hattcry A, and an O2 purge. Roger. O2 fuel cell purge. b&e- A,- ma My 8&ain about the purge. ehcrgu retup; nciv begin a fuel cell O2 purge. Omr.
CDR: Hwafon, the duel cell@ arc all purged.
CDR: Hov’rthetrackingcwing, Jerry?
UNKNOWN: Routon, Apollo 8.
CC: ft*8looking good,Prank. We just took in mother batch of data, md we are processing ,it. It looks - initially like we von't even midcouree umber need a 2. Aa noon es ve 1 , I -. %pe 16 P-e 2 , * , -- 1’. I &R Apoilo 8, Hareton. rio ahead. cc log. Earare youdoingr andIvonderedvby. cc CDR co she&l. titched our autenms over from Honey&kie to l&&id. Over. 8, thie.is Houston. Over. CDR Goabead,Houston. Apollo 8. cc Roger, ?rank. We vould like to bring you up to d&e on your trajectory. This midcourse 28ho~~~ QTtuxns outtobevexy comdqupat small, 0.7 feet per second, and we vould like not to do it. Our data is looking extremely . .. I good snd extrapolating it forward; it show the mddcours enumber at LO1 minus 8 hours . be about 4 feet per second. In the would rsntSme, thq free return trajectory is looking good very tith a vater splash pofnt off the 1- -. -__ .- _____ page2 coast of Africa. 80 it looks like you are d&t dovn the old center line, and ve propose not to do the next midcourse. Over. t_
CDR: F'inevithm. / mggeot that you let Bill and Jim sleep for an elctra period of time and don't vake them up mtil 26:30 GEl', and that would cause deletion of p52 and P23 at 26 hours GET. Over.
UNKNOWN: Roger. Understand. Delete P52 and P23. Delete those at 26 hours, vake
CC: Affirmative. the,otha &IO grays up at 26~30 at vhich time they can eat, and then chlorinate the vater mupp.ly after they have eaten. : -.-’
CC: '&at vould put us back on cmr nominal fli&t -plan at 28 hours GET. Over.
CC: How’s ail that grab youT
UNKNOWN: Fine. c%ap.
UNKNOWN: ahead, Houston.
CC: Roger, we're switching ant&nas again at -IOU can expect a momentary break 23:kO GET. lock, and also ve would like to bring you up to date OD the passive thermal control. We Tape17 -expect to keep the same PT'C attitude until 28 hours GET. Over. is control
CDR: Fine; thank you. How the thencal VorkingT
CC: Working good, Frank. I can give you some details if you want it.
CDR: I am all ears, Houston. Co shead vith the details.
CC: Okay. Stand by one untilue svitch our antennas, FlYink. We'11 be right with you.
UNKNOWN: Roger. Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
CC: On your FTC, quads A, C, and D seem to be just about identical. Quad B is running slightly cooler, but only very slightly so. The tem- perature readouts in all respect5 are normal. so apparently the FTC is working well from a thermal viewpoint. And as far as the fuel con- sumption goes, it's minimal, just about like we expected. Have you got any cozrents about FTC? I / Ecu does it seem to you? i
UNKNOWN: fine. Seems to be working all right, just like you said. I was just wonderlog how the readouts from the SPS were, too. -.-_-__- - , =-T- , ~.- _-~ - Tape17 . %P b
CC: Apollo 8, Houston. The SE3 temperature is If anything, it's slightly warmer DOS-lERl. than ve expected. so you are in real good shape in that respect.
CDR: Th8i.a you.
CC: Fmnk, the PU valve temperature is running about 72 degrees, which is better control that ve got here in this room.
CDR: 00 ahead, Earston. Apollo 8.
UNKNOWN: is time to do a cryo faa cycle, Baser- Freak, cmsll~fens,ashortburstfiarneachoftherm reyuudldbefore.
UNKNOWN: minutes each on all cryo fans. iDR cc OFF and cycled,Rauston. cm CrJro ftmt
UNKNOWN: Houston. oo ahead. Over. co Apollo
CDR: I oafa the cry0 fans are OFF and completed the cycle. cc Okq. Thank you, np~llo 8, Houston. over.
UNKNOWN: 00 ahead, 8. Hcuston. Apollo
UNKNOWN: Roger. Just COMl Frank. Do you read a check:, oe all rl@tt
CDR: cle&. Iaua -a
CC: Samehere.
CDR: Thmk you. cm Houstoa, Apollo 8.
CC: Apollo 8,.this is Rouston. Go.
UNKNOWN: Hodve you been reading our tape dumps? _
CC: one, Frenk. We noticed that you've got yrxr FTC attitude peaked up a bit, and I'11 checkouyour tapedump. :
CC: Apollo 8,~ou~ton.‘ The qyality of the tape dump haa been very good. We have about 15 minutes to i dump, vbich ve vi11 do the next time we get high &n. Over.
CDR: quality .Houfs the voice been?
CC: It'sbeenvery good,Frank.
CDR: Ok8y. We'11 aend you sozmzthingdownhere shortly.
CC: Apollo 8, Howton. Orer.
UNKNOWN: atefad, Bouaton.
CC: Frank, QO this tape recorder, ue have the tape wtion atopped ri&t now. If ti would like to r8comi scant?, we will give you the tepe in motion Is that uhat yau would 80 that you may a0 so. Over. Uket
UNKNOWN: Roger. Rowton, why don't you just give us salvo 80 we can control the witches here.
CC: 8tana by. Okej- , . . . mad m 8Ud Stop.
CC: You should have it now. Over.
LMP: Rareton, Apollo 8.
CC: 8, Rouston. Over.
CC: Apollo 8, this iB Ecuton. Over.
UNKNOWN: Roger. tie you capable of tab%ng a hi&-bit PM dump for voice on the OMRI'BP - I I- Bat 18 negative, Bill. sot q@te, on the OMI's. -a then.
UNKNOWN: Wevillcatch you next time
CC: Roger= nmlk you.
UNKNOWN: Qoodmorning,Mike. Bw are things goingdown thU-8)
CC: 'El, Jim. Things are going real fine. How are JGI doing up theret Did yw get a good ni#H,'s 8leepT
UNKNOWN: oh, you knw. The first night in space all the tie; itlB little slw. a
CC: The dlC man woke you up earlier than he needed to.
CC: Roger. mderstana.
CC: Apouo 8, Houston. The next time you are locked gain, give us a call, and we will up QI the high co0rigure for a amup. Over.
UNKNOWN: We would like an evaluation of the voice comments. Over.
CC: Roger. uhma0a. So far, it's been very good. Ye vill evaluate this one as soon as we can.
CC: Apollo 8, Xoueton. Go ahead.
UNKNOWN: Roger. I've been in the Bw do the Back. BYB- tems look?
UNKNOWN: Everything ie looking real good, Bill.
UNKNOWN: Okay. Haw.much longer do you expect on charg- ing battery A4 We will get you an exact number cc Stand by, Bill. on it. Just a &ugh estimate. And also, have you seen any nxwe hints on that seasor problem on fuel 2t cell
UNKNOWN: I'11 get the latest scoop on it cc by one. for you, Bill. B&, there ICI nothing nezw on duel cell number‘2. cc We don't think there is anything at all wrong with the fuel cell. It’s BOBb? SOti Of 8 BenSOr problem, but we don't have any new information on it.
UNKNOWN: They all look pretty good from here, Mike. Ia@
UNKNOWN: ThBak you. cc
UNKNOWN: got update6 for you vheaever you are cc some ready to copy. Stand
LMP: by. w.
UNKNOWN: kind? xx? Well,I've gotam plus 35hour update,aad then I have an update to Jim's Checklist. Le$‘a checkliet update. They never give up on the checklist, do they? l3dP -when you get your maneuver PAD cc &JAY. This 'book out - the last maneuver PAD we gave you -. . . \ : L-1 for the flyby PAD still remains valid. We vould just to remark that the entry angle, the like Gsma, is slightly steeper than we consider weal, but it*8 within our - of the noise ~0z-t level of our ability to predict at this time. &that flyby maneuver PAD re~3ine valid. Over. Roger,Hcmatoa. mder your north set of &am, I have some new nrtBber8 for you because we've changed those stars Rpn mavi and As you recall, ve changed PObWiB. to Sirius and Rigel, so - And that also, by the mq, 1s the checklist update vhich I will give mlater -but onthatmaneuverPAD,I have got three new angles for ycu using Sirius ma Rigel rhM you are ready copy those. t0
CC: Apollo 8,110uston. Hw do you read? Over. _
CC: ApoUo 8, Rowtoa. Over.
CC: 8. Houatoa. You are loud aad Roger, Apollo clear nw. We had a lot of background noise there for a fev miaute0. Hw are you reading pet asked you the tit time you me that, 80 1 guess asbe Ivaan'tgettingthroughtoyou. -.-.. _, ._ -..-“_.“b _.- _. .--..L---- _ .-I- ..,,, “._--.,” ,i ,..--- .-,--.” ..l., _,LIII : -. psge 6
CC: olceg. u-11, did you cow on this flyby maneuver PAD? We% got three nev angles. Are you ready to copy those? LzdP 1% re&y to copy the flyby angles.
CC: okej. Roll 137. pitch 3l0, yav 340. Over.
UNKNOWN: Roll l37, pitch 310. yav 340. x4@ cc 35 hour PAD when you are ready for i+.
UNKNOWN: Roger. Ready for the TLI plus 35.
CC: Roger. TLI plus 35hours,SPS/O~~,63023mi1m3 162plusl29. Are you vith me so far?
CC: t$od. 46420 178 l34 001, not applicable, plus 00202 46420 547 4621.1. Are you with me? Over. UP
UNKNOWN: 1383 327 023 up 172 left 22, plus 1293, cc Gooa. dnus 16500, 12905 36180 074 11 16. comnts: on your stars Sirius and Rigel, roll 010, pitch 294, yaw 320, no ullage. Other: one, fast return P37, equals 7821, for mtd- DRLZA-V Pecirlc landing for MllL; two, high speed pro- cedures not required. Over.
UNKNOWN: Are ycu ready for the resdback'l
UNKNOWN: set. cc ^ psse7 037 56 5138, plus 00068, pius oowo, plus 46420 178 134 000, EA. Are you vith met yes, I'm with you, Bill. That lsst one should be 001. / 023 up left 22, plus 1293, minus l383 327 172 16500, p.mi 12905, plus 36180 074 11 16. sirius. R&gel: 010 294 320, no ullage, fast return P37, 7&l sdd-PAC; high speed not Over. required.
UNKNOWN: the size of it. You're getting pretty good at this thing, Bill, tot a rookie. LMP lot I just learned to read about a year Jim. its8 on page 0, George, 82 Able of his checlclist, Over. For Ravi substitute Sirius, vhich rt8rf3 aroma.' is number and for Rigel - correction - Sor 15, Polaris substitute Rigel, number 12.
UNKNOWN: Substitute Rigel for Polaris and Sirius for Bati. How about shaft s.ndtrumicm;remsin the came? L-. Tape pasea
CC: Your-shaft sbd tzvnnions remain the same. Siri*uu rtmains on the SO-degree line Just like lDavi used to be. Rigel ie dovn 1.3 degrees from yo& hori- aontal, from your K-line. Over.
UNKNOWN: Roger. Understand. let when it gets to be break-
CC: Oksy. And me know r&St time. I've got a newspaper to read up to m aud a fev other things..
UNKNOWN: Ut're ready. olug. I' ve got a Haney special here for you. The Interstellar Times latest edition sup the Slight to the man Is occupying prime space on both paper and television; It's THE news story. The headlines of the Post say8 "Moon, here they cod. We understand that Bill Anders vill be in private conversation or communication tod8y vith sn old nnm who vears a red suit and lives at the llorth Pole. A suspect in the Miami kid- napping was captured late yesterday, and the 11 GI*a that have been detained 5 months in Casbodia were .released yesterday and vill a&e it home In ti.x for Christmas.
UNKNOWN: Uith reference to the first, ve sav him earlier thie morning, sn.l he vas heading Your VW. L- s ppgc9
CC: &get. We'11 the word along. David pa88 Bfmenhover Julie Bixon .&d were married yestelc w in Uev York. He vas described as "nervous".
UNKNOWN: Bi*t .
CC: S8Brovn.s tookDallas apartyesterdsy Yto20. Ut*re sort OS curious, who do you like tow, Baitimre or Hinnesota? Over.
UNKNOWN: LUP (&u@ter) !te% not making how many points at with that conment. f8ryouvhenyou are readytocopy. Are you -=Wfo-PY? EItana by. Go ahead.
CC: aoger- uavy 14, Amy 21. Would you like for me to repeat that? Over.
UNKNOWN: are very garbled; Houston; I'm unable to Uill call you in another year. red. back
UNKNOWN: Ue also notice the University of Houston l#t their first hams basketball m in 3-l/2 yeare last ni&t. Illinois edged them art 97 to 84. And reallybignevs: the some State Ihzpwtment announced only a few mimtes ago that the Pueblo crev vill be released at 9 p.m. tonight. --’ .7- “::‘. .-. . i 1 .Tape 18 Outboard calculations indicate saltada good. QmtApollo8 at25 hcurs 18104 OOOmiles~fkom home. I-. Ourplatboe.rdahoweasimilarntier. ltL#~tynice viw -here. .Ue're ahaving about 104 800 miles, and we're -ring another 8 to 10 hour8 on your battery cbargc-
UNKNOWN: scq &g&n sbouttheviev. Youwere blocked,Ithink. 'This ie a la&ty nice viev we have dovn there w. A little bit more than a-half earth. &olcm like Africi and the Red Sea is visible; we're not Quite awe as there is quite a bit ofcloudcwer; buteventhrou&the har,ywin- &us, it% mighty nice.
UNKNOWN: are your vindovst Do you have a couple left that are real clear?
UNKNOWN: rendezrwa vindovs are good. The other8 are all aboutthesame aatheyvereuhenvelest l&xnAed. (he and flve have a haze and slight a little fog on the inside.
CC: Roger. Unded=a.
CC: A~OUO 8, Haston. over.
UNKNOWN: . . - ‘ I pegen we can rq a Sew words about the heaters for the ap tanks, and also fbr the fans. We've noticed that the heaters me doing their thing normally, cycling on and off; as time goes by, this and qcle Ate imresaes, indicating a little bit of etratificaticm in the tar&s. And then wha we've heanburningthc fw‘onevery 4 hours for acou- plc of minutes, this stirs things up and the h&era thenc+lingon andoffagalnmore alwly for avhile, until again a little bit of atratificat.tion occura, and the cycling becomes el%gbtly anre rapid. This is, of course, normal; rrjlllltpintitoutae acuriosity to you. Over. cleat. One thing I have noticed is when ycu hunthe fana on you getaglitch inthe qpan- ti~,vhichmightcorrespondto aglitchinac. Hyde the next time we'11 look at the ac volts aud~eevhat happew.
CC: Our experta say that's not the reason for the glitch. lhey sey the strti%<iication fakes out the capacitanta sensor there for a second.
UNKNOWN: knzv theg vould have some big deal aad~er forme..
CC: . . . got yar t&q. Tape pase 12
CMP: Roger. Any iniormstlon yuu'vint us to eend up
CC: other -ml
UNKNOWN: neDcc going to sap pa with the hi@ gain hererhortly. ' 1
CC: okas. -- ---3 . page1 the high gain?
CC: +dingyau'loud andclear, Bill. Hownet
UNKNOWN: I'm reading yau loud and clear. I'11 go ahead this. and dump 'Ilou might vfmt to listen to it in real time to evaluate the voice.
UNKNOWN: Give M a call vhen you are resay. Jloy~~Va!~t t0 ~UEIP itbyywrc-d+ orvauld you like UB to comand the dump on it? Over. are ready.
CC: Okq. are 8tartingnow;thankyou. Ve
UNKNOWN: Roger. I've already mound.
UNKNOWN: lbere is only about 5 minutes vorth on the tape, Hal8toa. vazld vait 3 Deb- before you started doing this, Bill.
UNKNOWN: It has been a long trip. Apollo 8, Houston.
CC: Roger, Bill. We've got your amp, ana the voice quality is very good. We we going to take about i pw32 20 minutes or so to get it back to Rouston to piss it.
UNKNOWN: Where are you taking itthrough,Boustont Lw
UNKNOWN: comes through Madrid and then Ascension, X11. cc
CC: @no 8. Houston.
UNKNOWN: 8, cc Ecuston. Over.
UNKNOWN: 8, Ramton. Over. cc
CC: Apollo 8, this' is Houston. Over.
UNKNOWN: 8, this is Houston. Over. cc mP
UNKNOWN: Bill. Ye are reading you loud and clear cc nav. had an -expected switch of antenna, which prob- ably caused your high gain to quit. LMP
LMP: Go ahead,Bouston. Apollo 8.
CC: Roger,Jim. When we lost our antenna down here, ve interrupted your tape dump, SO VP are in the process of doing SOIAE reuinding continuing ana the dump. in case Bill is wondering what is go- ing on with the tape recorder.
UNKNOWN: okay. Eo strein. 8, Houston. Over.
CC: Apollo --_-_- . / At 26 hours GET, we'11 be switching our ~tumasbscksgsinatMadrid,andyau canexpect . 8 glitch a~ your CWN system. Houaton, Apouo
UNKNOWN: I noticed that yaa shipped the IMJ alignment for about hours becauae we were still asleep. DO you've& to include that's&a, or do you think it is required? Roger, Jim. We think it ia going to be required prior to the next set of F23 aigbtinga, cndve're mggeating that it be put in at 27:45. We'11 flight plan - bmea a more complete flight plar update in here shortly.
UNKNOWN: Fine. We're in the process of having breakfast. Understand. dpollo F, Houston. Go abead, Houston. , ten go head and record in low bit rate if you . . . 8, H-ton. c pase 4 >
CC: Disregard. We were going to talk about the Houston. Roger, Jim. We vould like to take control of the tape e few minutes to make sure that VB for got all that last dump. Over.
UNKNOWN: Okay. Stand byone. Roger.
CC: Tbenk you, sir.,
UNKNOWN: Apollo 8. ,
CC: Apollo 8, Hamton. Go ahead.
UNKNOWN: Roger. IjustnoticedthatI canheertho~e KW8 coming through on normal voice. Go abeed.
UNKNOWN: have e flight plan update for ycu
CC: Roger. romst* et your convenience.
UNKNOWN: Alright.
CC: llpouo 8, Houston. Were you calling? Over. Roger. Reedy to copy. - page5 Okay,Bill.
CC: This vill be on page 2 dash 22 of v night pi=. For thecormmdmodulepilot - 1% already mentioned it to him - but et the top of the page, et about 27:h5, actually, ve Wdlike him to do e P52, an IU alignment, edthen should be done ss scheduled. the P23 Those four stars, Procyon, Regulus, Alphard, and . Spice: ve realize Alphard may not be too good Har, Regulus is about 3 degrees above the l hotizo~~, end Spica at @-degree trunnion is a angle;60 I guess vhatveare ssying is if Jim has diriiculty doing one set on each of those four stars, ve'suggest that he omit whichever one he is having difficulty with and pick it up by doing tvo sets on some other star that he likes. Over. page 2-22, the passive thermal control attitude should read "pitch 224 degrees, yaw 020."
CC: Aud on the next page, at about 29 hours, yau can remme tbenomel flight plan. Wevould like to make me addition; at 29:30, sad a I ! vaste vater dump. Even though one is not really required et that time, ve would like to get the psse6 dnmpoutofthevaysove cantrackyouunin- turuptedly vithout any duIupinR. you knov, es n are coming up on midcourse correction num- bu 3. Over. Roger-
UNKNOWN: about all, Bill. You got any questions CQ thist ame vater of our ovn to dump here, so that will w&k out all right.
UNKNOWN: good- And don’t ruin Jim's optics.
UNKNOWN: like POO in ACCEPT, please. We Roger- vwld like to send you up a P27. It's a LM state rector, going into the W slot only, and ve do not vant you to transfer it over to the CSM.
UNKNOWN: You got it. okay. we got it. We're sending you a LM state vector, and ve vould like you not to transfer that vector over to the CSM slot.
CC: Thsnk you. -- fix= 20 Pogel
CC: ~po~o8,iiouston.
LMP: Apollo 8. Rwer. Are you still planning en EC 2 et 28 hours? over.
CC: Stand by one, Bill. Bill, negative. lam t&a+. ridcourse correction number 2 has been cancelled. It'8 mynitude vas less than 1 root per second, 8o ue decided not to do it. Over. /
LMP: okay. Thank you.
CC: And you’ve got the canputer again, if you go teRmaL
CC: Apollo 8, Eouston. Go ahead.
LMP: Are still ccmputing the pericynthian the you OS 6910.
CC: Stand by. Ue till get an update ror you. 04. a still good plus or minus minute, and we vi11 it * dovn to e tine measurement . . . map
CC: A~OXLO Houston.
UNKNOWN: Roprr* This is Apollo 8.
CC: 04;r, Bill. We just got your readout on your voice tape, and we will be back with you on it shortly. Over. 04. P8gc 2 UP Hou8ton, f'a going to he doing my alignment at WI time. I’m in a good position for viewing the rtarr. cc Roger, Apollo 8.
CC: thin ie Houeton with voice check. Apollo 8, ov8r.
UNKNOWN: Houston, Apollo 8. Read clear now. y-au loua ma Hw us7 two, Gee, four, five, five, four, three, two, one. Am I cutting in pna out still? Over.
UNKNOWN: AU the numbers oTe earning up nicely. pm* OW*
CC: Apollo 8, Houston. We are going to switch antennaa at ~8:20. blitz. stand by r0r ov And me viii start passing thermal control, we are maneuvering to ma P23.
CC: Roger. Understand; maneuvering to P23; I unaerrtand.
CC: Apollo Houston. Go. 8, P231
CC: Hegative,, Bill. Ue are getting lw bit rate nw; pSee3
LMP: If JOU go high bit rate, ue will not bother recording it. page1
UNKNOWN: Houston, 8. Apollo
UNKNOWN: 8, this is Houston. Over.
UNKNOWN: R-r. Cisl& HAV kampliahea. We did tvo mcta on atu 16, tuo sets on 22, ma one on 21. set Roger.
CC: Understand P23 completed, two sets 0; 16, tvo on 22, end one on 21.
UNKNOWN: It vas getting 8 little late, so ve didn't vant to atart on 26.
UNKNOWN: '
CC: Rmer .
UNKNOWN: 16 our previous PTC attitude okay for the next amsian?
CC: Roger, Bill. The one that ve updated an hour or so ago, (i.e., pitch 224, yaw 020) is a good one. , 224 20. Roger. about 2 minutes. You can expect a glitch in v-* Roger.
UNKNOWN: Hw ue all of the systems looking dobm there, Ernlston? i Page YOU PftZ 8OOd he2-e in all respects. 8, Eouaton. Over. I
CC: Apollo 8, this ie Rouston. Over. read?
CDR: Houeton, Apollo 8. Houston, Apollo NW*
UNKNOWN: dunpin We are some vater ve collected btre, and km ut to dump the vater ready vaste dwn to 25 percent. Do you concur? YQ= d-P*
UNKNOWN: Houaton. Gver. Apollo this IS Apollo
UNKNOWN: We are getting geared up.a0vn here to do the first of the Cal&f We vi11 be checks. an WlfI CCMH check, vhich is on yo& . doing flight plan, listed mode 7.8, and ve vi11 let you knw ifhen ve ue ready to proceed. Page3
UNKNOWN: 8, Houston. Ok.
UNKNOWN: we art dumping vaste vater Roger, nw out of these nozzle template. e
UNKNOWN: we Just Sot az O2 hi& frc.m 2LWSinS flw to vent line on the cabin. Understand.
UNKNOWN: is everything in Houston.
UNKNOWN: Just fine, Frank. Rverybhing dmn here ir Go. Bw ue you?
UNKNOWN: What is the nevs? s
UNKNOWN: did you get the intergalactic new mm+ zwyim uentuptoyou acouple ofhours ago? It tight have been during your rest period. We gave you a couple of football scores. One of them in particular uaz - I don't Lnw if you &led that - Army 21, Ravy 14. Over.
UNKNOWN: two. three, four, five. six, seven; testing out.
UNKNOWN: that one. got
UNKNOWN: The Cwboys Yere destroyed by the ZClevel&ud Browns yesterday. The Pueblo crev is expected to be released. And I nw hear our air- got a lot of background noise. to-ground has Stand by; we are goizg to go through these CORM test modes cm page 223 of the flight plan. Over. Apdlo 8, Houeton. Wouldyougo S-bandAUX witch to KWR-VOICE BACKUP. Over. -you* t&n bars arc clipping your voice during your trulemieaion.
CC: Roger, Underetand. Are ve still experiencing thir intermittent condition that va8 there a few minutea ago7 the end or pur transmission.
CC: Roger. Understand. I'11 give it a little extra time.
CC: 00.
UNKNOWN: Apollo 8, Houston. Could you try to find ua a better CY4M antennaf Over. Apollo on this aMlDf antenna. Over. Apollo 8, this is Fiouston. Over.
CC: Apollo 8, Houston. Ue understand you are copying us. While ve are trying to reestablish contact vlth you, vould you put your optics ~8vitch to zero? We shov you ue drifting 0rr in truunion aud request that you your zero OptiC8.
CC: Apollo ?, Howton. We copy your optics zeroed, , and hov UC you reading us newt Over. cc Apollo 8,~ouston. We are down to 25 percent 00 your vaste water dump and ready to terminate. Over. Roger.
UNKNOWN: 8, this ie Houston. Over. ahead, Apollo I have four switches I mild like you to throu, vhlch vill cause you to lose voice comunica- tions approximately 3 minutes. Over. ror r~ice,OFp; the second. S-band gORM&mode PCM, OFF;thethird.S-bandBORM4Lmode FMGMG stitch to RARGIHG; aazd fourth, the S-baud A.?JX tape switch, OFF.. Over.
CC: 8, Houston. Request S-bend IVORMAL mode Apollo RARGIRGto OFF and S-bandRORU4Lmode PCM to FCM. I say wain. S-band BORlWL mode RANGING, OFF;&bandROFU4ALmodeP&¶toPCM.
UNKNOWN: ~pollo'8. m,ust.on. We'11 stand by in this configuration for a moment. IIU-_._. - _ i I . . cc Apollo 8, Houeton. Three camunication witch potdtione. First, S-band AiJX tape to DOW-VOICE MC.KUP; S-band BORMAL mode FCM, OFF; TEIJWTHY IllPUTS FCM, HIGH. I say egain,~bandAUXtape toDOUR-VOSCRBACKW;B-band RORMALmode PCMto OFF; TELEMETRY INPUTS FCM to RIGH.
LMP: Roger. Houston, this ia Apollo 8. Hov do you read?
UNKNOWN: We still have a bad look angle on this antenna. Apollo ~oustm. Apollo 8,
UNKNOWN: be iniomed that the . . . Over.
UNKNOWN: 8. Houston. Zuable to copy. After about a minute 0r this configuration, ve*re going return to normal voice, and at that to the, me ehould be able to hear you better. nwt OoIBd ted. mode is on page 223. Over. -Y - PC!4 switch to ILH;S-band IIORMAL mode VOICE to VOICE; S-band BORWU mode I say egaiIl,TExzmTRY IKPuTs PCM PCM to FCM. nitch, Low; R-band RORUL aode VOICE t6 VOICE; Sbnd HORMAL mode PCM to PCM. Over. We’re
CDR: Roger. switching over to backup nw. Reading lie ue rading you Page1 mode ranging to RANGING. I say again. S-band NORMAL mode ranging to RANGE. Over.
CC: Houston. Requesting S-band NORMAL Apollo 8, mode ranging to RANGING. Over.
CDR: Houston, Houston, Apollo 8. you read? How a0
CC: Beautiful, I'm reading you Frank. loua ma clear. Howme? cc
UNKNOWN: 8, Houston. How do you read? Over.
CC: Apollo 8. this is Houston. Over.
CC: this is Houston. Over. Apollo 8,
CDR: Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8. cc Roger. Reading you loud and clear. How me?
CDR: You're loud and clear, Michael.
CC: We're still looking for the S-band NORML Okay. mode ranging to RANGING.
CDR: I guess ue didn't hear that one. Going to RANGING.
CC: Roger.-
CDR: It's in RARGING nw.
CDR: - Houston, Apollo 8 - what size antenna are ha you going to now?
UNKNOWN: working through As- cension, a 30-footer. Over. D c Page .
UNKNOWN: Okay. We - atr signal strength is . . . AGC is prettylouuphere.
CC: Houston. Requesting S-band OFF state Apollo 8, to OFF. This should put us back in the normal oomfiguratidn . Over. Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
UNKNOWN: Go ahead, Rouston. Apollo 8. us tobormal configuration, and we need a couple .the and or items ~XUII YOU. First, CW LMP status readings report (including PRII on all'three crew- s&hers), and ve'd like to know did you chlorinate the water after your last meal. Over.
UNKNOWN: haven't chlorinated the water, yet. Ue'11 get the other ror you.
UNKNOWN: E-t&, do you show the F?4 - Rouston, Apollo 8 - doyoushovtheFMonnou?
CC: Stand by and we'11 Bill. sibly - we don't have control or it.
CC: ~pouo 8, We've switched on all the Houston. comuuications switch; functions are operating normally, Bill. -- y .1J : _ - p-3
CDR: Mike, the PRD for the CDR are 4 - that's 0.04, 0.25. the CMP is 0.64, and for the W is for you.
CDR: Roger. 8.
CC: 00 ahead, Apollo 8.
CDR: Oh, hi, Ken. hov are you doing?
CC: Roger. Ewyoubeen? Fine.
CDR: Is this Jerry2 here -let's see - 31905
CC: Mfirmat ive . ve vondered ff you vanted to take a trial &n and see if It will vork. Or do you just want to vait and try it vhen they're supposed to go on the with iti air
CC: Stand by on that. -Y*
CC: 00 ahead, Apollo 8. date on our prop quantity, please?
CC: Uilco. You're referring to the RCSP C If you'11 give it to me kinda sl'w, I'11 plot it.
CC: Roger. It's coming now.
CC: Apollo 8, Rouston.
UNKNOWN: Oo ahead, Rouston. Apollo.8.
CC: In reference the early TV, ve're loosing the high-gain antenna DW, and it looks like the ady vay we vould have gotten the early TV pass in anyhwvasto send it to remote site and look at it there. So ve're going to scrub that idea andve'11 just pick up vith the The COMM checks that are re- 6cheduled TV. oainieg are the high-gain dependent type, and ve*11 put those off until the TV session is com- pleted, and we are vorking on the fuel propellant curve for you nw.
CC: Apollo 8, Rcuston.
CDR: Co ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
CC: okay, Apollo What ve're going to do on the TV is to go ahead and let you crauk it up as sooo as ve get back on the high-gain sntenna, and it looks like - my guess is that this vill be about 3l:O7, and ve'11 just use this to - as long as ve have the coverage there. I have aq - update to your TLI plus 35 PAD. Ew ve have to So vhen you correct a couple of tines on there. get that out, let me knw and I'11 read it to you. * * I - . .
UNKNOWN: the TbI plus 35 psss, the update I rant to give you is the last three lines in the block: the EMS range to go 13084 35985 0984217. Over.
CC: Apollo 8, Rouston. We are about to have a hand- over to Coldstone, and our downlink isn't improved then. I don't kuou if you'11 notice any difference in the uplink or not.
CC: 8, Houston.
CDR: Ciu ahead, Houston. You are loud and clear.
CC: Okay. We have svitched sites over to Goldstone I don't kuw if you can tell any difference IIW. ixlouruplink.
CDR: Begative. You're about the same.
CC: Okay. You have cleared up a bit. Sounds quite a lot better to us.
CDR: okay. Apollo 8, Houston.
CC: I have some RCS quantity data for you. We are all set up to receive the !l'V whenever you get high gain looking at us.
UNKNOWN: mci get the chart out here.
UNKNOWN: ahead vith the quad propellant quantities, plesse. Okay, Apollo 8, Alfa, I have 225 pounds, 74 per- cent; BFavo 240 - -
CDR: Slwer,please. Alfa
CC: Roger. I will repeat. 225, 74 percent; Bravo 240 pounds, 79 percent; Charlie 236, 78 percent; Delta 238, 19 percent. I vould like to remind you on the TV that we need'nar- rov beam vidth vhen you get up in high gain. Over.
UNKNOWN: hov do you r&d? Apollo 8.
CC: Loud sad clear, Apollo 8.
UNKNOWN: you. Okay.
CC: ~~0110 8. Loud and clear and standiry by. Say agafn. We you loud cry-
CDR: ohay.
UNKNOWN: you receiving television now?
UNKNOWN: 8, Houston. We just got it.
UNKNOWN: are getting it?
UNKNOWN: Apollo 8. We have a-gooqp+ture. -- , 22. sase7 a -
CDR: We 5-e rolling We're CDR
UNKNOWN: r0uing aroma t0 a g00a tif3f of the earth, and as soon as I& get to the good viev of the earth, 've'11 stop and let you look out the vindov at the scene that ve see. Jim k+.l'S dovn.in lover epuipment bay preparing lunch,sndBill is holding acamerahere forus both.
CDR: Bill's goingtotakethe camera dovntothelower cquipaent deck with Jim: Roger. Ohay- We’re
UNKNOWN: a Eretty picture, but g00a if you'd mve it a little slower - every time you move it around, it breaks up the scan.
CMP: 'Ibis is knovn ag preparing lunch and doing p23 at the same timec downhere.
CDR: Hov go - Has he iot it turned upside down? You've got the wrong RRFSMMAT.
CC: Well, ve all have our problems. CDR How is the picture nov, Houston?
CC: They are really good.
CDR: Okay. lov ve are coming up on the view that ue really rant you to see. That's the view of the‘ I-.- . L 'i psge 8. earth, and if you will break for just a minute, Bill is going to put on the large lens. So we right vill be back with you.
CDR: iiouston, ve are.now showing you a view of the earth through the tele@oto lens.
CC: OJW. We are not receiving a picture right now. l Eov about now.?
CC: We don't have a picture yet. Okay.
CDR: You seeing anything at all, Houston?
CC: Okay, Apollo 8. We don't have a picture yet.
CDR: Alqht . We vil.l put the other lens back on, and
CC: Apollo 8, how about standing by on that for a just minute, Let's check our ground link.
UNKNOWN: Apollo 8, we have a picture now.
CDR: okay. Let's try the other lens again then, once again. -Y. lhank you.
UNKNOWN: you have a picture now?
CC: That's negative.
CC: Apollo 8, . . .
CDR: Do you have aqthing. Rouston? We have Okay. it on the earth.
UNKNOWN: are having no joy,
CDR: Okay. How about now, Houston?
UNKNOWN: stil1nojoy.
CC: You don't have a lens cover on there, do you?
CDR: Bo. ve that, as a matter of fact. checked Anythingt
CC: still no joy.
CDR: 4kn!i ahout novt
CC: Still no joy. There is a picture. We have a pic- ture. okay. It is a little difficult to see vhat ve have.
UNKNOWN: That is the earth, but it is not the telephoto len5, unfortunately. It is just a regular inside lens.
CC: Oksy. It is coming in as a reaZ bright blob on the screen. It is hard to tell what we are looking at.
CDR: Ym are looking through some haze on the win- dowatoo,uufortunately.
UNKNOWN: And the earth i5 very bright, besides.
CC: okay. lie got the earth in about the center of the screen and a little bit low, and it lodked like there vere some objects that moved across it - the screen at the same time. Do you have any comment on those?
CDR: That is some of the water - ice coming off the vent nozzle.
CDR: How it look now? do55
CC: Still the thing; it is - the target is 55~152 extremely bright, and it very difficult to Is make out what ve are looking at.
CDR: It unfortunate that we do not have - ue csn*t is dce the other lens here. I don't knw work vhat the problem is. Apollo 8, would you verify that the ALC Okay- ont is
CDR: We have tried it both ways.
CC: Oh, okay; thank you. What we are getting nov is a good picture. CDR
UNKNOWN: again.
CC: okay. That15 a - that's a real good picture. That the best one that we have had. And how is about going ahead and Just leaving your pictures inside until ve can think some more of vhat wL can do to adjust for that light?
CDR: Roger. Jim, what are you doing here? Jim is fixing dessert. Be is making up a bag of choc- olate pudding. You can see it come floating by. Bill coming up from the lower equipment bay. is It is unfortunate that this telephoto lens. doesn't vork. Shov then the lens that's the culprit here, Jim. This lens doesn't seem to vorking; I can't understand uby we're not - be ‘3, : ,_ -. i --i-- i : i : : t -- mF= perhaps it's a problem ligbt transmission of thmlgh it. halfway between the moon and the earth. We have . been 31 hours and about 20 minutes into flight. Ue have about less than 40 hours to go to the smon. Tm can see that Bill has his toothbrush here. Be has been brushing regularly. To dem- onstrate how things float around in zero g. It , looks like he plays for the Astros, the way he tries to catch those things. I certainly visb that ue could show you the earth. It a _ is bea+iful, beautirul view, with predominately blue background and just huge covers of white cloud.a, particularly one very strong vortex up near the terminator. Very, very beautiful. Perhaps we will get some assistance from the people on the ground and be able to deter - to determine why this other lens is not transmitting properly.
LMP: Eouston, did you get any light at 6ll coming through that telephoto lens? Apollo we vere getting vhat you were shoving
CC: 8, \Is on your nod lens, and I don't think ue got aqthing on the tele&oto. We are working on this now. One of the probleuc'seem to be that Page12 it Is a lov light level lens; we're afraid that you might burn it out pointing it at something too bright. Well, the earth is very, very bright. There is nothing in the lens you can burn out. The cam- era still seems to be working. We tin give you a luminous reading of the esith right now if you like.
UNKNOWN: Frank, hou about a couple of vords on your *health for wide world.
CDR: Well, ve are all in very good shape. Jim is busy working preparing lunch. Bill is playing light reading on the 'earth. We all feel fine. urns It a very exciting ride on that big Saturn, but it worked perfectly, and we are looking. forward nou, of course, for the day after tomor- row vhen we will be just 60 miles any from the ooon.
CC: Roger. You all look great on candid TV.
CDR: OklAy. I just got a reading on the earth, Houston. The earth is showing 320 lumens now. It is 320. If you get a closeup of Jim Lovell, Bill, you can let everyone see he has already outdistanced us in the beard race. Jim has got quite a beard going already.
CDR: Okay. Jim is going to take a shot us from of the lower equipnt bay, and then we have to get back to our passive thermal control in the bar-b- que mode so that we don't get one side of the spacecraft too hot too long at a time. So for ve vill be signing off here, and we will be looking forward to seeing you all. again shortly.
CDR: Goodbye from Apollo 8.
CC: Thankyou. That's a g00a show. I hope we CLSZI get that other lens fixed or some reading on it.
UNKNOWN: We are going to work on that one. The one that is sensitive to light is the lens that you were just using. Youvanttobe . careful about pointing that at some bright object.
CDR: Roger. We are starting P!CC egain.
LMP: I believe that's only if it hasn't been used for quite a while, Ken. - APOLID 8 AIR-TO-GROUND MICE TRANSCRIPTION cc
UNKNOWN: Apollo 8, Houston. CDR
UNKNOWN: ahead Houston, Apollo 8. cc clear up and then we'11 let you alone for a vbi1e. The firet thing is we muld like for you fq confirm that your spot had an ASA setting meter of 100. CDR That is confirmed. That's one of the first cc Okay, we thank you. questions that came to mind. are ready for We a cry0 fan cycle at any time =a use your normal procedures. CDR 0-9 cc All right. You can anticipate a fuel cell purge at 35 hours, and we ought be through with to battery A charging somewhere after 34 hours; and looks like you*11 have just about a full battery there. Anti we vi11 give you a call on the exact the to cut it off. Ue would like to get some confirmation from you on the chlorine procedures. Did you get some in last night or not? Just a quick summary of how much sleep you got on Love11 and Anders?
CDR: We got the chlorine in and the water has okay. been chlerinated and a minute I will check just with them on their sleep. . i I-.- --- pase 2 cc I am sorry I didn't copy that sleep. CDR Say again, Ken. I am sorry I didn't your last, Frank. cc copy CDR I vas asking you to say to say vhat you said. Jim had absrrt b tiurs sleep, and Bill had about 3 hours sleep. cc Thank you very much.
CDR: We feel pretty good today. We would like to see, in looking over the flight plan - perhaps w-e ought to put the rest periods a little bit shorter and more frequent. It seems it might vork out better. Ue pot all out of kilter on it yesterday. WC ue sort o? trying to get back in a nonral cycle. cc We vi11 look into that. okay.
UNKNOWN: all ue good vork. Keep it up. doing Thank you. Looks like the only other thing tm have left over is a CO554 check and if ve can that in vithout interrupting your wrk present schedule ve would like to. Right nov ve are stopping for a break,
UNKNOWN: * but w till go rhead and do that. What does it involvet
UNKNOWN: vi11 need the high-gain antenna, and okay. there should be no CONU loss during this mode. Ken. I think ve are going to lo&-the $i&h Why don't ve pick it up rx.Xt gain here shortly. time it comes aroundl 'Page3
UNKNOWN: fine.
CDR: Remember, the most important part of the trip occurs in two days when ve start back. so you all get better rested too. do
CC: Ue'11 that.
CC: Affirmative, Apollo 8. Boustoq, ve*re starting the H2 fan nov. Ro,ger,
UNKNOWN: YOU. Houston, you just wanted 2 minutes cycling on those fans don't you? Tvo minutes each? cc
UNKNOWN: affirmative, Apollo 8. Roger. communications check.
CC: Okay, standiog by.
CDR: Co ahead Houston, Apollo 8.
CC: Okay. Apollo 8. Looks like ve're going to have to put this CCMM test off because of some tracking requirements. 5le can do it in about an hour if this will not interfere with your present opera- It'11 take maybe 15 to 20 minutes, tions too much. and it will involve some conversation on the part of the people onboard the spacecraft. So if that's going to inteifere with your sleeping and all, why go ahead and ve'11 defer to that and we'11 pick - . i : I I i ’ - c these requirements up at another t&e. And, X've got a score here, looks like Ralt&ore 21 nothing. to Who v&e they playing?
UNKNOWN: about Minnesota. How aid last
UNKNOWN: Apollo 8. Over.
UNKNOWN: ahead, Apollo 8.
UNKNOWN: stirred up all the cryos. Could We’ve you give me your quantities, please? Stand by.
UNKNOWN: Be ' advised the CMP just hit the hay for while, and the INP vi11 go dovn in 8 little vhile.