Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
CC: Roger, Stu. And we just had S-IVB impact.
CC: CMP Okay.
CMP: And we're - you get the feeling here, climbing up, that we're almost going up vertically here over Langrenus. It's staying right in the window and that rooster tail coming out of Petavius B is very evident as it swings up across and passes up by Langrenus.
LMP: From this particular location, looking out the window number 5, you can see the upper end of the Sea of Fertility, and it's interesting that the only way I can tell the demarc - line of demarca- tion is an albedo change. At this moment, I can't tell you what causes the albedo change except - it's not apparent - except that the Sea of Fer- tility is much darker and then it changes into the much lighter region up to the north.
LMP: Say, Ron, old Goclenius looks Just like the picture. You can see the rille going right across the rim and stretching on up; ... did his Job well.
CC: 14, do you read Houston?
CMP: Go ahead, Houston; you're loud and clear.
CC: Okay. Just radio check, Stu.
CC: We lost our displays down here, and Just want to make sure we hadn't lost anything else.
CMP: ... - okay ... -
LMP: Al's trying to get us to get on with it; we're trying to gawk at the same time.
CMP: Okay, we're just starting to pick up the edge of Nectaris now, coming across with the - can't quite see up far enough to - oh, yes, there's ole Daguerre 66, just like - just like a neon sign out there.
CC: Okay, Stu, and we're looking at the tracers on the Apollo 12 seismometer, and it's essentially still looking undamped.
LMP: Still vibrating - -
CMP: ... Great.
LMP: Hello, Fredo.
CC: Yes, that's right, Ed.
CMP: Is it essentially like neutral stability, Fred, or they coming down on it?
CC: It looks like, if anything, Stu, m_ybe they're still building a little bit.
CMP: Ah so.
CMP: There's Theophilus, Stu, there at the top of the window; can you see it?
LMP: You know, Fred, I get the impression that, Just from looking at the real thing, these craters are a lot fresher than the photographs led me to be- lieve. I'm very surprised at how fresh mAuy of them look.
LMP: We've just been remarking up here, Fredo, how easy it is to find these lanSm_rks. They Just stand right out for you. It's really magnificent.
CC: Let's hope Cone and Triplet and Doublet show up the same way.
CMP: Hey, Fredo, my first impression as I - How do you read, Fred?
CC: I read you loud and clear, Stu. Go ahead.
CMP: Okay. First impression of the Theophilus and Cyrillus is - much difference in age than what I expected. Of course, Theophilus being the younger, but it's much more so than what I really expected - to see, and we hope to get some good photos of the line between the two there; but it's pretty amazing how much more subdued Cyrillus is.
CC: Okay, we copied that, Stu. And, we're up with you on the chart now, too.
CMP: Okay. And we're just approaching Descartes now, Fredo. I'm looking out of my rendezvous window, and four of those too-bright craters on either side of the landing site. Just - it's so plain. I guess I'm surprised at the detail - that you can Sun see. Of course, the angle is dropping down a little here, but I thought probably at Descartes, the two bright lead-ins - but - you can see many, many of the fine - the fine craters in between them. And, of course, Dollond, Dollond E, and Kant, they're all just very vivid. But, the - the detail you can see from this altitude of the Descartes sites are rather amazing.
CC: Roger, Stu. I hope the LTC captures the same detail, a little greater maybe.
CMP: Roger. And it'11 he a little lower, too.
CMP: Fredo, I - At this point, we're start to pick up a few shadows on the edges of the craters, but the crater chain coming out of Abulfeda - really can't see much difference in albedo between the crater itself and a good bit of the surrounding territory.
LMP: Okay. We're crossing over Albategnius and we can look up and see Ptolemaeus; yes, it's coming in to the hatch window now. That's very stark. I'm very impressed by the different - by albedo differences here, Fredo, that I - that I assume from photographs are really more Sun angle prob- lems or photographic problems. But, by golly, there's some that are really here that I never expected. They must indicate contacts of some sort that may be very subtle on the surface; but I actually believe they're there, if one can find them.
CC: Roger, Ed. Do you mean- you talking in terms of large scale or small scale, like within crater floor?
LMP: No, I'm thinking of a little larger scale than that. But there are some in the crater floors that are very surprising, too. There's so m_uy things that I assumed from maps were more photogra- phic peculiarities rather than real life, but, by golly, I think they're here.
LMP: I think, given time, we could find flows and dif- ferent units that may very well be covered with a great deal of regolith that we - we're seeing suggestions of them in albedo differences and textural differences that are clearly visible from this altitude.
CMP: I've noticed some lineations in some of the - the big craters that are suggestive of -well, I'm not sure it's of the sloping type of circular lineations that you see in craters. I guess, to be safe, I ought to guess that - so I'11 be safe and not say any more. I did see lineations that were sur- prising to me.
CC: These close to the wall, Ed, or down within the floor of the crater itself?
LMP: Well, all up and down the wall of a few craters; I don't recall which ones now - back along our track here a few miles.
LMP: Looking down at the Crater Herschel, for example, Fredo, on the - Let's see, on the western wall. To me, it appears as though it's really a solid chunk from - the rim down to the first slope, or the - where it breaks slope. Of course, this is a long ways away to be talk - making talk like that. However, it seems - it gives one the impression of being very hard solid rock ...
CC: Okay, we copied, Ed. Herschel's west wall looks like essentially one unit.
CC: And, 14; Houston. The 12 seismometers are still going. The traces right now look maybe to be almost neutral.
CMP: Okay, Fredo. We just passed over Mosting A, which we'11 get a better look at next time around, and the baby crater chain stands out real vividly and just starting to get a pretty low Sun angle here, so any albedo differences about those will be hard to tell now. You can see the dark halo spots along the rilles in Alphonsus, however, very vividly.
LMP: As we approach the terminator, Fredo, with some fairly high crater walls and high country - with these long shadows, it really looks rugged.
CC: Yes. Guess right about the terminator; you're starting to look into the eastern edge of the Fra Mauro formation. Is that what it looks like, Ed?
LMP: Yes, that's it. That's affirmative, Fredo. Un- fortunately, the landing site, I think, is defi- nitely in darkness. It's probably a little bit too far to the south for us to even see that area too well. A crater, Gambart, we can Just see the - the Gambart - we can Just see the eastern rim of it. The western rim is Just barely lighted, but the rest of it's in darkness.
CDR: Of course, this Sun angle mRkes it pretty obvious ... deposit of some kind. You can see the differ- ence in texture very easily from a low Sun angle.
LMP: That's affirmative. You can see the streaks - the streaks that we've talked about are really there. They seem to lead right back toward the Imbritun area and the Copernican area.
LMP: That's the most stark - desolate-looking piece of country I've ever seen.
LMP: We're almost directly over the terminator now, Fredo. And looking right down into these craters and these features that are right on the termina- tor. And even knowing it, it is a terminator, and knowing what you're supposed to see, it's very difficult to make out exactly what you are looking at.
LMP: With our current dark adaptation, it looks like you could walk along that surface into the darkness and fall into nothing. There's absolutely nothing there. Perhaps when we are some - a little better dark adapted, you see Earth - features in earth- shine, but we can't right now.
CMP: Hey, Fredo, we sure picked a clear day to arrive; there's not much haze in the air at all. We can see all the way to the horizon.
LMP: I guess we better make the boss happy and get on with the chow .... knock off our descriptions at this point.
CC: Okay, Ed, you'11 get another chance to look at it a couple of REVs later, a little lower.
LMP: Roger. There sure is a lot to see. You could spend a lot of time talking about it.
LMP: Oh, hello, Gordon. Any words for us before we go over the hill?
CC: Yes, sir. Just getting ready to call you. The Orange Team is now at your service. And I have a change - slight change, to the TEI-4 pad. If you'11 get that one out, I'11 give them - give you the change numbers.
CMP: Hey, Gordon, I'm having an orange drink in favor - in honor of the Orange Team.
CC: Ed, if you're ready to copy, we have about 1 min- ute to get this in.
CC: I'11 just read the change numbers. The weight changed slightly, new weight is 38230; new T.lg time, 091:16:06.90; NOUN 81, plus 3907.1. LUNAR
CC: Hello, Houston; 14. Loud and clear.
CC: Roger, Ed. You're loud and clear. And I've got a few pads for you when you get a chance to copy.
LMP: Okay. Give me a second.
CMP: Gordon, if it's the landmark tracking pad, I'm ready to copy.
CC: Okay. Before you do, if you give us POO and ACCEPT, we'11 give you a new state vector, and I have the Mosting A pad, ready to go.
CMP: Okay. POO and ACCEPT. Go ahead.
CC: Roger. T1 is 85:39:35; T2, 85:46:39; TCA, 85:51:39; and T3 is 85:54:09; north, - 8 nautical miles. Over.
CMP: Okay. Gordon, copy. 85:39:35, 85:46:39, 85:51:39, 85:54:09; north, 8 miles.
CC: Roger. Your readback is correct; and next page, I have map update REV 3.
CMP: Let her rip.
CC: LOS, 86:29:12; 180: 86:53:05; AOS, 87:15:06. Go ahead.
CMP: Okay. Copy 86:29:12, 86:53:05, 87:15:06.
CC: Roger. That's correct, and, about three pages on, the H-3 landmark pad if ready.
CC: Okay. T horizon is 87:49:48; TCA, minus 20 sec- onds at 87:51:47. Over.
CMP: Okay. Copy for H-3, 87:49:48; 87:51:47.
CC: Readback's correct there. We got stopped about halfway through the update to the TEI-4 pad. If you or Ed is ready, I can finish that one off.
LMP: Roger. I'm ready. Go ahead, Gordon.
CC: Okay. Did you copy the T. time? zg
LMP: Roger .... is 91:16:06.90.
CC: That's correct. A new NOUN 81, plus 3907.1, plus 0703.8, minus 0081.8; and change the roll to 182. Pitch and yaw remain the same, and everything I didn't read is the same as the first version. Over.
LMP: Okay. NOUN 81. But first of all, the weight was 38230; and that T. 91:16:06.90; NOUN 81, zg plus 3907.1, plus 0703.8, minus 0081.8; and roll, 182; pitch, 069; yaw, 012.
CC: Roger, Ed. That's all correct. That's all the updates I have at the moment, though we're still standing by on the TEI-5 pad. You may keep that page ready when - we'11 have it shortly.
CC: And we're through with the uplink. The computer's yours.
CC: Apollo 14, Houston. We're standing by - your null bias reports.
CMP: Okay. It will be about 2 minutes, Gordon. I had to restart it in.
CMP: Houston, 14 with the null bias.
CMP: Okay, minus 100 at the start; minus 99.4.
CC: Apollo 14, Houston. I have the DOI and TEI-5 pads, when you're ready to copy. Over.
LMP: Okay. Standby 1.
LMP: Okay, ready to copy.
CC: Okay. I'11 start with the DOI. SPS/G&N; 38155; plus 1.45, minus 0.71; T. is 086:50:54.97; NOUN 81, mg minus 0206.4, minus all balls, minus 0003.6; attitude is 000, 281, 000; NOUN 44, 0058.8, plus 0009.1; 0206.4; burn time, 020.8, that's 20.8; DELTA-V 0199.6; 11, 199.0, 33.9; all the C N/A. rest of the items on the pad are Comments: GDC alines at the stars, Sirius on the zero degree mark and Rigel. Siriusis star 15; Rigel, 12. R-aline, 127, 148, 015. Ullage, four Jets, 1.4 seconds. Other comments: The DELTA-V counter should read minus 6.7 at cut-off. Over.
LMP: All right. DOI, SPS/G&N; 38155; plus 1.45, minus 0.71; 086:50:54.97; minus 0206.4, minus all zips, minus 0003.6; 000, 281, 000; 0058.8, plus 0009.1; 0206.4; 020.8; 0199.6; 11, 199.0, 33.9; the rest N/A. Sirius on the zero degree line and Rigel with 127, 148, 015; Ullage is four jets, 14. And, other remarks, DELTA-V counter - it should read minus 6.7 at cut-off.
CC: Roger, Ed. The readback correct. I'm ready with the TEI-5.
LMP: Okay. Proceed with the TEI-5 pad.
CC: Roger. TEI-5; SPS/G&N; 36697; minus 0.63; plus 0.21; 092:30:20.01; NOUN 81 is plus 3023.5; plus 1091.5; minus 0171.2; 182, 107, 021. Ullage, four jets, 11 seconds. Under comments: Number 1, burn is undocked, and number 2, assumed DOI. Go ahead.
CC: And before you start your readback, Ed, a reminder to Stu; about 30 seconds now to T1 for Mosting A.
CMP: Okay. Thank you, Gordon.
LMP: Okay. TEI-5 pad: SPS/G&N; 36697; minus 0.63, plus 0.21; 092:30:20.01; plus 3023.5, plus 1091.5, minus 0171.2; 182, 107, 021; four Jet, 11 seconds. Under remarks: Number l, it's an undocked burn; number 2, it assumes DOI.
CC: Roger, Ed. That's all correct.
CC: Ed, I have one more comment for you.
CC: We noticed on the last burn when we played back the data, that you started the recorder about 12 minutes prior to the burn. For this one, we'd like you to wait until about i minute prior to the - to the burn to start the recorder so that we can get a quicker playback on the data for verification of the burn after AOS. Over.
LMP: Okay, we'11 give you this one real late.
CC: Stu, this is Houston. It's time to start the DAC.
CMP: Roger. Thank you, Gordon ....
CC: And you have about 10 seconds to T 2.
LMP: Okay. Thank you ...
LMP: We have a beautiful sight on the crater Eratosthenes, Timarcus [sic], Wallace. Timarcus [sic], I mean Timocharis, is just as - Just on my horizon as we approach the terminator. Eratosthenes is about halfway to the horizon. They're very stark. Magnificent, though.
CC: And, Stu, you're by T3 now. We're standing by - the magazine percentage.
CMP: Okay, Gordon. The magazine now reads 77; and, just for info, I lost the landmark about 20 sec- onds earlier than what it shows. But we got a good track on it. I lost the T1 plus 14, plus 18.
CC: Roger, Stu. Understand 77 percent in MAG Bravo.
CC: Roger, 14. We're reading you loud and clear. Go ahead, Stu.
CC: 14, Houston. Loud and clear. Go ahead.
CMP: Hey, Gordon, how do you read 147
CC: Stu, you're loud and clear. How do you read me?
CMP: Okay. You're 5 square. Is 060 still the roll attitude you want us on this VERB 49 maneuver?
CC: As far as I know. I'11 recheck, here.
CC: That's affirmative. 060 roll, Stu.
LMP: Houston, 14. I have you on the high gain.
LMP: Roger. I have you on the high gain, locked up.
CC: I hear you loud and clear.
CMP: Okay, Houston. P52 complete. Did you get the torquing angle?
CC: That's affirmative, Stu. And - - And
CMP: And the time was 86.17 the time was 86:10:15.
CC: Roger. And, if you'11 give us POO and ACCEPT, we'11 give you a new state vector and a target load.
CDR: Okay, you've got it.
CC: The computer is yours, and we're standing by to watch P30 and P40. We noticed on the high gain that the signal strength's a little different. Did you change any configuration on the comm or - and - and did you change position of your squelch on the last high-gain acquisition? Over.
LMP: ... of. We're at standard lunar comm and I don't know if we've done anything differently.
UNKNOWN: We can recheck everything, but it'11 take a minute.
LMP: 14.
LMP: All the comm switches are where they were set on the backside. Nothing's been changed except acquiring with the high gain. I did switch the - the SQUELCH ENABLE when we were on OM_I and I was looking for you - for a good OMNI during the maneuver.
CC: Apollo 14, Houston. You are GO for DOI.
CDR: Okay. GO for DOI. Thank you.
CC: Apollo 14, Houston. Give us OMNI Charlie.
LMP: Okay, Houston. There you are; go ahead.
CC: Okay, read you loud and clear, Ed. And about 2 minutes to LOS; a minute and 45, now.
CC: Loud and clear, Al. A lot of people standing by to hear how it went.
CDR: Okay. The burn went essentially normally. Burn time was 20.6 seconds with the following residuals on the G&N shutdown: plus 0.6, plus 0.2, zero; DELTA-Vc, minus 6.2. With me?
CC: Roger. Copied burn time, 20.6; a plus 0.6, plus 0.2, and a zero; and DELTA-Vc, minus 6.2.
CDR: That is correct. Fuel, 31.7; oxidizer, 31.4; unbalance, decrease 90.
CC: Roger, Al. And, 14; Houston. We'd like you to go to P00, please.
CDR: Okay. POO.
CC: Thank you. We'11 have a look at the VG.
CDR: Do you want ACCEPT?
CDR: Okay. And CMC orbit was - okay. And CMC orbit was 10.4 by 58.8.
CC: Apollo 14, Houston. You have a stay. We're still evaluating the orbit to give you the precise num- bers. Over.
CDR: Good show. That sounds good to us. We're here.
LMP: We all thank you.
CMP: And, Gordon, are we clear to start our maneuver then?
CC: We've got you in a 9.3 by 59.0.
CDR: Okay. Sounds pretty good; 9.3 by 59.0.
CDR: I guess we could make it down from here tomorrow.
CC: Go ahead, Ed. You're just ... now. We're just about to lose the antenna.
LMP: Okay. Now for the first time we saw an earthrise over the LM; we're sighting at you along the right- hand rendezvous window, and it's a beautiful sight to see the Earth from here. And you are - just have risen over the LM number 4 quad - no, number 1 quad.
LMP: Looks like we're getting mighty low down here. It's an entirely different sight from the higher altitude. We're coming across the - we're Just now over the Crater Gutenberg. At this point, it's out my back window.
CC: Roger. We're following your course on the map here.
LMP: Those brown rocks - those brown mountains look like they have a nice soft blanket on them from altitude. They look very harsh, but the regolith looks smoother and more hummocky than quite so angular and sharp.
LMP: Houston, we're just along side the Crater Isidorus at this point, and we're trying to follow this on the smaller chart.
CC: In about 4 minutes, you'11 be at your minimum altitude, which should be about 40,000 feet above the terrain. We're wondering how things look down there.
LMP: Well, I'm glad to hear you say we're that high. It looks like we're quite a bit lower as a matter of fact - below some of the peaks on the horizon, although that's only an illusion.
LMP: The surface appears to be a lot smoother down here where we can see - closer to the detail and, of course, particularly at this higher Sun angle, it appears to be a softer surface, but it cer- tainly is an unusual sensation flying this low.
CC: Houston, it looks like that I'm looking right up the angular rille by - in the Crater Hipparchus. This - this country down here is really rugged at this altitude. The rille looks like to me a drop had been dropped down 10,O00 feet. It was Just another map [?].
CC: Stu, you're about 25 seconds from picking up H-3.
CMP: Okay, thank you. I'm looking.
LMP: Houston, the scale is so deceiving we could be 500 feet in the air from the way this terrain looks ... Scale it down a little bit.
LMP: I'm looking down inside the Crater Mosting.
CC: Roger. And, Stu, your TCA, minus 20 seconds now.
LMP: Mosting is a bench crater with an almost vertical drop on the east side of it .... one side ... the west side. And it looks like solid rock on both sides.
LMP: And, soft regolith near - rubblely at all.
CC: Loud and clear, Stu.
CMP: Okay. Well, that turned out to be a piece of cake. At a very low angle, Ed, located by coming off of points B and BA and about 51:05 or 51:10 on this clock, the elevation angle was enough that I could pick up Main Street. And, Just for your info, using high speed, I could track it just smooth as glass all the way through even though we're in inertial attitude. And, it looks relatively easy. I think 14-2 ought to really be a piece of cake.
CC: Roger; sounds good.
CMP: Gordon - the optics, even at this low altitude, tracking the landmarks is rather phenomenal. You can just keep it right on there at high speed, just as smooth.
CC: Stu, Ron is with me here. He was curious about how good the initial pointing accuracy of the optics is. Over.
CMP: Okay. Well, it - I think it was right on the money. When they first came up, it was pretty bright_ and the background release on H-3, that ridge right behind it, did not show up out in the flat surface as much as I would have hoped. And, of course, I've got the LM there, too. I couldn't pick it up until the trunnion got down to about 31 or 32 degrees. The optics were right in the area. I think they were a little high. But, I came off, like I say, off of Mosting B and BA, and got - I picked it up at a fairly iow eleva- tion, I believe. And, then as soon as we came upon them a little bit, why we're right there. And, then I - then I tracked them with the high speed and I never gave it back to the CMC.
CC: Ed, this is Houston. And I have a map update for you, REV 4.
CC: Roger. The 180 time is 88:46:55. LOS and AOS are within a minute. Over.
LMP: Okay. LOS and AOS within a minute, and the 180 is 88:46:55.
CMP: And, Houston, Houston; 14.
CMP: Okay, Gordon. Even without being dark adapted, just coming off with my eye glued on the optics coming across the Sun, you can see a very definite horizon through the optics here in earthshine. And - can pick out the - the rims of the - of the bright - bright craters and craters that do have bright rims on them. And - I'm sure if you were really dark adapted you could see quite a bit through the optics scanners.
CC: Roger, Stu. That's - that's interesting.
CDR: Of course, with the naked eye, you can see excel- lent horizon and earthshine. I'm looking, for example, to the south at the moment and have a very clear horizon in that direction.
LMP: And, Houston, looking to the north, we see the same view. It's a very sharply defined horizon. I can see the stars. I got a - a very soft gray, well-lit surface below without too many features. You can't see sharply, just - not distinctly; but nothing's probably lost.
CMP: Okay, Gordon, the angles were torqued at 88:05 and I guess you got them.
CC: Roger. 88:05. We got them.
CC: We'd like a word from you on whether or not you indeed got a guided shutdown on the D0I burn or whether you think you might have beat it slightly. Over.
CDR: I thought I made that clear when I gave you the burn report on the G&N shutdown. The DELTA-V switches were turned very definitely after the cut-off of the G&N.
CDR: Your people have put this in full eyeball. We had two pairs of eyeballs watching that very carefully.
CMP: Hey, Gordon. I'd say the PC was falling through about - at a maximum of about 25, when I moved the switches.
CC: About a minute to go to LOS. And one final re- minder for Stu as he sets up the topo camera: don't forget to pull the pit pin.
CMP: Okay. Gordon. Oh, ye of little faith. But no sweat. I'11 holler a reminder.
LMP: Houston, Apollo 14 ....
LMP: Roger. Read you loud and clear here.
CC: You're loud and clear, Ed, and - -
LMP: We're standing by to copy map updates and photo pads.
CC: Okay. You're way ahead of me. Map updates for REV 10. 180 is 100:09:52; the LOS and AOS are within a minute. Over.
CMP: Okay, Gordon. We've got that; 100:09:52.
CC: Okay, Stu. And the LTC photo pad. Target 9, Descartes. I guess we gave you a new attitude some time ago, and we're going to change it slightly to - The latest version is: roll, 344; pitch, 145; and yaw, 350. T-start is 089:34:36. T-stop, 89:40:41. And I read six ranges going down the line. First one is 53.9, 55.2, 47.7, 40.7, 38.0, 34.9. Over.
CMP: Okay, Gordon. Reading roll, pitch, yaw: 344, 145, 350. T-start: 089:34:36. T-stop: 089:40:41. Ranges: 53.9, 55.2, 47.7, 40.7, 38.0, and 34.9.
CC: Okay, Stu. Readhack's correct. I have a TEI-12 pad, when somebody's ready.
LMP: Go ahead for TEI-12.
CC: Okay. We have a state vector; we'd like POO and ACCEPT, when you can give it to us for that.
CC: Roger. Okay, TEI-12, SPS/G&N; 36702; minus 0.62, plus 0.21. T. is 105:53:44.96; lg NOUN 81: plus 3424.3, plus 1176.3, minus 0216.6; 181, 095, 020. Ullage is four Jets, 11 seconds. Remark: burn undocked; and number 2 is - assumes no CIRC. Over.
LMP: Roger, Gordon. It's TEI-12, SPS/G&N; 36702; minus 0.62, plus 0.21; 105:53:44.96; plus 3424.3, plus 1176.3, minus 0216.6; 181, 095, 020; four Jet, 11; burn undocked, and assumes no CIRC burn.
CC: Roger, Ed. You make a good stenographer. The readback's correct.
LMP: Thank you. Boss tells me I don't have the looks for it. Roger.
CC: 14, it's your computer.
CMP: Okay. We got it.
CC: One minute to T-start, Stu.
CMP: Roger. Power's on. Man, you got that lead time in just right, Gordon, for the transmission delay.
CMP: And she's running.
CC: Range, 55.2, now.
CC: Range, 47.7.
CC: Range, forty - - point seven.
CC: Change your range to 38.0.
CC: Change your range to 34.9.
CMP: Okay, Gordon. We got them. Let me write down something here. I want to talk to you about it.
CMP: All right, Gordon. We took them, changed the - the ranges by the time - times listed in your call, but there was some strange noises coming out of the - the magazine. Both - both spools worked, and the frame counter ran, and the FMC worked. But there was sort of a clacking noise on the - in the magazine. It came on between frames 140 and 180, then went back to the NORMAL MODE, and then started again at frame 240, and went until the end of the film pass. And I'm reading 420 on the counter, was reading 5 when I started. I used five for the checkout.
CC: Okay, Stu. There was - was no change in operation when the - It looked like it was taking the pic- tures okay, just the funny noises. Is that all?
CMP: Yes. It - it - it did - it did look like it was going all right. Like I say, the film wound up, and the FMC continued to work. However, when I went to STANDBY at the end, the FMC kept trying to drive. And, now the MODE switch in STANDBY, and I turned the power on. Instead of Just getting the one flap over to the side, we'11 have the FMC like you do normally, it wants to keep driving.
CC: Okay. Before you fold it up - -
CMP: No, belay that, Gordon - Hey, belay that, Gordon. It doesn't - FMC does not keep driving, but that noise is - is still in there. May - maybe you can hear it here. I'11 - I'11 hold the mike down (machinegun-like noise). Okay. I don't know if you can get anything out of that or not, but that's with the sta - MODE switch in STANDBY and the power ON. And, during that period of time, the FMC kicked a couple of times. It initially went off to the side like it does when you apply the power. And then, during that period of time that I had the transmitter down, the FMC did work twice with the MODE switch in STANDBY and power switch ON.
CC: Okay, Stu, before you fold it all up, if it doesn't get in the way there, why don't you let me check with the back room and see if there's anything they want you to - else they want you to look at there, and I'11 get back with you.
CMP: Okay. And, another word here, with the - it did - like I - It worked normally up until about frame 140. But now, when I turn the power on; MODE, STANDBY, you get that - that clacking sound, and then intermittently the FMC kicks, and the frame counter moves, and we take a picture.
CC: Roger. I understand that all wi - happens in STANDBY.
CMP: Hey, I'm getting a great look at my low-altitude landmarks, Gordon, from this low pass here.
LMP: Gordon, I can't even attempt to describe this, we're passing over it so rapidly. There's so much here to talk about.
CMP: Okay. I'm going to go ahead and maneuver to the rest attitude, if you're agreeable.
CC: Stand by. I'11 check to be sure it's okay with everybody.
CC: Okay, Stu. You have a GO to maneuver.
CC: Stu, this is Houston.
CC: This is probably a- this is probably something you would have mentioned earlier, but we're wondering if there was any hint of that clacking noise on the other magazine that you checked out on translunar coast? Or was this the magazine that you used as checkout on translunar coast? I guess I can look that up myself. Over.
CMP: Well, to answer your questions, no, there was no sounds like this. I have never heard this on any training camera. It was not on the checkout during translunar coast. It was not on this - camera I mean on this magazine during the checkout. It did not start until approximately frame 140. It stopped at frame 180, and went back to what appeared normal. And it started again on frame 240 and stayed on until the end of the pass, when I was reading frame number 420.
CC: Okay, right. We got all that copied, and we're still waiting on - on some kind of response from the experts here. So, we'11 give you a call when they come back to us.
CMP: Okay. I'd just like to clarify that it appears - you know that the film wound all right. The frame counter moved, and the - that both the feed, and the take-up spools were turning. And, if it's any problem, it would have been, I suspect, in the FMC. Well now, that shouldn't have been in there. It's got to be in the magazine. I don't really know. I'm going to let you all worry about that one, I guess. But, the - It appeared that the film went through all right.
CC: Okay. We'11 get back with you.
CMP: And, Houston; 14. I've got some onboard readouts.
CC: Okay, 14. Sorry. I was tied up there. Go ahead with your readouts.
CMP: Okay. BAT C, 37.0; PYRO A, 37.2; PYRO B, 37.2. RCS: Able, 80; Baker, 82; Charlie, 80; Dog, 83.
CC: Okay, Stu. Cau - got all those, and get a sug- gested checkout procedures for the LTC. Hear?
CC: Okay. Talked to Dale Denais. He thinks its most likely something wrong in the magazine there. And, it could either be a gear train or a clutch in there that could be making and breaking. He suggests that you get out a magazine Victor once again and put it on there and leave it in STANDBY awhile to verify that it doesn't cycle - or - or the FMC doesn't sweep. And, if that looks okay, then go ahead and run off two or three frames and see if it appears normal.
CMP: Okay. I need to put that one on anyway. I'11 put on magazine V, and I'11 turn the power on and put it in STANDBY and see how it acts, and then run off two or three frames. And, along that line, this magazine, you know, was in STANDBY for a minute there - you know with the power on prior to start, and we got no noises. And I agree with diagnosis there. It - I'm sure it's in the magazine, or relatively sure. It sounded like it; felt like it. And, it did feel like something like a clutch slipping on the thing.
CC: Okay. I hope we got the pictures anyway. And, let us know how the other one works.
CMP: Okay. I'11 smoke on through that and give you a call.
CC: Apollo 14, Houston. Would you give us a - an E-MOD before LOS here? You have about 7 and a half minutes to go.
LMP: Okay. You want it right now?
CMP: Okay. I'11 - -
CC: Affirmative. We're ready.
CMP: - - give it to you now, Gordon.
CC: Okay, Stu - -
CMP: 14, Houston.
CC: Okay, Stu, you're loud and clear. That early AOS on the last REV was our mistake. We were misled by a misset clock here in the control room. How did the LTC look to you after you tried the new magazine?
UNKNOWN: Well, I tell you what; we ended up with the same trouble; let me - let me run through and tell you you what it is. Let me get the flight plan out here.
CMP: Okay, I put MAG B on the camera, and I ran it in STANDBY for about 2 and a half minutes, and every- thing worked fine. I then went - shot three frames at about - with the intervalometer set on 10, and it worked fine. And then, I thought, well, maybe it's the fast-frame rate; so, I put it on 65 and shot off five or six, and it worked okay. Then, I went to STANDBY and then on to SINGLE-FRAME and punched the single frame and got the same noise. And then, it started - the magazine started actuating in - in STANDBY with the power on. So, I turned the power off, ran the intervalometer back down to 10, turned the power back on; still had the noise. And the magazine appears to follow the intervalometer setting, but it may do this on a random fashion while in STANDBY. And it does move the film, or at least the - both spools move and the counter moves. And it had that same clacking sound - not really a clacking sound, but I guess it's kind of hard to describe; maybe that's as good a term as any. And so, I turned the maga- zine off. By this time, I had shot 20 - 20 frames - 2B frames and decided that was enough film to- waste. I really didn't mean to use that m_ny, but I was trying to check out that 65-per-minute intervalomet er setting.
CC: Okay, Stu, that's a good summary of what you did. Personally, I more mystified than before. And we'11 let them work on that some more.
CMP: Okay, I guess, in summary, we got the same problem with both magazines. Now - maybe the film is working all right; maybe we are Just getting - getting a strange noise in there on the gears or the clutch as you suggested. But we've ended up now with both magazines having the same symptom.
CC: Roger, understand. We'11 think about it while you are sleeping, I guess, and maybe have some fresh ideas in the morning. For your general information, the - Your pericynthion was slightly high, but it seems to be coming down faster than we anticipated it would with each REV; with the result that at PDI time, you ought to be right on the money, as near as we can tell. So it's pretty good work on that point.
CMP: Okay, that sounds real good; I guess I - I was a little surprised at the 0.6 residual from the G&N. You know, the impulse burn was a little lower than that, but I guess somebody - it doesn't bother anybody. And, yes, it looked like a real great burn to us, and it sounds like good news about being right there for PDI.
CC: Okay, and one thing for Ed: his biosensor seems to be acting up. We'd like him at his convenience, some time before suiting up tomorrow, to go through the same sort of checkout that A1 did earlier in the flight on his sensors. Over.
CMP: Okay, I'11 pass that on to Ed.
CC: Okay, that's all I have on my list at the moment. Over.
CMP: Okay, I guess we've got nothing else here. We're going to try to get secured for the big day tomorrow, and we'11 be seeing you in the morning.
CC: Okay, I'11 make one check to make sure we haven't got anything else before we shut up and let you get some sleep.
CC: Okay, $tu. One - one other thing. We did get that E - E - E-MOD before we went AOS, okay; and, I guess - Wait I Just think there - there is one thing. Just stand by.
CC: Okay, we would like you to turn the optics off tonight. That should do it. Get a good rest there. 0ver.
CMP: Roger; we'11 get the optics off before we go to sleep, and we've been doing that. And yes, I guess, if you've got any other questions on that - on the Hycon, I'd entertain them now to help you with the troubleshooting, but that's about it. We'11 see you tomorrow.
CC: Okay, good night. APOLLO 14 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION REST PERIOD - NO COMMUNICATIONS
CMP: Good morning, Houston. 14 here.
CC: Apollo 14, Apollo 14; this is Houston. Roger. Good evening, Stu.
CMP: Good evening? It's good morning, Bruce baby.
CC: Roger. How'd you all sleep?
CMP: And Bruce, I've got a crew status report for you.
CC: Okay. Go ahead with your crew status report.
CMP: Okay. Al: 6 hours of sleep, dosimeter, 16048; Ed: 6 hours, 01046; and 6 hours, 05038.
CC: Okay. Understand 6 hours of sleep each, 16048, 01046, and 05038. Over.
CC: 14, this is Houston. At this time, we would like the CMP and the LMP to swap dosimeters. The LMP dosimeter is inoperative, and we would like to have two active dosimeters on the lunar surface. Over.
CC: And, 14; this is Houston. Would you confirm a negative presleep status report. Over.
CMP: That's affirmative. We went to bed all healthy, no medication, and we're getting up the same way.
CC: Okay. When you're interested, I have about four or five general information-type items to pass up to you all.
CMP: Okay, Bruce. This is something - we should all be on the headset for? If it is, we should Just wait a few minutes.
CC: Yes. Why don't we do that? There's no great rush in any of them, but we've got 24 minutes to LOS. And just let me know when you're ready.
CMP: Okay. I'11 take a consumables update, anytime you've got it. We'11 get that out of the way, if you want to give it to me now.
CC: Okay, I'11 have the consumables update for you momentarily. In the meantime, we'd like you to read out the HIGH GAIN ANTENNA meters and the HIGH GAIN ANTENNA knobs. It has not been switch- ing to NARROW BEAM at AOS. We're not sure why, right now. We's like to leave the configuration as is and get those read-outs. Over.
CMP: Okay, Bruce, the -
CMP: Bruce, this is Ed. I got my biomed on, and I got the sensor corrected. Have the medics take a look at it while you're talking to Stu, please.
CC: I understand you have your biomed hooked up, and the sensor is connected, and you'd like the medics to look at it.
CC: We're in LOW BIT RATE right now, Ed. You'11 have to hold on a minute.
CMP: Okay, Bruce, the read-outs on the PITCH meter is 50 degrees, on the YAW meter is 270, on the knob, it's set at 35; and the - PITCH - YAW knob is set at 275.
CC: Okay, Stu, on pitch, is that plus or minus? Over.
CMP: Oh, sorry about that. Both are minuses.
CC: Okay. Meter: PITCH, minus 50; YAW, 270; knob, minus 35 and 275. Over.
CC: Okay; coming at you with a consumables update. Over.
CMP: And let her rip.
CC: At a GET of 99 hours even; RCS total, 74 percent; quads in order, 73, 75, 73, 75; hydrogen, 65, 65; oxygen, 85, 83, 31. Over.
CMP: Roger. Copy the GET 99 hours; RCS total, 74; quads, 73, 75, 73, 75; hydrogen, 65, 65; 02 , 85, 83, 31.
LMP: Are you going to switch over to HIGH BIT RATE so you can look at this? I'd like to go ahead and start suiting up.
CC: Apollo 14, this is Houston. We request HIGH GAIN ANTENNA SERVO ELECTRONICS to SECONDARY. Over.
LMP: Okay .... - -
CMP: Okay; going to SECONDARY.
CC: Apollo 14, this is Houston. Request S-BAND NORMAL, TRANSPONDER, SECONDARY. Over.
LMP: Roger. TRANSPONDER, SECONDARY.
CC: Apollo 14, this is Houston. How do you read?
CC: Roger; reading you the same.
LMP: I'd appreciate an answer on your intentions rela- tive to the sensor.
CC: Okay, Ed. Relative to the sensor, we require a HIGH BIT RATE down here in order for the surgeon to get any biomed telemetry. We're attempting to get HIGH BIT RATE at the present time, as evi- denced by our request for SECONDARY ELECTRONICS TRANS- on the HIGH GAIN ANTENNA and the SECONDARY PONDER. We'11 let you know just as soon as we can press on. Perhaps, in the meantime, you could tell us which sensor you think was giving you the problem and what you've done in the meantime to it. Over.
LMP: Okay, the lower sternum sensor was leaking, and we replaced it last evening, and it seemed to be the only one that had a chance to be in bad shape.
LMP: ... to he the only one that looked like it might be ...
CC: Roger out. And-
CC: Apollo 14, this is Houston. Request HIGH GAIN, ELECTRONIC - HIGH GAIN ANTENNA, SERVO ELECTRONICS, POWER, PRIMARY; S-BAND NORMAL, TRANSPONDER to PRIMARY, and go to TRACK mode, MANUAL. Over.
UNKNOWN: Houston, 14. Do you read, now?
CC: 14. This is Houston. Roger. We're reading you about 5 by 4. Over.
LMP: Okay. I've given - given you PRIMARY, SERVO ELECTRONICS; PRIMARY, TRANSPONDER; and what else did you want?
CC: Roger. We want to go back to TRACK mode, MANUAL; and we'11 use the positions that you have set on the PITCH and YAW dials at the present time.
LMP: ... MANUAL ...
CC: Okay. And reading you about 4 by 2 at the pres- ent time. Stand by.
LMP: Houston. 14. Do you read?
CC: Roger, Ed. We're reading you. We'd like you to do a normal manual acquisition, switching back the WIDE BEAM and then coming on over.
LMP: Houston, I have you on AUTO and NARROW again, and I cannot seem to get the signal strength above about the three-quarter mark.
CC: Roger. I'm reading you with a good bit of noise in the background, Ed.
CC: Apollo 14, this is Houston. We request you at- manual tempt acquisition again using the normal procedures. Over.
CC: Apollo 14, Apollo 14; this is Houston. We sug- gest HIGH GAIN ANTENNA angles of PITCH, minus 25; YAW, 280. I say it again: PITCH, minus 25; YAW, 280. Over.
CC: Apollo 14, this is Houston. We suggest HIGH GAIN ANTENNA; PITCH, minus 25; that is minus 25; YAW, 280; YAW, 280. Over.
CC: Apollo 14, this is Houston. How do you - -
UNKNOWN: Houston, Apollo 14. How do you read?
CC: Roger. Loud and clear, now, Ed. We've got 4 - -
LMP: Go ahead, Bruce. You're loud and clear.
CC: - - minutes to LO_
CC: Apollo 14 - -
CC: A_ollo 14, Stu. We've got 4 minutes until LOS. I have a four-step procedure for testing the lunar topo camera, if you are ready to listen and copy?
CMP: Stand by 1, Bruce.
CMP: Okay, go ahead Bruce.
CC: Okay. With respect to the Hycon, we think this may be a low-current problem. We've been able to duplicate most of your symptoms down here in Building 4 with the other model. What we'd like you to do is - step l: disconnect all power con- nectors, inspect, and reconnect. Over.
CMP: Okay. This baby reads disconnect all power con- nectors, inspect, and reconnect. And I guess - you know, we - we do that when we put it in and out, if I understand your step right. I mean, they're all disconnected. I guess you mean Just look at the pins and so forth. Amplify that just a little bit, Bruce.
CC: That's correct. We'd just like you to inspect for bent pins, any sort of damage, cracked insu- lators; anything like that you can find in error. Break, break, for Ed. We are unable to verify your biomed harness at this time. We'd like you to change out biomed harness. Do not suit up, and we'11 check it over at AOS, next pass. Over.
LMP: Roger. Understand. Change out the biomed har- ness, and do not suit up.
CC: Roger. You can - you can suit up partially - -
LMP: Be advised that - okay, understand. Be advised that the HIGH GAIN, I've tried manual procedures and about three-quarters of that signal strength I can get.
CC: Roger. We copy on the HIGH GAIN. You can suit up partially if you want to take the risk of having to unsuit a little ways. Break, break, for Stu. Step 2: we'd like you to switch non- essential power to opposite MAIN DC BUS, that is, from B to A or A to B, whatever you were on last time. Step 3: reset control box film counter to zero; shutter speed to 1/200th of a second; with magazine removed, visually examine the shutter- curtain slit position. If the slit is visible,
CC: Apollo 14. Apollo 14, this is Houston. How do you read? Over.
CC: Roger, Stu. We're reading you with a good bit of background noise. We've got a few things to pass up to you, if you're ready to listen.
CC: Okay. In the meantime, Stu, for you or Ed, we'd like you to try a normal acquisition again on the HIGH GAIN ANTENNA and, if that's NO GO, try acquisition in MANUAL and MEDIUM BEAM width. Over.
CMP: Okay. Let me get down here and give it a go.
CMP: Houston, how do you read Apollo 147
CMP: Okay, Bruce; doesn't seem to be doing too good. Still can't get the lock up solid all the way. I'm in AUTO and MEDIUM now, and that's where you want it?
CC: Okay. In the meantime, an item of general interest on your orbital status. You started out somewhat high and are decaying at a slightly greater rate than predicted. However, the altitude at PDI will still be about 46,000 feet. That's 46,000 feet or 8.3 nautical miles; so your pericynthion's still good. Over.
CMP: Okay. Sounds like good planning.
CC: And, Apollo 14; Stu, map update REV 11, if you're ready.
CMP: Negative. Stand by 1.
CC: Apollo 14; Ed, this is Houston. You're GO to commence suiting up.
CC: Roger, Roger. Thank you, Bruce.
CC: Biomed's looking good. Apollo 14; Ed, this is Houston. Can you monitor, just for a minute, discussion on the ascent batteries.
LMP: Roger. I'm on. Go ahead.
CC: 14, Houston. Our feeling right now is that this is a single-cell problem in ascent battery num- ber 5. If one cell were shorted out entirely and completely discharged, this would drop your terminal voltage by 1.8 volts. The expected voltage, open circuit, at activation is greater than 35.3. I say again, it's greater than 35.3. However, the open circuit voltage will not be our criterion. We will use the Delta in voltage between BATs 5 and 6 underload to evaluate battery 5. If there is more than a 1.8-volt Delta between 5 and 6 - that is, if it should turn out that you have a problem with more than one cell, then battery 5 will be NO GO. Over.
LMP: Understand, Houston, that if, in subsequent checks, we have more than one cell that shows up bad, battery 5 will be NO GO.
CMP: Okay. And I'm ready for the REV 11 update, Bruce.
CC: 14, Houston. REV 11, 180 degrees, 102:03:40. Understand you don't need LOS or AOS; they're close to nominal.
CC: Apollo 14, this is Houston. I've got a lot of noise in the background now. Did you copy the time for 180, 102:03:407 Over.
CC: Apollo 14, this is Houston. How do you read now? Over.
CMP: Loud and clear, Bruce.
CC: Okay. We're reading you again, Stu. We'd like you to go with MANUAL and MEDIUM BEAM width, please.
CMP: Okay, Bruce. The antenna seemed to oscillate a little bit, there. It's steadied out now with a reasonably good signal - -
CC: Say, that looks beautiful. That looks beautiful, Stu.
CC: Stu, did you copy the time for 180-degree meridian, 102:03:407
CMP: That's affirmative; 102:03:40.
CC: Roger. Were you able to run through the LTC camera checkout procedures 1 through 4, or we fade out on you before you got them?
CMP: That's negative on being able to run through them. I didn't even begin to get them copied, Bruce. I guess - I need to - What time frame are you thinking of me troubleshooting that one? Is that something that we need to worry about right now?
CC: No, we'11 hold off on that.
CC: Okay, 14. On the subject of the docking probe situation, for undocking, we anticipate a normal undocking sequence, that is, extension followed by release of the LM. If there should be no release at this time, we request that you hold the RELEASE EXTEND/RELEASE position of the switch and both vehicles thrust minus-X for 3 seconds, and then RELEASE on the - or return the switch to center. Over.
CMP: Okay. Understand; we're anticipating a normal SEP. If we get on the end of the probe and no release, we'11 both thrust minus-X for 3 seconds.
CC: Roger. While you hold the switch in the REr_&SE position. And we've got some other procedures that we'11 run through in real time, if the require- ment develops, in order to accomplish an undocking. We would like to say at this time, though, that we are not considering blowing the docking ring in order to undock. Over.
CMP: Okay. That sounds reasonable.
CC: And is A1 listening?
CMP: Al is not on the headset right now, Bruce.
CC: Okay. I wonder if you'd pass to him that when he and Ed go over into the Lq, they should either carry with them a tool R, that's tool Romeo, from the command module, or, if he should have such a thing as a screwdriver, bit, or something like that available, why that would also suffice. Over.
CMP: Okay. I'11 let him borrow a tool R, I guess, on a hand receipt, and he'11 take that over with him.
CC: Roger. Be sure and get a QC stamp on it.
CMP: 21 Nancy.
CC: (Laughter) Roger; 21 Nancy. Hey, a little more background on that - thing that we're looking for, of course, would be an item such as tool R that would enable our crewmen from the LM to depress the capture latch release button on the tip of the probe from the LM side, and tool R will fill this bill, or this other screwdriver, if it were available. Over.
CMP: Okay. We got you.
CC: And with respect to docking, again we anticipate normal operation. However, we'd like to add to the normal procedures a LM plus-X thrust of 10 seconds, four-jet RCS, to facilitate or to give us just a little more of a warm feeling on the docking. Once again_ we have some backup procedures that we can run through in real time, if these should prove necessary, and, in order to formalize this, I've got a flight-plan update for the CMl° Solo Book and for the LM Time Line Book whenever you all are ready to copy these down.
CMP: Okay. Standby here and let's get out the LM Time Line.
CC: Roger. I'11 do likewise down here. And we'11 make them together.
CC: And since you don't have a lot going on up there right now, Stu, I wondered if you could give us P00 and ACCEPT, and we'11 send you up some uplinks. We've got a state vector, a desired orientor REFSMMAT, a - and that's it.
CMP: Okay. You have P00 and ACCEPT.
CC: Okay, Stu. You seem to be fading out a little bit. Are you close enough to the mike?
CMP: I - I'm talking right into them, Bruce. You have P00 and ACCEPT.
CC: Roger. Thank you. And would you return to the NARROW dead band five-tenths of a degree in the DAP, please?
CC: That's in reference to keeping the HIGH GAIN pointed right at us here.