Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
LMP: I think we'11 feel better when we close this. See that?
CMP: Although I noticed it was pretty good, whenever we over- were Sunrise
CMP: at 01:25.
UNKNOWN: Alrig_ht now, would you say we lifted off on time, gentlemen?
LMP: I'd say we did.
CMP: There for a while though, when we were counting down there for the last seconds, I didn't think she was going to wait.
LMP: Are the safety bo_lers s_ill going?
CMP: Yes, sir.
CDR: That's one thing else we should note about the launch. That we didn't hear the noise until about 3 seconds before lift-off, even though ignition commit ... the main ... c_me on time.
CMP: And the tower Jettison was quite noticeable, ,although it wasn't the r_mble you get _n the DC?Z. _t ''''_ ,,,'"'Z_ L. J.it:'-L ,r'__.,b..,_,':':':'____A_ I....
CDR: You want to say anything else, Bill, that you're working at? I
CDR: Bill - or Jim, how about taking the RCS check?
LMP: She has been a little bit lower %ban normal ...
CMP: Well, we could be ...
CMP: I'm not too in favor of this attitude as far _ - Hey,
CDR: Can't you see the horizon?
CMP: Can you see the horizon?
LMP: Yes. I Jus t couldn't the other way.
CDR: I guess maybe this is not the - No, wait a second, all I see is ...
CMP: Yes, there's some dust out there due to the -
LMP: Yes, you ought to give them a little blob on the - -
CDR: Let's give them a windo_ status report as far as contamination.
UNKNOWN: Okay. We want to keep charts from right to left here.
CDR: Alright. Number i window is clean and has lint on it, and then toward the upper pert, that's plus X on the outside pane, it looks l_ke we're already starting to form bits of frost. There was not any evidence of con- t,mCnation there during staging. Number 2 rendezvous window is good with some, again, specks of lint hanging off the ...
CMP: NUmber 3 windo_ has some dust on it, and in the lower - - in the lower righ_-h_ud corner, there is a smudge on what appears to be the outside pane - I'm not too sure it's not the inside; but the visibility appears to be · rea] good - - 4[ '
UNKNOWN: you're never going to be recording there. You've got to telk real loud.
CDR: Oh, he can't?
UNKNOWN: Okay. There's a little smudge on the lower left-hand portion of the center window, and some dust on both the outside and the inside windows, but the visibility is still very good.
LMP: Window nunfoer - window number 4 is clear. Window num- ber 5 appears clear, but it's in the shadow at the
LMP: Yes, ...
LMP: Houston, Apollo 8. Over. Apollo Over.
CC: 8, this is Houston.
CC: Roger, Houston; Apollo 8. Standing by for GO for the backup CO_.D_check. Over.
CC: Roger. Stand by 1, Bill.
CC: Go ahead_ inhibit VHF downlink.
CC: Apollo 8, this is Houston. Go ahead with backup voice check.
CC: Ro_er. This is Apollo 8 on backup voice: 1, 2, 3, 4s _; _, 4, 3, 2, 1. HOW do you read? Over.
CC: Apollo 8, this is Heuston. Go _head with backup voice chec]_. Over.
LMP: Down-voice backup; up-voice backup. S-band is key ON.
CC: Apollo 8, Hou_Lon. Go ahead with backup voice check. Over. Day1
CC: Roger, Mike. I gave you a count, I'11 give you another one. Are you standing by?
CC: Roger; standing by.
CC: Roger. This is Apollo 8 with backup voice: 1, 2, 1. Over. 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2,
CC: Roger, Bill. Reading you weak, but clear. Roger.
CC: Go ahead with normal voice check.
LMP: Okay, VHF VOL, UP; ... S-band AUX, OFF.
LMP: Houston, this is Apollo 8 on normal S-band: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, l- -
LMP: Okay. Start your watch ... see what time it says.
UNKNOWN: Call out the time, Frank.
CDR: 59:17, 18.
LMP: Okay, 42 is S-II SEP light, OFF.
CDR: 42?
LMP: Okay, you're in _S MODE, AUTO?
CC: Apollo 8, coming up on 20 seconds to ignition. Mark it, and you're looking very good.
UNKNOWN: Call 42, F' g'%k IE lf_ r-_.I-ri A _& _ Day 1 33
CDR: We're past 42. That was when our light - -
LMP: That's 58:42 or - 59 - -
CDR: 59 - 9, 8, 7 - 4 - 3, 2, light ON. IGNITION.
CDR: IGNITION.
CC: IGNITION.
CDR: Go ahead. Boy, it's going off in ya_r.
LMP: Okay, the DAP is fine over here.
UNKNOWN: What's your attitude at ....?
CDR: Fine, _5 ...
CMP: Okay. yourself
LMP: Okay, align in attitude, we got plus or minus 5 degrees.
LMP: And the tank pressures?
CDR: Tank pressures are good.
CDR: Are you watching the DELTA-P ...?
CMP: 30 seconds.
LMP: Don't worry about that. Everything
CDR: alright?
CMP: 60 seconds.
CMP: 20 seconds off.
LMP: Things are looking good over here. Dayi . ,m....-i..-, _ · I I/-%1
CC: Apollo 8, Houston. Trajectory and _d_ce look good. Over.
CDR: Roger; Apollo 8. Good here.
CMP: Okay, cutoff at 02:55:51. Okay, we're coming up on 28 OOO.
CC: Apollo 8, Houston. We're predicting cutoff at 02:55:58, and it looks exactly nominal here.
LMP: 02:55:58?
CC: Apollo 8, Houston. We've predicted cutoff 02:55:52 - 52, and that's exactly as it should be.
CDR: 02:55:52.
UNKNOWN: ° Shouldn't have that goddamn high flow rate up there.
CDR: Coming up on 29 000. Okay, our yaw should be coming off now a little bit.
UNKNOWN: 3 minutes to go.
CMP: You should have about 8 degrees of yaw yet, compared to what - 35? A weak 35, now 37. Alright, it was what - 9 degrees?
CDR: Hey, that 02 is pegged high, Bill.
LMP: Yes, I know. It's Just a little warmer up here. I'd - I'm looking at the DELTA-P here. The surge tank in the tank i ... nothing else to worry about.
CMP: 30 000.
CC: Apollo 8, Houston. You're looking good here; right down the center l_ne.
CDR: Roger; Apollo 8. '--"" N!"!Dt'NII.,41t '-'- -' '---- L i 35
CMP: Coming up on 31 000.
CDR: Hov's the cabin pressure, Bill?
LMP: HOlding good. Coming
CMP: up on 31 5.
CMP: 02:54.
CDR: What time ...?
CMP: 02:54:56.
CMP: 02:55:52.
LMP: 1 minute to go.
CC: Apollo 8, Houston. You're looking good. Right down the old center line.
CDR: Apollo 8 - -
UNKNOWN: by.
CMP: 30 seconds to go. 34 000. You got the card?
CDR: Did you see the card, Bill?
LMP: I got _t.
CMP: 35 000. We should have good ...
CDR: Alright, 15 coming up here.
CMP: Real fine. 10 seconds.
CDR: 35 - 35 1.
UNKNOWN: How's your inertial velocity? m ..... ..........
CMP: 5, 4, -
CDR: Okay, we got SECO right on the money.
CMP: I got a ... light; 2 seconds late on SECO .... got
CC: Roger; understand SECO.
CDR: ... SECO ... gimbal ...
CDR: Jim. Go ahead, Bill.
LMP: SECO plus 10 seconds, light OFF. S-IVB goes to
LMP: S-feB will maneuver to ORB RATE, heads down at
CMP: V i .
LMP: Give it to me.
CMP: I'11 give it to you. Vi was 34 - 35452.
UNKNOWN: 35452. EDOT?
CMP: O455O.
LMP: HPAD.
CDR: Let's not go out of there. You leave it like it is.
LMP: Okay, KEY RELEASE.
CMP: I've got to go to my _Y RELEASE ...
LMP: 16 92 for KEY RELEASE? ,. , ,, j. , , . - FlUu rt t. i 37 x
LMP: Y?
CMP: Minus 16833.
LMP: Z?
CMP: Plus_1124.
CMP: What's DELTA-V , Frank? c
CDR: Minus 20.6.
CMP: Okay, this - this - -
LMP: The FLIGHT RECORDER is OFF; TAPE RECORDER is stopped - - CO_4A2_D.
LMP: MANUAL ATTITUDE, thre_, RATE
CDR: RATE CO_SMB31D.
UNKNOWN: LMP Okay, turn controller counterclockwise, plus X, and
CMP: Going to zero.
LMP: Turn it clockwise - -
CMP: Now, wait a second ....
CDR: What, this?
LMP: Let me attempt to t_Lrnit OFF. Give me a 10-second
LMP: 13920 .....
CC: Apollo 8, Houston. !u !:N,t t dl[ 1 38
CC: We have you about 30 secouds prior to separation, and everything is looking good.
CMP: Okay, I'm coming up on 15 seconds to SEP.
CDR: Alright. go.
CMP: 10 seconds to
LMP: You in Ab"tO?
CDR: Yes, AUTO, AUTO, right. turn counterclockwise,
LMP: Okay, at zero, HA_TD CONTROLLER plus X, and hold.
LMP: 3 seconds, LAUI_CH VEHICLE TANK PRESSURE indicator, C_/LV zero; SEP; TH_SLATi0_AL COUiqTEH, NEUTRAL; plus X, OFF; TVC SEHVO POWER 1, OFF.
LMP: Okay, VERB 62, ENTER.
CMP: VERB 62, ENTER. 49,
UNKNOWN: VERB ENTER.
CMP: VERB 49, ENTER.
LMP: Okay, desired gimbal an_les and proceed. now.
CMP: Eoger; proceed, 1 notched
LMP: Okay, you're up by 30 seconds to a minus X of 2-1/2.
CMP: ... SEP. f
UNKNOWN: you put your other - you're not around b y. 30 seconds, so minus X is your roll. Why
CDR: can't you call it ya'_? I 'i !-!12!:::IN/ IA r_ Day1 39 we're
LMP: Because we're not - see, not - -
CMP: There's one panel.
LMP: After this camera ...
CDR: Man, where's the S-IVB? Anybody see it, mow?
CMP: There it is!
CDR: You found it?
CMP: Right in the middle. Right in the middle of my window. There's not a panel around.
CDR: It's _]1 up to you!
CMP: Give me the camera. pictures
UNKNOWN: Well, we've got some still we can take - -
CMP: Could you pitch a little more?
LMP: We haven't got in here, yet. 1/250th.
LMP: f:11,
CMP: f:11. We've
CDR: We've SEP'd, Houston. got the IV-B right in sight.
LMP: Could you pitch Just a little more or ...
CDR: Which way?
UNKNOWN: Pitch up, pitch up a little more.
CDR: How's that?
CDR: I don't see the ... Maybe I can get it in a minute.
UNKNOWN: Easy on the thrusters.
UNKNOWN: Don't you think that's enough pictumes of it?
UNKNOWN: Housf,on_ how do you r_.ad A_,-_,]_8? ' -I:TD ItlUI:IN/IA L'4 Dazi
CMP: How far away do you think it is?
CDR: How about the S-band, Bill?
LMP: Let me switch the antenna here. not around don't
CDR: I'm going to fly the d amn thing. I think there's a_y - do you?
CDR: You got lockon?
CDR: Houston, this is Apollo 8 on VHF and S-band. How do you read?
CDR: Read you loud and clear. We've SEP'd; looking good.
LMP: You read him loud and clear? I don't - -
CDR: Turn your VHF up and your ....
LMP: Okay, let's make sure we've done everything here. Get that FLIGHT RECORDER, OFF.
CDR: OFF or ON? OFF.
UNKNOWN: Okay, about 23:50, I wa_.t it OFF.
CMP: Okay. OFF.
LMP: 23:50,
LMP: At 35:50, I turn it back ON .... 23:50 ...
CMP: Okay, let me see here. _. t,,.
LMP: Okay - -
UNKNOWN: Our EDS POWER is OFF?
CDR: EDS POWER is goi'ng OFF.
UNKNOWN: ATT ]/i::,?E 2. tL I '.,1
CDR: ATT 2.
LMP: Okay, TAPE RECORDER is stopped - -
CDR: Houston, Apollo 8. How do you read?
CDR: Roger; loud and clear. We are taking pictures of postseparation sequence the S-IVB. The is completed and we seem to have the high gain.
CMP: _"nere she is . ..
CMP: 03:36 ... 03:36 ...
CDR: Go ahead, _.pollo 8.
CDR: We did not. want
CDR: Roger. We
CDR: see the earth now, _lmost as a disk.
CDR: We are. Tell Conrad he lost his record.
CMP: We have a beautiful view of Florida now. We can see the Cape, Just the point. time, Africa
CMP: And at the same we can see Africa. West is beautiful. I can a!so see Gibraltar at the same time I'm looking at Florida.
CDR: The center window.
CDR: Okay. We are listening on VHF Alfa simplex.
CDR: We are listening for VHF Alfa simplex.
UNKNOWN: TM Roger. Well, Mike, I can see the entire earth out of the center window. I can sec Florida, Cuba, Central D.meriea, the _._ole norther:: half of South an,J do',.':: *' ' C:' _'- ''-tD NTIA': ayl
CDR: Stand by. We are going through the separation- maneuver checklist here.
CDR: Houston, this is Apollo 8. We've lost sight of the S-IVB here. The separation maneuver may be delayed slightly, or else we will go ahead and make it with- having out her in sight.
CDR: Houston, this is Apollo 8.
CDR: When does the S-IVB do that blowdown maneuver?
CDR: Boy, it's starting to vent no_,, blowing do_m.
CDR: The S-IVB is really venting. like a huge water sprinkler.
CDR: Say again that big vent time, so I can write it down please, Houston.
CDR: We're receiving VHF music now, Houston.
CDR: I guess we are between 500 to 1000 feet.
CDR: Herb Alpert seems pretty good. t
CDR: Houston, Apollo 8. I ... suggest ... essentially separation maneuver, if it's alright with you.
CDR: Houston, Apollo 8.
CDR: Roger. I believe we're going to have to vent or thrust away from this thi..o. We seem to be getting closer.
CDR: You're loud and clear, Mike. Go ahead.
CDR: Well, I don't know because I can't see the earth now, Mike.
CMP: The earth's out here. Can you see it?
CDR: We can pitch down some. Jim has the earth in the optics, so we could pitch some and get pretty close to one, I guess.
CDR: You got the earth focused in?
CDR: 1817
CDR: Well, then zero would be Just as good, wouldn't it?
CDR: Well, I can't do that. I'11 thrust right square into that's-IVB. gimbal angle for this blowdown?
CMP: that's-IV ought e.. oo.
CDR: It's about the same. The trouble is it's pointed at us pretty well.
CDR: So -
UNKNOWN: Has it maneuvered yet? t--' f"l _ ,-'L .i I' I ,_l i L _ ONF'tDENTt' L i
CDR: Yes, I understand. I just - as I say, I Just can't very now. don't want well do that I to lose sight of this S-IVB.
CDR: Okay. As soon as we find the earth, we'11 do it.
LMP: ... would yau please pitch outside?
CMP: No, the earth is below rs, now.
UNKNOWN: Why don't you roll to your left? That way, you could put the earth out of your ...
CDR: Do you see the earth _ith your sextant, Jim?
CMP: No, I don't ... S-IVB ...
CDR: I think you ought to roll ...
CMP: ... be right on the optics.
CDR: I'm not getting a zero, ...
CDR: No, I'm not even sure we're going to do it yet, Mike. If I can get - We seem to be drifting away from this thing a little bit, a/though it is still pointing at us quite closer than I'd like.
CDR: Okay. Well, righz now, ou_ gimbal angles are about - Roll's about 190 and pitch is about 320 and yaw is about 340. We could certainly do it in this position. That would be alright.
CDR: And it started to ...
CDR: How high are the temperatures, Jim?
UNKNOWN: ... which way it's going to pitch wfth respect to the earth.
CDR: Go ahead,. Houston; Atiol!o 8. - UmrlUtr H 1
CDR: Well, it's as I said before. We c_n't definitely are find the earth. I think that we in front and a little bit above - a little hit above the - almost front in of the - directly in front of the booster. the - Let's see - over there?
CMP: Okay, we'11 take it to the other side. We don't know ...
CDR: Houston, to help you, we are looking right directly above the S-IVB with - the sun is - It's on the right side of the S-IVB and on our - Coming in our left number i window.
CMP: Oh, here it is. There's the earth over here - -
CDR: To the right?
LMP: Yes, the earth's kind of low. That will be - It's in our plus-Y, plus-Z direction.
CDR: The earth is in our plus-Y, plus-Z direction now, Mike.
CMP: ..., do you want to do a realign? 'x
LMP: GDC align, IMU is ...
CMP: What did you do? Did you do the PSO?
LMP: Yes. scanning telescope now, and I see millions of stars; most of them - the venting from the S-IVB.
LMP: There you are, Frank.
CMP: Definitely; we are in sunlight, and it looks like they are all S-IVB, bllt we don't know. I am going to attempt a P52 realign at this time and see what I can do. Okay.
CDR: Let me talk about the ... Day 1 46
LMP: Are you through with this?
LMP: Jim a!ways falls that way.
CMP: Okay, two balls 54. You see, when you read them ... three balls ... minus 00086, plus 00141, ... Okay, ...
CDR: Mike, anything more on this separation m_neuver you're on?
CDR: That's right. Quite a bit to our rear mud down below us - off to the right.
CDR: ... of us and slightly below us.
CDR: It sure is staying close to us.
UNKNOWN: Jim, doesn't it look slightly below us and slightly ...?
CDR: Which way does the - Does anyone know which way the S-r;B pitches?
CDR: Mike, can you Just tell us which way the S-IVB pitches, and how far it will pitch to the slingshot-maneuver attitude?
LMP: Houston, are you ready to copy the I_ align information?
LMP: Alright. Star ID is 03, and star 36; sta__ angle d/fference 0.01; torquing angle: X, minus 00034; Y, minus 0027; Z, plus 00100. Over.
LMP: Roger. Three zeros: 00027.
CMP: Houston, We are goi_g {o _ve to hold up on the cis- lunar navigation until after this next little m_euver.
CDR: Waat did you say your ... was?
CMP: ... 00016 ...
CDR: Go ahead, Mike.
CDR: Okay. NFIDENII !_ 1 ',7
CDR: Roger. I'm getting the COAS right on it now so it will be accurate.
CDR: Okay. With the COAS right on the S-IVB, the roll reads 103, the pitch is 275, and the yaw is about 325.
CDR: Roger. That should be 115 for the roll. 8.
LMP: Houston, Apollo Over.
LMP: Roger. If it will help you any, Mike, the earth is plus Y about 45 degrees in a minus X. I can see it my a out side window, and it's beautiful view with numerous cloud vortex. X. Over.
LMP: 45 degrees from plus Y to X.
LMP: I can still see the Cape and isthmus of Central America.
CDR: Why do you want to use - do so much, Mike?
LMP: Why don't you attempt to yaw - Yaw right ... See the earth ...
LMP: No, all you got to do is Just ... yaw - yaw to' the ... right, and, you'11 be You'11 be over in this direction . ..
CDR: Mike, do you want me to go ahead and try to do this, or are you going to give me some gimbal angles?
CDR: Okay. I don't understand why you want so many feet per second on it, but I think I can - with Just a little maneuvering, I can get away from it a lot simpler than th
CDR: VHF sounds good. , ,,i 11/L,',l i I IAI_ Day _8 B.
CMP: 0F_II are maneuvering
CMP: That look pretty good now?
CDR: Okay, Houston. I understand you want 8 feet per burn, right? second is that
CDR: Well, we are as close to being radially up%-ard as we can determine.
CMP: Roger, Houston. We're putting it in now. We're now.
CDR: maneuvering
UNKNOWN: Okay, why don't you , window, and do that P477 7.7
CDR: Houston, we n_ade the burn at plus X, plus a_nd angles: 00001 Y, Z's are all zeros. The gimbal roll 180, pitch 310, and yaw 020.
UNKNOWN: Frank, whenever you're ready ...
CDR: Did you get that inforum~tion, Houston?
CDR: Head you loud and clear. Did you get the information?
CDR: Roger. Did you get that information? The burn was made at - initiated at 0h:45.
UNKNOWN: We're in good shape. Roll right .... back where the earth used to be.
CDR: Okay. Do you uant us to transfer that to the CS - %o the I2.!state vector or just leave it alone".
UNKNOWN: VEHB entered? _]_-hh tr'ir'_r'k, lI.l,--_. DENIIA Dayi
CDR: You still got it, Bill?
LMP: We're going right to it ....
CDR: Can you roll at all?
LMP: Huh? I don't want to, now. ... Yes, right out here ...
CDR: Bill is the only one that can see it. Just a minute.
CDR: We're 90 degrees from its X-aXis - -
CDR: ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. no. in
UNKNOWN: Well, We got to get a DAP load here to make they sure check first, right? Okay? Okay, it's - You got the DAP to where you want it?
CDR: I'm going to get it right now.
CDR: Done P307
UNKNOWN: We haven't done P30 yet.
UNKNOWN: That's right.
CDR: I know, but don't you want to do - Before you do P30, don't you want to look at the DAP - -
CDR: No, no, that comes way down along the line. A/right,
CDR: alright, excuse me; go ahead.
LMP: Okay, P30.
LMP: VERB 37, ENTER; 30: ENTER. f
UNKNOWN: _ Okay.
CDR: I want GETI. '-' i
CMP: 10:59:5830.
CMP: Okay? I like it. Do you like it? t
CMP: Okay, 136, good; minus three balls 45 is good; plus 00202, good. I like it. Proceed.
LMP: I can't - I can't even see the DSK-Y here.
UNKNOWN: Okay, 1685 ... Okay, I'11 - Okay, that's good.
CMP: Proceed.
CMP: Set your clocks.
CDR: Let's see, might as well have a countdown for this one, hu_h? i
CDR: Well, all our stuff is counting up though, isn't it?
LMP: I got mine; I can figure it - I've got 6 seconds to go or some - 6 minutes to go, 5 minutes to go - either way, so you can suit yourself.
LMP: k_y don't you count down? I can call it out to you.
CMP: Okay, we don't have too much time. We've got to get a boresight star and all that stuff, too.
LMP: Yes, I know it.
LMP: Okay, you got your --
CMP: Just stand by, I don't - haven't started yet.
LMP: Start it on 50, 30 -
CDR: 7.
UNKNOWN: 37, LO - 7, 46, 45, 4!,, l;7, 12, L] - __'-_"'-,ii, C/'"',_L_ [,',2.1_ A..L_
LMP: 1.
UNKNOWN: START.
CDR: 37, 38 -
CDR: Right, right.
CDR: 37 -
CMP: Okay, proceed.
LMP: (Sigh)
CDR: Proceed!
CDR: We are asking, Bill.
LMP: Oh, okay. Proceed, Roger.
CMP: Okay, we did a P52. Now we go to POO. Is that what doing? We're
LMP: ... go to POO.
LMP: Okay, P40.
CDR: You know you ought to go to P00 to maneuver to the burn attitude.
LMP: Yes, I will; I got it.
LMP: Okay. Okay.
LMP: _0kal, P30. You got your optics power OFF, by the way? 0h, you're going to be using them, are you?
CDR: Yes, I got to use them. hA
UNKNOWN: Okay, CL_, ON.
UNKNOWN: CMg, 0_. f"/'_klr'lhrk I?1_/ tJl' FIL L DayI 52
UNKNOWN: _ ISS, ON. SCS, operating; test the OA_£ION/WA2_ING lights.
CMP: Okay, go ahead. Okay.
LMP: Okay. EMS MODE, STANDBY.
CDR: STANDBY.
CDR: DELTA-V, S_,-_.
LMP: Set DELTA indicator to 15868.
CDR: Right, I'11 do that.
CDR: You guys can go on; I'11 get this.
LMP: That's about ali there is.
CDR: Okay, 15868.
LMP: Okay. EM MODE - _._S MODE, AUTO.
CDR: AUTO.
LMP: EMS function DELTA-V, TEST.
LMP: SCS - SPS thrust light ON and OFF in 10 seconds.
CDR: Good, minus 19.5. Good set; it's okay.
LMP: E_4S MODE, STANDBY.
UNKNOWN: DELTA-V, SET.
CDR: DELTA-V, SET.
LMP: Set DELTA-V . c
CDR: What is the DELTA-V ? C C.iDNFIDENTIA L Dayi 53
CMP: Okay, DELTA-V c is - 18.6.
CMP: 18.6o
CDR: Alright, set.
CDR: DELTA-V.
LMP: Okay, NONESSENTI__L bus is going to MAIN B.
LMP: Okay, cycling the cryo fans,
CMP: I guess you can't complain. every
LMP: Okay, I'11 Just do this once minute, now.
LMP: Okay, BS_tG MODE, three, RATE 2.
LMP: DELTA-V CSM. cg '
UNKNOWN: CDR CSM.
UNKNOWN: LMP CMC MODE, FREE.
CDR: CMC MODE, FREE.
LMP: AUTO RCS, slixteen - 16, as required for ullage.
CMP: Okay, VERB 48, E}YfER. Okay, that's good, right?
UNKNOWN: Good. Okay, we'11 proceed. Okay, 63295, 635 - okay, that's wrong.
UNKNOWN: Plus 63295. Okay. Proceed. Be minus 163, m_nus 129. VERB 24, E,q_-,, " "P' minus 00163, ENTEF,; plus 00129, ENTER. Okay, proceed; VERB 46, ENTER. O':ray. CONFIDENTIAL Da:, 54 AC/DC.
LMP: Okay, ROTATIONAL C0Z_TROL POWER, NORMAL, both
CDR: NORMAL, AC/DC.
LMP: DET is SET. VERB 37, ENTER; 00, EIITER.
CMP: VERB 30 --I got it!
CDR: I'm glad you're - -
LMP: SPACECRAFT CONTROL, CMC.
CDR: CMC.
LMP: CMC MODE, AUTO.
LMP: Maneuver to pad burn attitude with VA_B 62, ENTER; VERB 49, ENTER.
CMP: VERB 62, ENTER; VERB 49, ENTER.
CDR: Reset that for zero.
CMP: VERB 25, F_NTER;and it's 3_5 - 3, 4, 5 - -
LMP: No, that's wrong. You've got to have plus.
CMP: Alright, plus. Oh. hS, 00, ENTER; plus 188 - 1880, ENTER; plus 343; 00, ENTER. Okay. All set.
CDR: Proceed?
CMP: Proceed. Proceed!
CDR: Proceed.
UNKNOWN: Wait a minute. Okay, you got SCS AUTO and everything?
CDR: ' Huh?
LMP: You're all set, right? Ft, EI:'xi:[ I CONFIDENTIAL i S5
CDR: Yes, that's all it takes.
LMP: BMAG's -
CDR: RATE 2, you called that.
LMP: Okay then. You don't have any other -
LMP: We maneuvering?
CDR: Are we ever!
UNKNOWN: Which way you going? yawing
CDR: Rolling right, and left.
CC: Okay, we'v_ got a telescope alignment if you'd lika to give it a try. Your sextant star is still good, but if you had problems with that, folks have worked out that if you look through the telescope at 10:35, we have a shaft and trunnion that should point you at center of the earth, if you'd like to give that one a try.
CC: Okay, at 10:35 - -
CDR: Write that do_.
UNKNOWN: Okay, here, I got it.
CC: - - the shaft angle 006.2, trunnion 18.9. Over.
CDR: Did you get that, Jim, there?
UNKNOWN: Roger, 10:35; shaft, 006.2; trunnion, 18.9.
CDR: You heard me, didn't you? I ... Not if' you Ju?t do 0 rea] qu_nky. K)NFIDEN IAL Day 56
UNKNOWN: Coming up on 2 minutes.
CDR: Okay. NORMAL.
LMP: Okay, 2 minutes. DELTA-V ThrUST A,
CDR: MAIN THRUST, NOP_DLL.
LMP: TRANSLATIONAL HAND CONTROLLER, ARMED.
LMP: ROT_~TIONAL HAND CONTROLL_R, both, AP_V_KD.
CDR: Got yours?
UNKNOWN: T_pe recorder is RECORD, HIGH bit rate, and FORWARD.
LMP: Okay, stand by for DSKY - blanking.
CDR: What happened to _/dS, AUTO? Bill?
LMP: 30 seconds.
LMP: I don't see how Wally did this ...
LMP: Hold these things down.
CDR: We hear you. minute.
CC: Stand by for a mark in 1
CDR: Roger; Apollo 8 standing by.
CC: - - 10 seconds.
LMP: _ Yes. _right, I'].[ - - 777; ONFIDENTIAL Day:. 57
CC: 5 seconds. 2, ! -
CC: i minute.
UNKNOWN: Okay, at 30 seconds, get EMS MODE, AUTO.
CMP: (Singingi
CMP: Your DSKY should blank?
CDR: Blank.
UNKNOWN: EMS MODE, AUTO; average g is ON.
UNKNOWN: Check your PIPA bias·
CMP: No ullage.
UNKNOWN: What's that do?
LMP: FLIGHT RECORDER.
CDR: 10, 9 -
CMP: Stop. At 10:02, it has to be OFF.
CDR: Okay, 10:02.
CDR: Like a big spring. E.NTIAL 60NFIDEi<ITrAL 58
CMP: Two balls off.
LMP: Okay, now.
LMP: Okay, okay, you got that; SPS THRUST light, ON, ... Okay, DELTA-V THRUST A, OFF.
UNKNOWN: verify THRUST is OFF. I verify it over here.
LMP: SPS PITCH and YAW circuit breakers, CLOSED.
CDR: They're CLOSED.
CDR: l, OFF.
LMP: Got it.
CDR: 2, OFF.
UNKNOWN: Got it.
CDR: 3, OFF.
CDR: _, OFF.
LMP: TVC SERVO PO_fER, i and 2, OFF. {(:
CDR: OFF. ,a T?T
UNKNOWN: P_ECORDER's OFF; ties going OFF. C"'ON'F'IDEN'TIA 59 Okay, null
LMP: residuals.
UNKNOWN: proceed. You've got your ...
LMP: Proceed.
CDR: Got them? Do I null them?
LMP: Null residuals.
CMP: 20.4.
CMP: That's an awful lot.
CDR: Yes, I know it.
LMP: Okay, record DELTA-V COUNTER and residuals.
CMP: You can turn this OFF before - -
CDR: I turned it OFF ...
UNKNOWN: ' EMS function, OFF.
LMP: _IMSMODE, STADHDBY.
CDR: STANDBy.
LMP: DEADBDi_D, MAX. MAX.
CDR: DEADBAND,
CMP: How's that, sports fans? Ail baii_.
UNKNOWN: As soon as you've got an audience, you do great.
CMP: 14640. t'" l["_ I',.I_ | ["__ b. I T J A-J.- ....... -=." . , Il-%L Day 1 60
LMP: 17:53:1936, got it.
CDR: How many markings for this set is that?
CMP: There's two stars and three m_rks per set.
LMP: That's three for that second - that:s the same star, s_=ond set, third set of marks. And then you've got - -
CDR: Do I have six marks, total? same star, right'?
UNKNOWN: Yes, okay. There's the third one, there.
CMP: Okay, I got -
UNKNOWN: Okay, I ge three?
LMP: Oh - you on hold?
LMP: 18 and 3, huh?
CMP: 746_5.
CMP: 3.
LMP: 3- J'_
UNKNOWN: You bold? :"fiJIaN,FIDE',NTIA Pt'_klrlhrk ITIAI
CMP: 74655. ,_
UNKNOWN: Got it. i r
CMP: 17:58:19.
UNKNOWN: What's that?
UNKNOWN: Now I get this.
LMP: New star, n,uuber22.
UNKNOWN: Okay, what is it, 22, star - _Ynat'sthe code after it?
UNKNOWN: It doesn't say. I5ONFID'ENTIAL i
C: Yes, 00120 - 1, 2, 0.
UNKNOWN: Which way are you going to be going? Far horizon?
UNKNOWN: Yes, it'11 he at the same horizon. Too close to gimbal lock? Yes, 03. It won't he a far move, though. 21 plus 22, ENTER; proceed; that should be a zero.
CMP: AUTO?
LMP: Let's - No, why don't you proceed? Let's see where it - where it's going to take it. right under it.
UNKNOWN: Okay, CMC and AUTO.
UNKNOWN: Okay, we're there.
CMP: Okay. How's that? ... zero off.
UNKNOWN: 70645.
CMP: What was that, again?
LMP: 70645. Trunnion?
LMP: 18:04:3472 .... with something right, here.
UNKNOWN: I got 03. Okay?
UNKNOWN: 18 was _ Go ahead. CONFIDENTIAL, Dayi 63
LMP: 1898, trunnion.
CMP: What - what the other ... Is this the third one or the fourth one?
LMP: The third one was - 31 - -
CDR: Houston, do you read Apollo 8? We've got a lot of noise. Are
CMP: we in -
LMP: We're in hold, you want to go - What you want, AUTO?
CMP: No, no, Just ...
CC: Apollo 8, _{ouston; go.
CDR: Roger; we lost you when you started talking about the - -
LMP: - - 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Over.
LMP: Roger; s_ud give us a comment on the voice quality.
UNKNOWN: OPTICS PO_"ER going OFF.
LMP: Okay, you've already - OPTICS DRIVE, check the star - check boresight star.
UNKNOWN: I've checked them all.
LMP: Okay, VERB 37 - How did you get out of that?
CMP: It's all been checked·
LMP: Okay, VERB 37, ENTER; 40, ENTER.
UNKNOWN: VERB 3_, ENTER - - DAY 3
LMP: - - hazy, so we haven't really taken too many pic- tures on the way out. Every now mud then we have taken a shot with the 70-millimeter camera and 1/250th, 8C-millimeter lens at f:11, but it's questionable how good these u_ill be, because of the haze on the windows. Another
LMP: problem has been trying to record the development of the smear on the windows. Seemed to come pretty quick on window number 3- And the technique of - of taking a picture when the sun's 85 degrees incidence is not possible, because the window frames are so thick that you c_n't get any sun on them with an 85-degree incidence. What pic- tures taken, have been have been t_cen about 60 to 70 degrees incidence with various f-stops.
UNKNOWN: Anybody else have anything for the ._co_d.
LMP: Jim?
CMP: Yes, you might mention about this hard thing to are hard to close. Looks like the foodbox has split out a little hit on the left - -
CMP: The handle's bent. And
LMP: - - left side. in - lock's like we've gotten the handle bent in trying to close the door. We're able to lock it on one side now, on the right side, but not on the left. The food ha_ generally been good, particularly the last me_-!: butterscotch pudding, beef stew, grapefruit d_ink, _nd chicken soup. Notable - -
CDR: Hot w_ - -
CDR: - - the notable, mainly notable cncs _ere the grape- fruit drink and butter3cotch pu_f!ng. I ..D,E N .TI:A:t ' CONF ay3 65
CMP: Well, Bill, you might mention the hot water makes a big improvement, too.
LMP: Jim Lovell says the hot water makes a _ig improve- ment. The meals I've had have %een quite tasty_ though none of us hav_ really gone overboarc_ for the little bread cru - cubes and cereal cubes.
LMP: Also, I'd like to suggest that if they ever fly one of these TV cameras again, they put a - some kind of a sight on it. Sort of ridiculous to have with a 9-degree field-of-view lens no way of aiming it except for looking down the side or putting some pretty good. I don't know what kind of job it does
CMP: We used it for frosting on the fruitcake.
LMP: ° Jim Lovell is be - engaged in an activity which I shan't describe, so I think I'11 cut this short and get my oxygen mask.
CMP: But that could be improved, also (laughter).
LMP: DSKY blanks at minus 35 seconds.
UNKNOWN: Alright, stand by. DSKY
CMP: blank.
UNKNOWN: Okay. OFF.
LMP: LIMIT CYCLE,
CDR: LIMIT CYCLE, OFF. -' _j.._
UNKNOWN: EMS MODE, AUTO. i l /_/_k rlucl, Irlr_r_i?lli_ uA 3 66
LMP: Okay, at 0/16 85, null Vgx, Y, and z' Null com- ponent. Tell me when you're going to burn.
CDR: Okay, stand by.
CDR: At the flash.
LMP: 4, 1 -
UNKNOWN: BURN.
CDR: 11 seconds.
LMP: Burning.
CMP: 11 seconds.
CMP: Should be OFF by now.
CDR: ... That's good.
LMP: Okay, 12 seconds.
CMP: 12 seconds? CORDER is going to STOP - -
CMP: Okay, now do VERB 66, ENTER.
LMP: VERB 66, ENTER.
CMP: Houston, Apollo 8.
CMP: Roger; burn on time, angles nominal - -
CMP: What's this - -
CDR: What's that LOS time, Bill?
LMP: 58:58 - 68:58.
CDR: See if we lose the signal than.
UNKNOWN: Okay. Day 3 67
CDR: What was the seconds? Jim?
LMP: I didn't bother with it; wasn't it something like 58:02?
CC: Apollo 8, 10 seconds to go. You're GO all the way.
CMP: 58:04.
CMP: S-BAHD VOLU_, down.
CDR: That was great, wasn't it? I wonder if they've turned it OFF.
UNKNOWN: (Laughing) Chris probably said, "No matter what happens, turn it OFF."
UNKNOWN: Okay. My S-volume f s dowel.
CDR: Alright, let's go ahead with the checklist. Okay, we've got 10 minutes. We want to hold at the 6-minut e mark. circuit breakers, panel 8, CLOSED. Right.
LMP: Closed SPS, 12, CLOSED.
LMP: DEADBA_YD, MINISK94.
CDR: DEADBAND, MININUM.
LMP: RATES, LOW.
CDR: LOW.
UNKNOWN: LIMIT CYCLE, ON.
CDR: LI_;_T CYCLE, ON.
UNKNOWN: MA?FJA[, AE'['IT[_E, three, RATE CO:[.i/,2fD. (ONFIDENTIAL. ,)ay3 68
CDR: RATE CO!.DL_D.
LMP: BMAG MODE, three, ATT 1/RATE 2.
CDR: 1/RATE 2.
LMP: ROTATIO_,kL CONTROL POWER DIRECT_ both, OFF. OFF.
LMP: SCS TVC, two, RATE C0Y_/_D. CO!.2.L_3_D.
CDR: RATE
LMP: TVC GI_[BAL DRIVE, PITCH and YAW, AUTO.
CDR: AUTO. your
LMP: CMC and AUTO.
CDR: CMC and AUTO.
LMP: DELTA-V - Set in DELTA-V.
UNKNOWN: Up here, you mean?
LMP: Yes. Yes.
LMP: Just going back and catching all those things.
CDR: Is that all?
LMP: That's it.
LMP: Waiting to turn on the BUS ties.
CDR: Okay, 8 minutes.
CMP: Well, the main thing to be is be .' NFIDENTIA[. ¢ONFIDENTIA;L 3 69
CDR: Gosh, it is cool.
CMP: It's up to 80 in the cockpit. cold, huh? gentlemen;
CMP: '_ell, I'11 tell you, that moon is pretty close.
CDR: 7 minutes. Pressure should down
UNKNOWN: Helium pressure will be going down to about 1500.
CMP: Will it stay there? go.
CDR: Okay, let's
CMP: ... minute, Frank. 6
CDR: Come on, Bill; minutes.
LMP: Okay. MAIN BUS ties, going ON.
UNKNOWN: A is ON; B is ON.
LMP: TVC SERVO PO_FRR, one, AC 1, MAIN A.
CDR: AC 1, MAIN A.
CDR: AC 2, MAIN B.
LMP: TRANSLATION CONTROL POWER, ON.
CDR: ON.
LMP: ROTATIONAL HA_ID C0_f'IHOLLER number 2, APJ.fED. NF,fDFNTtA,.['" ENTf"At. Day3 70
LMP: Okay. Stand by for the primary TVC check.
CDR: Not quite.
LMP: 69:03:20; we'11 Just get it at 69:03.
LMP: Okay, ready?
LMP: Okay. Go ahead and sts-_t PITCH 1.
CDR: 1.
CDR: YAW 1.
CDR: Okay. LMP HSUfD
CDR: Clockwise. no
UNKNOWN: Verify MTVC.
LMP: Okay, SCS sec - TV - secondary TVC check.
LMP: PITCH 2 and YAW 2, ON.
CDR: PITCH 2.
CDR: YAW 2.
UNKNOWN: Got _t. _l '(J;A,J '::J
LMP: Set GPI trim.
UNKNOWN: 161.
CMP: Plus 129.
CDR: Verified. H3LND
UNKNOWN: TRANSLATION.AL CONTROLLER, NEUTRAL.
UNKNOWN: GPI returns to zero.
CDR: Zero.
LMP: ROTATIONAL CO_fROL POWER NO_C.IAL2, AC/DC. AC/DC.
LMP: Okay. You want to trim it one more time.
CDR: Ready?
UNKNOWN: Negative..
LMP: BMAG MODE, three, RATE 2.
LMP: SPACECP_f CO_ROL, CMC.
CDR: C%_C.
LMP: 65[C _ODE, Ai_f0.
CDR: AICEO. iI_7'_.L I I"11"_. I"'k ITIA l In,II-IL)ElXl/ IA Li; Day3 ?2
UNKNOWN: Okay. You ready to bypass?
CDR: ATT I/RATE 2. 1/RATE
LMP: ATT_ 2.
LMP: E_,_'_L_.
CDR: _,::k_.
LMP: Gimoml test option.
LMP: Verify CMC.
LMP: Proceed. Call it out.
CDR: Oh, you E_2ERED instead of - you ENTERED, Jim. Alright, you would bypass ... - -
UNKNOWN: ... It's okay. Forget them.
CDR: Counting down. Okay?
LMP: What happened?
CDR: He E_TTERED - - proceeded.
CMP: Should have No sweat.
CDR: 3 minutes and 34 seconds, counting.
UNKNOWN: Okay, ROTATIONAL COZ_TROL POWER, DIRECT, both, MAIN A, MAIN B.
CDR: _LIN A e_nd MAIN - - NFIDENTIAI_ J
UNKNOWN: SCS helium valve, AUTO, verify. _cr_,
LMP: LIMIT OFF.
LMP: FDA/ seal=_, 50/15.
LMP: Okay, at 2 minutes to go, we'11 hit the DHULTA-V ·rH_ST A, NOPd4AL.
LMP: I'm going to give you a GO - -
CDR: At that point there?
LMP: At 2 minutes to go?
CDR: Hey, you know the one thing - The problem is we didn't go to trim.
LMP: Or zero.
CMP: It is? Okay.
CDR: On that horizou, boy, I can't see squat out there.
LMP: You want us to turn off your lights to cheek it?
UNKNOWN: Hey, I got the moon.
UNKNOWN: Do you?
UNKNOWN: below us. · . '% . : :' C"O tf4 NIIAL 3
UNKNOWN: It is below us? sm.d
UNKNOWN: ° Yes, it's - -
LMP: Oh, my God' o
CDR: What's wrong?
LMP: Look at that!
CDR: Well, come on - Let's - _nat's, what's the -
CMP: 69: 06.
CDR: Stand by, we're all set.
CDR: 213, 212.
LMP: Okay. 69:06:20.
LMP: Okay. DELTA-V THRUST A, NO._._AI,.
CDR: NOP&LKL.
UNKNOWN: TRANSLATIONAL HA_D CONTROl,LEE, ARM2_D.
LMP: ROTATIONAL HA_ND CONTROLI_ER, both, APhiD.
LMP: TAPE RECORDER's going STOP - -
LMP: Well, I see two - Look at that - Fantastic!
LMP: See itt Fan - f_ntastie, but you know, I still have trouble telling the holes from the bumps. on.
CDR: Alright, alright, come You're going to look at that for a long time. f
UNKNOWN: 20 hours, is that it? ,N'FtD ENIiA ' ONFIDENTIAL l 3
LMP: Coming up 07:h5; DSEY should blank.
CDR: 1 minute. Come on, Jim, let's watch it real good.
CDR: DSKY blank.
LMP: Okay. Okay, average g, ON; FLIGHT RECORDER's going to RECORD; E_,_ MODE, AUTO.
CMP: AUTO.
LMP: Check PIPA bias. I24P
UNKNOWN: ullage required. Standing by for engine ON enable. Proceed when you get it.
LMP: Start your watch when you get ignition.
CMP: ENABLED.
CDR: 1 second, 2 seconds; alright, how's every - -
LMP: We got them. Pressure's holding good.
CDR: Alright. Everything's good over here, so far.
LMP: Everything is looking good. seconds.
CDR: 15
LMP: Pressures are coming up nicely.
CDR: Atright. FIDENT1AL'".:4 CONFIDENTIAL 3
CDR: Long burn.
CMP: She holding good?
CDR: Drifting a little bit in roll.
LMP: Good shape. P check? c
CDR: 100.
LMP: EMS is counting down.
CDR: Jesus, 4 minutes?
CDR: 2 minutes.
CDR: How's it doing, Bill?
LMP: Great shape. Pressures are holding. Helium's coming down nicely. All other systems are GO.
UNKNOWN: We're past 2 minutes; we're in mode 30.. Free area for flange TF2,[P. Everythin 6 is looking good.
UNKNOWN: Longest 4 minutes I ever spent.
LMP: You know, it seems like about 3g's.
UNKNOWN: 3 minutes.
UNKNOWN: Okay, you're running a little bit longer on the time on the computer. I got 58:65 - Stand by.
LMP: We're looking good, Fra-nk.
UNKNOWN: 48 seconds.
UNKNOWN: 28. . by.
UNKNOWN: Stand '_-
CDR: Okay. +h_nk.
UNKNOWN: It went a little bit over, I NFID.ENItAL 3 I ,U/LI _ _ lr_g Day 77
LMP: 5 - -
UNKNOWN: What would - -
UNKNOWN: 4, 3 - -
UNKNOWN: Move it over.
LMP: 2, 1 -
CDR: Shutdown.
CDR: Okay, go ahead.
LMP: Okay, DELTA-V THRUST, A and B, OFF.
UNKNOWN: Verify thrust is OFF; it is OFF; helium valves are okay; pressure is static; FLIGHT RECORDER - okay, $PS, GIMBAL MOTORS, four, OFF, slowly.
CDR: 1, OFF.
CDR: 4, OFF.
UNKNOWN: Got it. TVC SERVO POWER, I and 2, OFF.
CDR: 1, OFF; 2, OFF.
UNKNOWN: FLIGHT RECOPd)ER's OFF; MAIN BUS tie's going OFF; A is OFF; B is OFF.
UNKNOWN: Okay, go w_th it; proceed. ONFIDENTIAL Day3 ':8
CMP: Okay, null resid - proceed.
LMP: Null residuals. not null any.
CDR: Hold it a second or we're going to
LMP: Okay, RECORD.
LMP: Okay, get the DELTA-V .
CMP: Okay, DELTA-V . c
CDR: Minus 20.1.
UNKNOWN: Okay. _ function, OFF.
CDR: EMS function, OFF.
LMP: EMS MODE, ST_YDBY.
CDR: STA_fDBY.
LMP: B_.iAGMODE, three, RATE 2.
UNKNOWN: Attitude?
LMP: DF_J)BAND, MAX. DEADBfuND,
CDR: MAX.
UNKNOWN: Vgx
LMP: TRANS CONTROLLER POWER, OFF.
LMP: ROTATIONAL CONTROL POW_£R DIPgCT, OFF.
CDR: 0_F. QNFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 3
LMP: SPS PITCH 1 and 2, YAW 1 and 2 circuit breakers, OPEN.
CDR: YAW I and 2, PITCH i and 2, OPEN.
LMP: Pro - whenever you're ready, proceed.
LMP: Okay, VERB 82, E_TER.
CMP: VERB 82, F_YTER. Check it at zero; I'd better go to zero, now.
CDR: You want to put that _n the other state vector,
CDR: Got it. now
CDR: Well, is no time for congratulations yet.
CMP: No, we get stuck with that on the carrier. Okay, VERB 82, _TER.
CMP: Our state vector.
LMP: Okay, you got it? 6005.
CMP: We're at 1691, minus Roger.
UNKNOWN: 00, ET - -
CDR: Go back to P00.
UNKNOWN: 00, Ei_ER.
CDR: Wait - wait ._ minute. Okay.
LMP: We go to 37 a_nd then POO, thoush. '''' _.)..ir-iFIl_ I",1i-IU 1:::r",l/ p-i_ ITli!_ IA L Day3 8o
CMP: VERB 66, ENTER.
CDR: That's it. Dig out the flight plan. answered
LMP: Whew! Well, we it. They're meteorites, aren't they (laughter)? are
CDR: Hey, I don't see a thing. Where we?
UNKNOWN: It looks like a big - looks like a big beach do_n there.
CDR: Let me have the flight plan.
CMP: Holy cow, {t's completely blank here.
CDR: Okay, Jim, you want to -
CMP: Have we got all the gimbal motors off and all that sort of thing?
LMP: Yes. sir.
CDR: You want to take some pictures, Bill?
LMP: Let's just go by the - whatever the flight plan says there.
CDR: Let's see what it says to do. SPS monitor, you're al/ through with that? C&_era P_-CEP.
UNKNOWN: Okay, Jim ha_ got %o get them out or I'11 have f.o - one of us - both of us probably had best get them out.
CMP: Yes, I'11 Just tS&e a look here a minute,
UNKNOWN: Which ones are the craters?
UNKNOWN: Don't we - we have a lot of time for looking; let's get those c_neraz out. Here, do you w_t %o stick those in, Jim? Please, when you go by? I,..U/O._'
UNKNOWN: _ GDC ali£ned _uld key align to _ P kiTE.
CDR: Okr'.3'. OEP. RATE, ]tLnar po_er. ' ,'KITi'DE'NT t'A:t,::. %)NFIDENTIAL 3 81
LMP: Can I call a VERB 83 here, Jim?
CMP: Oh, you're within -
CMP: Yes, you can do that. You're below 482 miles or whatever it is.
CDR: 197.
CMP: Huh? What are you doing?
LMP: What do you need? Who're you talking to, me?
CMP: Yes, I thought you said something about VEPJB 97?
CMP: You get the c_era ecluipment, and I'11 get this stuff out.
UNKNOWN: Okay, what's our camera configuration: Frank?
CDR: Okay, stand by a minute while I get - -
LMP: Call them out rea/ loud, because I'm going off the air.
CDR: Alright, I'm supposed to - Let's see, 16; 18; new C; 1/250th; exposure, 1 foot per second; one MAG.
CDR: Yes, new C.
LMP: Check.
UNKNOWN: Hey, you know something; it's gray, huh?
CDR: Okay, I've got to roll right, so watch out.
CMP: Go easy on those thrusters. 1
UNKNOWN: (Singing) C.©hJr!D .hdZi AA f'_F--_k II--/r"_ r--k I"rlA/
CDR: Have you got that thing running, Bill?
LMP: What's that, Frank?
CDR: The camera?
CMP: Yes. Just a minute.
LMP: ..., Frank. You got the cameras ...
CDR: 2; 150th; new; B&W; MAG
LMP: ... 1/250th.
CDR: 1 - 1; 80; B&W;
UNKNOWN: Okay, let's get a lens.
CMP: 2, 1507
CMP: 50 millime - -
CDR: 2; 150; ne'_; black and white; _AG D. _,UtGD.
LMP: I've got
CMP: Okay. Okay, _S&G D. What kind of a camera? 70 millimeter?
LMP: ... number 2 with this lens.
CMP: Okay. What else? Filters?
CDR: Doesn't say anything about filters. Oh, yes, red and black filter, U-4.
UNKNOWN: You got that? Okay.
CDR: Something went flying down when we started burning, didn't it?
CDR: Huh? -NFtD ENTIA[:",,t ¢,JD iD ENTIAb Day3 83 ...
CMP: Did I write on there that - the orbit we are in? 169.1
CDR: It was Just what they told me, yes - by 60.5.
CMP: Okay. Okay, when I give the burn status report there, will you -
CMP: Say, look at - Can you put thcse cameras someplace? Stash them against the hack of your bulkhead. Stash this back there, too.
CDR: No, I'm not. ;'
CDR: Are these cameras all set up right?
CDR: Can I take one?
CDR: That's what I thought: it doesn't work.
CDR: Well, that - the camera doesn't work. --J d :
LMP: You want me to try it out?
UNKNOWN: ... i 'C, :N.FIDENTIAi. ¢ONFIDENTIAt 3 84
CDR: Huh? Does it work now?
CDR: We're not that hard up; don't worry about it.
CMP: Listen, we're not going to - -
CDR: Ney, look; just slow dowu and take your time. Okay.
LMP: f:8.
CDR: f:8 at what?
CDR: Okay. Bill, get me MBFN, will you? 69:31.
LMP: AOS at
CMP: Can you see it? Huh?
CDR: It says I'm supposed to run one MAG here - of 16 millimeter; new color exposure, 1/250th, spot, i foot per second.
LMP: ... flight plan ...
CDR: Take your time; go slow.
LMP: Did you take your bracket up?
UNKNOWN: --.
CDR: I'11 get it. j ,.NF DrNTIAL':i "COJxlEIDENTIAL.... Day3
CDR: Where is it?
LMP: Boy, there're no shadows in those craters down there. Are we near the subsolar point?
CMP: The subsolar point?
CDR: Yes, getting close to it.
CMP: What's Our attitude?
CDR: Well, we're pitch do_n. We're going around it.
CDR: Jim, have you unstowed the orbital charts?
CMP: Yes, I'm in the process right now. I've got part of them unstowed.
LMP: ..., Frank.
CMP: Why don't we - Say, why don't we temporarily stow it someplace? You're never going to use this thing at all? I think you're making a big mistake using that millimeter. 250
LMP: No, not on ... because that's ..
UNKNOWN: -
CMP: Where do we start doing the fan .......Frank? t 'NFIDENTIAL'' i CONFIDENTIAL Day3 a6
CDR: Well, first of ali, we've got to get these c.mzlcras set up.
CDR: Bill_ that's not in the flight plan_
CDR: You waist me to teJie some pictures with that 16 millimeter?
UNKNOWN: Fra_lk, ... 1/250th,
CDR: New color exposure, _pot, 1 foot per sec- ond; one whole magazine they want.
LMP: _ -..
CDR: I need the canlera.
UNKNOWN: Trying to figure out where we ame, Frank. : * 1]
C: Alr_gh_, it' s south, 118 west.
CDR: is that all set.? Okey,
C: we sh0u!._ be -
UNKNOWN: We'r_ passing over Br_d rig'h _ now.
LMP: Brexld?
UNKNOWN: Brand rig_ht about no;_.
UNKNOWN: Holy cow, there's no resolution wh=_=u - there's no shadows o_l the craters. wc
UNKNOWN: Hey, there go. There we are.
UNKNOWN: Is that Tsiolkovsky?
CDR: Well, list_m_ _,_ ]_ _1⁄4_ .... _._ th_ way it _Jc_., .... _"_,. way you sey, ]eol_ '.+ th;_t 'CONFIDENTIAL £ONFIDENTIAL 3 87
CDR: Yes. There's a stop on that thing; it won't go sa]y higher than that.
CMP: Gee, you ought to get a picture of Tsiolkovsky.
UNKNOWN: ... how I to with this window the way it is?
CMP: Frank?
CDR: I don't know, Jim.
CMP: I'm going to have to use another windoW.
CMP: Okay, here we go.
UNKNOWN: Apollo 8.
CDR: What do you w_--ntthis on, Bill?
UNKNOWN: where's the other flight plan?
UNKNOWN: Okay, be about - Going to f:8, Frank.
CDR: f:87
LMP: And we Just passed the subsolar point.
CDR: Houston, this is Apollo 8. Over. plan?
CMP: Yo u through with the flight
UNKNOWN: ° Can I have that other f2_ght plan when you get a chance?
CDR: Are yo u hooked on to them, Bill? Id.FiDENTIA'L,::,· ' 'CONFIDENTIAL'" Day3 88
UNKNOWN: CC Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
CDR: Houston, Houston, this is Apollo 8. Over.
LMP: He's answering you.
CMP: Go ahead, Houston. This is Apollo 8. Burn complete. Our orbit is 160.9 by 60.5 - 169.1 by 60.5.
CDR: Are we on the high gain, Jim? Bill?
LMP: Give me a VERB 6h, Frank.
CDR: What are you doing here? Let's get rid of that.
CDR: Houston, Apollo 8.'
CDR: VEPJ3 6h.
CDR: I don't .think we - - weak.
UNKNOWN: Roger. You are comi_g b very Our orbit is 169 by 60.5-
CDR: Give them the whole report there, Jim.
UNKNOWN: I think I'm talking to myself.
CDR: Why don't you get a Roger for the dump we sent them?
UNKNOWN: ° Okay, that's - Let me go into h_gh gain.
CDR: Can you get them, Bill?
LMP: We got them.
CDR: Houston, Apo/lo 8. How do you read? How do you read Apollo 8, Houston?
LMP: They've got a ground problem.
UNKNOWN: ° You taking that at one frame per second?
UNKNOWN: that's what it says to.
CDR: I hear - They're reading us now. c'brNFIDENTIAL Day3 89
CDR: There we go. Houston, Apollo 8. Over.
CDR: Are we hooked on with the high gain?
CDR: Yes, sir.
CMP: They came through at one time, didn't they?
CC: Apollo 8, Apollo 8, this is Houston, Houston. Over.
CDR: Roger, Houston. We read you loud and clear. How do you read us?
CC: Apollo 8, this is Houston. Reading you loud and clear now. And verify your EVAPORATOR WATER CON- switch TROL panel to the AUTO position. Over.
UNKNOWN: Is it?
CDR: It is in AUTO.
CMP: Roger - -
CDR: Roger. It is in AUTO.
CDR: Go ahead, Jim, with it.
CDR: Well, look here - this DSKY is way up.
UNKNOWN: °' Burn status report as follows: Burn on time, burn time 4 minutes 6-1/2 seconds; V minus 1.4; atti- gx tude nominal; no trim; V was zero; V was plus 0.2; gy gz DELTA-V e vas minus 20.2; orbit 169.1 by 60.5.
CC: Apollo 8, Houston. Roger. The burn on time, burn time was 4:06.5, V is minus 1.4. gx
CDR: Bill, how come this is so high here now?
LMP: o ... · NFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL way3 90
UNKNOWN: I'm checking the fan out.
CDR: Is it alright?
LMP: I'11 let you know.
CC: ADollo 8, Houston. Verify your EVAP WATER CONTROL on standing
CDR: Roger; by.
CDR: Houston, Apollo 8. Roger; PRIMARY EVAP is AUTO; H 2 flow, AUTO. Do you recommend activating the
CC: Roger; copy, stand by.
CDR: Now, Jim, let's get this problem squared away here, or we won't be going _-ny-_here.
CDR: We're not boiling, Ji - Bill?
UNKNOWN: No.
CC: Apollo 8, this is Houston. Reverify manual valve on panel 382, EVAPORATOR WATER CONTROL, AUT0_,[ATIC. Over.
CDR: Roger; verified.
UNKNOWN: Any help down here?
UNKNOWN: might reverify it It's the one next turned to the secondary one that you had on.
CC: Apollo 8, this is Recommend you activate your secondary water evaporator. EVAP
CDR: Secondary coming on the line.
UNKNOWN: _ Secondary evaporator is in AUTO. 'N¢tA E,,:,,,. ONFIDENTIAL ,,ay3 91
LMP: p Primary is the main one.
CDR: It dried up.
UNKNOWN: Can you get water to it?
UNKNOWN: the secondary one - primary one doing - secondary one doing, Bill?
UNKNOWN: Secondary one is doing great.
CDR: It's operating?
CC: Apollo 8, Houston. Turn off your DSE, and we'11 Over. go to HIGH bit rate.
UNKNOWN: We completed target 72 strip and target 90 strip and the terminator photography to the south.
UNKNOWN: _ Okay, we're going to get updates. And a P52.
UNKNOWN: Can I have the other lunar flight plan there, Jim?
CDR: Houston, for your information, - -
CDR: - - we lost radio contact at the exact second we predicted.
CDR: Are you sure ySu didn't turn off the transmitters
CDR: While these other guys all are lookirg at the moon, I want to make sure we got a good SPS, so how about giving me that report when you can?
UNKNOWN: And we want a GO for every REV, please. Or other- wise, we're going to -TEI along with every REV.
CDR: Are we on high gain, Bill?
UNKNOWN: Yes. :ONFIDENTIAL 3 92
CDR: Well, this is ... see if I can ... Yes.
CDR: Here's the - I'11 bet you that's what we're supposed to do.
CDR: I wouldn't know.
CDR: Have you got the DELTA counter over there, please? camera
LMP: Those two strips and the terminator photography on 1 Were taken on magazine E which is now reading - 29 exposures.
CDR: How are you doing, Bill?
LMP: Getting it done.
CDR: I don't think so. Okay, I'm going out ...
LMP: What did you take a picture of, Frank? Do you remember ...?
LMP: And Frank took a - took a picture on camera 2, magazine A, which is now reading 40.
LMP: Now we're going to change - take off magazine A.
CDR: Jim, didn't I hand you a magazine over there?
CDR: Yes, I ...
LMP: Okay, what I meant for you to do ...
CMP: Okay, we have ...
CDR: Negative, we'11 have breakfast in a little while here.
LMP: We're in the dark now?
CDR: Well, it looks -sure looks that way.
CDR: 13. Cape!la. _ FID'ENSIA L: 'I Day 3 93
LMP: Capella.
CDR: Have you charged these batteries, Bill?
LMP: Never did ...
CMP: Okay, I'11 ... lights out ... I could Just mark them without even - -