Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
CC: Okay. We're going to lose you here in about 9 seconds. You are GO and looking great, and we'11 work on it. And if you get another MEV [?], will you check the r.ER for us?
CDR: Yes, sir; sure will do, Bob. We'11 see you. next What's our AOS?
CC: Stand by. It's Carnarvon at 02:25.
CC: 17, Houston. How are you doing?
LMP: Well, we're pretty good. You're wavery here a little bit on signal strength.
CC: Okay. We've got a TLI pad any time you're ready to copy it, Jack. Goodness; okay, let me get rid of something here. Ron, I'm putting that right underneath you.
CC: And, guys, we'd like POO and ACCEPT, please.
CC: You'11 get a CSM state vector if you'11 give us POO and ACCEPT.
LMP: Okay. Let me have my favorite pad.
C: is 10359.6, 35582; 000, 345, 040; extraction will be at 300, 165, 320; 312.0, 306.0, 57:10, yaw is O; ejection time, 4 plus 39 plus 00. Over.
LMP: Okay, Houston. Here's your TLI pad. 3:02:57; 180, 312, 000; 5:51; 10359.6, 35582; 000, 345, 040; 300, 165, 320; 312.0, 306.0 57:10, 000; ejection time, 4 plus 39 plus 00.
CC: Good readback, Jack; and we'd like OMNI Charlie, and it's your computer, and you've got your state vector.
LMP: We got odds and ends on the tape and quite a bit on the film.
CC: Roger; good show. Are you saying that you didn't have any weather over that southern Africa there?
LMP: Not very much. Barely broken clouds in some places. Most of the countryside was clear.
LMP: There were - patterns - like I haven't even seen in textbooks. Maybe I haven't been looking enough, but some of the desert and grassland pat- terns were - had the appearance of ice crystals almost, except on a megascale, if you - have ever looked at ice crystals in sand.
CC: Roger. Or, better yet, ice crystals on your car window when you - get out early in the morning up in - northern areas.
CC: Roger. And just be advised, we'11 be standing by GO/NO for the GO for PYRO ARM when we get to Hawaii, and we'11 be giving you a GO for TLI about that time. I24P Okay; and we' 11 be ready.
CC: And, Ron, in - on the Launch Checklist, on 2-25, on the manual and nominal S-IVB TLI-1, add 34 de- grees on the nominal pad for all the pitch angles; and on the manual pad, add 34.5 degrees to all the pitch angles, and you'11 have it right.
CMP: Okay, Bob. You ... - -
CC: And - - CTA° - - let me get set. That's - okay, we'11 Just add 34 to the nominal and 34.5 to all the manual ones ... - -
CC: And you'11 want to do that on your cue card also, Ron.
CMP: Yes, that' s affirm.
CC: And we're about ready to LOS; we'11 see you at Hawaii.
CDR: Okay, Bob, we'11 see you - -
CC: 02 plus 50 at Hawaii.
CDR: Okay, 50. And we'11 be into our TLI checklist, and - we'11 be ready for that PYRO ARM.
CC: Okay. HAWAII (REV 2)
CMP: Houston, this is Apollo 17. Go ahead.
CC: Hey, Ron, you're sounding great. Good voice here.
LMP: Golly, we've got things all set up here and we're kind of standing by for a logic check - whenever you guys - can give us a GO.
CC: Roger. As soon as we get some TM in here, we'11 give you a GO.
CDR: Okay, Bob. Okay. Wait 1.
CDR: Okay; and LOGIC 1 is ON -
CDR: MARK it; and LOGIC 2 is ON -
CDR: _ank you; understand GO for PYRO ARM.
CC: 17 - -
LMP: And, Bob, in case you're interested, there - all through the nightside pass here - there's a - quite a strong - well - stronger than I would have ever expected - horizon glow off to the north. I suspect that, I think Gene said a while ago that it's around on his side also. hear_ you are GO for TLI - you're GO for the Moon.
CDR: Okay, Robert. I understand. America and Chal- lenger with their S-IVB are GO for TLI.
CDR: You're a sweet talker.
CC: We try to please here, Gene.
CDR: You know, somehow, Bob, I knew you were going to say that - we were GO - and that you try to please.
CC: We've been working together too long, I guess.
CDR: Not long enough, yet.
CC: And, 17; Houston. You're about i minute from LOS, and we'11 pick you up at Goldstone at about 3 hours and 00 minutes; and that's only a couple of minutes prior to time base 6 start.
CDR: Okay, Bob. We'11 be with you.
LMP: Bob, that glow is actually above the horizon, Just in case you're curious. I can see - stars below the top of the glow - down closer to the Earth.
CC: Roger, Jack. GOLDSTONE (REV 2 )
CMP: Okay; mighty fine, Bob.
CC: Roger. And you can expect some different OMNI calls as we go LOS and AOS again.
CMP: I always expect that, Bob.
CC: Roger. I24P I'11 Just switch, Bob. I won't give you a call.
CC: 17, Houston; go ahead.
CDR: I was just checking with you; you're so quiet down there, we _lmost forgot you were there.
CC: Roger. Don't want to forget me. We're Just watch- ing everything; we can't find anything wrong, so we're Just trying to keep quiet here.
CDR: Okay, Bob. We're watching the S-IVB tanks pressurize. 4/9 Tape
CDR: You ought to look for the good things rather than the bad.
CC: Well, that's good when we don't find anything wrong.
CDR: Can't agree more.
CC: 17, the chilldown is in progress, and the tank pressures are looking good.
CDR: Okay, Bob; looking down here.
CC: 17, Houston. You are GO at 3 minutes prior to ignition. You're looking good, and you're going to _ we're going to have A - ARIA coverage all until the way through the burn Ascension.
CDR: Roger; understand, Bob. 57:10, ORDEAL OPERATE -
CDR: We're in average g.
CC: Roger. We confirm it.
CDR: SEP light ON at 3:06.
CC: 17, you're looking great on the final status check here, and you're GO for TLI. ARIA (REV. 2)
CDR: ... 42, the SEP lights are OUT.
CDR: The lights on and we have ignition.
CC: 17, Houston. You're looking good, and the thrust is GO.
CDR: Bob, you're now advised that we're GO on board at 20 seconds.
CDR: ... antenna.
CDR: One minute, Houston, and we're GO.
CC: Roger, Gene. We can barely hear you through ARIA, but you're GO.
CDR: You have reasonable signal strength, but you are unreadable.
CDR: Everything's GO at 1:30.
CDR: Confirm a PU shift to GO at 01:45. Houston.
CC: 17, We can confirm PU shift, and you are GO.
CDR: Okay, Houston, 2:30 - in the blind - we're still GO.
CC: Roger, 17. You're GO; looking great.
CDR: Okay, Bob. Got that. Understand we're GO from the ground; and it's a good ride, although it's rumbling around a little bit.
CDR: Three minutes, and we are GO.
CDR: Bob, we're going to TLI right through sunrise.
CDR: Okay, 3:30 is GO. We have - 17 is GO at 3:30.
CC: Roger. How do you read me? You are GO, by the way.
CDR: Okay, we got you that time. Understand we're GO on the ground, and we're still GO here, and we're TLI-ing right through sunrise.
CC: 17, Houston. Your burn time is nominal.
CDR: Roger. Understand burn time, nominal.
CMP: Cut-off at 52. Did you read the DSKY?
CC: We don't have the DSKY. You have to read it to us, Ron.
CMP: Okay. V I is - I got a 00 and a 00 and NOUN 95 V I is 35573 - is a plus 9. And, Bob, the _S is minus - EMS is minus 19.4, minus 19.4.
CMP: And it was an auto cut-off - auto cut-off on time.
CC: Understand a guided cut-off on time. Looking great.
CMP: And I am watching takn pressures - are venting, the tanks are venting.
CC: Understand. The tanks are venting. NOTE After the ARIA pass following TLI, there is con- tinuous acquisition among Goldstone, Parks, Honey- suckle, and Madrid.
LMP: Okay, Houston, how do you read?
CC: 17, Houston. We'd like OMNI Delta.
LMP: Okay. I picked it up a little bit. How do you read now?
CC: Head you loud and clear.
LMP: Okay. I hope you got all that. It was a beautiful burn, right through sunrise. Did you get the numbers ? i
CC: Yes, we copied your V I and your EMS numbers, and we've got a number for you. Maneuver start time will be at 03 plus 3B plus 27.
CC: That's affirmative, Jack. going through the sunrise.
CC: 17, Houston. We're making plans here for a space- craft SEP time of 03 plus 43.
LMP: 03 plus 43. Roger.
CC: 17, Houston. We're copying cabin press of 5.9 this time.
CMP: Roger. We - we Just got it, Bob.
LMP: Frame 65 for the LMPs mag November November.
LMP: Okay. We - we are maneuvering, Houston.
CC: Roger. We're watching it.
CMP: Now we've got a few very bright particles or frag- ments or something that go drifting by as we maneuver.
LMP: There's a whole bunce of big ones on my window down there - Just bright. It looks like the Fourth of July out of Ron's window.
CMP: Yes. Now you cs_ see some of them in shape. %hey're very Jagged, angular fragments that are tumbling. or are tumbling at a very slow rate. I tried a couple of pictures of them - different settings. You may get an idea of what, at least, the patterns look like. ments. Do you think you can figure out what they might be? ber of possibilities. If you had some kind of a - I got the impression maybe they were curved a little bit, as if they might be - off the side of the S-IVB. And that's a wild guess - - coming off of it.
CC: Roger. I noticed on one trip up the elevator last weak near one of the flags. I thought it was on the S-II, but it might have been on the S-IVB. Looked like it was peeling. Maybe that's what you've got.
CC: And the S-IVB maneuver is complete.
LMP: ... in i minute. fragment field is essentially static, except for very slight tumbling within the fragments.
CC: Roger. Cut in.
CMP: Every once in a _hile, a fragment of considerably higher velocity than the others goes across my window. But that' s very rare.
CMP: Hey, that's that field of view I saw out my window. Jack, do you see it now?
CMP: And, Bob. At least, there - there's no apparent relative motion between fragments.
CMP: I'11 take two pictures about a minute apart if I can. And it'11 be Frame 70.
CC: Okay. Frame 70.
CDR: And, Bob. This is Geno. My impression is that they are - flat, flakelike particles. Some may be 6 inches across. And, although there's no relative motion between the two, most of them seem to be twinkling. And I think, for the most part, they're all moving away from us.
CC: Roger, Gene. Thank you.
CMP: Okay. We've got 0180 and 0 on the old thumbwheels.
CC: Roger, Ron.
CMP: Okay. TRANS CONTROL is ARMED.
LMP: ... two ARMED.
CMP: CONTROLLER number 2 is ARMED.
LMP: ... SECS LOGIC ... 5/5 Tape
CDR: Okay. A GO for T&D.
CMP: Okay. We'11 ARM the PYROs. And we'11 hit the GDC ALIGN.
CMP: And maneuver's complete. And 0180 and 07 On the GDC? No. It's just ... It's kind of diddling.
CMP: Okay. DELTA-V in NORMAL.
LMP: Okay; 59: 30.
CMP: Okay. Let's start the DET.
CMP: Next ?
LMP: They're all ...
CMP: Okay, I'm going to start the - My gosh, look at the Junk! Okay; there's 15 seconds. Pitch her up. Okay, we'11 PROCEED on the - -
LMP: ... normal ...
CMP: Okay, we've already PROCEEDed, Jack.
CDR: Houston, we're right in the middle of a snowstorm.
CC: Roger. And we'd like OMNI Delta.
CMP: Hey, look at that burst. It's going to be bright as all get out.
CMP: We're not there yet. Long ways to go yet. It's on the other side of the Earth, if the simulator's any good.
CMP: Oh, man !
CDR: I've - -
CC: Roger. Bet you never saw the SLA panels on the simulator.
CDR: No, but we've got the booster and is she pretty. Challenger's just sitting in her nest.
CC: Roger. We' d like OMNI Bravo, now, Jack.
LMP: Okay, we'11 plus-X it. We'11 see the - oh, you can't see ... Okay. Oh, I can't see my COAS.
CDR: And, Houston, some of the particles going by the window - -
LMP: Okay, did you change the DAC?
CDR: - - were obvious enough - fairly obvious to me - paint.
CC: Okay. We'11 buy that. ImMP Okay. There it is. Okay, did you change the i_AC? i/rate Got ATT 2?
CDR: Okay, Houston, you want the high gain?
CC: Roger. We're standing by for it, and the angles L/3-3 as published on should be good.
LMP: Okay, we're in REACQ here.
LMP: Houston, how do you read? We don't have a very good knock - lockon here in REACQ.
CC: Roger, Jack. We're reading you pretty good - voice.
LMP: Okay. It looks like it's improving. It dropped off - signal strength dropped off, and now it's picking up again.
CC: We're getting good signal now, Jack.
CC: Jack, the high gain is looking good.
CMP: I'm guessing. I don't know - about a hundred ... - -
LMP: That's good news. It seemed to smoo - slew very smoothly, so it looks all right.
CC: Roger, Jack. LMIo ATT i/RATE 2?
CDR: I can't tell you too much, Bob, from the center seat other than Captain America is very intent on getting Challenger at the moment.
CC: Roger. I can believe that.
CMP: Yes, I'm coming in a little slow, but we've got plenty of time.
CDR: But, so far, LM looks very clean. Can't see _y- thing abnormal from this view yet.
LMP: Isn't it, though? That thing is really stable out there.
LMP: Yes. Can you see it at all, Gene?
LMP: Every once in a while, a small particle flies off of it though.
CC: How big of a chunk are you talking about, Jack?
CC: How big an item are you talking about?
LMP: Oh, I - reference to the thrusters, about the same diameter as the thruster on the LM.
CC: Oh, Roger.
LMP: That's how long it was, and about - oh, a fifth that thick or that wide.
LMP: And I don't think - I don't think it's more than a quarter of an inch or maybe even less thick.
CDR: That same particle, Bob, came by and as it went spinning, it was throwing off pieces of itself - radially out.
CDR: It's tumbling in all three axes.
LMP: And I saw the fourth one out my side, so we saw them all.
LMP: Area around the two spacecraft is cleaned up pretty well by now. There are just a few fragments moving around.
CMP: Now she's coming in.
CC: Roger, Jack. Can you see down on that quad? Is that what you're looking at?
LMP: Yes, I'm looking right at it. And I got a good view of the MESA top anyway. It's pretty well covered, hut it looks all right also.
LMP: Ail the antennas look good; thruster quads all look great. I could see all four of them a min- ute ago.
CMP: Okay, about 10 feet there, Gene. Stand by for a ... on the barber pole.
CMP: All right; in good shape.
CMP: It's out now.
CMP: Okay, we're FREE; rates look pretty good. Let's lock it together.
CMP: Ready. She's lined up not bad.
CMP: PRIM 1.
CDR: MARK it. Stand by.
CMP: Ka-chunk. My gosh!
CDR: We got - we got the most of the latches, but A is barber pole, and B is gray.
CMP: We had one clear fire, maybe one or two latches and then a ripple fire on the rest.
CMP: And, by the way, I had a good view into the AOT, and I can still look in there, and it's very clean.
CC: Ron and Gene, we saw your MASTER ALARM. Did you have any - anything on the matrix light up?
CDR: No, not a thing. I looked.
CDR: Okay, Bob, we're going to go ahead and take a look at that docking malfunction before we press on here further and check this barber pole out.
CC: Roger. We're working some words up here. We'11 be back with you in a second on that, Gene.
CDR: Okay. We're down on the checklist through the EDS POWER breakers, OPEN.
CDR: And, Houston, in case we didn't tell you, it's talkback A that's barber pole.
CC: Understand. We have it.
CC: Say - say, Gene, we don't think it's a problem. We'11 find out what it is when you get in. We think we should just press right on with the Flight Plan checklist and keep going.
CDR: Okay, we concur with that. Okay, we'11 press on, Bob.
CDR: Okay, Bob. We just got a MASTER ALARM when I went to the RETRACT PRIM, from 1 to OFF.
CC: Roger. We copy that. Looks like panel 2 is jinxed up there, huh?
P: of greater than 4, and I'm going to open the PRESSURE EQUALI- ZATION VALVE now.
CC: Roger, 17. We copy that.
P: is coming down, Bob.
CC: Gene, while you're watching that, I just thought you'd be interested. We talked to some of our friends down at the Cape who watched the launch, and they said you were aglow all the way until you faded into - you couldn't tell you from a star. They saw staging, and they could Just see you as a star way off in the distance until you faded out. Not a cloud in the way at all.
CC: Mag Alfa Alfa, 50 percent. Roger.
P: change is less than 0.1.
CC: Three minutes and less than 0.1.
CDR: We are pressing on.
CMP: That REPRESS PACKAGE VALVE is kind of noisy.
P: of 0.2.
CC: And, 17. Just be advised, you're going to have an S-IVB nonpropulsive vent start 04:18:27. You've got about 3 minutes on that.
CDR: (Laughter) Okay. Thank you.
CMP: Yes, I'11 get them.
P: at about 0.2. I suspect that's probably zero.
CC: Negative on that. Let's just go ahead and let's press on.
CDR: Okay. They should be BOTH.
CMP: Coming down though, Gene. Let's wait until it gets down a little ways.
CMP: Yes. Straight up and down as well.
CMP: Up one one. Must be the nonpropulsive VENT that's banging. (Laughter) Here comes all the - look at all the stuff going again. It's really glowing.
LMP: Your nonpropulsive vent gives quite a glow.
CMP: It looks like a rainbow. Dark one.
CDR: That ought to take the surge tank down a little bit. ·.. about at what? About 400?
CDR: 500 on the surge. No, they ought to be closed off by now, I think. Yes.
CC: 17, Houston.
CC: Roger. Be advised, you don't have to wait until 5 psi cabin to go ahead and open the hatch.
CDR: Okay, we're not, Bob. We're pressing on with it now.
CMP: (Laughter) I don't know what you're going to do with it.
CDR: Put it up here in the - in the - on the couch.
CDR: Hey, that's a lot lighter than it used to be.
CDR: There's going to be a lot of happy people down there, Bob. I haven't checked them all, but vis- ually, they're all locked.
CC: Understand, Gene. Ail of them are locked.
CDR: Let me give them a good check·
CMP: Yes. You'd better check them, because we got a barber pole on that one.
CDR: Okay, here's one that *** over.
CMP: What is the position of it?
CDR: 7 ***
CMP: 7 and 9 ?
CDR: Hey, Bob. Maybe we aren't all going to be so happy.
CDR: Okay, 7, 9, and 10 - the handle is flush; the bungee is vertical, but the handle is not locked down, and the - and the red button is showing. And I can pull each one of them back slowly. I haven't done anything with them. That's 7, 9, and 10.
CC: Roger. We copy that. The handle is flush; the bungees are vertical, but the handle is not locked down, and the red button is showing on 7, 9, and 10.
CDR: That 's affirm.
CC: Geno, go ahead and try the handle on 9 and 7; and, if that doesn't work, cock them and refire them starting with 9, please.
CDR: Okay; the handle doesn't work. I'11 have to re- cock them.
CMP: When you trip it with your - did you cock it twice?
CMP: And it took two cocks to make it go?
CC: Roger. How about the barber pole now?
CMP: Okay. Wait a minute, I've got - DOCKING PROBE MAIN A circuit breaker's IN and gone to RETRACT, and it's gray.
CDR: Aha! That did it.
CDR: I think that takes care of them all.
CMP: Okay, DOCKING PROBE circuit breakers are OUT and EXTEND/RETRACT is OFF.
CMP: Because it belongs on the probe .... it's painted yellow, it belongs on the probe.
CC: Roger. We copy. That's good.
LMP: There we go. Okay. There, we're going up in the tunnel.
CMP: Pretty good ham sandwich.
CDR: Okay, Bob, the hatch is back in.
CC: Roger. We've got some new - new angles here for you.
CMP: What - what kind of angles are they, Bob?
CC: They're your NOUN 22 attitude maneuver for APS burn out of the hatch window. They're in the middle of the page L/3-5.
CC: Instead of 270, we want 274. CMl° Wait 1. We're not quite with you.
CMP: Okay. I think I'm with you at 3-7; go.
CC: It's on 3-5, Jack, middle of the page there. Those NOUN 22s.
LMP: Okay, I take it back; 3-5, middle of the page.
CC: Okay. You notice there's three angles there - 270, make that 274.
LMP: Okay. That the only change?
CC: And the - N, the next one, the 129.8, change that to 164. And 4.3 on the yaw, change that to zero. It's close enough; zero on the yaw.
LMP: Okay. We got them 274, 164, 00.
CC: Roger, and the high-gain angles that you've got on the Flight Plan are close enough and should do it.
CMP: Okay, I'11 - I'11 leave it at 10 feet and about an f - f/8. Okay, ... at set. Because I had that one to 0180 to 0.
LMP: Okay, Bob. While we're waiting, does the balance on the - -
CMP: I see what you mean (laughter).
LMP: - - H 2 and 02 flow into fuel cell 3 - well, actually, in all three fuel cells, look pretty good to you?
CC: Jack, the flows look just right for the current.
LMP: Okay. Used to seeing them more or less lined up, and I hadn't calculated any further than that.
LMP: 02 - 02 seems a little higher H2, relatively speaking. CMl° Okay. That's pretty close. Verified: SECS ARM breakers are CLOSED.
CMP: Okay, Houston. We're ready to come up with the LOGIC. 5/19 Tape
CMP: And, Houston, just to keep track of EMS null bias check that time, was - went from 100 to 100.7 in 100 seconds.
CC: 17, we'd like to just verify on that top line S-IVB/LM SEP circuit breakers - both of them are CLOSED? CMl° Okay, we'11 verify them again. We doublechecked them.
CC: Okay, we Just didn't hear your call and we want to make sure of that. Didn't want to miss anything here. CMl° Okay. They are - they are verified CLOSED, and Jack just checked them again.
CMP: Okay, GO for PYRO ARM; GO for PYRO extraction - or hM extraction (laughter).
LMP: Okay, PYRO ARM.
CMP: Okay, we'11 ARM the old PYR0s. There's PYRO A; PYRO B. LMi° SERVO POWER number 1 ...
LMP: TRANS CONTROL POWER, up and ON.
CMP: TRANS CONTROL POWER is ON.
LMP: Okay, ROT CONTROLLERs are ARMED. Okay, I'11 wait just a little bit on that - EMS to NORMAL. Get DELTA-V ...
CMP: Okay, EMS to NORMAL? Push right there. Yes.
CDR: Okay; on my mark, the S-IVB/LM SEP will come on.
CMP: Okay, and then I'11 back it off to - Okay?
CDR: Okay, on my mark, S-IVB/LM SEP: 3, 2, 1 -
CDR: MARK it. Okay, we got it.
CMP: Oh, ho! Man, did we! There she goes. Yes; LM came with us.
CMP: Okay, we're CMC, AUTO. Ail right. We've got 0.6. It 's all right. Okay, whoopee-dee-doo !
CMP: Safe the PYR0s. Okay, LOGIC's OFF.
CMP: SECS - SECS ARM breakers are OPEN.
CMP: Now I think we ought to go to the maneuver pretty quick. Otherwise, the S-IVB will be so far away you can't see it. Okay, you ready to maneuver?
CMP: Okay, CMC in AUTO, caged. Away we go. That - that ... wasn't as bad as the original ...
CMP: Came right out, though.
LMP: MAPPING CAMERA and PAN CAMERA are OFF.
CMP: Okay. POWER's OFF. Hey, Jack. Hand me the Hasselblad. I think we're bowing the right direc- tion. Yes, the Moon is there. The Earth is - that's the Earth.
CMP: SERVO POWER' s OFF, yes.
CMP: The Earth just fills up window 5. Okay, f infinity, about a 250th.
CMP: What - what do you have? A zero in there? Hey, I lost my watch. Turn ... OFF. Yes, AC is OFF. _hoo, what a beauty! What a beauty! Yes, the Earth. 6/1 Tape
CDR: I can't see the S-IVB. It's gone.
LMP: Yes, Madagascar and Africa. Got to he.
CDR: Yes, as soon as I ... the S-IVB, we'11 -
LMP: Hey, there's Antarctica. It's all full of snow. Okay. You want to look?
LMP: Yes. Oh, there it goes, there. Looks kind of empty down there without the LM - -
CDR: Okay, Bob, we're looking right up the dome of the S-IVB.
CC: Roger. We copy that. We're standing by for you_- GO for yaw maneuver.
CMP: We can give them a GO for yaw, can't we? We can see it now.
CDR: Yes, we can see it. You've got the GO for the yaw.
CC: Roger. Thank you, 17.
CDR: Looks like she came out of there clean as a whistle.
CC: 17, Houston. The yaw maneuver will be starting in about 4 plus 52, a little less than 2 minutes from now.
CC: Sounds like you are taking a picture of that old dome out there, huh?
CMP: Oh, we're at the end. (Laughter) We're at the end - you know.
CDR: ... in there.
LMP: Hey, there it goes. Look at the aft fire of the thing.
CDR: Yes, we can see it fire now.
CC: Roger, 17. Yaw maneuver started.
LMP: The old S-IVB had a flare for the dramatic, but it certainly did its job for us.
CC: Roger, Jack. Preliminary data indicate that you are about as nominal as you can be.
CDR: That's the way we'd like to keep it, Bob.
CC: You'd better believe it.
CDR: Okay. She's - as we're looking at it, she's pitching up. She was looking right at us - we were looking right at the dome - and now she's pitching up. The shroud around the IU seems to be totally intact. It - it looked like a super clean separation. I can't really see where there's any paint or anything externally chipped off the - the booster from here. We're beginning to - to pick up the bell. It's really a shame you don't have this - this whole thing on TV; it's really quite a sight.
CC: Roger. We concur with that.
CDR: The Mylar and the gold coating on the inside of the shroud that's now visible is also intact. It looks like you could use it again if you could get it back.
CC: Well, it's got a Job to do when it hits the Moon yet.
CDR: Okay, Bob. We've - we're almost looking at it broadside now.
CC: Roger. 6/3 Tape
CDR: Okay. She's spitting a little; looks like the yaw maneuver may be complete.
CDR: We got a - full view of the - entire J2 from he_'_'; and no kidding, Bob, the whole bird, the shroud ut the top by the IU, the separation plane down by the S-II, from here all looks as clean as a whistle, all the way.
CC: Roger, Gene. If you're happy, we'd like a GO from you for the evasive burn.
CDR: Okay. You're going to burn on the boosters plus X-axis, is that right?
CDR: Let's get a picture or two here yet, and we'11 give you a GO.
CC: And, Gene, it'11 be about 7 minutes until the evasive burn; 5 plus 03.
CDR: Okay. You have a GO.
LMP: And for your reference, at frame 105 I started a few 250-millimeter pictures of the S-IVB.
CDR: And_ Bob, the entire sky, as far as I can make it out through the hatch window, is completely filled with our twinkling flakes.
LMP: I saw a couple particles go by the window awhile back, and it looked a little bit like insulation in this - these particular case - styrofoam insula- tion, but in flat flakes.
LMP: That was right after we separated from the S-IVI_.
CDR: CSM sep - CSM sep, Bob.
CDR: Bob, I know - I know we're not the first to dis- cover this_ but we'd like to confirm, from the crew of America, that the world is round.
CC: Roger. That's a good data point. Have you gotten a good look at any of that weather down there on the Antarctic?
CDR: Well, on Ron's window number 1 - maybe he can tell you a little about it.
CMP: You know, it's _'eal funny there in Antarctica the - You can see the snow, but there isn't any weather at all in it. Ail of the weather's around it in the water.
LMP: That's where the moisture is. I don't know what to take a picture of.
CMP: I can't see the U.S. at all.
CMP: up there. We've run off some numbers - Looks like you used about 40 pounds of RCS on the T&D, and you've used about a total of 42 pounds RCS total; so we're hanging right in there. Beautiful.
CDR: Very fine; glad to hear that.
CDR: ... velvet touch.
CMP: Still a little bit too much, but that's not bad.
CDR: We'11 be glad to leave all that extra, I hope, in the service module when we get home.
CMP: It's in the Volkswagen pouch down there.
LMP: Oh, I'11 change the lens now.
CC: 17, Houston. It's about 30 seconds from the evasive maneuver burn.
CMP: Here, Jack_ can you see him good? Check the set- tings there. I took an f/22 stop.
CDR: There it goes, Bob.
LMP: There it goes; finally.
CC: 17, Houston. The evasive burn is complete, and the LOX dump will be at 5 plus 24 plus 20.
CDR: 9kay; 5 plus 24 plus 20.
LMP: It's going to be gone, I think, before we see it.
CDR: And, Bob, you can tell Frank to forget the - returning that phone call I made to him a couple days ago.
CDR: Ail my questions a_e answered.
CC: Think you've had enough booster briefings, h_?
CDR: Yes. I figure this is probably the best one of all.
CC: Frank said he'd guarantee all those S-IVBs would be just as good as that one.
CDR: Okay. That's - fair enough.
CDR: The S-IC and the S-II didn't put on a bad show either.
CMP: Houston, magazine November Noven_er is on about 1/23 right now.
CC: Okay, Ron. Magazine November November is on 1/23.
CDR: And, Bob, we're on page 3-9 of the Flight Plan now. We'11 check the LM/CM DELTA-P, get the cabin fan filter in. We'11 go over the cheek - the Systems Checklist, get the primary E_AP _nd _ few odds and ends, and start doffing our PGAs. How's that sound?
CC: Sounds like a winner, Gene.
LMP: I guess you saw that one, Houston. That had no caution or warning with it.
CC: Roger. That a MASTER ALARM?
CC: How about the LEB?
LMP: ... say again. (Laughter) You caught me. I for- got to look. Keep after us; we'11 get you that data point.
LMP: Gene's got his hands all over panel 2, which prob- ably is what caused it.
CC: Jack, we think that might have been a real one due to the accumulator cycle with the 02 makeup flow going on there - it gave - it held the 02 flow higher for - greater than 16 seconds.
LMP: Well, that's certainly a possibility. We didn't notice it - Looked upright at the time. But it - Sure that was the right time?
CC: Well, EECOM's watching it here, and he feels it is.
LMP: Gee, I can't argue with him.
LMP: Okay, Houston. Ready to deactivate the primary evaporator if you concur.
CC: Roger, Jack. We concur.
LMP: Okay, Bob. VHF SIMPLEX Alfa's OFF'.
LMP: And we're gradually moving into getting out of the suits.
CC: Yes. I'11 bet you're looking forward to that. that old one g on you. The old suit's a little bit friendlier.
LMP: And, as you may have noticed, Bob, we've come to the end of the Launch Checklist.
CC: That's affirmative, and we've put ours away for posterity. We also stored it with our TLI zero data that we worked so hard to generate.
LMP: Well, I'm just happy - didn't - use it. That view of the Earth for a rev there was something I was looking forward to and I was not disappointed.
CC: That's greats Jack.
CDR: Bob, you've got a pretty good size storm over the north - I guess the northwestern coast of India, where it starts to wrap up and around to the west. It's a - rounded out on the horizon, so I can't make out exactly where it is too well.
CC: Could we get a read-out on the LM/CM DELTA-P?
LMP: Plus 0.4.
CDR: Bob, Antarctica is what I would call effectiw:[y just a solid white cap down on the - South PoD_. There's definite contact between the continent and the water. But, as Ron said, most of the clouds seem to be very artistic, very picturesque - some in clockwise rotating fashion but appear to be very thin where you can, for the most part, kind of see through those clouds to the blue water below.
CDR: The continent - the continent itself is - is the same color as the clouds; but, of course, more dense - and striking difference than any of the other white background around because you can definitely see that contact with the water and with the clouds over the water.
CC: Roger. Understand. There'11 soon be a co_n switch over to Madrid here shortly. We may break ... in just a few minutes here. Or a few seconds, rather.
CC: And you might watch - your accumulator's going to cycle in about 20 seconds here. Let's see what happens on the MASTER ALARM.
CC: 17, Houston. How do you read through Madrid?
CMP: You're loud and clear, Bob, and could you give us our distance from the Earth?
CC: Roger. I'm looking up at the board. I'd guess at about 19,000 miles. Want me to get it exact?
CMP: No, just approximate's good enough.
CC: 18,100, FIDO says.
CDR: Okay. And I suppose we're seeing as 100 percent full Earth as we'11 ever see; certainly as I've ever seen. It appears to be - it may be a little bit - a little bit of a terminator way out to the - well, to the east - out beyond Australia and beyond India. But beyond that it's about 99 percent pure.
CDR: Bob, it's these kind of views - these kind of views that stick with you forever.
CDR: We've got a - I guess probably the continent of Africa dominates the world right now. It's cover- ing the - oh, the upper third - upper and western 6/9 Tape third of the - of the world. We can see the Sinai_ we can see up into the Mediterranean; we can see across the Mediterranean, although we can't quite make out the countries up there; we can see across into India. I catch a glimpse of Australia out in the far horizon. Got Zanzibar on the southern tip of Africa, the Cape do_m there just almos_ directly below us. And, I don_t know exactly how bi_ Antarctica is, but I guess we can cer_ainiy see more than 50 percent of it. And - the rest of it is all ocean. The Indian Ocean out into the Pacific Ocean and back into the At]antic Ocean. And for the most part relatively clear of clouds except in the Antarctica region, and up towards Europe which is - which is on the horizon, across the Mediterranean, it looks like there might be some clouds back up in that way. i probably - probably - well, not probably - I can make out the entire coast of Africa from Mediterranean around to the west, coming back to the south back where it takes its big dip to the east, back around the Cape, back around up through the Suez Canal, almost perfectly.
CDR: And there's one batch of clouds in northern Africa, Just a small batch, it looks like it may be u D near the - well, no, it's not near the mouth of the _ile; it's quite a bit west of that, as a matter of ffact, I can see the mouth of the Nile1⁄2 I can see it run- ning straight down towards us as it parallels the Suez and then sort of fades out into the central darker brown or darker green portions of Africa.
CC: Roger, Gene. Sure be nice to have that on TV, wouldn't it?
CDR: Boy, I'd love to give it to you; any way i could.
CDR: You know - and there's no strings holding it up either. It's out there all by itself.
CC: Roger. I just was - going through the 17 status report on CSM systems and, boy, everything is absolutely nominal, with the arception o_' ... glitching MASTER ALARMs that we're try_n_ to _tiLil track down; but every other system is just nominaL. Everything is great.
CDR: Okay. Sounds good. That's the way they built it for us.
CC: Gene, looking at our plot board, you're directly over the southern tip of Africa or just slightly out in the Indian Ocean there, according to our plot board, which isn't exactly accurate all the time. But shortly you're going to start going backwards on the Earth here and head back across the Atlantic. That ought to be some sort of a first. You cross the Atlantic twice, going from west to east, and then, nOw you're going to cross it going from east to west here shortly. All in a very short span of time.
CDR: Yes. I guess that does sound like a first.
CDR: Bob, I can assume that from what you said there will be - probably not be a midcourse l?
CC: That's exactly what we're working towards, Gene. And I - I'm sorry I didn't convey that feeling to you a little earlier. There's no reason for mid- course i right now.
CDR: Okay. Because we prefer to press on and get the suits off and hit the sack rather than make it, unless we have to.
CC: That's for sure. Roger. The earlier data showed us midcourse 1 would have been less than 3 feet per second, and we wouldn't have done it. And the data's been fluctuating, but they're smoothing it out, and it's still holding that way; so we won't be doing it, probably.
LMP: Bob, I'm looking over Gene's shoulder here at the Earth, and it must be an awful clear day for the so-called convergence zone across Africa. Gene, I think, indicated, as it looked to us as we crossed it earlier, most of Africa is clear. Only some - probably are broken and scattered clouds - cumulus in the east central portion that are run- ning along the line of - north/south lines.
CC: Roger. I 6/1] Tape
LMP: Looks like a major circulation system off the southern tip of Africa, as Gene mentioned, plus one west of that, 20 or 30 degrees of longitude. Make that east of that.
LMP: And, southwest of the - make that south southwest of the tip of Africa at Cape Good Hope, there looks like an incipient circulation system developing about half way between the coast of Antarctica and Africa. If I had to guess, it's going to swing up north towards the Cape and - and then swing west. The whole pattern, ... it looks like now, is a fairly equally spaced cyclones that are sort of circling around the Antarctic continent, as we c:n_ see it now.
LMP: But I would guess that South Africa is going to have good weather for several more days, at least. And if the pattern is - is apparent in the clouds we see is correct, the last disturbance I mentioned probably is going to pass south of the Cape also.
LMP: As we were going - over our daylight around the Earth in orbit, it was very clear looking at the various clouds, Bob, what were high clouds and what were low clouds, particularly when you had them together. The high clouds cast very distinct shadow patterns on the lower ones and, very commonly, had entirely different orientations - pattern orientations. The low ones seem to be more associated with arcuate front patterns; whereas, the high clouds were generally transverse to that, roughly north/south directions. That's not com- pletely general observation, but I noticed it several times.
CC: I just noticed on the plot board here, it looks like you're come up on 20,000 miles out, right about now.
LMP: It feels like about, 20,000 miles.
LMP: Bob, I have the first hint of contamination on window 5. It's covering, probably, the central - well, I'd say, - roughly around - it's square about - 7 inches in - on the side with a very thin film that's catching the sunlight; and slightly irridescent, but also very finely granular - very finely granular. You can just barely tell what it is, actually.
LMP: Looks like very uniform in thickness right now.
LMP: Bob, this is Jack. We've got a UCTA dump scheduled, or is possible, at 6 o'clock. There's nothing sacred about that time, is there?
CC: Nothing at all. Whenever you're ready, just go ahead and dump.
LMP: Bob, one of the things that we miss in our training is a good geography lesson, and particularly on Antarctica. I got the monocular out, and appar- ently the dark band that Gene - Ron mentioned as interface between the continental water is that between the pack ice and the water. And you can, by very subtle changes in the apparent smoothness of the ground, probably make out where the actual continent begins and the pack ice ends. There are a few exposed ranges. I guess it's midsummer down there now, and you can make out the snow-free areas scattered at least in the northern portion of th_ continent.
CC: Roger. Did you get any pictures of that, Jack?
LMP: Oh, yes. We got some pictures earlier. I'm going to get another one here in a minute. I'11 tell you, if there ever was a fragile-appearing piece of blue in space, it's the Earth right now.
CDR: And we got a MASTER ALARM.
CDR: And there's one in the LEB.
CC: Okay. Good data point.
CDR: And there are no caution lights.
CC: It came right ... accumulator cycle, along with the high 02 flow again.
CDR: Yes, I just checked the time, and I think you are right on that one. Well, we gave you your LEB data point.
LMP: The problem with looking at the Earth (laughter) particularly Antarctica_ is it's too bright. Understand.
LMP: And so I'm using my sunglasses through the monoc- ular, which is not the best (laughter) viewing platform. I think I can see some of the areas of the Dry Valleys but, again, I'm not too sure of my geography, Bob. There are clouds over the con- tinent_ I believe. But, of course, they're just as white as the snow, and you only see differences in texture brought out by - probably varying photo- metric return because of fairly low sun angles do%_ there.
LMP: But you can see patterns of what I believe is pack ice - leading off from that sharp interface that was talked about earlier. And those patterns seem to merge directly with the patterns of the clouds as if the - at least near the continent - the oceanic currents are controlling the air cur- rents, up to a point, along with the movement of the pack ice.
LMP: I'm distinguishing the pack ice from clouds mainly by the angularity of the patterns within them. There is no good clear color or albedo distinction. So, I could - I could be looking entirely at clouds, but I suspect there are some pack ice patterns, too. I'm not keeping you awake, am I, Bob?
CC: No, sir. Just keep talking; we're listening. And I'm sure not much of the world is listening, but will can this all be recorded, and you read it all when you get back and think it through and tie it up with the pictures. And I'm sure there's goin_ to be people interested in this. And we're inter- ested ourselves; Just keep talking.
LMP: Ail I want to do is read what I say.
CC: Roger. If I had a little more geology training, I'd be asking you some better questions. I'm afraid, right now, I can't think of anything to ask you.
LMP: Well, I can't - I really wish I knew that geography. I don't know - I wish I'd thought of bringing a good map of Antarctica. Could somebody do a little researching for me and see if they could tell me if we're - have a Little American view - say on the eastern edge of the continent?
CC: Roger. We'11 see if we can get some Antarctica geographers around.
LMP: Yes, I'd like to - and, also, whether or not they think the Dry Valley area is visible to us. Let's see, there's some - some of the people over there in Bill Bennett's group, I think, have a little Antarctic experience, or used to. They might be able to help you out.
CC: Okay. We'11 see what we can track down on it.
LMP: Don't use up a lot of people's time on it, but - but I'd be interested.
CC: Roger. It's getting pretty empty around here. It's 5:00 in the morning, so - (laughter) 6/15 Tape
LMP: Okay. There is a good strong northern hemisphere cyclone up near India, and I think Gene mentioned that. It, I think, was one I saw in some of the forecast sheets as a dissipating hurricane or typhoon. I'm not sure which it is there. I guess it's a typhoon. And I see something here that I noticed in Earth orbit, Bob. That as you approach the terminator - and now I'm looking at the eastern terminator - have to keep all my directions straight here - yes, eastern terminator. The clouds - those associated with the cyclone over India and one that's - appears to be due south of there - maybe 30 degrees of latitude - have a gray appearance. The - instead of the brilliant white of other clouds as you approach the terminator, those - at least the high level clouds are gray. Now, when we were going over them in orbit, the lower level clouds were still white, and I think I can see a hint of that right now. The Sun gives a strong light reflection off of the buildups in the low- level clouds; whereas, the high-level and probably layered cirrus and maybe some of the intermediate level stratus tend to look gray because of grazing Sun, I suspect.
CC: Roger. You mentioned something in Earth orbit that kind of intrigued me. You mentioned seeing the rainbow, and we were trying to figure out how you saw a rainbow up there. And you were in orbit already at that time. Do you remember that?
LMP: Well, - we're not - we were speaking of the merits of the sunrise.
LMP: Of having a banded color appearance that varied as you approached sunrise. I can't remember what we - I think we put some of that on tape, and we were probably LOS at the time. But the banded character of the sunrise in the atmosphere was very, very marked. There was a gray-blue l_per layer followed - that merged or graded into a bril][ant blue intermediate zone that was just above the cloud levels. And within the clouds, you got _ orange to yellow band, getting more yellow as the Sun rose, that was broken by the dark patterns of the buildups.
CC: Roger. Good show.
LMP: The interesting thing was the continual glow on the horizon we had, even at night, on the darkside pass. And that glow was in the atmosphere because I could see stars rise over the horizon in it and then pass on through it.
CC: Roger. You were talking - the airglow, I guess, is the phenomenon most of the guys had seen before. It's kind of interesting, huh?
LMP: Yes, that's - that's right. It's interesting - I guess standard airglow, but it is very striking that it's a continuous thing even in the dark pass.
LMP: I think I did see the eastern tip of South America, now.
CC: Roger. You're starting to back up now, coming the other way. So you're still over Africa, according to our chart heres but you're backing up towards the - South America.
LMP: Yes, I can see the part of South America that Mercator thought that fitted in with the bend in Africa so many decades ago and started people thinking about moving continents around on the crust.
CC: Roger. Jack, how'd the PGA doffing go? Most of you - are you all out of the PGAs now?
LMP: That's in work. We're taking it slow and easy up here, Bob.
CC: Roger. Understand. I'11 just be curious to see if they all fit in that bag.
LMP: I think you'11 find that Ronald Evans will also be curious about that. He's already made comments.
CC: Roger. _4P Ail of them - all of them very - very nicely defined as southern hemisphere cyclones. There are about four of those visible swinging around - oh, I guess, that's latitude - I'm having to guess here, but I'd say latitude 50 to 60 south.
CC: Okay; 50 or 60 south on that, huh?
LMP: Yes, I have to look at the map here in a minute and see if that puts me between Antarctica and the Cape.
CC: Well, the tip - the tip of Africa there is at about 32 south.
LMP: Well, that sounds like a pretty good guess, then. It looks like the intertropical convergence zone over Africa is starting to get more and more clouds in it now. I suspect as midday approaches, whi_,h is what we're seeing there, we can expect to see more and more moisture indications.
CC: Roger. They're - they're probably about noontime right there right now. It's 11:36 at the zero meridian at Greenwich, so it's just a little bit before noon right in that area you're talking about.
LMP: Yes, some of those masses of what I suspect are cumulus buildups - well, not really. They don't look like they're as concentrated and localized. More like just masses of fairly dense clouds that are developing in that band of green that crosses the lower portion of Africa.
LMP: Stay tuned for the next installment on the Earth. I'11 try to get out of this suit.
CC: Okay. Just take it easy, Jack, and we'11 be listening.
LMP: Man, I've never taken it so easy in my life. I'11 tell you, Bob, I couldn't have believed this would be an experience like it is now.
LMP: Every time you turn around, there is something else to see and wonder what's causing it. Whether it's a particle zipping across the window, or one zipping across the cabin, or spring mechanics here in zero g; there's always something going on.
LMP: Bob, if I'm not waking you up, an observer from another planet certainly - probably could decide that we have such things as clouds and at least large thunderstorms because right at the terminator you get a brightening of the sunlit side and a long, long shadow out to the - out to the east that is reminiscent of what we saw in the early days look- ing at the Moon at the terminator.
CC: Roger. next
LMP: However, in the pass around, I'11 bet you wouldn't see them.
LMP: I've never been a big - Well, I didn't grow up with the idea of drifting continents and sea-floor spreadings, but I tell you, when you look at the way the pieces of the - of the northeastern por- tion of the African continent seem to fit together separated by a narrow gulf, you could almost make a believer of anybody.
CC: Roger. It's beginning to look like the globe that you might buy down at the store, huh?
LMP: Oh, I don't think so, Bob. (laughter)
LMP: I don't think we'd better put this one up for sale. Somewhere there might be somebody who would like to buy it.
CC: Say, Jack. We noticed the 02 flow has dropped down now. We're wondering, did you all close the waste storage vent valve?
CMP: I don't think so; let me check on that. It might have gotten closed inadvertently in this game we were playing down in the LEB.
LMP: Ron says it's still on VENT.
CC: It's on VENT. Roger.
CC: Okay. We're noticing the flow is coming back up slowly; so something caused it to drop, and it's coming back up.
CC: Jack, just to ease those words I said before, we looked at the schematics here a second, and you'd be dumping urine out of that same line as that waste vent, and that would probably cause the pressure to build up enough to slow the 02 flow. And we noticed that the 02 flow is climbing back up to where it belongs.
LMP: Oh, I really hadn't started to worry about it yet, Bob, so no sweat. 7/1 Tape APOLi/) 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
LMP: How'd the S-IVB work go, Bob?
CC: They just finished their second burn, and it's targeted right where they want it. Just working perfectly.
LMP: Where were they going to put that one? I guess I lost track of that.
CC: Seven degrees south and 8 degrees west, Jack.
CC: Okay; 7 degrees south and 8 degrees west.
LMP: Okay. That ought to be interesting.
CDR: Hello, Houston; how do you read CDR?
CC: Read you loud and clear, Gene.
LMP: Bob, LMP's going off the air for a little while.
CC: Roger, Jack. It sounded like a sigh of relief.
CC: No, sir. Been enjoying listening to you; keeping - keep me awake down here.
LMP: You had a long day.
CC: Not as long as you've had. around.