Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
CDR: What's wrong down there?
CDR: Go ahead - go ahead, Ron.
CC: Roger. We're using the FM BIC!_ED ch-nnels for some special tn*trumentation that are different {mqtx,_entation. So we'd like to cycle the CRYO fans, t-,k 2 fans, once we acquire G,,-_. Nov, I'11 give you the go on it.
CDR: Say, Eon, you have a map update for us?
CDR: So.
CC: Roger. _ 1_1 GET 233 plus 26 plus 3_, longi- tude 21.7 east.
CDR: Ron, do you mean 223 or 233? mean
CC: Roger. I 223 - 223.
CDR: _at's a real up update?
CC: _es. Page 103_
CC: ... we'11 have that redone.
CC: ApoLlo 7, Houston. Request SPS line heaters to Ak and your t_perature readout.
UNKNOWN: Well, we were right there when you e-lled for it, and I'm reading on m_ gage, for what it's worth, about, eh, 6T.
CC: Walt, we're reading 65 down here, and we'11 delay the CRYO t_-_ fan cycle until Redstone. Not enough time, now.
CDR: Well, I can do it by myself, can't IT
CC: Negative. Ve'd like to get some - we've got like to pick it u_ over a station. Both the ON and the OFF cycle of the fans.
CC: Roger. At 22_ plus _7, it's a down voice backup check over Ascension. We w_ll co_nd All switch- ing from the ground.
CDR: Roger. I'11 stand by, then.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston thr_,_h Redstone.
CC: Roger.... we're waiting for data before we cycle the CRYO fans.
CDR: You say you're troubleshoot4n8 the switch on the backup?
CC: _ais is part of it, but we're using the FM that we use to have the BICHED on it, to get sone more data.
CDR: Roger. We've got that ...
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. Opposite ......i.
CDR: Roger. We have our ...
CC: Roger. Twenty clicks for L_.
CDR: ... 15 clicks?
CDR: Say, Ron, we Just went by the Tuamotu Archipelago out here, and for _ minutes solid we wo_atby coral reefs, atol1_, I should sa_.
CC: Roger. ...
CC: _aat seems more than nothing at all.
CC: Wowl
CDR: You should be locked up with him for 11 days. _ r o
CC: 7, Houston. I've got some football scores here. Houston New York 20, 1_.
CDR: Bad news.
CDR: Are you sure that's the correct score?
CC: That's affirmed.
CDR: Looks like New York had a good day.
CDR: ... only gave me five points.
CC: San Francisco was 26, New York 20; Cleveland 30, Baltimore 20; St. Louis 31, Washington 1_; Oaicago 2g, Philadelphia 16; Green Bay 1_ and Detroit 1_.
CDR: They are slc_ri-gdown this yeax. Jack.
CDR: What about the Rams?
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. 02 tank 2 fan OFF.
CC: 7, Houston. One minute LOS; Ascension _7.
CC: 7, Houston. L.A. 27, Atlanta 1_. ASc_ST_ (_V 1_2) Houston
CC: Apollo 7, through Ascension.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. Opposite _.i_{.
UNKNOWN: 7, Houston. Voice check. You'11 be coming CC down - down voice backup.
UNKNOWN: Very well. Do you want me to configure now?
CC: Negative. We have configured from the ground. All yon have to do is t-lk.
LMP: What _ I here fort
CC: (Laughter) Just t-lk.
LMP: I'm testing down voice Backup, and I wish I had those l_ttle eo----n4 switches so I could throw
CC: Xes, right. _aat's a pretty good deal; all you ptmch is one button and it switches .11 those
LMP: _h.t's right. Ask them if they can rock their spacecraft dean there, will you?
CC: Okay. q'-at down voice backup, that's good voice; nice and clear.
CC: Oks_. Would you ask them to please switch my r*-Eing Back on and down voice back up to where they would like itt
CC: Boger. _our rsng_-g is still on.
LMP: q',,,k you. You get better down voice without it. wa_r,also. _xat's why we're checking this time now, Walt, is rang_nE down voice backup.
LMP: Sa_v that again.
CC: Boger. Ne are chee¥1nm down voice backup along with rang_-g on this test.
CDR: I understand, Ron.
CT: By the way, L.A. beat Atlanta 27 to 1_. undefeated then.
CDR: Roger. They're st111 Right?
CT: I ass_e so. San Diego over Denver _1 to 17.
LMP: Oka_r. I'm going to bed. Good night, Ron.
CT: Roger. Good night. We'11 see_you tomorrow.
CT: Hello, there.
UNKNOWN: Oilers do?
CT: Not too well. They lost to New York lb,to 20.
UNKNOWN: Oh.
CT: Hey, Dorm.
UNKNOWN: Yeah, Rom.
CC: Boger. You better check your food. Wally said was not quite he one meal short there and sure where he's going to get it so you better check eaten your food and see if he's yours.
UNKNOWN: Yes, th,nkq for the tip. I'11 be keeping an eye him -- om
CC: -- Okay.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. One minute LOS. Mercury at 26. _CU_¥ (REV 1_2) Houston through Merc_c_.
CC: Apollo 7, Standing by.
CDR: Roger. Houston, A_11o 7.
CC: Boger. Loud and clear.
CC: Al_llo 7, Houston. Opposite c_.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. One minute LOS; Redstone at 57.
CDR: Roger, understand.
CC: Roger. _.uSTONE(._v 1_2)
LMP: Boger. Houston, Apollo 7.
CC: 7, Houston. We'd ]*kp to pover up the (_40over Medstone and then l_wer down over Ascension.
LMP: Okay. Fine.
CC: A!_llo 7, Houston.
UNKNOWN: a cycle on our heaters, and we ca- finish this last CRYO H2 stratificaticu test there if it's convenient for you to turn the H2 heaters and f-hq off at this time. Page 10_0
UNKNOWN: can turn the heaters and fans off at this time.
CC: Roger. Proceed and then this will start the R2 01t_Ostratification test.
CDR: Ail right. Fine. Starting at 26 02.
CC: 7, Houston. We read 233 psi in t_n_ 1 - H2 tn_ 1 and 231.3 in t-_ 2.
CDR: Roger. 233, 231. _n_k you, Ron.
LMP: ... our meters read - wp]l it's a little hard to _]ose resolve it that - I'd s_y about 228 and 226 on our meter.
LMP: Looks like we're about 5 pounds below you.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. About 30 seconds LOS; Ascen- sion at 23, and your state vector is good.
LMP: Okay. _ you. AS_SION (REV 143)
CC: Apollo 7, Houston thro,,_bAscension. Ascension.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston thro,,_
CC: Roger. Read yOU, Donn.
CC: 7, Houston. They verify SIS line heaters were Page 10_1
CMP: Negative. q'-ey were not turned off. Did yo_ want the_ off now?
CC: Wait one; stand by.
CC: 7, Houston. We were predict_ns that we would be up to 75 degrees here, but the curve tapered Offs so ye wt]] advise when to turn them off.
CMP: Okay. I'm sti31 reading T2 degrees right now.
LMP: Could you give me hydrogen pressures ag_n, the please?
CC: Roger. Right now H2 t--_ 1 232, H2 +_,w 2 230.
CC: And - Apollo 7, Houston - we're GO for _C pcver
CC: 7, Houston. Have you ever taken the optics e_e- pieces off and looked thronEb the optics out there ?
CC: Have we taken them off, did you say?
CC: T_at's affirmative, or do you norm-l_y leave them mounted in position?
CMP: Oh, about fifty-fifty. Sometimes we put them awsy, and sometimes we Jt_t leave them there. It depends on what we're going to do; if we're going to be real active in the T.._ doing other things, we i_m,Ally _ them a_ay because they're Page 10b got & I'11 pass up to you here shortly.
CMP: 0ka_. Fact is, they're stored right now.
CC: APnjlo ?, Houston. You can turn the H2 heaters en n_, and that stratification test at your
CC: Okay. Heaters going on now.
CC: On this optics degradation, what we want to do is remove the sextant and telescope eyepieces, and then observe the internal lens of both the sextant and the telescope. This would be lrlth you_ ey_,bRl! &bOtlrb a foot away from the panel dart-_ a 4,4side pass with the optics pointed somewhere above the horizon.
CMP: Optics pointed where, above the horizon?
CC: Optics above the horizon. And you should be able to observe some deposits on this objective lens similar to the ones that are on the windows.
CMP: ... get thro,,_ the optics eyepieces. C,AKAR_(l._v 1_3)
CC: Ss_ again, Donn.
UNKNOWN: I say with the eyepieces installed, the view - the optics are off through the telescope ... 1-1rt ecl off. Page 101_3
CMP: Just disregard.
CC: you're clear now; say again.
CMP: Okay. When the eyepiece is installed, the view through the optics will be as good now as it was at the start of flight.
CC: Roger. Understand. What we would like to do is get your evaluation with the eyepieces off and see if you can see any deposits on those !_,_ off.
CC: _11o 7, Houston. Thirty seconds LOS; Mercury at O3.
CMP: Roger, Houston. (REV 1_3)
CC: Alm_11o 7, Houston throl,EbMercury. Sta-4ing by. Roger, Houston.
CC: Roger
CMP: Roger. ApoLlo
CC: 7, Houston. SPS line heaters off.
CC: Roger. Give me a couple of minutes.
CC: Roger. _AM (REV 143)
UNKNOWN: Roger. Go ahead, Hon. Page 10_ (24P
UNKNOWN: faded out; sa_ ag_-.
CC: Roger. Your H2 ta,k pressures, 256 and 25_.
CC: - 7, Houston - uur oxidizer line temperature now reads 80 deem here.
CC: 7, Houston. 11,irty seconds LOS; Redstoue at 32, and verify SlmSline heaters off. line
CC: 7, Houston. Verify S_ heaters off. _TON'E (l_-W1_3)
CC: A1_11O 7, Houston through Redstone. Standing by.
UNKNOWN: Roger, Houston. CC
CMP: I completed _h-t stratification test, and there doesn't appear to be ,_thing.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. I have a flight plan update when you're read_ to copy. stand
CMP: Oks_. Ron, by for Just one here.
CC: Roger. No hu_$.
CMP: Go ahead with your flight plan update, Ron.
CC: Roger. At 228 plus 20, optics degradation test. were talking about _aat's what we a while ago. At 229 plus 50, oxygen fuel cell purge; at 230 plus 00 02, C_(YOstratification test number 3. We w_ll advise further details later.
CMP: Okay. Page 10_5
CC: At 232 plus 00, extend pls_mate's sleep period to 23_ Plus 00.
LMP: Roger. Got that.
CC: Norm-1 SPS burn prop ACCEPT. At 236 plus 00, _m_ waste water to blank percent - it's about 50 percent. We'11 update that later.
CC: We want to get the right amount to be in the tA_w for deorbit.
CMP: Is there a right m, ount for deorbit?
CC: That's affirmative. They're f1111, in other words, for deorbit. About 90 percent is what we're try- ing for.
CMP: Oh, I see. Oks_-.
CC: At 236 Plus 50, backup GDC/IMU alignment; delete SCS backup A1 iEn. At 237 plus 16, TV turnon.
CC: Ron, I don't see how that's going to work out too well. We're here - that's right in the middle of the pass tha_ we're doing this align- ment, and you've got to be darkened down from in here.
CC: Walt a mt,ute; I think I stated that wrong. That should be 237 plus 16.
CMP: Yes, I see what you mean. Okay, Ron. But you may not get it because if we're not finished with that alf_,_ent, we're going to keep c_ with it. J Page 10h6
CC: 0ka_. Wait a mtnute. Was that the end of night period? Oh, I guess it is; _ flight plan's a little iow.
CC: Yes, it was also there at CI_ request.
CMP: Right; I've got it here. Yes, that'11 work out.
CC: Okay. T_ pass is 237 plus 18 to 237 plus 30. At 237 lxlus 30, axygen fuel cell purge.
CC: At 238. ...Ron.
CC: Roger. We're about LOS; I'11 pick you up at the C_-A_ies at 03.
CC: Okay. c_ (_v z_)
CC: ApoLlo 7. Houston thr_,_h C---_ies.
UNKNOWN: Roger. _his is Apollo ?.
CC: Roger. Loud and clear, Dorm. We cam continue with the _tEht Dl-n l_]ate, if you're ready.
CC: Roger. Did you get the fuel cell 02 purge at 237 plus 30?
UNKNOWN: there.
CC: Roger. At 237 plus 30, oxygen fuel cell purge.
CMP: Okay. We Just had one at 230.
CC: That's affirmative. This is the one Just l_ior to burn to ,_t_e the fuel cell take more of the load. Page 10_7
CMP: Oh, I see. Okay.
CC: At 238 plus 30, delete Bravo prior Huntsville and Alfa prior G,,_,or Guaymas.
CC: Roger. At 239 plus 06, present c_u'Iburn 7. ...
CC: _y. I've got a ch_n_e on that - on the one X gave up to you. At 230 plus 00, delete that stratification C2_0 test. ...
CC: Yes. Now it lo_k_ like the heat leak is such that the heat leak into the t-nks is eq,,-1to the usage out, and the pressures are remaining
UNKNOWN: (T_,,_ter) Oh, okay.
CC: - fk_ger. And one th_-_ I wanted to m_ke clear a_ 236plus5o - -
CC: Roger. That's a backup GDC aii_nment, and the is not to he caged. It's an alignment test.
CMP: Right. We'11 leave hhe IMU in their zone, probably fly hack to it.
CC: Roger. A little advanced information: looks l'i_e about you only have 12 to 13 minutes to get those stars in there, and we plan to pass up some information for a local vertical attitude and kind of an AOS time at the stars. Page 10_8
CMP: Oh, okay, fine. _nat will help. Why do you say that we've only got 12 or 13 minutes?
CC: That's the only time the stars wtll be in the field of view.
CDR: Oh, swell.
CC: And they'11 start going usder the horizon after that time.
UNKNOWN: not s-eh a hot deal, it? This is supposed to be our backup alignment method. If we've only got 12 -_nutes per night pass to find t_.em, that's kind of a difficult thin_ to do if you don't have help.
CC: Roger. We tmderstand. That's the best we can do at this settln_, though.
CDR: Oh, it looks like a poor choice of stars.
CC: I copied that.
CDR: Yes, that's interesting. I noticed during the curious night pass that the other cross was Just barely above the horizon, and that was only for a few mf,utes, and then it started going down.
CC: 7, Houston. We could use a kind of a crew stat_ report there on yourself if you've got a chance.
UNKNOWN: Roger. I'm still holding up. Had a real good night's sleep - a good 8 hours, I guess - and cold see_s better; at least, I'm not blow_- 8 Page lob9 my' nose as much, and n_ ears stay clear more than a greater proportion of the time than they were earlier.
CC: Yes, that sounds real good.
CMP: I don't know whether W_lly and Waiter's have improved or not; I don't think they have, to speak of. I took one Lomatil before I went to sleep. That was around - well, whenever it was that I wemt to sleep.
LMP: I took it about 215 or 216.
CC: What was that - 215 or - oh, that was the time.
LMP: About that, 215 hours or thereabouts.
CMP: And I haven't kept too close a track of the water; I tb_nk it's been around 20 or 30 clicks.
CMP: A combination of before I went to sleep and then after I got up.
CC: About 30 seconds LOS at Canaries; we've got Madrid for about 1 minute.
CMP: .Roger.
CMP: Roger. Redstone at 08.
CC: Apollo T, Houston thro,,mh Redstone. Stand{n S by.
UNKNOWN: Loud and clear. CC
CMP: Houston, Apollo T-
CMP: I looked thr_,=h the optics, and I couldn't tell _,,h in the wa_ of dirt in there. The sextant looked clean an a whi_tle. There were snm- lit- ;> tle light spots in the telescope which could be dirt particles catching light, you know, reflect- ting.
CC: Rog=r. But you didn't see an_r, hi-, E that looks like the _._.-,.-ndmodule vin_T
UNKNOWN: _at looked like whatT
CC: Any of the deposits we have on the cowhand module windows.
CMP: No, I couldn't tell anything like that. You mean on the surface the _nner surface of the next - to the spacecrafb, or are you looking thro,,_b the whole tbt-_?
CC: Well, looking through the whole thing and also on the t_er surface _ere that you can see.
CMP: No, I didn't see au_thi-_ ]'ike that - that looked OUr window de/pration at All. like
UNKNOWN: CC Roger. Copied. ' specks on the telescope which do not apparently affect the field of view when you've got the eye- piece in.
CC: Roger. Sounds good then.
CMP: Yes, I haven't noticed any change at AIl in the way the stars look or the ground looks from the ds_ we took off.
UNKNOWN: In fast, on some of the flights, I'd like to sug- gest they rig up sc_e type of a deal where you could mount a camera on there and take pictures throngb it. It's an excellent window for that kind of thing.
CC: Roger. I've got about three flight pl,nning questions here on the completion of things.
CC: Roger. Has a second sextant calibration test been performed?
UNKNOWN: No, we haven't done that.
CC: Roger, and -
CMP: I guess the first one didn't come out too well. I mean, I only got one star. test? Rave two of those been performed? k,Y,w
CMP: Don't what that is. You mean the COAS calibration?
CC: No, that's the first part of P23. It's that tx_mn%c_ bias check thing.
LMP: Oh, yes. No, I did that the same time I did the sextant calibration.
UNKNOWN: And how about the window photography as described in the DTO S-20.167
CMP: I haven't taken any pictures. I th_nk Walt and W_lly have taken some along the way. I _nn't know if we did it _-_ctly to that DTO,
CC: Roger. I u_derstand. And - 7, Hcamton - opposite nmi.
UNKNOWN: Apollo 7, Houston. Opposite _,ni again, please.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. One =_-ute LOS; Antigua at 27. Am'r_A (REV1_5)
CC: Apollo 7, Houston thro,,_ Antigua. Standing by.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. One minute LOS, Antigua; Canaries at 38. Dorm.
UNKNOWN: _ Oh, okay. lion. Have a. _ day.
UNKNOWN: 6oo_ night, or vhate_"r it is.
CC: ApoLlo T. C,anar_. St,an_ing b_'. _°_t°n thr_-
CC: Apollo 7. Houston. _ up mx LOS Canaries in about one and a half _mfces; approx_m-tely oae more _{-ute of e,,fTm s._-_er fha% if you turn your S-band volume up at l_,a_id. _DRm (_w 1_5)
CC: ApoLlo 7, Houston. One -_-ute LO3 _a_id; Carnar- v_a atI%.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston thro,,_- _n. i
CC: Hi. Donn. Would.Just to co_fim a /%_el cell l_ke 0 2 purge-
UNKNOWN: m_er. That is in work.
CC: _---w you. And I have & block data to pass up. ! This As a fa/fly brief pass here at Caraarvon. 1'11 get you at Hone_s"_le at 2_ and re_ire _-band _olume u_ at _; time. · -_'_L.i_: __' _;_: -''_'' Page I05h
CC: Bm.
UNKNOWN: Could you give me a mad update, please?
CC: Roger. Have one right here. For I_V 1_6 c_'r 232 plus 28 plus 05, 116.8 west.
CMP: Roger. The time vas 232 plus 38, was that itY
CC: Plus 28.
UNKNOWN: 28. All riSht. _ank you.
CC: Right. a_su_._. (REV1_51
CC: A_ollo 7, Houston through Honeysuckle.
CC: And I do have this block data read_ whenever yo_ are ready to copy.
CC: Roger. Block data: lb? dash 1 Bravo plus- 263 minus 0630 232 plus 09 plus k? k102, 1_8 dash l Alfa plus 299 m_nus 06k5 233 plus _6 plus _2 3550, 1_9 dash 1 Alfa plus 293 minus 06k_ 235 plus 25 plus ]9 3075, 150 d-_h 1 Alfa plus 237 minus 0630 237 plus 07 pins 05 2811, 151 dash All& plus 29_ minu_ 1615 239 plus _8 plus 35 3073, 152 dash _ Alfa plus 298 minus 1615 2_1 plus 29 plus 11 2839. Standing by for readback. !I Page lo55 t _-e time ...
CC: Roger. 2_1 plus 29 pl_ 11.
CMP: Okay. lb? dash 1 Bravo plus 263 minus 0630 232 09 _T b102, 1_8 plus 299 minus 06_5 233 b6 b2 3550, lb9 plus 293 minus 06bb 235 25 39 3075, 150 plus 237 minus 0630 233' 07 05 2811, 151 plus 29b plus - mqnus 1615 239 k8 35 3073, 152 plus 298 m_mm 1615 2_1 29 11 2839.
CC: ReacIbae-k is correct.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. Coming _ on LOS Honeysuckle; Redstone at b3.
CC: Apollo _, Houston thro,,_h Redstone. Standing by.
CMP: Roger. Houston, Apello 7-
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. Opposite _n_, please.
CC: Apollo T, Houston. 0ue minute until LOS Red- stone; Antigua at 02.
CC: Apollo 3., Houston through Antigu_
CC: Apollo ?, _uston. to put into the _ight plan 'for flight plan update.
UNKNOWN: okay. Go ahead..
CC: _t. First item: we propose to dump waste w_ter 236 excuse s_ _Ius 50 - me, 23_ l_lus_0. _-t will be at the end of a night pass, and t.h{__ wt_ allow plenty of time for the stuff to d_ml_erme before the next night pass. And slso, we'11 be timed to give us the proper q,_ntity for reentry. 235 plus to %uan%ity, _nt waste and we would like to get { pretty close to that number if possible because _ is going to insure us of the right qu_utity r--_,_ at time for reentry.
CC: ok_y.
CC: So I gave you a wrong number there. I corrected it, hut to m,ke sure: at 235'_1us 50, dmnp to percent.
CDR: _oger. dump I've got it. At 235 plus 50, tape.
CC: Also, second item for information, we're look_g _t north set stars, and the --_lysis now is favorable. We'11 have the i_formatiom soon, _at is if the crew wants the information.
CDR: I see. We could use the north set stars if we _,a to do a real backup alignment. Page I057
CC: Yes, Donn, that is correct. Xou could use them for a backup alignment. They _ be visible longer, but the primary reason for loo_fng those th{n_ up was to have two stars that would be visible for a longer lmeriod of time for doing 1;his test.
LMP: Oh, I see. You're saying you w_t to use t_-o other stars for the test.
UNKNOWN: affirmative. We're proposing that - or
UNKNOWN: coming in, are we going to end up with the will.be on our GDC ball, that the same a_ when we bri..ngit up for the burn?
CC: Aff£rmative.
CC: Ail right. Well, I don't care. It really doesn't a_ke that much difference. We're l_r-_ned on the south end stars.
CC: Okay. Well, I had - we had _derstood there was sc_e reason to 'be wo_ied about those _eeaase they wouldn't be visible long enough. W1,ase two stars that we have wiil l_e Nav_ and Polaris, stars 3 an& 5. Am_ they should - they w*11 be visible for a longe r period of time. That As '- erm tion.
CC: q'ne_ are still Ioo_n_. trying to f_n_ out ex- actly what the periods are for the - thaL is the l_riods of visibi/ity an_ then the duratioa of the time they w_]l be visible.
UNKNOWN: that may not be a problem. Act,,nl_y, if _uu gave us the pitch, roll, and yaw align, we caa Just _t those nunbe-_-_ on the IMU ball, and that ought to put the south end of the right pos £t ion.
CC: Okay. T_e way I _aderstooa it was that because A=_hlem, they would be visiblefor short periods of *-{_e. However, we'11 _ust sort of _,ng lo_se 1⁄2 on tb_ for right now. _'1
LMP: Fell, Ron said that they would be visible about ] i2 _{-utes. Twelve m{n,_es wou/_ be'pleutj if = ]fOu've got them right in the telescope %o start i ._th. i !
CC: Copy. "_ 4.
UNKNOWN: _ m%v not 1_e --_u_h. _j
CC: _-y. We'11 stand by. _e have that {nformation ava_]able. ['i
CMP: food. I prefer to use the south end. stars if we can, because we tr_-e_ on that a little more, an_ we _ what we're doing. I think. ,.lie. C_ARY (REV1_6)
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. Coming up on - stand by.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. Opposite omni, please,
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. One minute LOS Canary; vol_e ' mp at 23 for 1 m_nute ]_ore at Madrid; Carnarvon at 5O.
CC: Apo/lo 7, Houston. Did you read?
UNKNOWN: Roger, Bill. I got you.
CC: Okay. _b_nk you.
LMP: CMP Roger. Houston, Apollo 7-
LMP: Roger. H0_EYSUC_W(REV1_6)
CC: Apollo 7, Houston through Honeysuckle. Stand- !"Sby.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. One minute LOS Honeysuckle; TeT_ at 32. Page1060 XAS
CC: Apn110 ?, Houston thro-_ TeY_. Standing by.
CMP: Hey, B_ll, I took a look at that south set star and thoze two stars, and you're right; they're not _?b good, But then the cross went out of sight in about, oh, I guess 6 to 8 minutes.
CMP: So I tb{-k ye better go with the north side if Ye can get them.
CC: Okay. I'11 start working on it right nov.
CMP: Roger. Co.
CC: l_ght. On this procedure (page 33 on the check- list) --_-h_t's on +.his backup alignment - the two stars will be Hawi, star number 3 instead of Acrux; and Polaris, n_mg0er 5 instead of Atria.
CMP: Okay. Stand by, and I'11 get that written down here.
CC: Okay. aha the procedttre, of course, w_l] re- m._. the same.
UNKNOWN: Okay, Bill. I got it. 'l_e way it reads nov - m_- nearer the stars Navi number 3 on the 50-degree H m lO61 course. you hame the
CC: Tna_'s correct, of _l_ informati_ written in there if we can go either Ws_ _ _epenS;n_ _Ix)n the situation. But since ]_ou w_e the change, we'11 assume now that we are sena{n E all of our infomnation uP the north set stars.
CMP: Hight. I'd ]/ke to do that.
CC: . Okay. Apollo ?, Houston. you're GO for 16_
CC: Apollo 7, Hduston; One minute LOS Antigua; c'...--w,-ies at. 50.
UNKNOWN: Roger. em.amc (_ x_7)
CC: Apollo 7, Houston through C_n_wies. Stan_{n g by.
CDR: . Houston, A_llo ?.
CC: Roger. I Just got & fa_t alarm, and a fuel cell i 3 ]_ht came On. However, _77 co_kpit meter Ira- i ·ications are indicat_nz NORMAL.
CC: Hca,er. _e're look{m s.
CC: AA_"lllo7. Houston.
CC: B°ger. _e've been watcb¢_ it for some time. _he 1! ·, -,,_:_j_:. :.-_ &_-..;... _., Pa_ i062 l back u_ as soon as you 1_wer rap. Apparently, this has been a slow trend they've been monitoring from the ground.
LMP: Oh, I see now. Ours has dropped below the green i b;_-t_ I've got 155 here.
CC: I55. Roger. ]
CC: Okay. We'11 use batteries and compute it as us..l and figure it'11 come back up when we pOWer up.
CC: That's affirmative. And you still have a fuel cell 3 light?
LMP: . Roger. Ne have a number 3 that tends to run cool, and number 2 tends to run hot. N_meber 2 is ca_- ing a little more load than the oth ers that's on both bus. What do you people _h_.k of swapl_ng; in other words, put three on both buses and two on 2 only?
UNKNOWN: Stand by, CC
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. We're t_lkl- g that over; we'11 .get it to you at Carnarvon.
CC: Apollo 7, Heuston. One minute L_ C_'_a_j; Carnar- ?un at 25. We'd. like to have POO in AcCEPT for :.j C_-narvon acquisition; we'11 give yOu a state vec- tor and a target load.
LMP: Highto. I'11 have it.
CC: _,,w _ou. CA_AB_N (REV 1_7)
CC: ADo/lo 7, Houston through Carnarvon.
CC: Ap_lln 7, _ouston. I have the m,neuver PAD when
UNKNOWN: I'm ready. Go ahead.
UNKNOWN: SPS number 7, 239 06 1100 minus Oooo0 minus 01 GOO minus 02020. Donn, could you go i t.o ACCEPT, please? 1 J
CC: Hoger. Continuing tc read with NOUN _2: 2303 plu_ 0901 02083 2h6_T minus 073 minus 131 008 05 2831 276 238 2_ 0000 minus 09_2 plus 13557 2307; roll, pitch, anti y_w all zeros. Standing bF for readback.
UNKNOWN: Boger. I got t_e SPS burn number 7, 239 06 1100 minus sl1 balls minus 01 000 minus 02020 2303 plus 0901 02083 246h7 m{n,m 0?3 minus 131 008 05 2S31 276 238 2_ 0000 minus 09_2 plus 13557 2307 ail b.lls.
CC: _*5ht. You facle40lXt. Tm NOUN 42 _ there, for the apogee height, 2303. P_.ge 106_
CC: Okay. And comments: SCS AUTO with SPS, out of point north, pitched up 70 degrees. And also in the cc_ents section, I have the backup align information.
UNKNOWN: Oka_r. Pitched up 70 degrees. Is that. what you got:
CC: Affirmative. Out of plane north, pitched up 70 degrees.
UNKNOWN: Right and heads up. That is a backup?
CC: Affirmative. That's right. It is heads up.
UNKNOWN: Go ahead and give your backup _ngles now, Bill.
CC: Right. For the backup -l{gnment: roll 035, pitch 003, yaw 006. Comments: backup align stars are north set, both stars availahle after 5 m{nutes in darkness.
CMP: Okay. Roll 035, pitch 003, yaw 006, north set, 5 m_nutes after darkness.
CC: Affirmative. Readback is correct.
CC: I understand. These are the angles that when we're ia position with the north set stars and we fly back to NULL on the GET, we'11 also be at NULL on the iN_ pole.
CC: That's affirmative. That's the way I understand it.
CMP: Okay. That ought to it. do
UNKNOWN: CC Donn, before you put your _ swa_, would you confirm in NOUN _2 the C - 020832
CMP: Roger. 02083; got it.
CC: Thank you. Ee-_Ibae_ is correct.
UNKNOWN: Okay. _omnl_ _OU, B_11.
CC: Okay. Donn, it's YOUr _ater.
CC: Both loads are in.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. Opposite _q, please.
CC: Apollo ?, Houston. Coming up on Carnarvon LOS. S-band volume u_ at Honeysuckle which wi]] be about a half m_mute from now.
CMP: Okay, B{11.
CDR: . _oger..
UNKNOWN: Nothing, B_ll. I was Just responding to your call there.
UNKNOWN: sor_;. No
UNKNOWN: sweat.
CC: Apol/o 7. Houston- Ap10rnw¢_ately 1 minute LOS auxl_wrrl.M (KEV I_?] -_,:_. _ & _._ .__ .·,%._,i, ,. %.- - .
CDR: Huntsville LOS. Gua_as. Standing by.
CC: _11o T, Houston thron_h thro-_
CC: Hey, Dorm, monitor your yaw. We show a slow 4milt over toward 270.
UNKNOWN: Roger. I'm keeping an eye on it.
CC: Ray.
UNKNOWN: pitch and yaw ... so we Clmiteget over there.
CC: _-y. We'11 keep an eye on it here;.we have a pass. long
UNKNOWN: 0ka_.
CDR: Okay. Took P52 using Rigel ... Oh, _ou gu_s are reading this, right?
CC: Apollo T, Houston. One minute LOS Antigua; Ascension - Canaries, rather, at 26.
UNKNOWN: Roger. BiB, weed like to finish this fine -1t$a check.
CC: A_oilo ?, Houston tkrougb Canary. Sta_ by.
CC: at_llo T. l{ouston. Ve're monitoring __%out degrees in yaw.
UNKNOWN: _oger. Tb_, Bill. I _ust caught it. I was hopfng I could get _ay without firing the ya_, but I had to.
LMP: Hey, Bi]]. We have lost dovnl{nk, and you _idn't give the tape back that last time. I did the fine · align check; used Sirius sn4 Rigel. I got five I b_11_ starting with Eperus, got plus four b_l_ 8, plus three b_ls 2_, minus four b_]]_ 3 for the torquing angles in the fine align check.
CC: _?lat vel_ the last two oll the fine ali_n checkT
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. Coming up on LOS; T_n_narive at _6. and Carnarvon on the h=ar.
CDR: Roger. We'11 see you then.
CC: Ik,ger. CA_mW0N(REV1_8)
CC: Apollo ?, Houston through Carnarvon.
UNKNOWN: Hello there. your IELTA-V teat?
UNKNOWN: NO, haven't done it yet, hut I _m,gine it's 21.6 like it always is.
CC: Okay. And, Dorm, Just for the record, did you' get the canister c_nge7 We
UNKNOWN: Kegative. '11 get that.
CC: _ay. No sweat.
CDR: Good morning, Bill.
CC: Good morning.
CDR: Hey, this is Wally. I'd like you to have the surgeon give us some dope on Actifed. We're _ not sure whether my sympt_ with it are right thickened or n_t, but my mucous up and tended to dry up a little bit. It got a lot thicker m_self.with Act/fed. as & result of treating Does it dry up the nostrils and the sinus, or does it Just sort of thicken it up?
CC: Stand by. The surgeon is nodding his head and said that's a colmon :response.
CDR: _1,_tit thickens the mucous?
CC: It thickens it and also maybe _ies up your nose.
CDR: How about your sinuses? W)11 it dry up your
CC: It shrf_ks them down. .u.,,:._r,:._,_ _,-_., _.. t
CDR: Well, let's ,,_lre our point. We're about ready 'to start on Actifed about every 8 hours, r/ght up to retro, and we're Just not sure if it's a smart move or not.
CC: It - as far as the surgeon ts oonoerned, it's & recommended procedure.
CDR: Roger. We'11 go that way.
UNKNOWN: Hey, Bill.
UNKNOWN: We 'ye tried and tried since last night to find out how we're going to change canisters 22 t_s, the two in the lithium hydroxide canister.
CC: Okay. I had originally designed that thing; I'11 exDl_¢n it to you later.
UNKNOWN: Well, for change number 21, ire can put can hum- her i back; hut for 22, it leaves me cold.
CDR: I tb_nk we'd better go back to the draying hoards forthat one, B_I].
UNKNOWN: comment.
CMP: Our point here, Bill, _s maybe we had better not change this one now. If we just stret ch these out - none of them have gone v_ry far - we're ]-,-ss than about one-tenth of a _1%meter right now. If we stretch this one c_t and move the next one back a little bit, we've got them through the flight, I think.
CC: Roger. I see what you're ss_ng. I agree.
CDR: What he's saying - in 101, we should at least try for a s{lly re{Il{meter l_ger.
LMP: That's two for yc_.
CMP: Bill, I told you to get uz a new writer.
CC: Thought you were setting me u_ _here the other night. I'm afraid to say snything anymore.
CDR: (Laughing) Yes.
LMP: Hey, Bi//. Happiness is a package of bacon sofJm,res on day 10.
CC: Roger. Sounds l_ke you have quite a few useful comments on the food there; I've been reading the notes.
CMP: You ought to see what we've written.
CDR: How do they spell "blacch"!
CC: _eck with Sparkey Schultz, there. .t
CC: We think you ought to look that one up in your l _mw and Wagnalls.
LMP: We'11 bridge the gap.
CC: Apollo ?, Houston. LOS Carnarvcn in I minute; 1 t lO71 1 CDR H_EZSUC_Z (_V 1_8)
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. Opposite _, please.
CC: Apollo 7, Nouston. Opposite omni again, please.
CDR: Nouston, did you cnll S-band?
CC: Noger. Opposite omni.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. Coming up on Honeysuckle LOS; Hawaii at 29. SAWAIStkmu_ _smamA(_v 1_8)
CC: Apollo 7, HoUSton through Hawaii. Standing by.
CC: Right. Just by way of a reminder, we'd li_e to ] rem{nd you that when in DAP control, we'd like all cha_mels ENABTRB, and DAP loaded to fail _mads Alfa and Bravo to save sc_e fuel on these two quads.
CMP: I Understand that about the DAP load. _at did you say before the DAP load?
CC: Just as a reminder.
UNKNOWN: Okay. If it was only the DAP load, we are aware. Tha-k yOU very much.
CC: Right. Tb,nk you. intention not to change 22 in the flight Dl_n until about _O hours. --]ess CO2 partial ixressure dictates otherm-ise.
LMP: Houston, ApoLlo 7-
CC: A_llo ?, Houston. Go.
CC: Roger. You're c_{n g in a lot better now. It's our intention not to w_ke c_n{$ter change number aS c_lle(l ol/t in the flight _1_, until _1_ _0 hours.
LMP: And that - unless CO2 partial pressure goes up, we'11 make can/ster rh_ge m_ber - I guess it's 23. We w'f11 -_ke 21 at about h.O hours. _e'11 -_ke c-n{_ter change 22 at about 50 hours. And we will put canister number 1 back in - can{steT . nmaBer 2 back in then.
CC: Okay. I understand. That's okay.
LMP: We'11 put the canister back in that we took out first, whatever it was.
CC: Hight. I understand what you're saying.
CMP: Roger. We're in the process of do_-g this 5ackup mli=-_ent. I've got aS far as gett_n_ the stars where they should be and aligning the GDC. We're ! cfaeck our error against the I_J.
LMP: H°uston, Apollo 7-
UNKNOWN: 7. Houston.
UNKNOWN: I'd like to record a comment concerning the el>- tics _,.l ity of the telescope.
UNKNOWN: We focus very sharply on the reticle pattern and on stars and so forth in the center of the tele- scope. As you get out toward the edge of it, the fringe area, it gets a distortion, and you get some fuzziness; this _-kes it very difficult to pick up stars out on the edge of it. Reminds me of a cheap pair of binoculars that you might get a_ Sears on sale or something.
CC: _oger. HAWAII through BEB/._JEA (REV 1_9)
CMP: Are you - you're getting our DSk'Y on the down- l_n_. are yOU?
CMP: Okay. _hose numbers you see are the errors in this procedure. Looks pretty good to me.
CC: TOm can't argue with that. ! Page 107_ the attitude set thumbwheels are also included in 1 this Sl_-,_tion of errors because si] I did was set in nine h,ll_ to fly the GDO error needle to _UrLL. So the hiss from that is also included.
CC: I understand.
CMP: ffey, Bill, do you have a map update for us? One that's on this rev, say?
CC: Stand by. We have REV 1_9, time is 236 plus 58 plus 4_. 173. 9 degrees east.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. Also like to remind you about the waste water dump scheduled at 235 plus 50.
LMP: We sh_ water dump down to _0 percent. I assume that _0 percent guarantees us we won't have to _ump anymore before reentry. We can restow our attachment? Over.
CC: Okay. That is using the figures they have been able to determine on the flight; that's correct.
CC: And we'11 end up with how much of the waste water
LMP: _y.
UNKNOWN: got a little - - CC
UNKNOWN: We're going to restow this thing. This is going to be our last -'.,_..:2_.
UNKNOWN: What if we go an extra 3 hours, what would happen?
LMP: We won't worry about that.
CDR: This is _nd of acadpmqc; we're worried about a tadekle flow thro_ the urine dump, that's all. ]
CC: 6%.y. 1 %
CDR: So we're not worried. We'11 make this dump, and l that's it.
CC: _I_I right.
UNKNOWN: '_', Houston. Gu. CC
UNKNOWN: _arough with dcr_rn/_nknow. Do you show the cabin nressure holding steaclyT We've got an 02 FLOW HI on, and I tbqn_ . it Ioo_ to me like the cabin
CC: Cabin pressure's holding pretty constant here. pressure m_ght be f_lling a little bit. I've Been loo_{-_= at it, But stand by.
CC: A_ollo 7, Ho_._ton. No, it st{11 looks good here; you might check the waste vent and direct 02 1Ralves.
UNKNOWN: Roger. We are _,_.ping water. Iage 1076 That's it. I'm abcut CC '_6.8 percent now.
CDR: Are you seeing rates down there, B_]]?
CDR: No, no maneuvering rates.
CC: Looks like I Just lest - I lest part of m7 dis-
CC: Iean see quantities; I'm getting readouts.
CDR: We're building up to p-!mnst two-tenths of a de-
CDR: Okay. Let's take it out now.
CC: One-tenth of a degree in the other two axes.
CDR: ... two-tenths of a degree per second.
CC: Okay. I'm making a _,,,ent.
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. Com_n 5 up on LOS; Tananarive at 21. TANA_AkrVE (REV 1_9)
CC: Apollo 7, Houston thro,,_ T_n_nari-_. Standing by.
CC: Roger. Houston, Apollo 7-
CC: Good morning, Dorm.
CMP: Hi, Jack. How are you?
CC: Apollo 7, Houston. One minute LOS Tananarive; Carna_von at 36.
CC: Al_llo 7, Houston through Carnarvon. Stanm_-g by.
CC: Apollo 7, opposite _m-L
LMP: _ell Ed I admire his astute Judgement.
CC: Roger. _suc_. (_v 1_9)
CC: Apollo 7, opposite omni.
CC: Okay. gaily, as we go over the h_l I here, we are lo_k_ng at the primary evaporator; looks a little strange. If it dries out, you might shut it down and leave it shut down; we'11 pick you uR next time. We are about _5 seconds LOS here at Carnarvon. _e do have Honeysuckle for another _ minutes if 2ou want to turn up S-band.
LMP: We'11 go ahead and shut it down, Jack.
CC: Okay. Does it look strange to you. WaltT
UNKNOWN: Yes. I'm going to shut it down.
CC: Okay. We do not have Honeysuckle, so we'11 pick ]rou up a_ Hawaii at 02. HAWAII through ANTIGUA (REV 1_9}
CC: C_ ahead.
UNKNOWN: N_ger.
UNKNOWN: Houston. Apollo 7-
CC: Co ab--_, 7-
CC: Jack. I've got one more helpful hint to offer on this backup alignment.
CC: Okay. Co ahead.
CDR: .Okay. In order to prevent the optics from drip- ping off the shaft and tz-mnion angle, you set - merely turn optics power off when you get if set _, and they will stay right there.
CDR: I think the point to -_e note of is that we are re-lly tracing out what amnunts to an optics shaft tieup auyway. You could consider it just that way.
CC: Okay. Copy that, Walt. to MANUAL and increased for a minute, and it re,lly didn't 4o _uch; then it started e_{-g hack up. I _t to AUTO again, when I noticed the setting in here with the evaporator outlet temperature about midrange and the steam pressure in an acceptable spot. Aud I don't see eimher one of them moving
CDR: So I am going to start lo_-g for a _eparate problem on that.
CC: All light.
UNKNOWN: 7. Houston. CC
CC: Okay. Wally, on the pr4_wy evaporator there, the pressures an_ temperatures look nomal to us down here on the gro_md. We would like to shut the evaporator down at this time; and snme time after the burn, we will rese._-vlCe it again and then use it prior to entry. HAWAIi (REV 150)
CDR: flW_y. You don't want to reservice it when I shut down?
CDR: And what are you showu_ug glycol EVAP OUT temp- erature?
CC: _1_.1.
CDR: Xes. Well, _nen this is centrolling, it controls _Mwn around q0.
CC: Rally, it shouldn't be boiling nov. You RAD OUT slov, and it's --yOU are _Y_n_.
CDR: If you will notice, Jack, I don't have manual - (
UNKNOWN: Zou have gone to IaC_ASE now?
UNKNOWN: I went to INCREASE for about a minute and a half when I shut it out earlier, with no noticeable effect on the hack pressure - the steam pressure. Subsequent to eh_t time, it csme up. _nen it got within a working range. I went back to AUTO. I Just attempted to ma-_pulate it again, with no is semething fishy with the back pressure control. It is secure now as much as I can secure it, and if we Just let it sit her&, it might end up drift- _ng on up l_ke it did before. I won't reservice it m_til some time before reentry then. .'T-'
CC: Okay. We will give you a cue.
CC: Go ahead. Go ahead, W_lly.
CDR: Roger. We are start_ with ALC out; we are dark in here with floods on. Is that correct?
CC: For even light, if you are going-to show pic- tllres of the panel or scm_ething like that, you should put ALe in. For spot effects, then ALC should be out.
UNKNOWN: We have got floods aro_d us here that are pretty bright. We will try out first, roll right?
CC: nW,y. That is fine, and if it does not look like a real good picture. I'11 tell you to
CC: Have you got a spectacular for us this morning?
CDR: We are _ust going to he at our duty stations.
CC: mi right.
CC: Okay. We are Ju3t startingto pick it up, W_lly. The picture is not real clear yet. Okay. There, it's corn/rigin. From the lovely Apollo room high atop everything - you might try a different posi- , tton on the ALC switch. Let's see how that helps.
LMP: How is that, Jack?
CC: Okay. Let's go back to the other position; I tions passing over the United States about an hour and a half before our seventh and final burn, before our eighth burn tomorrow morning on retro fire. Dorm Eisele is down in the lower equil_nent hay on a backup alignment technique. We had the platform ali_ne<l at this point before burn number 7. I don't know whether you ea_ note or not, Jack, but I'm moving from the front of the attitude indicator _own below up to the win- 4ow, getting ready to check for dawn. It should be arriving Just any moment now. I tb_nk you can =ee the ease ir motion. None of us are $trap_d fee3. vez3r are. in; we comfortable where we
CC: Roger. It's coming in very clear.
CDR: Roger. We thought we would try to give each of you a closer look at our beards this morning, to l_ve that w_ have Been here. and we are not fa_s of the b-_ club. I will not admit to the fact that there i$ any grey in this beard. Fq hair- dresser is the only one that knows. KAWA_ throu_ AFrICUA (REV 150)
CC: Roger. _e can't see the grey; you're safe.
CDR: Roger. I was wondering where the grey went. Well, I'm going down below nOW and let Dorm . get up on the couch; you can check his beard and his configuratic_ for the day.
CC: Hey, 'Dorm, you want to move over to your - oh. *P-t's it.
CMP: Wally's going to move the camera a little hit. Zou have three professional cameramen up here . now; so when we get back, we expect to get c_r mion cards. I was performing a backup align r preee_ure that couId be used in the event of a cc_puter fail,zre to get the inerti al plat- form -l(_ecl for a partic-,1--w ,_nneuver.. That h_ been uomple*ed no_. That was one of our' quarter Qf the act,,__ al_sument that we wanted. Wally _-d I have been taking turns watehin_ the eight b_ll_ over here keeping the s])aceeraf% somewhere near the attitude we need for the burn, and a lit- tle later on we will brfng it in precisely. Our Humber I camer_m_, is now coming down to 4olly up _;alt Cunningham and his beard.
CC: N,11y, there appears to be a Tew pieces of lint an the lens. Thank you.
CDR: Now, we would like to give you another demonstra- tion .... that we've noticed right about this time is the little bit of atmospheric pressure --using the spacecraft to move at this altitude, ms we near the per.igee, and that's what Dorm's lmo_{-g at em the dial right no_r. ..., Walt, ml_ don't you tell the_ where you are now, and point the camera over your head.
LMP: Okay. We ar_ just about, due for an 02 puree. Because of the time, I'm going to go ahead and start the 02 purge in fuel cell 1. We have three fuel cells that have been running very nicely for 11 4ays. I've got a e_era sticking in the lrindow here, a 16mm .Maurer camera, which we have 'been taking strip photographs for the ground at various times, and we are presently going to stow Page i08_ t_aat. We're trying to get the cock-pit clean for the burn. which is due here in a couple of hours.
UNKNOWN: We keep behind our couch here, a large bag which we c-] 1 a temporaxy stowage bag. In order to pre- elude having to "take items _11 the w_ dowm to where we originally got the_, _ur_ng the fi/gDt, we drop thom in the tompora_y stowage bag. such as your meals, and like the c_era was Just done now.
CDR: A rather interesting phenomena we're noting out the window, it's light now. It's very hard to tell on camera in that the details are very. fine. _;e see about three or four different contra_l_ from s/r- craft flying at high altitude, but obviously not as high aa we. They show up very neatly, some hundreds of miles.
LMP: I ._member the one we saw, was it yesterday or the day before, over Africa, Wally.
CDR: Right. Now, we've got au interesting one below us over the Gulf Coast.
CDR: And'as you look out the window towards the horizon, you can get a good view of the day airglow. _here is a very interesting band of color that _ Between the act,_,l earth surface and up where the dark blue or black of the sky begins. It's a very pretty, '_ery
LMP: I'm now going to _- hank one last time across the goekpit here. and I guess this w_11 end our we_kly series with this broadcast. There is our naviga- tor.
LMP: Navigatorhere. look_ng all uver the Gulf Coast area and looking now at Lake Ponchartrain. We can see the bridge standing out very clearly. There's a slight cy- clonic disturbance in the cloud st.rueture, which is probably the ver_- bitter end of our friend Gladys. I hope our friends in Florida where we left sc_e - time ago, have mot su_*fered too _ueh with Gladys. We have oue more sign for you to close out our . see how eve_bod_c held.out.
CC: Could you move it a little closer? Let's see, Dorm, 2ou want to help him out there. "As the sun sinks mlowl_ in the west."
UNKNOWN: _is is Apollo 7, cutting out now.
UNKNOWN: _-ry good one, Wally. CC
UNKNOWN: T_me for a commercial.
CDR: We got a good look at the last bit of Gladys Just off the coast.
LMP: Looks like it still might be 4umping a little rain '-- the Cape. Jacks-.
CDR: Isn't it _ust about off the coast of JacksonviLle!
CC: NO, Wa!ly, Gladys is u_ _round _0, _0 degrees north. sure.
UNKNOWN: like about, degrees west, and _0 degre_ north. That was the 10ositionat 0400 Zebra this morning.
LMP: Roger. How is the weather in 16_ dash one area?
CC: Weather is real good there.
CDR: Well, I th_mk we are just about getting warmed up to the ... In that ca_e, I've got a feeling today that 16_-1 when we come over - our splash Doint that is - t_at we won't use the word impact.
UNKNOWN: I'11 $ve you a kind of a you pass close to us here, so you can take a look at it.
CDR: Roger. Are we working it now, or is it the next rev/
CC: No, the next rev. It w41_ be way north Of you. In _ust a few m_nutes, I'11 give you _ hack and it will be slightly north of You, of your present l_osition.
CDR: Okay. We'11 try and g_ve you a weather reDort.
CDR: I'm not re,lly worried too much about the weather, ss long aS the ocean ts nice and smooth.
CDR: Uaderstand.
CDR: What we are facing u_ to is _r-his is a great spacecraft, but we know it's a lous_ boat.
CC: Okay. _;.]ly, you are about 65 degrees vest now, and your Latitude looks like about 24 de_rees north, and so _t woul_ put 16_ dash 1 about -{les 2_0 north of you now.
CDR: Roger. Walt _dl] wive you a report, he's looking that way.
LMP: As near as I can see, there is nothqnE but very widely scattered cumulus to the lef_ for one- tenth coverage tha_ way.
CC: Th.mb you. Jack?
UNKNOWN: CC They do when you get close to the camera; it was pretty clear today.
LMP: _ma_ d/d you think of tho_e bea.rc_s v are 3 inches long or a half inch long.
CDR: I'd say about 101 mm.
LMP: Hey, Jack, note that the steam pressure is very slow12 creeping up here, and that's long a_eter I q[d/t operating it. We may have a sticky, valve back there. norm,,-1
CC: Okay. It looks fairly to us. _t looks PaEe
UNKNOWN: Go ahead. 7.
CDR: Hoger. One of the interesting things we've noted; I don't tb_ we have brought it to your attention here. If you recall going to a'monkey cage and watching monkeys grab bars, the monkeys always grab the same Dlaee. We found ourselves in the same condition here; using our hands and feet to _e-eu- vet abo%xt, and we always hit the same traffic spot. CC
CDR: We've become very acclimated to this.
CMP: I think he's trying to tell you we've gone ape.
CC: I th{nk we g_essed that.
CDR: Ye're getting to the point where we get free rides with this perigee kick, we're Just about ... atti- tude age_in. It's going to be kind of tight in this burn; it is right at perigee and out of plane.
CC: Yes, that's right, Wally.
CDR: I think thatis probably the biggest surprise in the whole mission was the effects of this perigee torque. If you buck it, it can cost you dearly in fuel.
CC: I guess it's kind of like the old aileron roll on the 86.
CDR: Very good. It's about that kind of surprise, too.
CC: ?, could we get your up-telemetry COMMA_D RESET then NORMAL? -IP Page I089
CC: Roger. C°lmy. We're standing by.
CDR: Hc_stoa, Apollo %.
CC: Go ahead, 7- '_
LMP: Roger. What's the sunset time?
CC: Donn, the next one coming up is 238 plus 12.
CMP: Ail right. _ank you.
CC: Apollo 7, you're 1 minute LOS Ascension; Tanana- rive ia 57-
UNKNOWN: Roger. ·A_A_AmU_ (REV 150)
CC: Apollo 7, Houston through Tanauarive.
CC: Roger. Jack, fuel celi 2 seema to be a little more temperamental today than it has been in the last 3 or 4.days. Re're going a little faster and a little high.er. The-... indicates that the next ! /I hour and 6 minutes, we will state omr activity.
CC: Okay. Walt, you're about three-by here at Tansna- rive. Copy fuel cell 2 being a little more tempera- mental today than previously. _A_V0N (REV 150 )
CC: Houston through Carnarvon. Standing by.
CC: _ou, also.
CC: Apollo 7, we are about 1 minute Log Carnarvon; we'11 piok up Guam at 25. Pa_e 1090
CDR: Roger. Jack, on our _ bias test .'orthe 30-se".on4count into the burn, and the duration of the burn it went 0.1 foot per second.
CC: Ro_er. Copy that.
CC: Se_ms that way. _m (REV I50)
CC: ADollo 7, Houston through G,,mm.
CDR: Roger. laud mad clear here.
UNKNOWN: and clear.
UNKNOWN: would _ou reconfir_ our DELTA-V as 208 feet per second? The reason I ask, +.heDSk_ came up with a total velocity of 225, and that's quite a dL%ference.
CC: Roger. _e have 208.3 on the DELTA-V counter. I was right.
LMP: Do you have to downl_nk, Jack?
CC: Dorm, we are allowing about 17 feet a second for tail-off here on this Burn.
UNKNOWN: than
UNKNOWN: more I thought we would.
CC: Roger. Taat was a change we made into the tail- off into the ecmpuecer.
CC: 7, we are I minute LOS G,,-_;we pick up Hawaii at38.
CC: Downlink yet?