Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
UNKNOWN: Houston, tkis is 8. I'm looking through the scanning telescope and that L@X dump and just blanked out completely the entire scanning tele- scope. Undewma.
UNKNOWN: It's 6 sight, Bill. Looks like the fantastic S-IVB, a small attitude excursion while it's wing.
CC: Houston. Apa0 a,
CDR: Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8. ..A-_ i.... . .‘.“L- __A.... _.._ i”_. L ” ,. -.-I-;; -._. _ --
UNKNOWN: I've got a, flight plan qdate ror Bill ii he's ready to copy.
UNKNOWN: to copy. Okay. Ue are about 05:lO GET where we vill re- the BIDCK dataTL1 plus rour and!lXI cord 11. The plus PAD that we gave you plus !i%I rour before is perrectly all ri&t. We will not re- ~uire that one, and ve will have the TLI plus 11 hour PAD you shortly, then at OS:45 or 6 hcurs ror on that high-gain antenna checkout. Roger. Standing by.
CDR: We are on O&HI D, and we heard - we lost you af- ter - TM plus was okay. rour
CC: . my.. The T&I plus 4 hour PAD is okay. We will habe the TLI plus 11 hour PAD for you shortly, and at 05:50. for your hi&-gain sntenra checkout, we would like you to leave that svitch in WIDE BEAM uith rererence to our conversation the other day; leave it in WDZ.
UNKNOWN: Roger. Don't vant to zap your receivers.
CC: Ho, it has to do vith some loss of tracking data, so it is better to leave it W=DE.
CDR: okay. Houston, Apollo 8. Are yo; recording vhat ue are gdtiq 234 . out or ?, j -./ i - ,,I -. -_ Tape
CC: Stand by one, Jim; I'11 check.
CC: .lbat is aff-lrmative, Jim; ve are copying your P23.
CMP: Pretty big numbers there.
CC: Well, we think that is because you bypassed the tnmnlon check.
CMP: Ii-ton, ve are getting some really big numbers in DEU!A-R and DELTA-V.
CC: Roger. Understand, Jim.
UNKNOWN: Do you want us to proceed with this, or should . ve just leave them alone?
UNKNOWN: I)0 you vant us to accept these, or should we leave them alone4
CC: 8, Houston. Apollo
CC: Roger. We do not vish you to accept those marks. This is due to the fact t'.at in bypassing the tnumion bias check, you still have big numbers Ieit in those registers, so you go ahead vheu - after you do the truquion b&s check. Those mm- - bera vill become small later, but do not accept. themrightnarr. --- 4 i I _--. _._ . ..- _-_...;.. _ .,^_ ~_..-. .” - - ._-.. 1 .--.- P&e 8 cc We have d TLI plus 11 hour update for you when you axe ready to copy.
LMP: Roger. Ready to copy TLI plus 11.
CC: Rogex, Bill. TLI 11. and this assumes no plus midcourse correction nmber 1: it's an SpS/G&lV; 63330 mpinus 263 &s IEJ. Are you with me so IcuP
LMP: Roger. cc Oksy. 013 56 4759 minus 00489 plus 00000 plus 47250 177 144 000, not applicable, plus 00197 47253 554 47050 12 1978 256 023. up 265. left 18. Are you vith me so far? IMP Roger. cc ohay. plus lwf minus 16500 12681 35608 0% 46 53, GDC align north set stars, roll 068,' pitch 097, yav 356, ullage none; other: one, fast return, ?37, DELTA-V equals 7900 for Indian Oceau; number 2, hi&-speed procedure not required; number 3, assumes no midcourse , corrections number 1. Over.
LMP: Rcgor. TLI plus 11. SPS/GKN 63330 minus 163 plus x.zg 013 56 4759 minus 00489 plus 0000 . plus 47250. You copy so fax?
CC: Yes. I'm with you so far.
CC: ApoX 8, Houston. Affirmative; I'm with you. page9
UNKNOWN: Roll 177 144 00 plus 001% 47253 554 47050 BA 12 ~78 26, correction 256 023, 265, left up 18. 'copp r8.d SO
CC: Yes, I'm with you so far, Bill; go ahead.
UNKNOWN: Plus 1197. minus 16500 12681 35608 0506, cor- rection 05C 46 53 north set 068 097 356, zero Rote one: fast return, P37. DELTA-V dusge- WOO Indian Ocean; tvo, high-speed procedure not required; three, PAD assumes no MCC 1. Over,
CC: That's all correct, Bill.
CC: Go Apollo 8. abead,
CMP: Roger, Mike. I'd like to give some cements on P23 data. The auto maneuver was quite accuiate. Looks like ve got some substellar point 6 the maneuver; auto optics put Canopus .- straight where it should be; minimum impulse coutrolvorked as advertised. At the altitudes -at vhich I started to do the sightings, they have a definite hazy baud line. The filter gives the earth glov, sort of an orangey a glov- It's very indefinite of where to put the star, but there does seem to be a solid line vhere YOU might expect the horizon to be that appears through the haze where we expect the vhich we had done up at MIT, about tvo lines atop the haze layer a definite line ror these sightings. In regards to the optics calibra- in tion, it was very difficult to find a star the landmark line of sight in the venting of the S-IVB.
CC: Roger, Apollo 8. We copied'that, and we'd like for you to do that trumion check, that calibration, prior to your next set of sight- ings- Roger. Canopus just disappeared .from viev, and maybe when we get a little time here, I'11 try to get a calibration the flrst tie. . Roger. Understand.
LMP: And, Houston, we've revound the tape; you zau dump it at your convenience.
CC: Roger, Bill. Thank you. Are you still pickiw up anything on the VW1 Are you playing anything? Affirmative.
UNKNOWN: I'm not picking anything up.
UNKNOWN: Thank you. cc What's our altitude nov? I- . - pase 11 Well, you're about 22 000 miles. .
LMP: *sY- j
CC: Give or take a thousand reet. I'11 go ahead and turn off and high gain.
UNKNOWN: VHF-A Roger,Bill. Thank you.
UNKNOWN: It vas soms pretty nice music while it lasted.
CC: Yes, I bet so. cc Apollo 8, Houston, Go ahead, Houston.
CC: We're going to have to wait until we get the high-gain antenna locked on again to dump the tape. CDR Okay.
UNKNOWN: ycu are about ready for us to go to the FTC attitude?
CC: Stand by one. Okay. cc Apollo Houston. CDR Go ahead.
CC: We'd like to hold off on the P!E and get some p10re F23 infornation. We'11 have some more details of that for you shortly.
CDR: Alriefit. . . CMP what I'm doing nov, going over to
UNKNOWN: I'm the star Sirius . . . -I
CC: 8, Houston. You faded out cmpletely, Apollo t Jim. I heard Frank, but it faded v&en you began \ i _- te.@?ng. Say again. \ ": f I have svitched to Sirius, the second &ax in the first set, to see ii I cati% get UI optics calibration on it, at least. Roger. That's flne. We'11 have some more good vords ror you shortly.
UNKNOWN: 8,Houstou. Jim, on your P23, like to go ahead end do the calibration and then use star number 15 and take three sets, followed by star number 16, two sets. Over. Roger, Rouston. That's what ve're trying to I'm trying to get 15 en optics CAL. do. r0r It's been very difficult vith the bright earth to astsx that we can gctintothe sextant. flnd I'm trying to use the auto optics in P23 to get We have that nw; we're trying to the star. usneuver the spa&craft to bring the tnmnion to sero so ve can get the landmark line of sight.
UNKNOWN: Underetend. And I also have your Pl!C attitude, vhich is different than you have. I'11 give that to you whenever you get a free lnoment.
CDR: Ready to copy.
CC: Alright. FTC attitude will be pitch 242; yav is 020. Over. Lt@ pitch 242, yaw 020. Copy.
CC: very gooa; thank you. Apollo 8, Houston. Go ahead.
LMP: Roger. We'11 hold up on the high-gain check tmtll ve get out 0Z p23.
CC: R6ger.Bil.l. Thank you.
CC: IOU mey have to delay your lunch a little bit. _ Areyouhungryt
CC: 05 51 19 LMP IlO.
CC: p'frst time I ever heard you say that,
CC: 8, Houston. Apoilo Go ahead, Bouston. Apollo 8.
CC: Roger. It looks to us like the &IVR is behav- Uq completely nonmlly in regard to all the blodovns and other ceGuential events thet take place. It looks good. Hav away is it from us now?
CDR: Rcger. far
CC: Ue vere going to ask you.
UNKNOWN: (Laghterl Okay. .
UNKNOWN: Fikty miles.
CDR: Let's make that 80 kilometers, since there are some international aspects to this flight.
UNKNOWN: Okay, Houston. We did an optics calibration; ve get zeros all the time. . ! Page 14 I Understand; optics calibration and zeros
CC: RoSer-
UNKNOWN: It takes a lot longer to do it, though. I had a like
UNKNOWN: you > computer.
CDR: Looks like the number 5 window is krting to
CC: Roger, Houston. Understand it's the number 5 is
UNKNOWN: Houston, F23 coming through with Sirius.
CC: - Uevould expect so.
CC: 8, Houston. Go ahead.
CDR: Oksy. Hcru hou much longer do you want us to
UNKNOWN: Houston, Apollo 8.
CC: Apollo 8, Houston. : - -1 . pace 8, Houston. Over.
CC: A&UO this is Are you recording all of the data from
UNKNOWN: Roger. 23,or&ymvsntsome readdcuntoyout
CC: Stand by, Jim. We think we are getting it sll. We are confirming mu. That ie aMirmat&, Jim. We n getting +11 that is coming dam. How is it goingt
UNKNOWN: It*a working very nicely. I finished - one set uasSirius, three stars, and one set with Pro- cgon, or two rippings; three si&tings with Sirius sad two with Procyon.
CDR: Okay, Rouston. This is Apollo 8. We are ready to go to the PTC attitude.
CC: Roger,?rank. Understsnd. Andue understand you*ve completed all sets, three on one and two on mother in P23. Is that rightt
CDR: !l!hat's affirmative. Rut ve%e finished the five siettngs, three on 15 ana two on 16.
CC: lllpouo 8, Rouston. . ~oahead,Eouston. Apollo 8.
UNKNOWN: Prank. What we are doing dovnhereis thiB. We'd really like the horizon calibration. Ye would like a total of 15 marks; you know, three sets on one star, two on the other. On the other hand, ue are that with the balancing need to go to FTC, and we are not losing si&t of the tsctthatyauwantto go to PTC right w. So if you villbear vith us another couple of minutes, ve are trying & decide uhether to ! askyouto gobackand do somemore ofP23 or whether to clear you at this time tc.go to PTC. Over.
CDR: Okay. We sterted maneuvering to FTC. We are getting kind of far behind, and vhat I am con- about, Mike, Jim ia nov taking off his cerned pressure suit.
CC: Roger. Dnderstand. Bow ahoutyou andBillP
CDR: Well, ve sire stmding by till he gets through.
CC: Understand. And you are maneuvering to FTC. That*8 fine.
UNKNOWN: Well, I vculd prefer to do that, but we vill --
CC: Obey. Stand by just one. _.___ .-. .“...-. ei . - rpouo 8,~oueton.
UNKNOWN: oonhead, muston. Apollo 8: '
CC: Roger. We vould like to hold off on the paaeive thermsl control until 7 hours GET and, intheneantim,togetae8mnymreF23marks uvecsn,etartingviththe firstetarand doing two sets of three marks each, and then going to the second star we gnve you. And concsrent with that, if poesible, we vould llkeBill torunthie high-gain antenna check- out if Lovell~e attitude is compatible vith that. w. But they have not been to date. Ye are elermt to the passive themal control attitude nov,andJimie justhaliveythrough tdhg hi8 8at 0rr. , Roger.
CDR: We'11 have to hold orr for a minute here.
CC: Roger, Prank. And the reason this is the horizon calibration reptires a mmher of points to give you good dnta for the onboard ce BAY an. with you; Jue+. have to valt a mimte here.
CC: Roger. Thsnk you.
CDR: That failing to from S-IVB or us little. r032.m up a --- -2 Ihderetsnb.
CDR: Houston, Apollo 8. Hov do you read7
CC: Apollo 8. GO ahead.
CDR: Eager. We are l tsading by. Are youabout ready the high-gain antenna trial? ror Just a second; we will check on that.
CC: Otay. Then era you In a position where you can go back to the star sightings?
CDR: Well, we will be, but we can't until Jim gets r**.
CC: Okq- Ue will stand, and you give us a mark al that. In just second, I will check on a the Okay. It looks like we are antenna. ready to go on the &&-gain antenna check. Andve can either go with cmds called out from the ground, and yCm can monitor it, or you csn be talked through it, whichever you prefer.
CDR: Uell, stand by. I guess we are 2 in not quit a proper attitude yet.
CC: RwY.
CDR: We art elovly getting it.
CDR: Houston. Apollo 8.
CDR: Houston, Apollo Apollo 8, Bcueton. Did you call?
CDR: Roger. Thus is the +gh-gsin mtrnna em vlde auto. m3 Eager.
UNKNOWN: you getting the results you vant from cur high-gain antennat
UNKNOWN: 8, Houston. Affimative. We are getting your data, and we are;y have a width beam ~,butetand by oathat.
UNKNOWN: We%8 etanding by. Jlm’e 8bout ready go back to the P23. to
UNKNOWN: have GO until 7 haw8 on the Roger. a start the m!C. 0r
UNKNOWN: Bwen.
CDR: We're QI the PTCmode novvaiti~ rorJia, I noticed that clt my vindov nov I can end see Orion very clearly, even though the sun 16 in the other vindov. bri&t Bpeaking of the windows, the number 5 vindov is getting pretty well obscured and the nm- ber 3 vindov is unusable.
UNKNOWN: Understand; number 3 is unusable end -- - -. -- &finitlon rt all, or do you have a *get to look rtt
UNKNOWN: caueeetheaun. Waittill it comes uamd the earth, aad I’11 give you a better hchaithat. -w.
UNKNOWN: We’re goi.ng tq go ehLd md try to’ dw& your tape right mu. Circuit mrgia6 aren’t too good at our present con- Ye’n goilg to take a look at figuration. it. If it doesn’t work, ve w have to dmnp it -again at 8 later configuration. nmneuver~ back
UNKNOWN: We’re DOY to do another ?23.
UNKNOWN: Thank you. eat6 on 15, then we’11 one set 011 end do 16. you. qoger.
UNKNOWN: ohead,Eamton. 8. Apollo
UNKNOWN: Apollo & I'd l5ke to rill you in asthings we're thinklng aboutdoinginthe next couple of houra, Sir& chance yap get thUe.
UNKNOWN: ahead. rmi
UNKNOWN: Iedue to thevhatdidycu say?
CC: lhe 7 hours on the P23 problem is due to the
UNKNOWN: Ifyouhaveanycomments onthatpropoe.el,vhy, / Roger. j be
CC: Lo&s like vc*11 back op the flight plmnbyllhours. We'11 be holding up OII the updates and PAD's because o? the later bum.
UNKNOWN: muston, ~pono 8.
UNKNOWN: I UC have the 8-m in sight. Wr. believe It tumbling, andcvexyonce wuldappear tobc io a *ile, ve are @tlng very bright rtfltc- tiom ironI it off the Itar, ass the mm.
CC: Roger. Pat
CC: Stand by me. =Jv. advlsef~ that it looks like you sre finishing your f'irst star, and we'11 need one more set on the second star, and this 7-hour cut-off hl'tthat firm,eovevouldlike foryar to go ahead and complete the aoeond rtst if you call.
CDR: We're on the last setting OS the second atar
CC: And we've got - it*@ about tir for a cry0 fan cycle. 4 minutes on each o? tha.
UNKNOWN: Ue've pt the cryo fan on in Ii2 tank nmber 1.
CMP: Rowton, Apollo 8. We've just got finished taking two nets, eix si&tings on Sirius, and ale ret on Procyon.
CC: Roger. I understand that's six on Sirius and ma al Procyon.
CDR: And we're maneuverin& now to FTC attitude.
CC: oh. Roger, Apollo 8.
CC: Apollo 8, when you get a chance down in the lover equipment bay, it looks like you're llaingthe floodlights inthe dim2 position, and that one is a time-limited item. We would like for you to do your staadtxd ~nniag in the dim 1 position. Over.
CDR: Roger. Just turned them off.
CC: Okay. &time you have thes on. ming dim 1 position is preferred to the LEB.
CDR: Thfdc you. Wehavctbecqofatm-thtnum- EOUSiOll. ber1R2taukvas onatCV:Ol. Tau can give vhen vant it ready tm l hack you - when you’re it be turned for to off. uilco. aad go to the other tank.
UNKNOWN: O2 gage number 2 la on.
UNKNOWN: ahead. Y+= Tou*re cominginloudandclear.
UNKNOWN: . w. We seem to be breakim lock inttrmit- tautly up here axe in a while. Ue'11 keep our oti it. It rramds
UNKNOWN: eye 80% though. We've initiated the PTC. Roer. canterminatethe fans Okay. Apllo8,you in the hydrogen, and we're resdy to start on the oxygen tanks.
UNKNOWN: Stand by. &ono 8, ve are through vith duq; yar caai have the tape recorder back. mr=
CC: rpouo 8, Houston. We are ready to ~0 to the l ecod o2 tank.
UNKNOWN: for your lnfonnatian, it's Cleveland 25 to 10, and what vt plan to do -
UNKNOWN: Cleveland 24 to 10, not over yet.
UNKNOWN: yua.
UNKNOWN: Apollo 8. Imoks like you cau termlnatc your cryo faua noa, and vt ‘rt going to leave yua a&t for 8 vhilt and let you get caught up. !Wnga ve have ouboard, the high-gain antenna check, fXBS-4 mode check that yau have we’11 listed at 7 hours, put off and do vhen- ever you are ready for it. So that's at yarr convenience. During the high-gain dump that we performed using a wide band, ve vere still getting real good dats at 36K, vhich is a little bit further than circuit margine that vere predicted for you. And ve've got our SPSbun~comingupaomevhere aroundllhours, md ve'11 &ve you mre information on that later. i i Pagelo Bogcr. We're doing the PRWEAN 21 WV, dctelc ground for I#1 that ve did not rfnlng track mke at 5 houri. ,
CC: Eogcr. Thank you. . huston, 00 &cad, lip0110 8.
CDR: Olcw. We justbroktlock on 6-bandhigh-&ain. Ue're QO OMI Bnov.
CC: Roger. OMI B. Apollo 8, Is that Bravo or Delta?
UNKNOWN: Delta.
UNKNOWN: CDR Ue'caa't get the PROGRAM 21 to Integrate up toLOI& juststallsdout around6ghoursand 2 mlmltts. Houston, Apollo 8. ’
UNKNOWN: Roger. Do you rant ue to 6top the integration via VEBB 963 mr.
UNKNOWN: Roger. Will do. Page1
UNKNOWN: this is Apollo 8.
UNKNOWN: 8, Houston. cc Go ahead, Apollo 8. Roger. raligrnllent , elao? SC Tea, that is affimative, CAP COMM. We want to do that cbuple hours when it is related a of tb the maneuver, midcourse.
CC: That is affirmative, 8. Let's time the Apollo maneuver and ve vi11 hold off and do that all In normal premaneuver sequence. And - We have gut rscorehere - in the fourth quarter, 3.l to u. ha I'VE got B-VO~~~B 0ny0~rm dis- crepancy auy time you are interested. And I'd likt to confirm - - 00 ahead.
UNKNOWN: Before I get off on that one, I'd like to coafbm that you use the VERB 37 procedure to go toPo0.
CC: Qray. On P21, the thinking runs that ycu had a ilight error in your state'vector at the time you started, and when that was integrated out, it intercepted the lunar surface vhere it locked up and this contalned in fairly recent program is a note. - - .,& -
UNKNOWN: Hov, ve%e closed the - the waste vent, stave should see this O2 cane down nav. Umlerstaud you closed the vaste vent, and hou about the lithium change? Have you done that one?
UNKNOWN: done. Roger-
UNKNOWN: mank you.
UNKNOWN: conference coutmnication la great. We wn't have. to have any debriefing. (Laughter) !I!+t'a pretty outstanding.
CT: wt.
CC: Did you copy that? Houston, A~UO 8. 8.
UNKNOWN: ahead, Apollo Roger.- With the delay in burn, do you mind if ve have a u&e dump the - before the burnP Uill that your tracking up? r0ul
UNKNOWN: don't have any objections
CC: Apollo 8,Houston. to going ahead vith the urine dmp nav. And for yoy information, the vaste uater dump - our mheduk, ve plan to put it off until about 1133, =a this will get you up to approxixmtely 90 percent in your vaste tank. It's a little ggher than normal, but ve vanted to put this -__ : _ p-3 until after the burn vaa completed; and err other thing8 ve've got coming some 0r the that up, &out 9 hour8 you have oxygen f'uel cell purge; aad PC% already mentioned the deletion or the +ar landmark sightinga. Fraa 10 to 11 ve have put aoide ror the burn preparations. And a final score is 3l to 20.
CC: Hov about that)
UNKNOWN: Eouaton, how do the circuit margins on the s-band look as compwedtoyour preflight calcu- lations?
CC: Cktq, Xtta a little bit early to give Apollo-8. youa!q realnumbers on your C!OMM performance. Looka like it'8 voTk+ng aa good aa predicted, ma everytaine else seems to be doing better, so this may be doing better, too, after ve have done our next CO!@4 checks some of these other things vill have a better hack on; I can give you a quimtitative azmfer to your question.
CC: Apollo of tram here. We can see BaJa California and abcut vhere San Die&o ought to be. I Tape 8 ' Page4 ,/ cc Ia@
UNKNOWN: 2b 4b bb . . I can't me rq dad's flagpole,out there todq, though. cc CDR
UNKNOWN: 48 45 45 co Okay. We dropped orr or high gain on the OMNI there for a bit and vent to a low bit rate, and ve’re getting ready to c ommnd you back to a high bit rate. Do you vant UB to keep you posted wezytimewe change tape speeds? CDR
UNKNOWN: recording now anyway, Houston. a cc rate, do you vant to be kept informed every time ue transfer? We hadn't planned on it.
UNKNOWN: thiuk it ve need to recorder, ve'11 ask you an that deal. cc CDR cc
UNKNOWN: &head. CDFI
CC: Apollo 8, tracking still in progress end a little to0 soon to give you a finn ansver on the results, but ev&ything looks nominal so far.
UNKNOWN: 16 it okay? UP vorkiag ?agc 5 Seem8 to be. Apdlo8. Go ahead. Ohay.’ Sometime vhen it's convenient ror you now, I would like to see an qgen fuel cell purge. bd do you have any estimate on when ~a. might getting around to this COM! test? be
UNKNOWN: now we're right in the middle or trying to get mmething to eat, Ken. We can - I guess ve can do the fuel cell purge. vhatyouvere doing atthetime and - Give us l 'call vhen you have a free moment% ve'11 pick 3" We can start the O2 purge now, ii you vish. * Ok&. That'd be fine, and I'11 keep track of the time ror you. G+tq. That'd be good. on fuel cell 1.
UNKNOWN: Em&on. That's about 2 minutes on your Apollo first fuel cell.
UNKNOWN: It's up, and number 2 is on nov.
UNKNOWN: Go ahead. L Psge 6
UNKNOWN: Wke I'n waiting for ply turn at the water gun, I ml&t give sane ccamnents on the optics. There 8eemstobe qjuite aband of light that goes all my across the scanning telescope anyvhere in the Just a little vhile ago we rici~ity the 81~1. 0r uue in the position vhere I could pick up the m in the scanning telescope. And then I looked at -it In the sextant and the sky - the space around t&e moon uas a very light blue, Just about as light blue as ue have it back on earth. And it 'e not black - that sun angle vith the moon. Understand. This light blue vss - shoved up in the sextant. I maneuvered the optics so
UNKNOWN: !Blat’s affTlmative. I could pick up the moon in the sextant, and the - the space around the moon is light blue. Can you make .any kind of estimate about the proportion of the radius, hov rar out that 8~ to extend? .&et-, I could see us coming as ve moved across, because the band of light In the scanning tele- scope cut across'vhere the moon vas, and it moved I believe it's caused by the re- in this area. fractional light inside the optics themselves.
UNKNOWN: I i I- ~_ - ~--- -- see if I could see stars at various sue sngles, at 1sxrt1cula.r altitude, it's very dif- and this ficult . In the scanning telescope the sun is vtry bright aud the earth is very bright, And if I looked the earth and try to look ror stars, at I lose w dark adaptation very quickly.
UNKNOWN: problem seeing the moon. When I looked the for star lanckark line of sight, I - It's a very thin crescent, but it vas very visible.
CC: Roger. I&s the area illrrminated in earthshine showup thought I could see that. -At this altitude, the refraction of the light in the optics themselves, due to the reflection of the sunlight I suspect, or earth's light, completely blanked out the dark side of the moon to this altitude.
CDR: He;ybe ve have sn atmosphere around the moon.
CC: Okay, Apollo 8. Looks like that ought to tezmi- Gate the fuel cell purging. Roger. QIR cc 00 ahead, Apollo 8. am no you vant to get started here around 10 hoursl fr thataty0~ da? use 11-hour period 98 your prtburn preparation just u ve vould have done normally, and - - CDR fine.
CC: - - and ii you CM vork In this COMM check kiore that, it wm.ld be desirable, but.that'e not a constraint. CD6 that do you vant in the vay of a CON&f check,
CDR: Qeor6ef am ApIn, vhat do you vautg cc Okqr. Uhat vt've got here ie a couple of DlD cam checks. Ue'11 be switching five ar0wa to different modes, and only one of them will interrupt your activities. In that cast, we'11 be witching to the uplink backup voice, end that's the one time that you might lose temporay uplink volct cow. You'11 have downlink voice CO% throughout the entire procedure, it ought aa t&t pu, I gntss, 10 to 15 minutes MAX, the to only requirement being that ve should stay on a hi&-gain antenna. Why don't we go ahead and start now then? qBgC2
CC: w. mat
CC: okq, &pollo 8. Another couple of minutes Md we'11 be ready to into our - our cola ChMk. And, for your information, looka like the signal rtrength is 3 to 4 dB bettor than expected the range, on the WIDE BEAM on vi& mode, and approximately that gives you 1.4 in- crease in your range.
CDR: Roger. Ltt'e not incream it by 1.4 more, though. you go through the FTC, ve have some vho would like to kuow if you c&n set any detectable effect on the vindwe in the form of their Particularly. the sun seem to a-8 fO&@D& vary fog intensity or does it increase it or It or make it go in patches or mything decrease like that that you might be able to notice?
CDR: sun doesn't seem to change It much; however, the different Fncidtnces of the sun*6 rays ma&f'y the - the fogging. or at least change it. pleaaet The suti doesn't stem to have er;y effect on the windows themselves, but the difftrtpt inch - - ‘ I me 9 Ww 3 angle8 o? incidence ot the man rays change the sacant of obscuration caused by the relative w6mb Cc244 check nw, it93 your option. 0na ut cm call out svitchte knd let you position them, orve CM ~tmimand it fromthe ground. In eithw event, there vi11 be a couple of switches #at you'11 have to throw for us. vhat me have - vhat yoli want. Ok&r. &d I'11 keep you posted on what we're The first test it3 an uplink voice ana hine* ran&q vith full dowzlink vbich is essentially r!ght nov, is to be used for vhat you’re doing l hstlhe. Boger. We’re darting on 1, and OLSY- test number i?;JIDUYOUldverirrthats-bandBORMALmode witch is in V&JE. ; Olcaj= . . . Charlie. TF----- Tap 9 9e%e:4
CC: Okq. Andup-tt1emtry (XMMARD to lRx3m.L. Bomal. MD? (Ist the eaund other way. What*6
CC: your tstimsteT Ok4;r. Ue*re Ohay.
CDR: Maybe ve'd better hold the COMU check till after the midcourse, because we’d better get fired hem at 10 ii ire want to burn at 9. . . . means we're on tvo vertical level.
CC: C&8& Apollo 8. We're postponing the CCMM test until the burn. after
CDR: Houston, Apollo 8. Art you ready to go - for ti to through with the P52 nov? things first, and ue're going to give you a M state.vtctor and then an txttmsl DELTA-V. Rc&r.
CC: And with POO in ACCEPT vhile ue*11 go ahead an.3 vork on that.
CDR: Roger. i i Pwe 5 mw* read up to you, And we're &ending by to flenk your 8tate vector and extcrmil DELTA-V whenever you're ready to give us AWEFT.
UNKNOWN: Just skand by Fe, and we will get the PAD from you.
UNKNOWN: -l!MinAC!CEPT now - at this time.
UNKNOWN: Roger. ut We sending rou state vector up nou.
CDR: Roger. We say ue ue ready to copy the kD.
CC: The fir& PAD will be a manewer PAD, Obsy* WCC one,sndthis tillbe en SPS/G&I? beginning ninus with the veighk, 63295 163 plus I.29 010 59 Ss 30 @us 001 36 minus oo 045 pzus ooz 02 345 188 343 999 99 phs 016 85 002 48 002 001 86 23 2013 164 012 up ~76, left 04, ~ovem?xr Alfa for the remainder of that column. In the . . a no tilage callmente : north stars; 068 097 356, ~tut, and a single bank burn on bank Alfa. Over.
CDR: Houston, Apollo 8. ?fCC 1 maneuvers: SPS/G&H 63295 minus 163 p& 129 010 59 5830 plus 00136 -- !- - ! ?wse 6 ooo45 prue 345 186 343 all g's mixlur oo202 plur 01685 000248 002 00186 23 2013 164 012, up 27-6. left dr Hovember Alla for the remainder. Worth set stars, roll 068, pitch 097, yaw 356, noul-e singlebank-bankAl.fa. CC Roger, 8. That's correct. Aud I l TL1 plus - 11 PAD for you.
CDR: Roger. a0 ahead.
CDR: Houston, 8. GO ahead. Apollo cc Roger, 8. Loud and clear now. Are you ready to copy?
CDR: Roget. Ready to copy-
CC: This is TLI plus 11, BPS/G&R. This OaY* a awrrmea a midcourse correcttin number 1: 631 4d minus 163, phs w 013 56 48 97. minus 005, ti, plus 00 00 0, plus 47oi6, 177 143 000 November fifa, phs 001 97 47 020 5 51 468 18 12 12 83 257 023, up 263, left 17, plus 11 95, minus 165 00 1.26 83 356 08 050 47 05, north stars; 068 097 356, no tilage. For the fast return P37 DELTA-V, 7900 the Indian Ocean, high speed for procedure not required for the Ms. This assumes midcourse correction 1. Over.
CC: Rcger.
CDR: Houston, Apollo 8. To the readback. Are you ready? --. _. - - : 1 - Pwe7
CC: ahead.
UNKNOWN: plos 1-L SPS/GM 63140, minus 163, plus 129 lJ 56 11897, minus 00599, plus 00000. And I believe it's pipe 47016. 128.3 257 023. up 263, left 17. plus 1195. m.kus 16500, ploe 126 23 35608 0504705, the north att, r01-1 68, pitch 97, yaw 356, no tilage, P37 hi& apegd, 7900 Indian Ocean, and high speed procedures the M13 are not required; for 5smatd MIX 1. Ol3. Range to go EMS. Tttt hour.5 ol3. lpLs 126 83. Over. That.'6 correct.
UNKNOWN: Houston, this is Apollo 8. Re advised that ue doubted that it would be possible to use the tieus to get our backup alignment. We haven't been able to ate my stars through the scanning telescope yet.
CC: obay. And nawther cement for you, Apollo 8; likt fW yOod $0 we VERR 37 to select.POO and - page8 go off prior to uncap of the SX HAY to CSM SLA. Rogar.
CDR: You ready for us to do that nwt , t&e flight plan around 8 hours here of T52, right? i transferred the state vector to the IM SLA already ve did a 52. So we're going to before 52 now. &the
CC: Roger. Will you check your up-telemetry svltch to RUXK, pleaact
UNKNOWN: -you. It's i, BLOCK.
CC: Apollo8,Roueton. Go ahead, Houston. Apollo
CC: Okay. We've got a telescope alignment if you'd like to give it a try. Your sextant star if3 still good, but If you had problems with that, folks have vorked out that if you lock through the telescope at 10: ye have a shaft and 35, .-... . L”” .~,,,“.i ._‘ -.-.- -- _,-. . -_ -.-I _.-._ -.--e-w- Page9 trunnion that rhould point iou at the center or. the earth, It you vould like to give that one a tm.
CDR: okay. cc At 10:35, the daft angle 006.2, trun- afoa 18.9. Over.
CDR: Roger. 10:35: abaft 006.2, trunnioa 18.9.
CC: That's af?inn%t.iYe .
CC: &pollo' 8, Houston.
CDR: 00 ahead.
CC: mtaiy* We'd like to & a fan - a cryo fan cycle in here before the burn. About 1 minute on each 8houM be fine. and 2 and O2 1, and I've just started O2 2.
CC: Apollo 8, Houstoa. Ue'd like to dump your tape prior to the burp.
UNKNOWN: Roger. It'8 only been ruanidg here about 15 min- utee.
CC: Okay, Apollo 8. That's - that's correct. You're on high bit rate, and we're afraid you may run out the vc'd like to dump it, before burn, so and give it back to you with a f'ull load bei'ore the burn.
LMP: Roger. And give us a comment on the voice quality. Ullco. i ; : t-
UNKNOWN: buaton,~pouo 8.
CC: 00 head. We plan to stop charging battery B about another 5 minutes. You concurP
CC: That'8 afrimative.
LMP: You might Just remind UB. 04.
CC: Apollo 8. 00 ahead, Houston. You were cut out.
CC: okay, Apollo 8. All your systems are GO,and ue vere abouttotellyouyou cau go ahead and tenslnate the battery charge, and you beat ua to the punch.‘
CDR: I read your mind. and it's shoving 37 volts right aov.
CC: okiy. If you'11 go high bit rate,
CC: A&lo 8, Houston. we.11 give you a taps recorder back to your cammad.
CC: Apollo 8, Eoueton. If you'11 put your high bit rate on, we'11 give you a tape recorder bsck.
UNKNOWN: Houston, did you give us a tape back? Over.
CC: Affirmative, Apollo 8.
CDR: Apollo 8's COIHAHD RESET to get tape motion, we're aov in RORXAL. a
CDR: R-m. 8 etandingby. Apollo
CC: Ten reckads.
UNKNOWN: ?ive seconds.
CC: Jtmc,
CC: One minute.
CDR: Roger. 2 l econda; we have residual 4.4 X. We burned it out to 0.2. Attitudes exe naninal. The DELTA-VO before the residual6 were taken out wo a minus 2.4. I have transferred the state vector to the IM'e slot in VERB 66.
CC: Roger. Copy 4.4 for X and 2.4 on 2. And nega- tive residual ou Y prior to the trim. Is that affirm?
CDR: That'8 affirmative, and we out the 4.4 resi- took dual down to 0.2.
CC: Roger. chaqlng battery now? A, Standby. - : i - % ! or
UNKNOWN: noticed on our rystew teat battery vedt
UNKNOWN: 8, I cut you out there. Wbatdidyou say Pege 2 dxatp, though, just to verify that the battery vent - the line is clear as indicated by a preosure oi battery vent xero. Bumber one on the list things is that the flight plan shove CDR should hit the sack. kind a your burn. All number two, 0r sunnnaly of your RPS and systems look GO. The traJectory dew that you have a CPA vith a mode of 69.67 miles and the tiae of pericynthion is 10. You capture on a good free return. It's do haw l a little bit ear4 to completely evaluate the traJectory for corridor control. You'11 have no - update to the TLI plus 11 block data. Af%er look- ing through the CAL curvea. It looks like the battery- wnt pressure Is actually zero at 0.2 to 0.3 volts, DO that - w agree vith you there, and you can go ahead vith the vater dump. We still have the CCW check to da whenever we get oureelves in a good hfgh gain look angle and whenever it's con- venient. for you. Over.
CDR: Thank you very much. That vas a very rine remme you rent in. Ue're right nov In the process of we3 tryin& to dump out the water and the UCDA*s and no on and ao an. So wet11 get with you on the high gain M aa w can. soon down tot you to 25 percent. Ohpy.
CC: Roger. Doyoufolkshaveyour WATERQUAlVTITI mritch ln the POTABLE or the WASTE hIAm TANK porition zwvt dumping tEDA's first, Eouston. decreaae, and it looked like the nozzle temps indicated that something was going on, and ve wfe trying to dope out what was going on. you. Hay do nozzle temps lookt . ‘ I qpse4 oh, about 81. cm on dqun to about 25 percent. tank cc Thaak you. UP w. Tell Zeke Thomas to wake up and keep an qe on the waste tank servicing.
CC: It'11 take a minute to think of something appro- priate. rue You’re slovlng down. cc 80 are you guys. cc
UNKNOWN: by. IMP Usn, you're looking pretty smsll down there now, Houeton. cc
UNKNOWN: carrying a big stick, though. IMP
UNKNOWN: barely make .iut Clear Lake. cc 94 to around 66. USP
UNKNOWN: I'm shovlag just a little bit above 50 per- cent here, and ve'11 keep on going, and if it looks too cold, give us a call. oc We'11 do that. Tape io Peae 5 w thbk it'r due to all the purging of the water liner ~8% doing here in the cabin.
CC: ~pouo 8, Houston. Ye shou you down to 25 per- cent OS your wute miter. l bit. Oksr*
UNKNOWN: 00 ahigh gain,and itmightbe l go0dti.m tofryyour &Mcheck.
CC: Apollo 8, w'rc going to go ahead and crank up fo a m test mu, and we vi11 be a little bit late on your update for 12 hour8. Okqlr.
CC: Do you @till uant our - have w cormnan d much as yh the ground, or would you like to move can OII the mrltches yourself7
CC: Sounds like dragging there. . you’re . . . you suggest . . . We're wing l/250 on at f:11 on CRY and CK4.X for earth shots. Do you verifyf Over.
CC: You got going before I got my pencil up. Obay- Kovaboutsaying it again? 1 , 1
LMP: f:11 and l/250 for CEX 16m and C 7Ctm. light Wtct doesn't seem to be helping out too mush.
CC: 04, Apollo 8. We're rtarting in - setting up our first CM4 test. This ie going to be 811 for uplink~~ice,ranging, and fUldovnlink,vbich is not atq&ing really different than vhat you have ah board. I vould like for you to verify that tbs g-band ROEHAL bi?DE VOICE switch is in VOICR.
UNKNOWN: Roger. VOICE.
CC: 04. And the up-telemetry DATA to DATA.
LMP: Roger. DATA.
UNKNOWN: COMMAND in KORHAL.
CC: sigh-gain anteMs to AUTO TRACK.
CC: Correction. That's - ,AU!CO. dumpthetape.
CC: Okay. I’d li?z for you to go to ~RROU BEAM.
UNKNOWN: Okay. Ooiag to HARROW BEAM now. Taps 10 -7 And I'11 give you a call *en ve get ready to vork on the tape. to hate it for about 10 or 15 minutes. and I think they're straightened out now, but you nq have to keep us advised if ve run out of limIta in case ve displeq again. ,the service module quantities that ve had listed - w're going to try to update them, if you want to call out your quantities. Have you checked them chartst dth your w* if you had done it; ve till check it sgainst vhat w%e got on our norma-grau. I'm rhouing a BPS helium pre8surt3, about 3570, i&ic.ted on board. respectively.
CC: 04. is B 2500.
UNKNOWN: X2 A 2400, - I--- - . I got the right P stop. tJfng pictures the earth, 0r
CC: Rwer . as we change configurations on the ground. We're going into teat 1; You'11 still have up and but you may hear 801118 burst of noise as we change.
LMP: Roger. feet, and hov about giving me a voice check. r0ur, four, three, two, one. three, rive, rive, ~pouo 8, out. 18 unbelievaDly good. ohy , Apollo 8. We% finished the first teat, and we're now going to change the uplink mode i touPLmcwxMAHD AHDRARGlNG,andve'llbe going vithout upvoice. We'11 be in this mode for 2-l/2 minutes and will be sending a test . . I : ,_, . . . ..- -. .,__ .-I .-*-. _-._ I --.-, _ /_-.__ ^I -_,, ,,__ --_- _ Pase 9 messages Itell have no erfeot on either your ccmputtr or your panel mitch configuration. What you might eee will be the S-band noise that'8 associated with the break lock. However, you dould still hare a good signal on your power &ttr . !fhia'ia not a loss of signel, but rather just B lose or the voice modulation, and I'11 do you & mark just before vc do that so that you can turn your S-band volume down if you so desire, rad~'11bebsckupinthiemodethatwe're in. now in 242 minutes. Rwer . QOUO 8,~ouston. Ve’re about to disable the voice PDdulation on uplink, and we*Il be back up no later than l2d.3.
CC: Apollo 8, Rouston. Voice check. Read you five-by, Houston.
CC: Apollo 8, Houston. with you. Canpleted our secoo: test. Cur next test vi11 be a test of the uplink voice and ranging vith downlink voice and ranging and on low bit rate, so ve'11 be changing bit rate on you, and we'11 be making a voice check in the middle. > -- -. p*elO G. YOU'VE about had it on the high gain. f YG~ mQht txy to get it in, but it's going to bit the tcM limit at rsj recond. cc like mation rose the high gain. btrwt vt Thy. ltavt go. cc IMP Bourt&, until it bresks lock.
CC: 04, Apollo 8. 00 ahead and witch to the OMNI.
UNKNOWN: you doing vith‘ymr teat? la@ cc hWato&CkUp tht r8st oexttimve get a look at high gain. u4P a4P cc pu*lltl aDout 67.4 ties. I guess ve CM OS cury her. cc QIP Ye don't cue if vt're right, just so MPAD i8 right. QIP 1 cc I. p@lse~ 06 Ihgtr~. I'd like to ask question about thie l TLI plb l.l mtatuvtr that we copied. In the rtmrka, you P37) DELTA-v 7900. 16 this hut the Dl!Wl%V thrt n would we with P37t cc Okq. That's optionthatyouuse uithmini- . 1111 time. . * rith your TLI maneimtr update. - ” Page1
CC: oke~, A~UO 8. We'd like to make sure that WC don't have a mieunderstandlng that this '1900 feet per second is the It's not DELTA-V. asrociated with the high speed per feet work around procedure. a This is just standard P37 DmTA-v. * to give us theTL1 plus llP Okay. was based on. That's the number you put in for the ml- time:
UNKNOWN: Under&and.
LMP: . . go shad and check out the 3. And we're standing by to work on CO!%4 as soon aa that high g8in Is available.
UNKNOWN: High gain yours.
CC: okay. And - if you're ready, we are. We'11 go right ahead vith our CC&l checks.
UNKNOWN: We're starting in now on our fourth test. Like for you to put your TELPIETRY IKPW switch to PCM HIoJi. I . -7 It'8 In HIGH. Okg. Andnowve'regoingto switch uplink to the upvoice backup for about 2 minutes, and It may take a couple of aeconds vhen you hear the upvoice . -; j lost. So you can place your uptelemetry witch , '.:i‘ .i to upvoice in the event that all of backup, end thl8 does9't vo* mIt too veil, I'm reading 12:47 I on lrp~ clock now, andlet's meet back in our present confQuration no later thaa l.2:50.
UNKNOWN: (h upvoicc backup.
UNKNOWN: Thank you- Apollo aTMAll you confIrm that you're in HAREM BEAM on h&l gain? okey. Thank you. and vatchlng ggb-gain antenna Sor a couple of readytogoback~ Ro*r. !. We'11 be switching back to full uplink. When you -h+ar the noise associated vith the loss of modula- tion, you can go back from the q-telemetry witch to DATA. 2-3 lklank you. Fta's everytm-looking down there? e Beal fine. Ue%e just got one to go here if you'11 put your telemetry input FCM switch to LOU. 2 minutes, and then he'11 be completed with the . . cow test. vould like to take them sometime and check them agaixmt your caboard caicuiations.
CDR: A, B, C, end D in t&t oa$ert
CC: Okay. Will do. AnU:I'11 Sive you weights in pourxls and percentages. Quad A 231 for 76 per- cent.
UNKNOWN: cot it. 210, 79 percent. --- , that these nunbere are still good even though it is a 12:15 time. And we are completed vitb the am test. Youcentakeyourhigh-gainantenna andgobackto MEDIUM.
UNKNOWN: MEDnJM. La@ cc if you are not using it, And the reason-ve vant todothis lsvehme some -vedidn'tcompletely get damped before the burn. We vould like to get that end get the rest of the burn data. There is no hurry on it. We can do it vhenever it is con- venient for you.
LMP: You got it.
CC: 04. Thank you.
UNKNOWN: Houston. Do you call? cc ApoUo
UNKNOWN: negative. lfegative, Houaton.
UNKNOWN: you. cc 04. SeJT,ve're curious aboutvhat you did vith your Mae West?
UNKNOWN: thought ve might bleed the CO2 out into the ' vacuum connector here in our next vater dump. We +-got It the last time. Did you copy?
UNKNOWN: seem like there is any problem
CC: Roger, vlth going shead and dumping it in the cockpit ii you like.
UNKNOWN: is cop, isn't it? - , Case5 looks like no problems at ell vith going ehead And and bleeding It dam In the cockpit. then ii F need it 6gafn on entry or after entry, rell,we canblov itupvith oral tube.
UNKNOWN: Under&end.
CC: -10 8, ~arston. Hov us?
CC: Okay. Loud and clear. Mdn't get you there ror a while.
CC: -ger- just not getting throught. Uke you had a stuck mike there for a little vhile.
UNKNOWN: 5t slzouldn’t make any difference to us on thsthplermde. Okay. What Ivas c&ing for, Apollo 8 -vehave got amaneuver PAD that ie %I plus 25. I vould like to reed up to you vhen you are re8dy for it. page6 ~dtead,Hau~ton. TLI plus 25. 63087, minus 162, plus 1s 027 56 29 64, minw 001 63, plus OOOOI, flus 527 59 177 137 001, November AMa, plus 00201 527 59 623 525 43 14 2347 337 023 up 195 left 17, plus 11 45, minus 165 00 127 80 358 90 q4 3816, north stara 068 097 356, no ullage. For the fast return P37 7900 to the DELTA-V, nhdian ocean. High-speed procedures are not required. Over. doyouread? Over. plus l29 027 56 296h, n&u 00163, 00001, plus plus 52759 177 I37 001, not applicable, plus 00201 52759 623 52543 14 2347 337 023 up 195 left 1.7, '. plus U45, minus 16500 12780 35890 074 38 16. kuth set 068 097 356, no ullage, ~37 fast return OS 7-700 emd7900DEIXA-VImiian Ocean. High speed not required. We’re wre things for you before too long. working an a flyby PAD at this tinu?. Andve're to be talking scum more to ycu about the going pmblenm looking at stars in the sextant and ai kleecopc. And vhat ve'd like to do es soon as the black teem comes on the MXR, while ve have Go teams here, ve vould like fo get a rehash iroll you on exactly vhat you see what you and don't see snd uo&r vhat conditions, and see if ve ten define it so that everyone here understands vbatp'vebteptellingu8. And iiyouhave upy ccaments concerning the timeline - knoving tha6 Ye got off our timeline before the burn - ii you haYe any cements about that method of getting back on schedule, ve'd like to hear those, too. . Roger. We have one request. CDR would like to get clearance to take a Seconal. over w.r future HAV sighting schedule if it's going to be revised at all.
UNKNOWN: Apollo 8. Ho planned revisions.
UNKNOWN: Houston. Apollo
UNKNOWN: your flyby PAD nov so I can give that to you vhenever you're ready for it.
UNKNOWN: Be* to cogy.
UNKNOWN: 8. Here ve go on a flyby maneuver Apouo PAD. This be an SPS/G&H 63087, min~~ 162, plus vi31 * s I - pege8 zig 060 59 4804, prue oog 62, plea 005 68, minus 020 ~tiOWOOO,HoveniberAlfa,pluf3 0020202359022 02282 03 0399 30 013 up 048 right 37, plus 1418, dnus 16500 I.EI 04 361 60 146 2911. HOI-UI stars 323 090 0%. no ullage. Remarke: number one, this nqxLre8 realignment to preferred REFSMJAT. Two, this trill raise the perilune to 55Q nautical miles. OYer. CMP
UNKNOWN: shead. cc ?QIJY SFS/O&R 63087, minus 162, plus 129 060
UNKNOWN: 59 h&h, pm oog 62, plus 00568, 02077, 000 minus 000 ooo, E.A. Are you with me so fart cc &qso~ng.
UNKNOWN: 00202 02359 0” 02282 03 0399 314 013 up cl@ 048 riigbt 37, phs 1418, minus 16500 129 04 361 60 lh6 29U, north 323 090 056, no ullage. Realign ior preferred REF§m at perigee is 50.
UNKNOWN: perilune to 550. cc a Umiersteind. 550.
UNKNOWN: 8, Houston,
CC: ahead, Eouaton. Ue've completed the dump and the tape recorder ie y-OUTS, and we listened to the call page9 data voice playback, and you've been given a GO ( _I creative writing. for your firet test in / uuderstand that it's your tape recorder?
CMP: Roger. Are you going to stay in high bit all or along, are you going to be back to low here mon,aotthat it matters much to us, really. 0-0 We going to ask you if it made my difference, and That's pretty good for 631~ p3UWidO~mindS.
UNKNOWN: That's au altitude record for mind reading. . Roger.
CC: (ioeheaa,~pduo8.
UNKNOWN: Roger. Onboard calculations indicate that at 13 hourta 30 rninutes~GET ve-are not 64 200 miles abovethcearth. That's using alternate slide rule. Ut’ve got 63 855. keep the conversation down here for a while so the WR can go to sleep.
CC: We would like to get some comments from Olrsy. youbefore you sign off concerning the telescope, se&ant, and verification that you have done a-thing with the Co2 in your.Mae West and coximent on the vindow status; I8 it a requirement that ue do Bornething aoget- vith the GO2 at this tire? Over. lo* negative. ‘Ihat is j have nraintsined the condition. We 8am Wsr- / Yabmveleft it ss ftvas,andvtwilltake care of it later. w. tthi8time gc over the cormnents about the natigatioo a8 18te it far. Inthabcginni~,theopuati~viththeS-~ g4r4~clnded ismediate starting up of our si#ding8 as we had scheduled since we had another evasive mmtuvtr. dumping of the S-NE caused ftkt a tramendoue BIwamt of - of ptutdo stars in the area which made an optics calibration practically Impossible. The n&hod vhich Ye had worked out did not stem to wcrk tco well. The method which I fipsll;l used va8 to g0 into P23, go to Sirius, which vas our brightest star, get the shaft and truunion, and then fly the spacecraft up to Sirius to use that for the optics CAL, which we did at a With regards to light scatter. it later time. appears tiat at almost any attitude during Our passive thermal contr01, ve are receiving light l c*tering in the ecanning telescope. It takes wF=~ the fiiw8tlyofewide band of$i&tright the center of scope f&cut, 10 degrees acres the either direction of btro. It iB Very difficultto see 8tar8 in area. The re8lignmente have this been good. 1 have been able to pick up the star lo the rextsnt to do the alignment, but I was not able identi~ which Ye used in to the star such casae a8 Rtgcr or Menkent in the scanning tele- l COpt. The first Bigbting which 1 tOok of Star the earth shoutd a very fXIdiBtinCt horizon. But there did appeartobe avery - or somewhat shup line beeen uhat eppeared to be the earth's hori- M snd the atmosghtre. Ihelandmarkline-of- 8fght filter appeared to help out this horizon dtfinftial. There iB a very hazy and indistinct horizon throu@ - between the space and the top of the atmosgere itself, and this is a very dif- one f'icult to use. As i said before, et times, . m et the moon with the in the near Bun vicinity, the area amuudthe the moon, Space around the mooa not dark, but light ap- is is a - pear8 a8 light blue. And this is also the same a ca6t aalookinginto the sextant during alignmects - with the mm in somewhat vicinity with the BtW Or tht Houever, I have no difficulty in OpfiiCB. fln&ing these sL:re in the sextant.. I also had no difflc~ty in spotting the stars I used, such -_ &Uillg QUI star-hofizon EWaBUreHWltB. 1 CWI B&S all of those stars egainst the earth beck- three Ibellevu itvillbe very difficult to gaund- Bli@mentusingthenorth & abackup cB)(: set 8tare.. 8ince Ra9-i is not too bright of a star. I vaB able to conBtellationB in the BpOt BttU rc~nningttle~cope iftheywereverybrigbtand and Orion, of Vtll Luunm, BUCh (LB witi 8tazXi this nature. I %?a8 not able to percieve other That '8 about the only cowttllatlonB. conmeats I h&ve at this time. Over. for P53 in a lover - slower mode of AUl!O maneuver. RBrentially, we are going to load the DdP with 11101 to fuel. rave
CC: Roger. That will be a 11101 DAP load.
UNKNOWN: Roger. Wt ere going to try to save fuel thet vay. OoodBh~~. ViUdoW, the ViUdovB XFiBpSCt Houston: 1 and 5 have moderate haze on them. Satisfactory visual observation, but possibly not for for *otogrephy . Windows 2 and 4 are clear. Window 3 is slmost opaque. Over. . .
CC: OkBy. Thank ysu. pace 13 another 6 hour8 on this bettezy B charge. It turn8 Wt t&t the Charge r&t iB kBB than What Vt m @tiXIg OIL W gromd -es, but it iB Still ~aoatheApdllo7~s,aaditloolrsli~it ,. i8 &Oing~c~ylnouingoodBhape. AndIwould llkt to have verification that the timeline %BEbding Up t0 the midcourse COlTStiOn BetiS- YES ractory rrom your point of vicv.
CC: akay. Thank yaa. And we will the leap Btw ofi give mtil you UB 8 call. '. a lot of noise. AI%~-~ROUHD VOICE TFUESCRIFTIOH
UNKNOWN: Apollo 8. Hw do you read? IMP
CC: Apollo 8, Houston. You&z nry weak. You got *x-x=-f Im Iiou8ton. Apollo. ihv do you readai
UNKNOWN: and clear, Bill. Go ahead. cc wondering