Buzz Aldrin (LMP)

Roger. That's affirmative. And there isn't any way of telling whether that's lined up. I'm getting in the way; maybe I can get down here.

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Spoken on July 21, 1969, 4:39 a.m. UTC (54 years, 8 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet

Buzz Aldrin (LMP)

Neil, how does that appear to be pointing?

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Neil, this is Houston. Over.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Roger. We've been looking at your consumables, and you're in good shape. Subject to your concurrence, we'd like to extend the duration of the EVA 15 minutes from nominal. We will still give Buzz a hack at 10 minutes for heading in. Your current elapsed time is 2 plus 12. Over.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Buzz, this is Houston. If you're still in the vicinity of the PSE, could you get a photograph of the ball level? Over.

Buzz Aldrin (LMP)

Right. We'll get a photograph of that. Houston, what time would you estimate we could allow for the documented sample? Over.

Neil Armstrong (CDR)

Oh, shoot. Would you believe the ball is right in the middle now?

Buzz Aldrin (LMP)

Wonderful. Take a picture before it moves.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Neil, this is Houston. We're estimating about 10 minutes for the documented sampling. Over.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Columbia, Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

Michael Collins (CMP)

Go ahead, Houston. Columbia.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Roger. Like you to terminate charging battery Bravo at 111 plus 15. Over.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Buzz, this is Houston. You've got about 10 minutes left now prior to commencing your EVA termination activities. Over.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Tranquility Base, this is Houston. The passive seismic experiment has been uncaged and we're observing short period oscillations in it. Over.

Buzz Aldrin (LMP)

I hope you're watching how hard I have to hit this into the ground, to the tune of about 5 inches, Houston.

Buzz Aldrin (LMP)

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute, you cut the cable again.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

All right, Neil and Buzz, this is Houston. We'd like you to —

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Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Neil, this is Houston. We'd like you all to get two core tubes and the solar wind experiment; two core tubes and the solar wind. Over.

Buzz Aldrin (LMP)

Okay. While I'm getting the next one, maybe you can—… away the box a little bit.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Buzz, this is Houston. You have approximately 3 minutes until you must commence your EVA termination activities. Over.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Columbia, this is Houston. Approximately 1 minute to LOS. Over.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

And, do you plan on commencing your sleep on the backside this pass? If so, we'll disable uplink to you while we're talking to the LM. Over.

Buzz Aldrin (LMP)

Houston, were you able to record the documentary way where the two core tube samples were taken?

Neil Armstrong (CDR)

I didn't get a stereopair of those two, but they are right in the vicinity of the solar wind.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Neil, this is Houston. After you've got the core tubes and the solar wind, anything else that you can throw into the box would be acceptable.

Buzz Aldrin (LMP)

They're both good caps on …