Spacelog Apollo 11

It's a beautiful sight.

Charlie, on that PTC, we're just waiting our 20 minutes here for all thruster activity to damp out. You might let us know how that's coming.

Roger. Will do. We have you about 48,000 miles now.

Thank you.

Houston, Apollo 11. We still have our oxygen fan on for tank 2. Is that what you want?

Stand by.

Hey, Charlie, I can see the snow on the mountains out in California, and it looks like LA doesn't have much of a smog problem today.

Roger, Buzz. Copy. Looks like there's a good view out there then.

And, Apollo 11, Houston. We'd like you to keep the O₂ fan on. It will give you an ECS configuration prior to sleep. Over.

Okay. Thanks.

Charlie, with the monocular, I can discern a definite green cast to the San Fernando Valley.

Roger.

How's Baja California look, Buzz?

Well, it's got some clouds up and down it, and there's a pretty good circulation system a couple of hundred miles off the west coast of California.

Roger. 11, we'd like you to close the waste storage vent valve right now.

Okay.

Waste storage vent valves closed.

Copy.

Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We'd like—The rates are looking pretty good right now on the PTC, but we'd like you to continue holding. Over.

Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Your rates look really great, now. You can start your PTC.

Okay. Thanks, Charlie.

Houston, you read 11?

Roger. Go ahead, 11. Over.

Roger. If you'd like to delay PTC after—for 10 minutes or so, we can shoot you some TV of a seven-eights earth. That's—We'll leave that up to you,

Roger. Stand by.

Apollo 11, Houston. We're ready at Goldstone for the TV. It'll be recorded at Goldstone and then replayed back over here, Neil, any time you want to turn her on, we're ready. Over.

Okay. It'll take us about 5 minutes to get rigged.

Roger.

Apollo 11, Houston. Could you verify the reading on your O₂ flow indicator? Over.

We're still on 0.2. We just inadvertently touched the RAPID REPRESS button. That made a temporary glitch in the flow.

Roger. During that glitch there, did it go almost a peg high? Over.

I'd believe that.

Apollo 11, Houston. Could you tell us if the O₂ flow indicator was pegged high prior to closing the waste storage vent valve? Over.

No, it was not.

Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. While ago we tracked into the scan limits and disabled the AUTO drive on the high gain. We'd like you to position the antenna at pitch 30, yaw 270, go to REACQ and that will give us narrow beamwidth. Over.

That yaw 270 and pitch 3—What was the pitch?

Pitch 30, Neil.

Okay. I think we've got you.

Roger. We've got a good signal there. Thank you much.

Okay, Houston. We are sending picture of Earth down right now, so you can—Let us know if they're receiving at Goldstone.

Roger, 11. Goldstone is receiving the TV. Stand by. We'll let you know on the quality. Over.

Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Goldstone says that the TV looks great. Over.

Roger. We copied, Charlie.

Roger. Your transmissions the last couple of times have been about two-by. Over.

Okay. How do you read me now?