Spacelog Apollo 11

Oh, it's not really bad.

This TV cable is getting in the way.

We see lots of arms.

The only problem, Charlie, is these TV stagehands don't know where they stand.

Well, you got to really have a union card, there. We can't really complain too much, I guess.

Apollo 11, Houston. Do you have a little white dot in the bottom of your monitor—TV monitor? Over.

Roger. We do.

Roger. I guess part of the camera's been burnt out down there. These are really beautiful pictures now, Buzz. Over. Real clear.

Okay. We might have got just a little bit of Sun in there. Is it just one small white dot?

That's affirmative.

We went up in the tunnel checking the roll angle, Charlie, and it's 2.05 degrees.

Roger. Copy. 2.05 on the roll CAL.

And that's a plus.

Roger. Plus.

11, Houston. The tunnel looks pretty clear to us. Somebody going up there now. Over.

It's Mike checking his connectors up there now.

Roger.

11, Houston. The lighting up in there looks very good to us at this time. Over.

I think that's mostly the camera. It—it's subdued to say the least.

11, Houston. We can even read the decals up there on the LM hatch.

Well, let me zoom it up and see how much you can read.

Okay.

We can see the LM umbilical connection quite well there, Buzz. We see you zooming in on one of the decals now. It's, “To reset, unlatch handle; latch behind grip and pull back two full strokes.” That's about all we can make out.

Hey, you get an A-plus.

Thank you very much, sir. At least I passed my eye test.

I'm standing 6 feet from it, Charlie, and you can read it better than I can. There's something wrong with the system.

Roger.

That's a real good view of the LM hatch handle there, 11. Over.

Roger.

Looks like we'll be ready to go into the LM early if that's okay with you all down there.

Roger. It's fine with us, Neil. Go ahead anytime you wish. Over.

11, Houston. The white spot you see on your monitor, our TV people say it is a burn spot; but they expect it to dissipate after a couple of hours. Over.

Roger. Thank you.

Okay, the dump valve is actuated.

Roger. Copy, 11. We see that very clearly. Is that you, Buzz, with your hand on it?

Yes.

Roger.

11, Houston. We're really amazed at the quality of the picture up in the tunnel. It's really superb. Over.

It is, considering the amount of light up in there.

Roger. We're about to open our hatch now.

Roger.

Roger. There's that same guy that, when you open up the door, why, he's waiting there for you, and he turns the lights on.

How about that. Just like the refrigerator.

Buzz, the view in through your—by your right—left shoulder there is so good we can see the ascent engine cover, the Velcro on it, and that's about all we can make out right now.

Now we can see the helmet stowage bag —

We don't see anything loose up there.

Well, great. Looks good to us. We see the helmet storage bag.