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.

Roger. It's pretty—It's gathering pretty well to us. We see everything quite clearly up in there.

Well, the docking latches look good today just like they did yesterday. Everything up in there looks just fine.

That sounds fine to us. Over.

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.

I think now I see the utility light still in the stowage bag. Hey, that's a great shot right there. We see you in there. Guess that's Neil and Mike. Better be, anyway.

We see you waving.

11, Houston. That's really a beautiful shot.

11, Houston. We didn't quite decipher that signal that just came from the CMP.

Just saying hello. On the LCG sight gage, you got about—oh, it looks like the white mark that's in the plunger is about a quarter to three-eighths inch out into the green away from the red. Is that what you'd like to see? Over.

Stand by. Roger, Buzz. That looks good to us. Thank you much.

It is the white index, is it not, that you're interested in comparing whether it's in the red or green?

Stand by. That's affirmative, Buzz. It looks good. That's a good reading for us. Over.

Okay.

We had a shot moment—a moment ago of the suit disconnect valve.

I'll open up the windows and see what the lighting condition's going to be like.

11, Houston. That's a real good view we have of the AOT. You're back now, Buzz, and notice you're taking down one of the window shades. Over.

The light is superb.

How's the Sun coming in? How's the Sun coming in from this direction going to affect what you can see?

It made it really super. The lighting is excellent in the—in the LM right now. We can make out the AOT, the ISA, and the left-hand window—there's a little glare off of that, but the LMP side the—with the shade down it's really excellent. Over.

Well, let's—I'm turned around, why I took the shade off my side first.

Roger. We copy. The light level for the TV is really excellent. Over.

Yes, the lighting in the LM is very nice now, just like completely daylight; and everything is visible. A good bit lighter than the tunnel was earlier.

Roger. We got a good view now, Neil, of the DEDA; and also Buzz's ACA.

Hey, I'm pointing it at the front hatch now. Everything seems to be in place down there.

Roger, we got the dump valves in view. Over.

Roger.

11, Houston. We see you removing the ISA now, folding it up, putting it up on the AOT. The instrument panels are coming into view behind.

Yes, I think it'd probably be best, since we've done SPS burn, to put it back over the instrument panel instead of putting it up over the PLSS on the recharge station. Would you care to comment on that one? We could do either just as easily.

Stand by. We'll have an answer for you momentarily.

11, Houston. That's really a super shot of the main display.

The vehicle is surprisingly free of any debris floating around. It's very clean.

Roger.

11, Houston. It's pretty hard to describe this view. It's really—really great.

Now you know how we feel.

Okay. Neil's OPS is about 57, 5800.

Copy.

And mine's about 5800, also.

Copy.

11, Houston. That's a good shot of Neil's PLSS, there. Over.

No, that's mine.

11, Houston. That moment—a moment ago, we had a good shot of your PLSS, Buzz, and the two helmet stowage bags. Down behind your left shoulder, Buzz, we have the—the DSKY and the ACA.