Spacelog Apollo 11

Apollo 11, Houston. Say again. Over.

Apollo 11, Houston. We got a lot of noise on the downlink. Would you please try your high gain in wide beamwidth, and the angles are 180 the yaw and pitch zero. Over.

Houston, Apollo 11. How do you read us on the high gain? Over.

Roger, Mike. You're a lot better now. Over.

Okay. You want a wide beam for some reason?

That's affirmative. We got you in the shadows, though. You are looking right down along the engine bell towards the Earth so we need you in wide beam. Over.

Okay. Fine. We're starting our maneuvers to sleep attitude. Roll 82, pitch 229, yaw zero.

Houston, 11.

Go ahead, 11. Over.

Okay. We are on page activation 12 and 13, step 4, and verify descent talkbacks gray, and they're barberpole.

Roger. Stand by.

Apollo 11, Houston. We would like you to take the low voltage taps OFF; RESET, then ON. Over.

Stand by. We got it. We just had one circuit breaker out of position.

Okay.

We have them gray now.

… should have warmed up by now.

Oh, he's transmitting on B.

Hey, Mike, you transmitting on B?

Houston, Apollo 11—Apollo 11/Eagle. Over.

Roger, Eagle. This is Houston. We read you. Over.

Roger. I read you about four by four. Could you give me a short count, please?

Roger, Eagle. Coming in with the short count—1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Houston out. Over.

Roger. Are you copying my low bit rate? Over.

Roger. We got some beautiful data here, Eagle. We're—All those guys are looking at it—systems guys. We'll have some word for you in a minute how everything looks.

Roger. I'm all ready to switch to high bit rate if that's okay with you.

Would you please stand by, Eagle. We want to get to the proper sleep attitude before we proceed on with the COMM check. Over.

Standing by.

Houston, Eagle. We'll go ahead with the camera checkout. I'm still on low taps, and I assume there's no problem doing that. Over.

Stand by.

That's affirmative. No problem on that, Eagle. You can go ahead and power up the sequence camera. Over.

Should have done that before.

Eagle, be advised—sounds like a hot mike. Over.

Right. Yes.

Roger. If you're reading me now, I am in hot mike because I'm in ICS push to talk, and DOWNVOICE BACKUP. Over.

Roger. We just wanted to remind you. Over.

Thank you.

Columbia, this is Houston. Are you maneuvering to sleep attitude? Over.

Eagle, this is Houston. We have lost all the voice and data with Columbia. Would you see if he is maneuvering to sleep attitude? Over.

Hey, Mike. You maneuvering to sleep attitude?

…

I don't believe they can hear you, Mike. Are you maneuvering now to sleep attitude?

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Houston, Eagle. The Columbia has maneuvered to sleep attitude. He's got the high gain antennas—antenna angles set in, and he should be communicating with you. Over.

Roger. We don't have him. Stand by.

Roger, Houston. Eagle with a count. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Over.

Roger. Stand by. We're reading you five by. Over.

Okay. I'm ready to go S band voice. Over.

Stand by, Eagle. Stand by on step 4.

Columbia, this is Houston. Would you please give us P00 in ACCEPT. We've got a load for you. Break. Eagle, we're ready to go to step 4. Please select S band voice to VOICE. Over.

Hello, Eagle. This is Houston. How do you read—normal voice? Over.

Eagle—Houston, this is Eagle. Read you loud and clear on S band, normal voice. How me? Over.

Roger. You're beautiful in this mode, Buzz. We're reading you five by. Coming with a short count and we'd like one back from you. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Houston out.

Roger. Houston, Eagle. You're gorgeous also. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Eagle, over.

Roger, Eagle. This is better than the downvoice backup. Stand by 1

Eagle, Houston. Everybody's happy as a clam with this mode. We'd like to stay here for a little bit. Telemetry looks great, and the; voice is great. Over.

Roger. Understand. I'm checking out camera number 4 now.

Eagle, Houston. Say again what you're checking out? Over.

Roger, Houston. Eagle has checked out both 70 millimeter cameras and both 16 millimeter cameras, and all work fine. Over.

Sounds great. Stand by.

Eagle, Houston. We've looked over your systems on the high bit rate. Everything looks super; we're ready to go. Over.

Roger. Stand by. You want to go back to low bit rate now?

Stand by on that. Over.

Eagle, Houston. We look good through the 210 on this mode. We're going to shift data select to an 85 foot dish to see what we've got, and then we'll be back to you on the 210. If you'll stand by a couple of minutes in this mode, we'll be back with you. Over.

Roger. Eagle standing by.

Eagle, Houston. How do you read? Over.

Houston, Eagle. Read you loud and clear. Over.

Roger. We're reading you five by. We've got the voice good through the 85; the telemetry is in and out through the 85. Stand by. We'll be back with you through the 210. Over.

Eagle, Houston. You can go step 5 now. We'd like low bit rate. Over.

Houston, Eagle. You have low bit rate.

Roger. Copy, Eagle.

Eagle, Houston. Could you give me a short count—this mode? Over.

Houston, this is Eagle with a short count. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Eagle. Over.

Roger, Eagle. You're five by. This S band voice is really beautiful. Over.

And, Eagle, Houston. We'll be standing by in this mode for a minute or so. We'll be back with you if you'll just stand by. Over.

Roger.

Eagle, this is Houston coming through the 210. How do you read? Over.

Roger. Read you loud and clear.

Eagle, this is Houston. We're happy with all our data in all modes. You can power down the COMM now. Over.

Roger. I understand. Eagle will power down the COMM, and we are just approaching 27 volts now. It looks like we won't have to bother with the high taps.

Right.

We're powering down. Out.

Roger. Copy. Out.

Columbia, this is Houston. We got a TEI 11 PAD for you and an update on the water dump. Over.

Stand by one, Houston. Are you through with the DSKY?

That's affirmative. Over.

Houston, Columbia. Ready to copy TEI 11. Over.

Roger, Columbia. Here we come with the TEI 11. SPS G&N: 37200, minus 060, plus 047. NOUN 33, 098 05 2422, plus 41448, plus 03719, minus 02422. Roll is NA, pitch 020, the rest of the PAD is NA. Set stars are NA. The ullage is two quads—correction, two jets for 16 seconds; use Bravo and Delta. In the comments, the undocked present CSM—correction, this is for—TEI 11 is undocked. Present onboard weight of the CSM is 37200 pounds, about 50 Alfa on your DAP. Over.

All right. I read back: TEI 11, SPS G&N: 37200, minus 060, plus 047, plus 098, 05 2422, plus 41448, plus 03719, minus 02422; NA, 020; the rest of the PAD NA. Ullage, two jets for 16 seconds, Quads B and D. Undocked present CSM weight is okay in the DAP.