Spacelog Apollo 11

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Roger. Alfa 1 is 500, that's 500 feet above the landing site. Over.

Okay. Alfa 1 is 500 feet above the landing site. Thank you.

Houston, Apollo 11. Our crew status report for sleep: CDR 5.5, CMP 6.0, LMP 5.0. Over.

Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

Houston, Apollo 11. Go ahead.

Roger. The “Black Bugle” just arrived with some morning news briefs if you're ready.

Go ahead.

Roger.

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Okay. Church services around the world today are mentioning Apollo 11 in their prayers. President Nixon's worship service at the White House is also dedicated to the mission, and our fellow astronaut, Frank Borman, is still in there pitching and will read the passage from Genesis which was read on Apollo 8 last Christmas. The Cabinet and members of Congress, with emphasis on the Senate and House space committees, have been invited, along with a number of other guests. Buzz, your son, Andy, got a tour of MSC yesterday. Your Uncle Bob Moon accompanied him on the visit which included the LRL. Among the —

— Thank you.

Roger. Among the large headlines concerning Apollo this morning, there's one asking that you watch for a lovely girl with a big rabbit. An ancient legend says a beautiful Chinese girl called Chang-o has been living there for 4000 years. It seems she was banished to the Moon because she stole the pill of immortality from her husband. You might also look for her companion, a large Chinese rabbit, who is easy to spot since he is always standing on his hind feet in the shade of a cinnamon tree. The name of the rabbit is not reported.

Okay. We'll keep a close eye out for the bunny girl.

Thank you very much. We appreciate the news.

Black Team, we'll be looking for an interesting day with you all tomorrow.

Apollo 11, Houston. Three minutes to LOS; AOS at 96 plus 20.

Hello, Columbia. Houston. Do you read? Over.

Hello, Houston, this is Eagle. How do you read? Over.

Eagle, this is Houston. Are you calling? Over.

Roger. How do you read? Over.

Roger. Reading you about three by, Buzz; a lot of noise on the loop. We think it's coming from Columbia, but we can't tell. We're unable to raise voice with him. Would he please go to high gain. Over.

Okay. I'll have him go to high gain. It's probably the glycol pump you hear in the background, and I'm up to the point where I turn on the IMU. Would you recommend I hold off here for a few minutes or go ahead and power up the IMU? Over.

Roger. Stand by.

Hey, get your high gain to working.

Houston.

Eagle, this is Houston. You can turn on the IMU. Over.

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Houston, this is Columbia.

Columbia, this is Houston. Do you read? Over.

Houston …

Hello, Eagle. This is Houston. We've got a noisy downlink on the downvoice backup. Would you please select S band voice to VOICE? Over.

Columbia, this is Houston. Do you read? Over.

Houston, Columbia. Reading you loud and clear. How me?

Roger. About three by, Mike. We've got a lot of noise in the background. It's clearing up now. Break. Eagle, Houston. Do you read? Over.

Houston, Eagle. About four by four. Go ahead.

Roger. Just getting a voice check. Say the page you're on in the activation checklist. Over.

Roger. I'm on page 27. Over.

Roger. Understand 27. We copy. Out.

Columbia, this is Houston. Would you please give us P00 in ACCEPT. We have a state vector for you. Over.

Stand by one.

Houston, Columbia. You have P00 in ACCEPT, and how are you reading me now?

Roger. Understand, we have P00 in ACCEPT. You're about three by in—on the voice, Mike. Over.

Okay. You're coming in loud and clear, and I'm configured for normal voice. If you've got any switch changes, let me know.

Roger. We've got some noise somewhere in the system down here, I think. We're working on it. And I've got a 130 landmark update for you, and also a DAP load whenever you're ready to copy. Over.

Roger, Mike. Coming at you with the 130, P1 is 98 37 35, P2 98 42 44, 4 miles north. Over.

Okay. P1 98 37 35, P2 98 42 44, 4 miles north of track; and go ahead with your DAP load.

Roger. CSM weight 36651, LM weight 33627, pitch trim minus 0.72, yaw trim plus 0.51. Over.

36651, 33627, minus 0.72, plus 0.51. Over.

Both are good readbacks. Out.

Houston, Eagle. Are you satisfied with the LGC self test? Over.

Roger. Understand. You passed the LGC self test. Over.

Negative. I was asking you if you were satisfied with it. As far as I can tell, it's satisfactory. And also the primary EVAP flow is actuated to number 1 at 96 05. Over.

Roger. Copy on the primary EVAP. We've got the low bit rate, Buzz. We couldn't see that LGC self test. Over.

Okay.

Houston, Columbia. The docking tunnel index angle remains unchanged.

Roger. Copy. Out.

Houston, Eagle is going to secondary transmitter/receiver and secondary power amplifier, and I'll check with you in 60 seconds. Over.

Roger. Stand by. We're standing by. Over.

Okay.

Columbia, Houston. We are through with the computer. You can go back to BLOCK. Over.

Houston, Eagle. On secondary transmitter/receiver and power amplifier, how do you read? Over. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Over.

Roger. Reading you five by, Buzz. How me? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Out.

Roger. That's about the same as before. Switching back to PRIMARY.

Roger.

Houston, Eagle. Back on PRIMARY, and I'm ready to proceed with the steerable antenna activation.

Roger. We're standing by, Buzz. Go ahead. Over.

And I'll go to BIOMED left—right momentarily.

Roger.

Houston, Eagle. Got a real nice lock on—lockon on the steerable antenna, and you should be receiving BIOMED right and PCM high. Over.

Roger, Eagle. We got you five by. It's really beautiful. We've got the high bit rate and the BIOMED. Out.

Eagle, Houston. Do you copy? Over.

Houston, Eagle. For your information, we're doing the glycol pump check now.

Roger. Copy.

And there's the secondary glycol pump.

Roger.

And I'm on secondary, or number 2 pump right now, and I'll hold here for a couple of seconds and then switch back to number 1.

Columbia, Houston. Over.

Houston.

Go ahead, Houston.

Roger, Columbia. We noticed your DAP configuration. We'd like you to turn off B3 and C4, Mike, and for register 2 in the DAP, we'd like all ones. Over.

B3 and C4 are both off on panel 8 and I understand you want—Say again what you want on register 2.

Roger. In the DAP, we'd like you load all ones. Over.

All right.

Columbia, Houston. Did you hit the COMMAND RESET around—after LOS on the last pass? Over.

That's affirmative. When we were having difficulty getting you, Charlie, I pushed the COMMAND RESET to make sure I had control of high gain.

Roger. Thank you much. We're in good shape now. Over.

Okay.

Houston, Eagle. Can you tell me if you're picking up BIOMED on the CDR now? Over.

Stand by.

Eagle, Houston. We're not getting any BIOMED from the CDR now. Over.

Roger. Understand.