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04 06 57 19
Michael Collins (CMP): And don't forget one in the command module.
04 06 57 22
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Roger.
04 06 57 48
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Tranquility, Houston. We have you pitched up about 4 1/2 degrees. Over.
04 06 57 55
Neil Armstrong (CDR): That's confirmed by our local observation.
04 06 58 00
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Roger.
04 06 58 12
Michael Collins (CMP): And thanks for putting me on relay, Houston. I was missing all the action.
04 06 58 16
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Roger. We'll enable MSFN relay.
04 06 58 27
Michael Collins (CMP): I just got it, I think.
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04 06 58 28
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Roger, Columbia. This is Houston. Say something. They ought to be able to hear you. Over.
04 06 58 40
Michael Collins (CMP): Roger, Tranquility Base. It sure sounded great from up here. You guys did a fantastic job.
04 06 58 48
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Thank you. Just keep that orbiting base ready for us up there now.
04 06 58 55
Michael Collins (CMP): Will do.
04 06 59 19
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Columbia, Houston. LOS 103 27, AOS 104 13. Over.
04 06 59 32
Michael Collins (CMP): Thank you.
04 07 00 42
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Tranquility Base, Houston. All your consumables are solid. You're looking good in every respect. We copy the DPS are venting. Everything is copasetic. Over.
04 07 00 58
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Thank you, Houston.
04 07 02 03
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Houston, the guys that said that we wouldn't be able to tell precisely where we are are the winners today. We were a little busy worrying about program alarms and things like that in the part of the descent where we would normally be picking out our landing spot; and aside from a good look at several of the craters we came over in the final descent, I haven't been able to pick out the things on the horizon as a reference as yet.
04 07 02 41
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Roger, Tranquility. No sweat. We'll figure out—We'll figure it out. Over.
04 07 03 32
Neil Armstrong (CDR): You might be interested to know that I don't think we notice any difficulty at all in adapting to one sixth g. It seems immediately natural to move in this environment.
04 07 03 47
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Roger, Tranquility. We copy. Over.
04 07 03 55
Neil Armstrong (CDR): The area out the left hand window is a relatively level plain cratered with a fairly large number of craters of the 5 to 50 foot variety, and some ridges—small, 20, 30 feet high, I would guess, and literally thousands of little 1 and 2 foot craters around the area. We see some angular blocks out several hundred feet in front of us that are probably 2 feet in size and have angular edges. There is a hill in view, just about on the ground track ahead of us. Difficult to estimate, but might be a half a mile or a mile.
04 07 04 54
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Roger, Tranquility. We copy. Over.
04 07 05 01
Michael Collins (CMP): Sounds like it looks a lot better than it did yesterday —
04 07 05 02
Neil Armstrong (CDR): …
04 07 05 03
Michael Collins (CMP): — at that very low Sun angle. It looked rough as a cob then.
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04 07 05 11
Neil Armstrong (CDR): It really was rough, Mike. Over the targeted landing area, it was extremely rough, cratered, and large numbers of rocks that were probably some, many larger than 5 or 10 feet in size.
04 07 05 32
Michael Collins (CMP): When in doubt, land long.
04 07 05 38
Neil Armstrong (CDR): So we did.
04 07 05 57
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Tranquility, Houston. After you get through this P57, we'd like an E memory dump. Over.
04 07 06 07
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. After this first P57, you want an E memory dump.
04 07 06 11
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): That's affirmative.
04 07 06 16
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Columbia, Houston. We have a P22 update for you, if you're ready to copy. Over.
04 07 06 27
Michael Collins (CMP): At your service, sir.
04 07 06 29
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Roger, Mike. T1, 104 32 18; T2, 104 37 28. And that is 4 miles south. This is based on a targeted landing site. Over.
04 07 06 58
Michael Collins (CMP): Okay. Roger. Understand based on a targeted landing site; T1, 104 32 18; T2, 104 37 28, and 4 miles south.
04 07 07 10
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Roger.
04 07 07 13
Michael Collins (CMP): Do you have any idea whether they landed left or right of center line? Just a little bit long, is that all we know?
04 07 07 19
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Apparently that's about all we can tell. Over.
04 07 07 24
Michael Collins (CMP): Okay. Thank you.
04 07 08 06
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Tranquility, Houston —
04 07 08 07
Neil Armstrong (CDR): And, Houston, our mission timer is now reading 902 34 47 and static.
04 07 08 17
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Roger. Copy your mission timer's now static. It—Say again the time?
04 07 08 24
Neil Armstrong (CDR): 902 34 47.
04 07 08 35
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Roger. Copy, Tranquility. That gravity align looked good to us. We see you recycling.
04 07 08 47
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Well, no. I was trying to get time, 16 65 out, and somehow it proceeded on to the 622 before I could do a VERB 32 ENTER. I want to log a time here, and then I'd like to know whether you want me to proceed on the torquing angles or to go back and reenter again before torquing. Over.
04 07 09 08
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Roger, Buzz. Stand by.
04 07 10 15
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Tranquility, Houston. We'd like you to recall P57 and run through the gravity align one more time. Over.
04 07 10 24
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. I concur with that.
04 07 10 26
Charlie Duke (CAPCOM): Roger, Tranquility. For the mission timer, two suggestions. Set the circuit breaker, panel 11; also reset and attempt to start. That nine in the first digit might have something to do with it. Over.
04 07 10 45
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Okay. We've tried both of those. If the circuit breaker is in when I reset the—put it in RESET, I get 902 04 40. When I release it now, I get 902 04 49. I'm going to cycle the circuit breaker.

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