Spacelog Apollo 11

Roger.

I cycled the circuit breaker and got all nines. And we'll not now reset from all nines.

Roger.

Tranquility, Houston. We'll research this problem and be back with you momentarily on the mission event time—correction, the mission timer.

Okay.

I'd say the color of the—The local surface is very comparable to that we observed from orbit at this Sun angle, about 10 degrees Sun angle, or that nature. It's pretty much without color. It's gray, and it's a very white, chalky gray, as you look into the zero phase line; and it's considerably darker gray, more like a ash—ashen gray as you look out 90 degrees to the Sun. The—Some of the surface rocks in close here that have been fractured or disturbed by the rocket engine plume are coated with this light gray on the outside; but where they've been broken, they display a dark—very dark gray interior; and it looks like it could be country basalt.

Roger, Tranquility. We see the NOUN 93, VERB 34.

Roger. I assume you wanted it. Roger.

Tranquility, Houston. Please vent fuel and OX again. Over. It's building back up.

Okay. OX going now.

Tranquility, Houston. You can open both fuel and OX vent now. Over.

Okay.

Houston, Tranquility standing by for GO on a AGS to PGNS align and a lunar align. Over.

Stand by.

Tranquility, Houston. You are GO for the AGS to PGNS align and a lunar align. Over.

Roger.

Tranquility, Houston. Please vent the fuel. It's increasing rapidly. Over.

We show 30 psi in the fuel and 30 in the oxidizer.

Roger. We're reading somewhat different than that. Stand by.

The fuel temperature is reading 64 in the descent, and the oxidizer—that's descent 2—and the oxidizer is off scale low. Descent 1 is showing 61 in the fuel and 65 in the oxidizer.

Roger. Stand by. Tranquility, Houston. Please take the fuel vent switch and hold it open. Over.

Okay. We're holding it open. Indicating about 24 psi on board.

Roger.

Now indicating 20 psi in the fuel side.

Roger.

And 22 in the OX.

Roger.

Now indicating 15 psi in both tanks.

Roger.

Tranquility, Houston. If you haven't done so, you can release the fuel vent switch now. Over.

Roger.

Tranquility, Houston. We have indication that we've frozen up the descent fuel helium heat exchanger, and there's some fuel trapped in the line between there and the valves; and the pressure we're looking at is increasing there. Over.

Roger. Understand.

Tranquility Base, Houston. If you have not done so, please close both fuel and OX vents now. Over.

They're closed.

Thank you, sir.

From the surface, we could not see any stars out the window; but out my overhead hatch, I'm looking at the Earth. It's big and bright and beautiful. Buzz is going to give a try at seeing some stars through the optics.

Roger, Tranquility. We understand. Must be a beautiful sight. Over.

Columbia, Houston. Two minutes to LOS. You're looking great going over the hill. Over.

Okay. Thank you. Glad to hear the system's looking good. You have a suggested attitude for me? This one here seems all right.

Stand by.

Let me know when it's lunch time, will you?

Say again.

Oh, disregard.

Columbia, Houston. You got a good attitude right there.

Tranquility Base, Houston. If you want me to, I can give you a hack on the mission time, every 30 minutes. Over.

Tranquility, Houston. I'm counting down to T3 time. If you'd like to give me a hack, we can set up an event timer. Over.

Okay. How about counting up?

Roger. We'll have it for you.

Tranquility Base, Houston. Reset the event timer to zero and on my Mark at 103 39 41. We'll give you a hack, and it'll be 1 hour. Over.

Roger.

And we've got about—almost 3 minutes to go, Neil. Over.

Tranquility Base, stand by on the event timer.

Tranquility Base, Houston. On my Mark start your event timer.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

MARK.

Roger. We got it; thank you.

Tranquility, Houston. We see the star angle difference. Looks good.

Okay. That last star was Navi, and it wasn't too well distinguishable. I can see where that error could come in. I think for the gravity alignment with one star, Rigel will be quite good.

Roger. Stand by on the NOUN 93.

Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. We'd like you to torque that. Over.

Houston, this is Tranquility. Do you want us to accept this position? Over.

Tranquility, Houston. We're looking at it. Stand by. We'd like you to pull the circuit breaker on panel 11 for the mission timer. Over.

Roger. I've already done that, Charlie.

Okay.

Tranquility, Houston. We'd like you to reject that RLS. Over.

Roger.

And, Tranquility Base, Houston. We'd like you to call—after this, call P00, and give us a E memory dump.

Okay. Here comes the E memory dump.

Roger.

And we got 1106.

Roger.

Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. Did I copy PROGRAM ALARM 1106 from you? Over.

Roger. That' s affirmative.

Okay. Stand by.

Could that, by any chance, be due to the fact that I flashed the updata link switch to DATA while that was going on? Over.

Stand by.

Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. The SPAN guys think that's conceivable. Stand by. I think we want another VERB 74.

Okay. Standing by.

Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. We'd like another VERB 74. Over.

Roger. Here it comes.

Tranquility Base, Houston. On my Mark it will be GET 103 53.

MARK.

103 53—correction, 54.

Roger.

Hello, Tranquility. Houston. We have the LM ascent PAD. If you're ready to go. Over.

Stand by.

Roger. Ready to copy the LM ascent PAD.

Roger, Tranquility. TIG, 104 39 47 00, 55358 00322, plus 0022. DEDA 47, plus 37130, minus 70615, plus 58620, plus 56936. Over.

Roger. LM ascent PAD: 104 39 47 00, 55358 00322, plus 0022, plus 37130, minus 70615, plus 58620, plus 56936. Over.

Roger, Tranquility. Good readback. We also have a CSI PAD if you are ready to copy.

Okay. We are ready to go.