Spacelog Apollo 11

Go ahead, Columbia.

On our next pass, I'd appreciate the S band relay mode. Over.

Roger. We're working on that. There haven't been any transmissions from Tranquility Base since we last talked to you. We cannot give you a full S band relay without being assured of high gain antenna. We're working on the partial relay for you. Over.

Okay. Understand, Bruce. Thank you very much.

Columbia, this is Houston. Approximately 2 minutes to LOS. All your systems are looking good from down here. Over.

Does it look to you like the 240 controller is properly controlling the glycol evaporator outlet TEMP? It locks all right up here.

Roger, Columbia. During this pass on the front side, it looked okay to us.

Houston, Tranquility Base.

Go ahead Tranquility Base.

Okay. We are on about the middle of page 28, Surface—28.

All right -

Tranquility Base, this is Houston. Over.

Roger. Go ahead, Houston.

Roger, Tranquility. We're coming up in about 6 minutes on GET of 108. If you'd like to start your event timer, we can give you a hack at 108 00. Over.

Houston, Tranquility. We're ready to start with the electrical checkout. We're going to S band modulate FM. Over.

Roger. Tranquility, this is Houston. We copy. Go ahead with the FM. And we missed the mark at 108. Do you want us to try and give you one at 108 05? Over.

I think we've got the timer going. We've got 1 minute and 30 seconds.

MARK.

Roger. We copy, and you're in SYNC with us.

It's increase.

T/R.

In.

Help you on that?

Feed it, or disconnect, or what?

Say again.

Connect PLSS electrical umbilical to PGA.

Let me *** up tight *** have to *** up straight *** up. Got her about ***

That's got it.

*** Right.

Fastest VOX in the west.

Mark. All right. Okay.

Aren't they?

Well, we've got antennas down and *** not real good, is it? Okay. Yours is up. We'll put my antenna up.

Okay.

Okay.

How do you read now?

Okay.

Okay. I think that's going to be better.

You read me all right now?

Yes.

Okay. That sounds pretty good.

I guess it's a combination of the volume and the antenna. May have been just the volume that was way up too high. Why don't you try stowing it again; see if that makes any difference.

Okay.

All right. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. That—That sounds pretty good.

Columbia, Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

Houston, Columbia on the high gain. How do you read ?

Roger, Columbia. Reading you loud and clear on the high gain. We have enabled the one way MSFN relay that you requested. The crew of Tranquility Base is currently donning PLSS's. The LMP has his PLSS on, COMM checks out, and the CDR is checking his COMM out now. Over.

Sounds good. Thank you kindly.

Houston, Columbia. I tweaked the platform up on the back side. I have a P52 option 3 when you're ready to copy the data.

Go ahead, Columbia.

Roger. Stars 43 and 44: star angle difference 4 balls 1, NOUN 93 plus 000 —

Audio circuit breaker CLOSED.

— 57, plus —

All right, on your panel, VHF A, OFF; VHF B, OFF.

— 00166, minus 00022, and the —

All right, RCU PTT to MAIN.

— time is 107 30 38. Over.

Columbia, this is Houston. Copy star angle difference of 4 balls 1; NOUN 93, plus 00057 —

PLSS mode switch to B.

— plus 00166, minus 00022 —

Warning tone?

— time of 107 30 38. Over.

…

You got it.

Roger. Are you reading Tranquility Base now?

Okay. You've got an O and a P.

What is your O₂ quantity, by the way?

O₂ quantity is about 91.

I've got 92.

Okay, now. I'm going to mode select B.

Warning tone.

That where you were? B?

I'm in B.

*** A.

Okay.

I'm in A.

Okay. How do you read me?

I read you.

You're loud and clear.

I got another warning tone. Go.

*** about now? Okay?

Both. That's mode select AR.

AR.

How do you read?

Didn't get a warning tone.

I got one.

Got it?

Okay. One antenna is out. Verify PLSS O₂ bottle pressure greater than 85. ***

It is.

Do you have voice with ***

Got her.

Houston, Tranquility. How do you read ? Over.