Spacelog Apollo 11

That looks beautiful from here, Neil.

It has a stark beauty all its own. It's like much of the high desert of the United States. It's different but it's very pretty out here. Be advised that a lot of the rock samples out here, the hard rock samples, have what appear to be vesicles in the surface. Also, I am looking at one now that appears to have some sort of phenocryst.

Houston. Roger. Out.

Okay. The handle is off the *** in about 6 or 8 inches into the surface. I could *** easy ***.

Yes, it is. it's—I'm sure I could push it in farther, but it's hard for me to bend down further than that.

Now, you can throw so far.

You can really throw things a long way up here.

That pocket open, Buzz?

Yes, it is. It's not up against your suit though. Hit it back once more. More toward the inside. Okay. That's good.

That in the pocket?

Yes. Push down.

Got it?

No. It's not all the way in. Push it. There you go.

Contingency sample is in the pocket. My oxygen is 81 percent. I have no flags, and I'm in minimum flow.

This is Houston. Roger, Neil.

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Roger.

Hold it a second. First let me move that over the edge for you.

Okay. Are you ready for me to come out?

Yes. Just stand by a second. I'll move this over the handrail.

Okay.

All right. That's got it. Are you ready?

All set. Okay. You saw what difficulties I was having. I'll try to watch your PLSS from underneath here.

All right. The backup camera's positioned.

Okay. Your PLSS is—Looks like it is clearing okay. Your toes are about to come over the sill. Okay. Now drop your PLSS down. There you go; you're clear. And laterally you're good. You've got an inch clearance on top of your PLSS.

Okay. You need a little bit of arching of the back to come down. … How are are my feet from the edge?

Okay. You're right at the edge of the porch.

Okay. Back in *** little of foot movement *** porch. Little arching of the back. Helmet comes up and clears the bulkhead without any trouble at all.

Looks good.

Neil, this is Houston. Based on your camera transfer with the LEC, do you foresee any difficulties in SRC transfer? Over.

Negative.

Okay. Now I want to back up and partially close the hatch.

Making sure not to lock it on my way out.

(Laughter) A pretty good thought.

That's our home for the next couple of hours and we want to take good care of it. Okay. I'm on the top step and I can look down over the RCU, landing gear pads. It's a very simple matter to hop down from one step to the next.

Yes. I found I could be very comfortable, and walking is also very comfortable.

You've got three more steps and then a long one.

Okay. I'm going to leave that one foot up there and both hands down to about the fourth rung up.

There you go.

Okay. Now I think I'll do the same ***

A little more. About another inch.

There you got it.

That's a good step. About a 3-footer.

Beautiful view!