- Neil Armstrong (CDR)
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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.
- Buzz Aldrin (LMP)
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Okay. The handle is off the *** in about 6 or 8 inches into the surface. I could *** easy ***.
- Neil Armstrong (CDR)
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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.
- Buzz Aldrin (LMP)
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Yes, it is. It's not up against your suit though. Hit it back once more. More toward the inside. Okay. That's good.
- Neil Armstrong (CDR)
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Contingency sample is in the pocket. My oxygen is 81 percent. I have no flags, and I'm in minimum flow.
- Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)
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Neil, this is Houston. We're getting a picture. You're not in it at the present time. We can see the bag on the LEC being moved by Buzz, though. Here you come into our field of view.
- Neil Armstrong (CDR)
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All set. Okay. You saw what difficulties I was having. I'll try to watch your PLSS from underneath here.
- Neil Armstrong (CDR)
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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.
- Buzz Aldrin (LMP)
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Okay. You need a little bit of arching of the back to come down. … How are are my feet from the edge?
- Buzz Aldrin (LMP)
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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.
- Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)
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Neil, this is Houston. Based on your camera transfer with the LEC, do you foresee any difficulties in SRC transfer? Over.
- Buzz Aldrin (LMP)
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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.
- Neil Armstrong (CDR)
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Yes. I found I could be very comfortable, and walking is also very comfortable.
- Neil Armstrong (CDR)
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You've got three more steps and then a long one.
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Okay. I'm going to leave that one foot up there and both hands down to about the fourth rung up.
- Neil Armstrong (CDR)
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A little more. About another inch.
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Spoken on July 21, 1969, 3:14 a.m. UTC (55 years, 5 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet