Apollo 11 transcript starting at 04 14 53 00 on Spacelog

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04 14 53 00
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Yes indeed, Buzz. We can see your feet sticking our underneath the structure of the LM descent stage.
04 14 53 08
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Okay. I'm just on the other side of the —
04 14 53 13
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Now we can see you through the structure of the minus Z secondary strut.
04 14 53 38
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): All right. The doors are open, and it looks like they are going to stay up without any problem.
04 14 53 46
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Columbia, Columbia, this is Houston. We are about to lose you on the OMNI's. Request high gain antenna, REACQ mode Fish 20, yaw 135. Over.
04 14 54 03
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): You want to pick an area, Neil?
04 14 54 05
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Make that yaw 175, Columbia, yaw 175 on the high gain.
04 14 54 14
Michael Collins (CMP): Columbia is locked up on the high gain, Houston.
04 14 54 16
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Roger. Out.
04 14 55 42
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Houston, the passive seismometer has been deployed manually.
04 14 55 49
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Roger.
04 14 56 30
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): And the manual deployment of the LR cubed, the little spring that is at the end of the string is pulled off of the picks head. However, I was able to reach up and get hold of the picks head and pull it loose. So, it will be deployed manually, also.
04 14 56 51
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Roger.
04 14 57 05
Neil Armstrong (CDR): And, the panorama is complete. *** and the LM—got the LM at 7 30 position at about 60 feet.
04 14 57 39
Neil Armstrong (CDR): And the doors are closed and locked.
04 14 57 43
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Roger.
04 14 57 50
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Have you got us a good area picked out?
04 14 57 53
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Yes. I think right out on that rise out there is probably as good as any.
04 14 58 08
Neil Armstrong (CDR): I'll probably stay on the high ground there and —
04 14 58 16
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Watch it; the edge of that crater is—drops —
04 14 58 19
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Yes. It drops off there, doesn't it?
04 14 58 24
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Get a couple of close ups on these quite rounded large boulders.
04 14 58 44
Neil Armstrong (CDR): About 40 feet out—I'd say out at the end of that next —
04 14 58 50
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): It's going to be a little difficult to find a good level spot here.
04 14 58 55
Neil Armstrong (CDR): The top of that next little ridge there. Wouldn't that be a pretty good place?
04 14 59 03
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): All right. Should I put the LR cubed right about here?
04 14 59 07
Neil Armstrong (CDR): All right.
04 14 59 10
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): I'm going to have to get on the other side of this rock here.
04 14 59 19
Neil Armstrong (CDR): I would go right around that crater to the left there. Isn't that a level spot there?
04 14 59 25
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): I think this right here is just as level.
04 15 00 00
Neil Armstrong (CDR): These boulders look like basalt, and they have probably 2 percent white minerals in them, the white crystals. And the thing that I reported as the vesicular before, I'm not—I don't believe I believe that any more. I think that small craters—they look like little impact craters where shot—B B shot has hit the surface.
04 15 02 08
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Houston. I have the seismic experiment flipped over now, and I'm aligning it, but I'm having a little bit of difficulty getting the B B in the center. It wants to move around and around on the outside. ***
04 15 02 34
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): You're cutting out again, Buzz.
04 15 02 49
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. I say I'm not having too much success in leveling the PSE experiment.
04 15 03 57
Neil Armstrong (CDR): The laser reflector is installed and the bubble is leveled and the alignment appears to be good.
04 15 04 16
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Neil, this is Houston. Roger. Out.
04 15 04 23
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Hey, you want to take a look at this B B and see what you make out of it?
04 15 04 30
Neil Armstrong (CDR): I find it pretty hard to get perfectly level, too.
04 15 04 37
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): That B B likes the outside. It won't go on the inside.
04 15 04 48
Neil Armstrong (CDR): That little cup is convex now, instead of concave.
04 15 04 53
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): I think you're right.
04 15 04 56
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Believe it is.
04 15 04 57
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Houston, I don't think there's any hope for using this leveling device to come up with an accurate level. It looks to me as though the cup here that the B B is in is now convex instead of concave. Over.
04 15 05 19
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Roger, 11. Press on. If you think it looks level by eyeball, go ahead.
04 15 05 28
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Okay.
04 15 06 03
Neil Armstrong (CDR): …
04 15 06 20
Neil Armstrong (CDR): There you go. Good work; good show. Hey, whoa; stop, stop! Back up.
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04 15 06 34
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Houston, as I was spacing the PSE, the right hand solar array deployed automatically. The left hand I had to manually *** the bar at the far end.
04 15 06 56
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): All parts of the solar array are clear of the ground now.
04 15 07 02
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Buzz, this is Houston. I understand that you did successfully deploy both solar arrays. Over.
04 15 07 10
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. That's affirmative. And there isn't any way of telling whether that's lined up. I'm getting in the way; maybe I can get down here.
04 15 07 38
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Neil, how does that appear to be pointing?
04 15 08 08
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Neil, this is Houston. Over.
04 15 08 13
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Go ahead, Houston.
04 15 08 15
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Roger. We've been looking at your consumables, and you're in good shape. Subject to your concurrence, we'd like to extend the duration of the EVA 15 minutes from nominal. We will still give Buzz a hack at 10 minutes for heading in. Your current elapsed time is 2 plus 12. Over.
04 15 08 45
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Okay. That sounds fine.
04 15 08 47
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Roger. Out.
04 15 09 07
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Buzz, this is Houston. If you're still in the vicinity of the PSE, could you get a photograph of the ball level? Over.
04 15 09 16
Neil Armstrong (CDR): I'll do that, Buzz.
04 15 09 18
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Right. We'll get a photograph of that. Houston, what time would you estimate we could allow for the documented sample? Over.
04 15 09 43
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Oh, shoot. Would you believe the ball is right in the middle now?
04 15 09 50
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Wonderful. Take a picture before it moves.
04 15 10 00
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Neil, this is Houston. We're estimating about 10 minutes for the documented sampling. Over.
04 15 10 25
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Columbia, Columbia, this is Houston. Over.
04 15 10 34
Michael Collins (CMP): Go ahead, Houston. Columbia.
04 15 10 36
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Roger. Like you to terminate charging battery Bravo at 111 plus 15. Over.
04 15 10 47
Michael Collins (CMP): How about right now?
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04 15 10 49
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Roger.
04 15 11 15
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Buzz, this is Houston. You've got about 10 minutes left now prior to commencing your EVA termination activities. Over.
04 15 11 31
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. I understand.
04 15 12 32
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Tranquility Base, this is Houston. The passive seismic experiment has been uncaged and we're observing short period oscillations in it. Over.
04 15 15 13
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): I hope you're watching how hard I have to hit this into the ground, to the tune of about 5 inches, Houston.
04 15 15 22
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Roger.
04 15 15 35
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): It almost looks wet.
04 15 15 46
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Got a sample.
04 15 15 57
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute, you cut the cable again.
04 15 16 03
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): All right, Neil and Buzz, this is Houston. We'd like you to —
04 15 16 04
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04 15 16 10
Neil Armstrong (CDR): That clear?
04 15 16 11
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Not quite.
04 15 16 13
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Neil, this is Houston. We'd like you all to get two core tubes and the solar wind experiment; two core tubes and the solar wind. Over.
04 15 16 25
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Roger.
04 15 16 51
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Okay. While I'm getting the next one, maybe you can—… away the box a little bit.
04 15 17 04
Neil Armstrong (CDR): …
04 15 18 04
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Buzz, this is Houston. You have approximately 3 minutes until you must commence your EVA termination activities. Over.
04 15 18 14
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. Understand.
04 15 18 22
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Columbia, this is Houston. Approximately 1 minute to LOS. Over.
04 15 18 32
Michael Collins (CMP): Columbia. Roger.
04 15 18 37
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): And, do you plan on commencing your sleep on the backside this pass? If so, we'll disable uplink to you while we're talking to the LM. Over.
04 15 18 51
Michael Collins (CMP): Negative that.
04 15 18 59
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Houston, were you able to record the documentary way where the two core tube samples were taken?
04 15 19 12
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Negative. Out.
04 15 19 19
Neil Armstrong (CDR): I didn't get a stereopair of those two, but they are right in the vicinity of the solar wind.
04 15 19 29
Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM): Neil, this is Houston. After you've got the core tubes and the solar wind, anything else that you can throw into the box would be acceptable.
04 15 19 44
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Righto.
04 15 19 58
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Cap …
04 15 20 01
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): I got the cap.
04 15 20 03
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Got the cap?
04 15 20 04
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): They're both good caps on …
04 15 20 05
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Okay.

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