Spacelog Apollo 11

Yes indeed, Buzz. We can see your feet sticking our underneath the structure of the LM descent stage.

Okay. I'm just on the other side of the —

Now we can see you through the structure of the minus Z secondary strut.

All right. The doors are open, and it looks like they are going to stay up without any problem.

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.

You want to pick an area, Neil?

Make that yaw 175, Columbia, yaw 175 on the high gain.

Columbia is locked up on the high gain, Houston.

Roger. Out.

Houston, the passive seismometer has been deployed manually.

Roger.

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.

Roger.

And, the panorama is complete. *** and the LM—got the LM at 7 30 position at about 60 feet.

And the doors are closed and locked.

Roger.

Have you got us a good area picked out?

Yes. I think right out on that rise out there is probably as good as any.

I'll probably stay on the high ground there and —

Watch it; the edge of that crater is—drops —

Yes. It drops off there, doesn't it?

Get a couple of close ups on these quite rounded large boulders.

About 40 feet out—I'd say out at the end of that next —

It's going to be a little difficult to find a good level spot here.

The top of that next little ridge there. Wouldn't that be a pretty good place?

All right. Should I put the LR cubed right about here?

All right.

I'm going to have to get on the other side of this rock here.

I would go right around that crater to the left there. Isn't that a level spot there?

I think this right here is just as level.

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. ***

You're cutting out again, Buzz.

Roger. I say I'm not having too much success in leveling the PSE experiment.

The laser reflector is installed and the bubble is leveled and the alignment appears to be good.

Neil, this is Houston. Roger. Out.

Hey, you want to take a look at this B B and see what you make out of it?

I find it pretty hard to get perfectly level, too.

That B B likes the outside. It won't go on the inside.

That little cup is convex now, instead of concave.

I think you're right.

Believe it is.

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.

Roger, 11. Press on. If you think it looks level by eyeball, go ahead.

Okay.

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There you go. Good work; good show. Hey, whoa; stop, stop! Back up.

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.

Neil, how does that appear to be pointing?

Neil, this is Houston. Over.

Go ahead, Houston.

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.

Okay. That sounds fine.

Roger. Out.

Buzz, this is Houston. If you're still in the vicinity of the PSE, could you get a photograph of the ball level? Over.

I'll do that, Buzz.

Right. We'll get a photograph of that. Houston, what time would you estimate we could allow for the documented sample? Over.

Oh, shoot. Would you believe the ball is right in the middle now?

Wonderful. Take a picture before it moves.

Neil, this is Houston. We're estimating about 10 minutes for the documented sampling. Over.

Columbia, Columbia, this is Houston. Over.

Go ahead, Houston. Columbia.

Roger. Like you to terminate charging battery Bravo at 111 plus 15. Over.

How about right now?

Roger.

Buzz, this is Houston. You've got about 10 minutes left now prior to commencing your EVA termination activities. Over.

Roger. I understand.

I hope you're watching how hard I have to hit this into the ground, to the tune of about 5 inches, Houston.

Roger.

It almost looks wet.

Got a sample.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute, you cut the cable again.

All right, Neil and Buzz, this is Houston. We'd like you to —

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That clear?

Not quite.

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.

Roger.

Okay. While I'm getting the next one, maybe you can—… away the box a little bit.

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Buzz, this is Houston. You have approximately 3 minutes until you must commence your EVA termination activities. Over.

Roger. Understand.

Columbia, this is Houston. Approximately 1 minute to LOS. Over.

Columbia. Roger.

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.

Negative that.

Houston, were you able to record the documentary way where the two core tube samples were taken?

Negative. Out.

I didn't get a stereopair of those two, but they are right in the vicinity of the solar wind.

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.

Righto.

Cap …

I got the cap.

Got the cap?

They're both good caps on …

Okay.