Spacelog Apollo 11

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.

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?

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.