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05 03 15 44
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger.
05 03 18 35
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility Base, Houston.
05 03 18 41
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Go ahead, Houston.
05 03 18 43
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. For your P57 …, we did a little looking around, and it looks like Sirius and Rigel out at detent 6 would be real good on that. The Sun angle on Sirius is about 43 degrees, and on Rigel, it's about 55 degrees. Over.
05 03 19 08
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger, Houston. The only trouble is that the Sun is in number 5, the closed one. And it appears to also be close enough to detent 6 to shine on the far side of the cone. And it completely obscures detent 6. I'm—unable to use that at all.
05 03 19 37
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Okay. We understand it now, and thank you.
05 03 20 43
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility, Houston. For your information, the circuitry looks real fine on that ascent engine arm circuit breaker.
05 03 20 54
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. I don't think I could get it out now if I wanted to.
05 03 21 00
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. We copy.
05 03 21 05
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): And it looks like in detent 6 I can pick up Venus right at the fringe, but I can't get anything else.
05 03 21 15
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger.
05 03 21 33
Neil Armstrong (CDR): And by the way, Houston, our EVA antenna did retract.
05 03 21 37
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. Mighty fine. Thank you.
05 03 22 45
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility, Houston.
05 03 22 52
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. Go ahead.
05 03 22 54
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. It looks like you're going to have to reposition the radar here. We suggest you may want to start your TIG minus 45 minute—that point in the checklist at about TIG minus 50. Over.
05 03 23 10
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. Why do you think I need to move the radar?
05 03 23 14
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Well, we thought that you probably wouldn't be able to get the star there.
05 03 23 36
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): On the rear detent, the radar can be pointing plus X, and I'm—I'll be using right rear. That's okay.
05 03 23 44
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. That's fine then.
05 03 25 43
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility Base, Houston. I have one more late checklist change there on the rendezvous radar position for lift off. Over. From page Surface 57.
05 03 26 00
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. Go ahead.
05 03 26 01
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Okay. On Surface 57 there on your VERB 21 NOUN 73 trunnion, leave it 180; the shaft we'd like 335. Over.
05 03 26 25
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. Understand. Shaft 335.
05 03 26 29
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. And if the steerable doesn't quite hack it on lift off, looks like the forward OMNI is good for about 30 to 60 seconds after lift off. And then the aft OMNI antenna is good for the rest of the ascent. Over.
05 03 26 52
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. Copy.
05 03 27 10
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Houston, we've got two angles here at 3 minutes in ascent. Would you confirm those? Pitch 134 and yaw minus 32. Over.
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05 03 27 25
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility Base. Roger. We verify; those are correct.
05 03 30 41
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility Base, Houston.
05 03 30 46
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Go ahead.
05 03 30 48
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. Eagle's looking real fine to us down here. We have a fairly high confidence that we know the position of the LM. However, it is possible that we may have a planes change, but the—In the worst case, it would be up to 30 feet per second. And, of course, we don't expect that at all.
05 03 31 15
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Okay.
05 03 31 24
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Houston, Tranquility Base. Since we've still got plenty of time I think I'll go ahead and recycle on this 604.
05 03 31 38
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility. Roger. That's okay with us, and we assume that the primary canister is still aboard. Is this correct?
05 03 31 52
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): We have one primary canister on board and one secondary. The other primary is—out in front of the Z—plus—Z pad. Over.
05 03 32 06
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. We copy. Thank you.
05 03 33 41
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Ready for the blue bag —
05 03 33 44
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): The PGNS looks consistent today.
05 03 33 47
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Hey, that's affirmative, by gosh. Looking great.
05 03 44 15
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Houston, did you copy NOUN 05, and are you looking at 93? Over.
05 03 44 21
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility Base. It's beautiful.
05 03 44 28
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Okay. We'll proceed.
05 03 44 31
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger.
05 03 44 35
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): I know where the star is; I'm not sure the PGNS knows where gravity is.
05 03 44 39
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Okay.
05 03 48 04
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Houston, these are your angles, not ours.
05 03 48 12
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger, Tranquility.
05 03 48 13
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Stand by for some change or modification in the angles.
05 03 48 23
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility Base, Houston. Recommend 334, and that should just keep it out of the limit.
05 03 48 32
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Okay.
05 03 55 19
Michael Collins (CMP): Houston, Columbia on OMNI D Delta. Over.
05 03 55 23
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Columbia, Houston. Roger. Loud and clear. And if you would like to take it down, we have the latest position of Tranquility Base. Over.
05 03 55 33
Michael Collins (CMP): Go ahead.
05 03 55 36
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. It's just west—at west crater, Juliett 0.5, 7.7. Over.
05 03 55 52
Michael Collins (CMP): Understand that it is just west of the crater Juliett 0.5 and 7.7. Is that correct?
05 03 56 01
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Columbia, Houston. That is correct.
05 03 56 06
Michael Collins (CMP): Okay. Thank you, Ron.
05 03 56 15
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility Base, Houston.
05 03 56 20
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Go ahead.
05 03 56 21
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. Because of the lower load with the rendezvous radar off, we'd like to have battery 5 and 6 on the line now, 1 and 3 off. Over.
05 03 56 53
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): In work.
05 03 56 55
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. Thank you.
05 03 57 36
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Columbia, Houston. You're still looking mighty fine to us.
05 03 57 43
Michael Collins (CMP): …
05 03 58 09
Michael Collins (CMP): Columbia is holding inertially at lift off attitude, my DAP is configured as per my procedures at a time of 124 02.
05 03 58 19
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Columbia, Houston. Roger. We copy you.
05 03 58 36
Michael Collins (CMP): I'm using B and D roll.
05 03 58 41
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility, Houston. Say again.
05 03 58 51
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Houston, we were not calling.
05 03 58 54
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. Columbia, was that Bravo and Delta roll? Over.
05 03 59 00
Michael Collins (CMP): Columbia, affirmative.
05 03 59 03
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger.
05 04 01 27
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Columbia and Tranquility, I'll give you a Mark at 20 minutes to go, and that's in about 20 seconds.
05 04 01 56
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Stand by.
05 04 01 59
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): MARK.
05 04 02 00
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): 20 minutes.
05 04 02 06
Michael Collins (CMP): Columbia. Roger.
05 04 03 26
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility Base, Houston.
05 04 03 31
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Go ahead.
05 04 03 32
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. Just a reminder here, we want to make sure you leave the rendezvous radar circuit breakers pulled. However, we want the rendezvous radar mode switch in LGC, Just as it is on Surface 59.
05 04 03 48
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Okay.
05 04 04 43
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility Base, Houston.
05 04 04 49
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Roger. Go ahead.
05 04 04 51
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. Our guidance recommendation is PGNS, and you're cleared for takeoff.
05 04 05 00
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. Understand. We're number 1 on the runway.
05 04 05 04
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger.
05 04 05 47
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Houston, Tranquility. We're not sure that we got number 2 tank to fire. It's still showing a high pressure.
05 04 06 03
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. We confirm that. Try it again.
05 04 06 12
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Okay. We'll go to number 2 this time.
05 04 06 15
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. We concur.
05 04 06 24
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. No problem.
05 04 08 53
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Houston, looks like there's very little difference between the two.
05 04 09 00
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger.
05 04 09 02
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): We've got number 2 reading 3050 and number 1 is reading—3000 and it drops down to 2990. So I'm not sure that it's really indicative that it didn't go. Over.
05 04 09 17
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. We copy and we agree.
05 04 09 55
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Okay. I assume we're—we're GO for lift off, and we'll proceed with the ascent feed.
05 04 10 02
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. That's correct, and we'll go ahead and watch tank 2. If it doesn't—tank 2 doesn't decrease, we'll tell you to close the ascent feeds and open the shutoffs. Over.
05 04 10 26
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Okay. Ascent feeds are open and shutoffs are closed.
05 04 10 31
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger.
05 04 10 32
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): And I've got the cross feed on.
05 04 12 06
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility Base, little less than 10 minutes here. Everything looks good and we assume the steerable's in track mode AUTO.
05 04 12 20
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. It is in track mode AUTO.
05 04 12 24
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger.
05 04 13 10
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): And both ED batteries are GO.
05 04 13 15
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Tranquility, Houston. Roger.
05 04 14 44
Michael Collins (CMP): Neil, I'm reading you on VHF. You sound good.
05 04 14 50
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Yes sir. Couldn't be better. It's just purring along.
05 04 17 17
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Rate scale, 25?
05 04 17 18
Neil Armstrong (CDR): 25.
05 04 17 19
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): ATT translation, four jets. Balance couple ON.
05 04 17 23
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Balance couple, ON.
05 04 17 24
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): TTCA jets, PROP PUSHBUTTON RESET, ABORT, ABORT STAGE RESET.
05 04 17 32
Neil Armstrong (CDR): RESET.
05 04 17 34
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): DEADBAND, MINIMUM. ATT CONTROL to MODE CONTROL; MODE CONTROL, AUTO, both.
05 04 17 42
Neil Armstrong (CDR): AUTO, AUTO.
05 04 17 49
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Okay. We're standing by for 2 minutes to—for the guidance steering in the AGS.
05 04 18 23
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Eagle, Houston. You're looking good to us.
05 04 18 29
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Roger.
05 04 19 26
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): …
05 04 19 59
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): MARK.
05 04 20 00
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): TIG minus 2.
05 04 20 05
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. Guidance steering in the AGS.
05 04 20 58
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Key moment The Eagle lifts off from the Moon: Okay. MASTER ARM ON.
05 04 21 33
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): DSKY blanks.
05 04 21 44
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Got that ascent … ?
05 04 21 54
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, abort stage, engine arm ascent, proceed.
05 04 22 07
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): … Beautiful.
05 04 22 09
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): 26, 36 feet per second up. Be advised of the pitchover. Very smooth. Balance couple, OFF. Very quiet ride. There's that one … on now.
05 04 22 40
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Eagle, Houston. Request manual start override.
05 04 22 47
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger.
05 04 22 52
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): …
05 04 23 04
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Eagle, Houston. One minute and you're looking good.
05 04 23 10
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger.
05 04 23 19
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): A very quiet ride, just a little bit of slow wallowing back and forth. Not very much thruster activity.
05 04 23 31
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. Mighty fine.
05 04 23 37
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): 700, 150 up, beautiful. 9000. PGNS AGS agrees within a foot per second.
05 04 23 59
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Eagle, Houston. You're looking good at 2. PGNS, AGS, and MSFN all agree.
05 04 24 06
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): And that's a thousand, 170 up, beautiful. 14 000. And a foot per second again, AGS to PGNS.
05 04 24 32
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): S band looks like it's holding good, Houston.
05 04 24 36
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. We concur. It's great.
05 04 24 38
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): 1500, 185.
05 04 25 01
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Eagle, Houston. You're GO at 3 minutes. Everything's looking good.
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05 04 25 07
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Roger.
05 04 25 17
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Right on H dot.
05 04 25 21
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Coming up to, … to the right.
05 04 25 22
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): — this is H dot MAX now.
05 04 25 35
Neil Armstrong (CDR): We're going right down U.S. 1.
05 04 25 39
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger.
05 04 26 01
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Eagle, Houston. Four minutes; you're going right down the track. Everything's great.
05 04 26 12
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Now we got—got Sabine off to our right now.

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