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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.
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.
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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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