Spacelog Apollo 11

Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Mike, did you notice any transients at ignition on TEI? Over.

Yes. The transients were more noticeable than on the previous burns, Charlie. I just wrote it off on the fact we had a light command module, but there was considerable roll activity which dampened down after the first 20 seconds, I would guess, of the burn; but then there was also some pitch and yaw activity. I don't believe it was abnormal, and it seemed to be deadbanding ratherly crisply in roll plus or minus about 8 degrees either side of the center line; and after the first couple of—oh, after the first 20 seconds or so, the gimbals were quiet, and pitch and yaw were relatively quiet. Before that, there was some oscillation but mostly just in rates. Total attitude hung in there pretty well.

Roger. Thank you much. We were looking at the playback, and we saw some things that—right at start up. We'll be back with you later on that.

Apollo 11, Houston. Have you finished taking pictures? Over.

We're just finishing up, Charlie.

Roger.

About to get started on the P52 here pretty soon.

Copy.

Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. You can crank up on the PTC at any time. Over.

All right-o.

Apollo 11, Houston.

Go ahead, Houston.

Roger, 11. This is the original CAP COM. Congratulations on an outstanding job. You guys have really put on a great show up there. I think it's about time you powered down and got a little rest, however. You've had a mighty long day here. Hope you're all going to get a good sleep on the way back. I look forward to seeing you when you get back here. Don't fraternize with any of those bugs enroute except for the Hornet.

Okay. Thank you, boss. We'll—We're looking forward to a little rest and a restful trip back. And see you when we get there.

Roger. You've earned it.

Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. We'd like you to turn off O₂ tank number 1 heaters. Over.

It's off. Thank you.

Roger.

Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. For your information, the LGC in Eagle just went belly up at 7 hours. Over.

Okay. Very good, … death of a real winner, there.

Charlie, we're going to rotate about pitch 270 degrees on the way home vice 1—or 090 on the way out. Right?

Right, sir.

Okay. VERB 49 maneuver to that attitude is in progress.

Roger.

Houston, crew status report. Radiation: CDR 11017, CMP 10019, LMP 09020. No medication.

Say again, please, Neil. We—you were breaking up. We missed that. Over.

Okay. This is crew status report. Radiation: CDR 11017, CMP 10019, LMP 09020. No medication.

Roger. Thank you.

And we didn't get any crew status report from you this morning. Wondered if you could give us an estimate of sleep last night. Over.

Okay …

Okay. We'll take a guess, Charlie, and try to give an equivalent amount. Oh, it's CDR 3, and LMP 4.

Roger. Thank you very much.

And, Charlie, you want the fans cycled … Right?

That's affirmative, and we'd like you to disable quads Charlie and Delta. Over.

Okay. Charlie and Delta.

Apollo 11, Houston. If it's convenient, we'd like to go through your onboard readout. Over.

Of what?

Oh, excuse me. It's on the flight plan, 3102. We'd like BATTS and RCS. Over.

Stand by.

Ready to copy, Houston?

Roger. Go ahead.

BATT Charlie 370, PYRO BATT A 370, BATT B 370; RCS, 55, 65, 64, and 62. Over.

Roger. We copy all that. Thank you much.

Roger. Copy. Also, did you notice—was there any indication of any dust cloud as you lifted off? Over.

Not very much. There was quite a bit of Kapton and parts of the LM that went out in all directions, usually for great distances, as far as I can tell. But I don't remember seeing anything of a dust cloud to speak of.

Roger. Understand all you could see was parts of the LM going out. What was your—your first—first comment? Over.

I don't remember. Just that the Kapton and other parts on the LM staging scattering all around the area for great distances, but I didn't see much dust.

Houston, Apollo 11. Could you keep me honest on the lithium hydroxide changes? When do you have the next one scheduled for?

Stand by.

Apollo 11, Houston. Mike, on that canister, we had you due to change one at 133 before TEI, and it's on page 399. The next one we got is at 147. Over.

Hello, Apollo 11, Houston. We'd like to extend our damping period for another 5 minutes; let the rates get way down. Over.

Houston, Apollo 11.

Go ahead, 11. Over.

Roger, Charlie. Like to bring you up to date on our chlorination status. In compartment B4, we have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven—correction, we have eight pockets for chlorine and buffer ampules, of which—Let me correct that. We have seven pockets, of which one is empty and always has been empty, leaving six remaining. On the other side over there in B7, we have another container with seven pockets, so we have a total of seven plus six, and those are filled with six chlorines and seven buffers. Now, I've been using one chlorine and one buffer per day which, at this point in time, prior to this chlorination I'm about to do, leaves me one chlorine and two buffers. Seems to me I'm one chlorine short, and that being the case, I'd like to ask your advice on postponing this chlorination using the last container until some later date, like maybe tomorrow. Over.

Roger. We copy, Mike. Stand by.

Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. Check in A1, Mike, and see what you can find in there. Over.

We think you might have some more chlorine up in A1. Over.

Hello, Apollo 11. Houston.

Houston, Apollo 11.

Apollo 11, Houston. Do you read? You're breaking up. Over.

Roger. Read.

Roger, 11. You're breaking up. Mike, please look in compartment A1. We think there might be some more chlorine up there. Over.

Eureka!

11, Houston. We're having a downlink problem. That's the reason we can't read you. We're switching sites. Stand by.

Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. How do you read now? Over.

Fine.

Roger. You're five by now, too, Mike. Thank you much. Did you copy that about A1 on that chlorine?

Eureka!

Apollo 11, Houston. We're having a little trouble getting the yaw rate damped out to the appropriate value. We'd like you all to be quite like mice for a couple of minutes and let's see if that will help it out. Over.

11, Houston. You did great work there. We're ready to spin it up. Over.

11, Houston. Did you copy? Over.

Yes. We read you, Charlie. Would you stand by a minute?

Roger. No hurry.

11, Houston. Shift change time, here. White Team bids you good night; we'll see you tomorrow. Over.

Good night, Charlie. Thank you.

Good night, Charlie. Thank you.

Adios.

Adios. Thanks again for a great show, you guys.

Apollo 11, Houston. Over.

Good morning, Ron.

Howdy there, Mike. We're ready to go ahead and have you switch to your OMNI positions for your sleep period, and we would like the following high gain switch positions: your high gain antenna in MANUAL, beam width WIDE, pitch is minus 50, and yaw is a plus 270. And just follow the flight plan for remaining COMM configuration. Over.

Roger. Out.

You “Purple” people keep funny hours.

Your COMM is pretty weak at this point, Mike. Please say again.

Roger. Disregard.