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08 01 16 11
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Apollo 11, Houston with a little recovery force information. Over.
08 01 16 17
Michael Collins (CMP): Go ahead.
08 01 16 18
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. The Hornet is on station just far enough off the target point to keep from getting hit. Recovery 1, or the chopper, is there; they're on station. And Hawaii Rescue 1 and 2, the C 130's, are within 40 minutes of your target point. Over.
08 01 16 50
Michael Collins (CMP): Sounds good. Thank you.
08 01 25 08
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Apollo 11, Houston.
08 01 25 11
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Go ahead.
08 01 25 13
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. Just to get a little downlink here to check out our VHF: I show us about an hour and 37 minutes, approximately, from entry interface. Over.
08 01 25 26
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Okay. That's about right.
08 01 25 28
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Okay. Looks like we're together on that, and I guess we're standing by for you to whip into the entry attitude.
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08 01 25 37
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Okay. We've just been taking a couple of last minute pictures. We've finished the EMS entry check, primary water EVAP activation.
08 01 25 46
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. Mighty fine.
08 01 31 22
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Apollo 11, Houston.
08 01 31 26
Michael Collins (CMP): Go ahead.
08 01 31 28
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger, Mike. We recommend the left VHF antenna for VHF.
08 01 31 33
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): And this is your friendly backup CMP. Have a good trip, and may—remember to come in BEF.
08 01 31 42
Michael Collins (CMP): You better believe. Thank you kindly.
08 01 31 48
Michael Collins (CMP): We can see the Moon passing by the window and it looks what I considered to be a correct size.
08 01 33 26
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Houston, Apollo 11. Like to switch to S band OMNI C. I just did a minute ago, and noticed a loss of signal strength, over.
08 01 33 34
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger, Apollo 11. Go ahead and try it again now that you're in attitude.
08 01 33 42
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger. Going OMNI C.
08 01 37 10
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Apollo 11, Houston.
08 01 37 31
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Apollo 11, Houston. Recommend antenna Bravo. Over.
08 01 41 08
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Apollo 11, Houston. Recommend antenna Bravo, or at least a better one. Over.
08 01 47 35
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Apollo 11, Houston.
08 01 47 39
Neil Armstrong (CDR): Go ahead, Ron.
08 01 47 40
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. Faces are red here. We lost data with you there for a while. Did you do the P52? Over.
08 01 47 47
Neil Armstrong (CDR): That's affirmative, we completed the P52. We'll give you the data from it in just a second. We passed our sextant star check at entry attitude, and right now we're maneuvering to our first horizon check pitch attitude of 298 degrees.
08 01 48 05
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. Copy that, 11.
08 01 58 53
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Apollo 11, Houston. About 4 minutes to 1 hour, and I'll give you a mark at 1 hour. Was a command module preheat necessary? Over.
08 01 59 03
Michael Collins (CMP): Negative that.
08 01 59 06
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. Copy. Negative command module preheat.
08 02 02 06
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Apollo 11, Houston.
08 02 02 09
Michael Collins (CMP): Go ahead.
08 02 02 11
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. We don't want to jettison the hydrogen tank that stratified, so could you cycle the fans in tank 2 please? Hydrogen tank 2.
08 02 02 26
Michael Collins (CMP): You better believe, that old service module has taken good care of us. We want to take good care of it.
08 02 02 30
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): It sure has, hasn't it.
08 02 02 33
Michael Collins (CMP): It's been a champ.
08 02 04 48
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): 11, Houston. I'll give you a time hack at 58 minutes to go. It's about 15 seconds yet.
08 02 04 57
Michael Collins (CMP): Thank you.
08 02 05 04
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Stand by.
08 02 05 07
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): MARK.
08 02 05 08
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): 58 minutes.
08 02 05 13
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Roger.
08 02 10 13
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Apollo 11, Houston.
08 02 10 16
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 11.
08 02 10 17
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Roger. We have our update at the state vector out there for you. Request P00 and ACCEPT. Over.
08 02 10 28
Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Okay. You've got it.
08 02 10 32
Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Okay. Here it comes.
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Ronald Evans (CAPCOM): Apollo 11, Houston.
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Buzz Aldrin (LMP): Go ahead.

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