Spacelog Apollo 11

Roger. The computer is yours now. Looks like you're in VHF range, here. So we'll try a VHF check for you. We'll just send VHF up to you. Stand by.

Okay.

Apollo 11, Houston. VHF check on Simplex Alfa. Over.

Roger, Houston. Apollo 11, VHF Simplex Alfa, loud and clear. How me? Over.

Roger, 11. Houston. You're loud. The standard VHF noise, though, makes you realize that S band is good.

Roger. Understand. Thank you.

Apollo 11, Houston. Backup S band now, and we're standing by for command module RCS activation.

Okay. We're just about there.

Apollo 11, Houston, you're GO for PYRO ARM.

Thank you, Houston.

Apollo 11, Houston. Your command module pressurization looks mighty fine to us.

Looks good here, Ron.

And 11, Houston, I've got an update for about four items on your entry PAD.

Ready to copy.

Roger. Your MAX g, 063; your NOUN 60, your Gamma, at 400K, 648; your range to go on the EMS, 14033; and your RETRO time for V circular, 02 14. Over.

Roger. Copy MAX g 6.3; R2 at NOUN 60, 6.48; range to go, EMS, 14033; RET V circular, 02 14. Over.

Houston, Apollo 11.

Apollo 11, Houston. GO.

Roger. The first horizon check 194 23 06 at a pitch angle of 298 does not quite fall on the 31 7 line. It's just a little high. It's within 5 degrees tolerance.

Apollo 11, Houston. The horizon check there was supposed to be at 33. Over.

Okay. That's fine, sir. Thank you.

Apollo 11, Houston. Command module RCS looks fine to us.

Same here, Ron. Looks very good. Doesn't make as much noise as we thought. Some of them are barely audible.

Roger.

And 11, Houston. Weather still holding real fine in the recovery area.

Roger.

Looks like it's about 1500 scattered, high scattered. And it's still 3 to 6 foot waves.

Hey, that part of it sounds good.

Roger.

11, Houston, I'll give you another Mark at 33 minutes. Stand by.

MARK.

Houston, Apollo 11. Do you have any recommended settings to catch the sunset. Over.

Roger. Well, the time is 36 41. And stand by for some settings.

Okay. I'll probably only be doing it maybe—part of it at six frames a second, some it at one. So I could be changing settings as it goes through.

Roger. Copy.

And the horizon check passes; it's right on the money.

Hey, mighty fine. Sounds good.

Apollo 11, Houston. On the shooting at the Sun, f:16th at 1 over 250.

Understand f:16 at 1 over 250.

Roger.

And the Sun is going down on schedule. It's getting real dark in here.

Roger. Thank you.

And it's rotating just like it should be. Thrusters are firing.

Good. It's got a lot of gas there to burn out, too.

It's coming across now from right to left.

Houston. Roger.

Houston, Apollo 11. You going to turn on the tape recorder shortly?

11, Houston. You can go ahead and turn it on.

Okay. I'll have to go to command reset to do that.

11, Houston. That's negative. All you have to do is turn it on. That'll be fine.

I guess I don't know how to turn it on, then. I got PCM, ANTILOG RECORD, FORWARD; high bit rate, and barber pole.

11, Houston. We'll send the ON command from down here, see if it works.

Okay.

Got our friend the Moon whipping by the field of view right now.

Roger. Copy.

11, Houston. We'll have you for about 3 or 4 minutes through Redstone and then pick you up after blackout through ARIA.

Roger.

Houston, Apollo 11. I'm going to go to COMMAND RESET and turn the tape on.

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11, Houston. Recommend negative on that. That will put us in low bit rate.

Okay. I already put it to COMMAND RESET, but I still have barber pole on the tape. And now my switch is high bit rate.

Okay. That will be fine. On 225, there, if you can reach it, Buzz, the last two circuit breakers in the second row from the bottom, punch those in.

And 11, Houston, don't mess around with that 225 there.

Okay.

Apollo 11, Houston through ARIA.

Apollo 11, Houston through ARIA.

Apollo 11, Houston through ARIA 4.

Apollo 11, Houston through ARIA. Standing by. Over.

Apollo 11, Houston in the blind. AIR BOSS has visual contact.

Apollo 11, Houston. Standing by for your DSKY reading. Over.

Apollo 11, Houston. Stand by for your miss distance. Over.

Apollo 11, Houston. Standing by for your DSKY reading. Over.

Drogues.

Apollo 11, Houston. Your DSKY reading, please. Over.

Roger. We were *** right on … 169, 17.

Apollo 11, Apollo 11. This is Hornet. Hornet. Over.

Hello, Hornet. This is Apollo 11 reading you loud and clear. Our position 1330, 16915.

11, Hornet. Copy 1330, 1675. Any further data? Over.

Do you have an error?

We have that. And what is condition of the crew?

11, this is Hornet. What's your error of splashdown and condition of crew? Over.

The condition of crew *** 4000—3500 feet, on the way down.

11, this is Hornet. Copy. 11, Hornet. What's your splashdown error? Over.

Okay. Our splashdown error is by latitude, longitude, 1330 16 *** 15. That's ***

Hornet. Roger, out.