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Garbled transmissions.


Swim 2: Swim 2 is in position. It's extremely stable. [Garble].

Air Boss: Yes, affirmative.

Spacecraft: This is Photo 1. Everyone inside, our checklist is complete, awaiting swimmers. ]

McCandless: Apollo 11, this is Houston. And we copy the VI.

Collins: Roger. Whoever figured those hydrogens and oxygens out a couple of days ago must have known what he was doing.

Armstrong: Yes. How do you read?

McCandless: 11, this is Houston. I guess you're about the only person around that doesn't have TV coverage of the scene.

Collins: A gimbal angle to pitch to - if it's pitchdown 70 - why, let's see, from 226, that's 70, that's 296?

McCandless: Roger. Over.

Collins: Oh, just fine.

Duke: Rog. The secondary radiator leak check is called out in the Flight Plan at 71:20. Noun 69, all four lines are NA. That was a beautiful job, you guys.

Duke: The system really looks good to us. 11. Over.

PAO: 190 miles down range now, 72 miles high, velocity 11,000 feet per second.

Aldrin: Well, that may be good in some respects. Roll 096, 356 018 [garble]. Man, look at it.

Evans: Eagle, Houston. [Pause.]

Collins: Pretty far and pretty slow. I'll try it.

Evans: Tranquility Base, Houston. [Pause.] Columbia, was that Bravo and Delta roll? ] [Long pause.]

Collins: Sure. I'm sorry, I wasn't listening.

McCandless: Apollo 11, this is Houston. [Pause.]

Aldrin: Well, they look like they were made to go. (Pause)

Duke: Eagle, Houston. We'll be happy to have you back. While you were busy the other day, Joe Namath and football Commissioner Pete Rozelle made the announcement that Broadway Joe had agreed to sell his interest in the Bachelors III restaurant and report to the New York Jets. [Long pause.]

Collins: Okay.

Armstrong: I don't guess we have a requirement there, Charlie. The [garble]?

Aldrin: (Garbled) We'll put my up. And you can whip it over to 4-A, if...

Armstrong: Okay, can I have the... now? Maybe 5 seconds.

Armstrong: Okay. There you go.

Duke: Rog. [Long pause.]

Armstrong: To Columbia? Yes.

McCandless: Roger. We're still working on computing the rate for you. Out.

Collins: Roger. I've lost a Hasselblad. Roger.

Aldrin: Neil, the handle...

Armstrong: Delta-TIG was zero and the burn time was 17 seconds. Okay?

Duke: Roger, 11. [Long pause.]

Collins: Bring the [garble] back.

Aldrin: 35 degrees. Houston, Apollo 11.

Duke: Roger. Over.

Collins: Pitch trim is up at 1.5 degrees, cycling about that, which is a little bit off the SIM value. Okay, that ought to almost get it there and, damn, I don't want to see any more than that.

Duke: 11, Houston. [Long pause.]

Collins: No, we're not Orb-rate. I [garble].

Duke: Okay. Out.

Collins: EMS Function, Delta-V; set range VHF A.

McCandless: And if you could give us P00 and Accept, we'll uplink a new state vector and target load to you. [Long pause.]

McCandless: Roger.

McCandless: Roger.

McCandless: That's affirmative.

Collins: Where the hell is the horizon with the world coming over it? Alright.

Collins: I guess what I'm doing, I should do with the paper towels.

McCandless: 11, this is Houston. All your systems are looking good going around the corner, and we'll see you on the other side. We're getting a beautiful picture of Langrenus now with its rather conspicuous central peak.

Armstrong: Think we ought to get the long lens on, Mike?

Collins: Go ahead with the 130 update. You're loud and clear. [Pause.]

Collins: [Garble] pressures are good.

Duke: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. You're five-by. Over. Over.

Collins: You want an extra [garble] - we got a lot of gas...

Aldrin: No, no. Why do you think I need to move the radar? Mark that.

Collins: Stand by for some Master Alarms. I'm reading them only intermittently, but thank you.

Aldrin: Okay. [Garble]?

McCandless: 11, Houston. We're recommending wide deadband. [No answer.] Over.

Collins: If I can get them to keep their hands off my DSKY, it'd be a fair swap.

McCandless: This is Houston. Do you read? We copy. Over. When you're ready to copy, I have your TLI PAD. Over.

McCandless: That's affirmative.

McCandless: I guess it's turned into night up there really, hasn't it? We recommend stopping PTC at GET of 54:45:00, and this should put you at just about the right roll angle. We're recommending a pitch angle of 0, yaw 355 - I say again 355, the Track switch to Manual, and Wide Beamwidth. We had a handover to Madrid about the time I was - I guess halfway through the PAD. [Long pause.]

Collins: Handkerchief or something... Beautiful.

Duke: Roger, Buzz. Over.

Collins: Apollo 11.

Aldrin: I'd believe that.

Duke: The spacecraft's been beautiful, 11.

Aldrin: Houston, Apollo 11.

Duke: Stand by.

Aldrin: Houston, Apollo 11.

Armstrong: And Boot Hill, Duke Island, Sidewinder, looking at Maskelyne W, that's the yaw round checkpoint, and just coming into the terminator.

Aldrin: Okay. Neil, we got two magazines, two color, A... - one of them is R and the other is S.

Evans: Roger. Recommend negative on that. Copy. Say again.

PAO: This is Jim Lovell calling Apollo 11. Hawaii and Goldstone both have acquired. Inboard engines are out, on the second stage as planned.

PAO: This is Apollo Control.

Hornet: Roger.

Swim 1: This is Swim 1 [garble].

Hornet: Hornet, Roger.

Swimmer 1: This is Swimmer 1. Over.

PAO: Mark. At 3 minutes, downrange 70 miles, 43 miles high, velocity 9,300 feet per second.

PAO: Aldrin's hand resting on one of the Portable Life Support Systems which will be used on the Moon's surface. Inboard engines out.

Photo 1: This is Photo 1.

Air Boss: And Hornet, this is Air Boss.

Photo 1: [Garble].

Hornet: Roger. [Garble], Photo 1.

Hornet: Roger.

Photo 1: This is Photo 1.

Air Boss: Roger. You are cleared.

Photo 1: The swimmer is in the water. All 3 swimmers are on full scuba.

PAO: The duration will be 3 seconds. Downrange 140 miles, altitude 62 miles, velocity 10,300 feet per second.

Duke: Rog, Tranquility. [Pause.] [Long pause.] Appreciate it. Over.

Aldrin: [Garble]. Pitch 134 and yaw minus 32. In plane, I hope.

Armstrong: As a matter of fact, it just doesn't look like it sunk in at all.

Slayton: Rog, 11.

Armstrong: I'll step out and take some of my first pictures here.

Collins: Yes, I have.

Duke: You probably... No hurry. How do you read?

Collins: Oh, that was pretty sloppy, Charlie.

Aldrin: Hey, I got to recycle. Atria.

Duke: Hello, Columbia. Over.


Data from The Apollo 11 Flight Journal and The Apollo 11 Surface Journal, mashed up by Leonard Richardson. We came in peace for all mankind.

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