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Garbled transmissions.


Duke: Rog. We're ever alert down here.

Duke: Stand by. Noun 60; 36194, 6.56, 1189.4, 36275, 195:03:03, 00:27. Over.

Duke: Roger, Apollo 11. Over.

Duke: Say again, please, Neil. Thanks a lot. We thought about it; we will support it. And that about covers the news this day. Houston. Over. They're real pleased with it. Over. Over. Copy.

Armstrong: Shutdown!

PAO: Have a good view here of the computer and display and keyboard assembly with the green lights flashing.

Garriott: 11, Houston. You were firing your pitch thrusters. I'll have to stand by just a moment.

Aldrin: How's the Sun coming in?

Aldrin: 3, 4, 5.

Collins: Yeah.

Collins: Gimbal Motors, Pitch 2 and Yaw 2, On.

Garriott: Your Comm is pretty weak at this point, Mike. Will you verify that the disk with messages was placed on the surface as planned, and also that the items listed in the flight plan - all of those listed there - were jettisoned. And this baked appearance that you described, at least the suggestion is that it was due to the heat of the engine at any rate. We noticed you are maneuvering very close to gimbal lock. [Pause.] I understand, Buzz, that these were... (that) this was the appearance of the material which had been uncovered by the rays that appeared darker for 2 or 3 feet extending outward. Over.

Aldrin: Hey, Mike. We're all listening.

Collins: Thank you. I thought I could about equal the simulator in... and I didn't - I bet you I used - I hate to quote a number, but I've been down around 30-some pounds in the simulator, and I'll bet this was 50, 60 pounds, something like that. Now, you're looking good.

McCandless: What was that? Over.

Aldrin: Roger. Right.

PAO: Hornet reports a sonic boom a short time ago. As we're continuing to see the apocynthion drop and pericynthion raise, as the orbit becomes more and more circular. "

Collins: Yes. Do you want me to null that to zero or do you want to add 2 and leave it as a 4? Then I heard him call 30 seconds. ] [Garbled.

Collins: When you looked down-Sun, it looks almost white, just a reflection from the Sun.

McCandless: Okay. Thank you. Can you read us out the contents of Register 3, please?

Armstrong: Yes, there's some rocks in it, too. I have to roll.

Collins: Buzz, this crazy bracket goes right here.

Armstrong: Burn...

McCandless: Roger. We'd like you to terminate Battery A charge at GET 26 hours and re-initiate Battery A charge after Midcourse Correction 2. Roger.

McCandless: Roger. ] Minus 2.8?

McCandless: 11, this is Houston. And for your information, all LM systems are Go. And if that doesn't work, just give up on it.

Collins: Okay. Is that sufficient? [Long pause.]

Duke: Stand by. We copy it all.

Aldrin: Okay.

Collins: SPS, 12 of them.

Armstrong: We'll stand by for your call. We're zooming in on Earth now. I found I could be very comfortable, and walking is also very comfortable. Sounds good. It's out.

Collins: Roger.

Garriot: Roger, 11. The Maroon Team will be on tomorrow.

Collins: Okay.

Armstrong: Yes.

Aldrin: And we don't get the - contrast [garble].

Collins: You want the 16-millimeter while you're down here, Neil?

McCandless: Roger. The booster is safe. Latitude 00 decimal 691...That would be plus 00.691. As of GET 68:00; RCS total, minus 4.5 percent, corresponding to approximately minus 53 pounds. They look a little large right now.

Aldrin: No. The is closed and latched, (pause) and verified secured.

McCandless: Roger. We all think it was pretty magnificent, and you all are doing a great job up there. Over. [Long pause.]

Aldrin: Right.

Collins: I'm just fooling around. [Long pause.] I'm supposed to adjust the oxygen flow in this thing to six-tenths of a pound per hour, but being as how this transducer is not working right, could you give me an updated number? Go ahead. Roger.

Duke: Roger, Buzz. Over.

Aldrin: Yes, well, that's when you're talking at the same time.

Collins: And it - it kind of varies - not 865, but it's - 830.

Armstrong: Yep.

Duke: Columbia, stand by on the Noun 49. At least I passed my eye test. Mike, you can maneuver to your preliminary TEI attitude as shown on page 398 of the Flight Plan, and the High Gain angles are good as shown in the Flight Plan, and we'd like you to dump the waste water at 131:05 down to 10 percent. Tranquility, Houston. Over.

Armstrong: Well, we can't observe... [hears Duke] We can't observe much green from the spacecraft. There isn't a dent or a mark on the probe. We're all yours, Columbia.

Collins: ... not a very good attitude at all for Comm, and as soon as we finish our alignment, we'll maneuver it to a different attitude.

Duke: And we've got almost 3 minutes to go, Neil. Thank you much. We have the LM ascent Pad. Over.

Collins: Flies like a spacecraft instead of a simulator.

Aldrin: I think we've discovered that it is quite easy to [voice cut out] all very familiar with.

Armstrong: ... yaw. Mode IV.

Aldrin: Houston, Tranquility standing by for Go on to PGNS align and a lunar align.

Armstrong: No.

Armstrong: We got - We have no complaints with any of the three stages on that ride.

Evans: SPS/G&N: 36639; your Noun 48, minus 0.72, plus 0.51; your Noun 33, 135:24:40.00; Noun 81, plus 3217.8, plus 0603.6, minus 0130.4; your pitch, 064. It sure is. (Long Pause) Over.

Aldrin: Alright, now call the Verb 89 in and see which way that...

Collins: Oh, no, no, no, no; if it's curved. Maybe we'll get around to lunch. No medication. In the sextant - I can't.

Evans: Roger. Doesn't make any difference on the gimbal angle. And also, Columbia, when you get a chance, request Batt C and the Pyro(technics) readouts. Looks like we're together on that, and I guess we're standing by for you to whip into the entry attitude.

Armstrong: Minus - on pitch, minus 0.6.

Aldrin: We're powering down. You open the pocket up. That may be what's contributing to some of it.

Evans: Columbia, Houston. Over. (Long Pause) [Pause.]

Evans: And this is your friendly backup CMP. (Long Pause) Stand by. TIG minus 2. Looks like we're together on that, and I guess we're standing by for you to whip into the entry attitude.

Collins: Okay? 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

Duke: Say again, Mike...

Collins: For the Earth coming up? And away we went.

McCandless: 11, this is Houston.

Aldrin: Go ahead, Houston. Let's torque them. If you are ready, give the mark and we'll go to B Data. About half.

McCandless: Apollo 11, this is Houston through Tananarive. Out. [Long pause.]

McCandless: Roger. [Pause.]

Aldrin: You vacuum all this stuff? On the western wall, the wall that's now nearest the - the camera, near the bottom of the screen, we can see a dimple crater, just on the outside. Good.

Duke: Roger. (Pause) Fine. Over. How do you read?

Duke: Hello, Apollo 11. Over. (Long Pause) Roger. Would you please select low bit rate? Over.

Collins: Loud and clear, Houston.

Armstrong: It is.

Aldrin: 125:47:45.58.

McCandless: Okay. You are Go at 5 minutes. Out.

McCandless: Roger.

Collins: Okay.

Aldrin: Okay. What?

Collins: [Garble] I got the Earth coming up already.

Duke: For your info, we got you - It looks like about 150,000 out now. We see that very clearly. Starting with the T-2; T-2 TIG, 102:54:29.00, 103:51:56.00, 106:37:35.00, 109:10:00.00. Stand by.

Duke: Hello, Apollo 11. Over. Over. If you proceed to the right at PDI plus 05, you'll see one axis. Roger.

Duke: Eagle, Houston. Everything's doing fine. Over.

Collins: Boy, they rate some rough country over there.

Armstrong: And... out there right now...Buzz?

McCandless: This is Houston. You all just finished a meal not long ago, too, didn't you? Out.

Aldrin: Okay.

Aldrin: Roger.

McCandless: Negative, 11.

SC: (Sound of train) (Sound of train)

Collins: We're - I measured it up here.

Duke: Roger, Tranquility. Over. [Pause.] I can imagine. They were shown live throughout just about the whole world, and - but we're expecting hundreds of telephone calls from mothers all over the world complaining that their youngsters are trying to drink milk from spoons, thanks to you, Mike. Looks - Things are really great. And we're just trying to figure out - I think we'll probably start it over again. We gave you a LM state vector. Houston. The surgeon is about to die. Coming in with the short count - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Stand by. [Long pause.] [Pause.] Over. Set stars are NA. Over. If you haven't done so, you can release the fuel vent switch now. You're very clear when you come through. We'll get you. [Long pause.]

Collins: The roll?

Armstrong: Now, you may have the sun in your eyes coming around the corner.

Aldrin: Okay.

Collins: [Garble.] [Long pause.]

Aldrin: I guess that is down though, isn't it?


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