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Garbled transmissions.


Armstrong: Go ahead, Houston. ...sit like that and walk around it.

PAO: That was Neil Armstrong. That was a Mike Collins' comment.

Duke: Okay. Over. [Pause.]

Duke: Well, they will spring into action here momentarily.

Collins: Houston, Columbia.

Aldrin: It's - oh - about - probably maybe a second, right here, [garble] 32.

Collins: You got it. How's it going?

Aldrin: It's - oh - about - probably maybe a second, right here, [garble] 32.

Collins: Houston, Apollo 11.

Duke: Okay.

Collins: Okay. Proceed, torque.

Aldrin: Houston, did you want us to test the cameras in the LM and - I was wondering about that. It's supposed to sound that way.

McCandless: Okay. Over.

Armstrong: [Garble] just before that last call.

Armstrong: I'm not getting them on... (Long Pause)

Aldrin: Hey, there's something. Okay, okay.

Duke: Rog. [Pause.] Over. Noun 80 - correction, Noun 84: minus 00758, plus all zeros, plus 00098; Noun 33: 101:36:14.00, and stand by for the PDI plus 12. ...You're very scratchy.

Armstrong: Okay.

McCandless: We confirm inboard cut-off. Can you read us the shaft and trunnion angle off the counters? We copy.

Collins: Good deal.

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

Aldrin: You're loud and clear.

Armstrong: [Garble.] That's the first picture in the panorama; right there.

Aldrin: On the fuel cell purge: would you like to see both oxygen and hydrogen? Range rate.

Collins: What, what...do you want a tissue for?

PAO: 30 seconds. Terminal Phase Finalization, TPF; 127 hours, 39 minutes, 39.2 seconds. This maneuver will have a magnitude of about 24.9 feet per second [7.6 m/s], and, in turn, it raises the apolune to 60.5 nautical miles [112.0 km], which is approximately the altitude Columbia is orbiting. And we're now 25 minutes, 38 seconds from Trans-Earth Injection.

PAO: The ship reports it is now 7 miles from the spacecraft.

Duke: Rog. The colors are - now, it's really an excellent picture now that I'm looking at it on our monitor, which is about 12 seconds before the networks can get it out due to the conversion that we have here on our TV converter. We thought we'd - You could check it out. Over.

Collins: Go ahead, Houston.

Unidentified: Go ahead, sir.

Collins: A three-ring circus. I agree, Charlie. 197.8, 128.5, and 340.0.

Armstrong: Hey, you...

Aldrin: No, you take this TV on out. Hey, maybe you better call Lew and tell him we might be a little bit late for dinner.

Collins: Oh, at about 5½ minutes.

Armstrong: Yes, that works good.

McCandless: Okay. Thank you, Neil. O2 fuel cell purge at 71 hours, and when you feel like copying, I've got a Flight Plan update containing - I guess that and some other items for you. We're going to re-work the attitude in the sextant star for you in order to improve the High Gain Antenna coverage, and we'll have that for you in a few seconds.

Collins: Okay, Charlie.

Evans: Ah; roger. Over. It'll be coming up.

PAO: The first astronaut is now emerging. 10 seconds. This is Apollo Control, Houston.

Aldrin: Columbia, Eagle.

Duke: 11, Houston. Rog, Neil.

Duke: Roger. Over.

Collins: Ready to copy.

Armstrong: We want - Yes, P00's good - and we want a Verb 48. And then on beyond it about 10 feet is an even larger rock that's very rounded. I agree with that, but we hear you okay. [Long pause.] [Long pause.]

Aldrin: Yes, let's take some pictures here, first. Standing by for the gimbal motors.

Armstrong: Probably a tad on the warm side.

McCandless: Don't worry, I won't. Over.

Haise: BBC in London is considering a special radio alarm system to call people to their TV sets in case there is a change in the EVA time on the Moon. And other games in the National League...

McCandless: Yes. Over.

Armstrong: Right.

Aldrin: Hey, Neil, you see any need for keeping this thing?

Armstrong: Notice how you can kick it out. Yes, we are.

Aldrin: Roger. How do you read? Hello, Houston. Get more tracking if we forget.

Armstrong: Okay, and I got PADs, need to extend the probe, and do an SM RCS hotfire. [Pause.]

Collins: Your Command Module film seems to be working out pretty well, Charlie, the amount we carried. Over. What was that thing that you said it was supposed to be - concave but it was convex?

Aldrin: No, that's fine. Over. Yes, let me get this.

McCandless: Stand by. Over. Go ahead.

Aldrin: Roger. [Long pause.]

Duke: Roger, Buzz.

Armstrong: Pyros are...four breakers are in, and switches are up.

Collins: I'll bet you [garble] likes this.

Collins: Thank you. I'd have put on a coat and tie if I'd known about this ahead of time.

Aldrin: I'm okay.

Aldrin: Alrighty.

Collins: Sure you got - you got your checklist here, haven't you? Horizon 11-degree line at TIG minus 2 minutes. 80...

Collins: Houston, Apollo 11. Roger that.

Aldrin: Oh, I see those current - current [garble] went down on the fuel cells. It should really - it should be pointing from the - you know, our forward axis? We just got seven-tenths on the radar.

Collins: Okay, I read plus 11154, plus 20792, plus 00230. I'm going to start a maneuver now to our undocking attitude.

Lovell: Roger, Buzz.

Collins: How about the number 5 window?

Armstrong: 1500.

Aldrin: You got Inverter 1 circuit breaker in, right? May require for playback. Better than the (stationary) simulator. Yes.

McCandless: Roger. I am ready with your TLI-plus-90-minute abort PAD. That is, no change to the mission rules. Out.

Aldrin: Houston, Eagle.

Armstrong: I found it pretty hard to get perfectly level, too. [Pause.]

Aldrin: You could - you...

Collins: Okay.

Aldrin: Yes, you got to keep [garble].

Armstrong: Go ahead.

Collins: I guess they're... about on the horizon anyway.

Duke: Rog. Copy the burn report. Over. Over.

Aldrin: When we get the Sun behind us, we might be able to.

Armstrong: Okay. Excuse me.

Aldrin: (To Houston) The PGNS looks consistent today.

Collins: I guess they're... about on the horizon anyway.

Aldrin: Mark it.

Collins: Okay.

Armstrong: Okay.

Armstrong: That's what it looks like down here. Columbia's been reading you loud and clear on his Omnis, but he hasn't had any luck at transmitting to you. Oxygen heaters; 1 Off, 2 Auto. Roger. (Long Pause)

Duke: Hello, Apollo 11. Over.

PAO: This is Apollo Control.

Hornet: 11, this is Hornet. Hornet, Roger.

PAO: The countdown still proceeding satisfactorily. The crew is now in the process... Planned time for ignition. Standing by now for acquisition.

Hornet: Apollo 11, this is Hornet.

Photo 1: The first astronaut is in the helicopter, the net is on its way down. The [garble] the hatch [garble]. The first astronaut is at the hatch.

Hornet: We have that. What's the condition? [Long pause.] Roger.

Photo 1: The swimmer is in the water and he is connecting [garble] deployed.

Photo 1: Photo 1, my big trouble is trying to transport to raft number 2 to [garble] transfer the [garble].

Hornet: Roger. Out. Roger.


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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