PAO: Velocity 32,000 feet per second. We've had Loss Of Signal as the Apollo 11 spacecraft begins its pass around the far side of the Moon at 85 hours, 42 minutes. We've had Loss Of Signal now, and the spacecraft Eagle has been given a Go for Descent Orbit Insertion. The carrier was 13 miles from the aim point at splash. 1 minute now from time of LOS. At 81 hours, 45 minutes into the flight; this is Apollo Control, Houston. We're standing by. This is lunar revolution number 27 for Columbia.
Photo 1: This is Photo 1, Raft number 2 is within 10 feet of the Command Module at this time. The third astronaut is in the hatch, he is climbing in the helicopter.
Air Boss: Understand still stable 2.
Hornet: Roger.
Photo 1: This is Photo 1.
Hornet: Hornet.
Swimmer: [Garble] locked [garble] are in. The third astronaut is out of the hatch. That is [garble]. Report of hatch secure. Photo 1, swimmer is scrubbing the arms and shoulders of the first astronaut.
PAO: Hornet reports momentary visual contact has now disappeared behind clouds. Predicting that will be uncovered at 8 minutes, 17 seconds with outboard engine cut-off 9 minutes, 11 seconds on the second stage. As he is still looking back through the tunnel, we see Mike Collins in the background there.
PAO: Air boss reporting the spacecraft riding very smoothly.
Aldrin: Yeah, I think it'd probably be best, since we've done the SPS burn, to put it back over the instrument panel instead of putting it up over the PLSS on the recharge station.
Collins: Go ahead. [Pause.] [Pause.]
PAO: Here in Mission Control the scribing plotter showing the velocity and height - here we go again.
Photo 1: Recovery 1 is commencing his second approach.
Hornet: Hornet. Roger, out.
Unidentified Speaker: [Garble] at this time [garble].
PAO: Burning. Here goes the call. Present velocity, 25,560 feet per second. One minute to separation.
Duke: Say again, Mike.
Collins: Okay.
Armstrong: Okay, Mike, if there's some data bags around there - I may have one or two in my temporary stowage - why, we may want them in addition to the other regular bags, so we can put some of this data back in it.
McCandless: Roger. We're reading you loud and clear.
Armstrong: Roger. ] Got that cockpit all cleaned up so that we got places for all our trash, Mike? [Long pause.]
Aldrin: I like the neat way he's got his - safety belt on - [garble] should be about in the right place.
Collins: Okay. We're in Inertial, aren't we?
Armstrong: Okay, you got 100.4 now.
Collins: Okay, that ought to almost get it there and, damn, I don't want to see any more than that.
Aldrin: Houston, Apollo 11.
Collins: Roger, Houston.
Duke: 11, Houston. It's coming in at Goldstone, Buzz. Do you have a little white dot in the bottom of your monitor - TV monitor? Over. You got a good attitude right there.
Aldrin: Say, how about you remembering the number that I read to you. Looks like the attitude held up real well during PTC last night.
Aldrin: Roger.
Aldrin: Roger. Now, what else we got?
Armstrong: Okay, it's about 7 minutes until AOS.
Aldrin: I hope you [garble].
Armstrong: Mark.
McCandless: Houston. That is, no change to the mission rules. (Long Pause)
Armstrong: Okay, want to get film.
Aldrin: Okay.
Armstrong: [Garble]? Okay, so that's the one we'll do.
Aldrin: Roger.
Collins: It's 82:51.
Aldrin: Houston, I'll set my watch at 56. Go ahead. It must have gone up to over 50,000 feet, though. (Long Pause, then turning to look under the spacecraft) There's one picture taken (pause) in the right rear of the spacecraft looking at the skirt of the descent stage, shows a slight darkening of the surface color, a rather minimal amount of radiating or etching away or erosion of the surface. How do you read? Do you have LOS and AOS times? I saw that we pretty quickly crossed the line and started falling about 6 or 7 percent behind, so I was still expecting it to move up, and I went down to Full Decrease and brought it back down to a difference of 2 percent. (Pause) Okay. [Long pause.] Going to Delta. [No answer.] Locked. Man! (Garbled) to the left. How do you read now? Alpha and Delta quads (faintly) for PTC.
Armstrong: That's correct for Eagle and Command Module.
Armstrong: Yes. Yes.
Slayton: That's a real great day, guys. Okay.
Armstrong: Okay. Maybe.
Aldrin: [Garble.]
Collins: X and Z, 0.2... Stow optics eyepieces, okay, that's in work.
Duke: Rog. Oh, Roger. [Pause.]
Collins: Houston, Columbia in Down Voice Backup. Buzz is singing.
Collins: Okay, I'll try it with the telescope; and if I don't see it there, then I'll try the sextant. [Long pause.] I'm going to go ahead with the tunnel leak check. Still a little busy, light [garble].
Armstrong: Now I need a Verb 76.
Collins: Ready to copy. Of what?
Duke: Roger.
Armstrong: You bet.
Collins: Ready to copy.
Duke: Hello, Apollo 11. Over. Out.
Collins: I'm going over to (garbled) I'll pick you up...
Collins: Yes.
Aldrin: Don't tell that to poor [garble], though (laughter). Okay. (Long Pause)
McCandless: Okay. That's affirmative. Over. Over. Standing by for your TV.
Armstrong: AR.
Duke: Roger.
Collins: What's new? Also my VHF ranging is not working now, and I'd like to know whether you'd like me to continue making sextant marks or do nothing. Stand by. I'd like to know which coordinates you want me to use. Reading you loud and clear. Set the clock.
Aldrin: Okay.
Aldrin: - - you're at post-docking. How do you read now?
Armstrong: Yes.
Collins: Gimbal Motors, Pitch 2 and Yaw 2, On. I take it all back.
Armstrong: No. We hear that...
Collins: Okay, EMS says minus 6.8.
Armstrong: It was a pleasure.
Collins: Go ahead, Houston. Loud and clear.
Aldrin: Okay.
Collins: Stand by one.
Armstrong: Okay. They're open.
Collins: Okay. It looks okay, I fire the bottle right away.
Duke: Roger. That's a good shot of Neil's PLSS, there. You sure can see a long way.
Collins: We're about 88 degrees east, I would estimate. [Long pause.] Coming up on 15 seconds.
Armstrong: (Garbled) cooling unit circuit (garbled).
Collins: Thank you.
Collins: Yes, pressure - you might get a little drop in it, I don't really know, but it came back up.
Duke: Roger, Neil. Over.
Armstrong: Glad I got my card up.
Armstrong: ... here is your acid test. Let's try this midcourse out.
Duke: Roger. No hurry. That's affirmative, Buzz.
Aldrin: Yeah, I think so. You too, huh?
onboard): (To Mike) See if they have got me now.
onboard): Gonna be right over that crater.
Aldrin: Alright.
Collins: Eagle, Columbia's starting to maneuver to TPI attitude.
Collins: Number 1. Enter.
Aldrin: You say you had about 3-point-something volts up there? (Pause)
McCandless: 11, this is Houston.
Collins: Mark...
Aldrin: You want to do that?
Collins: Stand by; we're getting pretty close. Okay, Buzz, are you ready for 16-millimeter?
McCandless: Star 37 will be fine for the optics calibration. Out. Over.
Aldrin: Okay.
Armstrong: You get this...
Collins: Rate, Low. [Garble], Buzz?
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.
Updated every five minutes.
