Apollo 8
Day 3: Lunar Encounter
Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright © 2003-2021 by W. David Woods and Frank O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Last updated 2021-02-27
This is Apollo Control, Houston. They're traveling over the back side of the Moon now. Velocity readings here; 7,777 feet per second [2,370 m/s]. At the present, time we show an altitude above the Moon of 293 nautical miles [543 km]. So at 69 hours, 1 minute, this is Apollo Control, Houston.
068:58:02 Lovell (onboard): 58:04.
068:58:06 Borman (onboard): Geeze.
068:58:10 Anders (onboard): S-Band Volume, down.
068:58:12 Borman (onboard): That was great, wasn't it? I wonder if they've turned it off.
068:58:19 Anders (onboard): [Laughing.] Chris probably said, "No matter what happens, turn it off.
068:58:24 Lovell (onboard): Okay. My S-volume is down.
068:58:25 Borman (onboard): Alright, let's go ahead with the checklist. Okay, we've got 10 minutes. We want to hold at the 6-minute mark.
068:58:31 Anders (onboard): Okay. You got the Stabilization Control System's circuit breakers, panel 8, Closed.
068:58:34 Borman (onboard): Right.
068:58:35 Anders (onboard): Closed SPS, 12, Closed.
068:58:36 Borman (onboard): Right.
068:58:37 Anders (onboard): Deadband, Minimum.
068:58:39 Borman (onboard): Deadband, Minimum.
068:58:40 Anders (onboard): Rates, Low.
068:58:41 Borman (onboard): Low.
068:58:42 Anders (onboard): Limit Cycle, On.
068:58:43 Borman (onboard): Limit Cycle, On.
068:58:44 Anders (onboard): Manual Attitude, three, Rate Command.
068:58:47 Borman (onboard): Rate Command.
068:58:48 Anders (onboard): BMAG Mode, three, Att 1/Rate 2.
068:58:49 Borman (onboard): Att 1/Rate 2.
068:58:52 Anders (onboard): Rotational Control Power Direct, both, Off.
068:58:54 Borman (onboard): Off.
068:58:55 Anders (onboard): SCS TVC, two, Rate Command.
068:58:59 Borman (onboard): Rate Command.
068:59:01 Anders (onboard): TVC Gimbal Drive, Pitch and Yaw, Auto.
068:59:03 Borman (onboard): Auto.
068:59:05 Anders (onboard): Have you got your GDC aligned?
068:59:06 Borman (onboard): Yes.
068:59:11 Borman (onboard): GDC aligned.
068:59:13 Anders (onboard): CMC and Auto.
068:59:14 Borman (onboard): CMC and Auto.
068:59:18 Anders (onboard): Delta-V Set in Delta-V.
068:59:22 Borman (onboard): Up here, you mean?
068:59:23 Anders (onboard): Yes.
068:59:24 Borman (onboard): Yes.
068:59:25 Anders (onboard): Just going back and catching all those things.
068:59:38 Borman (onboard): Is that all?
068:59:39 Anders (onboard): That's it.
068:59:41 Anders (onboard): Waiting to turn on the Bus Ties.
069:00:23 Borman (onboard): Okay, 8 minutes.
069:01:00 Lovell (onboard): Well, the main thing to be is be cool.
069:01:03 Borman (onboard): Gosh, it is cool.
069:01:07 Lovell (onboard): It's up to 80 [Fahrenheit, 27°C] in the cockpit.
069:01:10 Anders (onboard): No, I think - just when my clothes touch me, it gets cold, huh?
069:01:18 Lovell (onboard): Well, I'll tell you, gentlemen; that Moon is pretty close.
069:01:20 Borman (onboard): 7 minutes [to ignition].
069:01:46 Anders (onboard): Pressure should go down to about 1,500 [psi, 10.3 MPa].
069:01:48 Lovell (onboard): Huh?
069:01:50 Anders (onboard): Helium pressure will be going down to about 1,500.
069:01:53 Lovell (onboard): Will it stay there?
069:01:55 Borman (onboard): Okay, let's go.
069:01:57 Lovell (onboard): [Garble] minute, Frank.
069:02:02 Borman (onboard): Come on, Bill; 6 minutes.
069:02:06 Anders (onboard): Okay. Main Bus Ties, going On.
069:02:16 Anders (onboard): A is On; B is On.
069:02:22 Anders (onboard): TVC [SPS Thrust Vector Control] Servo Power, one, AC 1, Main A.
069:02:24 Borman (onboard): AC 1, Main A.
069:02:26 Anders (onboard): AC 2, Main B.
069:02:27 Borman (onboard): AC 2, Main B.
069:02:28 Anders (onboard): Translation Control Power, On.
069:02:29 Borman (onboard): On.
069:02:30 Anders (onboard): Translational Control Power Normal 2, AC.
069:02:32 Borman (onboard): AC.
069:02:33 Anders (onboard): Rotational Hand Controller number 2, Armed.
069:02:35 Borman (onboard): Armed.
069:02:37 Anders (onboard): Okay. Stand by for the primary TVC check.
069:02:39 Anders (onboard): You want Pitch 1, On?
069:02:46 Borman (onboard): Not quite.
069:02:47 Lovell (onboard): It's [at] 5 minutes.
069:02:49 Anders (onboard): 69:03:20; we'll just get it at 69:03.
069:02:53 Anders (onboard): Okay, ready?
069:02:54 Borman (onboard): Yes.
069:02:56 Anders (onboard): Okay. Go ahead and start Pitch 1.
069:02:57 Borman (onboard): 1.
069:02:58 Anders (onboard): Got it.
069:03:00 Borman (onboard): Yaw 1.
069:03:01 Anders (onboard): Got it.
069:03:02 Borman (onboard): Okay.
Apollo Control, Houston. 69 hours, 3 minutes into the flight of Apollo 8. Apollo 8 now traveling over the back side of the Moon. Time of ignition for our Service Propulsion System engine burn; 69 hours, 8 minutes, 57 seconds [sic - planned time of ignition is 069:08:19.52]. Some - a little over four minutes away from this time, Apollo 8 will perform its burn in the guidance and navigation mode, using the onboard computer and the DSKY - the Display Keyboard. To do this, the crew will key into one of their guidance programs on the DSKY. The Service Propulsion System gimbal is trimmed before the burn. Maneuver-to-burn attitude has already been accomplished. A good deal of data will be flashed on the DSKY; and then in the final thirty seconds a countdown to time of ignition will come up on its face. And at time of ignition minus seconds - five seconds - comes what in affect is a final Go/No Go. The computer in effect asks the crew, 'May I proceed?' To execute the burn, one of the crew, probably Spacecraft Commander Frank Borman, must punch the Proceed key. So at 69 hours, 4 minutes, 55 seconds into the flight of Apollo 8; this is Apollo Control.
069:03:03 Anders (onboard): Translational Hand Controller [THC], clockwise.
069:03:04 Borman (onboard): Clockwise.
069:03:06 Anders (onboard): Verify no MTVC [SPS Manual Thrust Vector Control].
069:03:07 Borman (onboard): No MTVC.
069:03:09 Anders (onboard): Okay, SCS sec - TV - secondary TVC check.
069:03:13 Borman (onboard): Alright.
069:03:14 Anders (onboard): Pitch 2 and Yaw 2, On.
069:03:16 Borman (onboard): Pitch 2.
069:03:17 Anders (onboard): Got it.
069:03:18 Borman (onboard): Yaw 2.
069:03:19 Anders (onboard): Got it.
069:03:20 Anders (onboard): Set GPI trim.
069:03:22 Lovell (onboard): Minus 161.
069:03:24 Anders (onboard): Got it.
069:03:25 Lovell (onboard): Plus 129.
GPI meters and GPI trim thumbwheels aboard the Apollo 13 Command Module Odyssey.
069:03:28 Anders (onboard): Verify MTVC.
069:03:31 Borman (onboard): Verified.
069:03:32 Anders (onboard): Translational Hand Controller, Neutral.
069:03:34 Borman (onboard): Neutral.
069:03:35 Anders (onboard): GPI returns to zero.
069:03:36 Borman (onboard): Zero.
069:03:37 Anders (onboard): Rotational Control Power Normal 2, AC/DC.
069:03:40 Borman (onboard): AC/DC.
069:03:45 Anders (onboard): Okay. You want to trim it one more time.
069:03:47 Borman (onboard): Okay.
069:03:48 Anders (onboard): Okay.
069:03:49 Borman (onboard): Ready?
069:03:50 Anders (onboard): Negative.
069:03:52 Anders (onboard): BMAG Mode, three, Rate 2.
069:03:53 Borman (onboard): Rate 2.
069:03:54 Anders (onboard): Spacecraft Control, CMC.
069:03:56 Borman (onboard): CMC.
069:03:58 Anders (onboard): CMC Mode, Auto.
069:03:59 Borman (onboard): Auto.
069:04:00 Anders (onboard): Proceed.
069:04:02 Borman (onboard): Proceed. We're right there [at the correct attitude].
069:04:04 Anders (onboard): Ok. You ready to bypass?
069:04:08 Borman (onboard): Yes.
069:04:09 Anders (onboard): Att 1/Rate 2.
069:04:10 Borman (onboard): Att 1/Rate 2.
069:04:11 Anders (onboard): Enter.
069:04:13 Borman (onboard): Enter.
069:64:14 Anders (onboard): Gimbal test option.
069:04:15 Borman (onboard): Right.
069:04:16 Anders (onboard): Verify CMC.
069:04:38 Borman (onboard): Right.
069:04:19 Anders (onboard): Proceed. Call it out.
069:04:24 Borman (onboard): Oh, you Entered instead of - you Entered, Jim. All right, you would bypass [garble] ...
069:04:33 Lovell (onboard): [Garble] It's okay. Forget them.
069:04:35 Borman (onboard): Counting down. Okay?
069:04:36 Anders (onboard): What happened?
069:04:37 Borman (onboard): He Entered...
069:04:38 Lovell (onboard): Should have Proceeded. No sweat.
069:04:40 Borman (onboard): We're just counting down, now.
069:04:41 Anders (onboard): Okay.
069:04:44 Borman (onboard): 3 minutes and 34 seconds, counting.
069:04:52 Anders (onboard): Okay, Rotational Control Power, Direct, both, Main A, Main B.
069:04:56 Borman (onboard): Main A and Main... [B]
069:04:57 Anders (onboard): SPS helium valve, Auto, verify.
069:05:02 Anders (onboard): Limit Cycle, Off.
069:05:04 Borman (onboard): Off.
069:05:05 Anders (onboard): FDAI scale, 50/15.
069:05:08 Borman (onboard): Alright.
Flight Director/Attitude Indicator (FDAI) on board the Apollo 13 Command Module Odyssey.
069:05:10 Anders (onboard): Okay, at 2 minutes to go, we'll hit the Delta-V Thrust A, Normal.
069:05:15 Borman (onboard): Alright.
069:05:21 Anders (onboard): I'm going to give you a Go...
069:05:22 Borman (onboard): At that point there?
069:05:23 Lovell (onboard): Yes.
069:05:26 Anders (onboard): At 2 minutes to go?
069:05:27 Borman (onboard): Hey, you know the one thing. The problem is we didn't go to trim.
069:05:33 Anders (onboard): Yes, I said trim - it goes to trim...
069:05:35 Borman (onboard): Okay.
069:05:36 Anders (onboard): Or zero.
069:05:37 Anders (onboard): It's to trim!
069:05:38 Lovell (onboard): It is? Okay.
069:05:39 Anders (onboard): Yes.
069:05:41 Borman (onboard): On that horizon, boy, I can't see squat out there.
069:05:47 Anders (onboard): You want us to turn off your lights to check it?
069:05:49 Lovell (onboard): Hey, I got the Moon.
069:05:51 Anders (onboard): Do you?
069:05:52 Lovell (onboard): Right below us.
069:05:54 Borman (onboard): Okay.
069:05:55 Anders (onboard): It is below us?
069:05:56 Lovell (onboard): Yes, and it's...
069:05:57 Anders (onboard): Oh, my God!
069:05:58 Borman (onboard): What's wrong?
069:05:59 Anders (onboard): Look at that!
069:06:00 Borman (onboard): Well, come on - Let's - What's, what's the....
069:06:02 Lovell (onboard): 69:06.
069:06:04 Borman (onboard): Stand by, we're all set.
069:06:08 Borman (onboard): 2:13, 2:12.
069:06:12 Anders (onboard): Okay. 69:06:20.
069:06:16 Anders (onboard): Okay. Delta-V Thrust A, Normal.
069:06:19 Borman (onboard): Normal.
069:06:20 Anders (onboard): Translational Hand Controller, Armed.
069:06:22 Borman (onboard): Armed.
069:06:23 Anders (onboard): Rotational Hand Controller, both, Armed.
069:06:24 Borman (onboard): Armed.
069:06:25 Anders (onboard): Tape Recorder's going Stop.
069:06:45 Anders (onboard): Well, I see two - Look at that - fantastic!
069:06:47 Lovell (onboard): Yes.
069:06:50 Anders (onboard): See it? Fan - fantastic, but you know, I still have trouble telling, the holes from the bumps.
069:06:55 Borman (onboard): All right, all right, come on. You're going to look at that for a long time.
069:07:07 Anders (onboard): 20 hours, is that it?
069:07:17 Borman (onboard): Okay.
069:07:19 Anders (onboard): Coming up 07:45; DSKY should blank.
069:07:22 Borman (onboard): 1 minute. Come on, Jim, let's watch it real good.
069:07:30 Lovell (onboard): I'm proceeding on [Verb] 99.
069:07:45 Borman (onboard): DSKY blank.
069:07:46 Anders (onboard): Okay. Okay, average g, On; Flight Recorder's going to Record; EMS Mode, Auto.
069:07:56 Lovell (onboard): Auto.
069:07:57 Anders (onboard): Check PIPA bias.
069:07:59 Anders (onboard): No ullage required. Standing by for Engine On Enable. [Press] Proceed when you get it [that being Verb 99 on the DSKY].
This is Apollo Control, Houston. 69 hours, 8 minutes. Apollo 8 is less than 30 seconds away from the planned time of Lunar Orbit Insertion burn. The crew should now be looking at the countdown to ignition on the face of their Display and Keyboard. Heads down, they should be seeing the feature - the rugged features over the back side of the Moon moving below them at a high rate of speed. Standing by, this is Apollo Control.
069:08:07 Lovell (onboard): Okay.
069:08:08 Anders (onboard): Start your watch when you get ignition.
069:08:12 Anders (onboard): Stand by for - Delta-V, Normal, B.
069:08:16 Lovell (onboard): Enabled.
069:08:21 Borman (onboard): 1 second, 2 seconds; alright, how's every...
069:08:24 Anders (onboard): We got them. Pressure's holding good.
Meters for displaying SPS propellant tank pressures. Photographed in the Apollo 13 Command Module Odyssey.
069:08:28 Borman (onboard): Alright. Everything's good over here, so far.
069:08:30 Anders (onboard): Everything is looking good.
069:08:37 Borman (onboard): 15 seconds.
069:08:40 Anders (onboard): That's four ball valves; everything is great.
Indicators aboard the Apollo 13 Command Module Odyssey which show the status of the primary and secondary pilot valves.
069:08:42 Borman (onboard): Okay.
069:08:43 Anders (onboard): Pressures are coming up nicely.
069:08:45 Borman (onboard): Alright.
069:08:59 Anders (onboard): Everything is great.
069:09:03 Lovell (onboard): Be the longest 4...
069:09:04 Borman (onboard): Long burn.
069:09:17 Lovell (onboard): She holding good?
069:09:19 Borman (onboard): Drifting a little bit in roll.
069:09:26 Anders (onboard): Good shape. P
C check?
069:09:30 Borman (onboard): 100 [psi, 690 kPa].
069:09:36 Anders (onboard): EMS is counting down.
We will not know until we reacquire - their retrograde burn with the Service Propulsion System engine should be progressing now. Assuming no last minute complications, we will not know, however, until we acquire.
069:10:04 Borman (onboard): Jesus, 4 minutes?
069:10:20 Borman (onboard): 2 minutes [into the burn].
069:10:28 Borman (onboard): How's it doing, Bill?
069:10:30 Anders (onboard): Great shape. Pressures are holding. Helium's coming down nicely. All other systems are Go.
069:10:48 Borman (onboard): Okay.
069:10:50 Anders (onboard): We're past 2 minutes; we're in mode 30. Free area for flange Temp. Everything is looking good.
069:11:14 Lovell (onboard): Longest 4 minutes I ever spent.
069:11:17 Anders (onboard): You know, it seems like about 3-gees.
069:11:20 Anders (onboard): 3 minutes [into the burn].
069:11:24 Lovell (onboard): Okay, you're running a little bit longer on the time on the computer. I got 5865 - Stand by.
069:11:39 Anders (onboard): We're looking good, Frank.
069:11:40 Lovell (onboard): 40 seconds [left in the burn].
069:12:00 Lovell (onboard): 20 [seconds].
069:12:17 Lovell (onboard): Stand by
069:12:18 Borman (onboard): Okay.
069:12:20 Lovell (onboard): It went a little bit over, I think.
069:12:24 Anders (onboard): 5...
069:12:25 Lovell (onboard): What would...
069:12:26 Anders (onboard): 4, 3...
069:12:27 Lovell (onboard): Move it over.
069:12:28 Anders (onboard): 2, 1...
069:12:29 Borman (onboard): Shutdown.
069:12:30 Lovell (onboard): Okay.
069:12:31 Borman (onboard): Okay, go ahead.
069:12:32 Anders (onboard): Okay, Delta-V Thrust, A and B, Off.
069:12:33 Borman (onboard): Off.
069:12:34 Anders (onboard): Verify thrust is Off; it is Off; helium valves are okay; pressure is static; Flight Recorder okay.
Anders (onboard, continued): SPS, Gimbal Motors, four, Off, slowly.
069:12:46 Lovell (onboard): Okay.
069:12:47 Borman (onboard): 1, Off.
069:12:48 Anders (onboard): Got it.
069:12:49 Borman (onboard): 2, Off.
069:12:50 Anders (onboard): Got it.
069:12:51 Borman (onboard): 3, Off.
069:12:52 Anders (onboard): Got it.
069:12:53 Borman (onboard): 4, Off.
069:12:54 Anders (onboard): Got it. TVC Servo Power, 1 and 2. Off.
069:12:56 Borman (onboard): 1, Off; 2, Off.
Apollo Control, Houston. Now we are in our period of the longest wait. Thus far in the mission we are 19 minutes, 50 seconds from acquisition at this time. During Mission Control simulations, this was a good time for coffee breaks for the flight controllers, but that is not true today. Continuing to monitor, this is Apollo Control, Houston.
069:12:57 Anders (onboard): Flight Recorder's Off; Main Bus tie's going Off; A is Off; B is Off.
069:13:13 Anders (onboard): Okay, go with it; proceed.
069:13:15 Lovell (onboard): Okay, null resid - proceed.
069:13:16 Borman (onboard): Proceed.
069:13:17 Anders (onboard): Null residuals.
069:13:19 Borman (onboard): Hold it a second or we're not going to null any.
069:13:23 Anders (onboard): Okay, Record.
069:13:25 Lovell (onboard): Okay.
069:13:27 Anders (onboard): Okay, get the Delta-V
C
069:13:32 Lovell (onboard): Okay, Delta-V
C.
069:13:34 Borman (onboard): Minus 20.1.
069:13:35 Anders (onboard): Okay. EMS function, Off.
069:13:38 Borman (onboard): EMS function, Off.
069:13:40 Anders (onboard): EMS Mode, Standby.
069:13:41 Borman (onboard): Standby.
069:13:43 Anders (onboard): BMAG Mode, three, Rate 2.
069:13:45 Lovell (onboard): Attitude?
069:13:46 Borman (onboard): Rate 2.
069:13:47 Anders (onboard): Deadband, Max.
069:13:48 Borman (onboard): Deadband, Max.
069:13:52 Borman (onboard): Okay.
069:13:53 Lovell (onboard): V
GX...
069:13:55 Anders (onboard): Trans Controller Power, Off.
069:13:56 Borman (onboard): Off.
069:13:57 Anders (onboard): Rotational Control Power Direct, Off.
069:14:00 Borman (onboard): Off.
069:14:01 Anders (onboard): SPS Pitch 1 and 2, Yaw 1 and 2 circuit breakers, Open.
069:14:05 Borman (onboard): Yaw 1 and 2, Pitch 1 and 2, Open.
069:14:09 Anders (onboard): Pro - whenever you're ready, proceed.
069:14:11 Lovell (onboard): Proceed.
069:14:12 Anders (onboard): Okay, Verb 82, Enter.
069:14:14 Lovell (onboard): Verb 82, Enter. Check it at zero [Program 00, where the computer is not running a major program]; I'd better go to zero, now.
069:14:22 Borman (onboard): You want to put that in the other state vector, too, don't you?
069:14:25 Lovell (onboard): Yes.
069:14:26 Borman (onboard): Got it.
069:14:31 Anders (onboard): Congratulations, gentlemen, you're at 00.
069:14:33 Borman (onboard): Well, now is no time for congratulations yet.
069:14:35 Lovell (onboard): No, we got stuck with that on the carrier. Okay, Verb 82, Enter.
069:14:40 Borman (onboard): Right.
069:14:43 Lovell (onboard): Our state vector.
069:14:49 Anders (onboard): Okay, you got it?
069:14:50 Lovell (onboard): We're at 1691, minus 6005. Roger.
069:14:55 Anders (onboard): Proceed.
069:14:58 Lovell (onboard): Proceed.
069:14:59 Anders (onboard): 00, En...
069:15:00 Borman (onboard): Go back to P00.
069:15:02 Anders (onboard): 00, Enter.
069:15:03 Borman (onboard): Wait - wait a minute. Okay.
069:15:04 Anders (onboard): We go to [Verb] 37 and then P00, though.
This is Apollo Control, Houston; 69 hours, 15 minutes now into the flight. Our display readings now show an altitude of 86 nautical miles [159 km], a velocity reading of 8,355 [feet per second, 2,547 m/s]: this last reading assuming we did not have a burn. Our AOS [Acquisition Of Signal] at this time; 16 minutes, 40 seconds. If, for any reason, the Service Propulsion System engine did not burn, we would see the spacecraft perhaps 10 minutes before normal acquisition time. So here in Mission Control, continuing to monitor. This is Apollo Control, Houston.
069:15:11 Anders (onboard): Verb 66, Enter.
069:15:13 Lovell (onboard): Verb 66, Enter.
069:15:15 Borman (onboard): That's it. Dig out the Flight Plan.
069:15:17 Anders (onboard): Whew! Well, we answered it. They're meteorites, aren't they? (Laughter.)
069:15:22 Lovell (onboard): Hey, I don't see a thing. Where are we?
069:15:24 Anders (onboard): It looks like a big - looks like a big beach down there.
069:15:28 Borman (onboard): Let me have the Flight Plan.
069:15:29 Lovell (onboard): Holy cow, it's completely blank here.
069:15:31 Borman (onboard): Okay, Jim, you want to...
069:15:35 Lovell (onboard): Have we got all the gimbal motors off and all that sort of thing?
069:15:37 Anders (onboard): Yes, sir.
069:15:45 Borman (onboard): You want to take some pictures, Bill?
069:15:47 Anders (onboard): Let's just go by the - whatever the Flight Plan says there.
069:15:50 Borman (onboard): Alright.
069:15:53 Borman (onboard): Let's see what it says to do. SPS monitor, you're all through with that? Camera Prep.
069:15:59 Anders (onboard): Okay, Jim has got to get them out or I'll have to - one of us - both of us probably had best get them out.
069:16:02 Lovell (onboard): Yes, I'll just take a look here a minute.
069:16:11 Lovell (onboard): Which ones are the craters?
069:16:15 Anders (onboard): Don't we - we have a lot of time for looking; let's get those cameras out. Here, do you want to stick those in, Jim? Please, when you go by?
069:16:31 Anders (onboard): GDC aligned and realign to IMU/Orb-rate.
069:16:37 Borman (onboard): Okay, Orb-rate, lunar power.
069:16:40 Anders (onboard): Can I call a Verb 83 here, Jim?
Diagram to illustrate the angle Theta.
069:16:45 Lovell (onboard): Oh, you're within...
069:16:47 Anders (onboard): Huh?
069:16:48 Lovell (onboard): Yes, you can do that. You're below 482 miles or whatever it is.
069:17:00 Borman (onboard): 197.
069:17:02 Lovell (onboard): Huh? What are you doing?
069:17:04 Anders (onboard): What do you need? Who are you talking to, me?
069:17:06 Lovell (onboard): Yes, I thought you said something about Verb 97?
069:17:09 Anders (onboard): Oh.
069:17:11 Lovell (onboard): You get the camera equipment, and I'll get this stuff out.
069:17:18 Anders (onboard): Okay, what's our camera configuration, Frank?
069:17:21 Borman (onboard): Okay, stand by a minute while I get...
069:17:23 Anders (onboard): Call them out real loud, because I'm going off the air.
069:17:35 Borman (onboard): Alright, I'm supposed to - Let's see; 16, 18, new C, exposure, 1/250th; 1 foot per second, one Mag[azine].
069:17:44 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:17:53 Borman (onboard): Yes, new C.
069:17:55 Anders (onboard): Check.
069:17:56 Borman (onboard): Right.
069:18:08 Lovell (onboard): Hey, you know something; it's gray, huh?
069:18:10 Borman (onboard): Yes.
069:18:20 Borman (onboard): Okay, I've got to roll right, so watch out.
069:18:25 Lovell (onboard): Go easy on those thrusters.
069:18:34 Lovell (onboard): [Singing.]
069:18:35 Borman (onboard): Have you got that thing running, Bill?
069:18:37 Anders (onboard): What's that, Frank?
069:18:38 Borman (onboard): The camera?
069:18:43 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:18:48 Lovell (onboard): Yes. Just a minute.
069:19:10 Anders (onboard): [Garble] Frank. You got the cameras (garble].
069:19:15 Borman (onboard): 2; 150th; new; B&W; mag[azine] D.
069:19:18 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:19:19 Borman (onboard): 1 - 1; 80; B&W; 1/250th.
069:19:27 Lovell (onboard): Okay.
069:19:32 Anders (onboard): Okay, let's get a lens.
069:19:35 Lovell (onboard): 2, 150?
069:19:38 Lovell (onboard): 50 millimeter...
069:19:39 Borman (onboard): 2; 150; new; black and white; mag D.
069:19:43 Anders (onboard): I've got mag D.
069:19:45 Lovell (onboard): Okay. Okay, mag D. What kind of a camera? 70 millimeter?
069:19:54 Anders (onboard): [Garble] number 2 with this lens.
069:20:00 Lovell (onboard): Okay. What else? Filters?
069:20:06 Borman (onboard): Doesn't say anything about filters. Oh, yes, red and black filter, U-4.
069:20:11 Lovell (onboard): You got that? Okay.
069:20:16 Borman (onboard): Something went flying down when we started burning, didn't it?
069:20:27 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:20:28 Borman (onboard): Huh?
069:20:30 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:20:33 Borman (onboard): No.
069:20:36 Lovell (onboard): Did I write on there that - the orbit we are in?
069:20:40 Borman (onboard): It was just what they told me, yes - 169.1 by 60.5 [nautical miles, 313.2 by 112 km].]
069:20:43 Lovell (onboard): Okay. Okay, when I give the burn status report there, will you...
069:21:17 Lovell (onboard): Say, look at - Can you put these cameras someplace? Stash them against the back of your bulkhead. Stash this back there, too.
069:21:32 Lovell (onboard): Hey, you're maneuvering quite rapidly.
069:21:35 Borman (onboard): No, I'm not.
069:22:04 Lovell (onboard): Well.
069:22:33 Lovell (onboard): Tape, Bill. Thank you.
069:22:41 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
Houston here. In Mission Control Center, Cliff Charlesworth getting our - correction there - Glynn Lunney we should say, getting ready to talk to his flight control team. Our time-of-acquisition clock now reading 9 minutes, 45 seconds and we're continuing to watch it. Meanwhile our top clock is counting forward, now reading 25 seconds. The top clock was used to denote acquisition time if we had a no-burn situation. We will continue to monitor here in (the) Mission Control Center.
069:23:59 Borman (onboard): Are these cameras all set up right?
069:24:01 Borman (onboard): Huh?
069:24:03 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:24:68 Borman (onboard): Huh?
069:24:09 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:24:13 Borman (onboard): Can I take one?
069:24:15 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:24:30 Borman (onboard): That's what I thought: it doesn't work.
069:24:38 Borman (onboard): Well, that - the camera doesn't work.
069:24:40 Anders (onboard): You want me to try it out?
069:24:42 Borman (onboard): Yes.
069:24:46 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:25:06 Borman (onboard): Huh? Does it work now?
069:25:09 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:25:10 Borman (onboard): We're not that hard up; don't worry about it.
069:25:15 Lovell (onboard): Listen, we're not going to...
069:25:18 Borman (onboard): I just want to take a picture.
069:25:21 Borman (onboard): Hey, look; just slow down and take your time. Okay.
069:25:28 Anders (onboard): f/8.
069:25:30 Borman (onboard): f/8 at what?
069:25:35 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:25:38 Borman (onboard): Okay.
069:25:44 Borman (onboard): Okay. Bill, get me MSFN, will you?
069:25:56 Anders (onboard): AOS at 69:31.
069:25:59 Borman (onboard): Oh, is it that late? Okay, I thought it was...
069:26:13 Lovell (onboard): Can you see it? Huh?
069:26:15 Anders (onboard): Yes, (garble].
069:26:23 Borman (onboard): It says I'm supposed to run one mag here of 16-millimeter; new color exposure [means exterior film], 1/250th, spot, 1 foot [means frame] per second.
069:26:35 Anders (onboard): [Garble] Flight Plan (garble]
069:26:42 Lovell (onboard): Wait a second, Bill.
069:26:47 Borman (onboard): Take your time; go slow.
069:26:55 Anders (onboard): Did you take your bracket up?
069:26:58 Lovell (onboard): No.
069:26:59 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:27:00 Borman (onboard): I'll get it.
069:27:02 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:27:03 Borman (onboard): Where is it?
069:27:04 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:27:06 Lovell (onboard): Boy, there're no shadows in those craters down there. Are we near the subsolar point?
069:27:11 Borman (onboard): Yes.
069:27:12 Lovell (onboard): The subsolar point?
069:27:13 Borman (onboard): Yes, getting close to it.
069:27:16 Lovell (onboard): What's our attitude?
069:27:18 Borman (onboard): Well, we're pitch down. We're going around it.
069:27:22 Lovell (onboard): Are we heads up?
069:27:23 Borman (onboard): Yes.
069:27:26 Borman (onboard): Jim, have you unstowed the orbital charts?
069:27:28 Lovell (onboard): Yes, I'm in the process right now. I've got part of them unstowed.
069:27:44 Anders (onboard): [Garble], Frank.
069:27:48 Borman (onboard): Okay.
069:27:56 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
Apollo Control, Houston. Just under four minutes away now from our time of acquisition with Apollo 8. Apollo 8 still out of range, should be rolling 180 degrees shortly, if not already, to establish S-band High Gain Antenna communications with the ground. We're standing by in Mission Control.
069:28:19 Lovell (onboard): Why don't we - Say, why don't we temporarily stow it someplace? You're never going to use this thing at all? I think you're making a big mistake using that 250-millimeter [lens].
069:28:28 Anders (onboard): No, not on [garble] because that's [garble].
069:28:31 Lovell (onboard): Oh.
069:28:56 Lovell (onboard): Well...
This is Apollo Control, Houston. Mark. Three minutes from predicted time of acquisition. Standing by.
069:29:16 Lovell (onboard): Where do we start doing the fan work, Frank?
069:29:20 Borman (onboard): Well, first of all, we've got to got these cameras set up.
069:29:28 Borman (onboard): Bill, that's not in the Flight Plan.
069:29:42 Borman (onboard): You want me to take some pictures with that 16-millimeter?
069:29:49 Anders (onboard): Frank, [garble.]
069:29:52 Borman (onboard): New color exposure [means exterior film], 1/250th, spot[meter], 1 foot [means frame] per second; one whole magazine they want.
069:29:57 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
Apollo Control, Houston. Mark, two minutes from predicted time of acquisition.
069:30:14 Borman (onboard): I need the camera.
069:30:26 Borman (onboard): What are you doing, Jim?
069:30:27 Lovell (onboard): Trying to figure out where we are, Frank.
069:30:44 Lovell (onboard): Alright, it's 11 south, 118 west.
069:30:48 Borman (onboard): Is that all set?
069:31:07 Lovell (onboard): Okay, we should be...
069:31:15 Lovell (onboard): We're passing over Brand right now.
069:31:28 Anders (onboard): Brand?
069:31:29 Lovell (onboard): Brand right about now.
069:31:36 Lovell (onboard): Holy cow, there's no resolution whatso - there's no shadow on the craters.
069:31:46 Lovell (onboard): Hey, there we go. There we are.
069:31:49 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
Apollo Control, Houston. Mark one minute from predicted time of acquisition.
069:31:53 Lovell (onboard): Is that Tsiolkovsky?
069:31:54 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:31:55 Lovell (onboard): Okay, we'll go upside down.
069:31:56 Borman (onboard): Well, listen, Bill, if this is the way it goes, the way you say, look at that.
069:31:59 Anders (onboard): You have it all the way in, Frank?
069:32:02 Borman (onboard): Yes. There's a stop on that thing; it won't go any higher than that.
069:32:02 Carr: Apollo 8, Houston. Over. [Long pause.]
Apollo Control, Houston. Jerry Carr has placed a call. We are standing by. We've heard nothing yet, but we are standing by.
069:32:08 Lovell (onboard): Gee, you ought to get a picture of Tsiolkovsky.
069:32:10 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:32:15 Lovell (onboard): Hey, how am I going to get any [garble] with this window the way it is?
069:32:20 Lovell (onboard): Frank?
069:32:25 Borman (onboard): I don't know, Jim.
069:32:26 Lovell (onboard): I'm going to have to use another window.
069:32:28 Borman (onboard): Okay.
069:32:35 Carr: Apollo 8, Houston. Over. [Long pause.]
Apollo Control, Houston. We've acquired signal but no voice contact yet. We are standing by.
069:32:36 Anders (onboard): [Garble.]
069:32:38 Lovell (onboard): Okay, here we go.
069:32:43 Lovell (onboard): Houston, Apollo 8.
069:32:50 Carr: Apollo 8, Houston. Over. [Long pause.]
Apollo Control, Houston. We are looking at engine data, and it looks good, tank pressures look good. We have not talked yet with the crew, but we are standing by.
069:33:03 Borman (onboard): What do you want this on, Bill?
069:33:05 Lovell (onboard): Oh, where's the other Flight Plan?
069:33:08 Anders (onboard): Okay, be about - Going to f/8, Frank.
069:33:08 Carr: Apollo 8, Houston. Over. [Long pause.]
069:33:14 Borman (onboard): f/8?
069:33:15 Anders (onboard): And we just passed the subsolar point.
069:33:21 Carr: Apollo 8, Houston. Over. [Long pause.]
069:33:22 Lovell (onboard): Houston, Apollo 8.
069:33:29 Borman (onboard): Houston, this is Apollo 8. Over.
069:33:38 Lovell (onboard): You through with the Flight Plan?
069:33:41 Borman (onboard): No.
069:33:42 Lovell (onboard): Can I have that other Flight Plan when you get a chance?
069:33:45 Borman (onboard): Are you hooked on to them, Bill?
069:33:44 Carr: Apollo 8, Houston. Over. [Long pause.]
We got it! We've got it! Apollo 8 now in lunar orbit! There is a cheer in this room! This is Apollo Control, Houston, switching now to the voice of Jim Lovell.
069:33:47 Borman (onboard): Houston, Houston, this is Apollo 8. Over.
069:33:50 Anders (onboard): He's answering you.
069:33:52 Lovell: Go ahead, Houston, (This is) Apollo 8. Burn complete. Our orbit (is) 169.1 by 60.5; 169.1 by 60.5.
069:34:07 Carr: Apollo 8, this is Houston. Roger, 169.1 by 60.5. Good to hear your voice. [Long pause.]