187-AAA Apollo 11 Mission Audio NASA

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Fottttt ditt attttttright very very da ohno, what come to do? As

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come of say, this is apower control Columbia now UH eighty two thousand,

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nine hundred seventy two nautical miles outfrom Earth, traveling inbound that six
thousand, five hundred forty six feetper second. There have been no further
communications with a crew of Apollo elevenin the last half hours, so at

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this time they should be going throughtheir pre sleep checklist or possibly UH their
evening meal before beginning a seven hourrest period. Take down the circuit at

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this time and come back when andif the conversation resumes prior to UH the
time the crew begins their rest periodat one hundred and eighty hours, three
minutes ground a lapse time. Thisis apollow control. This is Delta launch

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control. We're now team minus thirteenminutes, fifty three seconds and counting.
We're now receiving some preliminary status checks. We have a report from spacecraft that
spacecraft status is ready. Also areport from the Superintendent of Range Operations that
the range is ready to support.As we look at the range status board

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here in the Mission Director Center,all stations are showing green. Liquid oxygen
topping has now reached one Liquid oxygenloading has now reached one hundred percent and
will continue to top down to thefinal set for four launch. The liquid
oxygen is stored and transferred at minustwo hundred and ninety seven degrees fahrenheit,

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so there is some boil off whichdoes occur. This boil off is vetted
to the outside air and these ventswill be closed. Just prior to launch,
the tanks will be pressurized us ensuringa full locks load. Right now,
we're also monitoring the helium and nitrogenpressure in the systems on the second
stage. These systems used to pressurizethe fuel systems on the second stage.

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Helium is maintained at approximately forty threehundred and fifty psig and the nitrogen at
four thousand psig. TO will continueto monitor these. We have one more
built in hold at the countdown that'scoming at the T minus five minute mark
and it will be for five minutesduration. Now at T minus twelve minutes
thirty seconds in counting. This isdelta launch control. This is delta launch

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control, whereas T minus seven minutesfifty seconds and continuing to count in our
countdown for the Intelsat three, however, it has been noted that a nitrogen
regulator on the second stage is malfunctioning. This nitrogen regulator controls the nitrogen going
into the attitude control system. Ifthe problem cannot be solved, this is
a no go item. Will continueto work the problem and to look at

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it as we proceed with the countThe countdown will continue to the T minus
five minute mark, at which timea built in hold is scheduled. During
that built in hold, the overallsituation will be evaluated, and we'll bring
you the word on that just assoon as we receive it. Here in
the Mission Directors Center. Now atT minus seven minutes, ten seconds in
counting, this is Delta Launch Control. Fine, this is Delta Launch Control.

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We're now T minus five minutes inholding. This is our plan.
Built in holds will take advantage ofthis whole time to make a further examination
of that nitrogen regulator aboard the secondstage of the Delta launch vehicle. This
nitrogen regulator is malfunctioning at this time. It's used for the to regulate the
nitrogen which flows to the attitude controlsystem in the second stage. We'll be

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standing by here in the Mission directorCenter for a go no go on that
system. If the nitrogen regulator continuesto malfunction, it will be a no
go item. We'll stand by hereduring the built in hold and we'll bring
you word as soon as we receiveit in the Mission Director's center T minus
five minutes in holding. This isDelta Launch Control. This is Delta Launch

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Control where a team lut is fiveminutes and holding. We've just received word
from Launch Director Robert Gray that thelaunch has been scrub for tonight. The
reason for the scrub being the nitrogenregulator aboard the second stage, which is
malfunctioning at this time. This nitrogenregulator regulates the nitrogen going into the attitude
control system on the second stage.We will attempt to recycle for countdown tomorrow.

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Checks must be made with the rangeto ensure that we can get arrangepearance
for tomorrow night launch. If wedo, the launch window will be the
same Tomorrow night ten pm Eastern daylighttime two eleven ten pm. This is
Delta Launch Control. This is ApolloControl. One hundred eighty hours twenty five

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minutes round elapse time We have somefour minutes accumulated tape in recent uh transmissions
between Columbia and the ground. We'lluh roll these tapes at this time.

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Hey, eleven is the Houston,and you might tell Buzz not to exercise
quite so strenuous way over? Sayagain, what's okay? That's one?
That's one on us eleven Houston.U seriously, that comment was just UH

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aimed at your musical selection. Okay, fine man, not no fan.

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H you're having her commenter up here? What was that real time exercise?
You're trying to be your commenter?Roger m hm, h Apollo eleven.

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This this year's an hour. We'dlike to know what your plans are as
far as turning in this evening hour. The white plan will show you commencing
a rest period about one hundred andeighty two hours. Now, what are
you planning to do on that.We're gonna be watching the weather here and

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we expect to have an update onthe weather. I guess about another half
hour or forty five minutes to passto you. Over working people will probably
stigment to point plan pretty much.We are gonna have check the light in
the northwest corner at the US southwestcorner of Canada. If we can see

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up that high into the northern hemisphere. Other than that will be on the
pipeline right here for your information,the laser from McDonnell Observatory in West Texas
will be up from about one hundredand eighty one hours and thirty minutes on

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for one hour. You should beable to spot the Earth out of the
number one window every time you passroll three five seven degrees and the headquarters
are in West Texas over okay,thank you have about the number five window
stand by Eminent Roger for the numberfive window that will be every time you

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past two three zero degrees in aroll over beautiful? Thank you? Okay,
down your Tonestown now Start card.Not have a now start card?
Now? Oh got a fresh freshfa o here? M hm? How

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do he tyck called Houston? Contactnet one voice check? How do you
tack over? Read your locker andcliff right? You read? You the
same schools and schools school and schoolin school school school school change into most

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school cholo school school school time schoolschool school and school school and if a

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bottle a lover, how much longerdo you want to keep dark? Uh?
Better and be MHM eleven. Thisis Houston, and nominally we're looking

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for about another hour and a half, but what we'd like to do is
continue charging until shortly before you turnin for the night over. I'll be
hind. You can't want to chargeagain at all. Negative eleven Okay,

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en school school school and choos andM and MHM eleven this is Houston.

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About one eighty forty five. Willbe handing over from Goldstone to Honeysuckle and
I'm handing over to Charlie. Seeyou when you get back over. Okay,
good night, Thank you much backworking. You have a nice trip
down and school schemes and school andback my way change change years, M

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the school and new school in schooland school m M time time school.

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That is U power Control. TheUH weird noise has been reported by UH
network controller is not being on thedown link from the spacecraft. Now it
stopped. Let's leave the circuit openhere and the period prior to the time

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the crew goes to sleep and monitorthe air ground circuit M D English school

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and M and M and M andM S M M and the New York

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Times and and M N one MM M m m M remember an way

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and then ends number five number upchange and this is apollow control. We've

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been standing by now for quite sometime for resumption of communications, but uh,
apparently no one is saying anything tonight. Apollow eleven now seventy eight thousand,
one hundred thirty four nautical miles outfrom Earth, approaching at six thousand,
seven hundred eighty five feet per secondand at one hundred eighty one hours

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seventeen minutes around the lapse time.This is apollow control. This is apollow
control. We've uh had one briefcommunication from Apollo eleven spacecraft communicator Bruce McCann.

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This is out of the room.The assistant flood director Chuck Lewis went
down to the console to talk.Uh, let's play that tape back and
rejoin live when the conversation picks upagain. Eleven or eleven Houston, go
ahead, all right, the Hittonfor retro. I have a anttipated location

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of all the entry. Do itand I get you pull out the entry
check with then we'll go through tellsmap in in front of it. Follow
eleven. Uh, Houston, hcould you stand by get a few minutes.
Charlie and flight are out getting aweather briefing to me back shortly again,

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say again, is it dog?Oh, it's it's cut LOI Charlie
Duke is out with like getting aweather breathing right now. Okay, are
not drinking coffee? I know they'llbe back momentarily. I stand corrected.

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That's Charlie Duke on the capcom slatBruce McCandless in the last half hour has
been relieved. Charlie is likely torespond now he's putting on his headset.
We'll listen in school choo us schoolschool and chas and school and school and

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school. M Hello, A rightto Houston eleven. Uh did you get

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the word on the entry Checkli Roger, Mike, We sure did that.
We're ready to talk about it ifyou are. I think the quickest thing
is go through page by page thefirst part of the entry Checklis's where it
has a map, starting on thepage of compartment L two and L three.

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Are you with me? Rot withyou? Okay? L two is
shown, L three is a shownthere's about half the food remaining in L
three Rogers where it says where itsays the notes the c MP d G
A U is located in the Lshaped bag with the other two p g

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as. The limb sheet old wasJennison with the or correction the CMPs.
The helmet shield was Jennison with thelamb and his helmet and gloves instead of
being in the sleep restraint or inthe hatchbag. Okay, let's see.
Now your PGA is in the Lshaped bag with the other two PGAs,

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and the helmet and gloves are inthe L shaped bag instead of the sleeper
crank. The helmet and gloves arein the hatchbag, the great big bag
that's underneath the left hand couch thatyou put the hatchet, right, I
thought that's what I copied. Okay, go ahead, Okay. The next

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page is identical smitpicking point at Rone. We got the entry CHECKLT.
Other than that, it's identical,and the third page has got some changes.
So in A one, are youwith me? I'm over there in
Compartment A one. Now go ahead, Mike over in Compartment A one,

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the sixteen millimeter magazine will be locatedin window number four instead of five pisher
dispensers. There's only one of themleft. In Compartment U three, the
sixteen millimeter bracket is on window fourin the PGA bag at the d MP's

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PTA plus add two ldgs in compartmentA eight elite two LPGs, add one
DPK, making a total of four, and add ten pounds of limb Missilda.

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The equipment we told you five theother day. We think can probably
closer rower copy. That's all wechanges on that page. Right, ex
patient, right, go ahead,mine next page in compartment B one,

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man at the mad about fifteen percentof that food is remaining in B two.
We took p p K out ofthere, put trash in it.
In B three. The sixteen milimetercable, the eighteen milimeter lens in the
right angle mirror are window number four. And that there brings you all up

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to date. Roger, how aboutthe leave us like, where'd you put
those over there? Any hatchbags?Roger stand by? Uh, John,

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I only concerned eleven as with thestuff you got in a hatchbag has a
pretty big boss between you and aAG and Uh we'd like to talk about
us moving that over to the sleepertrain. If you'll stand by, I'll
verify that over Okay, huh mh h eleven Houston, I recommendation on

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the UH year you got in thehelmet bag. Correcting the Hackschi bag would
need to remove UH that UH andput it in the sleep restrainer on the
right count. The reason is thatthe hack bag straps are only UH configured
for zero G and it's a prettydifficult job getting it lacked down UH with

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the the gear in the sleep restraint. It's a pretty standard lackdown procedure,
and you can also use the betachord that you have on board you concur
over. Yeah, we'll look atit, Charlie. Let you know,

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Roger and I've got a couple otherthings. Mike, we need to terminate
battery beat charge at this time,and also the weather is clabbering in at
our targeted landing point due to scatteredthunderstorm. We don't want to tangle with
one of those, so we're goingto move your ain point up range correct

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to be downrange to target for afifteen hundred nautical mile entry so we can
guarantee up left control. The newcoordinates are thirteen degrees nineteen minutes north one
sixty nine ten minutes were in thatarea is super We got two thousand scattered

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UH eight thousand scattered with ten milesvisibility and six foot seas and the hornet
is sitting in a great position toget to that targeted position over right and

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and choo, m m m uh. This is Apoller control to recra

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recamp. Briefly the conversation a fewmoments ago between Charlie Duke and the crew
of Columbia. Because of forecast thunderstormsin the prime recovery area in the Mid
Pacific or tomorrow, the UH Apollospacecraft's lifting capabilities will be used to stretch

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the entry path some two hundred andfifteen nautical miles farther downrange toward Hawaii to
a new UH landing point or aimingpoint, with a very rough preliminary coordinates
of thirteen degrees nineteen minutes north byone hundred sixty nine degrees ten minutes west.

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These numbers will be refined through thenight as the retro fire officer exercises
a computer and comes up with moredefinitive numbers. These will be passed on
as they are available. Apollo elevennow seventy five thousand, nine hundred fifty

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one nautical miles out from Earth,approaching that six thousand, eight hundred ninety
nine feet per second at one hundredeighty one hours fifty minutes. And standing
by on the airground circuits is ApolloControl A Paul Levin. He's been uh

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some of the general last minute updateshere on the entry. We would tell
you on the camera to uh setit at fifty feet. Turns out the
biggest number on the camera in twentyfive feet, so uh just set it
that intenity over rock scho okay,oh, PAULA loven Houston. We're ready

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to put you to bed and saygood night if uh you give it your
uh Cruse status report and verify thatyou changed out the uh CO two canister
a moment ago over anyway four andnat school School school A Charlie Christadas report

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follows DR one one O two threeD MD one zero zero two five LMD
zero nine zero two seven and afterchange complete. Roger, thank you very
much, Education, Roger, thankyou. I can you give us an
onboard readap please, and hey,that's the thirty seven viral bat A thirty

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seven at B thirty seven r CSAfifty one D sixty three D sixty two
D fifty eight Rogei copy, thankyou Minch about Paulo eleven Houston and said

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good night from the White teams forthe last time. We'll be off when
you wake up in the morning.There been a pleasure working with you guys.
It was a beautiful show from allthree of you. We have appreciate
it very much and we'll see youwhen you get out of the l R.
E. Oliver, Hey, Charlie, thanks to you and all the
way team for a great job downthere all the way through thinking out standing

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than darling. Thanks to you guystoo well and Houston, Mike, you

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get your chance at landing tomorrow.No go around, all right, You're
gonna let me last or do away. That's right m hm. This is

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Apollow Control. All good nights havingbeen said, the crew of Apollo eleven
is now UH preparing to get theirten hours rest and uh their last night
in space. Here in the controlcenter on one of the ten by ten

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nine of four television projectors, UHdrawing has been projected on the screen.
Ribbing capcom Charlie Duke for his uhBO slight error yesterday on the television paths
where he mistook the Moon for Earth, has a spacecraft midway between Moon and

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Earth, and it says Neil,I just spotted a continent on the Moon.
Uh, Charlie, the camera's onthe Earth. Now go back.
Apollo eleven now seventy four thousand,nine hundred and six nautical miles out from

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Earth, approaching at six thousand,nine hundred and fifty four feet per second
and at one hundred eighty two hourssix minutes ground a lapse time. This
is Apollo control. This is apollowcontrol. One hundred eighty two hours,

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ten minutes ground a lapse time.We thought that was all the air to
ground for tonight prior to the crewgoing to sleep. But just a few
moments ago there was a brief exchangereporting to Apollo eleven crew that the McDonald
Observatory in far West Texas had thespacecraft in their telescope field of view.

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I throll that tape now and thenshut it down again eleven and we got
them work this moment ago that theMcDonald observatory is so they had picked up
the spacecraft in there. Telesco overDanny. We have been looking for their
later, but I haven't had muchluck yet. Brought your whip pat it

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on here and Neil, thank you. This is apollow control that completes the
very brief exchange of a few momentsago at one eighty two hours eleven minutes

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around the lapse time. This isapollow control. This is a follow control
one hundred eighty three hours twenty fiveminutes ground elapse time. Columbia spacecraft now

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sixty nine thousand, five hundred twentyn aicle miles out from Earth, approaching
at six thousan h as you wereseven thousand, two hundred sixty two feet
per second. Crew now in theirrest period, started their sleep period UH

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a little over an hour ago toreiterate the change in the landing point.
This is a weather avoidance situation wherethunderstorms are forecast for the aiming point the
original aiming point in the mid Pacific. Therefore, after the normal entry interface,

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the lifting characteristics of the Apollo commandmodule will be used to extend the
entry range some two hundred and fifteennarko miles farther down range toward Hawaii to
a preliminary aiming point. That is, the aiming point may shift around between

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now and UH entry, which issome eleven hours thirty six minutes from now,
but at any rate, the UHaiming point as calculated now is some
UH thirteen degrees nineteen minutes north latitudeby one hundred sixty nine degrees ten minutes
west UH longitude. The preliminary timeof drogue deploy as one hundred ninety five

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hours twelve minutes or as you were, yes, one hundred ninety five hours,
twelve minutes four seconds, and thenet extension UH over the earlier splash
time is something like forty seconds atone hundred eighty three hours twenty seven minutes

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ground to lapse time, this isapollow control. This is apollow control,
and one hundred eighty five hours twentynine minutes ground that lapse time nine hours

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thirty three minutes until entry. Crewis still asleep at this time. Schedule
to wake up at one hundred eightynine hours ground to lapse time, some
three and a half hours from now. We've had no word from the crew
since the UH schedule sleep period began. Apollo eleven now sixty one thousand and

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thirty four nautical miles out from Earthand a velocity of seven thousand, eight
hundred fifteen feet per second at onehundred eighty five hours thirty minutes ground to
lapse time. This is apollow control. This is apollow control. Hundred eighty

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six hours twenty eight minutes ground elapsetime eight hours thirty five minutes to entry.
Crew of Columbia still asleep at thistime some UH two and a half
hours away from wake up time,at one hundred eighty nine hours ground elapse

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time. Because of weather avoidance inthe prime recovery zone in mid Pacific southwest
of Hawaii, it has been decidedUH some time ago to shift the landing
point or aiming point some two hundredand fifteen nautical miles down range from the

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premission aiming point and UH. Allof the numbers concerned with entry and post
entry events have been generated and weshall forward them at this time. Pencils

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ready, Command module Service module separationone ninety four forty eight zero seven ground
e lapse time eleven twenty zero eightcentral daylight time Entry interface that's four hundred

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thousand feet above the earth surface.Ground elapse time one ninety five zero three
zero seven eleven thirty five zero eightcentral daylight time begin black out one ninety

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five zero three two five around thelapse time eleven thirty five two six central
daylight time O five G one ninetyfive zero three three five g e T

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eleven thirty five thirty six c DTand the blackout one ninety five zero six
five six g ET eleven thirty eightfifty seven c DT. Drug shoots deploy

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one ninety five twelve zero four gET eleven forty four zero five c DT
Main shoots deploy one ninety five oneUH one two fifty two eleven forty four

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fifty three c DT touchdown one ninetyfive seventeen forty nine g ET eleven forty
nine fifty c DT. Maximum Gloading to be pulled your during the entry

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phase will be six point one twog's. Entry velocity that's at UH entry
interface of four hundred thousand feet willbe thirty six thousand, one hundred ninety
four feet per second. Flight pathangle minus six point five degrees, aiming

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point location thirteen degrees nineteen minutes northlatitude one hundred sixty nine degrees zero nine
minutes west longitude at one hundred eightysix hours thirty two minutes ground A last

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time. This is Apollo control.This is Apollo Control. One hundred eighty
seven hours twenty eight minutes ground alapse time seven hours thirty four minutes to

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entry. Flight surgeon can Bear's reportsthat UH all three crew members are sleeping
soundly at this time. Their sleepperiod will end UH probably at a hundred

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and eighty nine hours, although theymay UH sleep in an additional hour to
UH one hundred and ninety hours.Do you just never may see your herd
the spacecraft being UH track now throughthe UH Guam station. Do you think

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your water there? UH line projectedout from Earth UH to what's called a
sub satellite point or point directly hunderthe spacecraft would put it over dead center
of Australia year at one hundred eightyseven hours twenty nine minutes ground a lapse

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time. This is apollow control foryour This is apollow control one hundred eighty
eight hours, twenty eight minutes groundto lapse time. Apollo eleven now forty

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six thousand, two hundred fifty fournautical miles out from Earth, velocity continuing
to increase now nine thousand and eightyone feet per second. It'll be a
dramatic increase in velocity as UH spacecraftit's closer in here in UH s Mission

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Control Center. The UH Entry Team, headed up by Flight Director Milt Windler,
is beginning to come aboard hand overin progress from UH jeen Grant's White
Team. Crew still asleep at thistime for some six hours thirty four minutes

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from entry interface and at one hundredeighty eight hours twenty nine minutes ground a
lapse time. This is Apollo Control. This is apollow control. At one

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hundred eighty eight hours forty three minutes, mid course correction number seven has been
canceled and we will add one hourof UH rest time to the flight planned.
Crew will be awakened at one hundredninety hours a lapse time to repeat.
We have canceled mid course correction numberseven and we will allow the crew

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to sleep until one hundred and ninetyhours a lapse time. This is Mission
Control, Houston. This is apollowcontrol. At one hundred eighty nine hours

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twenty eight minutes, Apollo eleven isforty thousand, nine hundred and sixty one
nautical miles from the Earth, approachingat a velocity of nine thousand, six
hundred seventy one feet per second.Mid Course correction number seven has been canceled
and as a result, we willlet the crew sleep until in the lapse

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time of one hundred and ninety hoursweather in the recovery area. Well,
we're getting a call from Apollo eleven. Now let's UH listen to that roger.
Good that the course seven roger.We're gonna let you sleep then until

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about one hundred ninety hours. MidCourse seven is not required. Okay,
thank you. The crew gave usa call. It one hundred eighty nine

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hours twenty nine minutes. We advised'em UH for the cancelation of the mid
course correction. Whether in the recoveryarea, the skies will be partly cloudy.
Cloud bases UH at two thousand feetscattered wind east northeast at eighteen knots

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six foot, sea temperature near eightydegrees. This landing area is two hundred
fifteen miles to the northeast from theoriginal landing area, moved because of thunders
showers in the original area. Thisnew location should allow the UH recovery ship

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USS Hornet to arrive in Hawaii fourto five hours earlier than originally planned.
We expect it may be possible forthe UH carrier to arrive at Pearl Harbor.
UH somewhere between eight and nine o'clockon July twenty sixth, that's Saturday.

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The crew is probably preparing breakfast now, and it's not likely we'll hear
a lot from them in the rightaway, but we'll continue to stay up
alive for any conversation. Visibility inthe recovery area is ten miles. The

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clock shows where five and a halfhours away from uh entry interface, the
point at which Apollo eleven winter theAr's atmosphere. That's schedule to occur in
the lapse time of one hundred ninetyfive hours, three minutes seven seconds.

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We expect landing at one hundred ninetyfive hours seventeen minutes forty nine seconds.

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M M U M M M MM M M M S S choo cho.

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This is a part of control.A part of eleven. Is now
thirty eight thousand, seven hundred ninetythree nautical miles from the Earth. Velosity
nine thousand, nine hundred forty sevenfeet per second. Schlish school English,

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Schish English, sch M M Schoolm N L L S S M M

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School School. This is apollow control. At one hundred ninety hours ten minutes

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follow elevens distance from the Earth thirtysix thousand, nine hundred fifty six nautical
miles, Velocity ten thousand, onehundred ninety five feet per second,