Apollo 9

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Apollo SAT on Launch Control Team MANUS one hour,
twenty nine minutes and counting, still proceeding satisfactorily at this time.
The close our crew standing by in the White room
as we continue the cabin purge and leak checks that
have been in progress since we close the hatch. This
is bringing aboard the sixty to forty combination atmosphere in
the cabin sixty percent oxygen forty percent nitrogen, the atmosphere

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we desire for ground testing and for the early phases
of flight on Apollo missions. The Commander Jim McDivitt still
participating in the emergency detection system checks and all still
going well at this time. Weather is still go for
launch check recently, and our final altitude balloon will be

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released shortly. However, the upper altitude wins appear to be satisfactory.
We're now coming up on T minus one hour twenty
eight minutes and we are goal for an eleven am
plan lift off at this time.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
This is Launch controls A follow.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
SAT on Launch Control T minus one hour and nineteen
minutes in counting. We're still go for the Apollo nine
mission at this time. We're finishing up that emergency Detection
System Test UH, in which UH the launch vehicle spacecraft
crews as well as the spacecraft commander Jim McDivitt are participating.
We also had completed the purge of the cabin following

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UH closing of the hatch on the Apollo nine spacecraft
up there at the three hundred and twenty foot level
at the pad and and all going well at this time.
The counsul communicator Stony astronaut Lausma is preparing for some
communication checks at this time, as our countdown continues. The
team minus one hour, eighteen minutes, seventeen seconds and counting.

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This is launch control. This Apollo SAT on lunch control

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T minus one hour and nine minutes in counting sixty
nine minutes in counting. And we are proceeding at this
time with the Apollo nine count still aiming to our
plan lift off time of eleven am Eastern Standard time
this morning. All aspects of the mission go.

Speaker 3 (02:52):
At this time.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
We're still performing some final checks with the spacecraft at
the three twenty foot level. The close out led by
the pad leader still at the three twenty foot level
completing their checks. We're wound up on the cabin purage.
We checked the atmosphere in the spacecraft, and now we
have placed the boost protective cover ontop the hatch of

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the Apollo nine spacecraft. Countdown continuing at this time, the
prime crew for the Apollo ten mission, astronaut's Tom Stafford,
John Young, and Jean Cernon now in the control room,
as two of the pilots for the Apollo eleven mission,
the commander Neil Armstrong and the command module pilot astronaut

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Mike Collins. The five of these gentlemen conferring now here
in the control center as they observed the final moments of.

Speaker 4 (03:44):
The count for Apollo nine.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
Coming up on the launch vehicle side here shortly will
be one of the program computer runs some final checks
of the launch vehicle digital computer.

Speaker 3 (03:58):
This is a test in which.

Speaker 1 (03:59):
We run the computer in the instrument unit of the
Saturn five.

Speaker 3 (04:02):
Through its flight paces.

Speaker 1 (04:04):
This is, we put it in a flight mode and
have it give us readouts on a flight performance to
make some final checks. That all is also go with
the guidance system aboard the Saturn five. Our countdown proceeding satisfactorily.
With these various events going on at the same time,
the close out crew now starting to break up the

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White Room. They'll be leaving the area some ten minutes
or so from this time tamnus one hour, seven minutes,
four seconds and counting.

Speaker 3 (04:34):
This is launch control.

Speaker 1 (04:57):
This is Apollo Saturn Launch control, a tamount fifty nine
minutes in counting team minus fifty nine on the Apollo
nine count. We are goal for the mission at this time.
Just a matter of some two or three minutes ago,
the Vice President of the United States, mister Agnew, arrived
here in the launch Control center. The Vice President, who
of course is also Chairman of the Space Council, here
to observe the final sixty minutes or so of the count.

Speaker 3 (05:21):
For Apollo nine.

Speaker 1 (05:22):
When the Vice President arrived, he did meet some of
the crews for the upcoming launches, the complete crew for
Apollo ten astronauts Tom Stafford, John Young, and Gene Cernin,
and two of the members of the Apollo eleven crew,
astonauts Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins. In the meantime, three
astronauts in the Apollo nine spacecraft, Jim McDivitt, Dave Scott,

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Rusty Swickett, continuing to work on their final checks for
this flight. Mcdivott and Swichet at this time performing some
final checks of the stabilization and control system. In the meantime,
we're starting to bring up our radio frequency and telemetry
checks the launch vehicle. All still going well. At fifty

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eight minutes and counting. Our countdown picked up following a
six hour built in and hold at two am Eastern
Standard time this morning and has run very smoothly since
that time. We've now been in progress a little more
than eight hours with the count The first five hours

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or so of our final phases of the countdown was
devoted to the propellant loading of the three stages of
the Saturn five launch vehicle. During this period we brought
in close to three quarters of a million gallons of
liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen into the stages of.

Speaker 3 (06:40):
The Saturn five.

Speaker 1 (06:41):
We now have all our propellants aboard. We have a
vehicle on the pad that weighs some six point four
million pounds, the propellants all aboard at this time, and
the flight who are going through their final checks in
the spacecraft. During these eight hours or so that we've
been in the final count all aspects of the mission

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have gone very well.

Speaker 3 (07:03):
We had one.

Speaker 1 (07:04):
Questionable item that was a regulator for helium pressure in
the third stage of the Saturn five. We ran several
verification tests and were able to determine that a pneumatic
control module in the third stage is capable of performing
its intended functions and.

Speaker 3 (07:21):
We are able to proceed.

Speaker 1 (07:24):
This module plays a part in preparations for the second burn,
particularly of the S four B the third.

Speaker 4 (07:31):
Stage of the Saturn five.

Speaker 1 (07:33):
Other than that one minor aspect, which was verified by
some tests during the count all other aspects of the
mission have.

Speaker 3 (07:40):
Gone very well.

Speaker 1 (07:42):
The prime crew for Apollo nine was alerted in their
countdown as planned at five forty five am Eastern Standard
Time this morning. They then went down the hall from
their crew quarders at the Kennedy Space Center and had
a final physical. They were declared in good physical condition
and flight ready by doctor Charles A. Berry and a

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team of physicians giving the final examinations. Doctor Berry commented
that the throats of the astronauts really looked good this morning.
Astronaut Rusty Swipe at the Luna module pilot did request
to take a motion sickness pill, and he did take
that while he was suiting up a little later in
the morning, Following their medical examinations, the astronauts sat down.

Speaker 3 (08:24):
For breakfast in the crew quarters, the usual.

Speaker 1 (08:27):
Astronaut menu on launch day of scrambled eggs, steak, toast,
orange juice, and coffee. They had some seven guests with
them at breakfast. The crew then went to the suit
room where they done their space space suits and then
were called to the pad some ten minutes late, as

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we were a little bit behind on bringing the propellants aboard.
The crew departed from the crew quarters at eight five
am Eastern Standard time this morning and started to board
the spacecraft at eight The first member of the crew
across the sill was the commander astronaut Jim mcdivott. He
came across at eight twenty nine am. He was followed

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by the lunar Morginle pilot Rusty Schweikert, who sits in
the right hand seat, some five minutes later at eight
thirty four, and the final member, the command marginal pilot
Dave Scott, who sits in the center seat, came aboard
at eight forty am Eastern Standard time. The backup command
Margell pilot astronaut Richard Gordon, was in the spacecraft during

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this period, aiding all three astronauts in coming aboard. Our
countdown continued at this time Team minus fifty four minutes
twenty seconds. The Vice President now being briefed here in
the control center by doctor Kurtivis, who is director of
the Kennedy Space Center. The Vice President accompanied by doctor
Thomas Paine, the Administrator, the acting Administrator of NASA, doctor

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Robert C. Siemens, the Secretary of the Air Force and
former Deputy Administrator of the Space Agency, and astronaut Frank Foreman,
who was the commander for the Apollo eight mission. Those
are some of the key people in the Vice President's party.
Our countdown proceeding at this time.

Speaker 4 (10:09):
All going well, whether.

Speaker 3 (10:11):
Is go for the mission.

Speaker 1 (10:12):
Also, we have a forecast of overcast in the Cape
Kennedy area, the Complex thirty nine area, but it is
acceptable for launch. The hatch was closed on the Apollo
nine spacecraft. It's about nine to twenty am this morning,

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and our count has proceeded well since that time. We'll
go on an automatic sequence in the countdown. It's about
three minutes and six seconds, and from that point undown
all phases of the count will be automatic leading up
to ignition of the five engines in the first stage
of the Saturn five space vehicle. At the eight point

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nine second mark in the count. This will be ignition
sequence start. It will take some eight seconds or so
to build up the proper thrust in those five engines
to give us our planned seven point seven million pounds
of thrust at lift off. All engines should be running
at the two second mark, and we should get commit
and lift off at zero in the count. Well now,

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at T minus fifty two minutes forty seconds in counting,
this is launch control Sapolo SAT and launch control T

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minus forty nine minutes in counting T minus forty nine,
we're proceeding satisfactorily.

Speaker 2 (12:00):
At this time.

Speaker 1 (12:03):
At this point, the Apollo Access Arms swing Arm number
nine just being removed from the spacecraft, being taken to
its stand by position some eight or ten feet away.
It will remain in this position until we get to
the five minute mark in the count. In the meantime,
we're arming the pyrotechnic devices aboard the spacecraft at this time,
particularly the launch escape tower, which could be used during

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these final moments of the count. Once the swing arm
is taken away, all aspects of the mission still going
well at this time, aiming to our planned liftoff time
on the hour T minus forty eight minutes, eighteen seconds
and counting. This is launch control. This is Apollo of

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Saturn Launch Control. At T minus forty four minutes in counting.

Speaker 3 (13:04):
T minus forty four we'll go with.

Speaker 1 (13:06):
The Apollo nine mission. At this time, Vice President Agnew
now has taking his seat here in the control center
and is monitoring the countdown as the crew of some
four hundred and fifty people here in the Launch Control Center,
another fifty or so back in the spacecraft operations here
at KSC continue to work the countdown at this time,

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standing by in Houston, of course, and participating in the
count the various teams there at the Mission Control Center
under the Flight director our countdown now some are running
a little bit ahead, particularly on the spacecraft portion and
with the launch vehicle. We're coming up on one of
our final major checks, final checks of the destruct system
aboard the three stages of the Saturn five launch vehicle.

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These are checks for the Air Force Eastern Test Range
to assure that the destruct system aboard the vehicle would
be operable if it were required in flight. Of course,
before taking the astronauts would go through an abort sequence
with their Apollo spacecraft to separate from the vehicle. Our
countdown proceeding satisfactorily T minus forty two minutes fifty seconds

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in counting this is launch control. This is Apollo sat

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on launch control T minus thirty nine minutes and counting
T minus thirty nine.

Speaker 3 (14:36):
All aspects of the mission still go at this time.

Speaker 1 (14:40):
The capsule communicator here in the launch control center at
Firing Room two. Jack Lausma, who's a member of Support crew,
the astronaut support crew for the Apollo nine mission, now
in some communication checks from his console with the pilots
on board the spacecraft. Coming up shortly spacecraft wise, in
about five minutes or so, will be pressurization of the

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reaction control system for the service module of the space craft.
These are those quad thrusters one hundred pound thrusters in
four quadrants around the service module that are used for
maneuvers in space orbital maneuvers.

Speaker 3 (15:16):
In the case of this particular.

Speaker 1 (15:17):
Flight, on the launch vehicle side, we're gearing up for
some final checks of the power system aboard the three
stages and instrument unit of the Saturn five A power
transfer test where we check the flight batteries but then
return to internal power correction return to external power in
order to conserve those batteries down the final moments of

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the count taounus thirty seven minutes fifty one seconds and
counting this as launch control. This is Apollo Saturn lines

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control teamount of thirty four minutes and counting team minus
thirty four still proceeding satisfactorily.

Speaker 3 (16:11):
With the count. At this time, we now have just.

Speaker 1 (16:15):
Completed our power transferred test. This is a check of
the flight batteries in the three stages of the Saturn
five and the instrument unit. Our early indications are that
the test went well. Will now remain on external power
till the fifty second mark of the count, when we
finally go internal for good. In the countdown, the astronauts
still preparing for the pressurization of their reaction control system.

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Aboard the Apollo nine spacecraft, we have the access arm,
the swing arm that enables entry to the spacecraft, located
some twelve degrees from the spacecraft in a standby position.
For safety purposes, we have two high speed elevators locked
at the three twenty foot level. That swing arm could
be brought back in rapid fashion if require, it will

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remain in this position and not go back to his
fully retracted position till a five minute mark in the count.
We've now passed a thirty three minute mark, where thirty
two minutes fifty four seconds in counting this is launch control.

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This is Apollo sat on launch control the T minus
twenty nine minutes and counting T minus twenty nine, we'll
go for a plan lift on for the Pollo nine
at this time. The lunar module, which will be tested
for the first time with a crew aboard in orbit
on this flight, now has gone on internal power. It's
on the power of its own flight batteries at this

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time and will remain in this mode through the remainder
of the contown The crew here in the control center
continuing to monitor the status of the propellants aboard the
Saturn five. We have now close to a million gallons
of propellants the vehicle weighing some six point four million
pounds on the launch pad. The astronauts aboard the spacecraft

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now going through the pressure ra pressurization sequences consider their
reaction control system. Most are the thrusters on the service
module that will be used for maneuvers in orbit, participating
primarily astronauts Jim mcdivott and the Lunar module pilot Rusty
Swipe It where still go As we approach the twenty
eight minute mark mark T minus twenty eight minutes in counting.

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This is launch control. This is Apollo sat On lines

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control of team minus twenty four minutes in counting T
minus twenty four The crew a little uh head with
their work in the spacecraft at the three twenty foot level.
At this time, Rusty Swipe at the Luna Mogile pilot
UH decided he had time to ask on how the
UH Lunar Module UH was doing. The Luna margule located
beneath him.

Speaker 3 (19:56):
Now in the stack.

Speaker 1 (19:57):
The spacecraft test conductors fritz It came on the circuit
and reported that the Lunar module also is goal and
on internal power. The astronauts have completed their pressurization and
checks of the reaction control system of the spacecraft service module.
Our countdown proceeding smoothly. At this time twenty three minutes

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twenty seconds in counting.

Speaker 3 (20:19):
This is launch control.

Speaker 1 (20:47):
This is Apollo Saturn launch control T minus nineteen minutes
and counting T minus nineteen. We'll bring up our water
supply now for the launch pad in preparation for the ignition,
which will come some eighteen minutes and forty seven seconds
from this time. We also have completed redoubts on the
c BAN tracking beacons which are located in the instrument unit,

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and our checkout still continues to go satisfactorily at this time,
despite the overcast. We have the visibility is good, the
ceiling is acceptable. We go as far as weather is
concerned for our launch attempt on Apollo nine. We now
have two complete follow on crews also observing the launch,
the complete crew for Apollo ten, and now astronaut Buzz Aldrin,

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the lunar mogile pilot for Apollo eleven, has joined his
two fellow pilots, so we have both complete crews here,
along with the Vice President and the other dignitaries accompanying him.
We're coming up to the eighteen minute mark GO for
Apollo nine. This is launch control. This is Apollo SAT

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and Launch control T minus fourteen minutes in counting. We
are still preceding all aspects of the mission.

Speaker 3 (22:30):
GO at this time.

Speaker 1 (22:32):
The Apollo A Command Module UH now has gone on
in full internal power. This is on the full power
of the fuel cells aboard. Uh are actually the command
and service Margle. Of course, the complete spacecraft now on
the power of its fuel cells. Up to this time
it had been sharing the load with an external power source.
Also at this time, the crew in the spacecraft giving

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some redoubts on their various power systems, checking some final
switch settings, and arming those Rota raational hand controllers that
enable them to drive the vehicle in orbit. In the
space mission itself, all aspects of the mission still go.
Thirteen minutes fifteen seconds in counting. This is launch control.

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This is Apollo Saturn launch control T minus nine minutes
in counting T minus nine. We are still go for
our plan lift off on Apollo nine in progress at
the present time have been some final communications checks both
by some key individuals here in the control center as
well as the flight director Gene Kranz and the capsule
communicator astonauts Stu Russa in Houston, where made some final

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checks of what it's known as the astro launch circuit.
This is a special circuit where just several key people
talked to the flight crew aboard the spacecraft over the
final few minutes of the count. The crew switches to
to a launch at the four minute mark in the count.

Speaker 5 (24:02):
UH.

Speaker 1 (24:03):
Just a handful of people keep people talking to them
from that time on down.

Speaker 4 (24:06):
The remainder of the count.

Speaker 1 (24:07):
Will be the spacecraft test conductor the launch his name
is Skip Chauvin, the launch operations manager Paul Donnelly, and
the CAPSUL communicator here in the control center. The backup
UH support astronaut remember the support team UH astronaut Jack
Lausma UH, the flight director in Houston, also has a
capability to talk to the astronauts where he now had

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passed the eight minute mark in the count.

Speaker 3 (24:30):
UH.

Speaker 1 (24:31):
Spacecraft test Conductor Skip Chauven going to a final status.

Speaker 3 (24:34):
Check of all his systems.

Speaker 6 (24:35):
UH.

Speaker 1 (24:36):
The reports coming back go with this time as we
proceed NUT of seven minutes forty five seconds in counting.

Speaker 3 (24:41):
This is launch control.

Speaker 1 (25:04):
This Apollo Saturn Launch control T minus five minutes and
counting T minus five UH. The order has been given
to the Apollo Access Arm to come to its fully
retracted position and now swing I Arm number nine UH
coming back to its fully retracted position.

Speaker 3 (25:18):
UH.

Speaker 1 (25:18):
Just before this order was given, we went through a
final status check.

Speaker 3 (25:21):
This spacecraft is go.

Speaker 1 (25:23):
We also gotta go from launch from a mission Director
George Hage in Houston and finally launched Director Roco Patrol.
Here in Firing Room two. Our status board shows launch
support preparations are complete and the ready lights are on
for the instrument unit, the spacecraft and the emergency detection system.
We are go at T minus four minutes twenty one

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seconds in counting. This is launch control. This is the

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Polo SAT on launch control. Coming upon three minutes fifty
seconds marks three minutes fifty seconds in counting, we are
go for launch. The countdown now turned over to the
control of the launch vehicle test conductor. For the last
four minutes of the count we will go on an
automatic sequence starting at three minutes and seven seconds. Final
communications checks now in progress between the spacecraft test conductor

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and the crew aboard the spacecraft. Some final checks in progress.

Speaker 2 (26:38):
At this time.

Speaker 1 (26:39):
We have the report that we are clear for firing command.
That is the automatic sequencer that should come in in
about fifteen seconds. From that time on down, all aspects
of the mission will be automatic monitored by the computers
here in the control center and at the path three ten.
We have firing command launch sequence. The computer is in

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the sequences in at this time mark T minus three
minutes T minus three minutes in counting. Our preparations now complete.
Our ready lights are on here in the control center.
During this period, the various propellant tanks aboard the three
stages of the Saturn five will be pressurizing. Primarily, we
use helium on the ground to pressurize these tanks. The

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various event valves will close as the countdown proceeds. We've
now passed two minutes thirty five seconds and counting, all
still going well. Two minutes thirty seconds, we should be
getting an indication on pressurization.

Speaker 3 (27:39):
Of the third stage.

Speaker 1 (27:41):
We have it here in the control center. Two minutes
twenty seconds in counting. The third stage now is pressurized.
We'll be looking to those five engines in the first
stage of the Saturn five. The ignition sequence to start
at the eight point nine second mark in the countdown.
We're now coming up on the two minute mark mark

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T minus two minutes in counting T minus two. All
aspects of the mission still go at this time. The
Apollo nine crew standing by in the spacecraft one minute
fifty seconds and counting. Once the ignission sequence does begin
with the five engines, it'll take some nine seconds or
so to build up the proper thrust. The computers will

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automatically sample those engines and assure ourselves that we have
ninety five percent.

Speaker 3 (28:29):
Of the thrust.

Speaker 1 (28:30):
We will get a commit at that time and the
four hold down arms will come back. We're now ninety
seconds in counting, ninety seconds in county. Vice President Agnu
now has come up to the window here in the
launch control center along with members of the party to
view the launch. One minute twenty seconds in counting. All
indications are we still go At this time. Third stage

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propelling tanks have been pressurized. Final check of several panels
by Lunamogle pilot Rusty Sweiker. Stage tanks now pressurized. Swikert
confirms that he has the proper readings. One minute and
counting t minus fifty five seconds in counting. Are still

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going well. We're coming up on the power transfer mark
fifty seconds and counting. We're now on internal power with
the three stages. An instrument unit of the Saturn five.
All propellant tanks in the second stage now pressurized. Thirty
five seconds in counting the vehicle now completely pressurized. Events closed.

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We are go thirty seconds and counting T minus twenty
five seconds in counting all aspects still go at this
time as the computer monitors twenty seconds. Guidance released fifteen fourteen, thirteen, twelve,

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eleven ten nine. We have ignition sequence start six five
four three two one zero, all engines running commit lift off.
We have lyft off at eleven am Eastern Standard time.

Speaker 7 (30:21):
Plus seventeen seconds. The roll and pitch programmer in now
to put a Pollo nine on the proper flight asthmuth
and attitude half a mile high. Role is complete. Polo

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nine a mile and a half high now velocity fifteen
hundred and ninety seven feet per second one minute. Cabins
were leaving one mile down range now four and a

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half miles high, velocity twenty five f twenty five hundred
feet per second in the region of maximum dynamic pressure.

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Fly director Gene Krans taking a staging status check. Now
Palla nine years go for staging plus two minutes fifteen

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seconds and go in boards out, out boards out s

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to ignition for the rest is go on the second
stage down range seventy miles now forty two miles high,
nine three hundred feet per second velocity, standing by for

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tower jet is now the lunch escape tower Tower Jet
confirmed guidance has been initiated on the second stage. Jeane

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Cran's taking another status check with the controllers.

Speaker 8 (33:48):
Now, how am I you are? Go all the way?
Everything looks good?

Speaker 9 (33:57):
Roger uh Houston, did do you read our comment that
our sbos helium pression went to zero indicated to zero
atlift off.

Speaker 7 (34:10):
Cabinet stable at six point one pounds per square inch.

Speaker 9 (34:13):
The advisor SBO helium pression went to zero atlift off.

Speaker 8 (34:17):
Oh rock copy, Okay, do you get any conn.

Speaker 7 (34:24):
Jim mcdibbott reports the SPS helium pressure on board went
to zero at liftoff. However, we're reporting go here on
the mission control center, two hundred and twenty five miles

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down range now seventy five miles high, eleven thousand, seven
hundred feet per second, ten.

Speaker 8 (35:04):
Upa ninety five minutes. Everybody's happy as a clam here
looking good.

Speaker 4 (35:08):
Uh.

Speaker 7 (35:08):
We we're standing by for S FOURBI to orbit capability

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mark mark S four B to orbit capability. If the
second stage shuts down prematurely, we do have the capability
to put spacecraft into orbit with the S four B.
We're estimating cut off of the S two stage at
eight minutes fifty five seconds, where at six thirty now
still go four hundred and thirty five miles down range,

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ninety and a half miles high and fifteen thousand, three
hundred feet per second velocity, and the.

Speaker 8 (36:58):
Rookie says that looks beautiful, and uh, rookie yet seven
minutes everything is going real great.

Speaker 7 (37:13):
Little word from rookie Schweikhart. There eighteen thousand feet per

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second now, velocity, five hundred and ninety miles down range,
ninety six miles high.

Speaker 8 (38:07):
Callow nine at eight minutes everything years ago?

Speaker 9 (38:10):
How'd you ever look fine?

Speaker 10 (38:11):
Here too?

Speaker 8 (38:12):
Very good? The com is beautiful. Jam you really coming
to clear Roger? How are your Why would.

Speaker 4 (38:19):
You license mention?

Speaker 9 (38:20):
Uh? We were in law too, smokey. We had no
no tub would common?

Speaker 4 (38:25):
Uh wasch it all?

Speaker 7 (38:28):
H Ploine has a go for staging now looking for
us to cut off About eight plus fifty five retro

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reports for right on the ground track S two cut
off S staging is complete. S four B ignation thrust

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is good on S four B.

Speaker 8 (39:21):
For kiding now.

Speaker 7 (39:26):
Nine hundred and twenty miles of down range now a
hundred and one miles high, twenty three thousand feet per
second velocity.

Speaker 8 (40:00):
A Fallow nine. You have motor capability and everything is go.
Your real solid how much you what time you can
shut down? All right? Well, I have that for you
in a flash. Pollo nine.

Speaker 7 (40:18):
Guidance does not have a cutoff time yet, how he
expects it shortly.

Speaker 9 (40:31):
My onboard final here says with an ocave.

Speaker 8 (40:36):
Yes, everything's looking good here, Apollo line. Okay, I'll try
to have your cut off time shortly.

Speaker 9 (40:44):
Better hurry, I'm gonna cut off the rock.

Speaker 7 (40:47):
Yes, twelve, one hundred and forty one miles down a
range one hundred and two miles high, twenty five thousand,
two hundred and fifty six feet per second plus eleven minutes.

Speaker 8 (41:07):
Looking good, up and Roger cut down. Okay, Houston, We've
got one O three by eighty nine point five, Roger,
Pollo nine copy.

Speaker 7 (41:29):
That was Dave Scott giving the onboard orbital parameters one
O three by eighty nine point five. We'll refine those
later through tracking. Fido says, go on.

Speaker 8 (41:41):
Nine, you are go in the orbit. Roger and your
CMC is go. It is validus okay, and Apollo nine
F four B has and fates t day.

Speaker 4 (42:02):
Do you have an opportune thirty?

Speaker 8 (42:04):
Uh not get uh bout nine ban bots Okay, Sallow

(43:08):
nine yes four B has been configured for arbit It's
looking real good in you. That's why helium as solid
as a rock.

Speaker 4 (43:16):
H Rogerie talky, thanks love.

Speaker 7 (43:18):
Alright, that's astronauts Stu Russa the capcom from the Houston
Control Center talking to the crew. Follow nine out over

(43:57):
the Atlantic. Now in contact with the tracking ship van Guard.
We're going to want to uh track Apollo nine for
a while before we come up with a fine tuned
UH orbital parameter. That one O three by eighty nine
point five was the onboard on board readout from the
command module computer. Uh this Apollo Control at seventeen minutes

(47:04):
Pollow nine now coming into contact at the Canary Island station.
Will stay up.

Speaker 8 (47:09):
Live, IK Houston, all Roger, we've got canaries here. You
can configures in blex alpha Salo nine. Houston, did you

(47:34):
copies Swallow nine, Uh? Houston, der regents alright to the

(47:59):
five ye Uh, okay, you're coming in five square. We
switched over all right, I guess and uh everything looks good.

Speaker 4 (48:07):
Ah right, Uh what kind of order did you kill
us have?

Speaker 8 (48:10):
Uh, we don't have it yet. Uh. Apollo nine. Uh,
we're still running through the computers.

Speaker 4 (48:16):
Oh sure.

Speaker 7 (48:32):
This Apollo control at eighteen minutes thirty two seconds. We've
got to lift off heart rates for the crew now
from the flight surgeon doctor Hawkins. He says they are
within the range. Uh the medical officers expected. Uh, with
Schrieker running a little lower than they expected. Jim mcdibbott
UH one thirty five, Dave Scott one twenty, Rusty schweick

(48:57):
Hart seventy two.

Speaker 3 (49:00):
Uh.

Speaker 7 (49:00):
Rusty normally runs in the UH mid to low sixties,
Dave Scott in the UH high sixties to UH low seventies,
and mcdibben in the seventies to high eighties, the low eighties.

Speaker 8 (49:14):
Rather two point nine. Uh is the first cut.

Speaker 3 (49:22):
Uh.

Speaker 4 (49:22):
Uh's one oh seven ninety eight point nine.

Speaker 8 (49:27):
And UH we're continuing to massage this uh about nine
and we'll keep you updated.

Speaker 4 (49:33):
Oh, I've ben.

Speaker 7 (49:34):
Say the first cut at the orbit from the ground
shows one oh seven by ninety eight point nine.

Speaker 11 (49:49):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (49:49):
This Uh we.

Speaker 7 (49:51):
Haven't had too much tracking yet on this. We'll continue
tracking cha.

Speaker 8 (52:20):
O SAH nine uh Houston. We've got one minute with
you at Canaries and we'll see over cananar reeve at

(52:42):
three seven.

Speaker 4 (52:43):
S cons the Canadar's at three color uh R.

Speaker 3 (52:48):
Do that.

Speaker 7 (53:47):
This is Apollo control at twenty three minutes. We've had
tracking through the Canaries now and we've refined the yorbral
parameters better. We're now showing in orbit one hundred and
three by one hundred and two point three nautical miles,
very close to what we were shooting for. We were

(54:08):
shooting for one or three circular. We've had a loss
of signal at Canaries. Now to naner Evil be the
next station in approximately fifteen minutes. We have the tape
of the entire powered portion of the flight. We'll play
that for you now a clock car.

Speaker 4 (54:37):
Are kay.

Speaker 8 (54:39):
And our role program and I wonder we'd get a
lot to there. I don't want a problem. Call nine

(56:20):
you are gold p taking and you are mowed one calling.

Speaker 4 (57:10):
Over the poor.

Speaker 8 (57:19):
And if Pollo nine he's send here the truck looks good.
Palla nine, you are going for tower, get ship put up.

Speaker 4 (57:40):
Paras over the good looking new word, get the car.

Speaker 8 (57:47):
Off and if palline, we're still and guidance initiate. Everything
looks good. Pallo nine, you are go all the way

(58:14):
everything looks good?

Speaker 9 (58:15):
Da I his did you do you read our comment
that our spr helium pression went through zero indicated to zero.

Speaker 8 (58:24):
Atliptop all nine at the Houston, I did not copy all.

Speaker 9 (58:31):
Right here be advised or spo helium pression.

Speaker 8 (58:33):
Went to zero atlypt a rod copy okay.

Speaker 9 (58:40):
To get any good words of that once you get
into me.

Speaker 8 (58:42):
With uh rode it is go here, uh pallow nine,
it's a good and a pout nine. At five minutes,

(59:23):
everybody's happy as a climb here looking good. All wish

(01:00:32):
Sarah nine. You have F four B the art the
capa building at two were watching were your level? Tenth
time time is eight plus two to one rejected. That's
two cut off eight plus five six eight two.

Speaker 4 (01:00:44):
Of them eight twice six rogever we got there's army
to delta.

Speaker 8 (01:00:48):
UH copy omni delta. Thank you, and the rookie says

(01:01:17):
that looks beautiful and uh rookie. At seven minutes, everything
is going real great Roger calla nine at eight minutes

(01:02:26):
everything years ago?

Speaker 9 (01:02:28):
Why'd you?

Speaker 8 (01:02:28):
Everything's fine here too, very good? The com is a
beautiful light came he're really coming to Clay Roger?

Speaker 5 (01:02:36):
Are you?

Speaker 9 (01:02:36):
Why would you like mess?

Speaker 10 (01:02:38):
Uh?

Speaker 9 (01:02:38):
Clearium law too, smokey. We had no thought about common
Uh was at all?

Speaker 8 (01:02:45):
Alright to copy that of Pollo nine and you are
go for dating, Okay, don't get a.

Speaker 9 (01:02:54):
Little vibration about eight and uh the theat incomplete and

(01:03:26):
what's gonna be? That's running alright?

Speaker 8 (01:03:28):
Uh we copy staking complete with going and good trust
on that four B. Everything is gone.

Speaker 4 (01:03:39):
Vacating now.

Speaker 8 (01:04:18):
Fallow nine. Now you have motor capability and everything is go.
You're real solid much.

Speaker 4 (01:04:24):
What time you make you shut down? All right, we'll
have that for.

Speaker 8 (01:04:28):
You in a flash, Plaine, I have board flo here says,

(01:04:50):
which is okay. Yes, everything's looking good here. Uh Apollo
ne okay, we'll try to have your cut off time
or like in a hurry, I'm gonna cut off, rode

(01:05:28):
up down and rock your shut down.

Speaker 4 (01:05:32):
Kay.

Speaker 8 (01:05:37):
Uh Houston, we've got one O three by eighty nine
point five. I wrote your poller nine. Uh copyes, Tanna

(01:05:58):
poller nine. You are go in the orbit Roger, and
your CMC is go. It is validus okay, and Pollow
nine F four B has been faith so that the

(01:06:19):
faith you have an up agin purty not yet Palla
nine standby.

Speaker 7 (01:06:26):
Okay, this's Apollo control. At thirty six minutes we have

(01:06:52):
aos at Tanana even now we'll stand by life through this.

Speaker 12 (01:06:55):
Past, oh Palla nine.

Speaker 8 (01:06:56):
Houston through tananary A. Paulo nine is the Houston through
Tanana reve prior uh, Roger Paulow nine. Our canaries data
shows your orbit as one O three point niner by

(01:07:21):
one O two point three pres world three.

Speaker 4 (01:07:30):
Point way the world two point three.

Speaker 10 (01:07:34):
Uh.

Speaker 8 (01:07:34):
That is affirmative and that's changing slightly as the S
four B events. Uh, but that was a pretty good
uh hack added dun Canary. And we'll have you here
at Canana Reeve for about another five minutes.

Speaker 4 (01:07:55):
Four fo.

Speaker 10 (01:09:04):
Used to the call of our us.

Speaker 4 (01:09:05):
Your copy was working at uh.

Speaker 8 (01:09:08):
We have no uh no day to hear a cannery day.
You'll have to read 'em to me.

Speaker 12 (01:09:13):
The raget was three right L rill wat girls riel
one one six white US full girls L three two
white US drills Roel what a droid.

Speaker 8 (01:09:28):
Uh rocha POLLA nine. If you kick in, uh, I
copy the time and the angles.

Speaker 4 (01:09:32):
Thank you? Yes, it works like the charge.

Speaker 8 (01:09:35):
So did it look like the platform was right there?
So that was a nice speedy job on that fifty two.

Speaker 4 (01:09:49):
Little allow oppies.

Speaker 8 (01:09:52):
I think copy yes, and Apollo nine if the Houston, uh,

(01:11:47):
we're gonna lose your hair at to nanareeven about forty
five seconds and we'll see over Canarvon at five to.

Speaker 4 (01:11:55):
Four two curve.

Speaker 7 (01:12:50):
The Nanor Eve has loss of signal. Now the next
station to acquire will be Canarvon at fifty two minutes
eleven seconds. At Narvin is the go no go decision
point for six revolutions at forty three minutes eleven seconds.
This is mission control, Houston. This is Apollo Control at

(01:13:30):
fifty two minutes into the mission of Apollo nine. Apollo
nine coming up on Canarvon now will stand by life
through Canarvon and honeysuckle.

Speaker 4 (01:14:37):
Hey Houston, how you leading? Paul and nerves?

Speaker 5 (01:14:39):
Uh?

Speaker 8 (01:14:39):
Paul nineer, says Houston, reading Aladin clear through Canarvon.

Speaker 4 (01:14:44):
Okay, I'm presently in the backup cam. Check uh step
fire there on L on P one Dash two and
I'm on lion fire. I got the initial contact and
they got me stand.

Speaker 8 (01:14:54):
Volume up, uh rocker Uh, I understand, and you are
in step five and stand by one here.

Speaker 4 (01:15:12):
All right, Roger, and I'm standing by for glove for
the back cup. Will you check a Roger.

Speaker 8 (01:15:17):
We'll give you a go on that in about thirty
seconds here, ok ok okay, uh follower nine, U, this

(01:15:40):
is Houston. We're standing by for your voice check on
the band letter ripka a Pollo nine at the fifton.

(01:16:01):
I did not copy anything. Uh. I got one blast
and that sound like you feet and that was all
sh uh Pollo nine if as in on uh v

(01:17:01):
acf uh bory uh poll nine uh balinine it's hting
on the the v ahf figurey oh.

Speaker 4 (01:17:21):
Uh we read you vs uh uh I gives you
a call on down voice backup and whatever you're not
reading or however I'm reading you up on the other bend.

Speaker 8 (01:17:30):
Okay, and we confined with the site that we did
not get and that's been uh down link on that one.

Speaker 4 (01:17:35):
U resting, oh h jo hope you're spending voice for suggestion.
Let me just give you my configuration here if you
wanna copy that. So okay. I'm on the primary transponder
and uh I'm reading you. Okay, so that's okay. Uh,
everything else is a normal. We're going to call the

(01:17:57):
got the arranging which are I've got the spad oracle
tape in down voice back up, I've got the power
PMP back up to normal, and everything else to uh vanilla.

Speaker 8 (01:18:14):
Uh Roger, Uh I copy that a Pollo nine.

Speaker 6 (01:18:18):
Uh.

Speaker 8 (01:18:19):
Let us all that over. We're gonna have you here
for about another minute uh at Canarvin and then we're
gonna pick you up over Honeysuckle at about uh fifty,
all be just about on the hour, so I have
your span volumes up at that time, o.

Speaker 4 (01:18:34):
Lder and uh be as rised. We're a mushing up
to UH checklist here and uh we got almost everything done.
If you'll go first checks checked out.

Speaker 8 (01:18:42):
Okay, all right, sounds great, and H poller nine you
are go for.

Speaker 4 (01:18:46):
Six daggs four ought to go for sixtysh four and
uh Houston be advised.

Speaker 7 (01:19:06):
I'm gonna uh go out.

Speaker 4 (01:19:08):
Of this uh backup com check configuration here and go
back to.

Speaker 8 (01:19:11):
Normal, uh Roger. Let's meet you over a honeysuckle and
normal configuration just about.

Speaker 4 (01:19:18):
On the hour, Roger.

Speaker 7 (01:19:36):
Canarvon's had a loss of signal. Now we've got about
a minute or a minute and a half gap between
Canarvon and Honeysuckle. We'll come back up at uh acquisition
at Honeysuckle, this Apollo control Honeysuckle has acquired a Follow

(01:20:27):
nine will stand by for conversation through that station.

Speaker 8 (01:20:48):
Follow nine Uh s Houston. Uh so you can i
uh Honeysuckle.

Speaker 7 (01:21:19):
This Apollo control. We're showing cabin temperature seventy degrees fahrenheit,
cabin pressure five point five pounds per square inch.

Speaker 4 (01:21:32):
Uh you're five square uh on s vandaball are you?

Speaker 8 (01:21:35):
Oh right here? That's uh really great. Let's see you're
coming in and uh if if you want to try
this back up, come check again. We can support it.
It's uh dealer's choice. And just as uh we were
leaving Canarvin, Uh the down link compared to be coming
through on the back up.

Speaker 4 (01:21:56):
Okay, Uh, why don't we forgo it right now?

Speaker 8 (01:21:58):
We'll try to check out something quiet dread all right, Yeah,
we can curtains and Apollo nine is this Houston. Uh,

(01:25:40):
We're gonna lose you here A honeysuckle in about forty
seconds and UH, we'll see your hunt's stay in about
three minutes.

Speaker 7 (01:25:49):
Roger US Apollo Control one hour five minutes, we've had

(01:26:36):
loss of signal of honeysuckle. Summarize briefly, Apollo nine was
inserted into an orbit very near what we were shooting at.
We were shooting at one oh three circular.

Speaker 4 (01:26:48):
UH.

Speaker 7 (01:26:49):
Tracking UH through the Canaries showed the insertion orbit to
be one oh three point nine by one O two
point three. That's changing UH a little bit due to
venting from the S four to B, but that was expected.
We're well within where we want to be to continue
this mission. Paulo nine has been given a go for

(01:27:12):
six revolutions. We're now showing cabin pressure five point four
pounds per square inch, temperature sixty seven degrees fahrenheit and
at one hour six minutes. This is Mission Control, Houston.

(01:28:04):
This is Apollo Control. At two hours two minutes into
the mission, Apollo nine is in its second revolution over
the continent of Africa. Its status is go. We have
not yet identified whether there is a problem in the
command module computer. Computer was about four tenths of a
second late on liftoff over Bermuda. In this first state

(01:28:29):
side pass, we did successfully update a state vector. It
is the ground told the command module computer the spacecraft's
position and velocity in reference to the Earth at that
particular time. So we do have a good state vector
aboard the spacecraft. Guidance officers continuing to watch the computer

(01:28:57):
and well for some time yet for he's able to
say whether there is a problem or whether it's or not.
To date we have not identified a problem. Just at
the end of the Canaries pass a few minutes ago,
Dave Scott extended the docking probe for the first time.
His comments, where we've got a good one. It's just

(01:29:19):
like in the chamber, he reported, they could the crew
could hear the docking probe extend. We're still reading good
uh H two tank. Good pressures on the ground in
that uh uh tank that was reading zero.

Speaker 10 (01:29:41):
On board.

Speaker 7 (01:29:43):
Ground telemetry shows the pressures are good. There we had
a UH caution warning light on and the number one
H two tank briefly, however, just w in a second
the heater came on and a light went out.

Speaker 6 (01:30:03):
Uh.

Speaker 7 (01:30:03):
It's been determined that the limits are probably set a
little too high on that caution and warning light in
that parameter and that there is no problem. We have
the tape of all the air ground starting at the
tracking ship Huntsville, through the States and ending at Canary.
We'll play that for you now.

Speaker 8 (01:30:25):
Follow nine, Uh Houston through can Honeysuckle. Uh follow nine
if you Houston through Honeysuckle.

Speaker 4 (01:30:49):
Uh your five square on sb Naball right.

Speaker 8 (01:30:52):
Oh, Rod here, that's a really great but I see
you're coming in and uh, if if you want to
try this back up com check again, we can supported
its uh dealer's choice. And just as uh we were
leaving to Narvin. Uh, the down link appeared to be
coming through on the back up.

Speaker 4 (01:31:13):
Okay, Uh, why don't we forgo it right now? We'll
try to check out some quiet period, all right. Uh
we concur.

Speaker 8 (01:31:51):
And Apollo nine is a Houston. Uh we're gonna lose
you here at Honeysuckle in about forty seconds and uh
we'll see y'll Rodsville in about three minutes. Roger and

(01:32:45):
a Paly nine at the Houston and the clan fel.

Speaker 4 (01:32:54):
Dal cannot maintain.

Speaker 8 (01:32:55):
The violence you wear ring no way a lot.

Speaker 5 (01:32:58):
They was burying in the neigha shouldn't.

Speaker 8 (01:33:02):
Oho. Uh pollow nine, this is uh Houston. Uh you
read through the hontpal.

Speaker 5 (01:33:08):
Are never talent at away far.

Speaker 8 (01:33:13):
And uh poll nine this is Houston through the hot
feal Okay, ulright, alright, alright, coming okay, Paul nine, this
is Houston. You're breaking up pretty badly. Uh we don't
have much to uh it's to pass you here. We're

(01:33:34):
only gonna have you for about another minute and a
half and uh we'll talk to you. Uh yeah, come
across the states and uh pass the day to tea then.

Speaker 4 (01:33:45):
Alright, you.

Speaker 8 (01:33:50):
And Apollo nine is is Houston. If you uh can
read me, we'll see you over the red Stone at about.

Speaker 4 (01:33:55):
Two four.

Speaker 8 (01:33:58):
Are ya, what's the level with plow nine? This is

(01:34:41):
Houston through the red Stone standing by uh follow nine
is is Houston through the red Stone? Uh Roger, Oh yeah,
there's a bell. Uh follow nine is Houston, Roger and
the follow nine would like to confirm that you are

(01:35:02):
in Omni Baker and primary U S band transponder. Uh
Paul nine, Houston, h Roger. It may be a coincidence,
but we lost data just about the time I gave

(01:35:22):
you that transmission to uh verify that Omni Baker. Uh
did you change configuration there?

Speaker 4 (01:35:31):
That's affirmative. We were we were all in Delta and uh,
I just.

Speaker 7 (01:35:35):
Switched it to Omney for you.

Speaker 8 (01:35:39):
I understand you did go from Delta to Baker and
the primary transponder was on. You didn't need to change that,
did you.

Speaker 4 (01:35:47):
That's a negative. The primary was for I went gon
out there, Spoky.

Speaker 8 (01:35:54):
Oh, we're pressing along, Jim and uh, we're you can
anticipate we'll probably have a state vector. We'll wanna uplink
uh over Bermuda vanguard on five ten minutes and uh,
for Rectly's benefit, the backup com check over Carnarvon was
by a square. It came in. We had a momentary
drop out there, but we got it real good.

Speaker 4 (01:36:16):
Oh good you we'll write that one often. We had
all the checkers found except uh the glaphol you tag
that we're gonna do right now and we never let
a pickle down and check you to you right this, you.

Speaker 8 (01:36:29):
Guys will do that, Uh, Roger, we'll right. We have
no data right uh right now nine and the Pollo
nine is the Houston for your info. We do have
our data coming in now solid and Jim for the
bias check. We really we'll get a good one on

(01:36:52):
you after T D and e U. It's not gonna
do as much good on the booster here, Okay, in Houston,
Apollo nine, go uh polla nine, don't you. Uh we
just got a master alarm uh.

Speaker 4 (01:37:11):
Cryo press here on the number one H two tank
Uh to just drop the lower limit here. You might
wanna take a look at that.

Speaker 8 (01:37:20):
Uh rog uh Pollo nine, we copy, Uh see what
we can do for you.

Speaker 4 (01:37:26):
Okay, and the heer uh just came on and it
uh gone back up again, and it looks like it
to just uh take on the master alarmed there before
it decided to heat it.

Speaker 8 (01:37:35):
Uh rog uh Dolla nine copy and follow nine east
and that's probably Sam Soup.

Speaker 4 (01:37:42):
Gets playing with the talents a little bit. Yeah, I
could the.

Speaker 8 (01:38:06):
Allow nine. That's the Houston through Bermuda.

Speaker 4 (01:38:10):
Roger and Houston from Bermusic. Go ahead, Uh.

Speaker 8 (01:38:12):
Roger, we'd like to uh appoint you uh the state
vector there follow nine. Uh we uh there is a
discrepancy between your vectors and ours. We don't have a
real good story for you at this time. It was
uh sort of a slow divergent trend that we would
like to flip it in. There are some funnies about
the lift off time and everything that we're working on,
but at this time, we'd like to give you a

(01:38:33):
new vector.

Speaker 4 (01:38:34):
Okay, everything you want to give us a new vector
on the Uh let me see you sam I or
arche prow and extruct.

Speaker 8 (01:38:43):
You got it, uh Roger. We'll go to work on it.
Thank you, Hi allow nine. Uh go up follow nine,
uh Roger. Uh, I checked the old tube perge before
uh I noticed I didn't check the age tube. So
a guy at the purchase you're.

Speaker 4 (01:38:59):
On for a while, and I'm to check the eighty
two verge that can be in that.

Speaker 8 (01:39:06):
Uh uh Roger. Uh, you're gonna be checking eh two
purge and uh Paul nine. I have a NAV check
to go along with this state vector. When you're ready
to coffy.

Speaker 4 (01:39:14):
Oh Roger, m vio the purge and VI NAM check.

Speaker 8 (01:39:19):
Uh Rogers, you're convenience and the fall nine is the Houston.
The computer is your The vector has been U transferred.

Speaker 4 (01:39:29):
And it looks good alright. You to get and ready
to copy on the navs uh Rogers.

Speaker 8 (01:39:35):
Reading the NAV check time zero zero two two nine
er all zero minus three zero eight one plus one
one six two two one zero six seven and the updates.

Speaker 4 (01:40:03):
Got you read back zero zero two two nine er
all zips minus three zero eight.

Speaker 8 (01:40:08):
One one two one zero six two. Roger Houston confirms
the updates. Jupe and follow nine. Houston, we copy your
just the on the ground follow nine used to go ahead,

(01:40:30):
all right, just UH for your info here. We'll be
sending a command into the UH to the I U
just to verify our response. And this will have no
effect on you. And it's this we're trying to trouble
shoot our l v DC data and we don't want
you to move the IU. Accept twich leave it in block,

(01:40:59):
go U follow that tall you that can purso th
group stand by one pinance follow nine if it hits
and we can car go ahead and terminate.

Speaker 4 (01:41:16):
Okay in work.

Speaker 8 (01:41:21):
Rod copy na power road still follow nines.

Speaker 4 (01:41:31):
We're in for a spitter.

Speaker 8 (01:41:32):
Doction thug you ready, Oh boy, We're we're all ears
down here. Please let us hear how that goes.

Speaker 4 (01:41:39):
Don't tall form to work right? You try a good one?
All right?

Speaker 8 (01:41:48):
Copy that makes it all happy?

Speaker 4 (01:41:53):
God, it was just like the chamber was ready to
throw out. That took a couple of three temps of
the tack.

Speaker 8 (01:42:00):
Rodger copy and Apollo nine. This is Houston. We'll fall
off the canaries here in about another minute, and we'll
see you over Cananareeves around zero nine.

Speaker 4 (01:42:13):
And Aos.

Speaker 8 (01:42:17):
Follow nine. This is Houston through canana Reeve. Follow nine Houston, Uh,
through Canaries.

Speaker 7 (01:42:32):
Anna Reeve, Houston net one.

Speaker 8 (01:42:36):
Here's the salary verify Capcom is up Lincoln properly.

Speaker 4 (01:42:40):
That's the party, Roger, thank.

Speaker 8 (01:42:42):
You, and the follow nine. This is Houston. We'll have
you over Cananareve here for about the next five minutes.
We're standing by. I have not heard any transmissions from
you here. Oh uh, Pollow nine, Houston, I are just
the first part of that. I'll just stand by here,

(01:43:13):
Pollow nine. If is Houston, we'll lose you into nana
Reeve here in about one minute.

Speaker 10 (01:43:18):
Uh.

Speaker 8 (01:43:18):
If you tried to call me, I haven't received anything,
but will see over Canarvon at two six and Apollo nine.
That will be Canarvan at two six.

Speaker 7 (01:43:37):
This is Apollo control at two hours seventeen minutes into
the mission of Apollo nine. Pollow nine out of range
of Tanana even now out over the Indian Ocean. Next
station to the choir will be Canarvan in about eight minutes.
This is Mission Control, Houston. This is Apollo Control at

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two hours twenty five minutes into the mission. Follow nine
coming up on the tracking station at Carnarvon. During the
Canarvon pass, the S four B instrument unit will be
enabled for command and about halfway between Canarvon and the
tracking ship Huntsville, the S four B will maneuver to

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transposition and docking attitude. We should have an Araya aircraft
in that area and may be able to pick it up.
Here's UH, Apollo nine at Carnarvon.

Speaker 8 (01:45:42):
Now I wanna take a look at you and UH
we'll give you a go on that short lan. We'd
like to have you go ahead and arm the logic
at this time Roderick and UH would you confirm up
UH clemetry you enable.

Speaker 4 (01:46:02):
Lead up thriller who IU is in block? Do you
want to get up players APT.

Speaker 8 (01:46:09):
To set the firmity. Would like to have the planmetry
youth to accept you understand us ten apall nine if

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a shipton, I would like to have you have the
plantry ius with the block a purity I you to
block is very good, thank you, and he's from the
logic come by mark.

Speaker 4 (01:46:58):
Three two or.

Speaker 8 (01:47:00):
Board alright we copy stand by one h pollow nine.

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Uh the hitting your goal for power arms well a
lot of the things go for power or that sufermanims

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callow nine if the hitting you are go for eight an.

Speaker 4 (01:48:01):
Pay work to the day and go fifty any.

Speaker 8 (01:48:31):
Uh U the up only come in to do like,
uh what you mean on this patter for the ejecting
patterns that h okay fan mouse pallo nine. Uh get theess.

Speaker 10 (01:49:32):
Right.

Speaker 8 (01:49:33):
Uh, you'll come in the daylight on this one at
about two pluck three nine plus two ones.

Speaker 4 (01:49:41):
Well I did, don't you?

Speaker 7 (01:49:44):
You?

Speaker 8 (01:49:44):
The pres sure I was all primed for your eject
and sunrise time you take me out on this one.

Speaker 4 (01:49:56):
Ext time I was st uh Houston Apollo nine saw

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Apollo nine s.

Speaker 10 (01:51:16):
Yeah. Uh.

Speaker 4 (01:51:17):
We have a rather consistent behavior. And this number one,
the H two tank, it uh appears to light the
quire a warning light every time it gets down there
before the heater comes on. You might start thinking about
how we're gonna handle right for a speaker, cause it
keeps waking off the master alarm.

Speaker 8 (01:51:35):
Sh uh ritch Pollo nine, Uh copy and that is
in work.

Speaker 4 (01:51:40):
Oh okay than can.

Speaker 8 (01:51:50):
And up follow nine? If a his then uh we'll
uh go right onto an arios and as we come
off of gnarvan on uh on this one in about
uh twenty seconds eighty uh follow nine. If it hit

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then you and honest the goodnest the riot. I'd you
read s.

Speaker 4 (01:53:20):
One on how about it?

Speaker 8 (01:53:26):
Uh right there on the wall, h fella nine S.

Speaker 4 (01:53:43):
Think they kind of act back ample there at anything
that fall with that sad pay er.

Speaker 13 (01:54:49):
O.

Speaker 4 (01:55:19):
I mean I could think about her.

Speaker 7 (01:56:05):
That A this Apollo Control we're not having too much

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success in voice communications through this uh riah aircraft. We'll
be at the Huntsville when about two minutes to you to.

Speaker 3 (01:57:26):
Standby m M.

Speaker 8 (01:59:07):
I saw ninety the fifth in did you comes hot?

Speaker 5 (01:59:23):
The laid work that drilled about a Joey Locks.

Speaker 7 (02:01:12):
Apollo Control Command and Service module separation from the third
stage is scheduled near the end of this Huntsville Pass
separation and turnaround. We will have an Arry aircraft between
the Huntsville and Hawaii for that maneuver.

Speaker 13 (02:01:28):
Too many.

Speaker 7 (02:03:35):
This Apollo control crew is very busy at this time
preparing for a separation.

Speaker 8 (02:03:42):
And it's the Susans. Alright, you're out there, and uh
we're turned around and uh proceeding uh with the station
keeping and docking. Oh tremendous, Uh call mine, thank you.

Speaker 7 (02:04:03):
Man in service module has separated from the third stage,
has turned around, and there's now station keeping.

Speaker 8 (02:04:13):
Dollar Rock copy that.

Speaker 7 (02:05:46):
It's a power control. Apollo nine scheduled to continue station
keeping for about another fifteen minutes. Docking scheduled. Uh over
the Goldstone, California station at about three hours.

Speaker 8 (02:06:00):
Even call nine if the Houston, Uh, we're gonna lose
you here in about forty five seconds, and we'll see
over Hawaii in about five minutes at five one, Roger,
and we may have an oriyan here, but if it's

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like the last one, we won't hear much out of you.

Speaker 12 (02:06:24):
So we'll see where about what you pay without it?

Speaker 8 (02:06:28):
Uh, okay, we'll see at five one.

Speaker 7 (02:07:08):
This Apollo control at two hours forty seven minutes, Huntsville
has loss of signal. Now during this past the command
and service modules did separate from the S four B,
the third stage of the launch vehicle. The spacecraft has
turned around and the crew is now inspecting the lunar module,

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which is still inside the spacecraft LAMB adapter attached to
the S four B. They'll continue this station keeping for
another ten twelve minutes. Docking scheduled just about three hours
over the Goldstone station. We'll come back up at Hawaii

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scheduled at UH two hours fifty minutes. This is mission control. Yes,

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this Apollo Control at two hours fifteen minutes. Hawaii has acquisition.
Now will stand by.

Speaker 8 (02:09:31):
And Apollo nine is a Houston.

Speaker 4 (02:09:33):
Uh.

Speaker 8 (02:09:33):
We should have you through Hawaii standing by.

Speaker 7 (02:09:35):
Pressure the support of control. The boost engineer reports the

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attitude rates on the SYB look very good.

Speaker 11 (02:12:06):
Steen Church, it's Apollo Control.

Speaker 7 (02:15:47):
At two hours fifty seven minutes. The Redstone has acquired
Apollo nine. Now there's been no air to ground conversation
as the crew is busy station keeping and visually inspecting
the lunar module, and the slow will continue to stand
by for any conversation.

Speaker 8 (02:16:56):
Annapol nine, nagist. Then we've got you through the red
Stone standing by.

Speaker 4 (02:17:00):
Yes, uh yeah, have you heat from Uh we're about
twenty five feet now in the thirty court.

Speaker 8 (02:17:08):
UH copy.

Speaker 7 (02:17:19):
Follow nine is free to dock whenever the crew feels
like they want to. They will not have to away
to go from the ground. Flight plan schedule shows it
about three hours over California, but the crew is free
to dock uh when they uh desire to.

Speaker 4 (02:19:23):
S oh, I used to wear hard dock.

Speaker 8 (02:20:37):
Uh right, Uh. Paula nine understand hard dock.

Speaker 7 (02:20:41):
Sick go yes, reported hard dock at three O two
o eight.

Speaker 4 (02:20:53):
I was looking at about around where we get a
mac a lot of them. We uh dit the docoring.
Uh we got the contact. Uh yeah, we have two
callers with ours. We cousts were played by leader.

Speaker 8 (02:21:06):
Uh farah ninet. If the hous don't understand you got
a master alarm, just a huge doctor. And I didn't
copy about the arcta res h the leader at the boords.

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Uh you can apoloize show APOLOI ikay.

Speaker 4 (02:22:59):
Well you work plum down here there. How much time
do you have with you?

Speaker 8 (02:23:02):
We've got you for a long time here, we're coming
across the states here, just over California.

Speaker 4 (02:23:08):
Now hopefully I've got it.

Speaker 5 (02:23:10):
Uh.

Speaker 4 (02:23:10):
We came off just right, The angles were all just right.
We got turned off turned around in the line. But
I didn't have any left transporation for some reason.

Speaker 8 (02:23:25):
So that's got the no less translations.

Speaker 4 (02:23:31):
Uh from Chuck quarter any service model USS for us.

Speaker 8 (02:23:44):
Stand by a second of power nines. Uh, Paul nine
is a hitting It looks okay to us. Do you
have a question?

Speaker 4 (02:23:54):
All right? We're just coming round at it, and uh
it's difficult to trouble they almost one whever we have
any just or a out gives you know. So it's
just wanted to do to check.

Speaker 8 (02:24:04):
I ride your power nine copy.

Speaker 4 (02:24:05):
Yes, but the uh press was all worked up there.

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Uh used to nut of a package trip on the
uh quarter. It's run about two hundred. What do you
have down there?

Speaker 8 (02:24:42):
I stand by a poun nine light kickens.

Speaker 14 (02:25:02):
Yeah, used to nine the border with the recap.

Speaker 8 (02:25:30):
Uh, that's uh firmany calla nine. Let's press ahead and
uh it come sort of cycles in and out to
get a little week at times we do. We do
confirm the temperature here, however, and we'll have some more
words on that in a minute. And we're standing by
for the rest of your recap.

Speaker 4 (02:25:52):
Okay, when we got off, we were in pretty good
shape and then uh we didn't have any to get

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back after we got that sorted out, And shall be used.
It quite a good guess getting the squared away. But
the the docking was smooth. The capture latches worked just right.
There were no oscillations. After we captured. We lined it
up and did the we tract and it took about
ten seconds and it sounded like we got a good

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folive block.

Speaker 8 (02:26:46):
Right here. Pollo nine copied all that real good. Oh

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say the poll nine is the Houston.

Speaker 10 (02:28:34):
Uh.

Speaker 8 (02:28:34):
We'll have another state doctor for you over Bermuda sab
and you should be coming just about overhead about this time. Uh,
Pollo nine, you gotta be over Texas sh.

Speaker 10 (02:28:55):
Bub anything.

Speaker 13 (02:30:52):
Distinction present instants.

Speaker 8 (02:32:13):
Uh parba nine gift if you could srect could you
give us two and accept please? We have a stake
vector for you and UH have a NAS check when
you're ready to copy. And would also like to have
your opinion on do you think you don't have any
problems continuing on the timeline uh through rejection. Let's uh
with this uh situations for goose you cut to a

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co su sh Pauer nine is the Kiston, the computer

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is yours and UH the quarter a temp uh has
dropped about eight degrees now and coming across the states
and working for a Nile sh Okay and I.

Speaker 15 (02:35:03):
Reprinting seat.

Speaker 6 (02:36:43):
At teach.

Speaker 8 (02:38:51):
Seros following nine Houston.

Speaker 1 (02:39:08):
UH.

Speaker 8 (02:39:09):
We got there for about another minute. We'll see over
attinsion around two eight.

Speaker 6 (02:39:14):
UH.

Speaker 8 (02:39:15):
We would like to have you to go block on
your UH command Michael telemetry and you don't have to
swept the NAS check. We've checked your vector and it's good.

Speaker 10 (02:39:48):
Follow nize this.

Speaker 7 (02:39:51):
UH.

Speaker 8 (02:39:51):
Following nine Houston. You're way down in the mud.

Speaker 4 (02:39:54):
UH.

Speaker 8 (02:39:54):
Try again, S.

Speaker 7 (02:40:18):
This is Apollo control. At three hours twenty one minutes
into the mission, follow nine beyond the range of the
vanguard now.

Speaker 10 (02:40:27):
During the.

Speaker 7 (02:40:29):
Right At the start of this long pass over the
United States, the command and service modules docked to the
lunar module. Crew UH reported they were hard docked at
three hours, two minutes, eight seconds. Da've Scott UH in

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recapping UH the events, said that the commanded service modules
came off of the s furb stage with no problem.
During the turnaround, they discovered they had no left translation
from the Service Module Reaction Control System. In troubleshooting that

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they found some isolation valves closed to one of the
RCS quads. They corrected that came on d docked he
reported the docking was smooth without oscillations. The capture latches
worked as advertised, so we now have the Command of

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Service modules docked to the lunar module, which is still
within the slaw attached to the third stage of the
launch vehicle. The crew's extremely busy now preparing for the
ejection of the entire spacecraft from the third stage. They're
checking UH tunnel integrity between the two spacecraft, checking the

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docking latches, connecting some umbilicals, some power umbilicals to provide
power into the limb from the command module. Ejection of
the UH combined Command, Service and Lunar modules is scheduled
at sunrise just past los at Canarvon. We we may

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be in in UH communication right at the tail end
of that past, but we may not be in communication
at ejection UH.

Speaker 8 (02:42:41):
The crew was.

Speaker 7 (02:42:44):
Somewhat concerned about the temperature of one of the service
module RCS quads reported that at two hundred degrees. We
confirmed it on the ground, but during this pass over
the States, the temperature has started down and the controllers
here in the Mission Control Center do not believe we'll

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have a problem with that quad. Next station, the choir
will be ascension at three hours twenty eight minutes. At
three hours twenty four minutes, this is Mission Control Houston,

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the Apollo nine. We're showing orbital parameters now after two
revs of S four B Benning and the maneuvers of
one hundred seven by one hundred ten nautical miles.

Speaker 4 (02:44:06):
Alright, do you wanna make any empirical to right now?

Speaker 8 (02:44:10):
Alright, I understand you connect the numbella sh.

Speaker 6 (02:45:02):
Usually.

Speaker 8 (02:47:59):
Oh no, and it's the Houston.

Speaker 2 (02:48:01):
Uh.

Speaker 8 (02:48:01):
We're gonna have you for about another minute here at
assensions and then we'll see you over Tanannery at about
four four. And we would like to know the time
of when you transferred to uh the UH CSM power
and I have a sunrise time anytime you want it.

Speaker 4 (02:48:18):
A regional transferred to a CSM power at three hours
thirty three minutes of zero second.

Speaker 8 (02:48:25):
Oh very good, thank you, UH Houston US.

Speaker 4 (02:48:39):
You go the systems trans reader through the uh little
fellow full dollars apple boat through subtimes with the three
volts from the shore oscillation. Maybe you'll be ten sequency so.

Speaker 8 (02:48:53):
Uh roger UH copy it's variant from uh a half
to three votes uh slowly, Uh, thank you there are some.

Speaker 4 (02:49:00):
Tops open and pops back then sometimes to two kay.
There's some smaller operations about it located about a little second.
There are about two or three count a goot.

Speaker 8 (02:49:19):
Uh r copy the small oscillations. H it's two tenths
to three tens. Thank you, and we'll see over Tenannary four.

Speaker 4 (02:49:29):
Four Roger and what was the summarized for a time here?

Speaker 8 (02:49:36):
Sunrise time is four plus zero eight.

Speaker 4 (02:49:40):
Just four plus early.

Speaker 7 (02:49:56):
This apollow control at three hours thirty four minutes. Sension
has loss of signal. Now during this past the crew
reported they had brought up CSM power and attached it
to the lamb. At three hours thirty three minutes, we're

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showing an orbit for the combined spacecraft S four to
B combination of one hundred and seven by one hundred
and ten nautical miles now passed up a sunrise time
of four hours eight minutes. Ejection of the spacecraft from

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the S four B scheduled at sunrise. This sunrise time
is a couple of minutes past Canarvon Los. However, there
will be an Arriah aircraft in the area, so we
may be able to pick up voice communications during the ejection.
Maneuver Denannery will acquire at three hours forty four minutes.

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This is Mission Control, Houston. This is apollow control. At

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three hours forty three minutes into the mission, Tanana Reeve
is acquiring.

Speaker 8 (02:51:36):
Now follow and then get them the truth to nareeve

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t so the nine gets them through. Then read it
to anybody. Uh, I got the pay for.

Speaker 4 (02:52:23):
Walking back here that the heirs.

Speaker 10 (02:52:25):
It was closed out for pre.

Speaker 8 (02:52:32):
Smoky pall of nine. I heard you answer me, but
uh it it's unreadable. At that time a lot so
was closed out there A right copy of the hack
is closed out and you are uh pressure rising it

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push fallow nineers is Houston. Uh, we're losing your hair, Tananaeeve.

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Uh what's the overcarbin. At about five nights.

Speaker 7 (02:56:39):
Apollo Control at three hours forty eight minutes, Tanana Eeve
has los. During this past the crew reported the tunnel
was closed out, the hatch has been installed, and the
lamb was being pressurized. The guidance officer continues to monitor

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the command module computer. He reports it is go. He
does not see a problem in it. However, he says
he'll continue to monitor it is GO. At this time
next station, the choir will be Canarvon at three hours
fifty eight minutes. At three hours forty nine minutes, this

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is mission control, Houston. This is Apollo control at three

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hours fifty eight minutes. Thenarvan is acquiring Apollo nine.

Speaker 8 (02:58:04):
Now sallow nine Houston through Canarvon.

Speaker 4 (02:58:20):
Hoton polloid Roger, We've.

Speaker 8 (02:58:23):
Got you now, good voice contact. We'll be giving you
you go here shortly you can take a look at you.

Speaker 1 (02:58:30):
Well.

Speaker 5 (02:58:30):
Three were do.

Speaker 8 (02:58:34):
And Apollo nine would like to have you arm the
logic buses Rockston the road as firm or logic coming
on there too, logical stopping standby once and Apollo nine

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your go for power arms.

Speaker 4 (02:58:58):
I understood and more order three rejection of four os
and one one minute to go for.

Speaker 13 (02:59:05):
Uh.

Speaker 8 (02:59:05):
That's uh uh negative we uh. I gave you the
sunrise time here at four plus zero eight.

Speaker 4 (02:59:15):
Run wants to go on sun erasions before eleven.

Speaker 8 (02:59:24):
Uh, Poller nine is a Houston would like to have
you go at uh at sunrise.

Speaker 4 (02:59:30):
I under did.

Speaker 8 (02:59:36):
And power nine Uh, Houston, that will put your uh
evasive maneuver at four plus one one.

Speaker 4 (02:59:45):
Roger, Uh youth knight so power nine. UH listen to
you fro would like to wakti we have a good
sunlight before we come off.

Speaker 5 (03:00:03):
With pat.

Speaker 8 (03:00:05):
Uh roger we UH we concur with that your judgment
go through ye and uh palla and nine we're still
showing your UH command monchio telemetry UH of which and
except would like have your block.

Speaker 3 (03:00:22):
On that.

Speaker 8 (03:00:27):
Block sir, I thank you.

Speaker 4 (03:01:55):
All.

Speaker 3 (03:01:55):
Nine.

Speaker 8 (03:01:56):
If you get then yard go free catch.

Speaker 4 (03:01:59):
If cop.

Speaker 8 (03:03:49):
Okay, you might have a question or not to get something.

Speaker 6 (03:03:53):
You a dout with a dog.

Speaker 7 (03:03:55):
This apart of control, the ejection will be accomplished by
the use of springs to which the limb is attached.
They'll be activated pyrotechnically. They'll give the spacecraft UH slightly
over one foot per second UH velocity, and then a
few minutes later the spacecraft will make a slight evasive

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maneuver with the RCS thrusters slightly under one foot per second.
UH total of the UH ejection and evasive maneuver about
two feet per second. This is to place the UH
CSM and limb on a trajectory that will go UH
below and behind the S four B for UH the

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first S four B ignition. We'll continue to stand by
for air ground.

Speaker 8 (03:04:54):
Plow ninety six yen. Uh, you're coming off of canarvan here,
but we'll be monitorion here a check in through and
a riot s.

Speaker 4 (03:05:05):
Don't you oh, don't the ribs make an awful lot
of noise? You could a trouble hearing each other?

Speaker 8 (03:05:12):
Uh rock caps.

Speaker 4 (03:05:54):
Uh, very wise and way the awful and light and why.

Speaker 8 (03:06:00):
Slid night Houston pagans.

Speaker 4 (03:06:04):
We can uh pa, it was very much going on.
Uh really check It would be better if would be
one full of piculation, a.

Speaker 8 (03:06:14):
Rock in the want well riot down in that a
company everybody better for it, all of our we okay companies.

Speaker 7 (03:07:52):
This's Apollo Control at four hours eight minutes. Communications from
the Array aircraft. Uh, just two no for the crew.
They've asked that we not keep the riahs up here.
The aircraft will continue to stand by, and if the

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need arises, we will ask them to go remote again,
but we do not anticipate ariah communication. The next station
where we'll be able to be in voice contact will
be the tracking ship Huntsville at four hours fourteen minutes.

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This is Mission Control, Houston at four hours nine minutes.

Speaker 6 (03:10:01):
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