Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Go ahead with backup voice check.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Go ahead, with backup voice check. Over.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. Go ahead with backup voice check. Over.

Bill Anders (LMP)

Roger, Mike. I gave you a count. I'll give you another one. Are you standing by?

Bill Anders (LMP)

Roger. This is Apollo 8 through backup voice: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Over.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Roger, Bill. Reading you weak but clear. Go ahead with normal S-band voice check.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Bill Anders (LMP)

Houston, this is Apollo 8 on normal S-band: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. How do you read? Over.

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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. Reading you loud and clear normal S-band. How me?

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. Reading you loud and clear on normal S-band. How me? Over.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Bill Anders (LMP)

Roger, Houston. This is Apollo 8. Reading you loud and clear on normal.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Roger. Reading you loud and clear on normal S-band. How me?

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Bill Anders (LMP)

Houston, this is Apollo 8. How do you read on VHF? Over.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. Reading you loud and clear. We are also reading you loud and clear on S-band normal. How me? Over.

Bill Anders (LMP)

Roger. I'm reading you loud and clear. I'll give you another count on S-band normal: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. How do you read me?

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Roger. That's loud and clear, Bill. California, would you ENABLE the VHF downlink, please?

CommTech

California ENABLED.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Roger. We are going to rewind your tape recorder, and we have the TLI plus 90 and TLI plus 4-hour PAD's at your convenience. Over.

Jim Lovell (CMP)

Roger. Ready to copy.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Roger. TLI plus 90, SPS/G&N, 635 31 minus 164 plus 129. Are you with me so far? Over.

Jim Lovell (CMP)

Roger. We're with you.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Okay. 004:17:42.65 minus 04402 minus 00001 plus 48387 178 169 359, not applicable, plus 00185 48587 603 48383 06 2027 250, earth center 0123—correction: down 123; I say again, down 123, right 22 plus 21123 minus 03000 12313 34494 017:47:39, north set stars roll 068, pitch 097, yaw 356, ullage none; other: high speed procedure not required. Over.

Jim Lovell (CMP)

Houston, this is Apollo 8. We missed a portion of that maneuver PAD. Can you start with HP and go down to boresight star? Over.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Roger. I say again, HP plus 00185. Are you with me?

Jim Lovell (CMP)

Roger. We're with you.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

48587 603 48383 06 2027 250, and the boresight star is earth's center. Over.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. Did you copy?

Jim Lovell (CMP)

Roger, Houston. This is a TLI plus 90 as follows: minus- the weight will be plus 63531 minus 164 plus 129 0041 74265 minus 04402 minus 0001 plus 48387 178 169 359 plus 00185 48587 603 48383. We will have to get the sextant information later; 123 minus 030.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Jim Lovell (CMP)

Houston, did you copy?

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. We are picking you up now over Bermuda. I did not copy your readback after DELTA-VC. That was the last quantity—I received.

Jim Lovell (CMP)

Roger, Houston. Could you give us the sextant information again, the sextant star information?

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

That's affirmative. The sextant star 06, shaft 2027, trunnion 250. Over.

Jim Lovell (CMP)

Roger. Starting out with the sextant star, 06 2007 250, earth's center down 123, right 22 plus 1123 minus 03000 12313 34494 017 47 39; north set, roll 068, pitch 097, yaw 356, no ullage.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Roger. Jim, on your sextant star, the shaft should be 2027—2027. Over.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. Would you go to P00 and ACCEPT, please? We want to send up the state vector.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Roger. You are in ACCEPT.

Jim Lovell (CMP)

Roger. Go ahead. We are in P00 and ACCEPT.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Thank you. I have your TLI plus 4-hour PAD when you are ready to copy and your TLI PAD also.

Mike Collins (CAPCOM)

Okay. TLI plus 4 hours, SPS/G&N. Weight is still 63531 as printed; the pitch and yaw minus 164 and plus 129. Are you with me so far?