Spacelog Apollo 8

Apollo 8, Houston in the blind. Your yaw is 42 degrees. Recommend you set pitch and yaw to ATTITUDE HOLD for PTC. Over.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

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Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, Apollo 8, this is Houston, Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, Apollo 8, this is Houston, Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, Apollo 8, Houston, Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, Apollo 8, this is Houston, Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, Apollo 8, this is Houston, Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, Apollo 8, this is Houston, Houston. Over.

Houston, Apollo 8.

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

I read you loud and clear; my COMM here must have come unconnected.

Roger, Bill. We lost data on you for 15 minutes and voice COMM for about 45 and were beginning to get a little itchy. Is your PTC set up for rate command attitude hold?

Roger. Pitch and roll is in PTC.

Roger.

Apollo 8, Houston. Set up OMNI Charlie. Over.

Roger. OMNI Charlie.

Roger.

Apollo 8, Houston. We're showing yaw 54.5. Over.

Roger. It's been deadband right around there the whole time.

You can take command P00, also, if you want to. You might have to use it again.

Apollo 8, Houston. Say again.

Apollo 8, Apollo 8, Houston. Say again.

You can take over command P00; you might have to use it again.

Roger, Bill.

I'm trying to be quiet so the other guys can sleep, Jerry.

Apollo 8, Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Roger.

Apollo 8, this is Houston.

Go ahead.

Switch to OMNI Bravo, and we'll try the Bravo-Delta switching again. Over.

You blew it.

We're on OMNI E now, Houston.

Roger, Bill.

Looks like B couldn't quite hack it; I'll put it back there in a minute.

Roger.

Houston, if your EECOM's need any more help, just tell them to give me a call.

OMNI Bravo.

Roger. OMNI Bravo.

Apollo 8, Houston. Looks like we're getting pretty far off in both pitch and yaw. Showing about 50 degrees in pitch; and about 25 in yaw.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. All systems looking good. Over.

Apollo 8, Houston.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Go ahead, Houston.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Your systems are all looking good. Got a flight plan update for you: at time 96, you can delete P52. Your drift rates are real small.

Roger. And I'd like to do the chlorination at about 95:30 if I could.

Roger. Understand; chlorination: 95:30. Okay?

Houston, we're on OMNI C and going to Bravo now—correction, Dog.

Roger. Understand; going Delta.

We're on Charlie now.

Roger. Understand you're on Charlie. Break. Verify your UP TLM switch at COMMAND RESET is at NORMAL. Over.

Roger. It's in NORMAL. I've had the COMMAND RESET since we broke lock there, and I have to get back and control the OMNI's, so why don't you go command it over to Dog. Then give it back, and I'll set the other one on Bravo.

Roger.

Apollo 8, Houston. We have you on Delta; you can go to Bravo. Break. Give us a call when you've finished your chlorination. Over.

Okay. Everybody seems to be stirring around now, so we'll probably do it on time.

Houston, and the other two space aces are up now, and LMP's going to hit the pad and like to take a Seconal prior.

Apollo 8, Houston. Roger. Permission granted, Bill. Have a good sleep.

Thank you.

Apollo 8, Houston. Looks like you need about 3 more hours on that battery A charging. Over.

Okay. Well, my cohorts can handle it.

Roger.

Apollo 8, Houston. Can we get a crew status report on Bill before he goes to sleep?

He's feeling fine; a little sleepy.

Roger.

And had a meal about—had a meal about 2 hours ago; drinking lots of water.

Roger, Bill. Thanks.

Okay.

Good night.

Good night. Wish everybody a Merry Christmas for me.

Sure will, Bill. Same to you.

Thanks.

Make sure Bill hangs up his stocking before he goes to bed.

Houston, Apollo 8.

Apollo 8, Houston. Go.

Roger. We're up on all the jobs; Bill's going to sleep; he's already down.

Roger, Frank. Good morning.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. I have a little feature news and sports news for you if you'd like to hear it.

Apollo 8, Houston.

Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.

Roger, Frank. I have some feature page and sports page news if you'd like it.

Roger.