Spacelog Apollo 8

Roger. We do have the optic covers jettisoned, and everything seems to be going fine.

Apollo 8, Houston.

Go ahead,Houston. Apollo 8. You're loud and clear.

Roger. You're loud and clear over Carnarvon. We would like to take DSE away from you for a second.

Roger. Go ahead.

Lots of lights down there.

Houston, this is Apollo 8.

Houston here, Apollo 8. Go ahead.

Roger. The torquing angle's 00026; that's plus 00026 plus 00035 plus 00119.

Roger. Apollo 8, Houston. And copy plus 00026 plus 00035 plus 00119.

Roger. We checked on stars 6 and 15, and the error was plus 00001.

Sounds pretty good.

Pretty good for a beginner here.

Right.

Apollo 8, Houston. We have about 1 minute to LOS Carnarvon, and everything is looking good with the spacecraft and the S-IVB. We'll see you over Honeysuckle Creek at 59:27—just here shortly.

Hello, Houston. Apollo 8. How do you read?

Loud and clear, Apollo 8. Houston here.

… How do you read?

Apollo 8, Houston. Loud and clear. Over.

Houston, Apollo 8. How do you read?

Reading you loud and clear, Bill. How me?

Houston, Apollo 8. Over.

Apollo 8, Houston. Loud and clear. Over.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Houston, Apollo 8 on S-band. If you read, everything is GO.

Roger. Understand, Apollo 8.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Roger, Houston. Read you loud and clear.

We are reading you loud and clear also, Bill. The problem here over Honeysuckle has been on the ground. Your spacecraft equipment is all working fine. We are going to have LOS in about a minute, and we will pick you up over Guaymas at 01:28:13. Over.

Roger. 01:28:13; thank you.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Roger. Houston, Apollo 8. Standing by for a GO for the backup COMM check. Over.

Roger. Stand by one, Bill.

California, inhibit VHF downlink.

California inhibited.