Spacelog Apollo 8

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

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

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

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

Roger. Standing by.

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

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

Roger.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

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

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

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

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

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

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

Clear.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

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

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

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?

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

Go ahead, Houston.

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.

Roger. Ready to copy.

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

Roger. We're with you.

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.

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

Roger. We're with you.

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

Apollo 8, Houston. Did you copy?

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.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Houston, did you copy?

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

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

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

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.

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

Roger. Copy 2027.

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

We are in ACCEPT.

Roger. You are in ACCEPT.

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

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

Ready to copy.

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?