- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Roger. We will have LOS in about 30 seconds, and we'll pick you up over ARIA 1 at 02:37:30.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Roger. Apollo 8, Houston. We're transmitting through ARIA 1, and you are also garbled.
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Good; you're loud and clear through the Mercury, and you're looking good dawn here. Everything looks good.
- Frank Borman (CDR)
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Roger. Understand. Our O2 flow is a little bit higher than I thought, but Bill says that it's just about what he expected.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, coming up on 20 seconds to ignition. Mark it, and you're looking very good.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. We're predicting cut-off, 02:55:58, and it looks exactly nominal here.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. That predicted cut-off, 02:55:52, 52, and that's exactly as it should be.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. Looks like a good cut-off. Everything is looking real good down here.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Your cut-off looked very good down here. We have a whole room full of people that say you look good.
- Frank Borman (CDR)
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Roger. Thank you. The only situation we have here in the O2 flow is high, O2 flow is a bit high.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. Your booster configured normally, and we're not concerned with the O2 high flow. We think it's normal.
Spoken on Dec. 21, 1968, 3:29 p.m. UTC (56 years ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet