- Frank Borman (CDR)
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Roger. Loud and clear. We are taking pictures of the S-IVB; the postseparation sequence is completed, and we seem to have a high gain.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Roger. We would like to ask whether you did a VERB 66 ENTER to transfer the state vector from CSM to LM slot. We didn't copy that down here.
Expand selection up Contract selection down Close - Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Okay.
Expand selection down Contract selection up - Jim Lovell (CMP)
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And at the same time, we can see Africa. West Africa is beautiful. I can also see Gibraltar at the same time I'm looking at Florida.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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How about your VHF check? We would like to get that done before you get too much further away.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Okay, good. Thank you. VHF alfa Simplex, and we will get configured for it; and in between times, give us a clue as to what it looks like from way up there.
- Jim Lovell (CMP)
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Roger. Well, Mike, I can see the entire earth now out of the center window. I can see Florida, Cuba, Central America, the whole northern half of Central America, in fact, all the way down through Argentina and down through Chile.
- Frank Borman (CDR)
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Houston, this is Apollo 8. We've lost sight of the S-IVB here. The separation maneuver may be delayed slightly, or else we will go ahead and make it without having her in sight.
- Frank Borman (CDR)
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Roger. We have the S-IVB in sight again now. We have done the separation maneuver.
Spoken on Dec. 21, 1968, 4:26 p.m. UTC (56 years ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet