- Frank Borman (CDR)
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Houston, we made the burn at 7.7 plus X plus 00001 Y; and Z's are all zeros. Gimbal angles, roll 180, pitch 310, and yaw 020.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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That's affirmative. I say again, we copied plus X 7.7, one-tenth in Y, no Z; roll, pitch, and yaw, 180, 310, and 020.
- Frank Borman (CDR)
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Okay. Do you want us to transfer that to the CS—to the LM state vector or just leave it alone? You —
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Affirmative, Frank. We would like you to transfer from the CSM to the LM state vector.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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How is that booster looking now? Is it drifting away rapidly, or how does it look?
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Roger. Understand; 90 degrees from its X-axis and about 1000 feet and separating.
- Frank Borman (CDR)
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Houston, this is Apollo 8. I think we've got clearance now; we got a little behind on our P23's, but I suggest we go ahead and start those now.
- Frank Borman (CDR)
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We're well clear of the S-IVB now, Houston.
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Roger, Bill. Thank you, and at your convenience, could you give us the PRD reading? And as far as the P23 goes, that's just fine to get started with it. It looks like your first star, which is number 14, should be good until about 05:15 GET. Over.
- Bill Anders (LMP)
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Roger. We'll start P23.
Expand selection down Contract selection up - Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Got that. Copy left to right: 0, 0.64, and 0.02 at 4 hours and 4 minutes. Thank you.
- Frank Borman (CDR)
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I have a beautiful view of the S-IVB and the earth here on one. I'll try and get a picture for you.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. We've got you about a minute away from the continuous vent open and 14 minutes away from the big dump, and we would like an estimate on your distance now if you can give it.
- Jim Lovell (CMP)
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Boy, it's really hard to describe what this earth looks like. I'm looking out my center window, which is a round window, and the window is bigger than the earth is right now. I can clearly see the terminator. I can see most of South America, all the way up to Central America, Yucatan, and the peninsula of Florida. There is a big swirling motion just off the east coast, and then going on over toward the east, I can still see West Africa, which has a few clouds right now. We can see all the way down to Cape Horn in South America.
- Frank Borman (CDR)
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Yes. Tell the people in Tierra Del Fuego to put on their raincoats; looks like a storm is out there.
Spoken on Dec. 21, 1968, 5:43 p.m. UTC (56 years ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet