Spacelog Apollo 8

Roger. We'll maneuver at this present time and try to pick up that attitude and get Navi, although I think it's a waste of time, but we will give it a try.

Houston, Apollo 8.

Apollo 8, Houston. Go.

Roger. We're at that attitude right now and looking through the scanning telescope. I can barely see any stars at all, and every time that the thruster will fire, you know, just completely blanks out my vision.

Roger, 8. Understand.

Now the attitude is good, Houston, as far as not having glare on the optics, and it might be a certain amount of data adaptation is required here.

Apollo 8, Houston.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8 here.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. I've got a new PTC attitude for you when you finish P23. Give you a better look at the earth. Over.

Roger. Ready to copy.

Okay. Pitch 224, yaw 20.

New PTC is pitch 224, yaw 20.

Affirm.

Houston, Apollo 8.

Apollo 8, Houston. Go.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, Apollo 8, Houston. Go ahead.

Roger. We are taking our time going to this new P23 attitude; going to Navi is quite a ways away from the attitude we need for P23. I have a correction to make on 20—on Navi after getting dark adapted; you can pick out Cassiopeia and you can pick out Navi itself. It is difficult to see what stars are around. We still have quite a bit of particles that are floating with the spacecraft, especially when we move the optics and shaft. It seems to throw off a lot of particles.

Roger. We copy that. What's your spacecraft lighting situation inside now?

We have the center window—the round window covered, and we have—the other windows are opened.

Apollo 8, Houston.

Go ahead, Houston.

Apollo 8, Houston. While you're maneuvering for your P23, we have an update for DELTA-H for you if you're ready to copy.

Roger. Stand by.

Roger, Houston. You say you have a DELTA-H update for us? Just what do you mean?

Roger. DELTA horizon update.

Roger. Go ahead.

This is as a result of your P23 calibration; the update follows: VERB 24, NOUN 01, ENTER 1354, ENTER all balls, ENTER 214 50 ENTER; comment: continue to mark on the horizon destination that you've used previously. Your marks are looking very good.

Roger. DELTA-H update as follows: VERB 24, NOUN 01, ENTER 1354, ENTER all zeros, ENTER 214 50 ENTER. Understand those are two octal numbers.

That's affirmative; both octal.

Roger. When do we get the maneuvers here? I'll go out on 23, and I'll put these in; then I'll continue.

Okay.

Apollo 8, Houston. There's no requirement for you to leave P23; you can enter those right now if you want to.

Roger. Low bit rate, record FORWARD.

All right, Houston. Have you sent those commands yet?

Apollo 8, Houston. They have been sent.

All right, Roger. Thank you. I am on the other side, too lazy to go over and get it.