Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, are you ready to copy some cryo quantities?

Bill Anders (LMP)

I'm ready. How about O2 first.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay. O2 tank 1, I show 88.1 percent.

Bill Anders (LMP)

Okay. Could you give it to me in pounds, please?

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay. You'll have to stand by while we convert that.

Bill Anders (LMP)

That's okay, Gene, go ahead, I'll take the percent.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay. We will try and get the pounds for you, too, Bill. Tank 1, oxygen 88.1.

Bill Anders (LMP)

What time is that for?

Bill Anders (LMP)

In weight not percentage.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay, O2 tank 1, 88.1, O2 tank 2, 87.37.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay, 2 tank 1, 75.97. Tank 2, 78.06. Over.

Bill Anders (LMP)

Okay, thank you very much. It looks good.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Go ahead, Houston, Apollo 8.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay. I've got a couple of things we need from you. I would like to get a battery C voltage. I would like to check a battery manifold pressure. Your high gain —

Frank Borman (CDR)

Battery C is 37 volts.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Understand 37 volts on battery C. Is that affirm?

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay, thank you. And if you can get to the battery manifold pressure, like to read that one.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

All right understand 0.6 volts. The angles you asked for on the high-gain antenna are pitch minus 45, and yaw 90.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Okay. Houston, this is Apollo 8. I'm going to just go into high gain now, and we're about ready to pick you up … works on REACQ.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay, and I have a scanning telescope star visibility item for you to pick up, when you're ready to copy that.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Roger, we'll get that on high gain when we get back to you.

Frank Borman (CDR)

We'll come back on high-gain.

Frank Borman (CDR)

That's not fair, we're there already.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

That's pretty good acquisition, huh?

Frank Borman (CDR)

You guys are reading the DSKY. Go ahead Houston.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay, Apollo 8. Maybe we ought to try that one again next time, and the scanning telescope star visibility is scheduled for a 34 10 in the flight plan, and it'll be star number 31. The angles are roll 184.7, pitch 23.4, yaw 14.3, shaft and trunnion zero. Over.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Understand; star 31, roll 184 7, pitch 23 4, yaw 14 3, and star shaft and trunnion at zero.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

That's affirm, and that's copy star 31.

Bill Anders (LMP)

The LMP would like to take a Seconal and hit the hay.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Go ahead, Houston.

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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay. We'd like to go ahead and get into this COMM check here, on the last of this high-gain period. If you're ready to go on it I'll read you some witches.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Stand by. We're ready. Go ahead.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay. Number 1. S-band normal mode voice to VOICE.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Go ahead—keep going.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Uptelemetry data to DATA.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

CDR Normal mode voice to VOICE. Uptelemetry data to DATA.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay, uptelemetry command to NORMAL.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

High-gain antenna track, AUTO.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

High-gain antenna beam width to NARROW.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay, this will be our base-line data check. This will be a full uplink voice with ranging and full downlink.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. We are going to have to delay the COMM check again.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Houston, Apollo 8. how do you read?

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. Did you call?

Frank Borman (CDR)

Roger. We lost you for a while there. Are you reading us there now?

Frank Borman (CDR)

Okay. Thank you. So are we.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay, Apollo 8. Do you want to try that AUTO REACQ? 33 plus 24 looks like a good time and the angles are the same. And the late ball scores is 24 to 14 —

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

I say a late ball score there is —

Frank Borman (CDR)

Baltimore over the Vikings?

Frank Borman (CDR)

We have reached the scan limit on the high gain. what do you want us to do about it now?

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, what we would like to do with these angles is to set it in AUTO REACQ over on panel 2, and it is under the tracking for the high-gain antenna, and it'll—the lower position will say REACQ, and on the position dials we would like to set pitch to minus 45 and the yaw to 90.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Pitch minus 45, yaw 90.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Roger. If we could leave it in REACQ if you want to use the high gain, it would keep from waking us up every REV.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. I think we may have gotten off on a tangent. These pitch and yaw angles that we called up to you for the high-gain antenna were in response to Bill's request to know what positions we could put on there for a—for the AUTO REACQ position. The constraint still remains if we don't want to be on an OMNI antenna at the same time. We are in the AUTO REACQ position; we should be in one or the other. So you can use that information if you want to try it out. Otherwise, the procedures you've been using all along will be just fine. Over.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. I am transmitting in the blind right now. Our downlink isn't working so well; I'm just going ahead on an uplink.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Houston, do you read? Apollo 8.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, read you weak but clear now.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay. Looks like we had a ground problem there.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

- okay. Looks like we're —

Frank Borman (CDR)

Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

— Looks like we're in a good attitude to try this high-gain antenna on the COMM check one more time. I believe you're still on an OMNI. Is that correct?

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay. If we could try the high gain and maybe we can get started on this COMM check. I'd also like to verify that you've got the LMP and the CMP trying to get some sleep here, and we could use an oral temp from you, too.