Spacelog Apollo 8

Apollo 8, go ahead.

Roger. We tried to get this realignment. We need—Do you have a maneuver to get us some gimbal angles so we don't get gimbal lock when we get the preferred alignment?

Stand by on that.

Thank you.

Houston, on our present position, we'll go into gimbal lock. I figure to try and get the preferred angle.

Say again, Apollo 8.

In running through PROGRAM 52, we got a PROGRAM ALARM 401 which would indicate that if we continued, we'd drive it into gimbal lock.

Roger. I understand.

Apollo 8, Houston. This should be an OPTION 1 like OPTION 3.

Houston, we're doing an OPTION 1 like OPTION 3. We keep getting a 401 ALARM, which says desired RCTU yields gimbal lock.

Apollo 8, Houston. It appears that you have maneuvered around the gimbal locks system.

Roger. Roger.

Okay. Sorry we were late on that answer.

Thank you.

Houston, Apollo 8.

Go ahead.

Well, we stopped and went through coarse align of P52 and then we got fine align, and pick-a-pair, pick Capella, but she drove and didn't get to any place. I didn't pick Capella, and I can't recognize any out there right now. Can I re-cycle here and go back and pick a pair?

Houston, Apollo 8.

Go ahead, Apollo 8.

My plan is to go back into re-enter PROGRAM 52—well, it did not drive to Capella, and I can't recognize it in the scanning telescope. My plan is to go back into recall P52.

Okay. Stand by one.