- Bill Anders (LMP)
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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?
- Jim Lovell (CMP)
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Houston, on our present position, we'll go into gimbal lock. I figure to try and get the preferred angle.
Expand selection up Contract selection down Close - Jim Lovell (CMP)
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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.
- Jim Lovell (CMP)
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Houston, we're doing an OPTION 1 like OPTION 3. We keep getting a 401 ALARM, which says desired RCTU yields gimbal lock.
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. It appears that you have maneuvered around the gimbal locks system.
- Jim Lovell (CMP)
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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?
- Jim Lovell (CMP)
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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.
- Jim Lovell (CMP)
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Okay. I now have Aldebaran in the scanning telescope; I might want to call that one instead of Capella.
Expand selection down Contract selection up - Frank Borman (CDR)
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Houston, Apollo 8. We came up with an unacceptable difference in our stars; we're going to have to recycle.
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. In the event that we don't get this midcourse in, we'll still go for an LOI, and it's been suggested you might try Mirfak which is OCTO 10.
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, our data is down right now; appreciate making sure you have the tape recorder on.
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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That's affirmative. And would you give us another hack on your countdown time?
Spoken on Dec. 24, 1968, 1:01 a.m. UTC (55 years, 10 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet