- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. Copy that you are now in PTC attitude, and we're watching your gimbal angle. We apparently do not have a downlink voice, but the data is good.
- Bill Anders (LMP)
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Okay. We're establishing PTC. We took one last look at the moon and on our way back.
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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Okay. In order for us to handle the antenna switching, I guess we'd like to have the AUX tape switched to OFF, and the tape FORWARD switch OFF; and we'll be switching between OMNI's Bravo and Delta.
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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Alright. And I'm gonna—you bug me when you get over 50 degrees of yaw, so I'll probably be watching that number pretty closely. We'd like to have the BIOMED switched to the right position. Okay. And for your own information: the fuel we show in the different quads I have here if you would like to copy it.
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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Oh, you've got some pretty good numbers on that that I sent up yesterday, and you had about 160 hours. Well, I'll check that out, but you were fat on cryo. I've got some SPS DELTA-V. You've got 33:20. You fly the service module RCS through the DAP. You have 142; and through SCS, it's 121.
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. We can't monitor on low bit rate whether you started your fuel cell purge. If you haven't, we can still go ahead and start now; and if you can, keep us posted as you go through it.
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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It looks like you may be in OMNI Alfa. Can you confirm that we're set up to switch between Bravo and Delta?
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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Okay. Understand the purge is complete. Thank you. And in reference to your cryo, it looks like we'll have 180 pounds in each oxygen tank at SEP and 11 pounds in each hydrogen tank. And you're well above the single tank capability.
- Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. Apollo 8, Houston in the blind. We've lost all data on you and request you select us a good OMNI antenna; try Charlie. Over.
- Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston in the blind. Your yaw is 42 degrees. Recommend you set pitch and yaw to ATTITUDE HOLD for PTC. Over.
- Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Apollo 8, this is Houston in the blind. Switch to antenna Alfa. Over. Antenna Alfa.
- Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Apollo 8, Houston in the blind. Select antenna Alfa, antenna Alfa. Over.
- Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)
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Roger, Bill. We lost data on you for 15 minutes and voice COMM for about 45 and were beginning to get a little itchy. Is your PTC set up for rate command attitude hold?
- Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. Looks like we're getting pretty far off in both pitch and yaw. Showing about 50 degrees in pitch; and about 25 in yaw.
- Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, this is Houston. Your systems are all looking good. Got a flight plan update for you: at time 96, you can delete P52. Your drift rates are real small.
- Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)
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Roger. Understand you're on Charlie. Break. Verify your UP TLM switch at COMMAND RESET is at NORMAL. Over.
- Bill Anders (LMP)
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Roger. It's in NORMAL. I've had the COMMAND RESET since we broke lock there, and I have to get back and control the OMNI's, so why don't you go command it over to Dog. Then give it back, and I'll set the other one on Bravo.
- Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. We have you on Delta; you can go to Bravo. Break. Give us a call when you've finished your chlorination. Over.
- Bill Anders (LMP)
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Houston, and the other two space aces are up now, and LMP's going to hit the pad and like to take a Seconal prior.
- Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. Looks like you need about 3 more hours on that battery A charging. Over.
- Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. Can we get a crew status report on Bill before he goes to sleep?
- Bill Anders (LMP)
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And had a meal about—had a meal about 2 hours ago; drinking lots of water.
Expand selection down Contract selection up - Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, this is Houston. I have a little feature news and sports news for you if you'd like to hear it.
Spoken on Dec. 25, 1968, 8:24 a.m. UTC (55 years, 10 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet