- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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Okay. We are still going to the mid-Pacific, 357 152 359 146:29:13 267, plus 0813, minus 16503 066 36221 647 12166 36301 146:46:13 0028, the next block is November Alfa, V0 400 0210 0025 0335 0816 160590 312; Zeta Persei, up 165, right 34, up nonexit EMS pattern; Sirius and Rigel, roll 308, pitch 209, yaw 357, no P65 involved. Over.
- Jim Lovell (CMP)
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Roger, Houston. Entry PAD as follows: mid-Pacific, 357 152 359 146:29:13 267, plus 0813, minus 16503 066 36221 647 12166 36301 146:46:13 0028, NA, 400 0210 0025 0335 0816 160590 312, Zeta Persei, up 165, right 34, up. Use nonexit EMS pattern; Sirius, Rigel, 308, 209, 357, no P65.
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. You are clear to initiate cabin coldsoak at your discretion. Over.
- Bill Anders (LMP)
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Okay. It doesn't appear that we are going to be able to trigger the primary evaps, so I'm going to go ahead and start up the secondary loop.
- Frank Borman (CDR)
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Houston, Apollo 8.
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Roger. Since we're going as smoothly as we are here—we've got good COMM—let's start this pyro circuit check about 10 minutes early. What do you say?
- Frank Borman (CDR)
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Okay. Everything went fine with the check. We are all armed and ready to go here.
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. Simultaneous VHF and S-band. Do you verify that you are on the left hand VHF antenna? Over.
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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Okay. We are receiving some downlink, although it is considered to be poor quality.
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
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Okay. This is a simultaneous VHF and S-band transmission: one, two, three, four, five. How do you read on VHF? Over.
Spoken on Dec. 27, 1968, 2:17 p.m. UTC (55 years, 9 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet