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INTRODUCTION
This document is the transcription of the Skylab i /B flight crew
com_mications (i) as recorded on the co,_,_nd module (CM) data storage
equipment (DSE) and (2) as recorded on the alrlock module (AM) recorder.
Data from these recorders are telemetered (dumped) to Spacefli ght
and Data Network (STDN) sit s for retransmission to the Johnson Space
Center. Transcri pti on of these t pes was managed by Wi lli am A. Kelley,
Test Di vi si on, Program Operati ons Offi ce, to whom i nqui ri es regardi ng
thi s document should e referred.
The transcript is divided into three colu_s -- time, speaker, and
text. The Greenwich mean time (GMT) col_mmn consists of four multidigit
numbers representing days, hours, minutes, and seconds (e.g., 209 22 Bh 14)
for the Julian dates shown as the first three numbers of the time column.
The speaker column i ndi cates the source of a transmi ssi on; the test
colllmn contai ns the verbati m transcri pt of the communi cati ons.
Speakers i n the tra scri pt are i denti fi ed as follows:
Spacecraft:
CREW Uniden ifiable crewmember
AA Unidentified station
MCC Unidentified speaker, other than CC, in the Mission
Operati ons Control Room or a Staff Support Room.
In the text, a series of three dots (...) is used to designate those
porti ons of the commmmi cati ons that could not be transcri bed because of
garbling. On dash ( ) is used to indicate a speaker's pause or a
self-lnterruption. Two dashes (- -) are used to indicate an interruption
by another speaker or a poi nt at whi ch a recordi ng was abruptly termi nated.
Words gi ven unusual emphasi s by the speaker are underli ned.
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The Skylab i mi ssi on began wi th li ft-off of the orbi tal workshop at
17:30:00 GMT (12:30:00 c.d.t.) on May 4, 1973. The second three-man
team to occupy the workshop, the Skylab 3 crew, lifted off at
11:50:50.5 GMT (06:10:50.5 c.d.t.) on July 28. The Skylab 3 crew
splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 22:19:54 GMT (17:19:5_ c.d.t.) on
Sptember 25, 1973.
CDR Okay. Stand by.
CDR ... The ... Go- ahead time.
SPT The old saying ... side of this thing ...
covered over. VERB 37 ENTER, 36 accepted - -
CDR ... Go ahead.
VERB 25 ENTER ...
209 ii 3h 53 SPT Four balls, 2552, 3579.
PLT Boy, look at that. Look at that frost on it.
CDR Yes. I never did see the ...
209 ii 35 10 SP ... We're going to have to ... or we won't burn
/- on time. Okay, there we go. Burn on time.
CDR Okay, now. We got a burn at 25, right? Is that
ri ght, 0wen.
209 ll 35 27 PLT Go ahead, Houston. Over.
SPT ... look back?
CDR Yes, why don't you look out. Did you see it? ...
FLT ....as sick now before I took ...
SPT ...
SPT ...
that ri ght?
 
SPT 0.8. Stand by.
209 ii 36 12 CDR Feel that th ng ...
SPT Oh, yes. I can sure feel the acceleration of that
beast. I don't hear anything, but I sure feel
that acceleration.
PLT You can see the plumes out the window over here.
CDR ... aro nd in there ....
SFT We got a ... of pictures of that.
209 ii 36 31 PLT That's u , babe, if you do it right.
SPT They're all ... f/8, a 1/250 at infinity. I hope
they li ke that.
209 ii 36 39 CDR Okay .... out of there at zero.... at 8 seconds
CDR Okay. How'd it go? ...
SFT ...
FLT ...
209 ii 37 12 CDR Okay. Read me some other thing until I pitch
down.
CDR ... Hey, we ...
CDR Gosh dog it! They didn't give us ...
SFT ... better carry on with it, gang.
CDR 0kay, let's get on with it.
SPT Did I give you your book ...?
 
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209 ii B7 50 CDR Maybe that's Spain. Yes, that's Spain we're going
over.
PLT Okay.
209 ll 38 03 SPT SM RCS QUAD SECONDARY FUEL valves. I'm going to
OPEN them ri ght now.
CDR Okay....
209 ll B8 17 PLT Okay.
SPT A/C ROLL, four of them, all ...
209 ll 38 23 PLT Okay, ... It's there.
SPT SECS PRYR0 ARM, a pair, SAFE.
209 ll 38 26 PLT It's there.
SPT SECS LOGIC, a pair, OFF.
209 ll 38 29 PLT All righ .
SPT Circ it breakers SECS ARM, a pair, OPEN.
209 ii 38 31 PLT Okay.
SPT EDS POWER, 0FF.
209 ii 38 34 PLT T at's a good idea.
SPT Circuit breakers EDS, three of them, OPEN.
209 ll B8 39 PLT Complete.
SPT THC and RHC, LOCKED.
209 ll 38 41 PLT They are there.
 
SPT EMS, OFF to STANDBY.
209 ll 38 46 PLT EMS ... 3 feet per second here .... and it's
supposed to be plus 37.
CDR ... 5.
SPT It's right up there. It ... to it. It's right
over your ri ght.
209 ll 39 08 CDR We coming down ..., Jack?
PLT I don't know, A1. I can't - can' tell.
SPT Gosh_ You can see great from up here. We never
had ti me before.
Just flyi ng at about 40,000 feet.
209 ll 39 27 SPT Yes, it does.
PLT ...
$PT It's the ... darndest situation I've ever
seen ... laughter).
PLT ... 48....
$PT Okay. Circuit breakers - -
CDR All you do is look out the window when I tell
you to look out.
209 ll 39 47 CDR Yes.
SPT And the three EDS circuit breakers?
 
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SPT EMS, OFF to STANDBY.
209 ll 39 52 CDR Yes. Got that.
209 ll 39 53 SPT DEADBAND, MIN, HIGH ...
CDR ...
PLT ...
209 ll 40 00 CDE THC POWER, OFF.
SPT RHC POWER, DIRECT, a pair, OFF.
209 ii 40 03 CDR Good show.
SPT LV/SPS INDICATOR to GPI.
209 ii 40 i0 CDR Okay.
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209 ii 40 16 CDE Okay.
SPT Circuit breakers RCS LOGIC, a pair, OPEN.
209 ii 40 20 CDR All right. Oh, wait a minute. The RCS LOGIC.
Okay.
PLT Okay.
SPT SM RCS ENGINE PACKAGE HEATERS, four of them to i.
CDR ...
SPT RCS QUAD HEATERS, four to PRIMARY.
pLT Four to PRIMARY?
209 ii 40 42 PLT Okay.
SPT SPS HEATERS to PRIMARY.
209 ii 40 44 PLT Okay.
209 ii 40 45 SPT CAUTION and WARNING; I'll try to put that thing
to NORMAL. It is.
SPT And BPC Jett knob, 180 degrees from BPC Jett.
PLT ...
Afri ca. Fantasti c.
thing.
SPT Don't tell A1 hat - -
PLT That the Dead Sea?
209 ll 41 24 SPT Don't tell A1 that. He'll never get altitude.
PLT There's the Red Sea.
CDR I told you guys to not look out ...
PLT Got an EREP site around here.
SPT Yes .... is over here.
PLT We're supposed to take pictures here, 0wen,
pi ctures of the ...
SPT Yes .... Look at the two above it. T ere's the
desert .... desert i s fantasti c!
PLT ... on that? All right. Okay.
209 ii 41 55 CDR Okay now. Look, I've got to get up on this
a titude. And l'm already i minute late. All
ri ght, VERB 49 ENTER.
 
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PLT ..., Big 0.?
' SPT I know, but I've got to get these switches
verified.
CDR All you do is look. All you do is lollygag
(laughter).
SPT We got a dozen and a half good pictures, today.
oo.
SPT Okay, BPC Jett knob, 180 degrees from BPC Jett.
PLT Okay.
209 ll 42 21 SPT I'm going to have to get the GN2 handle ... and
pull to VENT.
PLT Go ahead.
PLT Okay. LATCH verified.
PLT NEUTRAL.
SPT Okay, I'm going to have to come out of my suit
now. And you have the Systems Checklist, Jack,
...?
PLT Okay.
SPT Okay, I'm going to unstrap and go back there and
and get those P ...
CDR Okay. Now wai a minute. You got to put this
over your ...
 
CDR I know, but you had your whole ... under it.
You'd have been ... it out. Wait. Want to ...
that ...? ... 35? Careful of everything.
209 ll 43 29 CDR ... 86 of the ... And I hit the 45 ... We're
maneuvering should. Got a 21 9 • Okay, that 's
good.
CDR ... can. Okay, let's put this in the clock. Go
for 1 minute and 40 seconds. Okay, we're right
atti tude, Owen.
SPT Okay, A1.
CDR ... We're going to go .. dark in a few minutes.
SPT We're going to what?
209 ii 44 26 CDR Go into the dark in a few minutes.
SPT Okay.
CREW (Laughter)
SPT We're hustling. Can't keep us down ... down
for about 2 months now.
PLT ...
SPT I think we are over the most critical part.
209 ii 4_ 46 CDR I do, too. But let's don't make any mistakes.
We got a long ay to go. In I minute 40 seconds,
I got to perform thi s thi ng.
209 ii 45 i0 CDR ... keep this ... neutral.
SPT ... It all the way back ..., and when I put it
where it was, it ...
SPT Right.
SPT Okay. Go d luck.
CDR It's now holding good ... control.
CDR I'll ... that Jet for 1 minute. That thing
dri fts more than we li ke.
SPT ... that GDC?
CDR No, _MS - -
SPT 0h, }_4S ...
CDR - - like the way it drifts.
209 ll 46 19 PLT Okay, I'll get these and get a few checks done
here. Owen's going down there. It says cabin
pressu
r
e is 4.7 or bett r, and 02 flow is not pegged
high .... Okay, it says cut wo ropes on
T027 box nearest panel 351 and move box, Owen.
SPT Okay....
you want to look at this thing for me?
CDR Okay, hand me tool E, and I'll do what you want.
SPT You don't even - to use it.
CDR Okay.
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CDR Check.
CDR Okay.
SPT FILL valve to 0 to 55, we got that?
PLT We don't have to fill.
SPT We only did that in the simulator.
PLT That's right.
SPT Okay, I want you to go LYCOL TO RAD valve,
normal. - -
CDR I don't blame you. Here you go.
PLT Thank you.
CDR Okay. What was that?
209 ii 47 44 SPT I had a momentary - Well, I got a GLYCOL FLOW
LOW.
SPT Yes.
CDR Okay. It's 99 •7.
209 ii 47 54 SPT Looks like we're going to have to fill a little
bit, AI. That radiator . .. empty.
CDR Okay. Let me close this.
SPT We'll do that ... no hurry.
 
next thing I want to do, it says: Dim lights.
No sense in di-_ng lights when we haven't got
anything to dim ....
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209 ll 49 04 PLT Yes, I feel a ...
SPT ... Over here.
CDR I want to take off this shoulder harness. I
don't want to . . to have .... take an hour to
get that hing off. ay ah ad of the game,
that's us.
CDR ..., Jack ....
209 ii 49 52 CDR I need to get tho e - I need to get the pads here
from O_en or Jack ... latest ...
SPT Okay. I - I better read them.
CDR Okay. Well, I'ii wait until you" get this thing
undone so we can get our gloves off, then I'll do
them, okay?
SPT Okay. Well, Jack, I got a circuit breaker to
get for you here ...?
SPT That COAS, MAIN B ...
209 ll 50 B2 PLT Okay. I thought it was, too.
PLT COAS/TUNNEL LIGHTING, MAIN B. You got the
strut unlock lanyards stowed?
 
PLT Okay, Al's got the SUIT CIRCUIT RETURN valve to
OPEN. Wait a minute. We've got to get the
EMERGENCY REGs to BOTH fi rst.
SPT Okay, ... flow right now.
CDR Okay. Up and on....
SPT ... a little pressure.
PLT You got it?
CDR Not yet.
209 ll 50 55 CDR How's the cabin pressure - pretty good?
SPT Real good. Checking; 5 point - 4 point - 5.7.
CDR ... working ...
CDR Okay, I got it.
209 ii 51 18 CDR Remember, we got to get a little ... build up.
CDR I don't think l've ever seen ... from the right
window. I ... COAS ... right window.
209 ii 52 09 PLT Do you get a ... light o er there, AI, on that
thi ng? Your cue cards.
CDR What?
PLT Do you get a ... light under your cue card? ...
light?
l'm looki ng for.
CDR Hey, ... I have to - this thing up at ... right here.
SPT ... Is that a good spot for it?
209 ii 52 50 CDR That's a good spot, yes.
PLT You're going to get a MASTER ALARM now.
 
209 ii 53 03 SPT ... pull the pencil away.
CDR Okay.
209 ii 53 i0 CDR We're doing so well. Well, they ought to go.
You got them in?
PLT Did you get your - BOTH on the REGs?
CDR Not - not quite yet. I got to ... before I get
worki ng on i t.
r- SPT ... that's a beautifulsight.
PLT Fanta tic!
209 ll 53 37 CDR 33 seconds ...
SPT I'm ready for the ... check.
PLT Okay. You want to do aMAIN REG check?
SPT Yes.
SPT Right.
PLT MAIN REG B, CLOSED.
 
SPT It is.
PLT Okay. There's 02 FLOW. Okay, MAIN REG B, OPEN.
209 ll 52 ll SPT OPEN.
209 ll 54 13 PLT A, CLOSED.
209 ii 54 12 SPT CLOSED.
PLT _MERGENCY REG, 2 select.
SPT Yes.
PLT Did you put your fin e on that thing?
SPT Not me.
PLT Now we're going to have to hold off because we've
got a HIGH FLOW.
209 ii 54 26 PLT I'ii tell you what, O_en .... Okay, you've
configured with BEG A, CLOSED - A ...
209 ll 52 6 SPT EMERGENCY CABIN PRESSURE on BOTH - or ...
PLT Okay, now push to text. Okay, that's ... - -
SPT All right.
SPT Yes.
SPT A, OPEN?
209 ll 52 50 PLT Yes. A, OPEN and - both REGs OPEN and
_ERGENCY REGs to BOTH.
CDR Okay, get ready to ..., right?
SPT I want to get my ... away.
PLT Let me see w at else I got here for you, O.
CDR ... go on and get ready for that alignment ....
209 ll 55 17 CDR Okay, now, Jack. Let me give you a present
whi ch e'll all love ...
PLT Drinking water ...
Thank you.
okay ?
209 ll 55 38 PLT Okay. Where do we want to put this ...?
CDR ... if it's possible, down there.
209 ll 55 44 SPT I'll set it up here. It might be more out of
the way here. Although I like it down there ....
CD All right .... down there .... sure looks
good down there.
PLT ... down there.
CDR Okay, now, Jack, you got to ... and I'll .. this
stuff .... down in 45 minutes .... dark in
52 ....
SPT In 45?
CDR 45 minutes ...
PLT Oh, I'm sorry. It's L ..., 1-16 ....
209 ll 56 29 CDR Okay. I don't have a thing ... need to get
those optics ready .... holding up the
operations.
SPT ... bag ...?
209 ll 57 03 CDR Yes. And I'm holding 19 in that ... Okay.
It ... SWS Systems Checkli st.
CDR ... 38 ...
CDR Got the burn.
209 ll 57 55 CDR Okay, now, 0wen. You've written ... something
i n thi s book.
SPT I got it in my book over here,... I wrote one
thi ng i n the Rendezvous Book. You're ri ght.
CDR ... 10 ... 0463 and 3461.
209ii5821 SPT 16104633..
SPT Ye , I did ...
we're going to need it ... failure. Forget it.
Okay, now.
209 ll 58 50 CDR ... write that in the Rendezvous Book?
SPT Oh, after we got in orbit, I guess.
 
CDR Okay.... 38, 39 ...
209 ii 59 28 CDR Okay, let me see what ... We got the main regs;
secondary radi ator leak check, no; posti nserti on
confi g; servi ce module RCS moni tori ng check.
Stand by for RCS moni tori ng .... secondary
glycol, extend docki ng probe.
SPT ... Look at that.
here.
PLT Okay.
CDR ... Look at that.
209 12 O0 04 PLT Looks like we're not going any place.
SPT ...
PLT Hey, I need you to - circuit breaker - hold on
Just a moment ...?
PLT Hey, O.
SPT Got RCS.
CDR
PLT Got it?
SPT Yes. But looks like I ... start it all over ...
209 12 O1 18 CDR How're you doing, Jack?
 
fasteners ...
CDR ...
SPT I have one over here.
PLT You got one over there?
209 12 O1 27 CDR Here, put that around ... couch ... Owen, throw
thi s thi ng out.
SPT ... some other place ...
CDR - - let me know ...
PL I'm feeling okay, but I'm still - you know, a
lot of - -
SPT Okay ...
PL .. for an hour or so, and maybe the pill will
take affect.
CDR Okay....
209 12 02 00 CDR Hand me the pills and I'll take them out of the
thi ng, Owen.
SPT I think I'd better keep them right here, AI, so
as not to bother you.
CDR ... save you time. I'll head back ...
P T ... drinking water ...
209 12 02 44 CDR Houston's trying to get us ....
LT ... ARIA.
209 12 03 00 CDR Roger, Houston. We hear you very, very weak.
CC Roger, A1. I hear you clear, but also very weak.
How now?
209 12 03 08 CDR ... 3 foot per second ... SEP burn. Everything
else is going correct. We did the _S DELTA-V
check this pass. Null bias check, be advised,
it started at minus 100 and ended up at minus 99.6
one time a dminus 99.7 the other time.
CC CDR, Houston. You'll have to say again those
two numbers. The first one - you started at
minus 100 and then ended up with what? The
second one.
CDR 99.6 and 99.7.
209 12 03 50 CC Roger. 99.6 and 99.7; th_nk you very much.
f-" And, CDR, any time during this pass, if you get
any information on the ... P52s, I ll be glad to
c py of them - copy them. I'll - I have a couple
of notes here for you - to let you know about.
Your CMC vector duri ng the boost developed
about a 30-foot-per-second out of plane, and
we intend on updating the CMC vector at Madrid.
And also we - our initial look at the X and Y
PIPAs makes us think they probably will need a
compe sati on, and we're goi ng to take another
look at them over the States. Over.
CDR Roger. Understand.
209 12 04 40 PLT And, Dick, when we put he radiators on the
li ne, we got a couple of i ntermi ttent
GLYCOL FLOW LOW li ghts, an_ the accumulator's
reading B5 percent now. We're going to put
a little more in her when we get around to it.
oi.
209 12 05 04 CDR Want some water, Jack?
209 12 05 05 PLT No, I already had a drink.
PLT Let's ... still ...
30 ...
too far do n in the noise. Unable to read
you.
209 2 05 47 CDR No, we weren't calling you, but it is fairly
noisy. We're at work on the P5 . We'll
give you a call in a few moments.
CC I'm standing by. And be advised the - the
weather condi ti ons today for ARIA are pretty
poor, so if we do have some comm trouble
through ARIA, i t's not your onboard systems.
And I'm standing by. We're AOS for the next
minutes.
SPT There it is.
CC Roger.
CDR Not bad for a physicist, huh?
209 12 06 37 SPT Or an electrical engineer; I know that, but - -
CDR Okay. The NOUN 93's are plus all zips, plus 021,
plus ll3. I'll say it again. All zips, plus 021,
and plus ll3. How do you hear?
CC Loud and clear, CDR. I co ied them, and go ahead
and tell me the torque ti me.
CDR 00:56:17.
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209 12 07 19 CDR Okay, we're going to go for the option 2 now.
CC Roger.
CDR Just as soon as we look at a check star. I'm
going to go PRO - -
SPT 25 is okay.
CDR - - VERB 21 ENTER, 25 ENTER. Here it comes - No.
That'll make it. I'm going to have to set. We're
starti ng to dri ft. Okay, that's ...
SPT Okay.
209 12 07 57 CDR Okay? 37 ENTER, 56 ENTER, VERB 23 ENTER. Okay,
PRO. Now the time I want to put in there is ...
• 07:01:38.00,VERB 25 ENTER. Plus 7, plus i,
" plus38.00...
209 12 08 26 PLT 6 fps ... baby.
_-- 209 12 08 30 CDR Okay, the time we're using is 07:01:38.00.
CC 07:01:38.00.
SPT Roger, that's the Talig n time we are using ....
CDR Okay. There we go. Don't lose them. They got ...
SPT Okay, we put - -
CDR Put everything in there but . . - Just put the tape
on ... ri ght.
CDR Okay? Hold the ... Okay, stars are the same ones.
... 33 to 37. How you doing, J ck?
209 12 09 17 PLT Fine.
CDR Good. We'll have LOS terminate. Let's start
bri ngi ng these buses i n.
CDR That COAS is working good. I checked it a minute
ago. Okay. Stand by ...
209 12 09 40 PLT Man, what an opportunity.
CDR You aren't Just kidding. J st look at those min
i mpulses of h t thrust.
SPT I can see them in the optics. Every time they
flip, why I see a little flash.
209 12 09 52 CC Skylab, Hou t n. We're about i minute from LOS.
We're going to see you at Texas at i plus 02.
CDR Okay, we'll be there.
SPT Texas ...
PLT Dick, when you fire the thrusters, up here it looks
li ke li ghteni ng goi ng by the wi ndow.
209 12 i0 i0 CC Roger. And that AOS time I re d to you wrong.
It's about i plus 32.
209 12 i0 15 CDR We kind of wondered.
209 12 i0 36 PLT Man, I sure wish I could feel lift-off again. You
know that?
PLT Man, that thing really shook ... It really did.
SPT I assumed that it was all normal, but you never
really knew.
CDR That's right. I worried. I thought we we e set-
ti ng there too long.
SPT ...
PLT ... tape record your - your sensations and ...
209 12 ii 30 CDR Okay. Okay.... 01 .... a little more ... Okay?
187667. i - oh, okay. l'm going to ... Okay, 'm
tor ui ng i t out.
SPT ... it out?
REFSMMAT, we got i t made
 
else. We're out of there. VERB 21 ENTER. Up 33,
Owen. You ready?
CDR That's it.
SPT ...
CDR Funny, I don't ever hear it driving. No, it's very
very quiet. I can barely hear it ...
209 12 13 04 CDR Feeling good, Jack?
PLT 0h, yes.
CDR Okay, ...
PLT I'm Just going to lay here and let the pill take
affect. Then I'll go ahead.
209 12 1B l0 CDR All right. Got plenty of time. Here comes 37,
Owen.
PLT ... I can't believe we've been here an hour already.
Gee, I've got it bad.
CDR Not bad. Not bad ... Not a bad foreign Job.
SPT ...
209 12 14 25 PLT I get the impression we're not having any - plane
change.
CDR 30 feet per second. You think they can take care
of that? No, that's CMC. Oh. Here comes the
part. 103 point ... I can tell. Love y.
PLT Yes.
25 ENTER. Here it comes ....
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VERB 41 ENTER, 45 ... 79 ... 14. Here's the book,
Owen. One page tore out so I've got it kind of held
in there. Hold both sides, if you would ....
Just don't know. They had all sorts of extras.
I didn't try to get him to do - I d dn't feel like
that was a nice clean Job .... In fact, I didn'
have to do it, but I don't - huh?
209 12 16 31 PLT I thought it looked good.
SPT It took some good pictures that ... - -
CDR Beautiful pic ures.
SPT He's got ... from those ... - -
209 12 16 38 CDR I didn't feel like I could tell relative motion
worth a darn. I Just had to look out there, and
every once in a while I look out and say, "Yes,
I'm okay." And I didn't feel like I could tell
if I was moving in or out too well. Did it feel
okay?
209 12 16 53 P T Yes. I - I felt like we did about the time we -
you ment oned the ... on the bag. I felt we
were at our closest poi nt.
209 2 17 05 CDR That was kind of amazing ... You got a good feel
for the size of the thing. It wasn't as big as
I thought.
CDR Okay. Here we go. Owen, are you zeroing all
that stuff?
SPT Oh, no, as a matter of fact ... zero ... Let
me know when we get the lights up.
CDR It'll be in about 5 minutes. Around there. But
we got all the hard stuff done .... burns ... got
an hour to get ready .... right out there so darn
nice that I couldn't believe it. Okay. You guys
ready to zero?
SPT Yes, I - I - -
CDR Let me know when, Big 0. Gosh, that star's right
there. It's bri ghter than the si mulator. Here.
Ready?
SPT ... okay.
209 12 18 22 CDR No, you should have been in - You got to do it
again. It had to be in CMC.
SPT I had it in CMC.
CDR No, because it didn't come out with the shaft and
trunnion. It must have been in MANUAL.
209 12 18 33 SPT Well, I - I zeroed in MANUAL. Then I - -
CDR You got to - -
SPT - - went to CMC.
209 12 18 37 CDR - - no, you've got to be - -
209 12 18 40 SPT - - Like I wasn't in CMC when you started P52 or
something. That 'd make - -
209 12 18 44 SPT CMC, right now.
CDR CMC and out of ZERO.
SPT No, I am in ZERO.
CDR Okay. Well, come on out of ZERO. That's the
problem .... Here we go. Now we got it. Now
we can read the numbers.
SPT The numbers are - -
SPT 74.
CDR That means I've got a ... down.
CDR I've got the star in sight. Be there in a few
_ minutes,wen.
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SPT ...
209 12 19 31 CDR Sure nice com ared to the simulators. Now we re
going.
209 12 19 47 CDR Okay. All right. Now - We're going to save so
much gas, they'll be flabbergasted.
209 12 20 17 CDR Oh gosh, this s going to be good alighment.
Going to be simple.
209 12 20 22 CDR MARK. I'll Just hold it in there. Geez, I can
hold it in the center.
209 12 20 29 PLT A lot better than the simulator, huh?
CDR Anytime you want 12,000 - Gee, I can hold this
little dot in the center.
PLT ...?
209 12 20 40 PLT All right ...
209 12 20 47 CDR A couple of thousand.
SPT Okay, you ready?
CDR Incredible! The real world's better.
209 12 21 05 CDR MARK. Right in the center.
SPT Oh, that's ...
CDR If you find ... the center in that son of a gun
... m u
thousandths, A1.
CDR And A1 ... can do it. I'll let you guys - I won't
let you guys fly it until after we undock for
entry. Then we'll have the time for you all to
 
SPT 0kay, that 's agreed.
209 12 21 29 CDR We'll save it now, because we've got a long way
to go, babe.
CDR Okay. Got everything written down?
SPT ... it's recorded.
PLT Yes, I've got ...
CDR All right. I'm going to go back to ... and I
thi nk I'm ... 31.
209 12 22 17 CDR O ay, now let's see. I've got to call ... because
I want them exactly the same. They are; they're
the same. I don't want them any different than
... We ain't going to do his half-assed. We're
going to do it perfect.
PLT ...
209 12 22 41 CDR Okay, and we're going to have to be pre ise. We
got the training and the right three guys. Now
we've got the opportunity - -
209 12 23 00 PLT Enable REFSMMAT down-link.
CDR I - I need my book ....
PLT Huh?
CDR Thank you, sir.
209 12 23 07 SPT Now are we through with P527 For ... - -
CDR For- Yes, sir.
 
2_
CDR I wish you would. I've been meaning to take them
SPT ... factor.
PLT A1, ...
209 12 23 29 CDR ... you figure it. Don't put anything like a
penci l down unless you don't care whether you
knock it off and can't find it for about 2 hours.
SPT Yes.
PLT Well, we'll watch these pens .... away.
CDR ... and later you'll find that anything you really
want, don't set down.
209122346 SPT Imight ip.
SPT While I had that thing off - drifted to 52.
209 12 23 54 PLT Well, I had it zeroed. While I was doing that
marking stuff, it Just ... - -
CDR What'd they tell you - What did they say about that
waste water dump?
PLT I'ii get that now.
209 12 24 06 CDR I want to Just make sure that we're doing the
ri ght thi ng.
PLT We don't have much waste water in here, 30 p rcent.
CDR State vector might be a little screwed up. Why
don't you go ahead and ...... Bypass dump ...
VERB 95. Stars ...
CDR Go ahead....
209 12 25 12 CDR There, ..., 5, 7, 12, 2700. 7, 12, 2700. Jack,
how's that SPS look?
PLT I Just c e ked; that's good, too.
CDR Okay. Thank you.
209 12 25 35 PLT Did you ever get the SUIT CIRCUIT RETURN valve
OPEN?
CDR I certainly did. The only thing I know of that
we haven't done i s your secondary radi ators, and
_-_ wehaven't-
209 12 25 48 PLT I've got to fill that in later.
CDR ou're right. And we haven't done the docking
probe -
CDR Yes, let's do. Let's do it. Okay?
209 12 25 57 PLT Here we go with those circuit breakers, DOCKING
PROBE, two CLOSED, veri fi ed.
CDR They are.
209 12 26 04 PLT 0kay. Go to DOC PROBE, EXTEND/RELR_SE.
CDR Okay....
PLT Yes - -
PLT Sure does....
CDR Okay....
209 12 26 14 PLT And you get two grays.
CDR Yes. That's it?
PLT Yes. That's all.
CDR Now, I'm supposed to - supposed to ... here to
have a REFSMMAT ...
PLT Did you get the drinking water around there, 0.?
SPT No, I haven't.
209 12 26 38 PLT Counterclockwise.
209 12 26 59 CDR 0., can you - ... lower my couch? You can start -
I guess you're able to get out of your suits now,
I thi nk.
CDR I turned it on.
SPT ... said something about counterclock.
CDR I turned it on. I turned the drinking water on.
PLT Oh, okay.
SPT Okay, now slide your couch fo ward.
CDR I - I'm Just fine on this side, .
209 12 27 B2 SPT All right. Want to get your foot pan folded up,
I thi nk.
CDR But every ... - -
stuff - -
209 12 27 38 CDR I'm trying to release it a little bit. That it?
How's that?
SPT Couldn't be happier.
PLT ... I'm ready when you are on it, A1. May need
an early one. ...
CREW ...
209 12 28 03 PLT Okay. It says here - panel 379, PRIMARY ACCUMU-
L ATION FIL L valve - counterclockwi se.
CDR ... get it in.
209 12 28 3_ CDR We won't have to worry about getting it in for
a long time. You can read me those - little
frames wi th the hooks on them.
CDR Yes.
PLT I could take a couple - a couple of them ...
Couple of them would be all right, I guess.
SPT Okay, I've got it. Now, what's my ...?
CDR
 
C R Okay.
SPT Snake. Pull this bag up and they come out of here
like snakes . .. Really sprung out.
209 12 29 18 PLT Okay. That's done now.
CDR Okay. Here we go - clockwise.
PLT Do little more; I'm sorry. Think Joe found
l0 percent ; would turn i t off.
C R Okay....
PLT That ' it.
PL That 's perfect.
PLT Okay. Now we have one more there - -
209 12 29 40 CDR Okay, let me write a couple of numbers, then I'll
be wi th you.
SPT ... Jack.
209 12 30 46 SPT Watch out for this ... of ...
SPT ... go ah
 
CDR ... the way, Jack.
209 12 31 12 CDR All right, Jack. What do you want me to do for
you next?
209 12 31 15 PLT Secondary radiator leak check is the next thing,
A1.
PL Panel 377, SECONDARY GLYCOL TO RADIATOR valve.
Get a li ght?
CDR ... better get this ... out of the way.
CDR Which way do I go on this?
_-- 209 12 31 37 PLT Cloc wise. Let me know when you're there ... time
i t for 30 seconds.
CDR . .
209 12 32 18 CDR I got it, Jack. What do you want me to do now?
PLT Go clockwise for 30 seconds.
CDR That 's clockwise.
•PLT Okay.
209 12 32 27 SPT We' e going to attitude, in case you're wondering
why all the firing. P20 attitude. The next thing
we do - -
A li ght yellow.
CDR Then we must be coming up on ... The only thing
LT ...
C R Yes, I am.
SPT You didn't notice any ...
209 12 32 54 PLT Okay. Go counterclockwise.
CDR How did it read?
PLT No leak.
CDR Can't ... about that.
CDR ... about there .... , Jack?
209 12 33 09 PLT Thank you. That takes care of that.
SPT Need to do anything closer, now?
CDR You can see how you could turn over in this -
•..thatthisthing. -
PLT I didn't have to let the seat pan down at all.
I just fli pped over there•
CDR ...
209 12 33 38 PLT Right.
CDR One up here just drives you nuts after a while,
holding on all the time. Now that one's okay.
That worked Just perfect. Like to do that in a
si mulator .... etter ...
PLT Fine.
209 12 33 57 SPT It would have be n nice to be able to ... sit
in the simulator from now on. No cares for at
least another 2 to 3 months.
CDR No cares period, right now. No problems.
PLT Well, anyway, he began to think ... anything out
there at all .... here in the clouds ... a little
li ght yellow.
PLT Yes.
209 12 34 31 PLT But nobody has, really. Interesting stories about
it.
CDR No it don't quite make the - cut the mustard,
though.
CDR What time is it, Jack?
209 12 35 21 PLT 01:24, 01:25 coming up.
CDR Got to do ... P52 ... get myself back over here
and do it .... in here ... cue card ... Got
to get the cue card ...
PLT Okay.
CDR Okay, there.
209 12 35 50 PLT I got all my ... Everything is in good shape.
CDR Got ... got them with rubberbands around them.
PL Now, I'll try to handle this shuffling carefully.
CDR Well, look at that ... right there.
SPT Get the ...
CDR Yes.
SPT Where's ...
209 12 36 24 CDR Right out in front of us.
SPT Sure does.
PLT 3 ... VERB 37. ENTER, ENTER; ... right the e.
SPT What kind of cards to you expect to ... for our
rendezvous, Jack?
PLT Oh, I got a - one long skinny card that I need - -
PLT Yes.
PLT Yes. I ...
CDR Okay, I've got it. There you are. Here's four
for you, Owen.
209 12 37 04 PLT Those cards are all history now, pal. Thanks, O.
SPT You bet.
SPT Sure takes a long time to get light, or else we're
i n the clouds.
209 12 37 24 CDR Got a choice of believing those instruments or not.
PLT Hard to believe we're hearing through that.
CDR ... about half a ... at a time.
PLT What a ride ....
209 12 37 39 CDR ... air like it were to ...
PLT You're just fair. A team doesn't even know your
• .. yet.
CREW ... true.
CDR That's what a million and a half pounds does.
Don't get in the way, is all I can say.
 
CDR I thought it really burned. I thought it was
better. I honestly thought that was better•
SPT How do you decide what's better? You ... more
•.., more feeli ng, more sensati on?
CDR More vibration. The fact that we didn't have
the p oblem• It - Look what I did. Now how did
I do that?
CDH ... back to back• I didn't have my hand controller
on. Must have had it on.
209 12 38 47 PLT I'm first to pop out of the suit.
SPT Yes.
209 12 38 48 CDR Okay, I'm going to POWER, OFF, and - and ... ll
right. Okay? Here e go.
-
PLT Does this feel like you had a little more pizzaz
to it - get up and go?
CDR Yes. It did to me. Plus the fact is that you
could concentrate on it and enjoy it. Shoot,
on Apollo 12, we were so hepped up you couldn't
- you know.
PLT Yes, that's right.
209 12 39 36 CDR You couldn't even watch the sensations. Here we
had everythi ng under control. We never talked
during launch .... Just that other thing. Here
we looked out; heck, it was Just a lot nicer.
We were looking out he window, talking about how
great it is. It's a lot more like a neat trip.
PLT Yes.
CDR I liked it. Huh? Wasn't it enjoyable, Just to
look out the window, and think how great it is?
PLT Well, the Sun's going to come up.
f
PLT ... stands ...
209 12 40 13 CDR O., I'm going to give you these. Sure would like
to run through this whole thing her and wrap it
up in a piece of tape.
P T Make you a little fatter ball.
SPT Are you kidding? ... make a great souvenir.
PL I'm putting that piece of tape on the end of the
helmet ...
209 12 40 41 CDR I've got to get this thing off. I've got to be
careful .... when I get too ...
209 12 41 03 CDR It locked. Is everything locked? Has everybody
got everythi ng locked? Handy hand control .... ,
Owen .... coming up on something ... know what.
SPT Take it easy, Jack, until you get those pills
digested.
CDR Yes, we - we can handle all this stuff. No big
hurry. Owen and I'll get our suits off first and
you take the comm and all that stu f.
PLT Okay.
209 12 41 29 PLT Yes, I really don't feel that bad. I feel like
SPT Let's get that -
PLT - - could get that way if I - around too much.
209 12 41 37 CDR You got 59 days, - -
PLT So what the heck.
CDR Might take all the precautions that we can.
SPT Oh, my.
209 12 hl 55 SPT You got the book right there to take the data in,
Jack.
CDR Get that thing loose right there, Owen, and buckle
out of my ...
209 12 42 02 CDR Yes. Can you get that little buckle out of there?
SPT Okay .... Throw me a pencil, will you, Jack.
PLT There you go.
CDR What is it?
209 12 42 24 CDR Oh, it's Just a - I'ii Just put it under here.
I've got t make that burn.
PLT Owen, maybe I better have the scissors. Thanks.
CDR Ccming up on ... 32.... when we get there.
SPT There we go. Okay.
209 12 42 53 CDR Think it's Just about under. Okay, that's good
- pull it.
f
209 12 43 04 PLT We can break this thing down a little bit more,
0., so you can get stuff in there better.
209 12 48 27 CDR ... got to ... the burn.
PLT It' one of those little ...
209 12 48 58 SPT Here's where we are - over the States.
CDR Look at that ship out there. Lo ks bigger than
heck.
SPT We've had trouble getting it ...
209 12 4 15 CDR I got it with my naked eye.
PLT ...
 
PLT ...
209 12 49 50 CDR Now 1:39. Got about 30 minutes until we can
get out of this suit. That will tickle Owen
to death. Let me get out and let you guys ...
Over the U.S. somewhere ...
CDR Boy, this ... feels ...
PLT Yes. l'd better get it right ...
CDR ... a_ound ...
PLT Yes.
PLT We've got -l've got a nice ...
SPT We all had one ...
PLT Yes.
SPT ...
209 12 52 01 CDR I felt we were diving.
SPT Yes, here you go, here you go -
PLT I did, too. I thought we were going to ...,
you know that? Make a split S.
SPT Yes, I see; it looks like it.
 
41
209 12 52 13 PLT Right over the top of a split S ....
SPT Did you - did you make ...
CDR What now? Let's get out ...
PLT ...
LT ...
CDR I think I've got it.
PLT See what I mean?
CDR Yes. I'll need ...
CDR ... CDR ... probe ... maneuver
209 12 53 37 CDR Okay. I'm ready to get out whenever you
say, Owen.
CDR ... like ...
PLT Main ...
CDR MAN ATT -
209 12 53 58 PLT Kind of cloudy around here. It's all
overcast, i sn't i t?
CDR Let's take a look at the ... It's going
to ... Dadgum:
2 --
209 12 54 20 SPT l'd like you to take yours and give Jack
hi s ...
CDR Got the names on it and ... yours.
PLT Okay .... sports fans.
PLT ... That ... over here.
PLT ... never can tell.
209 12 57 l0 SPT Okay. How about getting me out.
PLT Yes. I'm ready. All right.
209 12 57 54 PLT We're over the ocean. I don't know
where we are.
209 12 58 12 PLT Lookl We're over the rainbow, boys.
209 12 59 45 PLT Can I help you here? Watch your head on it, A1.
209 13 00 20 SPT Yes.
PLT Separation bur ...?
SPT Say again, please.
 
209 13 01 01 PLT ... stick it underneath here. How much ...,
AI, ...
209 13 07 Oh SPT They got little caps that ... such thing. Just
pass them to me and I'll stick them in those lit-
tle packages. Know what I mean? Know what I
mean, Al? Get these little connectors off your
thing. Let me know and I'll put them in these
little packages. Well, when you put on your hel-
met, you will. Those are the little things that -
Here, let me ... I'll ... little things down
there. I think we got ...; we've got to get
goi ng here.
209 13 08 50 SPT ENTER.
209 13 09 09 SPT Okay, A1. There's a few updates here and then
we'll ... Just a second.
CDR Anything of interest?
CDR You got to put it in?
209 13 09 22 PLT That's my understanding. You have the address?
The data? There's new data over in the right
colnmn.
209 13 09 30 CDR Write this down in the ... Write this down in
Just a second, Jack. h6, 921, 7874, 16509, 35982,
1776, 581, 391. Okay. Tell me again, Jack. I'm
sorry.
address, and data, three of them.
209 13 l0 12 CDR Okay. So we do VERB 21 NOUN 01 and hit the THRUST
and then DATA?
 
PLT Yes.
CDR And do we have to do a VERB 21 at he time?
PLT He didn't say it.
CDR Okay.
PLT Over here. Over here. It's this data right here.
CDR All right.
209 13 l0 27 PLT That's the same thing over there labeled ...
CDR Okay.
PLT 1-5.
CDR What's 1-5?
PLT Page 1-5. I got you; that pad right there and
thi s i s the data ri ght here.
209 13 l0 44 CDR Sounds good. Let me get this other now.
PLT ... over here?
209 13 i0 55 CDR VERB 21 NOUN 01 ENTER.
PLT ... What's it for?
CDR ... It's to - ENTER, 00665 ENTER ....
209 13 ii 24 CDR VERB 21 NOUN 01 ENTER. 1464 ENTER. Look up
something in the G&N Dictionary , please, Owen.
SPT All right .... over there.
CDR 676647 ENTER. That PIPA update is in. VERB 21
NOUN 01 ENTER, 1466 ENTER, 03570 ENTER .... Data
up-link, transmit ... VERB 48 ENTER, ... 31209,
VERB 21 ENTER .... 31209, ... 37 ... 3751.
... Got that, Owen? VERB 37 ENTER, 31 ENTER,
... 1806. Do you agree with that, Owen? Agree with
the 18067 --_
SPT .i °
209 13 14 ii CDR No? 14.8, right? ..., we Just keep going That
correct? Maki ng sure that's correct?
CDR 712 ... 700.... final count ... (Cough).
CDR ... that general area, ... try to ... that out.
SPT Okay.
209 13 15 38 PLT Real bright star coming right above the horizon.
CDR I don't think I can see it.
SC ...
CDR . .
209 13 15 48 CDR No doubt about it. See it? ... SIVB ...
SPT That's not that bright.
PLT It is.
0wen.
PLT ...
CDR Oh, yes.
CDR Comes within 0.5 ... VERB 21 ... 148. Okay?
Owen? e've got to get going, (men .... Quit
worrying about that other stuff, okay? ... 18.
... Okay, let s see what else you've got.
PLT The cards?
209 13 17 29 CDR Okay, let's go to the cards. AUTO RCS, 12 of them
ON; _4S DELTA-V. Set that thing ... okay? FDAI
SCALE, 5/1; MIN; LOW; BMAGs, RATE 2; CMC, AUTO;
/_ FDAI, go to INERTIAL.
CDR Eight of them in, CLOSED.
SPT All eight in, CLOSED.
209 13 18 06 CDR SCS TVC, RATE CM ; GIMBAL DRIVE, AUT ; ATVC,
HIGH; RHC, ARYan. Don't bother that ... Okay,
now what did you set it at?
SPT ... 0.5 right on the ...
CDR Yes, we're not going to ... the same ... new
atti tude ....
SPT ...
209 13 18 25 CDR That's okay. Now, what we need to do is get you
to set the clock.
CDR ... again. You'll have to wait. Let's see. It _
may be ...
SPT ...
209 13 18 44 CDR ... going to the right attitude now.
PLT Sure got something streaming along the - window,
here. Man !
SPT I did.
209 13 19 24 CDR ... coming up on 9.... get out of here ...
got down to there. 37 and 40 ... There we are.
We're at Just the ri ght place, okay? TAPE RECORDER,
HIGH BIT RA E, RECORD, not yet. We're at 5_.
209 13 19 54 SPT We're at ...
CDR ... NOUN 45 ENTER. Okay, now let me look at this.
Let me tell you what, go look at this SHAFT and
TRUNNION right here and make sure you got it ...
Okay, Jack, we're getti ng ready to go.
 
PLT .. stuff. I'm on it now.
209 13 20 14 CDR Okay, well, skip it then. We're - we're okay.
PLT ...?
CDR No, we're going to go on and forget the ...
PLT ...?
CDR Right. There we go.....
209 13 20 35 CDR ... r ght on time, okay? You have to push hard on
that ...
209 13 20 57 CDR Okay. Now. Okay, we're all set. Jack, MAIN
BUS TIES, please.
Better put the TVC SERVO POW]_, ON. See if this
ti me agrees wi th that ti me, Owen.
209 13 21 14 SPT All right.
CDR ... MTVC ... AUTO.
CREW ... check it off?
209 13 21 28 CDR Spacecraft control to SCS. Okay. GIMBAL MOTORS.
Are you ready, Jack?
PLT ... pitch ..., yaw ..., trim.
PLT Okay.
PLT ...
CDR ...
PLT Okay.
CDR All right. You got a NORMAL pair to AC/DC.
DIRECTS to MAIN A/B.
PLT ... Feel that old ... go ...
CDR That old what?
CDR ...
209 13 23 05 CDR ... Okay. We're right at 5 minutes. Now, if you
can get down there and check that ...? Got to be
a ,,,
PLT All right.
CDR ...
209 13 23 39 CDR The star is 25.
PLT All right.
209 13 23 43 CDR Star is 25. 249.4. SHAFT, 249.h. If horizon
check fails, use - star not in sextant ...
209 13 24 43 SPT 49 on the SHAFT. What was the TRUNNION?
209 13 24 46 CDR 37.9.
209 13 25 03 CDR Yes, well the shaft won't stop.
PLT Oh my.
CDR It won't stop. I'm not happy about this window
mark. Four minutes. It sits there. I tell you,
I don't like this - optics drive. It Just - once
i t starts, i t won't stop.
209 13 25 39 SPT Is it a drift, or - ? Do you want it at 40 or
50 degrees?
PLT Right here.
209 13 25 54 PLT How's the attitude look, Al?
CDR I don't like it.
SPT Can I help you any way?
209 13 25 59 CDR We're at 214 ... 218. Well, I can imagine it.
This doggone thing is off. Goodness. We got a
hori zon on 6.5 degrees. That hori zon i sn't
going to be anywhere near or elseit's going to
be a heck of a lot higher up than that. Shoot!
218, 215. That's what I got.
 
hori zon i sn't i n the ri ght place.
209 13 26 09 PLT Is it a checklist mistake?
CDR Yes.
SPT I'm having trouble finding it. If I can - It
keeps overshooti n i t. I can't fi nd i t.
209 13 26 21 CDR Put it in LOW drive. You got it in ...?
SPT I've had it in all three drives. LOW - -
CDR Have you got it - -
SPT - - and every hing else.
CDR Youshouldhaveitin .....
CDR You got it in DIRECT?
SPT ... want to go DIRECT.
CDR That's right.
thi ng sti ll dri ves fast.
CDR Well, do what you can. Two mi utes to go.
We're okay.
209 13 26 h0 CDR Going into the dark. We couldn't do the horizon
check i n here. Hori on check i sn't even close.
209 13 26 59 CDR That went to the right attitude.
209 13 27 20 CDR I'll try - try RESOLVE, see if that'll help any.
I can do it in HIGH. But if I put it in HIGH - -
SPT ... any where near it.
 
PLT ... pitch to local horizontal?
209 13 27 36 CDR Okay, look, we're at I minute; Jack, ake this -
Owen, stop doing that and come on.
SPT All right.
209 13 27 h6 CDR ... We got that and put it in, 16:40. Okay. KEY
RET.W.ASE RESET. All ri ght, leave THC armed.
Come on, Owen, qui t doi ng that, please.
209 13 27 53 SPT I got - The optics are driving all over, I'd like -
CDR Forget it. Let them alone. Put them in ZERO
and forget i t.
CDR That's okay, let them drive.
209 13 28 l0 CDR Check _S and DET. Got a lot to do. How about
your SPS nitrogen an helium? Did you check - -
PLT It's all good. I checked it.
CDR EMS, NORM - THC POWER, ON. Now, do you like all
these swithces where they are? I like where they
are myself. Okay.
PLT DSKY blanks.
CDR 59:30. Okay, we're going to do two banks on
thi s thi ng, Jack.
PLT Okay.
PLT Give you l0 seconds.
SPT That 's right.
PLT ... 25.
209 13 28 31 CDR You're going to PRO at the right time?
PLT Yes, sir.
CDR Okay. We 're thrusting.
SPT Counting up and we're counting down?
CDR Okay. Everything' s working right.
209 13 28 49 PLT/CDR PRO.
209 13 28 53 CDR A valves.
209 13 28 56 PLT B v lves.
CDR B valves.
CDR Okay. Good. Nice try.
SPT Okay. got them off.
PLT Gee, that was nice.
CDR Okay, minus 0.5.
SPT Look at all the stars we got st rred up.
CDR Look at all that frost we put out.
209 13 29 13 CDR Okay, wait a minute, minus 0.6. Now don't look.
Copy those down with your books. Ok y, minus zero
plus - minus 1 plus 6, no, minus - minus 1 plus 5
plus 8 .
rai se your gi mbal mode?
PLT Yes.
 
209 13 29 h5 CDR Okay, GIMBAL MOTORS - YAW 2, PITCH 2.
PLT They're OFF.
209 13 29 55 CDR BMAGs to RATE 2.
209 13 31 35 SPT Star 25, and it's right square in the middle of
the o ti cs.
CDR Whole darn ballgame, and they can't put on the
ri ght numbers.
209 13 31 46 SPT Okay. Good eye on star 25.
CDR Okay.
SPT I don't like to drive that thing around anymore ...
P20.
209 13 31 57 CDR VERB 30. I'm going to work it. Oh, shoot!
SPT Okay.
CDR ...
SPT ...
209 13 32 26 CDR Ho_'s the temperature in there, Jack? Cool
enough for you?
PLT Yes....
209 13 32 3h SPT Pretty good little Jolt, wasn't it?
PLT Yes, a little bump in the rump.
 
5 4
CDR We never had one that hard on 12 because we
never burned that light. The last burn we did
was heavy and we burned down. It surprised me.
209 13 32 58 CDR Okay. Now ... it's up around .... it's up around
34, 35 -
PLT Okay.
209 13 33 22 CDR Okay. Now let's do some other things here.
PLT ...
209 13 33 29 CDR Copied down ... Just exactly ...? Where id
you put them?
CDR Right by ... put them right here.
PLT Okay. __
209 13 33 37 CDR ... how we can PIPA bias. They want us to do
VERB 25 NOUN 21, but that's okay. No, they
want it to be V_tB 21 NOUN 28. Try that again,
now. Have to feed those num ers in there.
SPT ...
CDR I want to see what is on the ...
209 13 34 12 CDR VERB 01 NOUN .. , KEY RELEASE. VERB 01 NOUN Ol
_TER. First ... let's go back up here ...
SPT All right.
209 13 34 31 CDR ... Let's see what that address is 1456. 00 265,
NOUN 50 E_TER. Now, is that right?
SPT ... 6647, correction ...
adJstment. _-_
 
209 13 35 23 PLT What kind of orbit did they give us, anyhow?
Have you heard?
CDR They didn't say.
PLT They didn't know.
209 13 35 28 CDR Okay. Good. They can call it up ...
PLT ... when we get there.
CDR ... got ... Okay, now we're on attitude. You
got h - -
PLT My copy ...
209 13 35 44 CDR ... except the first line sure must be without
the ...
PLT Let me get that IMU. You want that on?
209 13 35 53 CDR We don't want that on until about 28, Jack, so
_-- that'sokaytoputiton now.
PLT But that's not your ...
CDR Well, let me get the rest of my clothes on. Let's
start getti ng thi s stuff out .. , Jack.
CDR Try to get it ...
PLT Yes, w 're supposed to be at ARIA right here.
209 13 37 08 CDR ... I want to get ... when it comes out of here.
PLT Right.
CDR ... on?
209 13 37 12 PLT I don't know. It's intermittent.
CDR ... go ahead....
 
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209 13 37 39 CDR Houston, Skylab. We hear you intermittently.
Not too clearly, though.
209 13 37 _7 CC Skylab, Houston. We get a lot f static. I
can barely hear you. We are interested in
knowing how the NC1 urn went, though. Go ahead.
209 13 37 55 CDR Okay, the burn came off correctly, on time. We
didn't copy the DELTA-V C. We were in attitude
and the NOUN 85's were minus 001, plus 005,
plus 008. The star check that you gave us,
usi ng star 25, was correct. However, usi ng
the hori zon check, whi ch i s part of the backup,
the hori zon was not anywhere near the 12-degree
window mark at burn time. It was up around 35.
Get all of that?
209 13 38 34 CC ... First question, we wanted to verify that you
got the PIPA biases in prior to the NC1 burn.
209 13 38 h2 SPT We got them in.
209 13 38 50 CDR We got them in, Dick. Did you hear?
209 13 38 58 CC CDR, Houston. Sorry, I didn't catch that last.
Say agai n, please.
CDR Roger. We got the PIPA biases in prior to burn.
CC Roger, CDR. Understand you did get them in. Be
advised that I do have a star acq pad for you, but
I'ii give it to you later when we have better
comm. And if you'll get the P52 option 3 infor-
mation, l'm standing by for it. We' e still got
about 6 mi nutes left here at ARIA.
CDR What's P52, option 37
209 13 39 30 SPT I don't know.... Maybe he never got that last
time.
talki ng about, the very fi rst one?
209 13 39 42 CC No, the one - the one that supposed to be going
on now.
goi ng to get after i t, though.
209 13 39 52 CC CDR, negative. I got that other option 3 and
we're a little bit ahead of you. We Just
thought prior to this ARIA pass you might
possibly get the one that's coming up right now,
but if not, no problem at this stage.
SPT ... wait.
209 13 40 04 CDR Okay, we weren't planning to do that for
l0 more minutes, but we'll get on it right now.
We've had a little problem with the MANUAL
drive on the OPTICS, in that in DIRECT, when we
drive to an angle, it - it doesn't want to stop
there. It Just keeps going, and we're having a
li ttle trouble setti ng the proper angles so that
we can then look out at the star. It drifts
around rather rapidly. And we haven't had any
trouble wi th AUTO OPTICS, however, and i t poi nts
very well and we don't have any trouble marking
/-
a defi ned SHAFT and TRUNNION; then i t's almost
impossible to do, but we're going to try to
develop a better techni que down there.
209 13 40 45 CC Roger, CDR. I copied that and no particular
hurry on the P52. We'll take it when you've got
it. We're ... for 4 more minutes.
209 13 40 59 CDR ... and give them the action; they'll want it.
209 13 41 07 SPT NOUN 37, ... Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Beano.
Cut that stuff out.
SPT Okay.
209 13 41 17 CDR One of your favorite stars, I'm going to give you
right now, is known as 33. Wait a inute. They
didn't tell me a star.
209 13 41 24 SPT 'm going to go to ZER0 OPTICS.
CDR Well, I wonder if this is good attitude.
 
SPT l'm not going to do that. How ... about that.
They didn't - I'm going to get - I don't llke
that. I'm going to get AUTO OPTICS. We're going
to go to AUTO OPTICS.
209 1B 41 43 CDR I think that's not a bad idea.
209 13 41 50 SPT In fact, I'm going to give them stars. They know
I'm a star lover. 37, that's not a bad one.
You ready? Here goes.
209 13 42 05 CDR We're starting on the P52 right now. O. - Dick,
and the first star is 37.
SPT There's ... star.
209 13 42 24 CC CDR, Houston. CDR, Houston. You're Just about
unreadable. Sorry, I understand you're readi ng
me some P52 information, hut I -
209 13 42 35 CDR Did you like that mark?
SPT Yes,thatwasagoodone....
CDR Everything looks good.
209 13 42 52 CDR Also, Houston, we did our GDC align and got good
numbers, hut we'll gi ve you that i nformati on
at the next stati on, because apparently you're
havi ng di ffi culty heari ng us.
209 13 43 19 SPT That's a good mark.
CDR 7, all zips, Owen.
SPT Yes, ... blew it.
209 13 43 26 CDR Was that star 45 again?
SPT Yes .... Getting pretty good platform.
209 13 43 41 CDR Hey, we're going to - we're going to go PRO now,
O. 232 6. Now, I'm going to RO he e and I'm
going to pick star 33, 0.
 
SPT All right.
CDR VER 21; I have no idea we can make it.
209 13 44 00 CC And we're about l minute from LOS at ARIA. We'll
see you at Goldstone at 03:01 and I'll have a
star acq pad for you up there. Also, lost
3 minutes of the pass, so I didn't get any
information.
209 13 44 18 CDR Okay. I'll rea it down once anyhow; maybe
you'll make it. Stars 37 and 45, NOUN 05 was all
balls l; NOUN 93, plus 009, minus 017, plus 024;
parking time, 02, 32, 56, 00.
SPT Would you get out the star chart and find which
star we want for a check star, please.
PLT Anybody like a stick of gum?
209 13 44 h7 SP Star 33 is all right - -
CDR Thank you.
SPT Oh, I see. I forgot 49 up here, yes.
PLT Well, 0., - -
PLT - - stick of gum?
SPT No, thank you.
PLT Okay. Something between those two.
209 13 45 01 SPT How about - want to try 25?
CDR If you'll look it up, I will.
SPT The star chart's not going to tell me those.
209 13 h5 i0 CDR ... it'll tell you what's between, along our
orbi tal path.
209 13 45 14 PLT Can't ask for more than that. What the heck
hasthat...dowithit? Everfindou ?
CDR Let me look it up for you, Jack.
209 13 45 27 CDR Right now, VERB 82 _TER, PRO, PRO. All right,
now I'll tell you.
SPT Four by 4, 23.
CDR - - ...
209 13 45 51 CDR We don't mess around.
SPT ... tried star 41 - -
him.
209 13 46 01 PLT Star 41, VERB 21 it is, 41 - Okay. Here it
comes, 0.
SPT All right.
209 13 h6 09 CDR That ought to get it, baby.
209 13 46 19 SPT Star in there all r ght.
CDR Good show. Is that the end of it?
SPT Yes.
209 13 46 35 PLT 35 - -
CDR Jack, we could - no, can't either. You got to ...
fi rst or ...
CDR No, it's got to be - time in 20 minutes.
PLT Go ahead. I am.
CDR Okay.
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209 13 46 47 PLT Can't remember what time that was, though.
CDR It was about i0 minutes before the burn. So let's
leave it on an extra l0 ... Need to time these
mothers.
PLT Oh, yes?
CDR I've been talking like heck trying to get this
thing done. Got to punch the paper work.
CDR ... that's good. My favorite one.
209 13 47 36 SPT I won't take the OPTICS down ...
CDR Yes.
209 13 h7 42 SPT You want me to go ahead and try to put it to
f MANUAL and rive it here arounda littlebit?
CDR Yes, but I - come down there and work with you,
too.
SPT ... know what I'm doing here.
209 13 48 50 PLT Guess we've got anothe fuel cell purge here
pretty qui ck, huh?
CDR ... that.
209 13 49 35 CDR Next big act comes off at about - The next big
act comes off at about 4 hours and 33 minutes.
That's 2 hours from now.
209 13 49 53 SPT Well, what time would you like to eat?
CDR Huh?
SPT Are you hungry?
209 13 49 59 PLT I could stand a little food. Want to eat something
to keep my stomach full.
 
sure I've got every single thing I
w
float down here and look at this thing with the
Big 0. He knows what he's got, and I'm going to
look at it with him.
PLT Look through there with A1.
SPT Yes. Okay.
209 13 50 33 CDR Watch everything up at the front. See if I'm
CMC, AUTO. I think I am.
CDR Yes. - tell you ... OFF.
209 13 50 45 SPT ZERO, OFF - -
SPT Yes.
SPT ...badlyrightnow. --
CDR Let's try to get 1 and 3.
SPT ... TRUN run.
209 13 51 04 SPT We've got to go to MANUAL ...
CDR Let's watch and see if it drifts Doesn't drift
too bad does i t?
209 13 51 13 SPT No. Not now.
CDR Put it in 30. Now that was SHAFT. Put the
TRUNNION in - in 30.
SPT ... that good. I can't omplain ....
209 13 51 34 CDR Maybe that's zero. Maybe it lost a zero into
it and didn't know where it was. I bet that's
what happened. I bet it drifted out and lost
the zero and then it could never solve it's
problem. I need to put this down one.... wait
a minute. Okay.
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SPT ... Wa_t.
209 13 51 57 CDE That looks okay to me at the moment.
SPT I agree; can't complain.
CDR ... go to HIGH....
SPT ... TRUNNION.
209 13 52 12 CDR Got too much drift. You can't really center.
SPT Yes, I'm doing the TRUNNION. Okay .... It's
going to be ... That's settling down.
209 13 52 24 CDR I think it's going ... - -
SPT I belie e it's fixed.
CDR ... SHAFT.
CDR I believe it has, too. We're going to have
to take care of this thing so we'll alwaysreturn-
what? The SHAFT to the TRUNNION. I never
remember.
209 13 52 32 SPT I have to return them both because I can't
remember ei ther.
209 13 52 35 CDR Let me look. How's the focus? If you haven't
been able - -
209 13 52 39 CDR That thing's awful loose.
SPT Yes, there's no way to get it fixed though. This
one has ... so it's tight. It does 't ... at ll.
At least I hope.
CDR Yes. On these screws, see?
 
SPT ... them down.
CDR That may help you see them out of there•
SPT How do you drive it ... - -
209 13 52 57 CDR They always back off in zero g, they got to be
tight. Okay, now they're tight. Now let me look.
Turn up the ... within a minute• Now that w nt
out of focus. You get that focused in th t .•.
That looks out of focus to me. Let's see what I
can do with it.
SPT Turn it up.
around ...
CDR ... me a little ... It may be totally .•. This
thing is not - I've got a nice clear image where
it is, I don't see it.
SPT Well - -
209 13 54 25 CDR It's not out of focus. It's the fact that it's
Just s bri ght.
SPT - - Well, all stars are very dim in this tele-
scope.
209 13 54 42 CDR Honest to gosh, I can't tell the difference. I've
•.. a_l the w y in and out.
209 13 54 47 SPT That's it. The focus and it's very, very poorly
adjusti ng i n the sextant, bu that's the way
it was before, in the trainer. The telescope has
a lot of range and it will go n and out of focus
real easi ly.
CDR Well, frankly, I think you've got halo ng, but
the focus is good• I went to both limits and
it looked okay to me.
 
SPT Yes. That's - that's ... sextant.
209 13 55 l0 CDR Okay, let me get out of your way. New let me
Just - let me Just take it here. While we've
got the time, let me help get this thing u done
now. You want me to turn on these lights?
SPT Yes.
CDR Okay. Start.
209 13 55 29 PLT Oh, man! It sure caught up with me today.
CDR Getting sleepy already. My goodness!
209 13 55 36 PLT ... my morning nap.
209 13 55 _3 CDR I need that light. Let me look down here and see
w at I ca do under here. Pull this back, O.
SPT ... here.
f_ 209 13 55 51 CDR That way I can get under there a little bit
better.
CDR Yes.
SPT Okay....
209 13 55 57 CDR Okay .... and I'll stay u der here for a while.
See, what we can do under here is, see if
there's any possi bi li ty of fi n i ng anythi ng.
SPT What - what are you looking for? What - -
209 13 56 ll CDR Oh, I Just want to get some of these things
loosened up. Jack's going to have to start a
fuel cell purge here at ..., so he's got to watch
that for a while. Why don't y u get him a timer
out of B-3 or wherever thing is.
PLT It's right behind the ... - -
209 13 56 26 CDR Why don't you read that checklist to us, Jack,
and let us work on it.
 
PLT All right. Okay. H2 PURGE LINE HEATER, ON.
I got that on in time of the - I think he calls
the time to you.
PLT Okay. Unstow the portable timer.
209 13 56 53 SPT I'm still looking for B-3. Where is it here, Jack?
PLT It's up behind the - down lower - behind the ... - -
209 13 57 00 SPT Okay, I've got to get clear back down here, I guess,
to get that.
PLT Just push the thing out of the way and - -
SPT Okay, I can get ... - -
PLT I tel you. I can get it after a while soon as
I got the time. Okay, and I'll do it with my
watch. And I got to get all the cameras out
of there anyway, so why don't I Just do that
later.
SPT Okay by me.
209 13 57 18 CDR Well, why don't we try to get a little ahead of
thi s thi ng.
209 13 57 1 PLT Well, we're way ahead. We've got a fuel cell
purge. We've got a P52 coming up at h2. Should
be doing that now, while you're doing that, or
you di d that already, di dn't you?
CDR What? Yes.
209 13 57 32 PLT Okay, at 02:46, we've got a P20 option 5.
CDR We're there, already.
PLT Okay. Then it's time for me to do my fuel cell
purge. And we don't do nothing until 3 hours
15 mi nutes from now.
 
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209 13 57 50 PLT Well, we talk to the ground, get the preliminary
pad, and I get the lunch ready. We really don't
do much of anything until - another P52 at - an
hour from now.
209 13 58 04 CDR Good. Looks like we're out of work.
PLT I could get this dang suit off.
209 13 58 08 CDR That's what I figured. If you're feeling - Don't
you take - We don't want you to feel bad. That's
the main thing right now. We've got plenty of
days to do all this baloney. We don't want anybody
to feel bad.
20R 13 58 18 PLT Well, let me get up and move a little bit. I'm
feeli ng better.
CDR Good. Owen, could _(ou slide back in your seat.
Get over here some and let me get down out of
here.
CDR Could you get ... - No, you couldn't because I
have you trapped.
209 13 58 33 PLT Well, I'm going to get down there and get all
that stuff as soon as I get this suit off my
umbilical.
PLT For that - yes.
CDR Everything else good ...?
PLT That's right.
209 13 58 54 CDR We had a ... gimbal lock ..., didn't we?
209 13 58 56 PLT No. Right on the bellyband.
CDR Stay there. Don't go anywhere, spacecraft ....
 
209 13 59 07 PLT RCS is in good shape.
CDR Very good. How's the PS? You should ... - -
PLT ... in there. Yes!
PLT ... little mobile.
CDR We got the two ... on t there
209 13 59 18 PLT I'm going to do the full cell purge here.
CDR ... on?
SPT ... time check ... plus it is not easily available.
209 13 59 29 PLT Well, you got to pull that whole thing out from
the back of it.
SPT Okay, we'll pull i out there then. Think you
ought to gri pe about that.
209 13 59 42 PLT ... purge or 2 minutes. Okay. FUEL CELL i,
number 2, 2 mi nutes starti ng.
209 13 59 50 Sl°T I thought 20 minutes. Okay, that's your heater,
i sn't i t?
SPT Not yet .... sunlight.
209 14 00 00 CDR Give Jack his timer. Now, Jack, is there any
cameras you want out of here? I can get them
whi le I'm i n here.
PLT While you got them, yes.
209 14 O0 l0 CDR Hand this to Jack, O.
PLT I need the DAC.
CDR Okay.
209 14 00 17 PLT The power cable.
CDR You want the little tab with it?
209 14 O0 21 PLT No. I didn't know it had a tab with it. Well - -
CDR The little short strap.
PLT Yes, but .°. take it.
CDR Right-angle mirror. What else?
209 14 00 28 PLT 18-millimeter from the back.
CDR From the back, huh? All that stuff in the front
we don' t want.
f CDR Well, there's some other stuff. Might be - O., ...
know where the ... is.
PLT Spot meter?
209 lh 00 42 CDR No, I'll bet that stuff is those three 5-millimeter
lenses we're taki ng up.
PLT Maybe so.
209 14 00 52 CDR Okay? See i I can put this on right. It's been
a long time .... super ...
5-mi lli meter - -
PLT Here, 0.
CDR Okay, I'm going to stick that back in there and
forget it. That's the end of that ballgame.
209 14 01 15 PLT Oh, I've got to get the bracket out of there, too.
/_ CDR Where was that?
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209 14 01 18 PLT That's down there in the locker - A-I or B-3, way
down at the lower left corner of the LEB.
CDR That's B-3, old chap; let me get it for you.
PLT Okay.
C R In this bag.
209 14 01 30 PLT That'll give me something to hold this thing
with.
70-mi lli meter mag. Why do they snap those buggers
in here? Why do they put it in a little bag?
Why don't they do what I say? Why can't
everybody be like me, as the song goes (chuckle).
... world's ...
209 14 01 58 PLT Okay, that's 2 mi utes. Fuel cell purge.
PLT 02 is good.
CDR I used to forget those all the time.
209 14 02 04 PLT Got to get the ... fuel cell 3 first.
CDR Okay. There you are, Jack.
PLT Okay, thank you.
Okay, I'm going to tie this thing back. But I
don't really thi nkwe need i t.
209 14 02 31 PLT This goldarn thing ain't marked with
75-mi lli mete marks.
209 14 02 34 CDR Did I give you the wrong one?
PLT No. How about that? Oh, there it is. I found
it. I'm wrong. Lost my head there.
209 14 02 49 CDR Bad habit. Very bad habit to get into. Reco_end
that to anybody. Where did that urine disposal
bag come from? ... supposed to come out -
take these uri ne di sposal bags out from under
here. Put these right in here, Jack; .. in
Owen's things ... _-_
209 lh 03 12 PLT Owen's ... can't find anything anyway.
CDR 2125 .... as long as you could get him at
the ATM panel, he's happy ...
PLT I noticed that. You Just got to get him there.
209 lh 03 22 CDR All we got to do is not miss a bur . We'll get
there. Report time s bumping that burn time.
Those dodos have put this about that - -
PLT Yes.
PLT Yes.
209 14 03 34 CDR That stuff will _ke you nervous.
SPT Yes, because we were having a little concern
about not getting that star check in at the same
time. Yes, you're Just - -
PLT - - taking what they give you in that case.
209 14 03 45 CDR Well, between that - What if we had to do the
backup? Maybe they w nt us to err in that
direction.
209 14 03 51 PLT Deorbit, huh?
209 14 03 53 CDR Going to deorbit it. But is you - Maybe they -
maybe that's the best way to err, in that it
doesn't put any vertical components if they
don't want any. Maybe if they - that's - that's
not good, but it's better than nothing. Okay,
I'm going to wrap this up.
SPT How long before we have comm, because I want
to talk to him about ...
PLT Okay, let's go on with the purge. Now I'm going
to do fuel cell 3. We have - -
209 14 04 20 SPT Eight ... and about i0 minutes - a little
less, 9 •••
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209 14 04 30 CDR You want me to talk to them about the optics
and the ...
SPT Right.
209 14 04 39 CDR Okay, now here's the blind. I'll tell you where
I'm putting it. I'm putting it right in here.
PLT Okay. In that little - little compartment in the
back? •
CDR Yes. I still think it's hot in here. Is there
any way to change the cabin temp this much?
SPT Cabin temp ...
209 14 04 59 PLT I don't see that that heat exchanger ...
CDR ... anything drastic?
PLT ... increase?
CDR Well,that...--
209 14 05 12 PLT You've got a lot of clothes on.
CDR You may be right. I may have to come o t this.
I'm ... this hot. I'll put these up here for
Just a minute, Jack, if you don't mind.
209 14 05 25 PLT Okay, we're - I'm going to get out of this suit
if we're going to take this optics down now.
SPT Yes, that's right. Take care of this ...
209 14 05 33 CDR I like his attitude.
PLT Take care of me ...
209 14 05 55 PLT ... stay back there. I'm fuel cell purging 1.
Get over here ....
209 14 06 19 PLT Hey, look at that hori on. Isn't that beautiful?
CDR It's pretty.
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209 14 06 28 PLT Right close to the edge of the - the limb of the
Earth, we've got an orange, and then it fades into
a kind of light blue, but it goes back to the
darker blue ring - kind of a blue pencil line like.
Then it goes back to light blue and fades into
black agai n.
CDR Any blue?
209 14 07 l0 SPT That's incredible. It's really incredible - -
PLT Now it's coming in the window.
SPT Yes.
209 14 07 18 CDR Well, I didn't have to cut anything ... I got
f- this up, but it's kind of loose,gang....
S T ... get your fuel cell purge and all that stuff?
209 14 07 31 PLT Oh, yes. We're Just going to terminate fuel cell
purge now. We've got H on - both of them ....
CDR Look, Jack, I've got both of these things released.
And I think the way to hold them down is to use
one of those white straps with a buckle. Do you
know what I'm talki ng about?
PLT Both of what released?
CDR Both of the bags ...
PLT Okay.
209 14 07 51 CDR ... you can hold it down with one of those
buckles. I'll ... - -
PLT Okay.
CDR - - these two things right in here for us coming
home to tie down all that extra stuff we're going
t bri ng home.
SPT You got - -
209 14 08 04 CDR What can I do for you, 0.?
SPT Not much.
209 14 08 07 CDR Okay, now let me see if I can - You tell me what
you want out of here, Jack, and I'll get it.
PLT 0hhh ... here.
209 14 08 15 PLT How about a ... ?
SPT Want any of these?
209 14 08 18 CDR I'll be there in a second. Maybe. Maybe not.
... problem. Okay. See what we can do with that.
SPT Got to do that, too.
PLT It's alw ys harder to get ... It's never easier
to get ...
209 l_ 08 37 CDR Put this up here. Gosh, you can move these heavy
thi ngs Just li ke nothi ng.
SPT Watch your head. There's going to be ... optics
CDR Thank you, Owen. Okay, now I'm going to leave
that float there, folks.
CDR Okay, now. Tell me exactly what you want.
209 14 08 55 PLT Okay, there's the TV camera and the lens and the
monitor.
209 14 09 0_ PLT Got it.
CDR All right, now what?
 
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209 14 09 i0 CDR What the heck was that? Oh, that's the Velcro.
Oh, no, that wasn't anything llke that. I see
it. I've got - I've got some of this stuff in
sight. Here's that waste thing, too. Okay, get
that out. Here's a cable for Jack, Owen.
209 14 09 28 PLT There should be two cables there.
209 14 09 32 SPT Here's one.
209 14 09 33 CDR Trash bag. That's Just what we've always wanted.
Okay now, here's anoth r one, and here's the
closeup. I know you don't want that. Here's
this one. Anytime you don't want any of these
little things, put them in your TSB and then we'll
know where they are.
209 14 09 47 PLT Okay, I'm looking for a lens and a monito r -
CDR Here's a monitor that y u can have for free. Get.
thi s ..., Owen?
_-- SPT I'iigetit....
209 14 i0 04 CDR Okay, I'm going to get out of here in a minute.
I wanted to get this stuff done ... got plenty
of ... - -
PLT The e's a lens and a bracket yet. The bracket
ought to be in a brown bag or a white bag or - -
CDR Uh-huh. I'm working on the lens that I know you're
going to love. Here it is, 0.
SPT Okay. Thank you.
209 14 l0 22 CDR Now come the bracket, gang.
SPT You got too much to h ld there, Jack?
PLT No, I'm just putting it to e h r.
SPT All right.
 
PLT Yes.
209 14 i0 32 CDR Now comes the bracket. I know the bracket but,
brother, where in the heck is it? That's not
i t. That's another lens. Need anythi ng comi ng
by, holler. Trash bag. Okay, let me see what
this bag is - a fecal bag. Bound to ose some-
thing out of here while I'm doing this.
SPT Yes.
209 14 ii 01 CDR Now what bag was that in, Owen - or - or Jack?
I don't see it.
PLT Should be a brown bag in there with camera ... - -
209 lh ll 05 CDR Got here, got here, old shoe. It was right in
front of my eyeball. Now this is the way things
ought to be packed in zero g instead of those
darn straps and things - stow them in there and
forget them. I'll take this out of the bag for
you.
SPT ...
PLT Yes, leave that bag in that box there. I won't
need the bag.
209 14 ii 22 SPT I think there's a dadburned tropical storm down
there ri ght now.
SPT Yes, ...
209 14 ll 29 CDR Okay now, Jack, tell me what else you need.
PLT That's it.
PLT Yes.
209 14 ll 35 CDR I th ught you used to work down here. Now we
know you've been goofing off. I'm getting the
word! ... is too big. Somehow it don't fit too
good anymore. Took all that stuff out; I can't
get anything back in. What a guy! I want to
talktothoseguys.
209 14 12 01 SPT Trying to come up here.
CDR Okay .... Okay, Jack, now that's done.
209 14 12 22 SPT Get out of the way.
209 14 12 26 CDR Jack - I mean Owen, put that down there and tie
i t down, wi ll you?
SPT ... come your ... - -
209 14 12 30 CC Skylab, Houston. Goldstone for 9 minutes.
SPT Flight check.
209 14 12 36 CDR Okay, we got some news for you. We've worked on
that optics. And we kind of got the feeling that
maybe we hadn't zeroed it well enough and -
although we'd done it a couple of ti es - because
we went back, zeroed it again, and drove it
manually both i n RESOLVE and DIRECT, and i t worked
perfectly. So scratch that up as a mystery at
f themoment.
209 14 13 03 CC Roger. The one question we had on that AI, was,
did you see this phenomenon both driving it in
HIGH and L OW rates?
CDR We saw it in all rates and it looked like it was
driving in HIGH in all rates, but th ngs are
worki ng well at the moment.
209 lh 13 20 CC Okay, let me continue down my list then. We're
li ttle bi t puzzled about the hori zon check. We're
still thinking about that one. There was some
thought that it might be possible that you had
seen the termi nator because of the condi ti ons
you were in at the time. However, we really Just
don't know. We're tracki ng you here at Goldstone,
but we'll have to run the information and, by
Madrid, we'll have a good look at the way the
NC2 - correction, the NC1 burn went. And there's
one number on you P52 option 3, which is the
NOUN 93 Z, that I'd like for you to give me
again.
209 14 14 00 CDR Okay, that's plus 024. And now that you mention
thi s busi ness about the termi nator, I wouldn't
s_ be surprisedifyouwereright.
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209 14 14 ll CC Well, the terminator was quite a bit below you
there, and we're - we're checki ng the angles.
That might have been right, but we were a little
bit puzzled as to how the star check could have
been so good and the horizon check not. At any
rate, we're thinking about it. And - -
209 14 21 20 CDR ... same place?
SPT What was ...?
CDR ..., I think.
209 14 21 42 PLT Going off.
209 14 21 52 CDR You're both low.
PLT Low -
PLT Kind of coming and going, though, wh tever it
is.
SPT ... I got it right here.
209 lh 22 19 CDR Jack's got pressure on. Both of you.
PLT ...
CDR Wait. There's some more.
PLT Kind of coming and going.
209 14 22 52 CDR Okay. We load VERB 48. VERB 48 - at what
time?
PLT Okay.
CDR ... A or B. I think it's A and C all the way.
PLT ... engine fuel cell 5 ercent low ...
209 14 23 22 CDR Affirm. We got to find tha leak and shut its
• . . out.
SPT Okay, ... DIRECT. A and C ... A is 95. A is - -
CDR ... They're on?
CDR Yes. And purge.
209 14 24 22 PLT Purge is - still feels a little off, directly
- directly in motion.
PLT Yes, it didn't come back to where it was.
Well, you can't tell by ...
209 14 24 38 PLT How about if I try and get out of this suit
now ?
SPT ... let's look at it . . you get out of it.
PLT Well, we might look at it - -
209 14 24 46 CDR Let's look at this before y u get out of your
suit .... Don't get out until you get down ...
Sl_f Very good.
 
CDR Yes. I don't - -
209 14 25 15 CDR Heaters look good.
SPT Fair HELIUM PRESS propellant quantities.
CDR All right
CDR Both low ...
CDR ...
pressure decrease stop.
PLT Have to wait on that.
PLT If it doesn't, it's the helium leak upstream
of quszl, he ...
CDR ...
209 lh 25 53 PLT Going to have to watch it, A1.
CDR Okay.
PLT Okay, 86 percent - percent, and 3700 psi.
209 14 26 07 CDR Well, we've got four of them.
209 14 26 ll PLT I'm going to try to get out of that suit. How
about if I come down there and you can come
whereIam,Beano? _---
(DR Yes. I'ii - let me get the book back here.
I 'ii be re
209 14 26 57 PLT Okay.
209 14 27 16 SPT That hand controller's as far down as I an
get it without it ... A little further ...
CDR Isn't it?
209 14 28 17 PLT Okay. You can get that.
209 14 28 58 SPT Jack, doing that fuel cell purge? Have you turned
your H 2 PURGE LINE HEATER, OFF?
CDR Jack? Did you turn your 2 PURGE LINE HEATER,
OFF?
CDR Okay.
209 14 29 50 CDR Bet that was the terminator coming towards us.
I thought i t was the hori zon.
PLT Had to be - had to be th t .... ought to be,
anyhow.
CDR I g ess I was thinking the same thing before.
PLT ... went on now?
SPT Want it over here, Jack?
209 14 30 37 PLT Here comes the spray. That's the spray -
The pressure look li ke i t's holdi ng i t's own.
CDR Okay .... mark that ...
CDR Can you get your butt out of there?
PLT Yes.
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209 14 31 04 CDR ... That'd be nice, ... is a nice one.
209 14 31 22 CDR Look at that malfs ...
SPT You want the - The quantity's coming in.
CDR I'l put the malfs back into this box.
... All right, we'll help Jack out ...
SPT He wants to sit there for a minute.
CDR 0kay. Well, hand me -
PLT ...
SPT Ah, yes. That's a little better.
CDR See if you can find a place to hook your feet,
Jack. Because otherwi e we end up pulli ng,
and if you don't - come out.
209 i_ 32 ii PLT Phew!
209 14 32 lh SPT There you go. You okay?
PLT Yes.
SPT Good.
PLT Okay.
there.
PLT Where 'd I put them?
CDR Need bag.
SPT Where 'd you put them?
CDR In fact, I ought to get yours out and keep
them in my pocket - if I can find them. Now
wait - now wait -
 
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CDR Okay, I'ii get it out of my pocket. Maybe I
put mine on - over here.
SPT I put mine in my TSB.
209 lh 32 50 CDR Okay, why don't you get that out and put it
in the top hand ...
PLT Okay.
209 14 33 32 CDR No. Use the bag.
209 14 33 40 CDR We're going to have to do these braking ates
a lot earlier, 0wen. We're not going to be
able to get in ... - -
SPT ... gates ...
_-- 209 14 33 48 CDR That's right. We're going to have to brake.
You know, if it says 1 mile, we're going to
have to brake so that we're a% it at 1 mile.
It's going to take 2-1/2 seconds for fps, per
second.
SPT ...
CDR Okay, you got yours, O. - I mean Jack?
209 14 34 04 PLT Yes. I've got one right here.
209 14 34 31 PLT Okay, I can find a place; I'm pretty sure
here.
CDR Go on off ... when the next cnmm is; 03:23.
Canari es. Ri ght now.
SPT I - I'm not asleep, Jack. I'm here for that.
PLT ...
seat. W can get at it from the front side.
f
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PLT I'd like to get off comm I - to do that.
209 14 35 07 CD ... on 81, s_nebody? Right here ... Okay.
CDR All right. That's a good idea. All right.
Okay. If I want to do something else, I'll
make sure ... full. Don't want to ruin what
I've got going at the mc_ent. Perfect. Okay,
_ke sure I've got that ... AC is in 1. l0 -
ll002.
209 lh 35 59 CC Skylab, Houston. We're AOS Canaries for 7
minutes.
209 14 36 0h CDR Roger.... 30.
209 14 43 55 PLT You rather have me do - is to take a ... or get
out the chow.
CDR Rather have you get out the chow because we've
got to go for a while to get the torque attitude.
PLT Allright...
SPT That's mine. You like the one you have? ... it.
209 14 44 24 SPT Well, now they said something about it being
i n an M071 return contai ner, di dn't they?
That's an MOT1 return contai ner, that fat one.
I mean this °.. - -
SPT I thought they said TSB. I mean urine stowage
bag or somethi ng li ke that.
PLT Well, MOT1 s a fecal bag. Maybe I can get in
i t from underneath.
SPT That might be a better idea.
209 14 45 26 CDR Okay, I'm going to take off my headset for a
minute.
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SPT Jack, if you get a c