Spacelog Apollo 13

It's off. Engine off.

Houston. Copy. Engine off.

13, Houston. We'll have you through Hawaii in 3 minutes.

Apollo 13, Houston through Hawaii. Over.

13 through Hawaii. How do you read?

13, Houston. You're weak but clear; it will probably get better in a second. We're standing by for the burn report.

Roger.

13, Houston. The booster reports that everything looks good with the S-IV.

Sounds good, Houston. The ride was very nominal. We a little vibration, though, during most of the run.

Okay. We copied your call on that, Jim.

Okay, Joe. the DSKY read 35560, plus 04445, plus 01769, and DELTA-V_C was minus 3.0.

Roger. You can't ask for much better than that. How about the burn time? Did you notice?

Okay. On my trusty watch, I had about 3-3/4 seconds long.

Okay. Copy that.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Roger, Houston; 13 here.

Okay. We have the S-IVB maneuver to SEP attitude commencing at 2 plus 56 plus 37. Duration of the maneuver: 4 minutes. SEP time, 3 plus 06 plus 37. Over.

Okay. If I heard those right, Joe, the S-IVB maneuver was 2 plus 56 plus 57. SEP time is 3 plus 06 plus 27.

Correction on the second; 2 plus 56 plus 37, and 3 plus 06 plus 37.

Okay. 2 plus 56 plus 37, with the maneuver time and the SEP time, 3 plus 06 plus 27?

That's plus 37, too. Exactly 10 minutes later, Fred.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Go ahead.

We see the booster doing all the right things, and FIDO says your trajectory looks good, and it looks like we'll stick with a pretty close to nominal midcourse, too. We'll have some numbers for you later.

Okay. And we concur. The S-IVB is maneuvering at this time.

Roger.

And, Apollo 13, Houston. We'd like OMNI Alfa. Over.

13, Houston. Now request OMNI Charlie.

Roger. OMNI Charlie.

And, 13, we'll be doing a handover, now.

Okay.

Apollo 13, Houston. You are GO for T&D.

Okay, Joe. Thank you.

And, 13, Houston. Check your NOUN 17 for extraction pitch attitude. It should be 319 degrees. Over.

Okay, Houston; 13. Do we have a GO for pyro arm?

13, Houston. Affirmative. You're GO for pyro arm, and recommend you secure the cabin pressurization.

We did. We closed the waste management vent valve, there. Or waste stowage valves —

Okay. We're reading 6 psi on the cabin, Jack.

Roger, Joe. Thank you very much.

Yes, that's quite a bang, Joe. We've separated, and we've pitched around about 60 degrees now.

Roger, Jack. We see you pitching.

Okay. We got the SLA panels—one of them is out front now.

Ah, so.

Got the S-IVB. I guess we're about 80 feet.

Is the focus good enough, Joe, that you can see all the glittering debris?

We've seen some debris, Fred. The booster itself is a little bit bright. What's your f-stop?

Okay. I'm at 22.

Why don't you go up a click and let us have a look at that.

Okay. You're at 44 now.

Okay. Let's stay there for now and I assume you're in peak.

Affirmed.

13, Houston. Recommend RATE 2 on the BMAGs.

Thank you.

It's getting bigger.

As you might know, Joe, I've got the center seat, again and I can't see a thing.

Too bad.

I gave him the TV monitor.

Okay, I'm going to be moving the TV directly. I'm going to pull it out of this bracket, Jim.

13, Houston. Did you call?

Roger. I'm going to be moving the TV to get a better shot here—moving it out of this bracket.

Okay, Fred. It's just beginning to cut off at the bottom, but it's still a very good picture.

That's a good picture, Fred.

Yes, we are just about there. About 10 more feet now.

Roger.

Everything looks pretty good down in the S-IVB, too. The shroud still looks intact down there.

Good deal. There is really quite a bit of detail on this picture.

Okay. We've got two—two barber poles.

Houston; Roger.

Okay. You should be able to see down into the portion of the IU right now, Joe.

Fred, Houston. We'd like to try going to AVERAGE on the TV for a minute or so.

Okay. You've got AVERAGE, and a little yellow dust cap just floated by in front of us.

Yes. We see it at the top of the screen.

Fred, after a few minutes of this, at your convenience, we could use some interior shots if you get the time and if the lighting is good.

Okay.

And, 13, Houston. The S-IVB vent times are nominal as in the flight plan within a few seconds.

We're hard docked, Houston.

Roger. Understand. Good deal. Fred, one more thing on the TV. If you could come to f:22 again —

Okay. You've got f:22 again.

And, Houston, Fred will handle the camera as we go through the postdocking checklist.

Okay, Jim. Real good.

Okay, Joe. I am pointing it over toward Jack, and it's pretty bright with the Earth out that window. Is that sort of washing out the picture here?

No, Fred, it's not. We've got a bright spot where the window is. The rest of you are semi-silhouetted. It's a pretty impressive picture.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Go ahead, Joe.

For Fred. The IOS [?] has caught you with the fuel cell reactant values in latch again.

Touché.

And we have word that the propellant usage for T&D was nominal.

Okay, what is nominal, please?

Well, I didn't ask that yet, Jack; stand by one.

Okay (laughter).

Fred, this is Houston. Over.

Go ahead.