Spacelog Apollo 13

Fred and Jim are in the LM.

Okay, Jack. Thank you.

And, Jack, I got LM power on.

Okay. You still with us, Houston?

Okay, Houston. You read 13?

Reading you loud and clear, Jack. I've got a procedure for —

Okay.

— the guys in the LM.

You got another one?

I have an activation procedure. I'd like you to copy it down.

How long is it, Jack?

It's just four lines. Go to Activation 1, do step 3. Go to Activation 11, omit step 1. Do Activation 12, and then go to Activation 13 and do step 1. Do you copy?

Okay. Is that Activation 1? Do step 3. Is that correct?

That's affirmative, Jim.

Activation 11, omit step 1, do the rest. Is that correct?

That's affirmative.

Do Activation 12 and Activation 13, step 1.

That's all correct.

Okay, Jack. Pressure in tank 1 is approaching 100 psi. What's going to be the symptoms of this fuel cell starting to drop off?

Stand by, Jack. We'll get the word on that.

Okay.

And, Jim, when you get to the end of that procedure, we'd also like to have you put the DEMAND REGs to CABIN.

DEMAND REGs to CABIN. Roger.

Jack, was that Activation 1, step 3 only, or all of Activation 1?

That's go all the way down to step 3, Jim.

Activation 1 to step 3. Roger.

Houston, Apollo 13. Never mind.

13, say again, please.

Oh, we were curious about Activation 11 on the VHF.

Omit the VHF.

— … Jack. It's got—Okay.

Jack, this is Houston. We want you to keep the IMU up and keep the lights on so you can see in there, and leave battery off—battery A off and, at the appropriate time, we'll put it on MAIN A. And we're going to keep the IMU up so's we can get a coarse aline in the LM.

All right. Real good. Right now, we're charging battery A. Do you want to discontinue that?

Discontinue the charge on battery A, Jack.

Okay, Jack. I discontinued charge on battery A. You give me the call and I'll turn BUS TIE AC on.

Roger. And we want you to keep the lights up and the IMU on.

Okay.

And, Jack, we'd like you to leave the COMM configuration as is until we get COMM with the LM.

Okay.

And, 13, this is Houston. I've got another procedure for the LM. A short one.

Okay. Ready to copy, Jack.

Okay. On panel 11, we'd like you to close the LGC DSKY circuit breaker. Then we want you to go to Activation 25; do steps 1, 2, and 3. Then go to Activation 30, and that will give us a docked IMU coarse aline. Over.

Roger. Panel 11, close LGC circuit breaker. Activation 25, do steps 1, 2, 3, and then do complete Activation 30. Is that correct?

That's affirmative. On panel 11, LGC DSKY circuit breaker closed.

And in the LM, let's go to panel 11 and close the SUIT FAN circuit breaker and get suit fan 1 cranked up.

Okay. Panel 11, close SUIT FAN circuit breaker, and we'll get the suit fan cranked up.

That's affirm.

And, Jack, in the CSM, go to BYPASS on the radiators and turn your GLYCOL PUMP off.

Okay. Pull the BYPASS; GLYCOL PUMP going off.

Roger.

And, 13, in the CSM, we want to verify that all the fuel cell pumps are off, and we want to have you turn off the O₂ fans in the tank 2.

Okay. Tank 2 fans going off. Okay. That leaves me with tank 1 fans on the tank 1 heaters on.

That's affirm.

Fuel cell 2 pump going off now.

Jack, leave them both on in tank 1.

Okay.

13, Houston. We've got AOS on the LM here.

Okay.

And, 13, this is Houston. In the LM, we'd like to have 12, step 3, which is get the batteries on high taps. Over.

Okay.

How you going there? Activation 12, step 3.

Okay. And, Jack, how do you read from Aquarius?

Aquarius, Houston. Say again, please.

Okay. I was just making a COMM check here. I'm on high voltage taps.

Roger. We see them, Fred, and I'm reading you loud and clear.

Okay. Didn't think I'd be back this soon.

Okay. What next, James? Coarse aline?

Do it right. Take your time.

And, Aquarius, Houston. We'd like you to, on your alinement, can you continue right on through the fine aline Activation 31? Go right on through step 7. Over.

Okay. You want to go on 31 through step number 7, Jack.

That's affirmative. And, Odyssey, we've got another configuration for you. All 16 RCS AUTO SELECT OFF. All RCS heaters off. Over.

Okay. I can verify all heaters off. Jack, I've got to keep a fairly minimum deadband until I get through this coarse aline.

Roger.

Okay. VERB 41, NOUN 20. Okay. You want plus? Plus or minus? Plus 302.43? Is that right?

Okay. Let me enter it. Okay. What's the next one? Plus 347.78. 347.78. Okay. 081.3. Is that right? ENTER. Okay.

Odyssey, Houston —

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— your battery A on.

Battery A on now.

Go ahead, Aquarius.

Houston. Okay. I want you to doublecheck my arithmetic to make sure we got a good coarse aline. The roll CAL angle was minus 2 degrees. The command module angles were 355.57, 167.78, 351.87.

Okay, Jim. We copy the roll CAL at minus 2.0. The command module is 355.57, 167.78, 351.87.

Okay. VERB 41, we've done that. Okay.

Aquarius, Houston. Request high bit rate, please.

You want high bit rate?

That's affirmative, Fred. Won't cost us anything.

Odyssey, Houston. We'd like you to, on your COMM configuration, go to PRIMARY POWER AMP OFF, LOW BIT RATE, and DOWNVOICE BACKUP. Over.

And, Aquarius, we need your SUIT GAS DIVERTER to CABIN.

All right. You got it.

Houston. I've gone to PRIMARY POWER AMPLIFIER, OFF, LOW BIT RATE, DOWNVOICE BACKUP.

Okay, Jack. Thank you. And, Aquarius, your arithmetic looks good on the coarse aline, there.

Okay. Okay stand by for an ENTER.

Three -

Get the GET; we need the GET. What is it? What's that? 58? 58:07?

58 what?

Houston, Aquarius.

Go ahead, Aquarius.

Here are the gimbal angles. Command module, 356.69, 163.42, 346.67. Aquarius is 302.26, 345.92, 011.79. Over.

Okay, Jim. I got command module 356.65, 163.42, 346.67. Aquarius, 302.26, 345.92, 011.78.

That's 011.79.

Say again, please.

The LM middle gimbal is 011.79.

011.79. Got it.

Houston. … flashing.

Odyssey, Houston. We need a command reset on your—on your COMM, and then we'd like you to power down to CMC, power down the IMU, heaters off on the IMU, but leave the battery A on.

Yes.

Odyssey, Houston.

Ask him if he's …

Yes.

Are you …?

Yes.

Houston, this is Odyssey. Go ahead.

Okay, Jim —

Copy it down.

Okay, Jim. I think I'm reading Jack, now. But what we want him to do is to give us a command reset. And then power down the CMC, power down the IMU, turn the IMU heater off, leave battery A on. Over.

That's just about 80—in fact, 82 hours out of the two primary cartridges. That's two guys. 44 is what LC8 got. That would be 88 hours. We got a secondary. You're right. We're listening.

Odyssey, Houston.

They can stand it—Go ahead?

Yes, Jack. Did you copy down about the CMC IMU?

Yes, Jack. I read it back twice to you. Command reset, which I've done. I'm about to power down the IMU, power down the CMC, turn the IMU heaters off, leave BAT A on.

That's affirm. Thank you.

Okay. I just got a MASTER ALARM and MAIN BUS A UNDERVOLT. And I'm starting to power down, now. —

We've lost—The only advantage to doing it early; if we can power back—the LM back down. The only advantage doing it early is you can do a big burn now and a midcourse and then power the LM down. Otherwise, we got to keep the LM powered up clear until we get around the Moon. Plus it would be inside on the burn. I just hope the G&N hangs up on—hangs in on this one—I'd sure hate to do that one manual.

Oh boy.

Odyssey, Houston. Couple circuit breakers for you. On panel 276, on our INSTRUMENTATION POWER CONTROL, open CB number 3 and number 4.

Okay, Houston. Panel 276, INSTRUMENTATION out and reset —

— a lot of light.

— CB-3 and CB-4 are open.

What?

That's affirmative, Odyssey. And also get your SCS electronics package and power off, and your FDAI POWER/GPI off, and your AUTO jet SELECT, all 16 off.

Okay. Well, wait a second. Let me—Let me get the CMC power down.

Roger, Jack.

I wonder how much that's going to bring this up, here.

Jack, while he's doing that, copy down what you just said again. I want to write it down.

Aquarius, we need to get your sublimator powered up, Activation page 20 and Activation page 21, step 3. Over.

Roger. Activation page 20 and Activation page 21, step 3, sublimator.

Roger.

That's Activation, page 20? Okay, Jack. Now I have to power down IMU. I have no control at all. I'm going to turn my 16 jets off, Say again the other things you wanted?

Okay, Jack. We'd like you to turn off your O₂ tank 2 heaters and fans. Correction—tank 1. Turn the fans and heaters off.

Okay. And, Jack, can we turn on the FDAI circuit breakers so we could have a ball to see if we go to gimbal lock or not?

Stand by.

Houston, he's going to give a 16 NOUN 20, Jack. And, okay, I've got O₂ heaters and fans off in tank 1.

And, Jack, let me know if you get close to gimbal lock, would you?

Jim, we don't want you to power down the ball in the LM. We wanted you to power down the ball in the CSM.

Jack, they haven't powered down —

Jack, we don't have the balls powered up in the LM.

I have the CMC and IMU in the command module is powered down. The heaters are out.

And the EVAP flow valve, that's open now, and I've undone my suit hoses here and opened up the suit flow valves; so, we got air flowing in the LM now.

Okay, Jack. Will you say again the SCS items you wanted me to power down?

Okay, Houston. Do you read Odyssey?

Hello, Houston. How do you read?

His gimbal lock and ours are different, Jim.

Apollo 13, Houston. Say again, please. You were cut out.

Okay, Jack. Do you want me to proceed by the SCS powerdown checklist? I did not copy the SCS items you wanted me to power down.

Okay, Odyssey. We want to go SCS ELECTRONICS POWER, OFF.

Okay. It's done.

FDAI POWER/GPI, OFF. AUTO jet SELECT, 16 —

That's done.

— OFF. And all your ROTATIONAL CONTROL POWER, OFF.

It's done. ROTATION CONTROL POWER, DIRECT, and AUTO …, OFF.

Okay, Jack. Tell me there. We need to know when we're getting close to gimbal lock in the LM. We have no balls right now.

Okay. We want you to power up your eight-ball. We want you to get your RCS heaters on. Pressurize the RCS and open up the MAIN SOVs. Over.

Okay, Jack. I got two commander FDAI breakers in, AC and DC, and the two GASTA breakers in AC and DC and next you'll want the RCS heaters all on with the—pressurize the RCS and then the MAIN SOVs open. And I think they're already open.

Roger. And, Fred-o, get the TCA breakers in last. Please.

Roger, Jim. I'm holding open those until you give me a further word anyway. I'm just going to pressurize right now.

Jack, are you reading LM gimbal angles?

— … power off, come down here and … the audio …

Okay, Aquarius. I have some gyro torquing angles and the Odyssey is powered down, attitude-control-wise, so LM's got attitude control now.

Aquarius, Houston.

Go ahead, Jack.

Okay. We want you to know that we got some gyro torquing angles for you. And we want you to tell us when you got attitude control in the LM.

Okay. We're still working on the pressurization. I'm getting Jim on the horn here so he can help out, there.

Roger.

Wonder why.

We got to get this pressurized.

Houston, Aquarius.

Stand by 1, Aquarius, Odyssey. We'd like you to go DIRECT RCS and hold your present attitude out the window until the LM gets RCS powered up. Go ahead, Jim.

Well, that's my question. We're not—Our 16 20 doesn't match our eight-ball here. We went to FDAIs ON, and we don't have our balls completely powered up. There may be a … and our angles don't look the same and we don't want to go into gimbal lock.

Roger. How far are you from RCS power up—RCS pressurization?

Okay, Jack. I'm right up to where it's MASTER ARM, ON; RCS, FIRE; —

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— both LOGIC POWERs out … goes into normal circuit-breaker. … Do you want A in and then I'll fire them?

Okay, 13. You're both talking at once. One at a time, please.

Okay. Who's first?

Close LOGIC POWER A and B, Fred, and pressurize RCS.

Okay.

Go ahead, Odyssey.

Okay. I'm going to try to do the best I can. I've got a one-attitude reference I'm going to fly according to the lunar terminator.

Roger, Jack. Just maintain attitude.

What am I doing? I can't do that, anyway. Let's see, cross feed. Nope. Now, and -

Aquarius, Houston. We'll have to get some AC up so you can get a ball reading. Close your BUS TIE INVERTER circuit breakers, all four of them on panel 11. Close your AC BUS VOLT circuit breaker on panel 11. On panel 16, INVERTER 2, CLOSE. Select inverter 2. Over.

That's been completed, Jack.

Okay. The RCS is pressurized now.

Okay, Jack. Do you want us to proceed right on down the line with the RCS check-out and Activation 37 now?

Stand by, Fred.

Hell, is he still firing up there?

Okay, Fred. Negative on the activation on page 37. Go on to your RCS pressurize and then get your TCA breakers in and go to PGNS attitude hold.