Spacelog Apollo 13

Thank you.

Okay. And you corrected register 1; it's plus 27210.

Roger.

And would you like us to make that maneuver at this time?

It's down below us, isn't it?

Stand by.

Can't see it.

Can we have some more light in here now?

I have a light.

What do you see out your upper window?

Stars.

Yes. It looks like—looks like the light is coming from around those clouds.

Well, you won't get AOS/LOS until 77.

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Yes.

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Yes.

Let's see, AOS is at 2 hours before the burn?

Just about.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Go ahead, Houston.

Jim, we recommend you go ahead and make your VERB 49 maneuver, but just stay there in VERB 49 and don't go ahead to narrow the deadband just yet. And, when you're in that attitude, why, of course, then you can make your star check. And one other item is, I don't think we got back with you, but that hour 15 for powerup sounds fine with us.

Okay. At this time, I'll start my VERB 49 maneuver, but will not narrow the deadband, and we will take a look at Nunki. Okay, Vance.

Roger.

Almost, huh?

Jim? Jim?

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No, it shouldn't.

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It shouldn't.

I was below that …

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That's a good idea.

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… how many lights you're going to see. You can coach Jim on that.

Sure. We're there.

Nunki?

Yes. I can just barely see it. I see Antares much better.

Why is the wide deadband on? Stand by. Is—Is Scorpio moving down?

What's that cloud I see over there?

I don't know. It looks like a Milky Way.

Just a -

Huh!

Houston, Aquarius.

Aquarius, Houston. Go ahead.

Okay. We have completed our maneuver. We're in our wide deadband, and Nunki is close to the top of my display of the AOT. Right now, Antares seems to be more closer towards the center. However, we are in our wide deadband.

Right; understand. We'll have to make a better check later, I guess.

I can't for the life of me figure out what that dark stuff is.

Well, you know what this burn is buying us; 10 hours.

Yes.

And how.

Might be a good idea.

Hey, that's pretty extensive, Jim. You can locate it and get it halfway through the …

Strange.

It's on the AOT. Well, maybe not.

I know what that is. That might be the debris that was thrown out there.

— into the cloud?

It's all dark now.

From the explosion.

… we made a maneuver.

No, from our explosion.

Take a look. It covers a wide area. God, that dark cloud. … Like a pair of contrails. Only if you switch the detent, they go on around. How long to LOS? Is that right?

I'd sure like to try the detent 2, but I guess our damn platform's okay, isn't it?

Yes.

Yes.

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Aquarius, Houston. Over.

Go ahead, Houston.

Okay, Jim. We have a little over 2 minutes until LOS, and everything's looking good here.

Roger. Yes. I take it that we don't have to start our activations until we receive AOS from you.

Roger. That's correct.

Good morning, Houston. How do you read?

Aquarius, Houston. Over.

Stand by for AOS.

Houston, how do you read Aquarius?

Aquarius, Houston. Reading you about 3 by 3.

Houston, Aquarius. How do you read?

Okay, Fred. Reading you fairly well now. How do you read?

Okay. I read you loud and clear, …

Jack, why don't you get the other …

Well, go this way.

All right. We're going up on Mare Smythii, now.

We'll see where … zooming off.

Oh, yes, yes, we're no longer 139 miles. We're leaving.

Yes, look at that curvature.

That might be Crisium ever there, Fred.

Oh, yes; way off on the horizon, there, yes.

Hey, if you want to use the 250? There's a beautiful shot of Tsiolkovsky which we very seldom have.

Well, at this stage of the game beggars can't be choosers, I guess.

Yes, and we can't afford the amps to use the heaters.

Here you go.

All right. You're in zero phase up here.

Are we—back to DOWN VOICE BACKUP?