Spacelog Apollo 13

Aquarius, Houston. AFT OMNI.

I beat you to it, Houston.

Okay, Aquarius; Houston. That attitude looks pretty good. How's Jack getting along?

He's getting along, all set to go. And I'm going to go into PGNS ATT HOLD.

Roger.

Aquarius, Houston.

Go ahead.

Roger. Again for fuel-consumption reasons, we'd like you to go back to the AGS mode you were in rather than PGNS ATT HOLD. Over.

Okay. I'm in PGNS MINIMUM IMPULSE right now while we're firing. And I'll go back to the AGS mode.

Okay, Jim. PGNS MIN IMPULSE is okay; AGS is okay too. It's your choice.

Soon as we get rid of the service module, Joe, I think I'll be able to maneuver a lot better.

Sure thing.

Okay, Jack just reported that all thrusters fired on both rings.

Real fine. Real fine.

And SM JETT at 138:12.

Roger. Understand; that's SM JETT, 138:12. It's not that time critical, Jim.

Can we do it at any time, Joe?

I think so, but let me check. Aquarius, Houston. That's affirmative. You can jettison the service module when you are ready; no big rush, but any time.

Okay. Sounds good.

Aquarius, Houston.

Go ahead.

Roger. We recommend that you use the AGS for the separation maneuver, because we'd like to get the proper weight in for the DAP before we use the PGNS again.

Roger. We will. Stand by.

Copy that.

Yes, it looks like it got to the SPS bell, too, Houston.

Think it zinged the SPS engine bell, huh?

That's the way it looks; unless that's just a dark brown streak. It's really a mess.

Okay, Jim. We'd like you to get some pictures, but we want you to conserve RCS. Don't make unnecessary maneuvers.

And, Jim; Houston. In particular, of course, we don't want any translation maneuvers.

Right on that. Joe, you realize that when I went up to the SM SEP attitude, I had to use TTCA to do it.

That's affirm. We know that. That's okay.

All right. She's drifting right down in front of our windows now, Houston.

Okay.

Okay, Joe, I'm now looking down the SPS bell, and it looks—looks okay on the inside; maybe it is just a streak.

Okay. Copy that, Fred. Was the bell deformed on the outside or just nicked or what?

I think the explosion, from what I could see, Joe, had—had stained it. I don't know whether it did any actual deformation or not.

Okay.

Man, that's unbelievable!

Aquarius, Houston.

Go ahead.

I know you're busy, but when Jack gets a chance, we'd like BAT C current and MAIN A voltage in the command module.

Houston, Aquarius.

Go ahead, Aquarius.

Okay. I've pitched up to about 180 degrees now, and do you want me to go to the LM SEP attitude for his alinement?

Stand by on that, Jim.

Aquarius, Houston.

Go ahead.

Roger. We want you to go to the service module SEP attitude.

Okay.

And, Jim, when you have leisure to copy, I have your NOUN 46 and NOUN 47 DAP data load numbers.

Okay. Go ahead.

Okay. NOUN 46, 31021; NOUN 47, plus 25248 and plus 09050. Over.

Roger; 31021, plus 25248, plus 09050.

That's correct.

And now, Houston, do you still think that AGS is going to be less expensive than PGNS mode?

That's affirmative, Jim.

Okay. I'm in AGS pulse right now. It's the …

Okay. We concur.

Going back to LM SEP attitude—or CSM SEP attitude.

Roger that.

Aquarius, Houston.

Stand by. Jack's on the line and he says that he can't get the computer to go into standby.

Okay. Have him tell us what he's—what he looks at. And remind him that he won't see the light. He won't see the STANDBY light —

Okay —

— because it's not powered—

— Joe —

Go ahead, Jack.

Joe. Okay, I get a flashing 37, I am in PROGRAM 06. There is no STANDBY light, but when I ENTER, I don't get the three balls 62 displayed like I'm supposed to.

Okay, Jack —

And this —

Go ahead —

— and this occurs on both DSKYs.

Okay. Understand. We're—we're thinking about it. Stand by 1.

Okay, Jack; Houston. We'd like you to go VERB 37, ENTER; 06, ENTER again. Over.

Okay. In work.

Okay.

Okay, Houston. I'm back in the service module SEP attitude.

Okay. Copy that, Jim. Looks good. Do you know whether Jack got any pictures out of window 5? Was it still fogged up? Over.

I don't think so. I think he came right down here, because I think he saw it first in the—in the LM.

Okay. Good deal. And whenever you get cleaned up, we got the entry pad and the landing area summary for you.

Okay, Vance. This is Jack.

Go ahead.

Okay. Doing a VERB 37, ENTER; 06, ENTER does bring up the three balls 62 display, but I can't PROCEED on it on either DSKY and a VERB 33 doesn't work either.

Okay.

It's still just a flashing 5025 with a code 00062.

Okay. Copy that, Jack. Stand by 1.

Jack, Houston. How long did you hold PROCEED before you quit on it?