Spacelog Apollo 13

Okay.

Aquarius Houston.

Go ahead.

We have high bit rate; we are standing by for the VERB 74 ENTER and the E-MOD dump.

Roger. Thank you.

Joe, how do you read?

Okay. Read you, babe.

Okay, Loud and clear. VERB 74 coming down.

Okay. Copy that, Jack.

And I'll be ready for your P27 update.

Okay.

And I'm in ACCEPT.

Okay. Understand you are in P00 and ACCEPT. Verify OMNI Charlie.

Okay. Joe, we are OMNI Charlie. We have little bit better signal strength on another OMNI.

Okay. Stand by.

Okay, Odyssey; Houston. Select your own best OMNI and then repeat VERB 74 ENTER. Over.

Okay, Odyssey; Houston. We are locked on solid high bit rate now; repeat the VERB 74 ENTER. Over. Delay that; hold the VERB 74 1 minute. Wait.

You're too late, Joe; it's coming down.

Okay, Odyssey, Houston.

Go ahead.

Okay. We are going to skip the E-MOD dump for right now and get the uplink in.

Okay. P00 and ACCEPT.

Okay. P00 and ACCEPT. And, Jack, you can go ahead with the IMU and optics powerup. Over.

Roger. It's in work.

… unable to read any BAT B voltage. We do have current, though, on BAT B.

Okay. Copy that, Fred.

Why don't you check?

You're looking good on the ground, Odyssey.

Okay.

And I think the reason you don't read voltage is it's a circuit breaker that we have called as being out.

All right.

Odyssey, Houston. The uplink is going well. We have one more load to get in.

Is the computer mine now, Joe?

Stand by 1 second.

Okay, Jack. We'd like the VERB 74 ENTER, and it'll take less than a minute for E-MOD dump.

Coming down.

And, Jack, Houston. It'll be 100 seconds on that.

Okay. Can I go to BLOCK on the UP TELEMETRY?

Not just yet, Jack.

Odyssey, Houston. You can go to UP TEL BLOCK. Over,

UP TEL BLOCK and the computer is mine.

Not yet, Jack. We're still in the E-MOD dump. And, Aquarius, Houston.

Go head, Houston.

Okay. We're coming up on time for the coarse aline, Jim, so you can hold your attitude real good.

Roger.

And, Odyssey, Houston. The computer is yours. You can press on.

Okay,

Odyssey, Houston.

… flag.

Okay, Joe. I don't have a star in the sextant. I'm going to hunt for it in a minute.

Roger that, Jack.

Okay, Joe. Can you give me any stars that I might try here?

That's affirmative. Vega and Altair should be good. Vega is 36, Altair is 40.

Okay. We'll give that a try.

Okay. And you might look for them in the telescope if they're not in the sextant right off. They should be close to the crosshairs.

Okay. I got all that material that's venting from the bottom of the command module.

I have an RCS light, Houston.

Okay, Jim. That's the one we warned you about some time ago. Low helium; no sweat.

Oh, okay.

Okay, Houston. There's a star angle difference with stars 36 and 40.

How about that, baby.

An odd maneuver, Houston.

Roger that. Copy you're maneuvering to the LM JETT attitude. Is that right?

That's affirm —

That's affirm.

I'm going to torque those gimbal angles.

Torque them, babe, full stroke gimbal.

There it is. Okay. I'll do a star check.

Okay.

Okay, Odyssey. You're suddenly ahead of the time line.

Odyssey, Houston. Request OMNI Bravo.

I am OMNI Bravo, Jim.

Okay.

Okay, Houston. The sextant star check passes.

Say again, Jack.

I did a star check, and it passes. It puts that star right in the telescope.

Good enough. You can press on in the checklist, Jack.

Find out LM gimbal lock, Jim.

It's the command module's gimbal lock I'm worried about.

(Laughter) Okay.

Aquarius, Houston.

Go ahead.

Roger. If you concur, we would be inclined to recommend that you go to AGS for the maneuver because you'll have to be there later on anyway.