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05 20 43 17
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Aquarius, Houston. Go ahead.
05 20 43 18
Jim Lovell (CDR): Roger. He just did the coarse aline. I'm going to the jettison attitude.
05 20 43 23
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Copy that.
05 20 43 37
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Aquarius, Houston. I copied that you—that he's completed the coarse aline; he's going into the P52 now? Is that right?
05 20 43 54
Jim Lovell (CDR): Let me check. I think he is.
05 20 43 56
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay. You're staying at your present attitude, aren't you?
05 20 44 03
Jim Lovell (CDR): Yes. We'll—I'll stay in the present attitude.
05 20 44 05
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Roger that.
05 20 44 26
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Houston. I got a 220 alarm here. …
05 20 44 34
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Roger that.
05 20 44 37
Jack Swigert (CMP): … …
05 20 44 55
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Odyssey, Houston. Have you set the drift light and the REFSMMAT light? Over.
05 20 45 07
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Odyssey, Houston.
05 20 45 12
Jack Swigert (CMP): … flag.
05 20 45 15
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): You were noisy; I didn't copy. Have you set the drift and REFSMMAT flag?
05 20 48 04
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Joe. I don't have a star in the sextant. I'm going to hunt for it in a minute.
05 20 48 09
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Roger that, Jack.
05 20 49 23
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Joe. Can you give me any stars that I might try here?
05 20 49 28
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): That's affirmative. Vega and Altair should be good. Vega is 36, Altair is 40.
05 20 49 36
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay. We'll give that a try.
05 20 49 38
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): 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.
05 20 49 45
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay. I got all that material that's venting from the bottom of the command module.
05 20 49 53
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Roger that.
05 20 52 07
Jim Lovell (CDR): I have an RCS light, Houston.
05 20 52 16
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay, Jim. That's the one we warned you about some time ago. Low helium; no sweat.
05 20 52 22
Jim Lovell (CDR): Oh, okay.
05 20 52 39
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Houston. There's a star angle difference with stars 36 and 40.
05 20 52 46
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): How about that, baby.
05 20 52 49
Jack Swigert (CMP): An odd maneuver, Houston.
05 20 52 52
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Roger that. Copy you're maneuvering to the LM JETT attitude. Is that right?
05 20 52 58
Jack Swigert (CMP): That's affirm —
05 20 52 59
Jim Lovell (CDR): That's affirm.
05 20 53 00
Jack Swigert (CMP): I'm going to torque those gimbal angles.
05 20 53 05
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Torque them, babe, full stroke gimbal.
05 20 53 07
Jack Swigert (CMP): There it is. Okay. I'll do a star check.
05 20 53 10
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay.
05 20 53 27
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay, Odyssey. You're suddenly ahead of the time line.
05 20 53 53
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Odyssey, Houston. Request OMNI Bravo.
05 20 54 06
Jack Swigert (CMP): I am OMNI Bravo, Jim.
05 20 54 08
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay.
05 20 54 18
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Houston. The sextant star check passes.
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05 20 54 25
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Say again, Jack.
05 20 54 28
Jack Swigert (CMP): I did a star check, and it passes. It puts that star right in the telescope.
05 20 54 35
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Good enough. You can press on in the checklist, Jack.
05 20 54 56
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Find out LM gimbal lock, Jim.
05 20 54 59
Jim Lovell (CDR): It's the command module's gimbal lock I'm worried about.
05 20 55 03
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): (Laughter) Okay.
05 20 55 28
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Aquarius, Houston.
05 20 55 30
Jim Lovell (CDR): Go ahead.
05 20 55 31
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): 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.
05 20 55 41
Jim Lovell (CDR): Okay.
05 20 55 43
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): And AGS PULSE is the recommendation.
05 20 55 46
Jim Lovell (CDR): We're having trouble maneuvering, Joe, without getting it in gimbal lock.
05 20 55 50
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay. You can —
05 20 55 51
Jim Lovell (CDR): You picked a lousy attitude, though, to separate.
05 20 55 55
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Well, we apologize. Just take your time. Jim, we've got time now.
05 20 56 01
Jim Lovell (CDR): Okay.
05 20 56 28
Jim Lovell (CDR): Houston, why can't I stay in PGNS ATT HOLD for the LM attitude hold?
05 20 56 38
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Stand by on that, Jim.
05 20 57 34
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Aquarius, Houston. Over.
05 20 57 36
Jim Lovell (CDR): Go ahead.
05 20 57 38
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay. Our recommendation is that you stay in AGS for the LM JETT simply because we've thought it through. We've got the right deadbands and all set up. Over.
05 20 57 49
Jim Lovell (CDR): Okay. It's a lot easier for me to maneuver in PGNS, Joe, than it is AGS.
05 20 57 56
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Yes. You can maneuver in PGNS, Jim. I'm sorry, I thought you were talking about the ATT HOLD and the LM JETT afterward. You can maneuver in PGNS if you want to.
05 20 58 22
Jim Lovell (CDR): I want to get way over here, Joe. To prevent him into gimbal lock, I have the yaw at about—I'd say about almost 50 degrees.
05 20 58 35
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Roger that. Just stay out of gimbal lock and that 45-degree isn't critical—the out of plane, that is.
05 20 59 05
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Odyssey, Houston. Request OMNI Charlie.
05 20 59 10
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay. Going OMNI Charlie.
05 20 59 11
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Thank you.
05 20 59 12
Jack Swigert (CMP): There.
05 20 59 13
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay. Good.
05 21 00 20
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Roger. That's VERB 46. Roger. Aquarius, Houston.
05 21 00 31
Jim Lovell (CDR): Go ahead.
05 21 00 32
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay, Jim. The particular DAP configuration we have set up now is using more fuel than we'd like out of system B. We'd like you to reconfigure the DAP to 30021. Over.
05 21 00 57
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Thank you.
05 21 01 35
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Odyssey, Houston.
05 21 01 36
Jack Swigert (CMP): Go ahead.
05 21 01 39
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): We'd like to have you turn the optics power off until you need them again, and we would like to have you check the RCS ring 1 and 2 temps for us. Over.
05 21 01 52
Jack Swigert (CMP): Optics power going off.
05 21 01 54
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay.
05 21 02 05
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Joe. Our ring 1 is 50; ring 2 is plus 42.
05 21 02 09
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Ring 1 is 50; copy. What was the other?
05 21 02 13
Jack Swigert (CMP): 42.
05 21 02 15
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Got it. Thank you.
05 21 02 22
Jim Lovell (CDR): Okay, Houston; Aquarius. I am at the LM SEP attitude and I'm planning on bailing out.
05 21 02 32
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay. I can't think of a better idea, Jim.
05 21 02 36
Jim Lovell (CDR): I'll go to AGS ATT HOLD, if you want me to.
05 21 02 40
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): We recommend that, Jim.
05 21 02 54
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay, Aquarius; Houston. In AGS ATT HOLD, we recommend WIDE DEADBAND. Over.
05 21 03 01
Jim Lovell (CDR): I'm in the AGS DEADBAND.
05 21 03 04
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Roger.
05 21 03 35
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Aquarius, Houston. Don't forget the …
05 21 03 53
Fred Haise (LMP): You need to relay something downstairs, Jim?
05 21 04 00
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Odyssey, Houston.
05 21 04 03
Jack Swigert (CMP): Go ahead, Joe.
05 21 04 04
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay. Our troops would like to have you go to the SYSTEMS TEST METER and read out the injector temps on RCS for us.
05 21 04 12
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay. Okay. In work.
05 21 04 49
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Houston. Let me read out the injector temperatures for you.
05 21 04 53
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Go ahead.
05 21 04 57
Jack Swigert (CMP): 5 Charlie, 4.2; 5 Dog, 4.6; 6 Alfa, 4.3; 6 Bravo, 4.3; 6 Charlie, 3.6; 6 Dog, 3.6.
05 21 05 19
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay. Copy that. No complaints.
05 21 05 32
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay. We're ready to proceed with hatch closeup.
05 21 05 35
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay. Did Jim get the film out of Aquarius?
05 21 05 43
Jack Swigert (CMP): Yes. We—You mean the film we took this morning?
05 21 05 46
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): That's affirm.
05 21 05 48
Jack Swigert (CMP): Yes, We've transferred that.
05 21 05 50
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay. Good deal. Jack, let me mention something about the hatch integrity check. You're going to vent the tunnel until you get a 3-psi DELTA-P. That should take 9 or 10 minutes, and it's our firm feeling that you don't have to wait another 10 minutes after that for a leak check. If it holds pressure for a minute or so or even gets down there, you know you've got a good hatch. Over.
05 21 06 16
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay. Copy that.
05 21 06 18
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay.
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05 21 12 42
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Houston. We've got an O₂ FLOW HIGH.
05 21 12 47
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay, Jack, are you -
05 21 12 53
Jack Swigert (CMP): Well, we might be pressurizing a lot of the system that was not pressurized.
05 21 12 59
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Roger. I expect that's the case. Let us check it.
05 21 13 04
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay. Take a good look at CABIN.
05 21 13 07
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Will do.
05 21 13 28
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Odyssey, Houston, just verify your DIRECT O₂ is OFF. Over.
05 21 13 37
Jack Swigert (CMP): Yes, sir. That is verified.
05 21 13 38
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay, and —
05 21 13 39
Jim Lovell (CDR): … It's dropping now, Joe.
05 21 13 43
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Roger. We think that you were just pressurizing the cabin up to that regulator's particular SPEC.
05 21 15 14
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Odyssey, Houston.
05 21 15 18
Jack Swigert (CMP): Go ahead.
05 21 15 19
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay. We're observing middle gimbal angle getting a little bit high. The LM appears to be deadbanding okay within its attitude, but just wanted you to know that we're keeping an eye on it and if it does get too high, we might want you to punch off early.
05 21 15 32
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay.
05 21 15 36
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): And verify that the hatch is secured and that you are venting the tunnel. Over.
05 21 15 42
Jack Swigert (CMP): That's verified. We have a DELTA-P of 2.8.
05 21 15 46
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Real good. Real good.
05 21 16 27
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Joe. Since we're ahead of the time line, can I proceed on and kind of punch off early, or do you want me to punch off at exactly 1 hour?
05 21 16 35
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Jack, when you are comfortably ready to punch off, you can go ahead and do it.
05 21 17 49
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Odyssey, Houston. We just had a formal GO for LM JETT at your convenience. Over.
05 21 17 57
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay. Thanks, Joe.
05 21 17 58
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay.
05 21 18 25
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay, Odyssey; Houston. We're ready for you to bring the BMAGs ON and WARM UP and all other things being equal, we'd like you to go through the LM JETT at—on the checklist you've got. And that is BMAGs 1 —
05 21 18 38
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay. Will do.
05 21 18 40
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): — 1. That's BMAG 1 now, as you know.
05 21 18 45
Jack Swigert (CMP): Yes, BMAG 1 is in WARM UP.
05 21 18 47
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Houston. Do you have a command module weight for me?
05 21 20 24
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Stand by 1, Jack.
05 21 20 43
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Odyssey, Houston.
05 21 20 47
Jack Swigert (CMP): Go ahead.
05 21 20 48
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay. I'm reminded that the entry DAP is all you've got. It'll initialize itself, and you won't have an—you won't have an RCS DAP, so you don't have to fool with it.
05 21 20 59
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay.
05 21 22 12
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Joe. I'm—Have you got your checklist out there on the SPS powerup?
05 21 22 17
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): That's affirm.
05 21 22 19
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay. I'm coming down here to a step that says FDAI POWER, off. Is that what you want right now, I guess, huh?
05 21 22 28
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Go ahead.
05 21 22 29
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Okay, Jack. That FDAI POWER, OFF, is to stop momentary gliches as you bring up the BMAG to put it on, and you turn right around and put the FDAI POWER right back on 1.
05 21 22 44
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay. And I don't have the BMAG TEMP light out yet. Do you want me to go ahead and put the BMAG ON with the TEMP light still ON?
05 21 22 50
Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): That's affirm. We can go ahead and you'll have a good stable rate.
05 21 22 55
Jack Swigert (CMP): All right. Let's do it.

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