Spacelog Apollo 13

Everything looks pretty good down in the S-IVB, too. The shroud still looks intact down there.

Good deal. There is really quite a bit of detail on this picture.

Okay. We've got two—two barber poles.

Houston; Roger.

Okay. You should be able to see down into the portion of the IU right now, Joe.

Fred, Houston. We'd like to try going to AVERAGE on the TV for a minute or so.

Okay. You've got AVERAGE, and a little yellow dust cap just floated by in front of us.

Yes. We see it at the top of the screen.

Fred, after a few minutes of this, at your convenience, we could use some interior shots if you get the time and if the lighting is good.

Okay.

And, 13, Houston. The S-IVB vent times are nominal as in the flight plan within a few seconds.

We're hard docked, Houston.

Roger. Understand. Good deal. Fred, one more thing on the TV. If you could come to f:22 again —

Okay. You've got f:22 again.

And, Houston, Fred will handle the camera as we go through the postdocking checklist.

Okay, Jim. Real good.

Okay, Joe. I am pointing it over toward Jack, and it's pretty bright with the Earth out that window. Is that sort of washing out the picture here?

No, Fred, it's not. We've got a bright spot where the window is. The rest of you are semi-silhouetted. It's a pretty impressive picture.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Go ahead, Joe.

For Fred. The IOS [?] has caught you with the fuel cell reactant values in latch again.

Touché.

And we have word that the propellant usage for T&D was nominal.

Okay, what is nominal, please?

Well, I didn't ask that yet, Jack; stand by one.

Okay (laughter).

Fred, this is Houston. Over.

Go ahead.

Okay. With the direct sunlight from the window, out of the TV camera field as it is now, we'd like you to open it up an f-stop or so and, if convenient, try to keep that bright spot out of the window.

Okay.

13, Houston. I guess we could stand one more twick down on the f-stop.

Okay, Joe. He's going to do it.

That is, we want you to open it up. Looks like a very interesting book you're reading.

Hey, that's pretty, Fred.

Okay. I hope you got more detail than I have on the monitor here.

No. We probably don't, but it's kind of a neat picture anyway.

Houston, we are now going to finish repressurizing the tunnel.

Houston; Roger.

… probably hear, Joe, we're just finishing pumping up Aquarius here.

Okay. About all we see on this picture, Fred, are the bright spots with the lights around the tunnel area. The hatch itself is pretty dark.

13, Houston. By the way, we'd like to know how the high gain antenna lockup worked. Our signal strength is a little bit lower than we thought it would be.

It looked just the way I expected it to, Joe. I had her sitting there in REACQ with the numbers cranked in and soon as we got pretty much through the rotation, I just threw it down to HIGH GAIN and it appeared to lock right up.

Okay. Good deal. See that flashlight beam wandering around in there.

13, Houston. Go ahead.

We'd kind of like to hold off on the—start the venting again until we get the things—pumped back up inside here. Wonder if you might give us a call to remind us when to initiate that.