Spacelog Apollo 13

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Roger. We copy, and could you give us the frame number on that last picture, please?

Okay. We've been writing them all down, Vance, as we went, but that one turned out to be 29.

Roger. Twenty-nine, Fred.

Okay, Jack says I can't read the camera very well. It should be 28 based on our start frame.

Correction to 28.

13, Houston. Understand, though, the number showing that you read on the camera was 28. Is that affirm?

Yes. The readability of that thing is like, you know, half a frame one way or the other; so, 28, I think, is a good number.

(Music—Halls of Montezuma)

Roger. Houston copies.

I'll have to not wear it out before Jack gets there.

Sounds like that music's a pretty nice thing to have on a long voyage.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Go ahead.

Fred, did you get any MASTER ALARMS up there about 5 or 10 minutes ago? Folks thought they saw some here and they were curious about it.

Yes. We got another O₂ FLOW HIGH on—I guess it was about 5 minutes ago.

Okay.

Vance, what the people down there might have been seeing is our testing.

Roger. Testing the CAUTION and WARNING?

Yes. We were rigging the siren device over the MASTER ALARM, and we were running a test on it.

Okay. Good enough. And anytime you're ready to copy, I've got a pad P37 block data.

Stand by.

Okay. Go ahead, Vance.

Okay. P37 block data, starting with GETI. 025:00, 5119, minus 165, 071:08; 035:00, 7733, minus 165, 070:36; 045:00, 6208, minus 165, 094:52; 060:00, 5993, minus 165, 118:53. Over.

Okay. Stand by 1 minute.

Okay. 025:00, 5119, minus 165, 071:08; 035:00, 7733, minus 165, 070:36; 045:00, 6208, minus 165, 094:52; 060:00, 5993, minus 165, 118:53.

Roger. That's all correct.

Houston, 13.

Roger. Go ahead.

We're starting our presleep checklist and no medication.

Okay. The Doc says very good.

And, Houston, is there any onboard readouts that you don't have from us.

Stand by 1. We need the LM/CM DELTA-P for one thing, and I'll check back in a minute with the others.

Okay. And we still have the vent valve open. We'll close it one of the last things and looking at LM/CM DELTA-P right now and I see 0.5 in psi indicated.

Roger. Five-tenths.

13, Houston.

Go ahead.

Only other readouts we need are those on page 3-13 of the flight plan. BAT C, pyro BAT A, pyro BAT B, RCS A, B, C, and D readings, and DC INDICATOR select main A or B.

Okay. Stand by.

And, Vance, we're still charging BAT B. Did you want to dispense with that in a few minutes?

Stand by on that, Fred.

Okay, Vance, I've got your readouts on page 3-13 of the flight plan.

Okay. Ready to copy.

Houston, Apollo 13. Give me a call when you're ready for E-memory dump.

This is Houston, 13. You are weak. Please repeat.

Okay, Vance, give me a call when you're ready for our E-memory dump.

Okay, 13. We're not quite ready yet. We'll give you a call when we're ready.

Roger. Go ahead.

Okay, Vance. I understand you're ready.

Negative, GUIDO isn't quite ready yet.

Okay. I thought I heard you call us.

But we're ready now, Jack, so GUIDO says he's ready to take it.

On the way down.

Houston, Apollo 13.

13, Houston. Go.

Okay, Vance. Requesting clearance now to turn the vent valve back to CLOSE again, and also the battery charge off.

Roger. That's fine with us, Jim. Proceed.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Go ahead, Vance.

We think the spacecraft's looking in good shape. Nobody has any comment down here before you hit the hay.

Okay. Row do they think we stand on the way of consumables so far?

You're looking in good shape in all respects—consumables-wise.

13, Houston.

Okay, go ahead, Vance.

Just the last comment, Jack. Would you clear Hal, please, so he doesn't burn his lights out there tonight?

No, I—I was just—I'll do that for you.

Okeydoke.

And we'll see you in the morning, huh?

Okay. It'll be just a minute or 2 yet. We have to finish up a couple more chores.

What do you mean? It is morning.

Hey, that's right.

It's been a long day, huh?

Yes, it sure was.

Hello, Houston. Houston, Apollo 13. Over.

Good morning, 13. This is Houston. How are you?

Read you loud and clear. We had a fairly good night's sleep.

Okay. Real fine. At your leisure, you can give us radiation reports, I guess. We are getting a consumables update together for you, and a few other little details whenever you are ready to talk. About the only major thing on the spacecraft is that it's been getting farther away.

Okay. Well, that's to be expected, I guess.

And we're starting to charge battery A, Houston.

Roger on battery A, Fred. EECOM says battery B looks real good.

Okay.

Houston, 13.

Go ahead.

Okay. For information, Fred was on COMM last night; and he was over in the left-hand seat, and if you want our radiation readings, we just goofed. We left them all in the suits which are now nicely tucked away. We are going to get out Jack's suit in an hour or so anyway, and we'll get his dosimeter out if you wanted to get the reading on that one.

Okay. That will be satisfactory.

Okay.