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02 07 55 19
Fred Haise (LMP): Key moment "Houston, we've had a problem.": Okay, Houston —
02 07 55 20
Jack Swigert (CMP): I believe we've had a problem here.
02 07 55 28
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): This is Houston. Say again, please.
02 07 55 35
Jim Lovell (CDR): Houston, we've had a problem. We've had a MAIN B BUS UNDERVOLT.
02 07 55 42
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger. MAIN B UNDERVOLT.
02 07 55 58
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay, stand by, 13. We're looking at it.
02 07 56 10
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay. Right now, Houston, the voltage is—is looking good. And we had a pretty large bang associated with the CAUTION AND WARNING there. And as I recall, MAIN B was the one that had had an amp spike on it once before.
02 07 56 40
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger, Fred.
02 07 56 54
Fred Haise (LMP): In the interim here, we're starting to go ahead and button up the tunnel again.
02 07 57 01
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger.
02 07 57 04
Fred Haise (LMP): Yes. That jolt must have rocked the sensor on—see now—O₂ QUANTITY 2. It—was oscillating down around 20 to 60 percent. Now it's fullscale high again.
02 07 57 22
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger.
02 07 57 30
Jim Lovell (CDR): And, Houston, we had a RESTART on our computer and we had a PGNCS light and the RESTART RESET.
02 07 57 37
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger. RESTART and a PGNCS light. RESET on a PGNCS, RESET —
02 07 57 44
Jim Lovell (CDR): Okay. And we're looking at our S—SERVICE MODULE RCS HELIUM 1. We have—B is barber poled and D is barber poled, HELIUM 2, D is barber pole, and SECONDARY PROPELLANTS, I have A and C barber pole. BMAG temperatures?
02 07 58 07
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay, AC 2 is showing zip. I'm going to try to reconfigure on that, Jack.
02 07 58 13
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger.
02 07 58 25
Fred Haise (LMP): Yes. We got a MAIN BUS A UNDERVOLT now, too, showing.
02 07 58 29
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): MAIN A UNDERVOLT.
02 07 58 33
Fred Haise (LMP): It's reading about 25-1/2, MAIN B is reading zip right now.
02 07 59 33
Jim Lovell (CDR): And, Houston, Odyssey.
02 07 59 38
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Stand by 1, Jim.
02 08 00 35
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, Houston. We'd like you to attempt to reconnect fuel cell 1 to MAIN A and fuel cell 3 to MAIN B. Verify that quad Delta is open.
02 08 00 53
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay, Houston. I'm showing—I tried to reset and fuel cell 1 and 3 are both showing gray flags, but they are both showing zip on the flows.
02 08 01 08
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): We copy.
02 08 03 17
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay, Houston. Are you still reading 13?
02 08 03 20
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): That's affirmative. We're reading you. We're trying to come up with some good ideas here for you.
02 08 03 29
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay. Let me give you some reading … in the interim to help MAIN A voltage, Jack. I've got BUS TIE AC on.
02 08 03 37
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Say again, Fred.
02 08 03 42
Fred Haise (LMP): In the interim, to help out MAIN A voltage, I've got MAIN BUS TIE BAT AC on. Or would you rather accept the 25 volts we are seeing on MAIN A?
02 08 03 52
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay. BUS TIE AC on.
02 08 04 09
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, Houston. We need OMNI Charlie, please.
02 08 04 19
Fred Haise (LMP): You got it.
02 08 05 32
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, Houston. We'd like you to verify couple of readings for us. We would like the nitrogen pressure on fuel cell 1. We need the oxygen pressure on fuel cell 2.
02 08 05 46
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay. Nitrogen on 1 and oxygen on 2. Is that correct?
02 08 05 50
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Negative. Oxygen on 3.
02 08 05 54
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay.
02 08 06 24
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay. The systems test 1-A says zip.
02 08 06 44
Fred Haise (LMP): And 2 Baker, which is 3 oxygen, says 0.6.
02 08 06 50
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 2 Baker says 0.6, and say again the other one.
02 08 06 57
Fred Haise (LMP): Fuel cell 1 nitrogen reads zero.
02 08 07 01
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger. Zero.
02 08 08 47
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, Houston. We'd like you to open circuit fuel cell 1; leave 2 and 3 as is.
02 08 08 55
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay. I'll get to work on that.
02 08 08 57
Jim Lovell (CDR): And, Jack, our O₂ quantity number 2 tank is reading zero. Did you get that?
02 08 09 04
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): O₂ QUANTITY number 2 is zero.
02 08 09 07
Jim Lovell (CDR): That's AC, okay. Yes, that's good AC and it looks to me, looking out the hatch, that we are venting something. We are venting something out into the—into space.
02 08 09 22
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger. We copy your venting.
02 08 09 29
Jim Lovell (CDR): It's a gas of some sort.
02 08 09 49
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay. Fuel cell 1, you just wanted it off the line now, Jack, is that right?
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02 08 09 52
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): We just wanted you to open the circuit on fuel cell 1.
02 08 09 58
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay. She's off the line.
02 08 12 47
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, Houston. We see you getting close to gimbal lock there. We'd like you to bring up all quad Cs on MAIN A, quad C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4 on MAIN A, and also bring B-3 and B-4 up on MAIN A.
02 08 13 14
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, Houston. Do you read?
02 08 13 20
Fred Haise (LMP): Yes. We got it.
02 08 13 21
Jim Lovell (CDR): Affirm.
02 08 13 22
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay. Can you tell us anything about the venting, where it is coming from, what window you see it at.
02 08 13 30
Fred Haise (LMP): It's coming out of window 1, right now, Jack, and could you give me the thrusters again?
02 08 13 35
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay, the thrusters —
02 08 13 37
Fred Haise (LMP): What buses?
02 08 13 38
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): We'd like—on MAIN A, we'd like Charlie 1, 2, 3, and 4. Also Bravo 3 and 4 on MAIN A.
02 08 13 52
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay. Got it.
02 08 14 42
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, we need OMNI Bravo.
02 08 14 46
Fred Haise (LMP): OMNI Bravo.
02 08 16 08
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay, 13; this is Houston. We'd like you to go to your G&C checklist, the pink pages, 1-5. Do powerdown until we get a Delta of 10 amps. Over.
02 08 16 21
Fred Haise (LMP): All right. Roger.
02 08 17 03
Jim Lovell (CDR): Okay, Jack, say again that—… for the powerdown; it's not in the pink pages, the 1-5.
02 08 17 10
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay. We'd like you to go down that powerdown procedure until you get a Delta of 10 amps. Over.
02 08 17 21
Jim Lovell (CDR): Roger. …
02 08 17 50
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, Houston. Did you copy our powerdown request?
02 08 17 57
Jack Swigert (CMP): Roger, Jack. We're—yes, we're doing it right now.
02 08 17 59
Jim Lovell (CDR): Where did you say that was located, Jack?
02 08 18 08
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): That's in your systems checklist, page 1-5.
02 08 18 26
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): And, 13, you might also check for those pages in your launch checklist. They're emergency pages; pink pages, 1-5, and we'd like you to power down until you get —
02 08 18 37
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay. That was in the launch checklist, Jack.
02 08 18 42
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger. Power down until you get an amperage of 10 amps less than what you got now. Over.
02 08 18 50
Jim Lovell (CDR): Okay.
02 08 22 06
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay. Jack. Are you happy with the amps we have now?
02 08 22 10
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Stand by 1, Fred.
02 08 22 15
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Jack, and on this page 1-5, we proceeded right down the list, all the way down; we're right now at BMAG number 2 is in WARM UP.
02 08 22 26
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger. We copy BMAG 2 in WARM UP. We'll follow you through.
02 08 22 31
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, and something is giving us a reach, Jack, both in pitch and roll, so I'm suspecting that maybe it's whatever it is that's venting back there. I've had to use DIRECT in order to stabilize this, and as soon as I do, we're starting to pick up rates again. Can you pick up any jets firing?
02 08 22 54
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Stand by. What direction are your rates in, Jack?
02 08 23 06
Jack Swigert (CMP): It's negative pitch and negative roll.
02 08 23 12
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger.
02 08 24 42
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, Houston. We need to get some more instrumentation up. We'd like you to put INVERTER 1 on both AC BUSES. Over.
02 08 24 53
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay. Okay, you got INVERTER 1 on both AC BUSES now. And Jack, one of the items that we turned off was the—all the fuel cell pumps. Okay, and you might let us know when fuel cell 2 needs its pump back; we ought to take care of that guy.
02 08 25 37
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger. Okay, Fred, we want FUEL CELL 2 PUMPS to AC1, please.
02 08 25 55
Jim Lovell (CDR): FUEL CELL 2 to AC1. Roger.
02 08 26 00
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay, it's on AC1.
02 08 27 48
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): OMNI Charlie, please, 13.
02 08 27 52
Jim Lovell (CDR): OMNI Charlie.
02 08 28 06
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay, 13. We've got lots and lots of people working on this; we'll give you some dope as soon as we have it, and you'll be the first one to know.
02 08 28 19
Jack Swigert (CMP): Oh, thank you.
02 08 28 29
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay, Jack, and the weird configuration we're sitting in now is we have the hatch installed, we still have the probe and drogue inside the command module, and we're going to stay in this situation until you—kind of give us an okay to reinstall the probe and drogue.
02 08 28 47
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger. We'll give you an answer.
02 08 28 48
Fred Haise (LMP): Or, if necessary, to use the LM consumables.
02 08 28 52
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger.
02 08 32 11
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, we'd like to have you put thruster Alfa 3 on MAIN A, please.
02 08 32 19
Jim Lovell (CDR): Alfa 3 on MAIN A.
02 08 32 24
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay, Jack, are you monitoring the quad temps in quad A—package temps?
02 08 32 31
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Affirmative.
02 08 33 37
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, this is Houston. We'd like to power down just a little bit more, so let's get BMAG 2 OFF; and make sure your lights are down. Over.
02 08 33 49
Jim Lovell (CDR): Okay. The lights are down, and BMAG 2's going from STANDBY to OFF.
02 08 34 27
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, Houston —
02 08 34 28
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Jack, now I've got a rate -
02 08 34 29
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): — we'd like you to open circuit fuel cell 3.
02 08 34 36
Jack Swigert (CMP): Open circuit fuel cell 3.
02 08 34 37
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Go ahead, Jack.
02 08 34 46
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, fuel cell 3 is off the line now.
02 08 35 16
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): And 13, Houston. We'd like you to turn all your Bravo thrusters OFF; and put all your Delta thrusters on MAIN A, please.
02 08 35 26
Jim Lovell (CDR): All Delta thrusters on MAIN A and all Bravo thrusters OFF. Roger.
02 08 35 55
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, Houston. Turn BATTERY A OFF —
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02 08 35 56
Jim Lovell (CDR): Okay, Jack, …
02 08 35 57
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02 08 36 01
Jack Swigert (CMP): That's right; we were pulling current all the time.
02 08 36 02
Jim Lovell (CDR): BATTERY A OFF. Roger.
02 08 36 05
Jack Swigert (CMP): Now you're … up.
02 08 36 07
Jim Lovell (CDR): I'm transmitting. I don't have any current now.
02 08 36 15
Jack Swigert (CMP): Hey, it's off—it's off. They—they killed the bus completely now.
02 08 37 07
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, Houston. We'd like you to isolate your O₂ surge tank. Over.
02 08 37 19
Jack Swigert (CMP): Surge tank off now, Jack? Okay, Jack, are you copying—O₂ tank 1 cryo pressure?
02 08 37 30
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): That's affirmative. And we're trying to get power to that tank. Stand by; we're working on it.
02 08 37 38
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay.
02 08 39 05
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay. We had a—SERVICE MODULE RCS B light, jack, due to package temperature.
02 08 39 13
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): SERVICE MODULE RCS B. We copy. No problem.
02 08 39 21
Jack Swigert (CMP): Let's read you the lights we got on now; CRYO PRESS, FUEL CELL 1, FUEL CELL 3, MAIN BUS B UNDERVOLT, SUIT COMPRESSOR.
02 08 39 33
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger, we copy them and we'd like to build up the pressure in O₂ tank 1, so turn the heaters on manually; we'll watch the pressure for you.
02 08 39 44
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, do you want to see —
02 08 39 45
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Go ahead.
02 08 39 46
Jack Swigert (CMP): — We're going to get a MAIN BUS A UNDERVOLT, probably.
02 08 39 49
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger. We realize that; we feel we can stand 5 more amps on it.
02 08 39 56
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay.
02 08 40 00
Jim Lovell (CDR): Okay, heater on tank 1's ON.
02 08 41 52
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, Houston. We'd like you to additionally bring on the fans in O₂ tank 1, and we can stand the additional amperage on that.
02 08 42 03
Jim Lovell (CDR): Okay—bring up the fans on O₂ tank 1.
02 08 44 32
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, Houston. We'd like you to check some circuit breakers on panel 226. CRYO O₂ HEATER number 1 MAIN A, and check the three CRYO FAN MOTORS, TANK 1, three phases.
02 08 44 56
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay, Jack. 226 is configured just like it should be. I got three REACS breakers and three RAD breakers open. All the rest are closed.
02 08 45 11
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay, Fred. Thank you.
02 08 45 55
Jack Swigert (CMP): Jack, looking outside, the number of particles has diminished greatly, almost ceased now, which indicates maybe what was venting has almost stopped.
02 08 46 09
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger, Jack. Thank you. We copy.
02 08 46 14
Jack Swigert (CMP): I'm still getting some rates in negative pitch, though.
02 08 46 17
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Roger.
02 08 46 28
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): And, 13, we'd like to verify that both BMAGs are off, please.
02 08 46 35
Jack Swigert (CMP): Negative. We just have one BMAG. BMAG number 1 is still on.
02 08 46 43
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay, Jack. Let's take BMAG 1 off.
02 08 46 50
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay. BMAG number 1 off now.
02 08 48 06
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): 13, this is Houston. We'd like you to give us a survey of your displays on MDCs 1 and 2. Give us gage readings and talkbacks. Over.
02 08 48 22
Jim Lovell (CDR): Okay. We'll start with display number 1.
02 08 48 30
Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Jack. On MDC 1, there's nothing abnormal. All the rate indicators are zero. Ball number 2 is frozen, of course; we lost MAIN B. I've got—Ball number 1 appears to be working normally. Right now I'm sitting at roll 0, pitch 180, and yaw about 13 degrees. I'm going to try and hold 0, 180, and 0.

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