A_'OLLO 14 AiR/GROUND TRanSCRIPT INDEX

Event Tape/Page

3o/1
Translunar Injection 39/1
Docking probe problem @ LM extraction 41/2
Successful docking 57/t
TV,of probe & drogue analysis 67/1
"Go" for lunar landing 110/I
}{idcourse correction 23_/!
First AO5 after lunar orbit insertion 24_/1
Descent Orbit Insertion 255/1
_M/LM tmdockar_g 289/t
Lunar landing 314/1
First EVA 313/1
U_ Flag planted 341/1
ALSEP activated 368/I
LM hatch closed-end EVA I 386_1
SSart sedhnd surface _A 406/2
$hepard tees off with 6-iron on moon 448_I
TV of inflight demonstrations 524/1
TV of crew inflight press conference 571/!
_/SM seimr_tion 607/1
Splashdown 610/1
Crew arrives aboard prime recovery vessel 620/1
Al
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TABLE 6-I.- SEQUENCE OF EVENTS a

Elapsed time,
hr:min:sec

Range zero - 21:03:02 G.m.t., January 31, 1971

Lift-off - 21:03:02.6 G.m.t., January 31, 1971
Translunar injection maneuver, Firing time = 350.8 sec 02:28:32
Translunar injection 02:34:32
S-IVB/command module separation 03:02:29
Translunar docking 04:56:56
Spacecraft ejection 05:47:14
First midcourse correction, Firing time = 10.1 sec 30:36:08
Second midcourse correction, Firing time = 0.65 sec 76:58:12
Lunar orbit insertion, Firing time = 370.8 sec 81:56:41
S-IVB lunar impact 82:37:52 ,
Descent orbit insertion, Firing time = 20.8 sec 86:10:53
Lunar module undocking and separation 103:47:42
Circularization maneuver, Firing time = 4 sec 105:1t:46
Powered descent initiation, Firing time =_764.6 sec 108:02:27
Lunar landing 108:15:09
Start first extravehicular activity 113:39:11
_-_ First data from Apollo lunar surface experiment package 116:47:58
Plane change, Firing time = 18.5 sec 117:29:33
Complete first extravehicular activity 118:27:01
Start second extravehicular activity 131:08:13
End second extravehicular activity 135:42:54
Lunar lift-off, Firing time = 432.1 sec 141:45:40
Vernier adjustment maneuver, Firing time = 12.1 sec 141:56:49
Terminal _hase initiation 142:30:51
Terminal ph_e finalization 143:13:29
Do cking 143: 32: 51
Lunar module jettison 145:44:58
Separation maneuver 145:49:43
Lunar module deorbit maneuver, Firing time = 76.2 sec 147:14:17
Lunar module lunar impact 147:42:23
Transearth injection, Firing time = 149.2 sec 148:36:02
Third midcourse correction, Firing time = 3.0 sec 165:34:57
Command module/service module separation 215:32:42
Entry interface 215:47:45
Begin blackout 215:48:02
End blackout 215: 51:19
Drogue deployment 215:56:08
Lan ding 216: 01: 58

asee table 6-11 for event definitions.

 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 1:31-71, 13:00CST 1/1

SPEAKER This is Kennedy Launch Control at

T-1 hour 30 minutes and counting now 90 minutes away from the
Apollo 14 liftoff. Ail aspects of the countdown still run-
ning smoothly at this time. In fact, a number of nontime
critical items have been accomplished well ahead of their
prescribed time in the countdown. We're essentially ahead
in the count with all going well. At the white room level
the closeout crew now has completed purging the cabin, bring-
ing it to the proper environment and they are Just doing the
finishing touches on placeing the boost protector cover on
the hatch. Ail aspects going well with the count. Other
work in process during this period is Spacecraft Commander
Alan Shepard now has come back on line with the spacecraft
test conductor and is securing from this rather extensive
emergency detection system checks that had been in progress.
Now, here in the firing room, we're performing some special
tests of the flight computer. We're running it through a
prepare to launch mode, exercising the flight computer to
insure that it will, in fact, operate satisfactorily in
flight. Houston flight is standing by at this time to send
some commands to the launch vehicle. This will be coming
up in a few minutes. This is Mitch, the flight director
in Houston has the capability of sending commands to the
,-_ vehicle in flight. We want to check this at this point to
be sure that the Houston commands actually will get through
to the vehicle and that it is verified. We're at 1 hour,
28 minutes, 29 seconds and counting. This is Kennedy Launch
Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 1/31/71, 13:00CST 2/1

SPEAKER This is Kennedy Launch Control at

T-minus 1 hour, 23 minutes and counting. Ail still proceeding
very smoothly with the Apollo 14 count at this time. Astro-
naut Alan Shepard aboard the Apollo 14 spacecraft now busy
with the start of some extensive guidance and command checks
that will be inprogress for the next 10 or 15 minutes or so.
This starts with checks of stabilization and control system
of the spacecraft and also checks out the various guidance
controls on board. T-minus 1 hour, 22 minutes, 29 seconds
and counting and this is Kennedy Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 1/31/71, 13:13CST 3/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control at

T minus one hour ten minutes and counting, now 70 minutes
away from the Apollo 14 liftoff. We're still proceeding
very satisfactorily at this time. Our weather posture seems
to be improving. However, we are still keeping a close look
on that weather front to the west of us. A squall in front
of it seems to be breaking up. However, it is still being
looked at closely. As far as weather in the Atlantic Ocean,
which had had high seas and some high winds, it appears that
the most severe aspect of that weather will be north of the
trajectory on the flight. This is the area that would be
concerned with am emergency abort condition. It is predicted
that the more severe weather will not move into - anywhere
along the line of the track. As a result, we appear to be
GO as far as the abort weather conditions are concerned. In
the meanwhile, Alan Shepard, the spacecraft commander, now in
the midst of his guidance and control checks working with
spacecraft conductor Skip Chauvin. At one point in this
test he does actually drive that big service propulsion sys-
tem engine below him. He actually gimbals the engine, has
it sway in response to commands from the spacecraft. We also
are checking here in the firing room two of the two tracking
beacons on the launch vehicle that are used for C-band radar
tracks during the powered phase of the flight. Astronauts
Dave Scott and Jim Erwin, the commander and lunar module
pilots of the Apollo 15 mission, are here in the firing room
at this time, and they are at this point talking with acting
administrator George Low and Dr. Werner yon Braun. Our
countdown is proceeding, T minus one hour 8 minutes 17 seconds
and counting. This is Kennedy Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 1/31/71, 13:23CST 4/1

SPEAKR This is Kennedy Launch Control at

T-60 minutes and counting. T-60, one hour away from the
Apollo 14 liftoff. All aspects of the countdown still pro-
ceeding very satisfactorily at this time. As a matter of
fact, a number of events with some 10 or 15 minutes ahead
of the assigned work in the countdown manual. Because of
this the Apollo access arms swing on number 9, will probably
come back about 10 minutes earlier than it usually would in
the countdown. By coming back early, it will be moving in
about 7 or 8 minutes from this point. It's moved 12 degrees
from the spacecraft -- that'S about 6 feet -- and remains in
that standby position until a 5 minute mark in the count
when it's fully retracted. A short while ago Alan Shepard
was told by the Spacecraft Test Conductor, Skip Chauvin,
things were going very well and that we were ahead on the
count. Alan at that point said thank him for the information
and said how's the weather out there. The reply came back
that there is some cover but it looks pretty fair. Actually
the clouds we have in the area at the present time have a
base of about 3000 feet and extend up to 8000 feet with some
getting as high as 12,000 feet. This does not appear to be
any constraint to a launch attempt as far as the cloud cover
is concerned at this time. That's our status. The count-
down is still running smoothly. We're GO on Apollo 14.
T-58 minutes, 33 seconds and counting. This is Kennedy
Launch Control.

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 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 1-31-71, 13:28 CST 5/1

-- PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control, T-55 minutes

and counting. T-55 and counting all still proceeding very
satisfactorily with Apollo t4. We've just completed some
telemetry checks of the launch vehicle as the launch continues.
The astronaut crew has been advised that the swing arm, the
Apollo access arm swing on number 9 will be coming back in about
a minute and 40 seconds from this time. We will remain in a
standby position about 6 feet from the spacecraft until we
reach the five minute mark in the count when it will be fully
retracted. The pad leader and the closeout crew have departed
from the 320 foot level and are now at the roadblock position
standing by. For an update on network operations concerned with
the mission, we now switch to mission control in Houston.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at
minus 54 minutes and counting. The worldwide manned space-
flight network is prepared for launch at this time. Only
one problem has emerged. This is a very minor problem. At
Carnarvon seaband coverage is red because of computer prob-
lems, however, this gives no constraint to launch because of
the unified S-band coverage in that area. Weather conditions
along the ground track across the Atlantic are expected to
be satisfactory as it has been reported with one area of
high winds and seas midway between Florida and Bermuda. In
the area we expect southwesterly winds of some 25 to 30 knots
and seas of 8 to 12 feet. Here in Mission Control except
-_ for a few more people than we see in simulations, it's much
the same. A quiet calmness best describes the mood of the
control center as the Houston Flight Control Team monitors
the final countdown now in progress. However, in less than
an hour the atmosphere here will change when the control of
the flight switches to Houston. Our flight director today,
Pete Frank will be calling for rapid status reports from each
member of the his team throughout the booster or powered
phase of flight. Over what is known as the flight director's
loop we expect to hear a great deal from a gentleman named
Dave Reed, our flight dynamics officer and Frank Van Rensiler
the booster systems engineer. Since they will be monitoring
the crucial trajectory and launch vehicle data. We're at
minus 52 minutes and this is Apollo Control Houston.
PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control,
we're now 52 minutes, 13 seconds and counting. And as the
astronauts were alerted, it did occur. The Apollo access arm
now has been retracted and is in the standby position. As soon
as the arm is retracted, the pyrotechnic systems within the
spacecraft are armed. This means now that 155 pound thrust
escape tower that is atop of the spacecraft can be deployed in
a critical emergency if necessary from this point down in the
countdown. 51 minutes, 42 seconds and counting. This is Kennedy
Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 1/31/71, 13:38 CST 6/1

SPEAKER This is Kennedy Launch Control.

T minus 45 minutes and counting. T minus 45 still GO with
Apollo 14 in the countdown at this time. Just a matter of
a few minutes ago astronaut Stu Roosa wound up pressurizing
the reaction control system of the Service Module on the
spacecraft. These are the big 100 lb. thrust engines which
are in quandrants - 4 quadrants around the side of the
Service Module which are used for certain types of spacecraft
maneuvers on the trajectory to and from the moon. Stu Roosa
read out the various pressures involved in the different
quadrants and they were recorded by the spacecraft test
conductor. Coming up in a matter of a few minutes will be
one of the final major checks of the range safety command
destruct system aboard the vehicle. These are the destruct
packages in each of the stages which would be initiated in
the event the vehicle veered violently off trajectory and
could be a danger to anyone or anything below. Of course
before destruct action would ever occur the escape tower
first would be triggered on the spacecraft to successfully
separate the astronauts from the vehicle in trouble.
43 minutes, 43 seconds and counting, this is Kennedy Launch
Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 13:43 CST 7/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control at

T minus 40 minutes and counting. T minus 40, we are pro-
ceeding satisfactorily with Apollo 14. Just as this
announcement began, we began a key check here in the firing
room of power transfer test in which we switched from the
external power on the vehicle to the batteries in each of
the three stages and the instrument unit of the Saturn 5.
This test is in progress at this time and after we are
assured that all batteries are operating satisfactorily,
we will return to external power in order to preserve the
power of those batteries for the actual power phase of
flight. We actually will return to internal power at
50 seconds in the countdown. The astronauts are standing by
in the spacecraft at the 320 foot level of launch pad A.
They are about 10 minutes ahead in their work and they have
finished up the pressurization of the reaction control
system of the Apollo spacecraft. 39 minutes and counting.
We're go with Apollo 14 at this time. We will take a close
look at our cloud conditions at about the 10 minute mark
count to determine our statu:!_. Now 38 minutes, 45 seconds
and counting. This is KenneJy Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 1/31/71, 13:48 CST 8/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control at

T minus 35 minutes and counting. T minus 35 and all going
well with Apollo 14. The Astronauts have just been advised
by the spacecraft test conductor Skip Chauvin that we've
just passed the 35 minute mark and a crisp "Roger" came back
in reply. The countdown is still going well and we're keep-
ing a close look at our cloud cover and we'll proceed to
countdown to the 10 minute mark and take a close look there
and if it appears that we will be clear we will continue
our countdown down through liftoff. We have completed our
power transfer test and all is still going well with the count.
Thirty four minutes, twenty one seconds and counting. This
is Kennedy Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 13:53 CST 9/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control at

T minus 30 minutes and counting, T minus 30, all elements of
the Apollo 14 countdown still go at this time. At this point
in the count the Apollo 14 lunar module, named Antares is now
going on internal power. There are 2 batteries in the ascent
stage and 4 batteries on the descent stage of the lunar module
for Apollo 14. The lunar module will remain internal for some
20 minutes until the 10 minute mark in the count as we take a
final look at the lunar module systems before we're ready to
commit to fly. The LM then again will be powered down at the
10 minute mark in the countdown. Still well ahead on a number
of functions - the astronauts standing by in the spacecraft,
all still going well. T-minus 29 minutes 10 seconds and
counting. This is Kennedy Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 13:58 CST 10/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control,

T minus 25 minutes and counting, T minus 25. Ail is still
go with the Apollo 14 count. We are keeping a close look on
the clouds in the KSC area, particularly here at complex 39
at this time. These clouds are ranging from 3 to 8 thousand
feet at the present time. We'll take a close look at the
10 minute mark to determine our posture to continue the
count. We're still aiming at this time toward our planned
T zero lift off at 3:23 PM Eastern Standard time. In progress
here in firing room 2, the crew is monitoring some automatic
telemetry calibrations of the saturn 5 launch vehicle. This
is to assure that we are properly calibrated to receive the
in flight information during the powered phase of the mission.
24 minutes 11 seconds and counting, this is Kennedy Launch
Con trol.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 1/31/71, 14:00 CST 11/1

SPEAKER T minus 23. We are GO with Apollo 14

at this time. Just a matter of seconds ago, the spacecraft
Commander Alan Shepard was advised of the status of the
count at the 24 minute mark. Shepard reported back, he said,
"It's rather quiet out there" and he was informed it was
quiet because things are going so well. He was referring
to the communications circuit he's on. He said, "I'm glad
to hear that." This is Kennedy Launch Control.

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_ APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:02CST 12/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control,

T minus 23 minutes and counting, T minus 23 - - This
is Kennedy Launch Control, T minus 20 minutes and counting.
T minus 20. Still go with Apollo 14 at this time. The
Vice President of the United States, Spiro Agnew and the
Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Spain have
arrived at the viewing site at this time. Meanwhile here
in the firing room, we're continuing to monitor the status
of all those propellants, more than a million gallons of
propellants aboard the Saturn 5 launch vehicle. The reports
keep coming back that all is still going well. The astronauts
standing by in the spacecraft at this point. We're keeping
a close eye on the clouds overhead and we'll take a hard
look at the situation at the 10 minute mark in the count
to determine our progress from then on down. T minus 19 minutes,
15 seconds and counting. This is Kennedy Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:08 CST 13/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control, T minus

15 minutes and counting, T minus 15. We are still go with our
count down, taking a close look at cloud conditions, and we'll
take a close look at the 10 minute mark in the count. Starting
at this point the astronaut crew is going to be quite busy
in the spacecraft as the Apollo 14 spacecraft goes on full
internal power. This is the full internal power of the
fuel cell. Up to this time in the countdown, we've been
sharing the load sort of speak with an external power source
along with the fuel cells. As we go on internal power, the
Lunar Module Pilot, Ed Mitchell will give readouts to the
spacecraft test conductor on how the power situation looks.
Spacecraft Commander, Alan Shepard will also give some final
readouts on the stabilization and control system of the
Apollo spacecraft. Both Shepard and Stu Roosa will arm the
rotational hand controllers that are on their arm rest in the
cabin. We'll take a close look at the clouds at the 10 minute
mark in the count to determine our posture for proceeding
with the countdown. Thirteen minutes, 55 seconds and
counting, this is Kennedy Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:13 CST 14/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control at

T minus 10 minutes and counting, t minus 10. We are proceed-
ing at this time, however, the weather conditions - the clouds
in the area are being evaluated at this point. If a hold is
required, it could occur about 2 minutes from this time. We'll
stand by for further reports. In the meantime, in the Apollo 14
flight crew have completed some checks on what's called the
after launch circuit. This is a special radio frequency circuit
used by the spacecraft communicator, the launch operations
manager and the spacecraft test conductor to advise the astro-
nauts of abort conditions. This is Kennedy Launch Control.
We are now advised that we will hold for weather. We will hold
the countdown at the 8 minute mark in the count. We're now at
9 minutes 10 seconds and counting. We repeat, we will hold
with the countdown at the 8 minute mark because of cloud condi-
tions in the launch facility area. This is Kennedy Launch
Control

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:15 CST 15 1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control. We're

standing by we're coming up in the 8 minute mark of this
flight. Mark, we are holding. The clock shows 8 minutes
and 2 seconds in the count. We are holding at this time.
The reason for the hold is cloud conditions in the area. It
appeared that one bad cloud patch could be over the launch
pad at the planned time of 23 minutes past the hour. We
are standing by at this time, at 8 minutes and 2 seconds and
holding. This is Kennedy Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 1/31/71 14:18 PM CST 16/1

SPEAKER This is Kennedy Launch Control.

We remain on our HOLD on the Apollo 14 countdown. The
clock reading minus 8 minutes and 2 seconds and HOLDING.
The reason, cloud conditions in the area. We have had an
aircraft aloft in the area during - of the full progress of
the final countdown and we were advised that the ten minute
mark on the count, that it appeared one particular cloud
cell coming across the Indian River that is coming west over
the launch pad area appeared to have rain in it and some
potential and it was reaching up to altitudes of some
15 000 feet. As a result, the Launch Director, Walt Kapryan
determined that we should HOLD. We're going to remain in
this posture at approximately 8 minute mark to try to be
no more than some l0 minutes away from a launch attempt as
long as this is possible. We are going to be advised by
the flying aircraft of conditions and hopefully be able to
get a forecast that things will look better in 15 minute
increments. That is when we get a GO from the aircraft, we
will be able to launch some 15 minutes later. So we do not
have a firm estimate at this time. However, the aircraft
commander has advised that he feels he will be able to give
us one in a short while. That is our situation, standing by
at 8 minutes and 2 seconds and HOLDING. The Apollo 14 crew
has been advised. They're also standing by in the spacecraft.
It is possible we may get some rain in the area shortly from
this same cloud cell that we were concerned about for the
launch attempt. This is Kennedy Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:23CST 17/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control.

We remain in our hold at T minus 8 minutes and 2 seconds
and holding because of cloud conditions in the area. We
can remain in this posture at the 8 minute mark for approxi-
mately one hour. If we had to remain in the hold longer,
we would have to recycle to an earlier mark in the countdown.
But we can remain here at the 8 minute mark for approximately
one hour from the time the count was held. Our situation
as far as the clouds are concerned: - from the latest
advice from the aircraft is, at its earliest, these cloud
conditions might be able to pass through this area in about
15 minutes. If at the end of that time the aircraft could
give us a good forecast that would be fairly clear for
20 minutes beyond that time, it's very possible that count-
down could be resumed. However, we expect to be in this
position at the present time for at least 15 to 20 minutes.
We remain at T minus 8 minutes, 2 seconds and holding. This
is Kennedy Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:31 CST 18/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control, we

remain in our hold at T minus 8 minutes and 2 seconds by the
clock. The launch vehicle test conductor Gene Sestile has
just advised all the support elements for the 3 stages in
instrument of Saturn 5 that the best estimate at this time
is this hold will continue for another 15 minutes. He
also pointed out to his test conductors for the various
stages that they should be ready when they are alerted to
be able to pick up the count at the 8 minute mark. That is
our status. We are waiting further word from the aircraft
that's surveying the clouds from the top, and we remain
at T minus 8 minutes. This is Kennedy Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:33 CST 19/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control.

We remain in our hold at the 8 minute and 2 second mark
on the Apollo 14 countdown. The national weather service's
aircraft in the area now advises that this cloud build-up
that we have should continue through the area for another
15 to 30 minutes. However, he reports that presently just
northwest of the Kennedy Space Center and northwest of the
city of Titusville, the area does appear to be clearer and
he indicates that there will be a good possibility to
resume the count some 30 minutes or so from this time. We'll
be standing by for further reports as we await continuing
reports from the weather plane. The clouds here extend up
to about 18,000 feet and we are getting some rain in the
complex 38 area at this time. 8 minutes and 2 seconds and
holding on the clock for Apollo 14. This is Kennedy Launch
Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:37 CST 20/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control.

We remain in our hold at T minus 8 minutes and 2 seconds
on the clock. The Apollo 14 Flight Crew, Astronauts Alan
Shepard, Stu Roosa and Ed Mitchell have been advised of our
situation and they acknowledge the information and they've
basically been resting back in the spacecraft. We have not
heard any reports from them lately. However, the spacecraft
has conductors, Skip Chauvin is keeping them updated on the
weather information. They have been told, as we have been
told, here in the firing room that the conditions could
possibly improve in some 20 to 30 minutes and there does
appear to be a clear area behind this present large cloud
shell that is passing over complex 39 at this time. That's
our status. We remain in a hold at 8 minutes and 2 seconds.
This is Kennedy Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 1/31/71, 1439 PM CST 21/1

SPEAKER This is Kennedy Launch Control

remaining in the HOLD - T minus 8 minutes and 2 seconds at
this time on Apollo 14. We're standing by for further
advisory from the National Weather Service Aircraft which is
surveying the cloud conditions in the area. Just a matter
of a minute or two ago, the Director of Flight Crew Operations
Deke Slayton called in to A1 Shepard in the spacecraft and
mentioned to A1 that at least it's more comfortable up there
than it was in the old days. A1 reported back, "Oh, my yes."
He also added to Deke that we're in good shape up here.
We're standing by for further reports. HOLDING 8 minutes
and 2 seconds. This is Kennedy Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:42 CST 22/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control.

Still in the hold T minus 8 minutes and 2 seconds in our
Apollo 14 countdown. We're still standing by for further
reports from the weather plane. Indications are about the
same as reported earlier. From 10 minutes or 15 minutes
this time has extended a little bit as we have remained in
the hold. However, we are still being told that we expect
that this cloud cover will clear the area. Obviously, when
we do resume the count, as hopefully we will, a new asimuth
update must be given to the astronauts to be placed in the
computer for the flight. We were planning to fly on a
72 degree flight launch azimuth had we gone at the described
time of 3:23 PM EST. This azimuth will increase as the
result of - we're standing by. We've just been informed
here in the firing - we expect to pick up our countdown in
5 minutes from this time. Just as this announcement was
being made, we have been alerted by launch director, Walt
Kapryan. He has now given the go ahead to resume the
countdown in 5 minutes from this time. We remain at 8 minutes
an 2 seconds and holding on the clock. This is Kennedy
Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:45 CST 23/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control.

We're in our hold 8 minutes 2 seconds, but planning to resume
the countdown several minutes from this time. From the latest
advisories from the weather aircraft, it appears that the
higher altitude clouds will have cleared the area by our now
new planned launch time. We still will be launching through
some cloud cover, but the top of these clouds will be 10 000
feet or less. This is the latest forcast we have from our
weather advisory by the aircraft. We're at t minus 8 minutes
and 2 seconds and holding, but planning to resume the count
in several minutes. This is Kennedy Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1731/71 14:47 CST 24/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control, _nd

our hold at 8 minutes and 2 seconds and holding. We have
had a change of several minutes on resuming the countdown.
The launch team has now been advised by the launch director -
we will resume the count at 55 minutes past the hour, which
is some 7 minutes from this time. We'll be standing by
expecting to resume the count in some 7 minutes from this
point. 8 minutes and 2 seconds and holding, this is Kennedy
Launch Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:50 CST 25/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control,

Apollo 14 countdown holding at 8 minutes and 2 seconds, but
expecting to resume the count 5 minutes from this time. The
launch team has been advised here in the firing room, and the
spacecraft team back at the Man Spacecraft operations building
conducting the spacecraft portion of the countdown. The
astronauts on board of course also have been alerted. They
just came back with a roger reply. This information we have
been receiving concerning our cloud cover has been provided
by a research flight facility aircraft of the national
oceanic and atmospheric administration. This aircraft has
been flying in the area as support for the Apollo 14 mission.
8 minutes 2 seconds and holding, this is Kennedy Launch
Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:53 26/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control.

Still in our HOLD at 8 minutes and 2 seconds by the clock.
Test Supervisor, Chuck Henschel has just pulled some of
the key elements involved in the countdown. The question of
GO status to pick up the count in about a minute and a half
from this time. They all report READY and we are standing
by. Expecting now to resume the count in a little less than
one and a half minutes, this is Kennedy Launch Control.

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PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control. Mark,

we have resumed our countdown T minus 8 minutes and counting
on Apollo 14. We're still keeping a close eye on our weather
conditions at this time but launch director Walter Kapryan
has made the determination to resume the count. This should
put us with a lift off at 3 minutes past the hour if all
continues to go well. We are now starting the chill down
of the engine chambers on the third and second stages of
the Saturn 5 launch vehicle. This is one of the critical
elements, and has to do with hold time. The chill down
has to last a precise period. We feed in extremely cold
helium into the engine chambers of both the second stage and
third stage to condition them for the very cold liquid
oxygen and liquid hydrogen that will be flowing into the
chamber when they're due to ignite later during the powered
portion of the flight. Ail is still going well as far as
launch vehicle, spacecraft and the three astronauts on
board. Coming up to the 7 minute mark, mark. Seven minutes
and counting. This is Kennedy Launch Control.

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PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control.

T minus 6 minutes and counting. T minus 6. We're still
proceeding at this time. We'll be standing by for the
spacecraft ready lights to come on shortly from the space-
craft test conductor to show that both the command module,
Kittyhawk and the lunar module, Antares are Go for launch.
A status report will be coming up shortly to get a Go from
all elements in the countdown. At the 3 minute, 7 second
mark in the count we will go on an automatic sequence with
the computer that will lead up to the ignition sequence of
the 5 engines in the first stage of the Saturn 5 beginning
at the 8.9 second mark in the count. Ail engines should
be running at the 2 second mark and we should get a commit
and a lift off at the 0 mark in the count. We're coming
up now on the 5 minute mark in the count. The launch
director has Just given a Go to continue the countdown.
Mark T minus 5 minutes and counting. We are Go with Apollo 14.
This is Kennedy Launch Control.

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PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control at

minus 4 minutes and counting on Apollo 14. We are go with
the mission at this time. Spacecraft conductor Skip Chauvin,
polled the key elements, as far as spacecraft operations are
concerned, and received a go all the way down, including
3 strong goes from the 3 pilots onboard the spacecraft.
The aboard engine lights now have come on as cue lights for
Astronaut Alan Shepard, on the lefthand side as we come
up on 3 minutes and 30 seconds, 3 minutes 30 seconds and
counting, and the Launch Operations Manager now has told
Alan Shepard, we are go and on behalf of the launch team,
wishes him Gods speed. Alan Shepard came back and said
"Thank you very much, we'll give it a good ride." 3 minutes
15 seconds and counting. We'll be coming up on the automatic
sequence shortly. Mark, we have 1 sequence start, the
automatic sequence is in coming up on 3 minutes, T minus
3 minutes and counting. We are still Go at this time with
Apollo 14. Skip Chauvin has Just asked Lunar Module Pilot,
Ed Mitchell to bring the tape recorder onboard the space-
craft. We're at 2 minutes 46 seconds and counting. As
we' re on the automatic sequence, the various tanks in the
Saturn V launch vehicle, those propellant tanks in all 3
stages, begin pressurizing so that the propellants can be
forced in the engine chambers at the appropriate time.
Coming up 2 minutes 30 seconds and counting. Shepard has
been alerted that he will be making his final guidance check
shortly. Second stage launch tank beginning to pressurize
in 2 minutes and 20 seconds and counting. Still go at this
time. 2 minutes 10 seconds. We are still Go. We have taken
the environmental control system off external. We have gone
internal with the environmental controls of spacecraft.
2 minutes and counting. We are still Go. The tanks in the
Saturn V still continuing to pressurize. The sequence for
the ignition of those 5 engines in the first stage of the
Saturn V begin at 8.9 seconds. We're now 1 minute 45 seconds
and counting. Still Go with Apollo 14. We'll go on internal
power in the Saturn V Launch Vehicle at the 50 second mark
in the count. At ignition and liftoff we'll have more
than 7-1/2 million pounds of tbrust pushing the space
vehicle off the launch pad. This is the heaviest Saturn V
space vehicle to be launched thus far. Coming up from the
1 minute 20 second mark. 1 minute 20 seconds and counting -
still Go at this time. Third stage tanks now are pressurized
according to our status board here in the firing room. 1
minute 10 seconds and counting. This is Kennedy Launch
Control, coming up in 60 seconds, mark T minus

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SPEAKER 60 seconds, MARK. T minus 60 seconds

and counting. Still GO with the count. First stage, tanks
are now pressurized says our status board give us a rundown
on the automatic sequence. 50 seconds and counting. We've
now gone on internal power - on the internal batteries of
the Saturn V as the count continues. 40 seconds and counting.
Alan Shepard reports that he's performing his final guidance
alignement. The final maneuver the astronauts perform before
liftoff. 30 seconds and counting. Stu Roosa Just said
"Thanks. It's been a good count." 25 seconds and counting.
We are still GO. 20 seconds Guidance alert. The Guidance
system now going internal. 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8 -
initial sequence start. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. Launch commit.
LIFTOFF. We have lift off with Apollo 14, 3 minutes past
the hour. The tower is clear.
PAO Houston is controlling.
SC I've got thrust in all 5 engines.
PAO 16 seconds, pitch and roll programs
started. 14 maneuvering to a proper flight course. 25 sec-
onds .
SC Okay Houston. Roll complete.
CAP COM Roger. Roll complete.
PAO Shepard reports al_l program completed.
Pitch profiles still in progress. 37 seconds.
SC Standby for note one BRAVO. Mark 1
BRAVO now.
CAPCOM Okay, we've one BRAVO.
PAO CAPCOM Gordon Fullerton making that
report.
PAO MARK 1 minute.
CAPCOM Cabin pressure coming down adjusting
from sea level to a space environment. A status check in
Mission Control coming up all green on the Flight Director's
console.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Everything looks good
here on the ground.
SC Rog.
PAO One minute, 19 seconds coming up
on period of maximum aero dynamic pressure on the vehicle.
One minute, 35 seconds and 9 nautical miles in altitude,
5 nautical miles downrange. The velocity now reading 3340
feet per second.
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CAPCOM Pass through max skip.

SC Load one, Charlie.
CC Mark one Charlie now.
SC Rear one EVS autos OFF.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
PAO Two minutes five seconds coming up on
center engine shutdown.
PAO Two minutes 12 seconds, 20 nautical
miles in altitude.
SC Inboard cut off.
CAPCOM Roger. Inboard. Center engine shutdown
on time. Two minutes, 25 seconds 25 nautical miles in
altitude, 30 nautical miles downrange. MARK 2 minutes,
35 seconds coming up on staging.
SC Shut off.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC And separation.
CAP COM Roger.
SC Ignition on 5.
CAP COM Roger.
CAPCOM At staging on the Shepard crew now
riding on 5 good second stage engines.
SC On 5 engines.
CAPCOM Roger. We confirm good thrust and on
_ 5.

PAO The giant first stage falling away now.

It's day's work done. Three minutes, 10 seconds
coming up on skirt sep and tower Jettison.
SC Skirt SEP.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC There goes the tower.
CAP COM Roger. We confirm.
PAO The launch escape tower has ejected
on time.
SC Depress press and water level.
CAP COM Roger Ed.
PAO Three minutes 35 seconds 14 now 33
feet shorter 9000 lbs. lighter moving out well beyond
the earth's atmosphere. We show an altitude of 16 nautical
miles. Mark 3 minutes, 55 seconds 63 nautical miles in
altitude. 143 nautical miles downrange. Velocity now -
SC At 4 minutes trajectory and guidance looks
good.
SC 14, Roger.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. The CMC is GO.
SC Roger, CMC GO.
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PAO Four minutes, 20 seconds, velocity now

reading 10 750 feet per second and accelerating. In
Mission Control, Apollo 14 trajectory data driving right
down the middle of our block boards. Right now flight path
data is GO.
PAO Coming up on five minutes, 78 nautical
miles in altitude, 235 nautical miles downrange.
PAO Retrofire also reports there - 14 is
clear of the Atlantic weather.
PAO Predicted time for S-2 shutdown 9 minutes
16 seconds. Very close to normal. We're at five minutes,
45 seconds.
SC Stand by for S-IVB to COI. Marks S-IVB
to COI now.
SC S-IVB to COI.
CAPCOM Roger, and your times are nominal. Level
sense on A plus 39 and S2 cut off at 9 plus 16.
SC (GARB LE )
PAO CAPCOM Gordon Fullerton reporting that
14 capable of reaching the minimum orbit. The combination
of a good third stage and service module engines. Meanwhile
in Mission Control status check being taken. Coming up
all green. We're at 6 minutes 20 seconds of 1491 nautical
mi les -
SC All my motors are running.
CAPCOM Roger 14. Gimbal motors ON.
PAO Six minutes 30 seconds 93 nautical in
altitude. 420 nautical miles downrange.
SC Stand by for S-IVB to orbit. Mark
you have S-IVB to orbit now.
SC Roger. IV-B orbit.
PAO Shepard, Roosa and Mitchell now told
that they can reach orbit. They're on booster power only
after given a good third stage. Six minutes, 55 seconds
95 nautical miles in altitude. Seven minutes, 5 seconds
and 499 nautical miles downrange. Velocity now reading
16 587 feet per second.
PAO Seven minutes, 30 seconds, 14 flying
almost parallel over the ocean now with the Shepard crew
in a hitched down position. Really moving out now for
downrange distance so we show downrange of 587 nautical
miles .
SC Inboard cut off.
CAP COM Roger. Inboard.
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PAO That was center engine shut down right

on time. Good thrust on the other four.
PAO Eight minutes, 10 seconds of 14 now
98 nautical miles in altitude, 700 nautical miles downrange.
Velocity now reading at 19 881 feet per second. Staging
status
SC You go for staging.
CAPCOM CMC is GO.
SC Roger. CMC is GO.
CAPCOM We have level sense on now.
SC Roger. We will confirm.
PAO Mark 9 minutes 100 nautical miles in
altitude, 830 nautical miles downrange.
CAPCOM Stand by for Mode 4 capability. Mark
you have an out?
SC Roger. Mode 4.
PAO That Mode 4 call says a good -
CAP COM Roger. Cut off.
SC And staging.

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PAO Mark 9 minutes, 100 nautical miles

in altitude, 830 nautical miles downrange.
CAPCOM Stand by for mode 4 capability.
Mark you have it now.
SC Roger, mode 4.
PAO That mode 4 call says a good deal - -
CAPCOM Roger, cut off.
SC And staging.
CAP COM Roger.
SC And good thrust on one.
CAP COM Roger.
PAO 9 minutes 30 seconds. Thrust looks
good on the S4B after staging.
CAPCOM Looks good on the S4B.
SC Thank you.
PAO The Shepard crew has now used up
2/3 of their Saturn stages on their way to orbit. We're
at 9 minutes 45 seconds. 101 nautical miles in altitude.
989 nautical miles downrange. Velocity now reading at
22,300 - - 23,313 feet per second.
SC 14, Houston. Everything's looking
perfect here.
CAP COM Roger.
PAO 10 minutes, 25 seconds. 102 nautical
miles in al altitude. 11,443 nautical miles downrange.
Velocity now reading 24,206 feet per second.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Predicting cutoff is
as planned, 11 plus 43.
SC Roger.
PAO Predicted time of shutdown, 11 minutes,
43 seconds. We're now at 11 minutes, 10 seconds.
CAPCOM - Houston. Predicted cutoff is
11 plus 43 nominal. Over.
SC Rog. 11 plus 43.
PAO Downrange distance now at 1322
nautical miles. 11 minutes 30 seconds. Standing by now
for shutdown.
SC We've got a good cutoff.
CAP COM Roger.
PAO Shutdown. We'll stand by now for
preliminary orbital readings both onboard and from the
ground.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. The booster is
safe and your orbit is Go.
SC Roger. Good show. Go orbit,
booster is safe.
SC Boosting - power 2 coming on now.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. I have a Z torquing
angle when you're ready to cut.
- SC Okay. We're showing about 99 over
102.9 .
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SC Okay.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston.
We' re advised that the Vice President of the United States
is now in the firing room. We'll switch to Cape Kennedy.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:16 CST 32/1

PAO This is Kennedy Launch Control.

The Vice President of the United States and their royal
highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Spain have now
arrived in the firing room and are being introduced at this
time to the Launch Director, Walter Kapryan. With him is
Mr. George Low, the acting Director of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
SPEAKER Ladies and Gentlemen we are honored
to have with us today, for the launch of Apollo 14 the
Vice President and his royal highness Jaun Carlos, Prince
of Spain. May I now present the Vice President of the
United States.
AGNEW Thank you, thank you very much.
Again I suppose that it is almost a routine performance for
me to be here to congratulate the men and women of NASA on
an incredibly successful launch and insertion into orbit. I
must say, that I never fail to be tremendously impressed
and moved by this occurrence. Today is especially
pleasurable because I had the opportunity to be with their
royal highnesses, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia of
Spain, and I can tell you this much, if I have ever seen
two fans and converts to the American space undertaking
we have them right here in these wonderful foreign dignitaries
with me today. I think that this flight, as an especially
meaningful and critical mission in the American space
program, I don't have to enlarge upon that to the men and
women here. Our dedication to our space program remains
undiminished. I think that we're going to continue to
press forward for what needs to be done in this respect,
and I want to congratulate the people of NASA who, through
out all of the pullings and tuggings, the fears and the
exhilirations that undertake a high risk venture such as
the American space program, have been so consistent, so
constant, and certainly, so restrained in their reaction
to what may have been considered to be, in some areas some
very discouraging occurrences. Those days are past us and
we're going forward together, not Just to the moon, but I'm
certain that the American program will continue to press
forward into the reaches of interplanetary space, and
now it's a great pleasure for me to ask, our royal guest,
his royal highness Prince Juan Carlos, who incidentally
knows a lot more about flying than I do because he pilots
his own helicopter, to greet the men and women of NASA, and
to give us, in some measure his reaction to this historic
o cc as ion.
CARLOS Thank you. Thank you very much
Mr. Vice President. You said that we were fans, we are
fans. We came here in 1962 on our honeymoon. We met some
of you that we saw today, we are very happy to see them again.
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:16 CST 32/2

CARLOS We saw the installations and the

facilities of NASA in Houston, when Doctor Low was there
then, at the time, and we are very much interested. Personally
I followed a few of the tracking stations you have in my
country. I know the people there, and I know how well they
are doing. Here I don't have any words because you are the
men who put up those three men that now go to the moon, and
you are doing so much for progress, and for the whole
humanity, that I'm very proud to be a part of you today.
Congratulations and thank you very much.
SPEAKER Thank you very much your royal
highness. It is now my pleasure to introduce Doctor
Kurt Debus, Director of the Kennedy Space Center.
DEBUS Thank you Charles. Your royal
highness, as old timers in the manned program and specifically
in the lunar program when you visited us it was just the
beginning. Now we have proceeded with several missions to
the moon and we will continue to do so. As a momento, as
a rememberance to your visit I want you to have this little
picture.
CARLOS Thank you very much.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 14:24CST 33/i

PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston.

Now at 22 minutes into the flight of Apollo 14. We're
less than 2 minutes away now from loss of signal with
Canary. Apollo 14 presently in a circular orbit of
102 nautical miles. At this time we will play back the
tapes of our conversations with 14 just following our
switch back to the Cape.
SC power 2 coming on now.
CAPCOM Okay. Houston. I have Z torquing
angle when you're ready to copy.
SC Okay. Wa're showing about 99 above 102.9.
CAP COM Roger.
SC Okay. Two seconds. Logic 2 off.
Arming breakers coming open. JA3 V-max going to rate 2.
Okay RCS logics off. Back to normal. (garble)
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. The Saturn is
configured for orbit. We're showing you in a 102 circular
orbit.
SC Got us in a 102 circular.
SC Okay, Gordon. I'll take the
Z torquing angle.
CAPCOM (garble) Z torquing angle is a
plus decimal 14. Over.
SC Plus 0.14.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. You have 45 seconds
to Vanguard LOS - to Canary.
SC Roger, Houston.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. How do you
read clear Canary?
SC Loud and clear, Houston.
CAPCOM You're loud and clear.
14, Houston. About 45 seconds to
LOS. We have nothing for you before Carnarvon. Over.
SC Roger. We're on the checklist.
CAPCOM Roger. See you in Carnarvon.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston.
25 minutes now since liftoff. We're out of acquisition
range with Canary at this time. We expect to reacquire the
spacecraft over Carnarvon in approximately 27 minutes.
At 25 minutes into the flight of Apollo 14, this is
Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at 51 minutes

now into the flight of Apollo 14. We have just acquired
the Apollo 14 spacecraft through Carnarvon. We'll quickly
pass on to you heart rates during liftoff on the command
module pilot and lunar module pilot. Stu Roosa's -
CAPCOM - through Carnarvon. How do you read?
SC Read you loud and clear.
CAPCOM Roger. We're reading you a lot of background
static.
SC Houston, are you ready for a IMU REFSMAT
realign check, P52 numbers?
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Go ahead.
SC That's NOUN 71, (garbled) 22 24 95 is all balls.
NOUN 93, is 00085 plus 00010 plus 00166. DET at 38:15 and
we just burst into sunlight, Gordo, it was quite a sunrise,
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. We copy that.
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston. During this
lull in commuications we'll start again to pass along those
heart rates at liftoff. That was a peak rate of 132 on com-
mand module pilot Stu Roosa. He averaged in the 120's during
the boost phase of flight. In the case of Ed Mithcell his
peak rate was 90 and ran in the 80's. Commander Alan Shepard
we received no data on. We suspect a loose sensor or connec-
tor and this will be fixed sometime in orbit during the more
quiet period. We presently show Apollo 14 in an orbit of
104 nautical miles by 101 nautical miles. We're at 54 minutes
now into the flight. We'll stand by and continue to monitor.
PAO This is Apollo Control llouston now at 58 minutes
into the flight of Apollo 14, continuing here with a lull in
ground conversation. At this time I'll pass along the shut-
down times on the Saturn as it achieved its orbit: S-IC
shutdown or cutoff was 2 minute 44 seconds; S-II shutdown was
copied at 9 minutes 19 seconds, this 3 seconds longer than
nominal, and the S-IVB shutdown or cutoff was at 11 minutes
40 seconds instead of a preflight 11 minutes 43 seconds. We're
at 59 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14 and continuing
to monitor, this is Apollo Control in Houston.
PAO Apollo Control Houston, 1 hour now into the
flight of Apollo 14. We've had LOS with Carnarvon, we expect
to acquire Honeysuckle momentarily. At ] hour into the flight,
this is Apollo Control Houston.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, through Honeysuckle. Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, through Honeysuckle. If
you read, go OMNI CHARLIE.
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston, 1 hour 6 min-
utes now into the flight. We've had loss of signal with Honey-
suckle. We presently show 14 in an orbit of 106 nautical miles
by 100 nautical miles at a velocity reading of 25 583 feet per
second. At this time we'll switch to the Cape for the post-
flight press conf,_rence. Switchia_ _o,, i _ ti_ si ".
·-- J_-,"Y_ A_e t_a ]i_sLt _ _._? Okay, I guess -

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 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 1/31/71, 1623 CST 35/1

PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at i hour

30 minutes now since the liftoff of Apollo 14. We presently
show 14 less than a minute now away from acquisition with
an orbit of 106 by 101 nautical miles. The preliminary look
at our translunar injection time puts it at a time of 2 hours
28 minutes 27 seconds.
SC Houston, we've completed our checklist of
(garbled) .
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Say ahead. Pretty bad static
right in the middle of that transmission. Will you say
again?
SC Roger, Houston. We have completed our L
to 18.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Houston, we're starting to extend the docking
probe now.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed, and I have a TLI plus 90 pad any
time you' re ready to copy.
SC Roger. One second and we'll be ready for you.
SC Okay, Houston, the probe's extended.
SC Houston, I'm ready to copy.
CAPCOM Okay Ed. One question from Dr. Gilruth.
They are wondering how you all like zero-g.
SC Say again, Houston.
CAPCOM Dr. Gilruth was wondering how you like to
fly - how you like flight in zero-g -
SC I think I got that one, Gordon. You're ask-
ing about zero-g and it's really great. Everybody's in
great shape, we're having a ball, way ahead of the time line.
CAPCOM Roger. I'll go ahead with TLI plus 90, Ed,
if you' re ready.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, it's a TLI plus 90, SPS/G&N. NOUN 47
64470 minus 145 plus 130. TIG is 003 59 5113. NOUN 81
minus 05158 plus all balls plus 84206. Attitude 181 256
001. HA is NA. HP plus 00171 84364 901 84049. Sextant 15
2214 399. Boresight star is NA. NOUN 61 minus 3014 minus
02500 11544 33721 GET for 05G 012 - correction. 010 5729.
GDC aline set stars are Sirius and Rigel 333 083 013 no
ullage. Go ahead.
SC Roger, Houston. That COMM wasn't too good.
I missed burn time, trunnion angle, and - will you repeat
those two.
CAPCOM Roger. Your burn time is 901 and trunnion
angle, 399. Over.
SC Roger, and say again the burn time.
CAPCOM Burn time 901, 901. Over.
SC Roger, 901. TLI plus 90, SPS G&N 64470 minus
145 plus 130 at 003 59 5113. 5158 plus ali zeros plus 84206
_- 181 256 001 NA plus 00171 84364 901 84049 152214 299 NA
NOUN 61 minus 3014 minus 02500 11544 33721 GET of 05g: 010
5729 Sirius Rigel 332082013 no ullage.
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CAPCOM Okay, Ed. I have about 4 corrections. The

first is on DELTA-V X on NOUN 81. I missed your readback
on that. It should be minus 05158. Is that what you got?
SC That's affirm,05158.
CAPCOM Okay, and a couple of readbacks were incor-
rect. Trunnion angle is 399, 399. Over.
SC Roger, trunnion 399.
CAPCOM And our alines, or the GDC aline, that is 333
and pitch is 083. Yaw you read back correctly, 013. Over.
SC Roger, 333 083 and you're coming in very
loud and clear now, Gordon.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. You've been loud and clear. I'll
give you the P37 for liftoff plus 8, if you're ready.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, GET of ignition is 00800 3283 minus
165 and GET for 400 K, 04538. Go ahead.
SC That's 00800 3283 minus 165 and 04538.
CAPCOM Roger, your readback is correct and I have
the TLI pad.
SC Okay, these pads are sure wrecking my viewing,
but all right.
SC Okay, Houston, go ahead with the TLI pad.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Before the pad would you give
us PO0 and ACCEPT for a new state vector.
SC Okay, you have it.
CAPCOM And I'm ready with the TLI pad.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger, time base 6 predict 21851. Attitude
for TLI 179 136 000. Burn time 552 103630 35549. SEP
attitude 359168 319. Extension attitude 301 348-

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CAPCOM extraction altitude 301, 348, 041.

Ejection time is 35600. Go ahead_
SC Okay. I have 021851. I missed the
angles. Run time 5 plus 52. 10363035549, 359, 168, 319,
301, 348, 041. Ejection 35600. And would you give me
the angles again, please?
CAPCOM Roger, Al. Your readback was correct.
The TLI attitude is 179, 136, 000. Go ahead.
SC I have 179, 136, 000.
CAPCOM Roger. Read back correct.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. The computer is
yours. We're through with the uplink.
SC Okay. Thank you. Okay, Houston.
We're going to stand by for your Go for pyro arm.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. Stand by. You're Go
for pyro arm.
SC Okay, Houston. Your logic switches on?
CAPCOM Roger. Now you're go for pyro arm.
SC Thank you.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM We have about 4 minutes to LOS
vanguard, Ed. And due to the launch delay, the Canary
plans will be pretty low elevation marginal, at the most
about 2 minutes long.
SC Okay. Thank you.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM We're reading the CDR's EKG loud and
clear now. We're wondering if you did anything to fix it
up there.
SC No.
CAP COM Roger.
It looks good.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. One hour,
47 minutes now into the flight. You heard the translunar
injection pad being passed to the crew. We're presently
looking at a time of ignition of 2 hours and 28 minutes,
29 seconds. A Delta-V on the burn of 10,367 feet per second.
Burn duration of 5 minutes, 52 seconds. Velocity at time
of shutdown 35,549 feet per second. As you heard CAPCOM
Fullerton pass along, apparently we are receiving medical
data from the commander at this time. We're at one hour
48 minutes into the flight of Apollo 14. This is Apollo
Control, Houston. Apollo Control, Houston. One hour, 50
minutes now into the flight. We
CAP COM Hous t on ?
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM We're real close to LOS, so I'll go
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CAPCOM ahead and give you the words I've got

about TLI. First of all, the - the monitor angles on page
L2-24 should all be increased by 2.5 degrees. And as you're
monitoring the TLI burn with the q-cards, the pitch angle
should all be reading about 9 degrees higher than on the
card. The yaw should be within a quarter of the degree,
1/4 degree of what the card reads. Did you copy? Over.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. One hour,
51 minutes. Apparently we had loss of signal with 14 just
about the time CAPCOM Fullerton was passing along that new
data. We repeat, we show a time of ignition for TLI of
2 hours, 28 minutes, 29 seconds. A delta velocity of or
Delta-V of 10,367 feet per second. A burn duration of
5 minutes, 52 seconds and a velocity of time of shutdown
of 35, 549 feet per second. Reacquiring with Canary.
CAPCOM In Rouston through Canary. Over.
SC Okay, Houston_ We got nothing of
your last transmission, (garble).
CAPCOM Okay. I'1t start over. For the
TLI coming up on your monitor_ first of all on the q-card,
the yaw angle as shown are okay. The pitch that you see
on the ball should be 9 degrees higher all the way through
the burn than as shown on the q-card. Just add 9 to all
your pitch angles and that should be good. On the ordeal
angles that is shown on pages 2-24 and 25 increase each of
those by 2 i/2 degrees. At 57 minutes instead of 18 you
should have 20.5 degrees° At 59 minutes, 12.5 and at
59:55, 8.5 degrees. Over.
SC Roger. Understand that the yaw
angles are okay. Pitch should be - angle should be plus 9
degrees and ORDEAL angles increaded by 2.5 degrees.
CAPCOM Roger. That pitch is a 9 degree
increment over what is shown on th__ _ card. In other words,
all the angles should be 9 degrees higher than as shown
on the card. The inertial angles_ Over.
SC Rog_ Gordon - we got that
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM On your P15 we show that you loaded
the wrong seconds figure for time base 6. Will you check
that ?
SC Thank you, Gordon. Good call.
CAPCOM 14, Hous ton.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM For that time to take, you're going
to have to reselect P15.
SC Rog_ I - did, Gordon. We'll
run through it again.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
PAO P15 is the Saturn time base 6
initiation program. Th_s is Apollo Control, Houston.
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PAO One hour and 55 minutes. We had

loss of signal with Canary's. Meanwhile the countdown
clocks in Mission Control show a LOS time of 11 minutes for
the command module. This is ARIA or an Apollo Range and
Instrumentation Aircraft acquisition and we're counting
down now for time of ignition. Presently showing 32 minutes,
40 seconds away from time of ignition. We're at one hour,
56 minutes into the flight continuing to monitor. This
is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston, at 2 hours

4 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14. We presently
show 14 in an orbit of 106.2 nautical miles by 102.4 nauti-
cal miles. Our latest update on the translunar injection
burn shows a time of ignition of 2 hours 28 minutes 30 sec-
onds, a DELTA-V of 10 366.5 feet per second, burn duration
of 5 minutes 52 seconds, predicted velocity at time of
shutdown 35 551.8 feet per second, and altitude at time of
cutoff of 173 nautical miles. The GO NO/GO callup for TLI
will be made after acquisition at Carnarvon, although we
will have voice communications with Apollo 14 through ARIA
we will lose station acquisition in about 2 minues into the
burn and will not be able to read onboard data. However,
the crew of Apollo 14 will pass a burn status report at the
end of burn and what they will be reading will be from their
DSKY. They will pass along the velocity at time of shutdown,
altitude at time of shutdown, and H dot or altitude change
at time of shutdown. The translunar injection burn will be
done along the local horizontal. We're at 2 hours 6 minutes
into the flight of Apollo 14 and we'll stand by until we
acquire the spacecraft. This is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston,

at 2 hours 16 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14.
We'll stand by for any communications with the ARIA
aircraft. We're 12 minutes 25 seconds away from time of
i gni t ion.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston through
ARIA 4, how do you read?
SC Houston, this is Apollo 14,
loud and clear, how read?
CAPCOM You're readable, a little background
noise, but not unreadable.
SC Roger, Houston.
PA0 That was Ed Mitchell responding
aboard the spacecraft.
SC Houston, 14, how do you read now?
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, you're readable.
SC Okay, I was just checking the com out.
Hey, you're just beautiful, ARIA is really putting out for
US ·
PAO 2 minutes 18 seconds, that was
Stu Roosa coming in with a comment.
PA0 We're ten minutes away now, from
time of ignition.
SC (garble) . (garble)
PAO Nine minutes away now.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, over.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger we missed if you did call
time base 6 starting, and we'd like to know how the tank
pressures look, over.
SC Okay it looked to us like time base
Charlie we didn't want a second nominal time, and the oxidizer
tank is currently - auietly at 3 7 and the (garbled) tank is
currently setting quietly at 2 6.
CAP C0M Roger that.
PAO That was Alan Shepard responding
to that call. We're at 2 hours 22 minutes now. 6 minutes
25 seconds away from time of ignition.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, over.
PAO Four minutes away now from time of
ignition.
CAPCOM 14, Houston, How do you read?
PAO We now are receiving Carnarvon
data, and very shortly flight director Pete Frank will
poll this flight control team as to our status for TLI.
SC Okay, Houston, 14. How do you
read us ?
CAPCOM Roger 14, this is Houston, through
Carnarvon, and you're loud and clear.
SC You're 5 square.
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PAO 2 minutes 20 - 2 hours 26 minutes.

Pete Frank now taking a status check with his flight
control team. Coming up all green.

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FAO 2 minutes, 2 - or 2 hours, 26 minutes.

Pete Frank now taking a status check with his flight
control team. Coming up all greens.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM You're GO for the Moon. Go for TLI.
SC Roger. Go for TLI.
PAO That was A1 Shepard responding to
that GO for TLI. We're at 2 hours, 27 minutes now into the
flight. One minute, 32 seconds from time of ignition. Less
than 30 seconds now from time of ignition. Our displays
show a predicted apogee resulting from this burn of a
250,263.7 nautical miles. We're at 2 hours, 28 minutes now
into the flight. Standing by.
SC We have ignition.
CAP COM Roger, ignition.
SC Smooth start. Steering is good.
CAPCOM Roger. We show good thrust on the
S4B.
FAO That's A1 Shepard, spacecraft
commander giving that report. Booster says we look good
at 1 minute 3 seconds into the burn. Flight dynamics is
pleased with the agreement between his data. We show a
velocity buildup on one of our displays presently reading
27,390 feet per second. Coming up now on 2 minutes.
SC Houston. Tank pressures are steady
in 40 and 30.
CAP COM 14, Houston. Roger.
PAO A1 Shepard again aboard the space-
craft. Thrust data looks good. Still receiving data showing
the velocity of 29,212 feet per second. 3 minutes, 10 seconds
now into the burn. Coming up now on 4 minutes, 4 minutes.
We've had LOS with Canarvon. Our network reports we're
receiving IU data through Guam. Looks good. Apollo 14
tracking right down the middle of our plot boards in Mission
Control. 5 minutes, 10 seconds.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Through (garble) 2.
Over.
PAO Booster says 20 seconds to GO.
SC - - are cut off.
CAPCOM Roger, 14. Cut off.
FAO That was Allen Shepard reporting
shutdown. It looks like - -
SC - - coming down through 35 now. The
(garble) coming down through 30.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, roger.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. That
shutdown time appeared to be right on time.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Go ahead.

SC Reading a VI plus 35542. Delta-V C

minus 8.8. (garble) 4399. (garble).
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CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We copy

VI plus 35542, Delta-V C of minus 8.8, and what's the
last two? Would you repeat?
SC Okay. (garble) plus 04399. Altitude
plus 01747.
CAPCOM Roger. Plus 04399 and plus 01747.
SC Okay. I'm not sure I got your
(garble) plus 04399.
CAP COM Roger. 04399.
PAO With that report, flight dynamics
officer Dave Reed says that it looks like a good burn.
We're at 2 hours 37 minutes uow into the flight. We'll
stand by and continue to monitor.
SC Houston. On the (garble)
CAPCOM Roger. I understand, 18 and 17 on
the tank pressures.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston through Guam.
Over.
SC Go ahead, Houston. Say again.
CAPCOM You're loud and clear, Ed. And we
should have continuous voice and data from here on out.
You're loud and clear from Guam.
SC Okay, Gordon. We have your signals
- have good signals strength from you now and I might
say here that the earth is starting to drop away rapidly
at this point.
CAP COM Roge r.
SC Stu and A1 have started to change
seats. We're going into our pre-sep checklist.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. I have an update
to your high gain and gimbal angles as shown on page 3-3
when you' re ready.
SC Okay. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, about 5 lines from the bottom
this is the high gain angles after pitch around for docking,
it should be a pitch plus 11 and yaw plus 306.
SC Understand pitch plus 11 and yaw
plus 3- plus 306.
CAP COM Roger. That's right.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at
2 hours, 43 minutes into the flight of Apollo 14. The
booster has advised the Flight Director that the maneuver
to separation attitude should begin at 2 hours - -

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PAO Minutes into the flight of Apollo 14.

The booster has advised our flight director that the maneuver
to separation attitude should begin at 2 hours 49 minutes
23 seconds. About 3 minutes, the time duration for the
maneuver separation, we're now looking at 2 hours 59 minutes
23 seconds. We'll stand by and continue to monitor. This
is Apollo control Houston.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. I have some
update for your, for you now, over.
SC What type of updates?
CAPCOM I've got the S4B maneuver time and
SEP time that goes on 3 dash 1, and then a new S4B viewing
attitude.
SC Roger, I'm ready to copy.
CAPCOM The S4B maneuver time, 2 4 9 23,
maneuver will be complete in 3 minutes, and the nominal
SEP time is 25923.
SC Understand S4B maneuver 24923 and
it'll maneuver for 3 minutes. SEP is 25925, and 23.
CAPCOM That's correct, Ed. And then on page
3-7, stand by 1. 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Terminate the cabin repressurization.
We show you over 6 psi.
SC We beat you to it.
CAPCOM Okay, now you have a 3.7 in front
of you. I'll give you the new S4B zero attitude now 22
an gle.
SC Okay, go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, it's about a quarter of the
way down where it reads 93 39.6 and 355.8. Change them to
read, roll is the same, 090 pitch plus 349.0, and yaw plus 356.0.
SC Roger, you said, Roll is the same,
pitch is 349.0, yaw is 356.0.
CAPCOM Roger, read back is correct.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Give us on
the Charlie please.
SC Houston, do you have Charlie?
CAP COM Ro ge r.
PAO Apollo 14 now 27 hundred 44 nautical
miles away from the earth. We're up to 2 hours 53 minutes
into the flight. 2 hours 54 minutes, our booster reports
maneuvering to seperation attitude has been completed. 2 hours
55 minutes, and Mission Control Flight Director, Pete Frank
taking a status check for transposition docking.
SC Houston, 14, the S4B tank pressures
oxidizer 24 and fuel 9.
CAPCOM Roger, oxidizer at 24, fuel 9.
PAO We now show 14 at an altitude of 3126
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 17:46CST 40/2

PAO nautical miles. Apollo Control Houston,

14 now 33 hundred 69 nautical miles, 34 hundred and 4 nautical
miles at 2 hours 57 minutes.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Roger, you are go for transposition
and docking, and we're to have a sight handover from
Guam to Goldstone at 3 hours even, over.
SC Okay, understand, we're going to
Goldstone at 3, and we have a go for T and D.
CAP COM That's affirmative.
PAO We presently show 14 at a distance
of 38 hundred and 58 nautical miles over earth. 3 hours -
SC ... go for power arm.
CAPCOM 14 Houston, you're go for power arm.
SC Ok ay.
PAO Standing by for a report of separation.
Our data shows that we have separation. We're at 3 hours
3 minutes.
SC Okay, Houston, we have separated, turned
around and started.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
SC You should have the television in a
minute, there it comes.
CAPCOM Roger, we're not seeing it yet.
PAO Ed Mitchell reporting, the television
should be coming through. We're receiving an image now.
CAPCOM We're getting a gray picture now.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM We can see the drogue down toward the
bottom of the picture and slightly -

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SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM Drogue down toward the bottom of the
picture and slightly left, you might move the camera a
little bit left and then down about a half a frame.
CAPCOM That's real good. Right there.
SC Houston. How's the television look to
you now. Do you think I (garble) the picture?
CAPCOM No. I wouldn't change a thing, Ed. Looks
really good.
CAPCOM It's right in the middle and steady.
SC Ok ay.
PAO 14 now 51 068 nautical miles away from
earth.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Just for your information, we've lost
data with the LVDC. We don't have any procedures for you.
What have you got for that?
SC Say again, Houston.
CAPCOM We've lost data with - all data from
the LVDC but we have no change in the figures. Go ahead
with normal procedures.
SC Ok ay .
PAO That's the launch vehicle digital computer,
the LVDC. We're at 3 hours, 9 minutes now into the flight.
PAO We're at 3 hours, 9 minutes on 14.
Presently 5441 nautical miles away from earth.
PAO You see Kitty Hawk moving in before
docking now. We're at 3 hours, 10 minutes into the flight.
We show an altitude of 5577 nautical miles.
SC Houston, 14. Do you need any commentary
to help you identify what you see on TV?
CAPCOM We're picking out things pretty well
here. If you have anything for the rest of the country
you might go ahead and talk. It won't interfere with the
operation we're at.
SC Okay. I' 11 chat for a minute. The
S-IVB is surrounded here by typical (garble) of millions of
particles that came off when we separated and look like
little old twinkling stars floating around in very rampant
pattern. The sunlight is shining very strongly off the
top of the lunar module as we drift into it. (garble)
Excellent Job of sliding in here very slowly. As you can
see that are - approach the (garble) few tips of a foot per
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 1808 CST 41/2

SC second probably. And the LM is starting

to get very large in our field of view. Hard to cover the
width though up there plus that window. And the LM, the
S-IVB are focused right out our X-axis. I couldn't tell
you all of the -
SC Bright red.
SC Orange, yellow. Thermal protection
around the LM. The parts that are black, silver and white.
The colors stand out very nicely. And I can look across -
across Stewart.
CAPCOM Hi Ed. This is Houston. About how
far out in range and distance estimate.
SC About five feet.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC I'll stand by with the commentary here
for a moment.
SC Go ahead, Houston. We're about to dock.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO That was Ed Mitchell reporting they're
getting ready to dock and we're at 3 hours 13 minutes now
into the flight.
SC We're probably a foot - 18 inches to
2 foot out now.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
PAO We're at 3 hours 14 minutes into the
flight. We show Apollo 14 at a distance of 6184 nautical
miles.
SC And we docked.
CAPCOM Roger. We could see a slight oscillation.
PAO Ed Mitchell reporting that Apollo 14
Command Module, Kitty Hawk has docked in with the lunar
module.
PAO We're at 3 hours, 14 minutes now into
the flight. Apollo 14 presently at 6318 nautical miles
away from earth.

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SC Okay, Houston. We viewed it twice

and sure looks like we're closing fast enough. I'm going
to back back out here and try it again.
CC Roger.
SC We'd better back off and think
about this one, Houston.
SC Roger, Ed.
SC We're unable to get a capture.
SC Roger, Ed.
PAO That's Stu Roosa and Ed Mitchell
reporting that, at least at this point, that they're unable
to get a capture. We'll stand by.
SC Houston, we're starting to drift
back in now.
CC Roger, Ed.
CC Working, Houston
cc I would suggest that at the initial
contact that you hold contacf_s for 3 seconds or so at least.
SC Okay, Houston. We tried it before,
but not quite 3 seconds.
CC Okay.
SC That's better. A good rate coming
in there.
SC And here we come in again.
CC Roger.
SC Okay, Houston. I hit it pretty
good and held 4 seconds on contact and we did not latch.
CC Roger. We're seeing it all on TV
here.
PAO You heard Stu Roosa. Still no
latch. The crew has a period of time that they can continue
with this attempt. The restricting item would be as long
as we have attitude holding on the S4B.

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PAO We're at 4 hours 25 minutes.

CC Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CC The information is 3 plus 34 24,
a nonpropulsive vent on the booster orbiting sequence, Don.
We don't expect to see much on it.
SC Say that again please.
CC At 3 plus 34 24, a non propulsive
vent in the booster orbiting sequence to open. Over.
SC Okay, we get it.
SC Okay, Houston, 14. I can look in
the drogue and I can see 3 marks 120 degrees apart like the
capture latches are scratching the drogue. They're about, oh
I don't know, 1-1/2 long going into the hole in the drogue
about - space about 120.
CC Roger.
CC 14, Houston. Can you describe the
scratches? Are they sharp scratches or rounded off?
SC Well, I didn't really see that good.
I can move back in, I guess. We can take a look at them.
They look like fairly distinct scratches coming into the
hole, but- let's move up, I'll take another look.
CC Roger.
PAO We're at 3 hours 29 minutes now
into the flight. We show 1486 nautical miles into the flight.
SC Houston, 14.
CC Go ahead.
SC I,m sure you're all thinking along
the same lines, but, you know if the capture latches were
depressing as they slide into the drogue, I don't see why
they would have made those marks.
CC Yes, that's been discussed here,
and we think probably something is holding them out. One
possibility is a sort of a hairpin that gets pulled out
when the tower is Jettisoned and first look at it we're
thinking maybe that may not be - may not allow the capture
latches to depress. I guess we'll Just have to tell you to
stand by while we talk it over here more.
SC Okay, we're nice and comfortable.
And I'm just going to drift around here about this range and
try not to use any more fuel then I have to.
CC Roger. A reminder, you have about
3 minutes till that vent will come open. Keep an eye on
that booster when that happens.
SC 0kay_. how about you give me a mark
on that duty?
CC Will do.
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston.
They're 3 hours 32 minutes. That was Stu Roosa troubleshoot-
ing with the ground. As you have heard, 14 at this point
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PAO has been unable to effect a capture

in the docking procedure with the lunar module. We're at
3 hours 32 minutes continuing to monitor. We show Apollo 14
presently 91 050 nautical miles from earth.
PAO We're less then a minute now away
from the time of non propulsive venting of the S4B.
CC 14, this is Houston. That vent is
due in 40 seconds.
SC Ok ay.
SC 10 seconds

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SC 10 seconds.
CAPCOM Ready mark, it should be on now.
SC Man, it's beautiful.
CAPCOM We can see one half of it from here.
SC Okay, I'll back down a little bit
and let you watch this. There lightening up the whole sky.
Of course it's the source of another 10 million particles
floating out in front of us.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC I was going to say when we were
kind of busy there a little while ago to look out our left
window across Stewart we could see the earth receding.
CAP COM Roger.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston, at'
3 hours 39 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14. Discussions
continuing to take place here in Mission Control attempting
to come up with a solution to -
SC Houston, we observe that the
S4B is slowly rotating.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. 3 hours
40 minutes into the flight. Discussions are continuing in
Mission Control concerning our docking problem. The -
CAPCOM I'm sorry, what happened.
SC Okay, I'm not sure what we might
be doing to the windows, it gives us a minor problem at this
point, but is everybody happy with us sitting here in this
vent ?
CAPCOM I don't think that point has been
raised. Let me ask around here.
SC Ok ay.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston, the pacing
item would be the attitude control on the S4B. The battery
power is the major constraining item on that, however it
does allow us a fair amount of time, approximately 6 to 8
hours. Continuing to monitor the trouble shooting operation
here at Mission Control, this is Apollo Control, Houston.
We presently show Apollo 14 at an altitude of 10 thousand,
6 hundred 33 nautical miles, and we're at a ground elapsed
time of 3 hours 42 minutes.
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston. 3 hours
43 minutes into the flight. Trouble shooting continuing
in Mission Control. To quickly repeat, we have been unable
to latch with the lunar module. We have quite a while to
consider an approach to this problem. The battery power on
the S4B is perhaps a major constraining item, allowing us
perhaps 6 to 8 hours of time. However, if we're not able
to extract the lunar module, of course the Lunar Landing
Mission would not be possible. We're at 3 hours 44 minutes
continuing to monitor.

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PAO minutes, continuing to monitor.

CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM While we're working on the problem
here, we suggest that you go to a 5 degree deadband in the
DAP, that will be a DAP load 11112 to save RCS and nobody's
come up with a good suggestion on what to do about the
windows, so I guess we Just won't worry about it now.
SC Okay. Like I say, I think it's a
minor problem.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston
at 3 hours, 53 minutes now into the flight. We presently
show 14 at al altitude of 12_310 nautical miles away from
earth. To again go over our problem, the capture latches
have not been working. One of the plans being considered
here and will very probably be passed on to the crew is to
retrack the probe and attempt to bypass the capture latches
hoping to get the - to the docking latches. There are 12 dock-
ing latches and to successfully dock we would need 3 to
work. If we are not able to extract the Lunar Module -
I repeat our -

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PAO extract the Lunar Module - I repeat

our Lunar Landing Mission would not be possible. It is
certainly a serious problem in terms of the mission itself,
however, it is not that consideration in terms of crew
safety at this time. We're at 3 hours, 54 minutes continu-
ing to monitor. We show Apollo 14 at 12,481 nautical miles
away from Earth and this is Apollo Control, Houston.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM I'd like you to try one thing. Take
the - retract switch to retract and tell us what the talk
back reads in retract cause you have in others before.
SC Okay, Gordon. You want the switch
in retract and a readout of the talk back.
CAPCOM That's affirmative while the switch
is in retract.
SC Rog. It's in retract now and the
talk backs are great.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM Okay. That tells us right there
that the capture latches are indeed cocked and that kind of
says that there's something in there that's keeping us from
releasing them when we go ahead and dock. And it says that
we cannot firebottle. It Just would not fire, is that the
true indication? It would not fire. Right.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston,
4 hours now into the flight. We in Mission Control continu-
ing to trouble-shoot our docking problem. The discussions
still underway, both in the Mission Control room operation
floor proper and with the span or the backroom experts. The
capture latch has not been working. It is a problem which
can be considered and discussed and played with for awhile.
The constraining item would be the attitude on the third
stage, the S4B and perhaps the most critical point there
is the battery power and this approximate lifetime of some
6 to 8 hours. Again if we are not able to extract the
Lunar Module the basic Lunar Landing Mission would not be
possible and of course, an alteration - consideration of
alternate missions would have to be made at that time. We're
at 4 hours 2 minutes into the flight. We show 14 at al alti-
tude of 13,523 nautical miles. This is Apollo Control,
Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 19:07 CST 47/1

CAPCOM 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Another question. Can you remember back
to the inital probe inspection, did you hear a thud as though
it did extend out?
SC That affirmative, Gordon. I guess I
should have mentioned that sooner. Yeah. We got the talk
backs to our barberpole, then immediately back to gray. But
we did feel the thud.
CAP COM Roger, Stu.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston. 4 hours,
8 minutes into the flight. We show 14 at an altitude of
14 294 nautical miles away from earth. Discussions are
continuing in the Mission Control Center concerning our
docking problem. A probe and drogue model if it has
not yet been brought in, will be brought in shortly to aid
in the discussions. We show 4 hours 9 minutes into the
flight continuing to monitor. This is Apollo Control, Houston.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM 14, _Houston. Go ahead.
SC Can we leave the television running
or shall I take it down now?
CAP COM Stand by.
CAPCOM Like to leave it running, Ed. We're
not seeing that booster right now. It's in the lower left
hand corner, Just barely. But we'd like to keep it running
for a future use.
SC Ok ay.
SC Houston, 14. And turning the PYROs and
SEP logic OFF.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO Apollo Control Houston. For - -

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PAO Apollo Control Houston. 4 hours

14 minutes. The color converter is off the line at the
moment, being recycled. We're showing black and white at
this time.
CC Apollo 14, Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead.
CC Okay, we'd like to essentially try
the docking again with the normal procedures rather then
go into more drastic alternate procedures. We'd like you
to rec0nfigure the dap. Ri should be 11102 for docking.
We'd like you to go to extend release and hold it for at
least 5 seconds and then return to retract and proceed with
one more try at a normal docking. Over.
SC Okay, we'll put a narrow deadband
in and we'll go extend for 5 seconds at least and back to
retract and bang it again.
CC Ro ge r.
PAO As you heard, Cap Corn Fullerton
passed along to Stu Roosa and other crew members of 14 that
we're going to make another docking attempt with the estab-
lished procedures prior to reconsidering alternate plans.
We're at 4 hours 16 minutes now into the flight. We show
Apollo -
CC Houston, make your closing rate
on this try, not fast - not slow, Just a normal closing rate.
SC Okay. We'll try it. I thought that's
what I had the first time, but we'll give it a GO.
CC Roger. The first time looked that
way to us. We _ust want to try it again.
SC Ok ay.
CC Apollo 14, Houston. When you do
that extend release, for the ... at least 5 seconds so you
can read the (garble) beck to us.
SC Ok ay ·
SC And Houston, we'd like to bring
logics on and get another GO for Pyro arm.
CC Stand by. We're ready for logic
on.
SC Logic is on.
CC 14, Houston. Your GO for pyro
ON.
SC Roger. GO for pyro arm.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO Apollo Control Houston, 4 hours

19 minutes now into the flight. Apollo 14 pressing on now
with another attempt at docking. We show the spacecraft now
at a distance of 15 thousand 821 nautical miles away from earth.
We'll stand by and continue to minitor 4 hours 18 minutes now
into the flight.
SC Houston, 14, are you ready for the
extend release position of the switch.
CAPCOM That's affirmative, go ahead Al.
SC Okay (garble) and retract and extend
release on my mark in 5 seconds. Mark. Barberpole stayed
gray back to off. Barberpole still gray.
CAP COM Rog, understand.
SC Back to retract barberpole still gray.
CAPCOM Roger, I understand the (garble)
stayed gray all the way through.
SC Af fi rmat ire.

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PAO This is Apollo Contzol, Houston,

4 hours, 27 minutes now into the flight. We show Apollo 14
at a distance of 16,B89 nautical miles away from the moon -
away from the earth. There has been no voice communication
with the Apollo 14 crew for sometime as the 14 crew is
pressing on for another attempt at docking and in Mission
Control a probe and drogue assembly is on hand discussions
are continuing here at the possible alternatives. We're
at 4 hours, 28 minutes into the flight, continuing to
monitor. This is Apollo Control, Houston.

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SC Okay, Houston, we're starting to

close in again.
PAO That's Ed Mitchell making the
report at 4 hours, 31 minutes that they're starting to
close in again at - on another attempt to dock with the
Lunar Module. We presently show Apollo 14 at a distance
of 17,453 nautical miles away from Earth.
SC Got 4 feet on it, Houston.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
SC Here it comes. No latch.
SC No latch, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston,
4 hours, 33 minutes. You heard that report of no latch.
In the control center we have a probe and drogue assembly.
Looking very closely over it are backup commander Gene
Cernan along with John Young and Chet Lee the mission director,
and John Llewellyn who's on one of the flight control teams.
We're at 4 hours, 34 minutes and we show Apollo 14 at a
distance of 17,729 nautical miles.

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i

SC Houston 14, I'm sure you're thinking

about the possibility of going hard suit and bringing the
probe inside to look at as we are.
CAPCOM That's affirmative, we may have one
more configure to try prior to going to that. Stand by 1
now.

SC Ok ay.
PAO That was A1 shepard who made the
suggestion apparently being considered aboard the spacecraft,
as it certainly is here at Mission Control, that of
depressurizing the cabin, of bringing the probe inside
for closer scrutiny. We're at 4 hours 36 minutes into the
flight, we show 14 at a distance of 17 thousand 994 nautical
miles away from earth.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM We'd like some more words on the exact
appearance of the drogue, the scratches and so forth.
SC Okay, I'll try to give you the
best, as I look at the probe and then you all can figure
out where the docking latches are from there, but as I look
at the probe and the docking positions, the prominent thing
are we have three scratches about maybe a couple of inches
long, and they're really, well the top one is about 12 o clock,
maybe 11:30, and it is spaced equally around the ring, about
120 out. Now, there is one other scratch I didn't see before,
I must have put it on this last attempt, I noticed it as
we backed out, and it, there are a couple of other little
ones, but the next prominent scratch is, oh, at about the
7 o' clock position. It starts at the hole and runs out
for about 3 inches, maybe 4 inches.
CAP COM Roger.
SC All these scratches are radial, and
they're right up at the very apex of the drogue.
CAPCOM Roger.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 1942 CST 53/1

CAPCOM Hey Stu. This is Gene. Do you read?

SC Yeah, loud and clear.
CAPCOM Okay. We got one more idea down here
before doing any hardsuit work and let me throw an
idea in and you come back with your impression.
SC All right.
CAPCOM We're thinking of attempting to dock
actually without the aid of the probe which requires some
pretty fine alignment. We're thinking that maybe you could
go ahead and go through a normal plus X and put the probe
in a drogue and while your holding AGS this will help you
with your alignment and while you're holding a plus X go
ahead and blow a bottle and try and retract the probe.
Now if the probe retracts, it should retract well out of
your way so that the actual docking latches with any luck
on the alignment should mate. Now if you get one latch,
we feel we'll be fat and we can get them off. There's
one hooker. The configuration that we think you might be
in electrically there may be a series path broken which
doesn't allow us actually to retract the probe through
blowing one of those bottles but we feel it sure is worth
a chance - it's worth a try before we do any hard suit work.
SC Ail right. Gene, let me see if we
understand you on that. Your thought is to blow one of
the bottles to retract the probe after we're lined up and
Just before contact or wait until we contact and then
thrusting and then retract the probe.
CAPCOM Okay A1 we're thinking that actually
if you use the - leave the probe extended until you
actually contact that any small, minute aligmment at least
in translation left right up or down will be taken out
as the probe centers in the hold of the drogue. If you
can keep a plus X going at that time and then retract
the probe hopefully your alignment will stay fairly close
and we may pick up a couple of the docking latches. Now
as I said, we got some reservations. We're not sure actually
the probe is going to retract so you might keep that in mind
but again, if it doesn't retract we haven't lost a model
and if it does retract and you do get a docking latch
we've accomplished what we wanted to.
SC Okay. Stand by 1.
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at
4 hours, 43 minutes now into the flight - -

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PAO ...3 minutes now into the flight. You

heard the discussions between Gene Cernan, now at the
CAPCOM position and A1 Shepard. This bottle reference, this
bottle of gaseous nitrogen, which activates a pneumatic
system that retracts the probe. This is perhaps a consideration
that will be pursued at this time. We're at 4 hours 43 minutes.
We presently show Apollo 14 in an altitude of 18 thousand
928 nautical miles.
SC Okay, Houston, we'll review what
we're going to do for you, and see if it is the right thing
to do trying to make the approach. Close at a very slow
rate till initial contact we're going to call out at that
time, and applied plus x. I will then go to the retract
prime 1 position.
CAPCOM That's it Al. That should do it
if that probe does actually retract and if our alignment is
good enough the possibilities are pretty good of picking up
the dock on latch.
SC Your theory is it is going to retract
because you feel the capture latches are locked.
CAPCOM Now actually the impression here is
that it is not going to retract.
SC Ok ay.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston 4 hours
47 minutes now into the flight. Pete Frank, over the
Flight Director's loop advised his ecom and his flight
planning officer to consider procedures for the hard suit,
if we are unsuccessful in this upcoming attempt.
SC Okay, Houston, we're on our way
in now and we're going to try the plus x, after ignition
contact, try the plus x until it's settled down for a second
or two and then go to the retract cycle at that time.
CAP COM Ro ge r.

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PAO Apollo Control, Houston, 4 hours,

50 minutes now into the flight. The booster systems
engineer has Just advised Pete Frank our flight director
that his perdieted lifetime on the booster is 13 hours,
18 minutes. The first part of the hardware to degrade
would be the batteries and that's a predicted lifetime now,
of 13 hours 18 minutes on the third stage. We're at 4 hours,
51 minutes into the flight. We show Apollo 14 presently
at an altitude of 19,930 nautical miles. This is Apollo
Control, Houston.

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SC We got some Houston.

CC Roger.
SC We had a hard dock, Houston.
SC We noticed no response for perhaps 2 or
3 seconds after iniating- prime retract 1, we then got barber
pole on both, went grey on both at the hard dock.
CC Roger, Al. That's great. Super
Job , Stu.
SC Thank you.
CC It didn't even wiggle when you hit
it.
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston.
You heard that report. There was a cheer in Mission Control
when that report came from A1 Shepard. We're at 4 hours 58
minutes, standing by. We show 14 at 20 700 nautical miles
away from earth.
CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CC We'd like you to proceed now on with the
normal hatch and tunnel procedures.
SC That's in work, Houston. We'll
keep you advised.
SC Okay Houston. We're turning the
TV off.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 20:02 CST 57/1

SC You do watch the cabin pressure pretty

closely you know.
CAPCOM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Can you just give us a qualitative
feeling of what it sounded like when those docking lights
just did go. Did you get a sort of ripple bang or you
convinced you've got quite a few of them?
SC Yeah. It was a ripple fire Gene.
I'm convinced we did quite a few.
CAPCOM Yeah. That sounds pretty familar Al.
It sounds like you're really probably - I wouldn't be a bit
surprised to see if you got them off.
SC Yeah. I think we got quite a few, Geno.
It was a good hard dock.
CAPCOM Beautiful. Tell Stu that session he
had this morning paid off.
SC I believe it.
SC Yeah. And we're going to buy him his
present from here.

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CAP COM 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, we'd like you to proceed on
now with the normal hatch and tunnel procedures.
SC That didn't work, Houston. We'll
keep you advised.
SC And Houston, I'm turning the TV on
now .

CAP COM Roger, Ed.

CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM We want to Just verify that you're
still all hard suited before proceeding with the tunnel
procedures, not hard suited, but completely suited up before
the tunnel procedures.
SC Roger. We will - roger, Houston.
Why don't you review the procedures again on the checklist
here and we' 11 check with you again when we get to that
point. We do watch the cabin pressure pretty closely,
you know.
CAPCOM Roger.

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SC Houston, Apollo 14. We have lost

1/10 of 1 pound per square inch by the number 2 gauge during
a 3 minute period. We'd like to proceed as we are.
CC Roger, Al. Stand by.
CC Youf re clear to GO on that.
SC Roger. Proceed.
CC Apollo 14, Houston. We'd like you
to verify the H2 fans OFF.
SC That's verified.
CC Roger.
SC They delayed, they're off now.
CC Roger, Ed.
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston.
We're at 5 hours 13 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14.
The present distance reading for Apollo 14 is 22 503 nautical
miles away from earth, and following that successful hard
docking, Apollo 14 is proceeding on with our basic mission
plan. The crew of course will have a chance to look at the
docking mechanism during the translunar coast period while
Antares and Kitty Hawk are docked. We're at 5 hours 14
minutes into the flight and this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 20:17 CST 60/1

CC Apollo 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead.
CC Have some RCS quantity numbers - just
- it should make you feel good. You used 131 pounds so far
which is 62 pounds below nominal, but you're still 211 pounds
above the red line. Over.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston. You
heard those --
SC We got - We used 131 pounds which
is 62 pounds below nominal. And say again how much above the
red line?
CC You're still 211, 211 pounds above
the red line.
SC And Houston. We got all the docking
latches.
CC Roger. You got them all. Very good.
SC Al's checking more carefully now, but
that's his first report.
CC Roger.
PAO Those were reaction control system
usage rates passed along to the crew by CapCom Gordon Fullerton.
Responding from the spacecraft was Ed Mitchell. We're at 5 hours
19 minutes now into the flight. We presently show 14 at a
distance of 23 125 nautical miles away from the earth. Travel-'
lng now at a speed of 12 486 feet per second.
SC Okay, Houston. We got all the latches
and everything was fine. Ail we had to do was Just tap on
number 2 and 8 to lock the handle down.
CC Roger, Stu. If you haven't bled the
nitrogen with the red button, don't for a minute here.
SC Oh, you caught us in time. We have not
bled.
CC Okay. Standby. We'll make sure
that - what ECOM wants to do here.
CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CC Okay, after a massive discussion
here, we've decided to have you go ahead with the procedures
as you see them in your checklist there. Verify the extend
latch and gauged indicator not visible and then go ahead and
bleed the GN2.
SC Ok ay.
CC Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CC Roger. In 5 to 10 minutes the S4B
fuel pressure should get up to the point where it'll vent.
It's through a nonpropulsive vent - it shouldn't affect you
much. Over.
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 20:17 CST 60/2

SC Okay, in 5 to 10 minutes. Thank

you. And we're just about to put the hatch back in.
CC Roger.
SC Houston, 14.
CC Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay, Gordon. Is there - want to
make sure that we're all talking on the same frequency on
this ejection and the maneuvering and everything. Have we
got any changes on any of those procedures?
CC Stand by.
SC I guess what I'm wondering is
after this long a time is the S4B still in the same condition
and so forth and so on.
CC Okay, Stu. Stand by. I'll get a
good summary of that.
SC Ok ay.
SC Gordon, be advised. We're on page
L37 and ready for pre LM SEP and ejection.
CC Roger, Ed.
CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CC Essentially, I'd like to go through
procedures as you would have nominally. The only anomaly
with the booster is that we have lost the downlinks on the
launch vehicle digital computer itself. Your visual indica-
tions of its attitude and maneuvers are the only ones you
will have. We have no readout on booster attitude down
here. And actually, we lost many of the downlink parameters
on the booster, however, it shouldn't affect the evasive
maneuver and targeting to impact. Over.
SC Okay, Gordon. That's what I wanted
to clarify before we pressed ahead so we'll press right on
down and - as nominal and give you the call when we see it
and so forth.
CC Roger.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 5 hours
and 44 minutes. At the present time in Mission Control we
are preparing for a shift handover. Flight Director Milton
Windler is coming on to relieve Flight Director Pete Frank.
That handover will occur after LM extraction. A short while
ago, the Flight Director was asked when LM extraction would
occur. His response was, whenever the crew is ready. The
crew is proceeding to extract the LM in the normal manner
at this time, and following LM extraction, there will be
a change of shift briefing in the large Auditorium in
building 1 at the Manned Spacecraft News Center. A short
while ago, also, Gene Cernan, who was on the CapCom console
made the remark following the successful docking that in
paraphrasing was something as follows, a similar remark that
I guess that practice we had this morning in the crew quarters
paid off.
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PAO He was referring to a mass which was said

for him and Stu Roosa in the crew quarters at Cape Kennedy
this morning. Recapping the docking situation, the docking
was tried a total of 6 times before the successful hard
docking occurred at 4 hours 56 minutes 46 seconds. On the
sixth attempt, the procedure was for the 14 crew to maneuver
up to the lunar module using the probe to aline the vehicles
properly, to bring the docking mechanism in proximity with
the docking ring on the lunar module and at that time to
attempt to retract the probe mechanism hoping that the dock-
ing latches would then come together, would be properly
alined, and that the hard docking could occur. This is, in
fact, what appeared to happen although it is not certain
at this time whether or not the docking probe did in fact
engage and latch as it normally would or whether the docking
mechanism came together with the docking latches engaging
merely by virtue by the fact that the probe mechanism was
retraced. In a normal docking, the probe which is a
SC ... please.
CC You have a go for PYRO on.
SC Ok ay.
PAO The go for pyro on indicates that the
crew is preparing for LM separation. We'll continue to
attempt to recap. Returning to live conversation in the
event the crew or the CapCom speaks up. The normal docking
procedure would be for the probe mechanism to engage the
drogue in the lunar module. There are 3 small latches in
the tip of the probe which extend after passing through a
hole in the end of the conical drogue mechanism. This is
soft docking. At this time the pneumatic system actuated
by nitrogen pressurization draws the two vehicles together
pulling the ... retracting the drogue or rather retracting
the probe. Pulling the docking mechanism together and hard
docking. We have a report now that the crew is trusting
minus X which would indicate that they are extracting the
lunar module from the S-IVB at this time.

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SC Houston, the cryo press light is

02 tank 3.
CAPCOM Roger, we estimate that's probably
stratification.
SC Rog. (garbled) tank 1 and 2 just
dropped down.
CAPCOM Roger, we saw that.
PAO Our telemetry data indicates that
the LM is clear, that the crew is maneuvering now to the
attitude for the evasive maneuver.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. We'll be standing
by from you for a, let you have the S4B visually and a go
for the yaw maneuver.
SC Okay Gordon, it's Just now is coming
out from behind the LM for me in the left window here, about
another 15, 20 seconds we ought to have a good view of it.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC And, okay, we're well clear Gordon,
if you want to go ahead and do yaw maneuver at your
convenience.
CAP COM Roger Stu.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 5 hours
55 minutes. The crew now maneuvering into the proper position
for the APS evasive maneuver, in some of the conversation,
you've heard reference to the fact that data from the S4B
is limited, and this lack of data has complicated -
CAPCOM Sent a checkout command to the
booster which looked good, so we're getting ready to start
the yaw maneuver now.
SC Why don't you give me a mark when
it's coming.
CAPCOM Okay, will do. 14, Houston, we'll
be commanding at 55 plus 3 0 about 5 seconds from now. Ready
mark.
SC Okay, she's moving, Gordon.
CAP COM Roger, Stu.
PAO The S4B moving into the proper position
for the aps evasive maneuver. Our communications officer
reported a drop out in data. They're checking to determine
the cause of it. The concern mentioned previously about the
controlling the S4B for the aps evasive maneuver refer to the
fact that a multiplexer apparently has failed in the S4B
instrument unit. The primary concern here is that in
performing the maneuver, there are certain systems that
flight controllers don't have as good a visibility into as
they would prefer. However the fact that the S4B responded
to the yaw maneuver command properly indicates that the sys-
tems are responding as they should and the aps evasive maneuver
using the auxiliary propulsion system on the S4B will be performed
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 1/31/71 20:51 CST 61/2

PAO as scheduled. This will be a 10 foot

per second maneuver getting the separation distance between
the S4B and the Lunar Module, and will be supplemented by
a propulsive locks dock maneuver. The locks dock maneuver
is designed to reduce the propability of spacecraft recontact.
SC Away from looking at us and it's a
beautiful sight.
CAPCOM Roger Stu, it sounds good to us.
We had some question about command capability and it sounds
like it's okay.
SC Oh yea, she's going away from us.
PAO Following the auxilltary propulsion
system maneuver, and the propulsive venting of the liquid
oxygen aboard the S4B, there will be a targeted burn determined,
or targeted to impact the S4B on the Lunar surface at approxi-
mately 53 degrees west and 20 degrees south, which is near the
Apollo 12 landing site, and it is expected that this maneuver
will be carried out as planned. You heard Stu Roosa on that
last exchange report that the S4B was responding properly to
command and appeared to be coming around in the proper attitude.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Would you give
us omni delta?
SC Okay, you have it Houston.
CAPCOM Thank you. Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM With a go from you up there we'll
plan to initiate the Aps evasive burn at 6 plus 04 even, over.
SC Okay, yea, it's well foresighted away
from us and we'll be standing by.
CAP COM Roger.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 6 hours
2 minutes, 18 seconds, a little less than 2 minutes away now
from the scheduled auxilary propulsion system evasive maneuver
on the S4B. Capcom Gordon Fullerton advised the Apollo 14
crew that that maneuver would occur at 6 hours 4 minutes, with
the liquid oxygen dump scheduled to occur at 6 hours 25 minutes,
20 seconds.
CAPCOM Apollo 14 Houston, the evasive maneuver
shift is on now, how does it look?
SC Rog, we see the booster moving.
CAPCOM Now the last thing you can do for
us on this, because of lack of determining the booster attitude
is, as it fades out of view, if you can determine if it is
still looking stable, over.
SC Okay, we can sure handle that, and,
you got some venting there too, as you started that maneuver.
CAPCOM Roger, that's normal, I was expecting
it.
S C Ok ay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14 Houston, would you go to
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CAPCOM manual and wide on the high gain, but

stay in omni delta?
SC You've got it.
CAPCOM Thank you ed.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 6 hours
9 minutes. We've completed our shift handover now at mission
control. Flight director, Milton Windler, and his team of
maroon flight directors, flight controllers. The flight
dynamics officer has just advised the flight director that
he does not anticipate a mid-course correction being required
at the opportunity for mid-course correction 1. This would
mean that the mid-course would not be made until the mid-
course correction 2 opportunity. At the present time Apollo 14
is traveling at a speed of 11 237 feet per second. The
spacecraft altitude is 28 593 nautical miles. There will be
a change of shift briefing in about 30 minutes. The briefing
will be held tn the large auditorium in the MSC news center
in Building 1.
SC Okay, Gordon, I'm sure ya'll have
been talking about it, do you want me to press ahead with
the maneuver to the P 52 attitude and go into that?
CAPCOM Roger, Stu, that's affirmative.
We'd like you to go through with the normal procedures as
shown in the flight plan down to that P 52 at 5 hours and
40 minutes, but at that point we're going to deviate slightly
in order to save some RCS. We do not want you to do the fuel
cell purge or the waste water dump. We're planning to have
you oral and we do not want you to do the - go into DC.
At that point we're planning to do the P23 which will be a
little early and we'll have a new attitude for that. And
then we'll go into PDC., Rright now it looks like mid-course
1 is not likely to be necessary, so that we'll save 1 PTC
skin up, that way we'll save some RCS, over.
SC Okay, now at 5 50 you say, do not do
the fuel cell purge or the waste water dump?
CAPCOM That's affirmative, Sut.
SC Okay, we won't do them.

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CAP COM 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. As soon as you get to your
attitude there, we're ready to uplink the new REFSMAT to you.
SC Ok ay .
SC Houston, 14. Did you ever destroy
the battery B charge?
CAPCOM Stand by, Ed.
CAPCOM Ed, that's affirmative. Go ahead
with the battery B charge.
SC Ok ay .
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead.
SC Hey, Gordon, I can - got a beautiful
view of S-IVB now out of tbe left-hand window. She's stable
as a rock.
CAP COM Roger, Stu.
SC Ed, Houston. I'm initiating bat-
tery B charge.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Would you give us OMNI
charlie, Ed?
SC You have it.
CAPCOM Roger. And at about 6:25:20 the
launch stop should start on the S-IVB. You might keep an
eye on it at that time. I'll give you a warning about 10
seconds prior.
SC Okay .
PAO Capcom, Gordon Fullerton, was advising
the crew that the dump of liquid oxygen remaining in the
S-IVB will occur at 6 hours 25 minutes 20 seconds ground
elapsed time. This is the propulsive venting of the liquid
oxygen which is aimed to increase the separation distance
between the lunar module and the booster third stage and
also is targeted to impact the S-IVB on the lunar surface
near the Apollo ]2 seismometer. We're now at 6 hours 25 min-
utes, 20 seconds away from the liquid oxygen dump.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. That launch dump should
start in about 10 seconds.
PAO Booster reports the dump is initiated.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. The launch dump
should be complete now. Did you see anything of it?
SC _Yes. It's a beautiful sight Houston.
The sun was shining from the side it was streaming out. We
tried to get a couple of Hasselblad shots of it from the
corner of the window. It's really fantastic.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
PAO That was Apollo 14 commander, A1
Shepard reporting a very spectacular sight with good sun-
light on the liquid oxygen particles streaming out of the
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FAO nozzle of the S-IVB. The launch

dump is scheduled to be followed by an additional
SC Okay, Houston. You have Poe and
ACCEPT.
CAPCOM Roger. And we'd like you to try
to bring up the high gain now. Use a pitch plus 28 and
a yaw plus 317. Over.
SC Roger. 28, 317.
PAO Once the high gain antenna is brought
into play, we should see a marked increase in signal strength.
The launch dump from the S-IVB will be followed by an additional
maneuver to target the S-IVB to the proper impact point. That
maneuver, performed with the auxiliary propulsion system.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. We're having
a little problem with our readout of high gain antenna angles
here. Would you read out your onboard pitch and yaw angle?
SC Roger. Pitch of plus 29 and yaw of 320 -
330.
CAPCOM Say again the yaw.
SC About 330.
CAP COM 330 . Roger.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. We have the REFSMAT
and trunion bias zero in there. It's your computer.
SC Ok ay.
PAO This is Apollo control at 6 hours
33 minutes. We'll be coming up soon on a change of shift
press briefing. At that time we will take down the live
air to ground circuits and record any conversation with the
spacecraft for playback following the change of shift briefing.
One bit of information from the flight surgeon. The flight surgeon
reports that Commander Shepherd's biomedical data, primarily
heart rate, resumed spontaneously at 1 hour 30 minutes ground
elapsed time. At that time, the capcom asked if he did any-
thing to fix the sensor and Shepherd replied nope. The readings
on all three crewmen during the docking attempts are approx-
imately as follows. During most of the unsuccessful attempts
Stu Roosa, who was piloting tile command module at that time,
had a heart rate of about 120 beats per minute. Thc other
two crewmen, Shepherd and Mitchell, were aw_raging ar.und
70 beats per mlnute. And during the final successful docking
attempt, Roosa's heart rate went from 120 to [44. At the
present time tile Apollo 14 crew is performing a program 52.
This is a platform alinement. The spacecraft travelling at
a velocity of 10 739 feet per second and now at a distance
of 31 236 nautical miles from Earth.
SC Houston, 14.
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Go ahead.
SC Roger. Did you get our NOUN 93's?
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CAPCOM That's affirmative. We copied them.

SC Okay .
CAPCOM Ed, would you give us the torquing
time ?
SC Roger. 006, 4035.
CAPCOM 6, 4035.
PAO This is Apollo control at 6 hours
45 minutes. At the present time Apollo 14 is travelling at
a speed of 10 555 feet per second and at a distance of
32 283 nautical miles from Earth. Change of shift briefing
is ready to begin now in the MSC News Center. We'll record
any conversation with the spacecraft during this period of
time and play them back following the press briefing. Also
there will be questions from Cape Kennedy following the
briefing during the course of the question and answer period.
At 6 hours 46 minutes, this is Apollo control.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 7 hours

25 minutes. During the change of shift briefing, we advised
the crew that it is being considered to have them remove the
probe and drogue assembly from the docking tunnel, pull it
down into the command module and activate the television
so that we on the ground and the crew can get a good look
at that particular piece of equipment. A decision to do so
will not be made in all probability for another 30 to 40
minutes. At that time it will then require something like
an additional two hours to get the necessary lines up be-
tween the receiving end - the receiving station at Goldstone
and Houston, so the television transmission can be routed
here to the control center. We'll play back the tape con-
versations which we have accumulated during the change of
shift briefing and then continue to follow any other con-
versations live.
CC Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CC Okay, if you haven't already, we'd
like you to continue on through the rest of the procedures
in the flight plan after the P52 down to 6 hours except
don't do the 02 fuel cell purge or the waste water dump.
SC Okay, that's what we're planning
to do.
CC And, then, Ed, I've got to have
a longer update. Want you to do a P23, one that's scheduled
for about 9:50 in the flight plan, correction 9:30 and if
you can tend to that, I'll give you some new stars and other
information to go then.
SC Standby. All right Houston, I
have the flight plan open to 09:30.
CC Roger. Standby 1. Okay, Ed, on
the P23, the optics cal attitude is the same as what's
in there. Like you to change the P23 sighting attitude to
ROLL 184, PITCH 2 -
SC Hold it.
CC Okay .
SC Okay, I'm ready, go again.
CC Okay, It's listed at 42. ROLL
184, PITCH 283, and YAW 310.
SC Okay the sighting attitude is 184,
283, 310 .
CC That's right. And we have a change
in the order of doing the stars. There's a couple of
substitut Ions. I'd like you to use the listed star number
3, that's Gamma Centuar! numher 53, off to the - do that
star first.
SC Hold it a minute. Okay 53 Gamma
Centauri is first.
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CC Yes, and then the star that's listed

number 2, number 236 will be the second star.
SC Roger. (garble)
CC Okay, and then the third star is
a different one, a new one. It will be star 161, Ioda
Centauri, and earth's far horizon.
CC Okay, star 3 is 161, Ioda Centauri,
E FH.
CC Roger. The NOUN 70 for that star
is the same as the NOUN 70 on star number 1, it's probably
easier just to write it down, that'll be 00 all balls on the
first register, all balls on the second register, and
00120 on the third register.
SC Understand.
CC And noun 88 is completely different.
First register minus 75603, second register minus 27129,
and third register minus 59566. Over.
SC Okay, for Ioda Centauri, NOUN 70
is all zeroes, ali zeroes, 00120. NOUN 88 minus 75603,
minus 27129, minus 59566.
CC Roger. Ed, I read that correct.
Okay the fourth star will be star number 24, Gienah, earth's
far horizon. And NOUN 70 will be first register 00024,
second register ali balls, third register 00120 and yon
don't need a NOUN 88 for that one. Over.
SC Okay. The fourth star is 24,
Gienah, EFH, NOUN 70 is 00024, ail zeroes, and 00120.
CC Roger that read back's good. After
you finish that P23, we'd like you to do the 02 fuel cell
purge and the waste water dump. And then the activities
that follow are still under discussion here, we're talking
over possibly removing the drogue and taking a look at it
at that time and possibly cranking up the TV to get us a pic-
ture of it back here, so the decision to start PTC after
finishing P23 will depend on whether we're going to request
you to give us some TV shot of the drogue, that's all. Over.
SC Okay, understand and following the
P23 you want us to press on with the 02 fuel cell purge and waste
water dump it's listed at about 11:25, is that correct?
CC Yes it's listed there and it's
also the same thing you skipped back there at about 5 hours
and 55 minutes.
SC Do you want us to do it immediately
after the P23 or wait until 11:25.
CC If you'll standby, I'll check on
that to be sure. Do that immediately after the P23, Ed.
SC All right.
CC One other thing while you have a
pencil in hand, is a lift-off plus 15 P37 block data when
you're ready.
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SC Houston, go ahead with the P37.

CC Okay, Ed. Get emission is 01500,
DELTA VT 5700, minus 165, PT for 400K 04504. Go ahead.
SC Okay GET is 01500, 5700, minus 165,
04504.
CC Roger, Ed, your read back's good.
CC Go ahead, Ed. Fourteen, Houston,
go ahead. Fourteen, Houston, go ahead.
SC Roger. We didn't quite understand
when you wanted us to start this P23 that you passed the
info on.
CC All right now whenever you're ready.
SC Okay, Stu's going to get out of his suit
here and we'll be ready in a few minutes.
CC Roge r.
SC Ail right, Houston, 14, how do
you read?
CC Apollo 14, Houston, go ahead.
SC Okay, Gordon, I just wanted to
check and make sure that I was back on the com here.
CC Read you loud and clear.
CC Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CC Roger, Stu. When you get ready
to commence your P23 -

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SC Go ahead, Hous ton.

CAPCOM Roger, Stu. When you get ready to
commence your P23, we have a change to the sighting attitude,
based on your current estimated time of starting. Over.
SC Okay. And bey, could you give me
an estimate on this. Do you want us to press on into that
right now or you want us to go ahead and get the suits stowed
and so forth.
CAPCOM That's really your option, Stu.
Whenever you conveniently get ready to run a P23, why don't
you check with us and we'll make sure you got a current
attitude. Over.
S C Ok ay .
PAO This is Apollo Control at 7 hours
38 minutes. That completes the playkack of the taped con-
versations between the spacecraft and Mission Control. We'll
now continue to follow for any live conversation with the crew.
The capsule communicator at this time: is astronaut Bruce
McCandless. McCandless relieved capcom Gordon Fullerton.
At the present time, Apollo 14 is travelling a velocity of
9776 feet per second and the spacecraft is 37 248 nautical
miles from Eartb.
SC Okay, Bruce. How do you read?
CAPCOM Go atlead.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is ttouston. Go ahead.
SC Okay, ttouston, l'm getting ready to
start this P23 and I guess that last P52 will still be good
for this and I' 11 start in through the optics cai attitude
and then get your VERB 49 attitude to start after that.
CAPCOM Okay. And I'll cheek and see if we
want to update our at titude from the one I got here in front
of me and we'll pass it up to you when you're ready.
SC Okay. And Bruce, I guess I want
verify we do not need another P52. Been - what - an hour
since that last one?
CAPCOM That's verified.
SC Okay .
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.
S C Go ahead.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We'll like you
to acquire us with the high gain antenna. Pitch, minus 75
and yaw plus 99. Over.
SC Roger. Minus 75 and plus 99.
CAPCOM Apo llo 14, this is Houston. Change
yaw angle to plus 1120.
SC Okay, Houston. Locked up AUTO track.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this _s Houston. Ed, we'd
like you to read out the pitch and yaw position meters on the
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CAPCOM high gatn antenna for us, if you

would please.
SC Roger. The pitch is reading minus
90 and yaw is 150.
CAPCOM Roger. Minus 90 and plus 150.

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SC I think about 180, I mean about

minus 80 and 150.
CC Roger. 14 minus 80 and plus 150.
SC Okay, Bruce, how about that attitude for
the P2 '3.
CC Roger, Stu. The attitude will be Roll 179,
Pitch 280, Yaw 310. Over_
SC Roger. 179, 280, 310.
CC Roger, out.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 8 hours 12 min-
utes. At the present time, the crew aboard Apollo 14 is
preparing to begin a series of star sightings. They will do
this in computer program 23. Taking sightings and marks on
3 stars to update the onboard guidance systems knowledge of
where it is and where it is going. At this time here in
Houston at the Manned Spacecraft Center and also at North
American and Downing, California. Teams of engineers are
in the process of putting together a set of procedures and
evaluating the tests involved in running through a set of
checks on the probe and drogue assembly on board the space-
craft. Once this set of procedures Js worked out, and the
flight director and team of flight controllers here in
mission control had a chance to evaluate them, a descision
will be made as to whether or not to attempt at removing the
probe and drogue assembly and also bringing up the televis-
ion to transmit television pictures of the evaluation back
to Earth. Once that decision is made, it is estimated that
it will take about 2 hours to get the lines up between
Goldstone and Houston so that we can receive the television
picture. Now, we still have some 3 hours 50 minutes of
acquisition time remaining at Goldstone before a handover
is made to the Honeysuckle station. The estimate is that it
will probably take on the order of 6 hours time to get cir-
cuits up between Honeysuckle and MSC to allow transmission
of television from Honeysuckle to here. And, more than
likely, any television received at Honeysuckle would be
recorded for later playback and would not be transmitted
live to Houston. However, the plan would be to transmit
television live from Goldstone some 2 hours after a decision
to remove probe and drogue was made. Best estimate on when
that decision might be made is it will probably be no sooner
than 30 to 40 minutes. We'll keep you advised on any changes
in that. At 8 hours 15 minutes this is Apollo Control.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 8 hours 30 min-
utes. Apollo 14 traveling at 9163 feet per second. Space-
craft is 41 842 nautical miles from Earth. The Flight
Dynamics Officer reported that there appears to be a very
small amount of venting occurring on the S-IVB. The venting
is not probably causing any significant affect to the
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PAO trajectory to the vehicle, however, it

does affect the tracking data on it, and makes it difficult
for the Flight Dynamics Officer to get a good vector on the
S-IVB and from that to compute a predicted impact point.
However, it is possible to compute the impact point based
on the known position at the time the last propulsive man-
euver occurred the last dump from that to compute an impact
point. Based on the Flight Dynamics Officers computed im-
pact point the booster Officer will compute a needed Delta-V
and at 9 hours ground elapsed time command and auxiliary
propulsion system maneuver with the S-IVB targeted to impact
at near the Apollo 12 seismometer. There's been no communi-
cation with the spacecraft for the past 30 minutes or so.
The crew is scheduled to begin a sleep period at about
16 hours. At 8 hours 32 minutes this is Apollo Control
standing by.
CC Apollo 14 this is Houston. For your
information the Booster people are planing a apse burn on
the S-IVB at 9 hours GET even. Over.
SC Okay. Thank you.
SC Houston, 14. Do you have any idea where
we should look to see it?
CC Stand by on that one, Ed. If we can get
some good angles and stuff for you we'll send them up.
CC Okay. We've been moving around here,
we've lost track of it.
CC Ro ge r.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 8 hours 59 min-
utes. We're standing by now for the beginning of the S-IVB
auxiliary propulsion system maneuver which will target the
Saturn 3rd stage to an impact point near the Apollo 12
seismometer. That will be a 4 minute and 12 second burn
targeted to put the 3rd stage in about 1.56 degrees souyh
latitude and 33.25 west. Up on the S-IVB apse burn and we
don't have a good attitude for you to look at right now.
SC Okay. We'll have a look around and see
what we can see.
CC Roger.
SC Give them the hack on it, Bruce.
CC Roger. It's going now. It's about a
4 minute burn.
SC Houston, we are unable to spot the S-IVB.
CC 14, this is Houston. You can try looking
out the right hand side window and with your line of sight
depressed a little bit from the straightout position. In fact
that's where it's engine bell was.
SC The Sun's coming in that window.
CC Okay. That's probably going to make
very difficult to spot.
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SC Makes it a little hard on the eyes.

SC We've been sincerely busy with house-
keeping up here we haven't had a chance to describe anything
we've been seeing. We'll get around to that after while.
CC Say again what you're going to get around
to.
SC I said we'll get around to doing descrip-
tions for you after while.
CC Roger.
CC Booster Officer reports the burn is com-
plete. The burn has been completed, Ed. Thank you, Bruce.
SC Rich, we've been wondering if you found
your headset alright when you got back to the (garbled).
CC Yes, I've got it on. I didn't notice
anything wrong with it. You may be a little sutle for me
but go ahead.
SC You obviously found it is working.

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CAPCOM Roosa, we've been wondering if you

found your headset all right when you got back in the MOCUR.
SC Yes. I've got it on. I didn't no-
tice anything wrong with it. You may be a little subtle for
me. But go ahead.
SC He obviously found it. It is working.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. I have
a flight plan update for you.
SC I just got them.
SC Okay, Houston, go ahead with your
flight plan update.
CAPCOM Roger, 14. We have a P52 that was
previously scheduled in the flight plan at 9 hours g.e.t.
We'd like you to hold off on that P52 until after PTC is
established and then run it while in the PTC mode. After
your P23's are complete here, we'd like you to perform the
oxygen purge and waste water dump. Also perform the delta V
test and null bias checks as called out in the flight plan
at 9 hours and 20 minutes g.e.t, previously. And then you
can deactivate the primary evaporator at your convenience.
And we'll be having instructions for you on what we want to
do on - with respect to the probe and drogue and I guess if
we'd like your commentary or your feelings on how you'd feel
about pulling it out and reinstalling it this evening before
you turn in. Over.
SC Okay. You want the P52 regularly
scheduled for 9 to be done after PTC is commenced. You want
02 purge and water dump and we've got (garbled) now and
we' 11 do the delta V check and null bias check momentarily
as soon as 23's been completed. We'll check the probe
and call you back.
CAP COM Roger. And
SC And, Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay, Bruce. I just wanted to say
a word about that P52 that we had just before the P23 dump.
Went to that P52 attitude and pick a pair - I went to pick
the star that was (garbled) part of the LM. So you probably
saw me dial in another star and the stars weren't probably
separated too far apart as far as the criteria goes. So if
anybody's looking at that, that's the reason.
CAPCOM Roger. We copy.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 9 hours
27 minutes. Apollo 14 now 46 539 nautical miles from Earth.
Travelling at a speed of 8544 feet per second. We're still
awaiting the arrival of a list of questions and procedures
from the engineering support room. These questions will be
passed up to the crew, asked of the Apollo 14 crew, and used
in part as a basis for decision as to whether or not to ask
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PAO the crew to remove the probe and

drogue assembly from the docking tunnel of the command
module.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Concerning the probe, I don't think
we'd mind taking it out tonight. Discussing it with you,
letting you look at it, and then leaving it out for tonight.
CAPCOM Okay, 14. We copy. And as I men-
tioned earlier, we haven't really gotten all the inputs yet
on what we want to do. Whether we'd like to do this tonight
or whether we might want to wait till tomorrow but I'll get
back to you as soon as we have and we'll incorporate your
feelings into the decision down here and send them back to
you. And did you copy on my flight plan update? We'd like
to get the primary evaporator deactivated whenever it's con-
venient with you all.
SC Okay. It's been deactivated.
CAP COM Okay. Thank you.
PAO That last remark came from A1 Shepard.
Shepard stated that tthe crew would not mind removing the
probe and drogue assembly tonight, but they would prefer not
to have to reinstall it tonight before beginning their sleep
period. And as you heard, capcom, Bruce McCandless advised
the crew that the decision has not as yet been made as to
whether or not the crew will be asked to remove the drogue
and probe assembly. Discussions are going on at this moment
around the flight director's console and we're still awaiting
the engineering data which will also serve in part in making
that decision. At 9 hours 30 minutes, this is Apollo Control
continuing to stand by.
SC Houston, on the MSL bias check we
had start at minus 100 and terminate with minus 99.4.
CAPCOM Okay, Al. We copy you started with
minus 100 on an all bias check and you terminated with minus
99 .4.
SC That's correct. Those two purges
have been completed and waste water dump is in progress.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Would you prefer
to take time out to have something to eat or press on with
the drogue operation now?
SC I think we could do both simultaneously.
CAP COM Roger.
SC In our part of the drogue, Bruce,
is to get it out, look at it, discuss it with you and give
you some time to think about it and tie it down here with us
while you think about it.
CAPCOM Roger. We're tentively looking at
taking the probe out, doing that, tying it down and we may
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CAPCOM want to take the drogue out but we

thought you could just lock the drogue back in place and
then the hatch to go to sleep for the evening.
SC Sounds good.
CAPCOM Okay. And be right back at you in
about a minute with the hot smoking word.
SC Hey, Bruce, are we going to get in
start PTC before we start in on the drogue?
CAPCOM That's unresolved right now, Stu.
SC Okay.
SC Houston, 14. This is a pretty fine
snow storm we have going up here.
CAPCOM Roger. We copy.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 9 hours
39 minutes. The decision that's been made with respect to
the drogue and probe is that the crew will be asked to remove
the assembly. They will also be asked to unstow the tele-
vision camera, get television coverage of it. However, the
television lines will not be put up between Goldstone and
Houston in order to avoid a 2 hours delay of the TV signal
would be recorded at Goldstone for playback later. And the
evaluation that would be done this evening would be a verbal
evaluation from the crew with the TV to be recorded for play-
_ back at some later time. At 9 hours 40 minutes Apollo 14
is travelling at a speed of 8438 feet: per second, now
47 557 nautical miles from Earth.

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PAO At 9 hours 40 minutes, Apollo 14 is

traveling at a speed of 8438 feet per second, now 47 557
nautical miles from Earth. This is Apollo Control at 9 hours
42 minutes. There has been a slight modification to that
plan as far as the TV is concerned. The crew will begin as
soon as convenient to remove the probe and drogue assembly,
however the lines will be brought up from Goldstone. This
will probably require an hour to an hour and a half and any
television that is received at the time the lines are up
will be released live. Any television kilowatt time will be
recorded. So there is a possibility that we will get some
live television toward the end of the probe and drogue activ-
ities aboard the command module. And the network controller
is taking steps now to get those lines up between Houston
and Goldstone. The estimate is that it will take, at this
point, an hour and a half or perhaps a little longer.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, we're showing
about 15 percent on waste water on telemetry now.
SC Rog, we've just shut it off, we' re
showing 22.
CAPCOM Roger, out.
PAO This isApollo Control at 9 hours
53 minutes. Here in Mission Control we're proceding with
preparation for the removal and evaluation of the probe and
drogue assembly aboard the spacecraft. A probe and drogue
have been brought into the control center and will be used
in directing the crew and in familiarizing flight controllers
with the various aspects of the probe and drove assembly
that will be discussed. Capsule communicator, Bruce McCandless
has the assembly sitting near the base of his console and
will use the assembly to direct the crew to preform the
tasks that will be asked of them and discussing various as-
pects of the assembly. Again, to repeat the plan as far as
television coverage of this activity fs concerned the crew
will remove the, actually they will vent the tunnel between
the LM and the command module first and then remove the
command module hatch, activating a handle on the probe
assembly which will collapse the assembly and allow it to
be removed from the tunnel. And finally removing the drogue,
is required. This whole operation requires on the order of
15 to 20 minutes and will be followed by detailed examination
with questions prepared in the engineering support room here
at the Manned Spacecraft Center and passed up to the crew
for their response. We have about 2 hours and 8 minutes of
acquisition time remaining at Goldstone. It is estimated
that it will require about an hour, perhaps and hour and a
half to get the lines up between Goldstone and Houston so
that we can receive live television. The crew will be in-
structed to unstill the television camera and television
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PAO pictures will be recorded until such

time the lines between Houston and Goldstone are up. At
that time we will receive live television transmission. Fol-
lowing the completion of the evaluation of the Drogue and
probe assembly we will play back the recorded television.
At 9 hours 56 minutes, Apollo 14 is 48 956 nautical miles
from Earth traveling at a speed of 8369 feet per second.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston, over.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, this is what we would like
to do on the probe removal or actually the whole probe inspec-
tion shooting match. We'd like to remove the internal hatch
of course and make a quick visual inspection there to see if
there is any thing that looks significantly amiss. If you
see anything we'd like to photograph it and in this whole
sequence we would like to have you power up the television
and send a picture down which we'll receive at Goldstone and
record. Although we still have about an hour or an hour and
a half before we can figure to receive the television
back here live. Then pressing on from there, if you want to
make a couple of notes on a pad, we'd like you to perform the
probe removal in accordance to the decal with the following
exceptions.
SC Better hold up a minute, Bruce.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 10 hours
1 minute. Our network controller has Just reported what
perhaps is the fastest hour and a half work we've seen in some
time. He reports that the lines are up and ready to receive
live television from Goldstone, so hopefully, when the crew
is ready to begin removing the probe and drogue assembly
we'll have live television of that activity.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Can you give me the changes of this
probe removal procedures so that I can copy it on page F 25?
CAPCOM Roger, actually we'll be looking at
page S2-6 for the changes, that is the section that applies
to both TLD and LOD, over.
SC Okay, I'm ready to copy.
CAPCOM Okay. At the top of page 2-6, the
first step probe umbilical disconnection, go. We'd like you
to verify proper connection of the umbilical before you dis-
connect and stow them. And I guess you might take a look for
fat pins contact and ali that stuff. Down about the 6th line
where it says, capture large release handle lock, rotate
counter-clock-wise to unlock, we'd like you to verify that it
is locked prior to unlocking it. Got that one?
SC Okay, go ahead.
CAPCOM Down about 5 lines further we have
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CAPCOM capture latch release handle pull,

rotate to unlock 180 clockwise and we'd like you to pay
particular attention to whether there is unusually high torque
required to unlock the capture latch release handle in this
step. And we'd also like you to verify the absence of or
report any damage to the pyro cover or to the capture latch
release bandle. And the pyro cover that we are talking about
is the, it looks like an extruded metallic shell just forward
of the capture latch release handle there. It's the one that
bears the decals on it that say, cock and unlock, over.
SC I' 11 tell you what, the damage to the
pyro cover and what else?
CAP COM Any damage

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SC ... okay damage to the power cover and

what else?
CC Any damage to the capture latch
release handle?
CC And then as you pull it out, we'd
like to know if you notice any unusual forces required to
remove the probe.
SC Okay, let me read it back.
CC Okay, go ahead.
SC Probe umbilical before we disconnect and
stow we want to verify that the (garble) are properly connected.
CC Yea, verily.
SC And there's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 capture latch
release handle lock before rotating counter clockwise
unlock I want to clarify again that that is locked.
CC Roger.
SC And that you would like for us to pay
attention to the torque required to loosen any of these items,
oh, that's the capture latch release handle and you want us to
observe for any damage to the power cover of the capture latch
release handle and to observea ny obvious damage that is
apparent at the capture latches or on the probe end.
CC Roger, Ed, and we currently have
the lines from Goldstone back to the building up here so I think
that we' 11 probably be ready to support the TV almost in
real time. And for onboard photography, we're recommending
use of the electric Hasselblad set on F2.8 1/125th of a
second at 3-1/2 feet, magazine 0 for Okmulgee which is
stowed in alpha 13 and you might verify the F stop with
the spot meter set as ASA64 if you have the chance. Over.
SC Okay, I got that I believe. The
electric Hasselblad, 2,8, 1/25th, 3.5, magazine O for open
loekup, it's stored in Al3 and we'll check it with the spot meter.
How long will you have Goldstone coverage, Houston?
CC 14, this is Houston. We'll have
Goldstone coverage for about another hour and a half. If
that's any problem we can reconfigure to pick up Honeysuckle
and the shutter speed is 1/125, that's 1 slash 125. Over.
SC Roger, understood. One twenty
fifth. Edgy already down there.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 10 hours
13 minutes. We're still standing by for the crew to begin
the operation of removing the probe assembly from the docking
tunnel of the command module and we do expect that we'll
have live television coverage of at least a portion of that
activity. We have 1 hour 50 minutes of Goldstone acquisition
time remaining and before we expect to lose acquisition
from Goldstone and pick up primary coverage from the
Honeysuckle site. At the present time Apollo 14 is
50 322 nautical miles from earth traveling at a velocity
of 8 234 feet per second. With CAPCOM Bruce McCandless
- at the console, our Apollo 14 backup command module pilot
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PAO Ron Evans and Apollo 13 command

module pilot, Jack Schwigert.
SC Houston, 14.
CC Go ahead, 14.
SC Bruce, it'll probably be 15 minutes
or so before we finish the job (garble)
CC Roger. We're standing by down here.
We got the color converter going so we can watch you in
glorious living color. Just give us a yell when you're
ready to go.
SC Okay.
PAO That was Ed Mitchell reporting
that it will be about 15 minutes before the crew is ready
to begin the probe removal operation.
CC 14, this is Houston. When you get
around to the hatch removal in the tunnel we'd like to get
a LM/CM delta P reading prior to your equalizing the
pressure. Over.
SC Roger, Bruce, we'll give you that.
CC Roger.
CC Stuart, how is your peanut butter?
SC Hey, big Jack, not enjoying any
peanut butter.
CC You're doing a good job.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.

SC 14. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. If you're about wound up
on eating, I've got a correction to the inflight erasable
load of TFN for you and we'd like to suggest a change to the
DAP to open you up to a 5 degree deadband to save a little
fue 1. Over.
SC Okay. We'll call you back in a min-
ute.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Okay, Houston. 14's ready to copy
TFN.
CAPCOM Roger, Apollo 14. This is correction
to the inflight erasable load procedure for TFN as found on
page G9-4 of the G&C checklist. Under column B, line 04,
now reads 33304 and should be changed to read 35242. Line
05, under column B, now reads 07000 and should be changed to
read 03262. Over.
SC Okay. Page now - 9-5 that is. How
about giving it to me again? Kind of slow that is. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. That's page 9-4, under the
OlD line number 04 in column B, for buffalo, you'll find the
entry 33304. That should be changed to read 35242. Over.
SC Okay. 04 Bravo, 35242.
CAPCOM Roger. And the next entry directly
below it on OlD line 05 now reads 07000 and that should be
changed to read 03262. Over.
SC Okay. 05 column should read 03262.
CAPCOM Roger. Readback correct. And on
your DAP we're recommending an Ri load - okay, I see you got
it already. Sorry about that.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 10 hours
59 minutes. We're standing by for the Apollo 14 crew to
begin removal and evaluation of the probe assembly. We do
anticipate having live television coverage through Goldstone.
And our network controller is making arrangements for satel-
lite coverage from Honeysuckle so that we would have tele-
vision through Honeysuckle also after we hand over to that
site. At this time, Apollo 14 is 53 866 nautical miles from
Earth. The spacecraft velocity is 7900 feet per second.
And we' I ] continue to stand by.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Go ahead.
SC Roger, Houston, 14. I got the camera
set up and we're starting to work on the tunnel now. If
you all are configured for television, we'll let you have it.
CAPCOM Roger. We're configured and let
me see if we're ready to have you send it down.
CAPCOM Roger. Let her rip.
CAPCOM We're now getting a television picture.
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CAPCOM Stu, this is Houston. Before you

equalize would you give us the LM-CM DELTA-P.
SC Roger. We're working on that.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
SC Roger, Bruce. And it's .5.
CAPCOM Understand 0.5.
SC That's affirmative.
CAP COM Roger that.
SC Okay, Houston, we're starting to
bring our pressure up a little bit in the U tunnel.
CAPCOM Ro ge r.
SC That's affirm.
PAO We haven't yet been able to make
out who is up in the tunnel working in the hatch, removing the
h at ch.
SC Okay. Delta P zero.
PAO That's Ed Mitchell giving us the
reports on the pressure differential,
PAO The spacecraft now 54 477 nautical
miles from Earth.
PAO The greenish looking object floating
on the end of the white tether is what is referred to as
tool E. It's a hex-head screwdriver type tool.
SC Houston, we're starting to bring
the batch out now put it on the fender gage.
CAPCOM Roger, Al.
SC You're not getting much light on this
Houston, but that's the hatch going under the left-hand
couch.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Even with the iow level
light, we're getting a pretty good picture here, especially
after it's color converted.
SC Can you see anything under the
tunnel, Houston?
CAPCOM We really aren't seeing much in way
of the docking mechanism. Here we go. That looks better.
S C Ok ay .
SC Okay, Houston, at the start of the inspec-
tion we find that the probe umbilicals are properly secured.
CAPCOM Houston. Roger, A] .

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CC That was A1 Shepard reporting that the

probe umbilicals are properly connected. That was one of the
things that we had asked him to verify before removing the
probe assembly. Our best guess at this time is that Stu
Roosa is the crewman working in the hatch area. Activation
of the handle allows the probe mechanism to collapse inside
the tunnel and makes it possible for the crewmen to remove
the assembly.
SC Okay, Bruce, I don't know how well you
can follow with the TV cameras down there but I didn't see
anything obviously wrong with the umbilicals and the capture
latch release handle lock was in the lock position.
CC Roger. Thank you, Stu.
CC And it appears that the 83 pound probe
assembly is collapsing, sliding down out of the tunnel now.
SC Okay. The capture latch release handle
turned very easily, Bruce.
CC Roger. ()ut. Stu, you didn't notice any
damage to the pyro cover or anything like that did you?
SC No, I didn't Bruce. I looked it over here
with a flashlight and, gee, I can't see anything out of the
ordinary. We'll drag it down and take a look at the outside
of it, but I didn't see anything wrong with the pyro cover
or any of the connections or anything like that.
CC Roger.
CC And, Stu, while you're at it would you
say that the force that it took to remove the probe up there
from the tunnel area was high or low or indifferent.
SC Well, you know it's the first time I've
done it without gravity helping a little bit, pushing back,
but I wouldn't say it was exceptionaly hard. I had to brace
myself on the bottom of the tunnel and gave a pull and she
came loose.
CC Roger.
PAO I can see tile head of Commander Alan
Shepard just behind the probe.
CC Okay. We'd like you to examine the probe
head as you're now doing with particular emphasis on any
evidence of unusual sheer pin sheering in the bushing
hole there at the end or foreign material in the capture
latch release button area or foreign material or damage in
anywhere in the areas of the capture latch hooks.
SC Okay. We'll give it a go.
SC Bruce, The first place we looked we don't
see anything obvious about it. Instruct us where you'd like
to look, we'll try to bring the camera right in on it for
you.
SC And, Bruce, up here in the very tip
of the probe, you know where the tower hooks on it it looks
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SC clean. I don't see anything fishy about

that right off the bat.
CC The bushing on the end you're describing
to me , S tu.
SC Yes .
CC Okay. 14, we'd like to get some closeup
photos of the probe head around the

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CC Okay, 14, we'd like to get some

closeup photos of the probe head, around the capture latch
release button of each capture latch hook and if you find any
scratching or damage up there in that area in particular,
also.

SC Okay, Bruce.
SC Houston, looking at the Probe we
see that there are three scratches that are rough to the

touch CC. Al, this is Houston. You're coming

through very weakly. Can you maybe put the mikes closer
to your mouth, I think that might be tile problem.
SC Okay. I was looking up away from the light
up in the tunnel I'm looking at the drogue and there are
these radial scratches I described before (garble) that have -
that feel rough to the touch. They probably scratched the
surface of the drogue perhaps a quarter of an inch.
CC Roger.
CC Al, this is Houston. When you went
through the dimensions associated with these scratches, you
mentioned a quarter of an inch. Now, was that width or
length? Is that the
penetration or length or what? Over.
SC was I trying to describe the depth
of penetration. It's very difficult cause we don't have
any kind of gauge, but it has scratched the surface to the
depth of perhaps, I don't know, 3 or 4 thousandths maybe.
Very definitely scratched. It's rough to the touch.
CC Ro ge r.
SC Now I'm confused, CAPCOM. Is that
scratch 3 or 4 thousandths?
CC We understand you're saying they're
about 3 or 4 thousandths of an inch deep and on the order
of a couple of inches long.
SC That's right. They're very light. 4
They ail - as I said before radial scratches leading away
from the apex of the drogue and some are about 2 inches
long, one's about 1 inche long, one's about 3/4's and one's \
about 1/2 inch long. These are (garble) marked and may \
(garble) cut into the service of the drogue.
CC Roger, we copy.
CC Okay, when you get through taking
some photos up there, we'd like you to take the capture
latch release handle, pull rotate it counter clockwise to the
cock position and then manually depress ail 3 capture latch
triggers at the base of the capture latch hooks simultaneously
and varify that the capture latch release button should
move forward to tbe lock position flush with the probe bushing.
SC Okay. Why don't we do that and
then when we get ali through, we'll go through and get the
other pictures you want.
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CC Roger.
SC And we' re going to bring the drogue
out too so you can take a look at it on the TV,
CC Roger, Stu, and after you do get
it out we'd like you to hold the TV steady on the area of
the drogue where the scratches are for a couple of minutes
and do likewise again on the capture latch area on the probe.
SC Ok ay.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/1/71 2:37 CST MC-72/1

SC Houston, we're moving the television

camera on the drogue. Pu_ a light on it, it is pretty bad.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
PAO We're now looking up into the docking
tunnel towards the lunar module.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We're getting
a picture, hut the illumination level isn't very good. I
guess - Ron can't see any scratches right here.
SC Roger, it is pretty hard to see it
in Houston. The light level - we're going to try another
little trick here, Richard, get you some light.
CAP COM Ok ay .
SC Okay, Houston, we're going to move
in on the - you're looking at the center of the drogue now
and the scratches, you can see Stus' thumb, there. He's
going to point to them and we'll see if we can get enough
light so you can see them.
CAPCOM Okay. ROger, we got that last one,
still and we got that one yo_,'re pointing at now.
SC Bruce, I think that this illumination
will give it to you if you will let me hold it from this end.
CAPCOM Roger we can see about 5 or 6
of these radial scratches in the first seam, right where
you're looking there, about 3 of them. One.
SC Yeah, that's affirmative, Bruce.
CAPCOM Okay, now, I guess that at the 4 o' clock
position you got about 3 scratches and than at 8 o'clock you've
got one. Do you have anything up at noon?
SC That's affirmative, Bruce. There's
a little one at 12 o'clock noon.
CAP COM Roger.
SC Press your luck, from the feel of it
it appears that the probe hit the drogue off at dead center
every time we tryed to make contact. It just rebounded right
off of it.
CAPCOM Roger, we copy.
SC Okay, we're going to put the drogue
back in place if you' re through with them.
CAPCOM Negative, we'd like you to hold it
out for a minute or so. We ultimately want to wi_d up fit
checking of the drogue and probe here.
SC Okay, back on the probe, we'd like
you to take the capture latch release handle, pull, rotate
counter-clockwise to the cock position or a 150 degree
rotation.
SC Okay, I've done that.
CAPCOM Okay, manually depress all three
capture ]atch triggers at the base of the capture latch hook
simultaniously and verify that the capture latch release
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CAPCOM button at the end of the probe moves

forward to the lock position, that is flush with the probe
pushing.
SC Okay, you want us to push all three
of them stmultaniously, is that right?
CAP COM That's right.
SC Say it again, and verify what?
CAPCOM Okay, the little button, right at the
tip of the probe which is the capture latch release button
from the LM active side, where you have you're finger, should
pop out flush when you trigger all three of these latches
simultaniously.
SC Okay, I pulled them back there and
it came out and it appears to almost flush. You can count
it as flush, the way it is now. We're going to repeat it
Houston.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. We're requesting medi-
um beam width on the high gain antenna and we're going to
hand over from Goldstone here shortly.
SC We repeated that, it comes out flush.
CAPCOM Roger.

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CAPCOM And looking at that button do you

notice anything unusual about any burs any bending or any
way it could be hanging up on something?
SC (In audible)
CAPCOM Say again, Ed. We had some static.
SC It all depends, Bob, on what you're
going to do.
SC Al's taking a look at it. The top
of the button looks smooth so you can't see down below it.
But it seems to keep from knocking very easily. (garbled)
better be (garbled) it off.
CAPCOM Okay. I guess that's what we really
wanted to know about it.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. If you could, on the
TV pictures, refrain from using the flashlight in close here.
I think we've got enough light to see it with the ambient
light.
SC Okay .
SC Maybe you do. We don't seem to.
CAPCOM Okay. We got 30 seconds to hand over
so we're going to just go into a standby mode here for a min-
ute or so until Honeysuckle picks up.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM And Ed, now that you've got the
capture latches in the locked position out there on the
end of the probe, we'd like you to push as hard as you con-
veniently can in zero g on each of the capture latches and
verify that they do not depress.
SC We've done that. We'll do it again
in the main dump.
CAP COM Ok ay .
SC Houston, they're not going to go
in that way.
CAPCOM Okay. They shouldn't.
CAPCOM Okay, 14. Now we'd like you, using
tool B or some other suitable tool, to depress the capture
latch release button in the end of the probe there to cock
the capture latches.
SC Roger. Stand by.
PAO Our network controller reports that
we are now getting a television signal from the station at
Honeysuckle Creek, Australia.
SC Houston, we can cock the capture
latches by pressing in the button on the end of it.
CAPCOM Roger. And now that you've got the
drogue out, we' d like you to position the drogue and push
it over the capture latches until the capture latch release
button extends and I guess we'd like you to do it several
times and try applying different combinations of offset,
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CAPCOM side load and torque on the thing

and che(:k it up for any indications of dragging, binding,
or anything it might be giving the problem that you experi-
enced a few hours ago.
SC Okay. Say again how you would like us
to cock the capture launches the way we just did by depressing
the button on the end of the probe. And then fitting it
over the end of the drogue several times (garbled)

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SC Okay. Say again now how you would like us

to cock the latches the way we (garbled) just did by depressing
the button on the end of the probe and then putting it into
the probe several times (garbled) is that correct?
CC That is correct. If you put the probe
in a fixed place and then put the drogue over it you can
slide in through the hole on the end of the drogue and keep
a good eye on things.
SC Roger.
CC 14, and one of these times when you have
the drogue on over the end of the probe you might try Just
holding the drogue in position and wiggling the capture
latch release button in and out several times. In this
condition it won't do anything but it will allow you assess
possibilities of finding or sticking of that particular
me ch anis m.
SC Houston, I'm going to get rid of the TV
camera for a minute. It's not doing us any good and it's taking
all 3 of us can handle it.
CC Okay. Roger.
SC And, it appears we may have to get
(garbled)
CC Ok ay.

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CC Ed, this is Houston. Have you

had any luck I guess you could call it, in getting the
probe and drogue to mind by applying lateral forces to the
drogue?
SC Not yet. Standby, we're getting
ready to try again now.
CC Ch e ck.
SC Hey, Bruce, there just wasn't any
place that worked handily with that. We're going to put
the drogue back in, Al's on the other side and then we can
put it up in there right.
CC Okay, Ed, by other side do you mean
over in the LM?
SC That's affirmative.

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SC Houston, 14.
CC Go ahead 14.
SC Okay, Bruce. We spackeled it about 4 or
5 times, and it goes in just so easily. The capture latches
dock and hold it and we tried it by putting the capture latch re-
lease handle in 150 and putting it up and moving it in. We've
tried it by leaving it on the yellow and cocking up by pushing
in on the end of the probe on the probe release plunger. And, it
works both ways just fine.
CC What you're trying to tell me is you still
haven't come up with anything that would be the problem.
SC That's basically it.
CC Will you pass over to A1 while you've got
the probe and drogue in the tunnel there and made it easily
on the other side and keeping them engaged. Would he push the
capture latch release button in and out several times and see if
he can make it stick up against the bushing by pushing sideways
or (garbled) on it while it's being pushed in and out.
SC Okay. We'll try that.

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CC 14, this is Houston. While you're

up there in the tunnel, we'd like to get a roll angle
readout from the index mark as you come back through and
with respect to further procedures, I guess we got a rain
coming down here which is (garble) says further instructions
will follow tomorrow.
SC Didn't quite understand all that,
Bruce, would try it again.
CC Okay, _e're asking for a docking
tunnel roll index
reading at'your convenience and -
SC Okay, we got that.
CC You've exhausted our imaginations
for right now on trouble shooting the probe. We'll work
on it some more over night and be back with you in the
morning.
SC Roger, Houston, understand.
CC And would you confirm that A1 was
unsuccessful at getting the capture latch release button to bind
up against that bushing in the end of the probe.
SC That's a negative, Bruce. We
cycled it several times and he pushed on it and tried to
jimmy it and we - the thing slides in just so easily and
locks up and when he pushes on the plunger why she re-
leases very easily and we can't seem to find any bind or
get it to malfunction for us at all.
CC Okay. While holding the probe in
place there we were wanting him to just take and cycle the
capture release button in and out sew=_ral times trying - doing his
best to bind it up against anything he can find there
in the way of the internal surface of the bushing. I
guess you're telling me that he was unable to.
SC Okay, well we hadn't really run
that specific test, we'll try that.

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SC Houston, we're bringing A1 back

through, we can not force it to malfunction at all. You're
going to have to think about it over night.
CAPCOM Roger, 14, we'll do that. We recom-
mend that after you get A1 back on the command module side
you reinstall the drogue in the command module hatch and keep
the probe over in the command module. We believe we've seen
enough TV data for the time being so you can shutdown the
television at your convenience. And we would like to get
photographic documentation of the capture latch release
button of each capture latch hook and any areas of scratches
or visual damage on the probe.
SC And Houston, the docking rule index
is plus .9 .
CAPCOM Understand, plus 0.9 on docking roll.
SC That's affirmative.
CAPCOM Roger, that's good. Stew, this is
Houston, you're clear to start getting set up for PTC at
you're convenience. We'll be watching the rates and on this
first PTC initiation, we'll probably want to go very close
to the full 20 minutes of rate damping. We expected a sub-
sequent one during the mission we'll have a better feel for
it and just be able to que you as to when to initiate the roll
f- based on the rate we're observing.
SC Okay, understand and we don't mind
waiting 20 minutes.
CAP COM Roger.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/1/71 3:17A CST 79/1

CC Apollo 14, this is Houston. When

you do close the hatch and aline we'd like you to give us
a mark so we may confirm the flood lights off, over.
SC Houston, standby.
CC Roger. We weren't intending to
rush you, just when it happened, give us a yell.
SC Ok ay.
PAO This Apollo Control at 12 hours
20 minutes. We're in the process now of handing over shifts
flight director Jerry Griffin and his team of flight con-
trollers coming on now to replace flight director Milton
Wendler. During the shift that is just ending, the Wendler
team came on just after the Apollo 14 crew had successfully
completed docking on the sixth attempt that occurred at
ground elapsed time of 4 hours 56 minutes 46 seconds.
And following that, the Saturn S-IVB was successfully
configured for the auxiliary propulsion system evasive
maneuver and the subsequent launch dump and midcourse
correction to put the Saturn third stage on a trajectory
which will impact the moon in the vicinity of the Apollo 12
seismometer. The up flight dynamics officer had a bit of
difficulty in computing the exact impact coordinates due to a
small undetermined small venting from some undetermined
origin on the S-IVB. The venting apparently having no
significant effect on the trajectory but affecting the
data on which the trajectory is computed. And at this point
our trajectory analysis is not too precise, we expect that
with additional tracking that the impact coordinates will
be more precisely established. At the present time, the
tracking data shows that the S-IVB will impact at 8 degrees
34 minutes south 23 degrees 17 minutes west at a ground
elapsed time of 82 hours 37 minutes. And following the
midcourse correction on the S-IVB, the crew was advised
that the - it would be desirable to remove the probe and
drogue assembly with the television activated and
to trouble shoot the assembly and see if any obvious problem
could be found. After going through a series of 12 step-
by-step items, the only conclusion that the crew was able
to reach was that there was no obvious defect with the
probe or drogue assembly. The drogue was reinstalled in
the tunnel area. The probe has been left out and additional
trouble shooting will be done tomorrow after the crew com-
pletes it's sleep period getting the engineering support
people in mission control and Downey, California some addi-
tional time to determine what area to proceed in trouble
shooting next. The booster systems engineer's just re-
porting status on the S-IVB the Saturn third stage, he re-
ports that all tank pressures appear to be down to zero and
that the booster is in a stable configuration. No further
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PAO activities planned with the Saturn

third stage. AT 12 hours 24 minutes into the mission Apollo
14 is 59 996 nautical miles from earth traveling at a
speed of 7 395 feet per second.
CC Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CC I've got a com configuration for
you set up in here for PTC.
SC Okay, Houston, standby.
SC Okay (garble) go ahead.
CC Okay, you can set the high gain
PITCH and YAW indicators to PITCH minus 52, and YAW 270 de-
grees and then select OMNI the BRAVO.
SC Roger. 52. 270 up to BRAVO.
CC Okay, and then track to manual
and wide beam once.
SC You have it.
CC Okay, Ed.
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CC Go ahead, 14.
SC Rog. We were busy with the probe
at 11 hours and we're inquiring about turning off the waste
storage vent valve and shifting our heater configuration to
the 02 tank.
CC Okay, Ed, waste storage vent can
go to close and the heater configuration i and 2 to OFF, 3
to AUTO.
SC So be it.
CC And Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CC Did you all by any chance vent the
batteries back at 11 hours?
SC (garble) I am getting ready to do that now.
CC Okay, Ed, Houston, suggest you
do that before we get the PTC so we get all that closed up.
SC Houston, 14.
CC Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay, Fred, Al's closed the LM hatch and
he verified the flood lights went out before the hatch closed.
CC Okay. They say saw it here, sorry.
SC (garble) they get it.
CC They saw it here too on the power
I guess .
SC Okay. And I'd like to clarify one
thing, it seemed like bruce implied that we would keep the probe
in here with us and we'd just like to store it in the drogue for
the night, it's so easy just to open the hatch and get it
back out again if we want to dissect it tomorrow or something.

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CC Yes, that sounds alright, Stu.

SC Ok ay.
CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CC I'd like to verify that you had the waste
stowage vent to lose now.
SC Okay. That's verified, Fred. We're still
venting the battery.
CC Ok ay.
SC Houston, 14.
CC Go ahead 14.
SC Fred, the battery vent seems to have stopped
at a reading of about 2 and a half volts. It dropped very
quickly to that and it's just been staying there. Can you
tell if the vent is complete?
CC Stand by on it.
SC Sorry about that, point 25.
CC Did you correct that and say .25?
SC That's right 2 and a half units, Fredo,
.25 volts.
CC Okay.
CC Okay, 14. That reading will be okay.
CC 14, Houston. Did you copy, the .25 read-
ing is good enough.
SC Thank you, Fredo. And, battery vent is
terminated.
CC Okay.
CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CC Okay. You give us accept there. We'll
pump you up a state vector and I have P37 block data for you.
SC Okay. Stand by one.
SC There's the accept.
CC Okay .
SC (garbled) Go ahead with the P37.
CC Okay. Stand by one.
CC Okay, Ed. P37 block data 02500 4971 minus
165 06912 035 O0 7548 minus 165 06835.
SC Hold it, Fredo.
CC Okay.
SC I thought you're reading me P37 block
data.
CC That's what it says.
SC Okay. Let's start over again. GETI.
CC Okay. GETI 025 00 4971 minus 165 06912
That's a GET at (garbled)
SC Roger. 02500
CC Go ahead.
SC How many you going to read me up?
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CC Four of them Ed.

SC Okay. Didn't understand.
CC Okay. The next one. 03500 7548 minus
165 068 35 and the third one is 04500 5725 minus 165 09258
and the last one 06000 5242 minus 165 11702.
SC Okay. 02500 4971 minus 165 06912 03500
7548 minus 165 068 35 04500 5725 minus 165 09258 0600 5242
minus 165 11702.
CC Okay. And, remarks the second through
the fourth set there Ed. The 35 hour 45 hour and the 60 hour
block data assumes a midcourse two.
SC Understand. 35 45 and 60 hours assumes
mi cdourxe two.
CC That's affirm, Ed. And we're still
watching your rates here. We'll give you the word when
they're ready for the GET.
SC Thank you.
PAO This is Apollo Control 13 hours 20 minutes
ground elapsed time in the flight of Apollo 14. Crew pres-
ently sending up the passive thermal control drift rate
of the so called barbeque mode of
CC You need to go back to block on the
computer.
SC Ok ay.
SC Okay. And, Fred, we got the hatch back
in and when I put the probe up for stowage I looked again
at that pyro cover that Bruce had asked me about before and
I can't see anything wrong with the probe anywhere.
CC Okay.
PAO Another comment by Stu Roosa on the con-
tinuing mystery of why the docking probe malfunctioned in
the earlier attempts right after translunar injection to
dock with the lunar module. Attempts to duplicate this
failure in flight as well as here on the ground has been
frudelous so far. The training model of the probe and
drogue are sitting on the floor in the aisle next to the
spacecraft communicators console here in mission control.
Meanwhile, the tests in flight have been postponed or sus-
pended until after the rest and meal period for the crew
of Apollo 14. The Spacecraft is now 63 937 nautical miles
out from Earth, and a velocity of 7100 feet per second.
We' 11 continue

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PAO We'll continue to monitor air ground

here in Mission Control as the crew prepares for the nights
rest and getting the spacecraft set up on the slow rotation
of passive thermal control, PTC. At 13 hours 22 minutes
ground elapsed time, this is Apollo Control.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM It looks like you quit moving around
in there, Ed. The rates are down. I guess yall can crank
up PTC.
SC Ok ay.
SC Be right with you, Fred.
CAP COM No hurry.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Just a reminder. You might make
sure you've brushed your teeth and all that kind of stuff
before tucking her in there, before you crank up that PTC.
SC Roger.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay, Fred. I'm going to spin it
up. I'm going to use PD roll if that's agreeable with you.
_. CAPCOM Okay. That will be fine.
SC Ok ay.
SC And Houston, 14.
CAP COM Go ahead.
SC Hey, Fred, I guess we've already
said everything we can to try to help yall out on that
probe. We're sitting here trying to run back over. I want
to make sure that we're not overlooking something that might
give you a clue. And when we did our docking, as I was
thrusting plus X and then A1 hit the retrack, he said the
talkback came back barber pole for a time period, you know,
like a couple of seconds before - and then went gray again
when we got the dock. Now I just tossing that in. I think
we called that, but I Just wanted to make sure we've covered
everything.
CAPCOM Okay. We had already gotten that,
Stu from your previous comments.
SC Okay. I Just thought maybe there
in the rush of things, you know, we might not have got it
in. I can't think of anything else to add, I guess.

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CAPCOM Okay, Stu, I guess we got nothing

else on the probe, business just wanted yoff to verify that you got
the LIOH canister changed and your PPC start up looks good.
SC Okay, we got the glyo changed about
13 07.
CAP COM Ok ay.
PAO This is Apollo Control, 13 hours
50 minutes ground elasped time. And that last exchange of
conversation between command module pilot, Stu Roosa, and
spacecraft communicator, Fred Hayes, here in mission control.
Stu thought that one item that perhaps he did not mention
during the earlier discussions of the docking probe problem,
turned out he had mentioned them. They had to do with the
indications of some divices in the cabin called talkback.
They're little striped devices that show through a little
window and when they're still they have stripes, when they're
spinning they turn grey because of the visual effect of black
and white stripes moving at high speed. However, if he had already
mentioned these indicators earlier in the evening, he reported
also that at 13 hours 7 minutes ground elapsed time they had
changed the Lithium Hydroxide canister in the command module.
Thesecanisters serve to scrub the Carbon Dioxide from the
cabin atmosphere. Earlier this morning, the flight director,
_-- Jerry Griffin was down fiddling with the probe and drogue
mechanism sitting on the floor here in mission control
scratching his head over it. And at this time, or perhaps
later in the day, at various locations around the country
where the probe and drogue had been designed and manufactured,
other people will be scratching their head trying to sort
out why the drogue did not latch on the first several attemps
at docking of Apollo 14. Flight plan calls for the crew to
go to sleep at about 16 hours ground elapsed time which is
about 2 hours 8 minutes from now. There is an outside chance
that they may decide to move that up a bit. At the p_esent
time they're getting set up in passive thermo control, PTC.
Statis reports coming out of the spacecraft analysis room,
they're rather brief. Ail systems purking along quite nomin-
ally. Shows the - at 11 hours 7 minutes the leak rate in the
lunar module and command module tunnel joint was about 5/10
or 5/100 of a pound per hour of oxygen or atmosphere. Guidance
and control are all up to snuff, communications are normal,
displays in control ali nominal, down through all the rest
of the spacecraft systems. There is a slight drop below what
is nominal at this time in the flight for the command module,
command service module reaction control systems porpellents.
In the propellent remaining, in as much as quite a bit was
used in the several dockings attempts but still within the
acceptable budget. Electrical system, battery B is still
_-- charging in the command module. Ail other batteries are topped
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/1 71 4:48 CST MC-82/2

CAPCOM off, abdut 107.47 amp hours remaining

in batteries A, B, and C. Fuel cells, quidagentic storage
tanks, all operating normal at this time. No problems
according to the notations by the spacecraft analysis room
who generates these reports about every 2 hours. Apollo 14
now weighing, according to the space digital display,
98 110 pounds. Altitude above the Earth out from the Earth,
66 183 nautical miles, velosity, 6943 feet per second. And
at 13 hours 55 minutes ground elapsed time, this is Apollo
Control with an open circuit, Apollo 14 air-to-ground com-
munications.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM You can terminate battery charge now.
SC Okay.

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CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CC For some reason, we've shown your
PTC has gone out of the - gone out of the box there so (garble)
I need to reinitialize but would like to continue with the
KOLL here until we get in good shape on the OMNI.
SC Roger (garble)
CC Got you.
SC (Garble)
CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CC Okay, whenever you get a chance,
after the 52 there, I guess you can stop the PTC and re-
initialize, we're in good OMNI region now.
SC Ok ay.
CC And, 14, Houston. We're not real
sure what caused the PTC to diverge. It looked like a
pretty good start unless you either vented something or
maybe something continued to vent from a while back.
SC That's a more likely we had a
continuing vent.
CC Okay.
SC Houston, this is Apollo 14.
_- CC Go ahead, we got your NOUN 93.
SC Did you get our (garble) time of
141250?
CC Okay.

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CAP COM 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM 14, we're having a little trouble
with data dropout. In your present position, we'd like
OMNI charlie.
SC Try again, Fred. We are getting busted
up on
that one.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. We're having data dropouts.
We' d like OMNI charlie.
SC Okay, Fred. Try us again real slow.
Your just coming in syllables.
CAPCOM Okay. We would like OMNI charlie.
OMNI charlie.
SC Okay. Okay. There's OMNI charlie.
How's that?
CAPCOM Okay. How do you read me now?
SC Okay. You' re loud and clear.
CAPCOM Roger. We were having some data
dropouts on high bit rate there, Stu, and we - when we get
ready to tank up PTC we'll have you go back to Bravo then.
SC Okay.
CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
_-- CAPCOM We're showing 02 flow tanks high
down here. Just wondered if you're getting it onboard too.
SC Yes, we are, Fredo.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SC We thought we'd stopped - stopped all
venting but we apparently are still venting somewhere we're
not aware of.
CAP COM Ok ay.
CAPCOM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead. Fredo.
CAPCOM Just a question. Did I understand
you to say that you had checked and you got all of your vents
closed up now?
SC That's affirmative, Fred. We're
looking right now to see if we can find where this is going
Stand by to mark.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. You change anything
now. We're seeing the 02 flow dropping off a bit.
SC Roger. Did you see any marked change?
We Just (garbled).
CAPCOM Well, it was up over .9 there, Ed,
and it's down around .7. Gone back up now to .8 something
nOW .

CAP COM 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay. Our original thoughts were
--- that it might be a ducer. If you haven't already done so
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CAPCOM you might run through ECS mal 18.

And see how you come out of that one.
SC Fredo, we can see the venting right
now. We think we've got a natural problem.
CAPCOM Okay. What side of the spacecraft,
147
SC It's coming off the port side.
CAPCOM Okay. The port side.

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CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead Houston.
CC Okay. We saw it drop off. I guess you
cycle (garbled) It's alright would indicate the ducer's okay.
You might check again the valve on top of the urine receptical
and make sure that is closed off.
SC We're rechecking those now. (garbled)
SC Yes, Fred, I did that and even closed the
waste managment dump. Just to see if myrtle was leaking
but it didn't do any good. _--_x__x_ '
CC Ok ay.
CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead Houston.
CC Okay. Seen anymore venting over board
at this time.
SC That's affirmative, Fred. I was just
sitting in here watching it just ... it comes in spurts. Just
about 30 seconds ago we got a nice splash and there's some right
now. It looks like it's coming, you know from over in the area
of the normal dump.
CC A1 ri gh t.
CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CC The option flow looks like it settled
there .4 and then all at once it started ... it jumped up
there just a half a minute ago or so. And, it looks like
it's back down again. Have you moved anything else in that
area?
SC Yes, Fred. We went back cleaning up
after that malfunction, and we had the water glycol valves
off and the emergency rigs and we didn't see any effect when
we went through it. And, then we just went and opened them
up again, hear.
CC Ok ay .
SC It's settled down on our meter at .6 pounds
an hour now, Fredo.
CC Okay.
CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Fredo.
CC Say, I guess we're happy with that 02 flow
you got now. It looks pretty stable, and the vehicle rates
look okay to crank up a PTC again. We think we've got a
handle on what happened except that what really caused the
first (garbled) 02 flow high. I say something's readjusted.
SC I don't know that we can have a good answer
for you. Stu and I Just talking about we think quite possibly
the urine dump is leaking. We got it cycled now and shut clear
off. Let's see if that helps any.
CC Okay.
CC 14, Houston. We'd like to OMNI BRAVO.
SC Ok ay.
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/1/71 5:48 CST 85/2

SC Houston, this is Al. We're going to

read the checklist now. We thought we'd drop off a little
bit early tonight.
CC Okay.
SC Houston. We're bringing direct 02 valve
on to pump the cabin up to 57 now.
CC Ok ay.
CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead Houston.
CC We can figure down here to take the memory
dump. Stand by one I'm going to check the omni.
SC Okay, Fred. We ought to have you now.
How do you read?
SC Houston, 14. How do you read?
CC Okay. Loud and clear, Stu, stared by one.
SC Okay.
CC Okay. We're ready now, Stu, for the
E memory. They're all set.
SC Okay.
SC Houston, the onboard rebounds are ready
to copy.
SC Okay, Fred, here comes the merve 74.
CC Now, okay.

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 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/1/71 6:20 CST MC-86/1

CAPCOM Houston onboard rebound crew.

SC Okay, Fred, here comes the first 74.
CAPCOM Now, okay. Go ahead, Ed.
SC Okay, that be 37. I don't know
about 80 37 45, how about B 37 45, RCFA 88, B 90, C 87, D 91.
CAPCOM Ok ay.
PAO This is Apollo Control. The crew
of Apollo 14 at the present time is going through their pre-
sleep check list, a little earlier than scheduled in the
flight plan. Spacecraft now being tracked now through the
Madrid tracking station of the deep space network. The crew
had earlier called and said they wanted to go to sleep a
little earlier and prior to that they were a flurry of
questions back and forth about spurious high flow rate of
oxygen in the command module, higher than normal that is,
not excessively high, caused by some valve being open per-
haps in the waste management system. Apparently it seems
to have settled down. And the spacecraft seems to be in a
good solid steady roll rate for passive thermal control.
They passed up their onboard readouts of consumables. Bat-
tery amp power is remaining percentages of RCS propellents.
Right now Apollo 14 as shown on the space digitals display,
as being 71 887 nautical miles out from Earth, velosity now
_ 6570 feet per second. We'll leave the air ground circuit
up for a while longer until it appears that the crew has
settled down for the sleep period. At 15 hours 24 minutes
ground elapsed time, this is Apollo Control.

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SC Houston, do you read 147

CC Go ahead 14.
CC Go ahead 14, Houston here.
CC Apollo 14, Houston, do you read?
CC 14, Houston, do you read?
SC Houston do you read 147
CC 14, Houston. Read you loud and
clear.
SC Hello, Houston. How do you read
147
CC 14, Houston, how do you read me?
SC Oh, you're loud and clear. There
was a lot of static and no reception on, I guess that other
antenna.
CC Okay, we had to drop Madrid and
try to reacquire there to get you back. Could you varify
that you are on OMNI BRAVO, there, Stu?
SC That's affirmative, OMNI BRAVO
CC Okay.
CC And if you don't have anything else
for us, we're about to secure here.
CC Standby one, Stu.
--- CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CC Just one more thing we'd like to
confirm the H2 bands off.
SC Okay, well they were on, they're
off now, Fred.
CC Roger, Stu, guess you can take
The rest of the day off.
SC Ok ay.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 15 hours
47 minutes ground elapsed time and apparently the crew of
Apollo 14 has retired for the night. That last conversation
between Stu Roosa and spacecraft communicator Fred Haise
here in Mission Control. The flight surgeon on the Gold
team Dr. Willard Hawkins said he couldn't really tell yet
from his biomedical data at his console who was asleep yet.
He said it appears that spacecraft Commander Shepard's now
nearing sleep status but he couldn't really tell. We'll
take down the air to ground circuits and if there are any
further conversations after the sleep period which has now
begun, we'll play those back on a delayed basis from tapes.
Present position of the spacecraft 73 420 nautical miles
out, velocity 6 476 feet per second and at 15 hours 48 minutes
ground elapsed time, this Apollo Control.

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CAPCOM 14, Houston.

SC Houston, you're go, 14.
CAPCOM Roger. One last thing. Looks like
may be an 02 tank number 1 heater on. Should be number 1
and 2 OFF; number 3 on AUTO.
SC Okay, 3 is AUTO and 1 and 2 02 tanks
are OFF.
CAPCOM Okay. We'll leave you alone now.
SC Ok ay.

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PAO This is Apollo control, 16 hours

57 minutes GET time. Crew has been asleep now for at least,
that is we have'nt heard from them in about the last hour.
The schedule 10 hour sleep period which may run alittle bit
longer since they did go to bed earlier. Apollo 14 now 77,595
nautical miles out from earth, traveling at a velocity of
6,231 feet per second. The latest status report from the space
craft analysis room in the back of the building here, for
GET time of 16 hours, it apears as the earlier report. It
came out all systems normal, no change in status. One
brief mention of the fluctuation and oxygen flow rates, which
occured shortly before the crew went to sleep, were some of
the waste management valves have apparently had to be recycled
to return the oxygen flow rate to its normal rate of something
around 3/10 of a pound per hour. Battery B in the command
module was taken off charge, at about 13 and 1 half hours GET
time. Ail batteries are topped off now to rated value. Fuel
cells in the service module, fuel cell 1 is hot putting 24 amps
as is number 2 and number 3 is putting out 28 amps. Cryogenic
storage system hydrogen and oxygen in the service module
all showing nonimal values of quantity remaining. Fluid temper-
atures in the percentage of quantity oxygen tank number 1 is
92.6 per cent remaining, oxygen tank number 2 is 93 per cent,
oxygen tank number 3 is 57 per cent. Number 3 is the tank
that was added after the Apollo 13 incident and of course
the plan is to use from it first and then go to the other
2 tanks. Hydrogen tank number 1 has 90.98 per cent quantity
remaining, Hydrogen tank number 2 89.11 per cent. At 17
hours GET time the mission of Apollo 14, this is Apollo
Control.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, 17 hours

57 minutes GET. It's been slightly more than 2 hours
since we last heard from the crew of Apollo 14 in the
midst of a sleep period, well deserved. Apollo 14
presently 81 112 nautical miles out from earth. Velocity
6038 feet per second. Rather quiet here in Mission Control
as the Gold Team nears the end of its first shift in this
mission. At 17 hours 57 minutes GET, this is Apollo Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/1/71, 09:12, MC-91/1

PAO This is Apollo Control, 18 hours 8 minutes

ground elapsed time. An announcement of local interest here
in manned spacecraft center are newsmen covering Apollo 14,
a briefing on the space shuttle program which had been
scheduled for 9:30 Monday morning, that's today, has been
slipped until 1:30 p.m. in the small briefing room in the
news center. The major participant in this briefing will
be Charles W. Mathews, Deputy Associate Administrator,
Office of Manned Spaceflight, NASA headquarters. To repeat,
this briefing has been rescheduled to 1:30 p.m. today in
the small briefing room, not at 9:30 as previously announced.
Apollo 14, meanwhile, now 81,826 nautical miles out from
Earth, going in an even 6000 feet per second. At 18 hours,
9 minutes ground elapsed time this is Apollo Control.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, 18 hours

37 minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 crew still asleep
at this time. The clock on the front screen of Mission Control,
here, showing an awake time 7 hours 22 minutes from now. Some
velocity and distance figures: distance out from earth,
83 399 nautical miles; velocity 5917 feet per second. To
recap the past 7 or 7-1/2 hours of the Gold Team tenure here
in Mission Control: The - shortly after the shift of Flight
Controllers under Flight Director, Jerry Griffin came in,
the crew was given a GO to set up the passive thermal control,
the barbeque mode of stabilizing the thermal response of the
spacecraft by rotating about its X-axis. This took a little
while to set up and they had to make two attempts at it.
Roosa asked if it wouldn't be alright to stow the probe, which
had been under examination in the spacecraft back in the tunnel
attached to the drogue and Ron agreed that was the ideal place
to stow it rather than have it rattling around in the cabin.
All attempts onboard the spacecraft and here in Mission Control
with the training model of the probe and drogue to duplicate
the malfunction of the latches' failing to engage - all these
attempts failed because it worked every time. The crew
requested that they go to sleep earlier than called for in
the flight plan and they started their sleep period at about
15 hours 30 minutes ground elapsed time with a brief exchange
of conversation between Stu Roosa and spacecraft communicator,
Fred Haise about 15 minutes afterward. Prior to going to
sleep, there was a brief flurry of high flow rates in the
oxygen system in the spacecraft environmental control system.
It was discovered that it was caused, perhaps, by the valves
in the waste management system bleeding the pressure overboard
and causing higher flow rate in the oxygen system. But this
was corrected without too much difficulty. Passive thermal
control was set up. The crew made their consumables report
of propellants remaining, the amp hours in the batteries,
all the usual standard stuff called for in the flight plan
prior to sleep, and that they did begin their sleep period at
ground elapsed time of 15 hours 30 minutes. And at 18 hours
40 minutes ground elapsed time, this is Apollo Control.

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APOLLO 14, MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/1/71, 10:34 CST 93/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at Houston

at 19 hours 31 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14.
Our displays in mission control presently show Apollo 14 at
a distance of 86 406 nautical miles away from earth and now
traveling at a speed of 57 065 feet per second. In the
mission control center we're in the process of shift change
over. The Pete Frank team of orange flight controllers replac-
ing Jerry Griffin, or Jerry Griffins gold team, as has been
previous reported. The Apollo 14 crew is in a rest period.
We now show a wake-up time 6 hours and 28 minutes away. In
the, over the news room television monitors at 11:35 central
time, there will be a replay of the television transmission
that occured at 11 hours 6 minutes GET. This transmission
ran 1 hour 5 minutes. We repeat in the, over the news center
television monitors, there will be a reshowing of the television
transmission that occured at 11:06 GET and ran for 1 hour and
a half minute - 1 hour and 5 minutes. This will be at 11:35
central time. We're at 19 hours 33 minutes into the flight
and this is Apollo Control Houston.

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z PAO This is Apollo Control Houston, at

20 hours 32 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14.
Our displays now show Apollo 14 at a distance of 89 728
nautical miles away from earth, and travelling at a speed
of 5603.7 feet per second. The surgeon reports the
three crew members, Shephard, Roosa, Mitchell are sleeping
quite soundly. We shall remain in sleep time of five hours
27 minutes and at this time we'll take down the release
line to replay the television transmission of early this
morning - of early this morning, and this will be available
on the monitors in the news center. We're at 20 hours
33 minutes and this is Apollo Control Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2-1-71, 12:43, MC-95/1

PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at

21 hours, 41 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14. We
presently show the 14 spacecraft at a distance of 93,355
nautical miles and traveling at a speed of 5435 feet per
second. Am the rest period for the crew continues the Flight
Control team here at Mission Control will be considering
possible flight plan changes or updating the flight
plan both for the balance of our shift and the next shift
to come on. The crew wakeup time now shows that it's 4 hours,
18 minutes away. We're 21 hours, 42 minutes into the flight.
This is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston, at

22 hours and 12 minutes now into the flight. We now show
Apollo 14 at a distance of 94 979 nautical miles away from
Earth and that it is traveling at a speed of 5362 feet per
second. During this quiet period while the crew is resting,
a replay of last night's docking is being rerun on one of the -
on the screen here in Mission Control. A space shuttle news
conference featuring Mr. Charles Matthews is scheduled to be
held in the News Center briefing room at 1:30 pm - about
15 minutes from this time. We' re at 22 hours 13 minutes
into the flight and this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at

23 hours 23 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14. Our
displays presently show Apollo 14 at a distance of 98 566
nautical miles out from earth, and traveling at a velocity
of 5205 feet per second. The crew of Apollo 14 is con-
tinuing with their rest period, however, our Flight Surgeon
advises that the Lunar Module Pilot, Ed Mitchell plugged in
his biomed at 22 hours 50 minutes. This would assume about
7 hours of sleep time. Meanwhile, we have preliminary times,
distances and velocities of Certain milestone events enronte
to the moon. These are preliminary times, distances and
velocities. The halfway in distance in terms of time, that
would be at a ground elapsed time of 27 hours 4 minutes
42 seconds. The altitude would be 109 172 nautical miles.
The velocity, relative to earth is 4779 feet per second.
Velocity relative to the moon 3694 feet per second. Half-
way in terms of time - this from liftoff to lunar orbit
insertion. The time would be 40 hours 56 minutes. The
altitude, relative to the earth, 142 119 nautical miles.
The altitude relative to moon 81 723 nautical miles. A
velocity relative to the earth, 3601 feet per second. The
velocity relative to the moon, 3261.7 feet per second.
Sphere crossing time, when we cross from the earth to the
_- lunar sphere of influence 66 hours 3 minutes 7 seconds.
The velocity match -when the velocity of the moon equals
the velocity of the earth at the ground elapsed time of
47 hours 43 minutes. The velocity reading at that time,
3214 feet per second. With regard to the S4B, the present
forcast time of impact, 82 hours 37 minutes 10 seconds. The
velocity at impact 8347 feet per second. Present predicted
coordinates 9 degrees 2409 minutes south 25 degrees 600 west
We also would like to advise ail news men that there will be
a briefing, a News Conference on Apollo 14 mission status
in the big auditorium at 3 o'clock. Participants include Rocco
Petrone, Apollo Program Director, Chet Lee, Apollo 14 Mission
Director, Jim McDivitt, Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager in
Houston and Sig Sholberg, Director of Flight Operations at
the Manned Spacecraft Center. We repeat that the Apollo 14
Mission Stautus News Conference at 3 o'clock in the big audi-
torium of Building 1. We're at 23 hours 28 minutes into the
flight and this is Apollo Control Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at

23 hours 42 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14. Apollo 14
presently 99 thousand 5 hundred and 21 nautical miles away
from earth, and traveling at a speed of 51 hundred 65 feet
per second. We would like to repeat our earlier announcement
that Apollo 14 mission status news conference will be held
at the big auditorium of Building 1 starting at 3 pm.
Participants will include, Mr. Rocco Patrone, Apollo Program
Director, Colonel James McDivitt, Apollo Spacecraft Program
manager at the manned spacecraft center, Mr. Chet Lee,
mission director for Apollo 14, and Mr Sig SJoberg, the
manned spacecraft centers director of flight operations.
We're up to 23 hours 43 minutes, and this is Apollo Control,
Hous ton.

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PAO This ia Apollo Control Hou6tom at

24 hours 58 minutes into the flight of Apollo 14. At present
we show Apollo 14 at 103 220 nautical miles from earth.
Present velocity now reads 5012 feet per second. While our
clocks are continuing to countdown, it shows the rest period
ending at 1 hour 1 minute from this time. This is Apollo
Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston

at 25 hours, 41 minutes now into the flight. Apollo 14
now 105,282 nautical miles away from earth and traveling
at a speed of 4929 feet per second. The present plan in
Mission Control is to not contact the crew of Apollo 14
until 27 hours ground elapsed time. One hour later than
the flight plan calls for. Even if the crew should awaken
and be about and in contact with Mission Control via voice
communication the flight plan will effectively in certain
areas move back by one hour. Ail of the activities presently
listed in the GET is between 26 and 27 hours would move
back one hour. The launch vehicle systems debriefing
would move back to start at 28 hours ground elapsed time.
The P23 cislunar navigation star sightings scheduled in the
flight plan to start at 28 hours, 30 minutes have been
deleted. The purpose of this to conserve on the reaction
control system propellants. The Delta-V test and no Bias
check and the P52 platform alinements have been delayed
until 29 hours, 10 minutes ground elapsed time. The passive
thermal control exit has been delayed until 29 hours, 45 minutes
ground elapsod time. So the crew will in effect have an
extra hour of rest. We're now at 25 hours, 43 minutes into
the flight and this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston.

We're picking up conversation with the crew at this point
and we'll switch to that conversation.
SC Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Roger, Apollo 14. Good evening.
SC Good morning, how are? Or is it
afternoon?
CAPCOM I'm fine. How are you up there?
SC We're Just great, thank you. We're
up and brushed our teeth and shaved and we're Just looking
forward to a fine day.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. We saw somebody get up
and walk in his sleep and work the DSKY there about an hour
ago.
SC Yes. That's right.
SC Just need to get a little practice,
Gordon.
SC You Just had a restless finger.
CAPCOM Okay. We've got a site handover
coming up in about a minute and a half.
SC Roger. We'll wait for that and then
I'll go ahead and give you the complete propulsion checks -
the post sleep checklist.
CAP COM Okay, Ed.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
SC I have the dosimeter readings for you.
CAPCOM Okay. We've handed over and I'm
ready to copy here.
SC Okay. - -
PAO What
PAO Apollo Control at 26 hours, 3 minutes.
You heard that conversation with - those conversations with
the crew. The crew sounding alert and wide awake. The launch
vehicle debriefing time will not be changed, however, it
it appears likely that other events in the flight plan pre-
ceeding that may very well take place at the leisure of the
crew. We're at 26 hours, 4 minutes into the flight. We show
Apollo 14 at a- -
CAPCOM Hous t on.
SC Okay, Houston. I read you now.
CAPCOM Roger. I think we rotated between
a couple of antennas here. Got you loud and clear now.
SC For my sleep, I slept about 4 hours
straight and then another 2 or three intermentally and I
feel very good.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC - - about the same for me and feel - -
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. You're very
very weak. Would you repeat?
- SC Okay. I had a sleep cycle of about the
same for me.
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SC Slept soundly for about 4 or 5 hours,

and then intermittently for another 2 (garble).
CAPCOM Roger, Al. For some reason you're
not nearly as readeable as Ed is and it sounds like - well
I guess I can't really say what the problem is there on
your mike. I'm getting alot of - of interference when you
start and stop the transmission, yet no suggestion on what
to do to improve it.
SC Okay. How do you read me?
CAPCOM That's alot better, Al.
SC Okay. (garble) Did you get the
status report?
CAPCOM I think we got it. 4 to 5 hours
good sleep and a little bit intermitant after that, is that
about it?
SC (garble)
CAPCOM Al, you're still breaking up. Really
can't give you a good description of what is wrong, but you're
Just not very readable.
SC Okay. Stand by Houston. We'll work
on it.
CAP COM Okay, Ed.
SC And Houston. I'll go ahead and start
charging BAT A with your concurrence and we have changed
_- the LiO canister.
CAPCOM Roger. That's affirmative. You
can go ahead with that and also give us the LM, CM Delta-P
as shown at the 27 hours there when it's convenient.
SC (garble)
SC And Gordon, it's Stu (garble).
CAPCOM Read you loud and clear, Stu.
SC Okay. I guess on my sleep I'll
split it with you about half. I'll say I got about 5 hours.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC My matress was hard.
CAP COM Rog. When you're ready to copy I
have some words on some changes we've figured out for the
flight plan.
SC Do it in about a minute.
SC Okay, Houston. Go ahead with your
changes in the flight plan.
CA_COM Okay. Before we start one reminder
is that when you went to sleep we didn't get any pre sleep
checklist. If there was anything out of the ordinary there
well, - pre sleep report that was and we'll take any - -
Stand by, I'm getting some words from the surgeon here.
Okay. Just disreguard it. We'll need the - both the pre
and post sleep reports from here on out. Okay on the flight
plan if you're ready.
SC Okay. Go ahead.
- CAPCOM Roger. We're going to delay
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CAPCOM the launch vehicles systems debriefing

until 28 hours. And the P23, which is scheduled at 28, 30
we're going to cancel, which will save us some RCS. Along
that line the results of the last P23 that Stu did, the
horizon that he shot at was 28 plus or minus 5 kilometers
and that's right on the pre flight values so an update will
not be required, and your average error for pointing error
was 3 odd minutes which rank - is right in there with the
best ever recorded and the expert gives you a pat on the back,
Stu and said it was an outstanding Job.
SC By Jove. Thank you, Gordon.
CAPCOM Okay. On with the flight plan.
The Delta-V test and nul bias Check and the P52, we're
going to delay that until 29, 10 GET.
SC Okay. So far I have that we do
the launch vehicle debriefing at 28 hours and 27 hours.
We're delaying nul bias and the P52 from 28, 10 to 29, 10,
we're cancelling the P23 at 28, 30.
CAPCOM That's affirmative, Al. And then
further after that we're going to delay the exit of PTC
until 29 and 55 and when we do exit PTC, go right into the
mid-course 2 pad attitude.
SC Okay. PTC to 29:55 and (garble)
mid-course 2.
CAPCOM Roger. And on all other activities
will be nominal except o_ waste water dump we want you to
dump to 0 percent quantity.
SC Okay. Dump the waste water to O.
CAPCOM Okay. We have one additional question
for th8 launch vehicle system for this performance debriefing.
We can either give it to you now so you can think about it
or wait t_atil YOU get around to it to give it to you. Your ,
choice.
SC We'll take it now.
CAPCOM Okay. The question is, you announced
during the docking attempts that you thought the booster was \
maneuvering a little bit. We'd like you to expand - -

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CAPCOM The booster was maneuvering a little

bit. We'd like you to expand on the direction of the
maneuver, the type of maneuver, lateral or oscillating or
any other words to that affect. The approximate time the
maneuver was first observed, whether it was before the first
docking attempt between the 1st or second or if you can relate
it to any other activity. Any observed vents from the
launch vehicle during the maneuver, and anything else
unusual or unexpected that you noticed, over.
SC Okay question number 10, describe
type direction and the time relation to the booster maneuvers
during docking, and any events that we noticed during the
maneuvers .
CAPCOM Roger, and I was Just thinking
as I read it that on that time, we can probably go back on
the tape and find out when you mentioned it as far as tying
down the time accurately, that might be easier for us to
get than you.
SC Okay, that would probably help us,
thank you.
SC Hey, that's no sweat Gordon. I remember
the comment when I made it, and what the circumstances were.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. I think that takes care
of all the words they've got for you right at the moment.
r SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
SC Our LM CM delta p is zero .3 and I'm
standing by for a command module consumables update.
CAPCOM Roger, copy, 0.3. We don't have the
figures on that update yet. One thing I didn't mention is,
that we are planning to do a midcourse 2, as is shown in the
flight plan and we'll do it such that it will require a
clock update as scheduled at about 54 hours and 30 minutes
in the timeline.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM It'll be roughly 40 minutes.
SC Looks like we -
CAPCOM Roughly a 40 minute -
SC Say again, Gordon. How much?
CAPCOM It'll be roughly 40 minutes, and I
still haven't got used to which direction it is. Actually
it's like going into Daylite Savings Time, it'll move your
clock ahead.
SC Okay, Gordon, looks like we get to
send that T EPHEM update after all.
CAPCOM Right.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston, 26 hours 15
minutes. The midcourse correction 2 is scheduled for
ground elapsed time of 30 hours 36 minutes 7 seconds with a
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PAO delta v of 71.3 feet per second, performed

with the service propulsion system engine, and burn duration
of 10 seconds. This will force the trajectory _to arrive
at the moon on time, on time Greenwich Mean Time, thus
requiring the, the GMT liftoff update. We're at 26 hours
16 minutes continuing to monitor, and we show Apollo 14 at
106 915 nautical miles away, and traveling at a speed of
4865 feet per second. ._

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CC Apollo 14, Houston. Over.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CC Ed, I've got that consumables update
now if you're ready to copy.
SC Alright. Go ahead.
CC Roger. GET 2600 RCS total 86 quad A
85 quad BRAVO 86 quad CHARLIE 86 quad DELTA 87 H2 tank 1
87.98 percent. H2 tank 2 85.7 percent, 02 tank 1 93.4 percent
tank 2 92.6 percent, tank 3 54.6 percent. Over.
SC Okay, I read back. GET at 26 hours
RCS total 86 percent, quad A 85, B 86, C 86, D 87, hydrogen
tank 1 87.98, 2 85.7, oxygen 1 93.4, 2 92.6, 3 54.6.
CC Roger, Ed. Your feedback is correct
and we have had considerable discussion today about the
docking probe. There are st._ll 4 questions as a result of
all these discussions that we; would like to put to you the
crew. It'll probably take s_me discussion to answer them.
There's no hurry. Don't let us interrupt breakfast there.
When you're ready we'd like you to take these questions and
comment on them.
SC Okay, Gordon. We'll probably be done
here in another 45 minutes and we'll Jump right into that one
then.
CC Roge r.
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at
26 hours 37 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14. We now
show the spacecraft at a distance of 107 892 nautical miles
traveling now at a speed of 4827 feet per second. In approxi-
mately 20 minutes we will have a shift change here in Mission
Control. The Maroon shift replacing the Orange shift of
Flight Controllers. The orange team headed by Pete Frank
that came on duty at about 19 hours GET. Until the last hour
when Mission Control, in fact, received a call from the crew,
Mitchell, Roosa and Commander A1 Shepard had spent almost
this entire time in a rest period. In the Mission Control
Center our flight plan update was in progress for a better
period of the time. The plan as it evolved, did not plan to
awaken the crew until 27 hours GET, but the crew woke up
almost per flight plan schedule. Commander A1 Shepard re-
ported 7 hours deep and intermittant sleep as did Lunar
Module Pilot, Ed Mitchell. Stu Roosa reported some 5 hours
sleep time. As we look ahead to the next shift, we also
look ahead to the midcourse too - manuever and as we had
reported previously, that schedule for GET of 30 hours 36
minutes 7 seconds, with the delta V at 771.3 feet per second
at a burn duration of 10 seconds. This will require a
GMT liftoff update which effectively at some future point in
the flight plan will move the GET clock here in Mission
Control up about 40 minutes. Because of the absence of
activity with the crew on this shift, there is no plan for
a change of shift news conference. We're at 26 hours 39
-- minutes into the flight. We show Apollo 14 at an altitude
of 108 012 nautical miles at velocity of 4823 feet per
second. This is Apollo Control Houston

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SC Houston, Apollo 14.

CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Go ahead.
SC Say Gordon, do you have any choice news
items for us today?
CAPCOM Guys, I think you all been making all
the news. I haven't heard anything very significant and
don't have any good summaries for you right now.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM I have one story here I'll read from the
front page of the Houston Post, this morning's edition.
The headline is Mrs. Shepard ate an omelet during docking
problem. In the first paragraph, it's dateline Cape Kennedy,
Florida Mrs. Louise Shepard sat in her motel room eating
an omelet while her husband and the two other Apollo 14
astronauts worked with a faulty docking latch that for a
time threatened their moonflight.
SC They were sure calmer than we were.
CAP COM Ro g.
PAO That was Ed Mitchell who responded she
was sure calmer than we were. We're at 26 hours 54 minutes
into the flight of Apollo 14 now 108 668 nautical miles
away from earth. The present velocity now 4798 feet per
second.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 27 hours 7
minutes. We've completed the Change of Shift handover here
in Mission Control. Flight Director Milton Windler now
sitting at the Flight Director's console replacing Flight
Director Pe_ Frank. Our Capsule Communicator on this shift
will be astronaut Bruce McCandless. At the present time
Flight Director Windler is going around the room checking
the status with each of his flight controllers and reviewing
the overall mission status. Apollo 14 at this time is
traveling at a velocity of 4773 feet per second and we've
continued to watch that velocity to drop off. The current
spacecraft altitude is 109 301 nautical miles. One of the
principal items that this shift will be concerned with is
midcourse correction 2. A midcourse correction aimed at
targeting the arrival point of Apollo 14 at a preplanned
ground elapsed or Greenwich mean time at an altitude of
about 60 nautical miles above the surface of the moon.
The planned time of that maneuver is at a ground elapsed
time of 30 hours 36 minutes 7 minutes and the midcourse
correction will change the perigee or the high - the iow
point of passage around the moon from 2100 nautical miles
to the targeted 60 nautical mile altitude.
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Apollo 14. This is Houston, your friendly
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CAPCOM maroon team on station, go ahead.

SC Well hello Bruce. How you doing today.
CAPCOM Okay Ed. How about yourself?
SC Great, thank you. Bruce these questions
that are being proposed on the probe operation, should I
copy them or shall we Just let you go ahead and talk about
them then we'll get back to you.
CAPCOM Well I think probably the easiest thing
to do would be to start going through them one at a time
and if you feel like you need more time to discuss it or
to recall it, the exact things you went through, why we can
Just take the time as we go along. There's no big rush on
it. It'd probably be easier than your trying to prepare
write a formal report or something and it down.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM And we're Just finishing up - -
SC It'd be a little while before we're
ready to go that way.
CAPCOM Okay. We're Just finishing up the Change
of Shift Briefing down here and it'll probably be 5 or
10 minutes at least before we're ready to roll on it too.
SC That's good.
SC Hey Bruce. Did you get a good night's
sleep? You put in a hard day yesterday.
_ CAPCOM Yeah. I got up about 1:30 or 2 o'clock
this afternoon. It felt real good.
SC Rog.
SC We're happy to discover there really is
a (garble) after all. We're constantly reminded of - -

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SC After all. We're constantly reminded

of it.
CAPCOM That there really is a what, after
all?
SC (garbled)
CAPCOM Yea, how about that, that's a beautiful
one.
SC Hey Bruce, would you pass on to Ray,
that it was not 100 percent at the bench check.
CAPCOM That's to Ray, that it was not
100 percent at the bench check. You mean the the equipment
loaded on board was not completely represented at the
bench check?
SC That's affirmative.
CAPCOM We've got the back up crew -
SC I don't know why -
CAPCOM We've got the back up crew commander
standing here monitoring the system.
SC We seem to be finding a few things
around that we didn't see at our bench check, and a few
crew preference details.
CAPCOM Yea, How was breakfast by the way.
SC It was great. I ate every scrap.
SC Hey, it sure was.
CAPCOM Yea, and I found my headset all right
this morning too, but there was a little difference from
last night.
SC Okay, you keep us posted on that
headset.
SC Houston, _14.
CAPCOM Apollo 13, this is Houston. Go ahead,
over.
SC We're standing by for the booster launch
phase discussion and the drogue discussion any time you're
ready to go.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 27 hours
44 minutes. You heard A1 Shepard ask the capcom whether or
not we're ready to proceed with the continuing analysis of
the probe, and we are preparing to proceed with that
analysis. Last evening, on this shift, a series of 12 questions
were forwarded to the crew after removing the probe in a
preliminary analysis. We'll be picking up where those 12
questions left off, with a series of additional questions,
and with additional Apollo program and NASA management
officials here in the control center to participate in the
evaluat ion.
SC 14 -
CAPCOM Go ahead 14.
SC Say Bruce, how far away is S4B from
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SC us?
r CAPCOM Stand by I'll see if I can get
you a figure on that.
SC Yea, and on the same subject, have you got
any, say give us a roll angle during PTC and some place to
point the optics. I wonder if we could see it.
CAPCOM Okay, I'll see if we can get that.
PAO Among the interested officials here
in the control center at the present time, who will be
participating in this probe evaluation are, Apollo program
director, Rocco Petrone, Donald K Slaton, Director of Crew
Operations, Manned Spacecraft Center, Sig Sjoberg, Director
of Flight Operations at MSC, and Apollo 14 back up commander,
Eugene Cernan, also astronaut Tom Stafford has just walked
into the control center and _s at the capcom console at
this time. This is Apollo Control at 27 hours 48 minutes.
Apollo 14 now traveling at a velocity of 47 hundred 4 feet
per second, and we show the spacecraft, 1 hundred 11 thousand,
a hundred 59 nautical miles from earth. In addition to those
officials here on the floor of the control center, we also
have Doctor George Low, acting NASA administrator in the view-
ing room, and Charles Mathews, deputy associated administrator
for manned space flight along side Doctor Low in the viewing
room. We have a series of 4 planned questions, which will be
asked the crew, in addition to follow up questions I'm sure
that their responces will illicit.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger, we'd like to pick up the discussion
on the docking probe situation now, if you're ready.
SC Okay, stand by just one here.
SC Okay, Bruce. I guess we're all hooked up
and ready to go.
CAPCOM 14 this is Houston, go ahead.
SC Rog, I think we're all hooked up and
ready to go.
CAPCOM Roger, this number 1 question is, was there
ever more than 1 bottle selected on the docking probe, and if
so, which one's?
SC That's negative we used primary one,
and that's the only one we used.
CAPCOM Roger, very good.
CAPCOM How many times was the extend release position
of the docking probe extension retracting switch operated, and when
and about how long was it held in these positions, over.
SC Well, it was operated per the flight plan for
the initial extension, and the contacts worked normally and we
felt a jar, a good solid thump, but it went on out and then it was
not operated again until after the problem started. At the
ground's suggestion we went to extend release, and then back to
retract, I think twice, no more than twice.
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CAPCOM Okay, so, grand total, I guess we

could say that you've had three cycles to the extend
release position, the nominal one and the two were after
the problem started developing? Is that correct?
SC Let's call it no more than 4 Bruce.
We did one on our own, so one normal and no more than 3
additional.
CAPCOM Roger, we copy.
SC
for the first
And Bruce
one, which went
no response
normally.
at all ept alc
CAPCOM Okay, on the first one there you were
actually causing the probe to extend, were you not?
SC That's affirmative, we extended it,
and as A1 said we heard her clunk in and the talk backs did
their thing, flashed barberpole and then went back to gray,
as advertised.
CAPCOM Okay, then on the subsequent ones
about all we'd be operating is the capture latch docking motor.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM They probably wouldn't feel that in
the form of a mechanical shock or anything like that. And -
SC Rog.
CAPCOM You may want to kick this next one
around before you answer us on it and make sure you got ali
the details lined up. We'd like you to go through the procedure
in as much detail as you can on the final docking

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CC go through the procedure in as much

detail as you can on the final docking, including the switch
position, torque back indications, the dynamics, the order
of your contact with the LM drogue, the plus X thrusting,
barber pole, the bottle selection and the actual probe re-
traction. I think you mentioned yesterday that you had a
3 second delay in probe retraction and we'd like to know
when that 3 second delay was measured starting that is from
throwing the switch or from some other event. Over.
SC O_ay. I'll start it by saying that
all the switches were per checklist. And of course those were
the first things that we verified when the problem occurred.
At your suggestion as well as our own. Everything was normal
up to the point where Stu made his first contact. I'll let
him take it on in from there.
SC Okay, Bruce, why don't we just back
up a little bit, and you asked for the specific one where we
got the docking bit. Let's go back to the first one and every-
thing looked just real fine coming in on it. Ifd say the whole
docking operation was just so much like the CMS that it was hard
to believe. I mean the procedures and the view and the response.
The vehicle, and I'd say I had 2 tenths of a foot per second
closing speed. And then, the reaction when I hit the drogue was
Just exactly like the - you know the docking trainer that we
had where you didn't hit the catch relatches, but you just
went in and banged into the drogue?
CC Roger. Over there in building 5.
SC Yes. That's the exact response I
got on the first one. I klonked into it and - you know -
and then I could tell that I was slipping out and of course
A1 didn't call the barber pole. So at that time I did the
natural thing and jabbed it with a little plus X, and drove
ito the drogue and we were lined up good. I held it in plus X
and the alinement - you know - was still good on the target
Just like you can do in the docking trainer. Okay, and then
I realized that it hadn't made contact so I let her back off.
At that time we called you, and I said, well, I'll try it again.
And I increased the velocity. And on this one I'm estimating
that my contact velocity was about a foot per second. It
might have been a little less then that. As you know, a foot
per second, closing looks like you're going to run right through
the thing so, but I would - I've looked at a lot of these on
the simulator and I would say that probably the second one
was right at a foot per second. And I got the same response -
and I really can't remember if that's the one where you told
me to try plus X after I hit or not. You know, I had already
done that on the first one, but anyway, if this was the one,
then I hit - you said oh 3 seconds, I held 4, and no luck at
ail. We came back out. At that time, I suggested we fall
back, regroup and talk about it. And then you pretty well know
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/1/71 18:56 CST 106/2

SC the story then. You suggested that

we try it again with everything normal, and I guess the second
time there I contacted and that was not the time I held the
plus X. It was the next one on your suggestion. Yes, the
second one I did it on my own and the third one you said, let'_
try a normal docking and hold 3 seconds and I did that and
held 4. And also, it was after the second docking that I
noticed the radial scratches and at that time that's when I
became convinced that from the action and then seeing the
scratches that the docking latches were not giving, and were
indeed locked instead of the cocked position. Okay, so we
went through that one as you suggested and I held plus X
4 seconds and - we're right in the drogue and holding steady.
And then we came out and down to - to the last time -
CC Stu.
SC I came in I'd say about a tenth maybe
.15 in that area .2 maybe a little less, contacted it and at
contact, the attitude stayed fairly good. There was maybe a
degree and a half, maybe 2 degree pitch up movement on the COAS.
I then applied a plus X and held it. At that time
it put it in the center of the drogue and the COAS and the
reticle and the translation were all Just looking real good
and so I gave the cue to A1 to retract and he hit the retract
switch at that point. And then I'll let him take it from
there.
CC Stu, before you press on. Where in
this sequence of dockings, did you actuate the extend release
switch position again. Over?
SC Okay, it would be after the second
attempt. It was per your suggestion the ground suggestion
and we went through the extend release - in through there -
no wait a minute, we tried it ourself after the second one
didn't we? Okay, the consensus here is after the first one,
we went back to off and then back to retract. And then after
the second one we went to extend and then back to retract.
CC Okay, and did you do anything with
the extend retract switch after the last unsuccessful docking
but prior to the final successful one?
SC I don't think we did, Bruce. We
told you everything we did with that switch. (garble) from
retract to off then back to retract again.
CC Okay, now. In going through this
sequence, did you ever move the docking probe retract, that
is the bottle select switch off of primary 1, that is did you
recycle that switch or do anything in this sequence? Or did
you Just leave it in that position after you initially selected
it?
SC Well we don't touch that switch until we
get capture latches. We stay to the operation until (garble)
CC Okay. Roger. Copy.
CC Okay. So we' re coming up on the
final successful docking here and tell us that you get this
1-1/2, 2 degrees pitch up on the COAS that looked pretty good. You
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CC applied plus X and held and I think

that's where I broke in. Go ahead.
SC Okay, and then on the plus X then
that brought the COAS right down and the alignment - then
everything was fine and translation was real good all the
way except like I say, for that - you know small pitch up a
degree and half or whatever that was right at contact as the
probe sliding into the drogui_.
CC Okay, and then -
SC And when Stu called out retract I
went to retract position on primary 1. And it looked pretty
normal from there. Just long enough to say to yourself, well
it hasn't worked, and then it went barber pole and then grey
and simultaneously there we got the feeling that we had hard
docked. So it's probably a 3 second time period from the time
I went to primary 1 till I had barber pole and approximately
a second after that to grey and the hard dock.
CC Okay. Stand by.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. Were you thrusting plus X
all the time from initial contact until the time that you
got the hard docking? Over.
SC That's affirmative, Bruce. Once
I got her in the drogue - you know, we'd talked among ourselves
and we told A1 to hold on until I'm thrusting and I'm
satisfied with the alignment. So when we made contact I
thrusted and it looked like we were - everything was good
and I held a positive plus X all the way until we got the
latches.
CAPCOM Okay. From contact, when you started
thrusting plus X did you feel anything after the initial
contact that would indicate that you'd moved on in and
seeded the probe in the center of the drogue. Specifically,
do you feel that at the time that you selected retract, the
probe head was in such a position in the drogue that you
should have already been in a barber pole position on torque
backs? Over.
SC Well, Bruce, the probe was obviously
in the drogue, but - yes, there is no way of knowing, but
the feeling amoung us here and- my feeling is that, no,
I don't think we had capture latch lock until after we went
to primary. Now, I - you know, I'm sure ya'll have looked
at it and you've got people down there tearing the probe
apart, but I don't even know if it's physically possible,
but I don't feel that we had any capture latches in that
hole until that last operation when we went to primary and
drove the beauty in there.
CAPCOM Okay. Do you feel like the probe
head was in such a position - do you feel like the position
of the probe head changed on you any after you went to
primary?
SC No. No. I was watching the LM-
I was plus X-ing and A1 called primary and we started closing
on it and there was no movement, no - -
CAPCOM Okay. We copy. No movement after
you started the plus X and got yourself seeded in there until
such time as the bottle fired - that is, no more closing
movement. Is that correct?
SC That's affirmative. As far as I
can tell, we were there, thrusting, holding steady - -
Okay, do you read me, Bruce?
CAPCOM Roger. Reading you loud and clear,
Stu.
SC Okay. And - you know, we got sitting
steady in the drogue, plus X, everything looking fine, we
hit the retract switch and we start moving together. I
didn't hear anything or see any action until we heard the
-- latches close.
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CAPCOM Roger. But while you were sitting

there the talk back was Grey and then 3 seconds after you
went to primary approximately it went to barber pole and
the nominal sequence started.
SC Well, I was looking at the talk
backs and that's about the only thing we saw as we pointed
out before, about 3 seconds after the initiation of the
primary contact - on the primary contacts which were in the
number 1 position, they went barber pole for perhaps a
quarter or a half a second and then went grey simultaneously
with the hard dock.
CAP COM Ro ger.
SC Hey, Bruce?
CAPCOM Go ahead, Stu.
SC Okay. And on that one, now we sort
of hasseled this out, I guess it's something we need -
we're probably going to get to, but we - yesterday, you know,
we called it a ripple fire and it felt like we had them
all, which we did, but it really felt like the latches -
we got a couple or, you know, it's hard to say how many,
but we got some latches and then in some descrete time,
maybe a quarter of a second or something like that, then
we got the rest of them in a ripple. So, I think we got
the docking latches in two distinct times separated by,
-- you know, a very small amount, but at least it was enough
to say it was not one continuous ripple fire.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. We copy that and I guess
one last point on this final docking sequence, did the
closure of the two vehicles start when you selected the
primary and continued for some period of time with the
barber pole indication during this period of closure or did
the flash to barber pole and then back coincide with the
beginning of the closure for hard docking?
SC Hey, let's talk about that one for
a second, Bruce.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Bruce, let me give you (garble)
cordinated on the way this happened. I saw it moving and
as in previous attempts, we hit, moved Just a little bit
to true alinement as the drogue forced the probe toward the
center. And we started to bounce, and it looked like we
bounced - started to bounce back out. Stu hit the plus X
thrust and held it for what appeared to be right in the
drogue with thrust. He called a retract. A1 hit the retract
and a moment after that it seems like we started to move
together. A1 then called barber pole, called grey,
and we were moving together continuously during this time
and then I heard the fire go off of the latches breaking.
CAPCOM Okay. We copy that, Ed. Thank you.
SC No. We did not.
CAPCOM I wonder if you could comment on the
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CAPCOM thrusting activity immediately

after contact for each docking.
SC Okay. As I said on the first one
I - was going along - -
CAPCOM We're referring more to nature of
stable attitude control stabilization thrusting other than
the plus X, I think you've pretty well covered the plus X
for us.
SC Oh, that's the only thrusting that
I did. That's all it took to aline it. I did no other
movement either with the RHC or the THC after contact except
plus X.
CAPCOM Okay. We copy that.
SC Bruce, the probe was sufficiently
close to the center of the drogue on each of those contacts.
I believe that the marks that we pointed out to you on
television yesterday represent the initial contact to the
probe. It could not have been more than an inch and a half
or two inches from the center of the drogue at that time
on any of the contacts .
CAPCOM It looks like Stu was right in there
in the center from what we could see on the TV last night
on those contacts.
SC That's affirmative. It looked the same
way out the right window.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. In the process
of making the docking yesterday, we advised you to check some
circuit breakers, which you did. Did you at any time cycle
any of these circuit breakers, that is open and then reclose
them? Over .
SC Okay. A]i we did was check them.
That's the group 4 and the docking drogue circuit breakers.
I just checked them, you know, by pushing on them, but no,
we did not pull any and then push them back in.
CAPCOM Okay. We copy. And that about
winds up our queries on the docking probe situation. We'll
be ready to go on the lauch vehicle debrief here in a
minute or so.
SC Okay, Bruce.
SC Ok ay .

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CAP COM 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger. Last night on the docking probe
removal after you took the preload off the probe, could
you tell whether the probe had - was in fact, locked into
the drogue at that time or not?
SC (garble) - It appeared to be Bruce. I
took the preload off. In fact A1 made that question and
we both looked up around at the probe head to see if
we could see anything that looked unusual about it or whether
it looked like it was out or anything and it did not. Every-
thing looked normal.
CAPCOM Could you feel and tell whether the head
of the probe was locked into the drogue or not?
SC No. I guess the answer to that would be
we don't know. But now I guess as you've realized after I
collapsed the probe it definitely was.
CAPCOM Okay. You say after you collapsed the
probe, the head of the thing was definitely locked in there.
SC Yeah. It was hanging in there and I had
to apply a little tug to get it out. I went right by the
decal on the checklist and I think you asked at that time
about the force that it took to bring it out and it appeared,
you know, reasonably normal for the first time that I had
_-- done it in zero g. It didn't appear to be anything funny
about it.
SC Bruce, let's make it clear. There's
no question about the capture latches being through the
drogue. But the question of whether they were locked or
not is the one we don't know the answer to.
CAPCOM Right. That of course is the question
that we were trying to get out here just now.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston at G.E.T. of
28 hours and 30 minutes, you are approximately 1180 nautical
miles. That's 1180 nautical miles away from the S-IVB.
If you'd care to look for it, we suggest you use a P-52
program with a star code of 0 and load the following numbers
in NOUN 88 if you're ready to copy.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. NOUN 88 values are 1 minus
31505 minus 87189 minus 37491. Readback. Over.
SC Okay. We'll plug in minus 31505
minus 87189 minus 37491.
CAPCOM Roger. Your readback is correct and
we'll probably at the end of the launch vehicle systems
debriefing here. Have some more numbers for you if you
want to - if you don't acquire on this first pass.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM And we're ready to press on with the
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CAPCOM debriefing. If you've got your flight

plan handy you can just proceed down through the questions
and we'll interrupt if we find anything that's unclear or
if you prefer I can ask them to you, panel discussion type
thing and you can answer back. Over.
SC We'll go ahead with the questions from the
plan. Stand by one minute.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
SC Okay Houston. On question number 1 re-
garding the changes in noise level. The only change in noise
level that we noticed was during the first part of the launch
on the S-lC. When we had the initial noise of ignition and
the build up in noise during max Q. And of course the as-
sociated (fade out)
CAPCOM 14, Houston. I think we're coming up on
an antenna switchover for you. You seem to be fading down
to the mud.
SC Ok ay.
SC Do you read me now, Houston?
CAPCOM Okay. We're reading you better signal
strength wise Al. We still seem to be getting a little bit
of break up from your comm carrier. Can you reposition the
mike. See if that helps any?
SC Okay. Have the Mike right in front of
_-_ my mouth right now. Is that better?
CAP COM Ro ge r.
CAPCOM I think we better take it from the top again.
SC Okay. Okay, from the top. The only sig-
nificant change in noise level which we noticed in transmission
due to the burning of the engine in the atmosphere. There is
the ignition of course, build-up of noise there. And the noise
level increased to max Q and then it dropped off. Other than
that with respect to the noise itself we had no problem at
all in our communications at any time during these stages of
the flight. Are you satisfied with question number one?
CAPCOM That's affirmative. Press on.
SC Okay. Number 2. On the S-lC we noticed
no significant changes in noise level and vibrations other
than what we just discussed. SIC we thought - we felt was
a fine ride nothing unexpected. The S-2 we noticed a change
in vibration a sort of a slight pogo which started at 8 plus
40. Nothing of very great magnitude. And on the S-IVB to
orbit burn we noticed no significant changes in the noise
and vibration level. We noticed nothing unusual on S-IVB
during TPI ignition. However, we did notice the beginning
of a slight humm, low humm, or a buzz towards the end of the
TLI burn. Question number 2 - any questions there.
CAPCOM We have no questions right now on that
Al. We're closing our loop down here with the Huntsville Op-
erations Support Center so it takes us a few seconds to a
minute or so to get a response back. Why don't you press
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CAPCOM on with the question number 3. If we get

any queries, why we'll reopen the previous ones.
SC Okay. And number 3 - nothing unexpected
in the way of transients (garble) as a matter of fact it went
pretty much according to the way we had expected it. Through
all the events mentioned in question 3 that is ignition and
staging, engine shutdown, MR and so on. We did expect a
little more abruptness with a cut off of SII. The SII SECO I
think we came on maximum more than we expected. Otherwise
everything was pretty much the way we kind of planned them.
Question 3.
CAP COM Roger. Question 4.
SC Okay Stu is ready for you on question 4.
SC Okay Bruce. I got a good look at that
shroud. Of course, station keeping with the S-IVB you
couldn't see ali of it but as we moved around you could see
a good portion of it back around behind the LM and everyplace
that I could see and Ed also and A1 - A1 was looking through
the hatch window part of the time and everything looked just
tight as a drum. We saw no loose pieces of the shroud any-
where. Nothing out of the ordinary and after SEP - I mean
after injection and the booster came into view - came into
my window pretty much of a head on view and we were out a
little ways but there was no visible damage at all to the
r shroud at any time. And Like I said, I think we got a real
good look at it the time we spent around it.
CAPCOM Roger. We copy.
SC Okay. Going onto - going on to number
5. We made good communications throughout the entire

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SC Going on to number 5. We've had

very good communication throughout the entire powered flight
and launch. We've been able to hear the ground on all the
calls, and we had no com problems at all.
CAP COM Ro g.
SC How about you Jim. Have you had
any corn problems from us? How about you. Did you have
any corn problems from us?
CAPCOM Negative, we experienced no
com problems.
SC Okay, question number 6, was there
visible venting, Stu, do you want to take over now?
SC Okay, we didn't see anything unusual
other than those that you called and when you called the
venting while we were station keeping, well of course it
came on, rather a beautiful sight, and the only other
thing was when you gave a mark for the aps evasive burn I
noticed the booster venting and it appeared to be the same
area as it had been venting during the station-keeping phase,
and the answer came back that that was expected and so forth,
and that was the only thing out of the ordinary, other than
that everything was fine on all the other vents you called.
CAPCOM Okay, on the number 7. I guess that
one may still be open.
--_ SC Yea, I was just trying to whip off
a fast answer for you on that one but we don't have any so
I guess that A1 will tell you the last time that we saw it.
SC Well I guess the last time we sighted
the S4B was with the eyeball.
SC Think that's when it was, it was during
the propulsion venting, it was kind of a tough angle for
us to see because of, it was just a very little over the
edge of window number 1. However, depending on the sun angle
that was good, it was stable when it was venting, as near as I
could tell, approximately, a couple of miles away. We took
a few pictures of it with the Hasselblad so we may be able
to see the beautiful conical shaped pattern coming from the
venting, but as far as control was concerned, it was going in
right direction and appeared to be stable.
CAPCOM Roger, we copy.
SC Okay, number 8, Stu, you want to take
that one.
SC Okay, I guess the guidance obviously
was good and the velocity was real fine. It looked like,
during the, during the boost'phase, they were running a
maybe 2, 2 and a half miles, maybe 3 miles low along my
profile looked rather consistant, but we obviously arrived
at the right place so the, a_d the velocity cut offs were
right on the money and the TLI guidance I think was within
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SC 10 feet 17 or something like that.

You've got the numbers, but it looked real good, and the
only thing I can comment there was it looked to me like we
were going into earth orbit insertion maybe a couple of
three low pretty much on the profile.
CAPCOM Ro ge r.
SC Ail the way on the profile I should
s ay.
SC Okay, are you ready for number 9?
CAPCOM Roger, go ahead with number 9.
SC Okay, the ordeal ball at ignition was
as advertised at 8 and a half degres. After ignition went
to the normal pitch down and the ball settled out very
close to zero, and then the burn progressed eased on up to
about a plus ] degree, then slowly on back to zero then
close to the pitch down Just prior to the cut off, and I
would say somewhere around 2 or 3 degrees negative 357 and
358 on the ball. Prior to cut off.
CAPCOM Okay, and we've got one more write in,
question number 10, and it's based on -
SC Okay, I' 11 take that one Bruce.
CAP COM Okay.
SC Okay, Bruce, that came from my
comment, and as we were station keeping and watching the venting
it looked to me like the booster had picked up a little
--_ right yaw as I looked at it. I meant moving left on me,
but then I just mentioned, it looked like it was moving over
a little but then later on I decided that that was just the
scatter of the 2 vehicles dead bands because the IU, the
S-IVB deadband all the time was solid as a rock even during
the venting, and after all that venting, when I went back
to try the other dockings, I expected to have to change my
attitude a little bit, and as it turned out the attitude was
still right within a degree so that was just a call that
appeared to, at that time, but the SIVB vented from both
sides and it was steady, and I think I was just picking up the
movement of the deadbands of the two vehicles.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu, thank you.
SC Ro g.
CAPCOM And while the Huntsville people are
closing a loop here we had previously given you a flight
plan update concerning your waste water dump at 3 zero hours
plus 15 minutes and our update was that you dump to zero
percent. We'd like now to modify that to a nominal dump
to 25 percent on the waste water, over.
SC Okay, we are now modified, 25 percent
it small be.
CAP COM Roger out.
SC Could you tell me about Al's com?
You mentioned some dropouts in EKG prior to launch.
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SC Apparently you're still not seeing

those, are they in any way associated with these voice
dropouts you talked about today?
CAPCOM Stand by please. 14, this is Houston.
Our belief is that there's no correlation at the present
time between earlier EKG problems and the current degraded
com through Al's com carrier. We would like to suggest when
you have the chance that A1 try using the
spare corn carrier, and see if that improves communications.
SC Okay we'll shift over.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We have received
some inquiries regarding your answer to question number 2.
The huntsville operations people would like to get a little
more detail on the slight hum or buzz. Was it actually
an acoustic or audible noise, or was it felt through the
structure of the spacecraft and can you give us approximately
the time that it commenced and duration. That is, did it
until TLI cutoff?
SC Stand by 1, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Okay, Bruce, I think the noise is
kind of hard to describe I guess, and maybe make
outselves clear but it definitely was not an acoustic buzz.
It was a high frequency buzz that we felt through the
structure, and I'd say it probably started, now this is
an approximation, say 2 minutes into the TLI burn.
CAPCOM Okay, and continued through the balance
of the burn.
SC Pretty much so, yes. Just about the
same level. I wouldn't say that it increased any significant
amount .
CAPCOM I realize this is sort of hard to
put your finger on. Is there any way you can qualify the
level, or give us some feeling for how much, or how high
the level was?
SC No, no I think that's pretty tough
Bruce. In fact, you know the burn was going so well and
the ride was so smooth that we had time to pick it up. I
suspect that it was a low enough level that if you had
something else on your mind you wouldn't even have
noticed it.
CAPCOM Did it, this just sort of start
abruptly or did it build up from the background do you
think.
SC Well Ed feels it was a build up
and I' m not -

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SC Well, Ed feels it was a buildup

and I'm not sure. So let's vote that it was a buildup then.
That seems to be a majority. And it just came on kind of
slow and came up and stayed at low level and was there.
CC Okay. And the only other question
we got back in is at 8 plus 40, this pogo type thing that
you mentioned. Could you give us a little more detail on
direction of it and the amplitude and anymore elaborations
you have on that would be appreciated.
SC Okay, I guess I called out the time
on that one in the cockpit. There was no doubt but what it
was a slight POGO and I think it was longitudinal and as
far as amplitude, I'm trying to think back to some of those
POGO tests I wrote on the shake table, but they were of
such high level that I wouldn't try to compare them to this.
In fact, it was a POGO. I started to slip out that time cause
when I felt it, I looked at the clock and it was not -
CC 14, Houston. We have an antenna
changeover here and --
CC 14, Houston. How do you read?
CC 14, Houston. How do you read?
SC Okay. How do you read, Bruce?
CC Loud and clear, Stu. How do you
.... read me?
SC Oh, you're 5 square. The static's
died down, and - As I was saying, there was no question, but
what it was a low amplitude POGO starting right at 8 plus
40, however, the magnitude was low enough that it would not
affect - did not affect any of our voices, and you know a
fairly low level will do that so I'd say, you know, it was pretty
small. It was not of any concern, but picked it up just because
of thinking of POGO I guess.
CC Roger. Thank you.
CC And Stu, did that last all the
way until shutdown of the S2 or did it die back out?
SC Bruce, I can't give you a positive
answer, none of us can. My impression is it was there all
the way, but that data really isn't a very good input.
CC Okay. Thank you. I believe this
concludes our discussion on the booster question.
SC Ok ay.
CC Apollo 14, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CC Okay. Just a little status on the
probe situation. We have no further queries on the docking
probe at this time. The conclusions of our _round analysis
a_re that J2he s_stem is now working nominal.- And our
current intention is that you can go for the_un_--aI--_
f- _fnd all subsequent eve_. ---If
w-_e ave any further commentary
or further discussion on the subject, why, we'll get back to you ,
later
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CC on it. With respect to midcourse

correction number 2, we plan for that take place at the
nominal time which is about 30 hours 36 minutes GET. And
it'll be about 71 feet per second, which is also close to
nominal. We're planning a GET update of some 40 minutes
tomorrow at the nominal time in the flightplan at about
54 40. Over.
SC Okay. We got that Bruce, and are
we going to leave this earth darkside dim light photography
in?
CC That's affirmative Stu.
SC Okay.
SC Houston. This is Al. I've changed
the DCU heads. How does this sound, any better?
CC Would you give us a short count
on that Al?
SC Okay. 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1, over.
CC Roger. That sounds a lot better
to me.
SC Okay. We'll take mine and make us
a spare.
CC Roge r.
CC Al, are you using the light weight
f- COMM carrier now, or the Snoopy hat?
SC We're using the light weight at
the moment.
CC Roger. Thank you.
SC Houston. 14.
CC Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay. The Delta v check went fine.
And on the null bias check, we had a minus 100 to start
minus 99.6 at the end.
CC Minus 100 and minus 99.6. And I
have your midcourse correction 2 pad here whenever you're ready
to copy.
SC Okay, stand by one.
SC Okay, Bruce, I'm ready to copy.
CC 14, this is Houston with the mid-
course correction 2 pad. SPS G&N burn 64213 plus 102 minus
023. TEG 030360701 minus 00259 plus 00044 plus 00664 ROLL
282 PITCH 354298 NOUN 44 N/A DELTA V total 0071401000665252785
390. 'rile balance of the pad is N/A. GDC aline Sirius and
Rlge]. Roll aline 230170002. No ullage. In the burn attitude,
S-band high gain antenna pointing angles, PITCH minus 22, YAW O,
wide beam manual mode. LM weight 33647. Your burn time to the
nearest tenth of a second is 10.3 seconds for use in checking
ball valve operation. Over.

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SC Okay. I read back NPC 2 - G&N,

64213, plus 102 minus 023, 030, 360701 minus 00259 plus
00044 plus 00664, 282354298, NA 00714, 010, 00665, 252785,
390, the rest in A Sirius and Rigel 230170, 002 no ullage the
high gain antenna in burn attitude pitch minus 22, yaw 0, wide
beam and manual, LM weight 33647 at burn time 10 at 10.3.
CAPCOM Roger, Houston. Read back correct.
SC Thank you.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. We've had a correction
to the yaw angle for the S-band pointing. That should be
plus 8 degrees. Over.
SC Roger. The S-band pointing is
pitch minus 22 yaw plus 8.
CAPCOM Roger. Out.
CAPCOM Roger. We have it, 14.
SC Okay and they were torqued at 29
plus 20.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
PAO This is Apollo Control, at 29 hours,
23 minutes. During the last 2 hours or so of this shift,
shortly after the maroon team of flight controllers came
on, we began preparing for the discussions on the probe
r- and also for the scheduled discussions on the booster per-
formance during the power ascent, during the launch phase.
During the discussions on the probe, among the comments
that were made by the crew, Roosa noted that there appeared
to be no capture latches activating until the probe was
retracted or as he put it, we got no capture latches until
we went to primary at which time the crew activated the
nitrogen pneumatic system which retracts the probe. Ed Mitchell
summed up the operation on the successful docking as Mitchell
described it, he said Stu Roosa, who was at the controls of
the spacecraft moved in on the drogue - he said we started
to bounce out and at that point Roosa held plus X on the
thrusters, moving the spacecraft into the center of the
drogue and said the vehicles began moving together as they
activated the primary switch which activates the pneumatic
system which retracts the drogue and at that point he said
A1 called out barber pole and grey and then we got hard
docking. The top back indicators that Mitchell was referring
to indicate initially that the probe is extended and the docking
latches - the capture latches are caught. The second indica-
tion of barber pole indicates that the capture latches have
in fact captured and latched and finally the third indication
of grey shows that the main docking latches have engaged and
have closed - the hard docking latches. Perhaps the most
significant comments during the discussion of the booster
were reports from the crew that they noticed a slight hum
or buzz as Roosa described it during a translunar injection
portion of the S4B burn. Roosa noted that this very low
level hum or buzz, which he said could be felt through the
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PAO structure began about 2 minutes

into the TLI burn. He also noted that it was slight enough
that had the crew had their minds on other things they
probably would not have noticed it. Flight Director
Milton Windler observed on the circuits here in the control
center that this is the sort'= of vibration or hum that has
been reported also by previous crews and there appear to
be no particular concern ove- this. Roosa also reported
a slight POGO in the second stage operation beginning at
8 minutes, 40 seconds ground elapsed time. He described
it as a longitudinal vibration, very light, very slight.
The one thing that he used to characterize this vibration
was to compare it with similar vibrations the crew members
have been subjected to on vibration tables. Roosa noted
that with even a relatively light POGO type vibration on a -
in a simualted situation, it's difficult to talk. He said
that this was light enough that it did not effect their
voices in the spacecraft. The CAPCOM also advised the
crew that at about 54 hours that we will have the update
to the ground elapsed time clocks in mission control and
aboard the spacecraft. At this time the GET clock, clock
that is currently reading GET here in mission control will
be updated. It will be moved ahead so 40 minutes. The clock
that is currently designated TB5 will become the actual
r ground elapsed time. In other words, that clock will display
the true ground elapsed time, the total amount of time that
has elapsed since lift-off. The clock which is designated
GET will retain that designation. The nomenclature will
remain the same on that clock as it's displayed here in
the control center and the nomenclature on the clock which
will be displaying the actual GET will remain TB5. To repeat
that again, recognizing that it's probably a bit confusing.
The nomenclatures on the clocks will remain the same, however,
what they're displaying will be changed. The clock that
is designated GET will actually be referred to here in the
control center as the PET clock, the phase elapsed time
clock, however, the nomenclature on it, as we understand now
will not be changed. It will remain fixed as the GET clock
and the nomenclature on the TB5 clock will also remain TB5,
however, it will be counting actual ground elapsed time, _-
the total t_me since lift off. The rational for the update
to the clocks is roughly as follows: of course, launch ing_ ·
40 minutes ] ate without changing the amount of energy
was put into the trajectory by the translunar inject_
maneuver with the Saturn third stage, we would ha_v_ arrived
at the moon 40 minutes late. However, the tra_lunar coast
phase is in many respects like a big spongef-JYou can squeeze
things out of it or you can put things into it, use it to
absorb time differences. In this case the translunar injection
the proper Delta-V, the proper velocitv was added to put us
into lunar orbit at the same sun time or greenwich mean time
as the flight plan called for. The sun time on arrival will
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PAO then will be the same as it was originally

planned to be in the flight plan. And mission events will
occur in the same sequence after lunar orbit insertion
as the flight plan called for. In order to make the flight
plan agree with the sun time and the greenwich mean time,
it will be updated 40 minute,J. The clock will be moved
ahead 40 minutes so that the phase elapse time, which is
used as a reference to the flight will agree with the
flight plan. The alternative to this would be to update
the flight plan by 40 minutes making numerous changes to
the flight plan in pencil both here on the ground and by
the crew. To circumvent this problem the clocks themselves
will be changed recognizing that the clocks are in fact,
the GET clock is in some senses an arbitrary time reference
which allows us to reference time to the flight plan. The
crew was advised that this will occur at about 54 hours as
planned in the flight plan. At the present time Apollo 14
is traveling at a velocity of 4536 feet per second and the
spacecraft is 115,742 nautical miles from earth. The
mid-course correction number 2 is scheduled to occur at
30 hours, 36 minutes, 7 seconds ground elapsed time. The
velocity change in that maneuver which will be performed with
the spacecraft service propulsion system engine, will be
71.4 feet per second. And it will change the spacecraft
approach to the moon - the point of closest approach from
the current distance of about 2104 nautical miles down to
the planned 60 nautical miles perigee or perilune. The burn
will be a 10 second maneuver. A 10 second burn with the
service propulsion system engine. The spacecraft at the
time of the maneuver will be oriented with it's engine bell
pointed in the direction of travel, about 66 feet per second
of the burn will be in the direction pointing back to earth
or in other words it will be radial or radial component and
25 feet per second - there will be a 25 foot per second
component which is retrograde or in the easterly direction.
The total composite Delta-V, as I said will be 71.4 feet
per second. At 29 hours, 34 minutes, this Apo] ]o Control,
continuing to stand by.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/1/71 2037 MC-ll2/1

CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston.

SC I understand.
CAPCOM At your convenience, we'd like PO0 and
ACCEPT and we'll uplink you a new state vector, target
load and the PIPA and IRIG BIAS updates. Over.
SC Okay. Go ahead Houston.
CAPCOM Roger. They're on there way. And at the
same time, we'd like to give you one minor flight plan update.
Due to your later lift off time on page 3-32, the flight
plan, darkside dim light photography we have a new value
of longitude over two for you.
SC Okay. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. The old value is minus 42500.
The new value is minus 47500. Over.
SC Okay. The longitude over two is now
minus 47500.
CAPCOM Roger. And I've been asked to remind
you that in connection with the midcourse burn number 2,
if there is stratification in the oxygen tanks you may get
a CRYO low press light as this is reduced. Over.
SC Roger.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Your computer.
SC Houston, 14, have you completed the uplink?
CAPCOM 14, affirmative. How are you reading us
now. We passed up. The computers yours.
SC Okay (garble) and we're terminating.
PTC here in about - Should be here in about, two, three
minutes .
CAP COM Roger. Out.
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
SC We see a NOUN 81, Delta by (garble)
which is correct?
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. We understand the
onboard value is correct and that's an R2 that you're concerned
ab out ?
SC Yeah. We've never seen NOUN 81 bound
off like that.
CAPCOM Okay. We'll have an explanation for you
in a second.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. On your query on NOUN 81 4.3 is
the number it was actually uplinked to the spacecraft.
There is no problem involved with the spacecraft rounding
off numbers or any of that sort. The maneuver that was
passed to you on the maneuver pad was generated from one
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CAPCOM computer reading a 4.35 which was rounded

upwards by the FIDO to 4.4. A separate computer processed
the information leading to the automatic uplink and they
rounded down to 4.3. Over.
SC Okay. The computers ought to talk to
each other.
CAP COM Roger. Out.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 30 hours 6 minute3
Apollo 14 at this time is 117 213 nautical miles from earth.
The spacecraft velocity is 4483 feet per second. About 2
hours ago an auspicious event slipped by unnoticed as the
spacecraft passed the half way mark in terms of total mileage
or in terms of mileage to the moon I guess we should say.
At 27 hours, 4 minutes, 42 seconds Apollo 14 was 109 172
nautical miles from earth or half way between earth and the
moon. The spacecraft velocity at that point was 4779 feet
per second. We '11 cross the half way point in time on the
trip to the moon at 40 hours 56 minutes. Both the distance
and the time half way point are dependent upon a normal
midcourse correction 2. Should that MCC-2 maneuver which is
scheduled to be performed in a little less than 30 minutes
give us different values it will of course change the total
distance by some small amount. The Flight Dynamics Officer
has also computed a new set of coordinates and a new time
for the arrival of the S-IVB at the lunar surface. The
impact is schedule to occur at a ground elapsed time of
82 hours 38 minutes 3 seconds and our new set of coordinates
are as follows. The latitude of the impact point now appears
to be at 9 degrees 32 minutes south. The longitude 26 degrees
20 minutes west. What we're seeing is a gradual shift of
the impact point slightly to the west and moving a bit closer
to the Apollo 12 seismometer. Again to repeat the infor-
mation on the scheduled midcourse correction which is
occurring at the second midcourse correction opportunity.
It will be the first midcourse. The burn is scheduled to
occur at 30 hours 36 minutes 7 seconds ground elapsed time.
The burn duration will be ]0 seconds. It will be performed
with the service propulsion system engine glvLng a tota]
velocity change of 71.4 feet per second. The bulk of that
velocity change will be in a radial direction or back towards
earth. And the affect of the maneuver will be to bulge the
trajectory slightly so that the spacecraft arrives at the
moon a little later and

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/1/711_i12 CST 113/1

PAO Spacecraft arrives at the moon a little

later and also at the planned altitude of 60 nautical miles.
Without the burn the spacecraft would pass by the moon at
an altitude of 21 hundred 4 nautical miles, and it would
arrive 40--minutes earlier. With the burn, it places the
a-rrr]val time back 40 mlnutes to coincide with the ground
elapsed time, and the Greenwich mean time. Co__potion
on that, the time of arrival is fixed by the cutout conditions
of the trans lunar injection, and the midcourse correction
burn, taking into account the fact that we will be arriving
at the moon at the planned Greenwich mean time. We'll
depress the trajectory so that the fly by the moon, prior
to going into lunar orbit is at 60 nautical miles. And we're
now 25 minutes 54 seconds away from that midcourse correction

maneuver.
at which theThespacecraft
maneuver in addition
passes by theto moon,
lowering
will the
also distance
remove V
the spacecraft from a free return trajectory in at least _
___, and that is that, following the burn it will no-
longer be possible to reenter the earth's atmosphere in the
proper entry corridor using only RCS propulsion capabilities.
Once this midcourse correction has been performed, in order
to enter the entry corridor properly, it will require either
the, either subsequent midcourse corrections using the
SPS engine, or the descent propulsion system engine on the
lunar module. At 30 hours 11 minutes, this Ks Apollo Control
in Houston standing by.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. I'm looking at your
DSKY display here and I noticed it was a little different from
the pad burn attitude. We believe that if you go back and
reload noun 48 with the pitch and yaw trimmed values that
we sent up on the pad. Switch her for the combination CSM
LM and then redo P40, it would get better agreement with the
pad values for attitude.
SC Okay.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 30 hours
17 minutes. We now show the spacecraft to be in the
proper attitude for the midcourse correction. I would like
to go back over one point that perhaps got a bit garbled in
the last report, and that is the effects of this maneuver on
the trajectory. Without the burn, without the midc'ourse
correction, the spacecraft, as we said would pass about '--_
21 hundred 4 nautlcai miles from the moon. Also, its ]
time of closest approach would be about ]5 minutes later
than desired. With the midcourse correction we place _,
the time of approach at the time desired, which is 82 hours_
0 minutes 37 seconds. That'll be the time of closest approach [
with no further maneuvers, and we'll lower the point of
closest approach from the 21 hundred 4 nautical miles to 60._ _

)
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PAO nautical miles. We're now about 17

minutes 30 seconds away from that midcourse correction
maneuver.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Alright you can go ahead and terminate
charging on battery OFF at this time.
SC Ok ay.
SC 14 to Houston. We were in position
standing by for a go for MCC 2 burn.
CAPCOM Roger, you' re go.
SC Roger.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 30 hours

35 minutes. Flight Director Milton Windier is just reminded
his flight contro]lers that we're 1 minute away now from our
fi rst ml dcourse correction. That manuever scheduled to occur
now in about 45 seconds . The flight controllers here are
monitoring their data and we'll be observing the performance
of the Service Propulsion System engine and spacecraft systems
during the period of this burn. Total burn duration again is
planned to be about 10.3 seconds. It'll give us a change in
velocity of 71. 4 feet per second. Coming up on 10 seconds.
And we show ignition. Our guidance and control officer re-
ports all pressures in the engine look normal. We show the
burn has been shut down. We'll stand by for an assessment
of the manuever.
SC Mighty good burn there. The residuals
- there'll be no trim required.
CC Roger. Out.
CC You heard Stu Roosa report a mighty
good burn. No necessity to trim out the residuals with the
RCS. Our guidance and control officer reports that the burn
duration was an even 10 seconds which is almost precisely as
planned.
CC 14, for your information, we showed
the actual burn time to be 10.0 seconds. Over.
_ SC Our telemetry data shows that the
spacecraft onboard computer -
SC Gregg, the CMS was never like that.
CC Roger.
SC Houston. At the end of the burn
we're showing fuel 002, oxidizer 989 and valves 300 decrease.
CC Okay . Understand.
SC And delta V 6.
SC Amps Delta say minus 4. 1.
CC Okay delta V say minus 4.1. Fuel
100.2, oxidizer 98.9 and valves are 300 decreases. Is that
correct?
SC That's
affirmative. And if you
didn't get the res[dualsthey were plus .2 minus 0 and minus .l.
CC Roger. We copy.
CC Our telemetry data showed that the
onboard clock timed that burn at 10.19 seconds, which is
extremely close to what we showed on the ground. Our reading
being 10.0 seconds. You heard Stu Roosa comment that the
simulator was never like this. A reference to the fact that
the onboard guidance system controlled that burn almost
precisely as planned. The Flights Dynamic Officer will be-
gin at this point to gather telemetry data on the trajectory
to compute a trajectory or it can determine what effect the
manuever had on the trajectory. This is a process that
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CC normally requires several hours

before the data becomes refined and the Flight Dynamics
Officer has a good stable prediction on the effect of the
manuever. He'll have a preliminary report somewhat before
that usually in a matter of 15 to 20 minutes. 14, this is
Houston. We've reviewed the chamber pressure and the SPS
engine operation from this last midcourse on the strip chart
and it looks real fine. We'll have some more words for you
later on the reconciliation of the burn times in tenths of
seconds. We're curious as to what value you got with your
stopwatch. Over.
SC I showed about 10.2, Bruce.
CC Understand. 10.2. Over.
SC That's affirm.
SC Hey Bruce. What do the strip charts
show at PC, 2 banks.
CC We're going to have to convert from
percentage of thrust to PSI, Stu. We'll be right at you.
SC Oh, no sweat. Don't want to cause
you any trouble. I was Just curious.
CC They're doing it anyway. Just hadn't
gotten it accomplished for this burn yet.
SC Okay. Just wanted to calibrate my
gauge.
CC You might check your middle gimbal
_ angle, Stu for the manuevering.
SC Roger. We're high (garble)
CC 14, this is Houston. For your
information, when starting the PTC spin up, we'll use quads
alpha and delta. Over.
SC Okay. We'll use alpha and delta
for spin up.
CC 14, this is Houston. Your average
chamber pressure for this last burn was 100 psi even.
SC Okay, the average was 100 even.
Thank you.
CC Roger. Out.

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SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay, Bruce. I tell you, I'm sure
not seeing what I expected to on this dark side of the Earth
through the sextant here. The angles that you gave me
lined up the objects pretty much over on the edge of the
dark side alright, but through the sextant there's still
alot of light coming in, and I - that high speed black and
white, I don't see why we're not going to wipe it out. I
guess I really expected to see pretty much darkness through
the sextant here.
CAP COM Okay. Stand by.
SC Okay. And there's another strange
thing on the sextant on this sighting, Bruce, we got a - -
CAP COM Stand by.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger. We've been advised that there
was some illuminated area of the earth expected to be visible
in the field of view for this dim light photography. What
we'd like you to do is to go ahead using the nominal angle,
take your three exposures, and then if it's agreeable to
you we'll have a new set of shaft and trunnion angles for
f you and you could squeeze off three more. Over.
SC Okay. No sweat. I'll press ahead
and take some photos.
CAP COM Roger. Press on.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Your original trans-
mission, did you say that you could see any of the illuminated
portion of the earth through the sextant IP's or Just that
you had some scattered light coming in. Over.
SC I've got quite a bit of scattered
light. It's negative on seeing any of the - of the lit portion,
I - manually, you know, I'v driven it over to the terminator
and the C&C pulls it back to the dark side. We're pointed
on the dark 6ide, but there sure is alot of light showing.
CAPCOM Okay. We copy.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Have you already
mounted the camera on the sextant adaptor? - or to the
s extant ?
SC That's affirmative, Bruce. On the
middle of the first frame I have an - it's no sweat to
change, I can do anything you want.
CAPCOM No, no. Don't do that, because
we'd have to squeeze off more film at that 24 frame per
second prior to dismounting it.
SC Ok ay.
PAO This Apollo Control, at 31 hours,
26 minutes. As you heard, Stu Roosa is preparing to use
the Maurer sequence camera, 16 millimeter data acquisition
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PAO camera aboard the spacecraft for the

dim light photography scheduled in the flight plan at this
time. Roosa will have the camera mounted or actually has the
camrea mounted at this time to the sextant of the spacecraft.
He uses the spacecraft computer to point the optics in the
proper direction, which in this case is at the Earth dark
side. And he will take three frames, one
SC Houston, I've finished the one minute
to 20 seconds, 5 second exposures and I'll just hold here un-
til you give me some more angles if that's what you want.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. What we'ld like you to
do is in your longitude over 2 for a P22, just put in minus
42.5, which was the value that was originally in the flight
plan before we updated you and run three more exposures and
that will wind it up.
SC Okay. We'll enter that long over
two like it was originally in the flight plan and repeat.
CAP COM Roger. Out.
PAO That last comment came from Apollo 14
commander A1 Shepard. Roosa took the first two frames - first
three frames, one exposure at 60 seconds, one at 20 seconds,
and one at 5 seconds. These pictures taken with very high
speed black and white film or hope to show some of the
- phenomena on Earth that are visible only in very dim light
such as lightning. And as you heard, Roosa will now re -
repoint the optics and take three more frames of the same
phenomena at slightly different pointing angles. Hopefully,
one of the two angles will give a minimum of reflected light
into the optics. That reflected light, of course, tends
to wash out the amount of detail that's visible.
SC Okay, Bruce. I completed the pic-
tures. I put the sextant back on and looked at our second
one and it's going to be just about the same.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. That wraps up the re-
quirements for the dim light photography.
SC Ro ge r.
CAPCOM And Just to clear up the situation
that I created on giving you a quad alpha delta, we are
recommending alpha and charlie for the PTC spinoff and your
option on the quad that you used for rate damping.
SC Okay. We figured that's what you
me an t.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 4/1/71 22:40 CST 116/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 31 hours

42 minutes. The Apollo 14 crew has completed the dim light
photography scheduled in the flight plan. The next event
will be to stabilize the spacecraft and then spin it up at
the relatively slow rotational rate of 3 revolutions per hour.
This is the passive thermal control mode used to maintain the
proper thermal stability, the proper temperatures of the
spacecraft exposing all sides of the spacecraft equally to
the radiation from the sun. At the present time we show
Apollo 14 121 264 nautical miles from earth traveling at a
velocity of 4271 feet per second. The preliminary data from
that midcourse correction manuever performed at 30 hours 36
minutes 7 seconds, as called for in the flight plan, as with
the delta V gained the velocity resulting from the manuever
was 71.4 feet per second. And the preliminary tracking data
shows that the manuever had the effect of lowering the point
of closest approach to the moon from 2104 nautical miles to
67.05. The manuever was targeted to lower the point of closest
approach to about 60 nautical miles. And the Flight Dynamics
Officer reports that with additional tracking, we expect the
data to show that we came very close to that. The burn was
almost precisely normal as planned. The burn duration had
been targeted for about 10.3 seconds, and on the ground we
measured the burn time at 10 seconds. Of course the guidance
system on the spacecraft is designed to shut down the engine,
based on the amount of velocity gained rather then the time
of the maneuver rather then the time of burn so that it is
perfectly consistant for the guidance system to shut down
within a fraction of a second of the pre-computed time based
on the amount of energy that is gotten from the engine at
any particular maneuver. During the burn and for about 1 hour
before, Louise Mitchell, wife of Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell,
was in the control center viewing the procedures. We don't
have a great deal of activity scheduled on the flight plan
now. The Astronauts are scheduled to get another sleep period
at 41 hours or about 9 hours 15 minutes from now. During
that interim period of time primary activities will be systems
monitoring and such things as charging batteries, venting the
batteries, and of course setting up the passive thermal control
mode which will be beginning soon. Earlier this evening, we
again talked with the crew about the condition and the events
preceding and leading up to the docking operation and the
condition of the probe assembly. Following the crews answer-
ing some additional questions about the probe assembly, They
were advised that the probe appears to be normal and that we
will continue with the normal flight plan leading up to a
landing on the moon, as things stand right now.
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PAO The Saturn third stage, the S-IVB,

based on our last computations will impact the moon at
82 hours 38 minutes and 3 seconds, at a latitude of 9 de-
grees 32 minutes south, longitude 26 degrees 20 minutes
west and as we continue to gather more tracking data, these
numbers have been changing and we expect that they will
continue to change somewhat. At 31 minutes 47 seconds,
this is rather 31 hours 47 minutes, this is Apollo Control
Houston standing by.
CC Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.
SC All right.
CC 14, Houston. You can secure the
high gain antenna at this time. We recommend a PITCH of
minus 5 -
SC Go ahead, Bruce.
CC We recommend a PITCH of minus 52
degrees, YAW of 270 for securing the high gain antenna.
Request OMNI BRAVO for PTC. Over.
SC Houston, this is Apollo 14. We're
reading you loud and clear go ahead.

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SC This is Apollo 14, we're reading

you loud and clear, go ahead.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. You may
secure the high gain antenna now, pitch min,,s 52, yaw 270,
request omni bravo for PTC, over.
SC Houston, 14, that's what you have.
CAP COM Re ge r.
SC (garble)
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Standby
for an important announcement.
SC Roger, stand by.
CAPCOM Roger, you're go for PTC spinup now.
SC What would we do without you, Bruce?
Hey, Bruce, why haven't we heard any news, like who won at
Daytona and things like that?
CAPCOM Well we tried for one news summary
and most of the news came out to be about Apollo 14. We
figured you guys were probably the ones that had the inside
scoop on that, so we'll give a stab at another one.
SC Yeah, tell us what's going on at the
races at Daytona.
CAPCOM Okay, give us a couple of minutes
- and we'll have some word for you.
SC Oh no, Fred, Just at your convience.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM If the work load isn't too heavy up
there for you, we have another set of noun 88 values for
sighting on the S4B, if you're interested.
SC Okay, stand by and I' 11 copy it down.
Okay, Houston, go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger, 14. Noun 88 minus 34293,
minus 85901, minus 38013, over.
SC Okay, Bruce, you back with us?
CAPCOM Yeah, I'm still with you.
CAPCOM 14, Houston, how do you read?
SC Hello Houston, how do you read, 14.
CAPCOM 14, we're approaching an antenna
switch over period here. Let me give you a call again in
a minute.
SC Hello Houston, how do you read, 147
CAPCOM 14, Houston, loud and cleax, how me?
SC We're back with you. How about
giving me R3 again, please?
CAPCOM Okay, R3 is minus 38013. Read back
over.
SC Okay, read you back from noun 88.
Minus 34293, minus 85901, minus 38013.
-- CAPCOM Roger, read back correct. These are
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CAPCOM calculated for a GET of 32 hours

45 minutes. That should be valid from the present up to
about 33 45. You will be able to see the S4B when your
spacecraft roll angle is between 85 degrees, that's 085 de-
grees and 020 degrees. If you do see it through the sextant,
we'd like you to take some pictures using the same technique
as on the dim light photography per camera advance, same
film magazine same exposure time, if you concur, over.
SC Okay, sounds great. I understand
this is setup for time of 32 plus 4500, however it ought to
be good now and we ought to be able to hack it when our roll
is between 085 to 020. And if we lamp the big moose, we'll
take some pictures of it using the same magazine and the
same procedures as the first dim light that we just finished.
CAP COM Roger, roger.

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CC Hello, 14, this is Houston. We

advise that the S-IVB is tumbling at a rate of 1 tumble,
that is 1 360 degree tumble about every 4-1/2 minutes so
that the intensity of the object may very if you see it
out there. And even if you don't, we've been considering
the speed of the film. We'd like to take some pictures
perhaps that would show up on photography that you can't
see with the naked eye. And another item, your phase plane
plot for PTC, looks like you've established a very good
PTC here it's curving back around toward the center. We
think it's going to hold for quite some time and we'd like
to get battery ALPHA on charge at your convenience. Over.
SC Okay, Bruce, copy that. When we
get around to the right ROLL angle we'll give a go on the
SIVB. Copy about the PTC and we'll start a charge.
CC Ro ge r.
CC Do you see anything out there, Stu?
SC Well, we're just now coming out
from behind the LM. Looks like I've got something here in the
sextant. Let me pull it out to the center and see what it
looks like. Well, Bruce, we've got two things in the sextant
and - you know, it could either be a faint star - I don't
see any - any tumbling on them yet, but four and a half
minutes isn't that fast either.
f CC Roger. We copy.
SC Okay, I've lost one of them due to
the light coming into the sextant. And I'm about to lose
the other object whatever it was.
CC 14, Houston. We got a little sports
news for you.
SC Okay, go ahead. You're Just in
time for dinner.
CC Would you rather I croon something
soothing to you, like background music or Raphael's Balareo or
something?
SC Negative on the music. We got all
that we need here. You can Just croon some good sports news.
SC Why don't you hold on a minute and
let Ed get his headset on.
SC It's not that detailed.
SC Okay, Houston, everybody's on the
line.
CC Okay, I don't know if it was really
all that earth shaking, I got the results of the Daytona
races. It was won by Pedro Rodriguez from Mexico with his
partner Jackie Oliver in a Porsche and they completed
688 laps of the 3.81 mile course there at Daytona in 24 hours.
Ronnie Bucknam and Tony Adanelich were second in a Ferrari
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CC And Lamar Donahue-David Hobbs team

was third. In winning the event, Rodriguez and Oliver
averaged over 109 miles per hour for the 24 hour period.
And Sunday's Andy Williams' San Diego Open Golf Tournament,
Californian George Archer took the honors with a 7 under
par score against his closest competitors, Dave Eiekelberger
and Jack Nicholas. Archer ended up with a 65 and $30 000
in prize money. Over.
SC Okay, very good. Thank you. Keep
up the good news.
CC Roger. You can tell Ed to take his
headset back off now.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 33 hours 10 min-

utes. We're at a relatively quite period in the flight plan.
The crew is scheduled to begin a rest at about 41 hours ground
elapsed time. At the present time we show Apollo 14 124 800
nautical miles from Earth traveling at a velocity of 4149
feet per second. The Flight Dynamics Officer reported to the
Flight Director a short while ago that tracking seems to be
confirming that the midcourse correction maneuver is bringing
the spacecraft in a little bit higher above the Moon than had
been planned. This would indicate a slight under burn. The
predicted point of closest approach at this time is still holding
quite close to 37 rather 67 nautical miles. The burn had
been targeted to bring the spacecraft to within 60 nautical
miles at its closest approach. This particular burn seems to
be - seems to have been quite sensitive to very small velocity
errors on the order of about 2/10 foot per second would the
FIDO set the count for the difference in the planned altitude
and the actual at 7 nautical miles. Additional tracking, of
course, will probably show some change in that number, but it
seems to be holding in quite steadily at about 67 nautical
miles. The people in the spacecraft engineering support room
report that all systems appear to be functioning well at this
time aboard the spacecraft. Virtually no problem of any
significance, and, as we mentioned earlier, the crew was
advised this evening that with the probe at . .. with what we
know about the probe at this time, it appears that the mission
will be GO for a lunar landing. At 33 hours 12 minutes, this
is Apollo Control standing by.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 33 hours 31 min-
utes. We've had no conversation with the crew since our last
report about 30 minutes ago. At the present time Apollo 14
is 125 649 nautical miles from Earth, and the spacecraft
velocity is 4121 feet per second. We're preparing for a shift
handle over in Mission Control at the present time. And, we
do anticipate having a change of shift briefing in the MSC
News Center, Probably in about 45 minutes to an hour. Flight
Director Jerry Griffin is coming on to releive Flight Director
Milton Windier, and the Capsule communicator on the upcoming
shift will be Astronaut Fred Hayes. At 33 hours 32 minutes
this is Apollo Control, Houston.
CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CC Roger. We took up a collection here in the
control room and bought a newspaper and we got a couple more
items if you are interested.
SC Great. Take up another collection and you
might buy two.
CC Oh, we'll buy you a morning paper, too, a
little later. On the Datona race a few more details. Reading
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CC into the article Rodrequez and Oliver

divided the driving chores up about equally.

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SC Pick up another collection, you might

find 2.
CAPCOM Oh, we'll buy you a morning paper
too a little later. On the Daytona race a few more details.
Reading into the article, Rodriguez and Oliver divided the
driving chores up - -
SC Houston, wait a second.
SC Hold it a second.
CAP COM Roge r.
SC Okay, Bruce. Having a little trouble
reading that. Proceed.
CAP COM Okay. Stand by.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. Back in the Daytona, it
says that Rodriguez and Oliver divided
CAPCOM 14, Houston. How do you read now?
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. How do you read
now?
SC Loud and clear, Bruce. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. Let me try it once more with
vigor. Back in the Daytona race, Rodriguez and Oliver divided
up the driving chores about equally and had built up a lead
of 213 miles at one point in the race. But trouble struck
with about 3 hours left when the car's transmission failed
as Oliver was motoring around with not a care in the world.
Two Ferraris, one driven alternately by Buckman and Tony
Adonalis of Wilton, Connecticutt, and another under command
of two time U.S. road racing champion Mark Donahue and David
Gouds of England, had survived the long night but were out
of it as long as the Porsche held together. Oliver brought
the powder blue car into the pit and he and Rodriguez spent
an agonizing 93 minutes watching their lead wiped out as
crewman feverishly made repairs. Bucknam gained a lead
70 minutes from the end and Donahue pulled in the striking
distance before crew chief John Wire could get the Porsche
rolling again. Rodriguez pulled it back to the coarse a
half mile behind Bucknam, who's Ferrari was spitting fire
and having trouble getting through the turns. The Mexican
hotshot needed less than 2 laps around the 3.81 mile layout
to catch Bucknam and was never in serious trouble again.
SC Damn. That's a good summary, Bruce.
CAPCOM Yes. I ought to be a sports writer.
CAPCOM Yes. That was very interesting.
Bruce. And the next item here is a headline that says
Apollo number 4900 to orbit the Earth.
SC (Laughter)
CAPCOM The aerospace defense command has
entered Apollo 14 as number 4900 in it's records of Earth
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CAPCOM orbiting satellites. The ADC

housed inside Cheyenne mountain is providing NASA with informa-
tion satellites passing near Apollo 14 during it's journey
to the moon. Just thought you might be interested in that.
CAPCOM Well, they always say better late than - -
SC (garbled) It's friendly.
CAPCOM It's better to be number 4900 than
not to be at all. And meanwhile today at New York the doors
of baseball's Hall of Fame swung open for 7 old timers
elected by a veterans committee after the regular ballot
of the Baseball Writer's Associations of America has failed
to name any modern's to the shrine. Legendary pitcher
Rube Marquard who shares the record of 19 consecutive vic-
tories in a single season and George M. Wise, the executive
geneius who built the New York Yankees into an awsome power-
house from the late 1940's led the advance of the old timers.
Also named were outfielders Harry Hooper, Joe Kelly, and
Chuck Heavy, first baseman Jake Beckley and shortstop Dave
Bancroft. Marquard who won 201 games pitching mostly for
the New York Giants or Brooklyn Dodgers from 1908 to 1925.
Hooper who hit 281 in 16 American League seasons, and Kelly
and Beckley both pre-1900 stars, were named as real old
timers who's careers ended by 1925.
CAPCOM And here's another startling bit
of news from London. The headline says "Subway riders arrive.
Can't get out of station". More than a dozen passengers were
trapped in a London subway station for more than an hour
early today when the staff locked up and went home. That
sound familiar? When the passengers got off the last train
on the Bakerloo line, at the ida avail station in Pattington,
they found exits blocked by steel shutters and the station
deserted. Police were called and they in turn contacted
London subway officials. A spokesman for the London trans-
port said it would investigate the incident. London Subway
Service shuts down from about midnight till 5 AM.
SC Could happen to anyone, anyplace.
CAPCOM Also in the news is this other item
from London. That D-day is less than 2 weeks away. They' re
referring here to the day when England changes to decimalized
currency. A government agency coordinating the switch said
everything is going smoothly. Our latest survey is shown
that since November there has been an incredible improvement
in the extent to which people are familiar with decimal
equivalents. The decimal currency board spokesman said
Sunday. On February 15 the new pound, worth $2.40 officially
will become worth 100 new pence.
CAPCOM And next on the agenda here. Vehicles
are called the top noisemaker. Dateline is from Paris. Motor
vehicles are the chief source of city noise and only governments
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CAPCOM can do anything about it. This

opinion is the result of a 2 year study by the consultant
group on transportation research of the organization for
economic cooperation and development. Incredible. This
problem is world wide.
SC Seems like you do have a good hand
on world events and the problem the world's in.
CAPCOM From Laurenco Marques, Mozanbique, this
item. Fresh flood waters have poured into Portuguese East Africa
cyclone stricken lowlands today hampering rescue efforts
for thousands of flood victims already marooned 4 days.
The central government said 135 000 persons lived in the
worst affected area around (garbled) administrative capital
of the central Zambezia Province. Only 24 000 people
have been rescued but Zambia governor Lt. Col. David Ferrara
declined to estimate the death toll. Good night, Fred.
CAPCOM Very good. Good night, Bruce.
SC Tremendous.
SC Very nicely done. Very nicely done.
CAPCOM We had to censor the best parts.
SC Say again.
CAPCOM We had to censor the best parts.
SC That's too bad. There will be a
- daily showing, I assume.
CAPCOM We'll see what we can do.

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SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
sc Hey, Bruce. I'm going to take some
pictures of this S4B area this time around. Do you want
me to have the 2 stripes at 24 frames per second for 2
seconds and everything Just like on the other sequence?
CAPCOM That's affirmative, Stu.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. If you feel like doing
a little paper work here, I've got an update to the
inflight erasable load procedure as a result of the new
(garble) and gyro compensation uplink to you just prior to
midcourse 2.
SC Okay, stand by one, Bruce. Okay, Bruce,
go ahead.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Page 9-4 in the GNC
check list, load A for Albuquerque. Under identification
number 03, the old value is 77143, new value 76674. OID 05
old 00110 new 00320, OID 07 old value 76745 new value 77417,
OID 11 old value 00477 new value 006 - make that 00063.
Read back, over.
SC Okay, under column A 03 76674, 05
00320, 07 77417 and 11 00063.
CAPCOM Roger, read back correct. For
_ cyrogenic Hydrogen management, we'd like to turn the heater
in Hydrogen tank number 2 off and our calculations show
that your pairacynthian altitude is currently 67 miles. As
the period of our tracking improves we expect this to work down
towards about 60 nautical miles. And we have a question
for you, have you noticed any cosmic ray flashes during
your last sleep period or at other times when the command
module was darkened, over?
SC One at a time, Houston. You say
Hydrogen 2 heater off? Over.
CAPCOM Roger, H2 tank number 2 heater off,
we' 11 call you when we want it back to auto or on.
SC Okay, it's off now. Yea, verily saw a
few flashes, I'm not sure what they're ascribed to,
but never the less we saw flashes during the sleep period
last night.
CAPCOM Okay, was this -
SC Unfortunately, we we're a little
bit - we were a little bit too tired to conduct any sort of
measured experimenter data with them, but maybe we can get
around to that in the next few days.
CAPCOM Roger, one question, would you say
that you were dark adapted when you saw these or did you
see them before you were dark adapted?
SC I will speak for myself, I didn't
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SC START SEEING THEM UNTIL AFTER I woke

up three or four hours after going to sleep.
SC Hey, Bruce, I had a comment, I
noticed on that last night I'd wake up several times and
I would turn on the light to take a look around PTC and
that 02 flow that's been troubling us, and then I'd close
my eyes again and I'd see some flashes real soon after I
had been looking at these lights. Now they were rather
subdued lights, but I certainly wasn't totally dark adapted.
CAPCOM Okay, what sort of lights were you
using, the flood lights or the intergals?
SC Using the intergals mostly, on several
occasions I did have the floods up to check and then I'd
turn them back off again. And it didn't seem to matter
much.
CAPCOM Okay, thank you 14.

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CC 14, Houston. For your information,

the program aline was a 404 turning angle better than 90
degrees .
PAO This is Apollo Control at 34 hours
23 minutes ground elapsed time. Gold team flight director
Jerry Griffin is being briefed by each of the console
positions here, each man runs down the items that he has
upcoming for this shift. The off going flight director
Milton Wendler accompanied by his flight dynamics officer
Bill Moon, are en route to the Houston News Center where
they will have a change of shift briefing for newsmen in
the small auditorium. Apollo 14 very little conversation
from the crew in the last several hours is now showing
distance from earth 127 737 nautical miles, velocity
4 051 feet per second. At 34 hours 24 minutes ground
elapsed time, this is Apollo Control.
CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Fred.
CC I wonder if you can varify for us
that you have H2 tank number 1 to AUTO and H2 tank 2 to OFF.
SC That's varified.
CC Okay.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 34 hours 36 min-

utes ground elapsed time. We're anticipating no immediate
conversation with the rather quite crew of Apollo 14. Dur-
ing the period that the change of shift press conference is
under way at the News Center in Houston. The conversations
if any will be recorded on tape for subsequent playback. At
34 hours 36 minutes ground elapsed time this is Apollo Control.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 35 hours 5 min-

utes ground elapsed time. During the change of shift press
conference some 3 and 1/2 minutes of air-to-ground conversa-
tion was recorded on tape for playback at this time. Pres-
ently Apollo 14 is 129 338 nautical miles out from Earth,
traveling at a velocity of just about an even 4000 feet per
second. Some of the major milestones at least from statis-
ticians point of view half way point in time between liftoff
and lunar orbit insertion will come at 40 hours 56 minutes.
At which time the spacecraft will be 142 119 miles from Earth,
and 81 723 miles from the Moon. The anticipated time for
crossing the so called equal-gravisphere between Earth and
Moon will be 66 hours and 3 minutes and 7 seconds. I believe
that tape may be ready now for playback. Let's roll at
3-1/2 minutes and resume live (garbled) air-to-ground.
SC Okay, Fred. We just went through the
Hycon and everything checked out real fine and we ended
up with magazine W on it.
CC Okay. Copied. And, you ended up with
magazine W.
SC Right. That's (garbled) plan.
SC Fredo, do they want these times at this
point.
CC That's affirm, Ed. They'd like the times
and they'd like how many frames you used on the other mag
that was on there.
SC Okay. V as in victor, the vector, recharged
with frame 0 and ended with frame 9 before resetting the
counter. The LTC clock is on the 764 and 0730 corresponds
to GET of 342642.
CC Okay. Copy.
SC Houston, we could play a lot of tic-tac-
toe in the next 2 or 3 pages of the flight plan.
CC Say again, Ed.
SC The next 3 pages of the flight plan are
very bare. We could play tic-tac-toe all afternoon on those.
CC All afternoon, huh. It's about 02:00 here.
SC ... we just had lunch a few minutes ago,
it's afternoon.
CC Ok ay.
CC Yes, I have to agree with you about the
next few pages. They do look pretty slim.
CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CC The photo people would like ...
SC . . . Fredo.
CC Yes, the photo people would like to know
if you got the S-IVB pictures using the dim light Earth
side settings there, and about when you did that.
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/2/71 2:08 CST 124/2

CC If you remember.
SC Stand by. We took some pictures. Whether
we got them or not leaves to be seen.
CC Is that a pun.
SC Roger. (garbled)
SC Those pictures were completed at 34 03 25
and they were on magazine J for Juliet.
CC Okay. You got them at 34 03 25 on mag
Juliet.
CC 14, Houston.
CC Apollo 14, Houston.
PAO This is Apollo Control. That completes
playback of the accumulated tape. We are now alive with
Apollo 14, continue to monitor the air to ground loop.
CC Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CC Okay. I have a LOI minus 5 hours flyby
maneuver pad for you that we owe you about this time.
SC Roger. LOI minus 5 flyby.
CC You got the good book out ready to copy.
SC That's affirmative, let her rip.
CC Okay. SPS slash G&N 63526 plus 090 minus
033 076 59 3154 plus 03823 minus 01043 minus 00084 246 208
062 N/A plus 00212 03964 056 03912 22 2117 087
SC Hold it, Fredo.
CC Okay.
SC Start back with Delta-VT.
CC Okay. Delta-VT 03964 and 056 03912 22
2117 087. The next three lines unchanged

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_- SC 2117, 087. The next three lines

are NIA then down noun 81 and noun 61 are minus 2786
minus 16802, 11498, 36159. And the last item GEPO5G at
1651225. Under comments, GDC align (garble) are alined 230
P aligned 170, yaw aligned 002, no ulage. And the burn is SPS
docked based on the PTC (garble).
SC Okay, I think I missed two under
(garble)
CAPCOM Okay, the noun 44 at apogee was N/A
perigee plus 00212.
SC Roger, noun 47.
CAPCOM Okay, weight 63526.
SC Okay, (garble) 63526 plus 090 minus
033 at 06759 3154 plus 03 23 minus 01043 minus 00084
246208262. HA is ne plus 00212 03964 056 03912 22 2117 087
(garble) na noun 61 minus 2786 minus 16802 11498 36159 1651225
sirius rigal 230 170 002 no ullage. It has a SPS dock burn PTC
(garb le)
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, everything's okay, except
two items. Apparently one of us got our flip flops wrong
here. For the atitude block yaw should be 062 and the noun
33 hours should be 076.
SC Roger, the hours are 076 on 33 and
yaw is 062.
CAPCOM Okay, good readback.

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Dead air.

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CC 14, Houston.
SC Houston, 14, go ahead.
CC I just wanted to see if you all
were still around there. You all been looking out the
window lately back in this direction? Seen anything
interesting?
SC No, I haven't looked out for a while.
Got something interesting for us to look at?
CC I was asking you, if you had seen
anything from that vantage point. Pretty dark down here
where I am right now.
SC It's been an hour or so, Fred,
since I took a look at either back in your direction or at
the moon. Let me see if I can see where you are now.
CC I guess the nation on the termi-
nator ought to be somewhere around India, Pakistan, somewhere
in that - along that line.
SC Okay.
SC Houston, 14. We have the moon out
the hatch window right now, Fred-o.
CC Ok ay.
SC And I presume that Antilles is
possibly out the port telescope at this moment.
CC I guess you'll have to wait about
another 20 minutes or so for it to come up in the hatch.
SC Rog. Yeh, it's slipped off of
it's down just a little bit too far for us to see.
CC Let's see, how big a moon are you
seeing there, is it about not quite a half or something?
SC Rog. Short of a half and for size
it appears about like an orange held just short of arms
length. (garble) about a degree and a half to the left.
SC Roger. The board here has you
about 135 000 out now.
SC Okay, that'll make it slightly
over a degree then I guess. As you already know Fred, the
moon starts to take on a little bit of brown and grayish
colors about this point as opposed to being so very
bright as it appears from the earth. You can start to see
a little bit of texture here.
CC Yeh, that's a good word to remember
that texture business.
SC Yeh. And Fred, I have the binoculars
going out window 5 and things are starting to look very
interesting from this point of view.
CC They ought to look a little better
as you- static
SC Houston, 14.
CC Go ahead 14.
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CC I have the home planet out the

hatch window now and where did you say the terminator is?
SC Oh my estimation is somewhere
between the Sudan and India.
SC Rog.
CC And looking at your position, over-
bead here, you ought to have the Phillipines, mainland,
the far East in sight.

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SC As a matter of fact, I do Fred, there

is quite a bit of cloud cover and I'm having a little bit
of difficulty identifying land masses. I be able to pick
it up the next time around, Ed.
CAPCOM Okay. And 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Yeah, I was trying to give you a
sunrise terminator, Ed. I guess from your - I'll get some
pictures here that tell me that what you're probably looking
at is the sun set terminator and that's running right through
Australia and right across the coast of China.
SC Okay, that makes more sense of it, I
am pretty sure I had the Australian continent down at the
bottom of my lighted area and looking up across the Philipines,
there is a great deal of cloud cover in that area, but
there are a few islands standing out. I believe that I can
see the southern tip of India standing out without too much
cloud on it.
CAPCOM Rog, India should be right about at
the edge.
SC Right. Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Is there still a semi-sizeable
tropical storm off the east coast of Australia?
CAPCOM Hey, I'll ask somebody about that
one , Ed.
SC Part of it seems to be in darkness
now, but I seem to be seeing about half of a very large
circulating air mass.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
SC (garble)
CAPCOM Okay, stand by, Ed, we're getting
kind of a bad time right now.
SC Houston, Apollo 14, are you there?
CAPCOM Okay, I think we may be back on good
omni now, Ed, go ahead.
SC Okay, I don't have (garble)
CAPCOM Say that last again, Ed.
SC I say, I don't have very much viewing
time on either the moon or the earth. As it swings past the
window it's very low and we just have a few minutes on each
window. But it's a most inviting and magnificent view, I'm
very glad we have Earth as a home planet. I hope we can
keep it so it is inviting.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed, yeah again looking up at
the big board I can - you can get another 20 000 miles or so,
then you'll be more directly in the Earth Moon plane and you
ought to have them pretty much centered in the window about
then.
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SC Okay, thank you.

SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
SC Right, Fred, I'm watching thru the right
hand rendezvous window at the thermal skin on the LM. Right
now and it is in full sun outside my window and I observed
the sun came directly onto it (static) heat and then cools
off it pops back into shape again as it begins to cool off on
the next cycle. It gives a rippling effect as the sun passes
across it. It's very interesting.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, I heard a little bit of your
onset there, Ed, before Omni B got us again with the bad calm
there. And I guess LM 8 got built just like LM 7 because I
noticed that same sort of thing there.
SC Yeah, I guess that's what it is all
about.

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SC Yes, I guess that's what it's all about.

Thermal protection expands the beam and then contracts. It's
sure doing it on the cycle.
CC With respect to your weather question a
while ago, Ed, they say they do have a weak cyclonic storm
to the west of Austrialia, but they aren't showing anything
to the east and I ambe misunderstood, I thought you said you
saw it over by the sunset terminator to the east.
SC Roger. It appeared to be by the sunset
terminator a very, like a donut shaped cloud several thousand
miles across. It might have been too large for Just the
tropical storm they're talking about. Couldn't be very wide
spread circulation.
CC Yes, I guess they need to go look out the
window down there, too.
SC Okay.

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PAO This is Apollo Control 37 hours

7 minutes ground elapsed time. Very sparse conversation
coming from the crew of Apollo 14. This crew won't be
noted for being verbose. I have some gee whiz numbers on
the mission. Present distance from earth 133 930 nautical
miles, velocity 3 851 feet per second. At 37 hours 7 minutes
ground elapsed time, continuing to monitor air to ground
as long as the crew is awake, this is Apollo Control.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, we're ready to suspend battery
charge on A.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Ail filled up again.
SC Glad to hear it.

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Dead air.

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De ad al r.

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SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC At 39 hours the LM and command module
delta P is reading 0.75.
CAP COM Roger. 0.75.
SC Check.

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CAP COM 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Is Ed around with a headset on?
SC Affirmative.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. I'm not - -
SC I am listening, Fredo.
CAPCOM Yes. I'm not maybe clear on a ques-
tion you had earlier about the ball valves with respect to
time in the burn on MCC-2 but I do have some data here. And
I think crux of it is that if you use a tube of the ball
valves visually showing full open to full closed you'd be
shifting your - what you're actually starting and stopping
you clock by about a quarter of a second from the actual
chamber pressure. But the total delta time is very close.
On that burn you would have clocked 10.15 versus 10.2 via
PC.
SC Okay. You say had we measured PC
we would have clocked 10.15. Is that affirm?
CAPCOM No. You would have - from 90 percent
PC down to 10 percent, you'd got 10.2 seconds and if you'd
started you watch with bank A full open to the bank A needle
showing full closed, you'd measured 10.15, except in the time -
after the time scale, you'd started and stopped you watch
one quarter second to the right. Cause there is a lag in
the - what I'm telling you is there - -
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM There's a lag in those needles moving
by about a quarter of a second from what the actual chamber
pressure is.
SC Okay. I understand.

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Dead air.

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Dead air.

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CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CC I know you'll be happy to hear that we
won't have a need to do the uplink here at 39 40. The state
vector looks in great shape as is.
SC Very good, glad to hear that, you're right.
CC We won't have to work that in to this
busy schedule.
SC Okay. We'll procede to the next item.

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PAO This is Apollo Control 39 hours

59 minutes ground elapsed time. Flight surgeon just re-
ported a few moments ago that apparently lunar module pilot
Ed Mitchell had unplugged his biomed harness and apparently
was preparing to go to sleep. They're somewhat ahead of
schedule on this particular item in that the rest period
is not scheduled to begin until 41 hours ground elapsed
time, which is almost 2 hours from now. One hour from now,
I beg your pardon. I don't see how it could be much
quieter when they were asleep or awake, Judging from the
past several hours sparse conversation. Apollo 14 now
140 147 nautical miles out from earth, velocity 3 657 feet
per second. An update for S-IVB impact which was run at
37 hours approximately ground elapsed time shows the impact
point at 8 minutes 52 - as you were 8 degrees 52 minutes
south 25 minutes - 25 degrees 51 minutes west at a ground
elapsed time of 82 hours 37 minutes 33 seconds. At 40 hours
1 minute ground elapsed time, this is Apollo Control.

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CAPCOM Okay, you're now 93.

SC Okay, 93.
SC (garbled) 1100
CAPCOM Roger, (garbled) 1100
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, the TTC is divergent enough that they're
not going to make it through the next upcoming sleep period
so we'd like you to stop at about zero roll and we'll re-
initialize in the interim you can do any venting or dumping
you might have to do and - before cranking it up again.
SC (garbled) with what we have to do
and everything, we'll probably catch you when we make the
next round.
CAPCOM Okay. Okay, and heaters zero R180 roll
will be okay.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM And 14, Houston, who's duty cook
tonight? Joe?
SC We don't have one right now.

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CAP COM 14, Houston.

SC Right here.
CAPCOM Okay. We'd like an H2 tank number 2
to AUTO.
SC Okay. H2 number 2 going to AUTO now.
CAPCOM Okay, that's a heater switch, Al.
SC Check rights.

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DEAD AIR

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DEAD AIR

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 41 hours

25 minutes GET. According to flight surgeon Willard Hawkins
and here in Mission Control the only one still apparently awake
is Commander Shephard aboard Apollo 14 and he apparently
is settling down into the easy rythmic breathing of one
going to sleep, but Roosa and Mitchell have apparently been
asleep for some time. Apollo 13- Apollo 14 now 143 114
nautical miles from earth. Travelling at a velocity of
3568 feet per second. At this time we will take down the
air-to-ground circuit and should the crew wake up and make
a call back to the control center we will tape this for
delayed playback. 41 hours 26 minutes GET, this is Apollo
Control.

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 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/2/71 0B36 CST 41:33 GET 149/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 41 hours

33 minutes GET. Apparently not everyone is asleep up there,
cause we had a call just a moment ago offering the crew status
and on board read outs so we'll play catch up with th e tape
and go live as quickly as we get through the brief burst of
tape. Lets go.
SC Houston, 14. We are ready with our
crew status report and with the VERB 74.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Got a new CAPCOM now.
Stand by one before you start that report.
SC Okay.
PAO New CAPCOM referred to is Gordon Fullerton
who is replacing Fred Haise at the CAPCOM's console. Some hand
over going on here in the room. Pet Frank being briefed by the
out going Flight Director Gerry Griffin, who will be coming to
the news center as soon as the hand over is complete for brief-
ing on God only knows what, but at any rate he will be coming
over that way. We're standing by live on air ground at 41:35.
SC And Houston, 14.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Go ahead.
SC Okay, Gordon. Fred made his comment
before you left, I guess you're wondering if to reesstablish
PTC before we sack out. Is that affirm?
CAP COM Af fi rmat ive.
_- SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, we're waiting for a good
OMNI to come up before studying that A memory dump. One
reminder is to complete all dumping before you try to start
the PTC again, and a question. With respect to the 02 flow
high columns you had yesterday and any that you might have
had since, we were wondering if you are doing anything differ-
ent than normal procedures as far as the waste management
overboard drain or any other out side drains that control 02 flow
high problem. Over.
SC That's a negative on the procedures.
We're not doing anything unusual there, and we haven't had
any problems today. The 02 flow you saw a minute ago as we
were pumping up the cabin to 57 and as far as the ones that
we had yesterday, we really do have that sacked out.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. 14 Houston, we are ready
for the E mod dump.
SC Okay, Gordon. VERB 74 and coming at
you.
CAPCOM Roger. Apollo 14 Houston, we are
ready to copy your crew status report and on board read outs,
over.
SC Okay. You have (GARBLE) is excellent,
we have a negative medical report. AP C is 37.0, (GARBLE), ROP
' 37.2 RCS of A 87, RCP 89, C86, C88, now we are taking it over

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/2/71 0836 CST 41:33 GET 149/2

SC 41 00 00.
CAPCOM Roger A1 would you say BAT C voltage again.
SC 37.0
CAPCOM Roger, we copy all of those. Go
ahead.
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston, at
41 hours 53 minutes on to the flight of Apollo 14. Our
displays show Apollo 14 presentlly 144 049 nautical miles
away from the earth and traveling at a velocity of 3540
feet per second. The change of shift has been effected in
the mission control center. The orange team of flight
controllers replacing the gold team. There will be a change
of shift briefing in the small auditorium of building 1 in
approximately 10 minutes. This will be a change of shift
briefing with the flight director Gerry Griffin. The modular
space station news conference has been moved from the 9:30
time to 1:30 pm this afternoon. I repeat the modular space
station news briefing has been moved back to 1:30 pm this after-
noon. At 41 hours 54 minutes into the flight of Apollo 14
this is Apollo Control Houston.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, over.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger. We're within rate limits and it
looks like a good place to start the roll rates for PTC.
SC Okay, we're going to hang loose for a few
minutes here before we spin it up.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Stu, when you do get ready to spin up let
us know before you do and we'll catch it at a good point to
start it and give you a GO. Over.
SC Okay, that sounds like a good plan. We
want to make sure that we've got all the activity quieted
down before we spin up.
CAP COM Roger.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at
42 hours, 5 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14. Our
displays now show Apollo 14 at a distance of 144,443 nautical
miles away from Earth. Velocity now reading 3528.5 feet
per second. At this time we will take the line down and
switch to the change of shift news conferenne. At 42 hours,
5 minutes this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at

42 hours 32 minutes into the flight of Apollo 14. Apollo 14
now at a distance of 145 367.8 nautical miles and traveling
at a speed of 3501 feet per second. Since our last report
CAPCOM Gordon Fullerton has had only a brief contact with 14,
with command module pilot Stu Roosa. We'll play that for you
now.

SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM ° Apollo 14, Houston. Go ahead.
SC Okay Gordon, I think we are through
with our, all of our venting for the present time. At any
time you say we will vent up.
CAPCOM Okay. Stand by, I guess we want
to wait here a little bit.
SC Ok ay.
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston.
Surgeon data indicates that the space craft commander Alan
Shepard, Stu Roosa and Ed Mitchell are still awake, but
apparently getting ready to start their rest period. We're
at 42 hours 34 minutes into the flight and this is Apollo
Control Houston.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, its looking good

now, we're starting the (garbled).
SC Okay Gordon, we'll give it a go.
PAO Apollo Control Houston, 42 hours
43 minutes into the flight, that brief exchange was
conversation between Cap Com Gordon Fullerton here in
Mission Control and Stu Roosa, the Command Module pilot.
We now show Apollo 14 at a distance of 145 757 nautical
miles, travelling at an ever increasing speed of velocity
now reading 3489 feet per second. We'll standby and
continue to monitor here in Mission Control, and this is
Apollo Control Houston.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC 14, go ahead
CAPCOM Roger, I'm sorry to have woken you
up, if you'd dozed off, but we'd like you to check the S-band
normal mode voice switch on, and go on to sleep then.
SC Okay, standby.
PAO Apollo Control Houston at 42 hours
57 minutes, that was A1 Shephard responding to CAPCOM
Gordon Fullerton's call. 14 now 146 192 nautical miles
away from earth. Present speed reading 3476 feet per
second.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at

43 hours, 32 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14. We
show the spacecraft presently 147,372 nautical miles out into
space and traveling at a speed of 3442 feet per second.
We've had no contact with the crew of Apollo 14 since our
last report. Commander - spacecraft Commander A1 Shepard,
Stu Roosa, and Ed Mitchell now into their rest period. Our
flight surgeon is presently monitoring data on spacecraft
Commander A1 Shepard. His data indicates that Shepard is
relaxing but probably not yet asleep. At this time we will
take our live air ground line down and bring it back up should
we have contact with Apollo 14. We're at 43 hours 33 minutes
into the flight and this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston, at

44 hours 32 minutes now into the flight. Apollo 14 is presently
149 338 nautical miles out from earth. Its velocity now reading
3384.9 feet per second. We have had no communication with the
crew since our last report. The crew of Apollo 14 now well into
their rest period, our clock in mission control shows 6 hours
and 27 minutes remaining until time of wake up. Meanwhile the
surgeon is following data on spacecraft commander A1 Shepard.
He reports that Shepard entered into a sound sleep at 43 hours
43 minutes GET time. We're at 44 hours 33 minutes into the
flight, and this is Apollo Control Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston, at

45 hours 32 minutes now into the mission. Apollo 14 is now about
a distance of 151 272 nautical miles away from the earth.
It's now traveling at a speed of 3329 feet per second. We've
had no communications with the crew since our last report.
The crew is now well into its rest period - into their rest
period. One of our countdown clocks in the control center shows
a wake-up time of 5 hours 27 minutes from this time. So at
45 hours 33 minutes continuing to monitor, this is Apollo
Control, Houston.
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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at

46 hours 22 minutes into the mission. We now show Apollo 14
at 152 854 nautical miles away from earth, and its present
velocity 3283 feet per second. Our clock in mission control shows
4 hours 37 minutes remaining on the rest period of the Apollo
14 crew. We would also like to repeat at this time an earlier
announcement, the Modular Space Station News Briefing is
scheduled to begin in about 5 minutes, at 1:30 pm. That's
5 minutes at 1:30 pm in the news center briefing room. At
46 hours 23 minutes, this is Apollo Control Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at

47 hours, 32 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14. Our
displays presently show Apollo 14 at a distance of 155,040
and traveling at a velocity of 3202.6 feet per second.
Presently in Mission Control one of our bottom clocks is
counting down to the time of the GMI liftoff update. The
clock presently reads 6 hours, 57 minutes counting down
toward the GET at 54 hours, 30 minutes. One change in the
flight plan and that concerns the housekeeping in the lunar
module. This will be done in the PTC or passive thermal
control mode to conserve RCS propellants. This scheduled
for 61 hours, 45 minutes comes after the clock update.
However, the ground elapsed time will remain exactly as that
shown in the flight time and the Central Standard Time will
remain essentially unchanged. It's been a very quiet day
over the Flight Director's loop. The individual flight
controllers monitoring their systems, talking to their
backrooms, really have very little to say of wide-spread
interest. We're at 47 hours, 34 minutes into the flight
and this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston, at

48 hours 22 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14. We
presently show Apollo 14 at a distance of 156,579 nautical
miles away from earth, traveling at a speed of 3178 feet
per second. Meanwhile in Mission Control over the past
20 to 30 minutes flight director Pete Frank has been
discussing with his flight control team procedures for
A1 Shepard and Ed Mitchell's lunar module housekeeping
chore scheduled for early tomorrow morning and flight plan
changes are emerging. Since there will be no midcourse
correction 3 scheduled, the current outlook is to move
the LM housekeeping forward by 1 hour. Moving forward to
61 hours 20 minutes ground elapsed time from the previously
scheduled 62 hours 20 minutes. This would also move the
television time forward by 1 hour, moving to 60 hours 40
minutes ground elapsed time from the previously scheduled
61 hours 45 minutes ground elapsed time. Honeysuckle will
be the station for this transmission. Considered into the
change - into the changes - is a revision back to the original
flight plan, where by we would not continue with PTCR, the
passive thermal control mode. The consideration given here
was that a waste water dump will have to be scheduled in
any case. The procedure to be followed would be to
schedule this dump as close as possible to the television and
r the housekeeping. The advantage to moving forward by 1 hour
is to put the LM housekeeping activities all on one shift.
The previous planning or scheduling would have a shift change
with about 1 hour remaining in the activity. Also moments
ago the flight dynamics officer has passed along a new
set of updates for S4B impact. The coordinates now read
8 degrees, 40 minutes south, 26 degrees, 19 minutes west
at a ground elapsed time of 82 hours 38 minutes 3 seconds.
Uniquely the spacecraft, Apollo 14 will be passing over
the front side of the moon at the time of impact. This was
not the case in Apollo 12. It should be passing over a
longitude of 61 degrees east at time of impact along its
flight path. This would place it about 30 minutes away
from passing over the longitude of impact. We will shortly
be changing shift here in the Mission Control Center with
the maroon team coming in to replace the orange team of
flight controllers. The orange flight control team took
over this morning shortly before the crew entered its
rest period and we have not heard from them aside from the
first 15 or 20 minutes of our shift. We're at 48 hours 26
minutes into the flight and this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston

at 48 hours, 39 minutes into the flight. We now show
Apollo 14 at an altitude of 157,109 nautical miles, a
velocity of 3163 feet per second. We will repeat an
earlier announcement, that being, that we do have a flight
plan change emerging. Since there will mid-course correction
3, the current plan at mission control is to move the
lunar module housekeeping forward one hour. This would
move that time forward to 61 hours, 20 minutes ground
elapsed time. By the same toke_n-this would also move the
television transmission time forward one hour, moving to
60 hours, 45 minutes ground elapsed time. The Honeysuckle
Station would be the station having acquisition. Further
the decision has been made not to continue in the passive
thermal control - control mode during the lunar module
housekeeping period. This decision being made since there
is a requirement to have a waste water dump and the present
plan or outlook is to move the waste water dump to a time
close to the lunar module housekeeping. There is an
advantage to moving forward the housekeeping one hour,
this advantage being that all of the activity will take
place with one shift of flight controllers. We're in at
48 hours, 41 minutes into the flight and in Mission Control
we're in the process of hand over from the orange to the
maroon team of flight controllers. Since the Apollo 14
crew, A1 Shepard, Stu Roosa, and Ed Mitchell were asleep
for the entire shift, there will be no change of shift
briefing scheduled. This is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 49 hours 32

minutes. At this time in Mission Control the maroon team
headed by Flight Director Milton Windler has completed its
briefing. Each of the Flight Controllers reviewed the status
of the mission and the spacecraft with the Flight Director
and we find everything progressing smoothly at this time.
No problems with the spacecraft. The Surgeon reports that
all the crewmen are healthy. At this time in the sleep
period they've all gotten at least 6 good hours of sleep.
Sleep period is scheduled to last for another hour and
27 minutes. Some of the telemetry data would indicate that
there has been some stirring around in the spacecraft but
at the present time all three crewmen would appear to be
sleeping or at least resting. Coming up on this shift
among the activities is the clock update and this is
scheduled to occur in the flight plan at about 54 hours
45 minutes ground elapsed time. Flight Director Milt Windler
advises us that that won't be an advent that'll occur at
any precise instant but will probably require a total of
about ten minutes to synch all the clocks together at the
updated time but at about 54 hours 45 minutes we would plan
to jump ahead in ground elapsed time to about 55 hours
25 minutes. The exact amount of time to be changed will
depend on assessments as to the need for midcourse correction
4 but the variation would be very slight, a matter of
seconds. At the present time the Flight Dynamics Officer
reports that the midcourse correction 4 if it is needed at all,
would appear to be around 2 feet per second. The additional
tracking data shows the pericynthion to be coming closer to
the preferred 60 nautical miles - we're presently showing
it at 65 and when initial tracking came in yesterday following
a midcourse correction maneuver, the data showed that the
pericynthion was about 67 nautical miles and as expected and
as we've seen on previous missions, additional tracking tends
to confirm that the pericynthion is in fact lower than the
initial tracking shows. At the present time, we show
Apollo 14 traveling at a velocity of 3117 feet per second
and the spacecraft altitude right now is 158 778 nautical
miles. We'll continue to stand by and come up as soon as
we hear any conversation from the crew. As I said the sleep
period is scheduled to end in about 1 hour and 25 minutes
from now. At 49 hours 35 minutes this is Apollo Control,
H o us t on.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 50 hours

32 minutes and at the present time we're awaiting the crew's
awakening. The crew is scheduled to awake from this sleep
period in 27 hours, or rather 27 minutes, 45 seconds and
at the last check with the surgeon we hadn't seen any
indication that the crew was stirring at this time. During
part of the period of time since our last announcement, we've
been on a low bit rate data and have not had heart rates
from the crew, which of course is the primary indication
as to whether or not they're sleeping or beginning to
stir. At this time, Apollo 14 is 160,493 nautical miles
from earth, and the spacecraft velocity, 3,069 feet per
second. This will be a relatively quiet shift as planned
in the flight plan. Coming up we have the clock update
which will occur at about 54 hours 45 minutes. They'll
be running some checks on the S-band communications
equipment and the VHF system in preparation for the
bistatic radar test to be performed later in the mission.
And they'll be changing lithium hydroxide, on the lithium
hydroxide canisters in the command module. There's also
a crew exercise period scheduled at about 57 hours, that
would be using the in flight exerciser, which is an isometric,
isotonic type device. We'll be standing by for the
crew to awake and as soon as we get any conversation from
the spacecraft we'll come up again and begin covering the
air to ground live at that time. At 50 hours 34 minutes
this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 50 hours

54 minutes. We just received a call from A1 Shepard so we'll
pick up and follow any conversations live from this point on.
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CC Apollo 14, this is Houston. Go
ahead.
SC Good morning, Burt. We're reading
you loud and clear. We have completed our post-sleep check
list. We have the rates ready for you when you're ready to
copy.
CC Roger. Go ahead with the postsleep
checklist.
SC Okay. The checklist is complete (garble).
We have the following readings dosimeter. A1 16041, slept
5 hours, Stu 01038, slept 7 hours.
CC Okay, 14. Understand. A1 16041
and 5 hours, Stu 01038 7 hours, Ed 05038 6-1/2 hours. Ovez.
SC That's correct.
CC Apollo 14. This is Houston.
SC Good morning, Bruce, go ahead.
CC Roger. I don't want to interrupt
your eat period, but when you have a convenient time, I have
a plan update for you. It's a fairly lengthy one. Nothing
in the immediate future though.
SC Okay. Stand by.
SC Roger. Roger, stand by for about
5 minutes or so and be advised we completed the LiHO
canister change at 51 hours and the LM command module Delta V
at 5059 plus 0.95.
CC Understand 0.95 for the Delta V and
5059.
SC Affirm.
SC Hey Bruce. I'll take that flight
plan update. Per Se it.
CC Okay Stu, here we go. You may want
to just get out the flight plan and mark out the items as
we go along or you can copy it down, either way.
SC No, I' d rather work on the flight
plan if you give me the right places to go.
CC Okay. Up through 5920, that's
59 plus 20 everything is nominal, and from there on you take
the LM CM DELTA V vent at 59 hours and 25 minutes and move
that up to 59 hours even.
SC Okay, we'll move the LM command
module DELTA V vent up to 59 even.
CC Roger. Take the P 52 that occurs
at 5945 and move it up 10 minutes to commence at 59 35.
Over.
SC Okay. We'll shoot a P 52 at 5935.
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CC Roger. At 60 hours and 20 minutes

you have an 02 fuel cell purge and waste water dump listed.
We want to move those up to 59 hours and 50 minutes. That's
59 plus 50.
SC You still with us? Okay, Bruce, I moved
the fuel cell purge. Yes I've just (garble) in here Bruce.
Moved the fuel cell purge and the waste water dump to 59 50.
CC Roger. Delete midcourse correction
number 3. Over.
SC Jolly good. We'll strike out mid-
course 3.
CC Okay, now everything scheduled
between the times of 60 plus 55 and 64 plus 10 should be
scheduled 1 hour earlier. And if you look at 64 plus 10,
the break point there comes after the VERB 48 and we're
going to have a right in that says establish PTC at 6310
and LOIH canister change comes at the nominal 6412. Over.
SC Okay. Let me go over this one
again. Then everything from 61 hours 64 10 is moved up an
hour. Is that affirmative?
CC Roger. Starting with the prepared
transfer items per LM activation checklist and all that stuff.
SC Okay, we'll move that up 1 hour.
Okay. I've got that. Everything from 61 to 6410, move up
an hour.
CC Roger. Stand by a second.
CC Roger, Stu. At the time of 6310
following the LM housekeeping activities, restablish PTC.
Over.
SC Okay we go to PTC at 632.
CC And perform the lithium hydroxide
canister change at the nominal currently scheduled time of
6412 and pick up the normal flight plan timing in sequence
afterwards . Over.
SC Okay. We'll change the canister
at 6412 on time and then be back on the flight plan.
CC Roger. And I have a 51 hour con-
sumable update for you if you're ready to copy back at 51
hours.
SC Stand by 1.
SC Okay, let her rip, Bruce.
CC Roger. Read me, Stu. I think we're
in the process of changing antenna's.
SC I read you loud and clear. I'm
ready to copy.
CC Okay. GET of 51 hours even, RCS
total 84 percent, ALPHA 84, BRAVO 83, CHARLIE 84, DELTA 84.
H2 tank 1 79.3 79.7, 02 tanks 92 91 45, over.

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SC Houston, Okay, got you at 51 hours

total 84, alpha 84, bravo 83, charlie 84, dog 84 h2 79.3,
79.7 02, 92, 91 and 45.
CAPCOM Roger, and you may be interested
in knowing that at the present time you are only 20 pounds of
RCS fuel below the nominal, so you're really gaining on it
there.
SC I'm sorry Bruce you busted up,
would you start over again please?
CAPCOM Roger, with respect to total RCS
fuel, you are only 20 pounds below the planned RCS budget
at the present time, and you are -
SC Okay, that's broken up pretty
badly, I can read we are 20 pounds below nominal.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu, how do you read now?
SC Okay, I'm back with you and I copied
the 20 pounds.
CAPCOM Roger, and that's really closing
in on the nominal there. A couple of other items that
came up while you were asleep is that we're going to
go ahead and exit PTC for the LM housekeeping, since we
want to have the TV up for it, and we'll just go ahead and
dump the waste water anyway, or, wait a minute, I'll run that
by again. We need to dump the waste water, which will ruin PTC,
consequently we' re going to come out of PTC for the LM house-
keeping and have a good TV attitude to boot. One item is that,
I believe you went to sleep with 1620 showing on the DSKY, which
was continuously updating during your sleep period, and unless
you have strong feelings otherwise, we would rather have a
blank display up on the DSKY to keep from cycling the little
read switches all the time. And another flight plan item,
at 55 hours even, or there abouts we intended to request another
set of photographs of the S4B from you using the data
acquisition camera and the sextant, we'll have an updated
noun 88 for you later on, over.
SC Okay, and say that time again, Bruce.
CAPCOM Roger, 55 plus 00, over.
SC Okay, and we'll blank the DSKY.
CAPCOM Okay - no need to blank it now.
SC For sleep that is.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC No, I understand, for sleep we'll
put it to red.
CAPCOM Roger, Roger. And when you all get your
breakfast well prepared, and you're feeling in a jovial
why we'll proceed with the Bruce and Bo show on the morning
news .

SC Okay, hang on till we all get tuned

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SC in. We sure wouldn't want to miss that.

CAPCOM It' 11 be a couple of minutes yet.
We just got the paper here and we're editing it right now.
SC Okay. S4B, Bruce, I was thinking about
that, I could see through the sextant. You know, I had 2,
it looked like 2 dim stars in the, in the sextant, at that
pointing attitude, and I didn't see any tumbling motion at
all on either one of them, and they were separated probably
by roughly half to 3 quarters of a degree, I'd say .5 to
.6 of a degree separation between the 2 but I really couldn't
see anything that would determine whether I was looking at
the S4B, or a star, a faint star.
CAPCOM Roger, we copy, Stu.
SC I really expected the S - I guess
I really expected the S4B to be a little brighter than
either one of the 2 objects that I looked at.
CAPCOM Okay, stand by please.
CAPCOM 14, Houston, Stu.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Yea, we've just received the
intelligence down here that your family is having lasagna
for your breakfast, over.
SC Oh man, that's good timing.
CAPCOM We thought you'd enjoy hearing about
it.
SC There's nothing better for breakfast
than lasagna, unless it's a sausage onion sandwich.
CAP COM Very good.

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SC Houston. Apollo, 14.

CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Roger, Bruce. I have a few observa-
tions about the light flash experiment that I'd like to
pass on and perhaps you can generate some information from
it that might be useful to us.
CAPCOM Would you stand by a minute, Ed.
SC Okay. Standing by.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Ed,
go ahead with your commentary on the cosmic ray light
flashes and we'll digest what you've got and give you our
views back probably in a couple of hours. Over.
SC Okay, Bruce. First of all, let me
say we all decided to try to darken up - to run the
experiment, at least part of it, last night. I think our
experience was that we probably saw one flash after dark
adapting and probably fell asleep before we saw any more.
At least that's true in my case. I think A1 and Stu stayed
awake a bit longer. However, I think we have seen only
3 types of flashes so far. What we would probably call a
star, a supernova, and a flash or rather and a streak and
I think that I have seen some - I don't recall a name we
tagged to them, but reminiscent of the lightening flashing
in there behind the clouds. Those are the only ones that
we have really identified and it takes awhile to realize
what you are seeing, because it happened so quickly that
it takes a little bit of practice before you can really
recognize these things. I think perhaps after watching
them for another period or so, we will be a little
more experienced at it and we hope to do a more creditable
job of dark adapting and getting the sort of data that
would be liked. My experience is that even the so called
star, the supernova are not as clean a phenomena or clear
a picture as I had in my mind that they would appear.
There still seemed to be at least two flashes, maybe a
bright flash, followed an instant later by a more subdued
flash, or perhaps a halo-like effect. It doesn't seem to
be - there does not seem to be a set pattern in each case.
Sometimes it's a very clear single flash. At times it seems
followed by a halo. Sometimes it seems followed by an
adjacent flash. I guess that's about all I have to say at
the moment.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. I think we've got it all -
SC I'd like to add a few comments on
that too, Bruce.
CAP COM Go ahead.
SC Hey, Bruce. Do you read?
CAPCOM Roger, 14. Go.
SC Okay, Bruce. I'd like to make.
You know, you asked yesterday about whether we saw it before we
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SC were dark adapted, so last night,

I took my flashlight and shined it in both of my eyes and
of course, you know, that should ruin any dark adaption that
you would have and in fact, you know, you got that risidual
glow in your eye for a minute, and then closed them and in
one case less than a minute I started seeing the flashes
and on the second time around, I'd say it's probably around
2 minutes before I started picking them up.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. And were you seeing -
when you started seeing them, did you see a number of
flashes. Ed reported - I think he saw just about one before
he fell asleep.
SC Well, what we did was set the timer
on 20 minutes and I heard the timer go off and by that time
I had only seen 4 or 5 flashes that I could recall. However,
at some other periods during the night - that isn't when
I did the flashlight routine, that was later on more toward
this morning when I started playing with the flashlight and
I - in one case, I saw one and then followed not too long
after that by 4 or 5 and then I haven't really picked up
any pattern on that. You may see one and then 3 or 4 and
you may see one and wait awhile. You can't really - it's
a little difficult to time it in the dark, you know and
get a feel and as far as the - -
CAPCOM Okay. We're switching antennas, Stu.
SC three types, however, my super-
nova - supernova there's explosions in one and very rare I'll
see a - discrete pinpoint of light for a minute and then the
streaks I've noticed are all - what I would consider over at
the periphery of my vision. It just appears that almost all of
the streaks are right along the edge of my eye and I get
the impression that the majority of these - I run in say
longitudinal with the axis of my body. And it seems
rare that I see a streak that's right in the center of my
vision.
SC This is Ed. I have had a little
different experience than Stu has. I don't think that I
have seen quite as many streaks as he seems to, but I have
seen some that appear to be going from right to left, near
the center of the field of vision. However, I have mostly
been concentrating on trying to identify the types as
opposed to locating them and getting their frequency. I did
observe one right after we started to dark adapt about 20 se-
conds. But nothing after that. And as I say I think I fell
asleep sometime within a couple of minutes after that.
CAPCOM Do we have any observations from
the commander?

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CAPCOM Do we have any observations from the

Commander?
SC He's busy cooking breakfast right now.
CAPCOM Oh Roger. And I guess we just went
through an antenna switchover and we've got some news here
if you're all ready.
SC I have only one comment. I think they
echo that the others from the light flashes they do seem to be
raising sort of a showery type pattern. They are visible
in the darkened cabin within a very few minutes after turning
the lights off for a time as one or two minutes. And as
far as the characteristics of the flashes are concerned].
I have observed about what the other guys have.
CAPCOM Roger. We copy, Al.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Are you interested
in some news?
SC Roger. Press on.
CAPCOM Okay. From the sports world, Marquette's
streaking warriors continue to hold forth as the nation's
top ranked college basketball power while unbeaten Southern
California displaced defending champion UCLA in a runnerup
spot. Houston 15 to 3 is a newcomer to the top 20. The
Cougars who play Long Island U in Madison Square Garden
Thursday night move into the number 18 spot. USC and
UCLA will collide Saturday at Southern Cal. Too bad we don't
have a TV uplink for you.
SC It'd be pretty nice.
CAPCOM 14, this is Bo Barko. How do you read?
SC Good morning Bo, a lot better. How are
you?
BARCO Just fine sir. This is Washington
Associated Press. The Food and Drug Administration said
tests on compressed fish products such as frozen dinners,
fish sticks and fish cakes some mercury content well below
the danger level. The FDA said Monday, more than 80 samples
contained an average mercury level of .06 parts per million
under FDA guidelines - fish with a half part per million is
withdrawn form the market.
SC Seems reasonable to me.
CAPCOM The chill blast of a February norther
blew into Texas Monday dropping the temperature sharply after
the summer like weather which closed out last week. January's
last day saw temperatures in the 90s in several points in
deep south Texas. And it was one of the dryest month's ever
back here in Houston - in Texas. The Dallas weather station
for example measured .16 of 16 one hundredths of an inch of
rain against the normal 2.32 inches for January.
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BARKO The rarest atom particle reported found -

New York, Associated Press, physicists from the University
of California reported Monday they have discovered the
rarest and the most elusive of the nuclear particles that
were in the atom. They found the particles track in a
photograph of the nuclear interaction. An inch long foot-
print it left during its brief flight time of 15 billionths
of a second. The particle is called the anti-mega-minus
baryonon anti particle. The mirror image of matter as we
know it on earth. The discoverers related to the idea that
somewhere out there in space there are galaxies made up of
anti matter just as galaxies are star clusters such as the
one we live in - the milky way is made of that matter.
SC Hey Bo. I think I saw one of those just
go by the window.
BARKO Grab it quick. Hey, Stu.
SC How long did you say the track was?
Bo - how long did they say the track was that they had seen?
BARKO An inch long footprint it left during
its brief lifetime of 15 billionths of a second. They say
we had a standing offer of a case of champagne to whoever
found it, Goldhaber said, when I get back to the Lab I have
to deliver.
CAPCOM Do you think Stu qualifies for one also?
SC Ail right. Let it get away Bruce.
SC That's a pretty great piece of news.
CAPCOM Okay. On Wall Street, investors bought
heavily on Monday giving the Dow Jones Industrial average
its highest single day gain of the year. The Dow Jones
average of 30 industrials stocks closed up at 877.81 up
nine points 31. for the biggest one day jump in 71. Trading
was heavy throughout the session with the New York Stock
Exchange ticker backed up a minute or more several times
during the day. The tape was 3 minutes late at the close.
BARKO Washington - UPI - The administration
is considering a pollution tax such as a levy on emissions
of air polluting sulphur dioxides. In an effort to give
industry an incentive to clean up President Nixon's economic
report said Monday. The report prepared by the President's
council of economic advisors and sent to Congress under
Mr. Nixon's signature said a tax may be a more effective
way to control pollution than direct government regulation.
CAPCOM At 9:03 tonight the Apollo 14 crew will
begin operating under NASA's own version of daylight savings
time. The readjustment of the mission clocks will bring
the flight back to the actual real time (Greenwich mean time)
for activities as scheduled in the flight plan. At 9:03 PM
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CAPCOM the flight will be 54 hours into the

mission. However, under the nominal flight plan the 54
hour mark should have been reached at 8:23. To correct this,
the crew will move their mission elapsed time clock ahead
40 minutes to coincide with the real time clock.
BARKO This is by Francis Dodds, Austin - A
bill creating an upper level college at Clear Lake as a
branch of the University of Houston has been approved by
the Senate Education Committee. The bill introduced by
Senator Chet Brooks of Pasadena will create the University
of Houston Clear Lake Campus primarily to serve six area
junior colleges. A proposed 360 acre campus is adjacent to
the Manned Spacecraft Center. The proposed college must
be started immediately Hoffman said for two reasons. To
be of service to San Jacinto Junior College, Alvin Junior
College, Brazoport Junior College, Lee Junior College,
College of the Mainland and Galveston Community College and
to help limited enrollment at the University of Houston's
main campus to 30 000. And then on later it says the
University of Houston Clear Lake would accept students with
56 or more semester hours and would offer degrees to the
masters level.
SC That's pretty interesting news.
SC Yeah.
CAPCOM Rochester, New York. Brooks Robinson
outstanding player in the World's Series with his glove and
bat was named Monday night as winner of the 21st annual
Hickok professional athlete of the year award. The 33 year
old third baseman of the baseball champion Baltimore Orioles
won by a large margin over another veteran - 43 year old
George Blanda, quarterback of pro football Oakland Raiders.
Robinson who hit 428 in the World's series and made a
series of those spectacular fielding plays in the 5 game
triumph over the Cincinnati Reds received 62 of the 146
first place votes by a panel of sports writers and newscasters.
And that winds up the news for this evening down here - this
morning up there. Goodnight or morning Bo.
BARKO I'm going home and have dinner.
SC I thank you guys.
SC Didn't understand that bit about changing
the time on the Apollo 14 crew. I can't figure what those
guys are doing that for.
SC Hey, that was a good newscast. You know
you're pretty high in the ratings up here.
CAPCOM Okay. Thank you. Appreciate it.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 51 hours 56
minutes. Helping out CAPCOM Bruce McCandless on reading
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PAO the news there was astronaut Karol

Bobko. And at the present time Apollo 14 is traveling
at a velocity of 3002 feet per second and we show the current
altitude 162 934 nautical miles from earth.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 52 hours

2 minutes. We'll be coming up in the next few minutes on the
bistatic radar frequency check. This will be a check of the
spacecraft communications frequencies on the unified S-band
and the UHF in preparation for an experiment.
CC This is Houston. When you're con-
figured in a suitable VHF mode for the S170 bistatic radar
frequency check, give us a call, and then we'll secure the
S-band uplink for about 5 minutes on you. There's no great
rush involved in this.
SC Okay. We'll start to configure now
and give you a call.
CC Roge r.
PAO The bistatic radar experiment, which
will be performed in lunar orbit, will utilize the spacecraft
unified S-band and VHF transmitters to reflect radio signals
off the surface of the moon. And these will be received on
earth and hopefully the -
SC We're configured on the flight plan
at 52 hours. Standing by.
CC Roger. We're going to go ahead and
secure our S-band uplink. Delay that 14. We're going to wait
until your rotation in PTC brings us around to the point where
we can utilize OMNI BRAVO for the frequency measurement and
I'll give you a call just prior to our turning off the uplink.
SC Okay, Bruce.
SC Houston, 14. Speaking of daylight
savings time. Our sun comes up very regularly every 20 minutes.
CC Roger. We copy.
CC That's probably not unreasonable for
the small size planet you're in right now.
PAO Ed Mitchells comment about the sun
coming up every 20 minutes refers to the fact that the space-
craft is currently in its passive thermal control mode or it's
rotating at the rate of 3 revolutions per hour or 1 revolution
every 20 minutes.
CC Apollo 14. This is Houston. We're
going to secure the S-band uplink for approximately 4 minutes
5 minutes at this time. If you need us for anything, just
give us a call. We can still receive you. We still have TM
and we'd bring the uplink back up. Over.
SC Roger. You're turning the S-band off
now. Is that affirm?
CC Roger. We are turning the uplink
portion of S-band off at the present time.
SC Okay.
CC Roger. Out.
CC Apollo 14. This is Houston. On S-band
we have the uplink back up. We would like to leave the VHF
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CC configured as is, however you'd better

call about 20 minutes from now.
CC Apollo 14, Apollo 14, this is Houston.
How do you read?
SC You're loud and clear, Bruce. 14.
CC Roger. As you may gather. We have
the uplink back up at this time. We'd like to remain in the
existing VHF COMM configuration until we give you another
call. That'll be about 20 minutes from now. Over.
SC Okay. We're easy to get along with.
We'll stand by on this configuration.
CC Roger. Out.
CC Apollo 14. This is Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead.
CC Roger, Ed. Down at the Cape there's
a Thor Delta with a NATO communications sattelite on it that
is about 1 minute and 40 seconds from ignition. If you're
in such an attitude that you can view the Cape, you might try
a P22 and pick it up in the sextant. Latitude 28.5, longitude
over 2, 45.5. I say again, 28.5 and 45.5. That's your option.
Over.
SC Okay. I don't think we're going to
be around in time. Al's looking at the earth out the window
5 right now.
CC Okay. Maybe you could try the
monocular. But it probably doesn't hold much hope.
SC Ok ay.
SC Yes, he's got the monocular out now
and that's 28.5
CC Roger. 28.5 lattitude.
SC Cooridinates
CC Latitude 28.5 and longitude over
2, 45.5.
SC Okay. 28.5 45.5. We'll try it and
Al's looking with the monocular now.
CC Roger. Longitude over 2 is negative
40.5, negative 40.5.
SC Okay minus 40.5.
CC Okay, Stu, 321 ignition, down at
the Cape.
SC Okay. I didn't get the optics on it.
The earth wasn't quite around. It just went out of the number
5 window just before you come.
CC Roger. We just thought we'd send
the info up in case you happened to be in a handy attitude.
CC Apollo 14, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CC Roger, Al. We thought you might be
interested in knowing we have a Dr. House down here at
the Surgeons console for a few minutes watahing the progress
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CC of the mission.
SC Good evening, William. Glad to
have you aboard.
CC He's waving back.
SC Tell him everythings fine.

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SC Tell him everything's fine, Bruce.

CAPCOM He rogers that. We understand that
Doctor House is the surgeon who performed the successful
operation on A1 Shepard's ear, which cleared up the inner
ear problem, and is allowing him to make this flight.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 52 hours
47 minutes. Flight dynamics officer, Dave Reed has just
completed briefing the flight controllers here in the
control center on the procedures that will be followed and
the rational for the clock update, which is scheduled to
occur at about 54 hours 45 minutes, at which time the
clocks in the computer complex here will be reset ahead
40 minutes and essentially placing us back on the flight
plan, both in terms of ground elapsed time and in terms of
central standard time. One of the finer points being
considered at the moment is whether to update precisely
40 minutes, or to update 40 minutes and 3 seconds, which
is in fact the exact amount of time that was made up in
the maneuver. In other words the point at which the
spacecraft crosses the 180 degree maridian, if we update
40 minutes and 3 seconds we will be precisely on the GET
at which that event will occur, and at the present time
the vote here in the control center as to whether to update
40:03 or 40:00 stands at 1 to nothing in favor of 40:03, and
we'll let you know how the polling progresses. For the most
part no one seems to have too much of an opinion. The
reaction seems to be about the same as the reaction that
came in from the post flight evaluation team which is going
to have to sort out all of these numbers and make everything
agree and see that nothing gets confused, and that reaction
was something to the effect of, if you have to update, do
it any way you see fit. One point that Dave Reed made, was
that precautions will be taken to see that, in addition to
keeping people from getting confused by the update, to see
that the computers are also not confused by the update.
In describing the rationale for the update, we mentioned
that the booster, the saturn 3rd stage , the S4B is targeted
to place the spacecraft at the moon at the proper sun time
regardless of the time that it lifts off from earth. Recognizing
then that the lift off time was 40 minutes late, the
booster guidance system targeted a trajectory which was
some what flatter, which arrived at the moon approximately
40 minutes earlier than it otherwise would have, and we're
now in the process through this flight plan update, through
GET update rather, of making the clock and the flight plan
once again agree, and as I mentioned, once the update is
c_rried out, the GEl' time on the clock here in mission control
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PAO will once again agree with the flight

plan and the times that are in the flight plan reference
to central standard time, wi!l also be back in synch with
the current central standard time.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We've concluded
the VHF measurements. You can turn VHF ranging and the
VHF switches off.
SC Okay, thank you.
CAPCOM During the bistatic radar frequency
check which was just completed, the spacecraft VHF signal
was being received by a 150 foot dish antenna at Stanford,
and the spacecraft unified S-band signal was being
received by the 210 foot dish at Goldstone California.
Reception of these signals will allow teams at these 2
receiving locations to get a frequency calibration which
will later be used during the period of orbital science
when the bistatic radar experiment is performed from the
command module, basically this experiment consists of
reflecting the UHF and, VHF and S-band signals off the
surface of the moon, and when they're received back on earth
certain conclusions can be reached about the dielectric
characteristics of the lunar surface. At 52 hours 59
minutes Apollo 14 is 164,717 nautical miles from earth and
the spacecraft velocity is now droped below 3,000 feet per
second. We're currently reading 2,954 feet per second.
SC Okay, Bruce, did you get the torquing
angle?
CAPCOM That's affirmative, Stu. And do you
have a time for us?
SC Hello Houston, i4.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston loud and clear.
We have your torquing angles, do you have the time for us?
Apollo 14, Apollo 14, this is Houston, can you read?
SC Okay, read you loud and clear Bruce.
Did you have lock up? Did you get the torquing angles?
CAPCOM Roger, we've got the torquing angles.
Do you have a time at which you torqued for us?
SC Rog, that was 53 plus 11 plus 30.
CAPCOM Roger that.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. We'd

like to get battery BRAVO on charge now. Over.
SC Okay. Will do. Battery BI_AVO.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 53 hours,

58 minutes. We're now just about 45 minutes away from the
scheduled updating of the clocks here in Mission Control.
The flight plan calls for the GET update to occur at about
54 hours, 45 minutes. However, the precise timing of it
is not critical. And it will more than likely be done at
some point when we're in communication with the crew and
when the timing is right as far as making the changes in
the real time computer clock complex. The flight dynamics
officer has come up with a new set of coordinates for the
predicted S4B impact on the moon. They are as follows:
8.4 degrees south and 25.9 degrees west, and the predicted
ground elapsed time of impact is 82 hours, 37 minutes,
42 seconds. And of course that GET time will be updated
by approximately 40 minutes. You'll be able to add about
40 minutes to that time to get the post update ground
elapsed time of impact. The update will be 40 minutes and
3 seconds. The straw vote that was taken in the control
center turned out one to nothing in favor of 40 hours -
40 minutes, 3 seconds as opposed to 40 minutes, 00 seconds.
The retro-fire officer was the only one voting and it
was his preference that we do the update 40 minutes, 03 se-
conds, which puts the flight plan precisely in synchronization
with Greenwich Mean Time at that time. The things that were
considered in making that choice - updating by 40 minutes
and 3 seconds as opposed to 40 minutes and 0 seconds, in
the one case, it makes the flight plan and the ground elapsed
time perfectly in synchronization with no seconds left over.
However, in updating 40 minutes and 3 seconds as opposed to
40 minutes and 0 seconds it complicated computing back to
get the real ground elapsed time. The difference, of course,
relatively minor and since the only one who really seemed
to have a preference was the retro-fire officer, flight
director Milton Windler decided to yield to that preference
and we'll update by 40 minutes and 03 seconds adding that
amount of time to the current ground elapsed time. I would
like to repeat also an announcement that was made earlier
and that is that the television scheduled for the next
shift at 408 central standard time has been moved up one
hour. This was done because of the deletion of the mid-
course correction of mid-course correction 3 opportunity.
That maneuver is not needed and will not be performed in
order to keep the LM housekeeping acitvities all on the same
shift. The flight plan was in effect condensed - everything
moved up an hour and the television which is associated with
the LM housekeeping was also moved up, so that the current
schedule for the TV is at 308 a.m. tomorrow morning. At the
present time we show Apollo 14 traveling at velocity of
2906 feet per second and the altitude is 166,487 nautical
f
miles.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston, over.

SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM 14, Houston, I've got a string of pads here
for you, starting off with a flight plan update and a little
later a T ephem update and 2 maneuver pads. When you're ready
to copy, let me know.
SC Roger, Bruce. Some figures here, we're just
finishing up one of the experiments. We'll be ready in
a minute.
SC Houston, Apollo 14. Ready to copy.
CC Roger, 14. On the flight plan update.
At 55 plus 40 PGETLOU. We'd like to perform some more S4B
dim light photos in PTC using P52 with the following NOUN 88
unit vectors.
SC Stand by.
CC 14, this is Houston. How do you read?
SC Okay, we're reading loud and clear.
CC Okay. Did you copy any of that?
SC Just how do you read that's the first part
is what we got.
CC Any of the flight plan update?
SC Negative. (garble)
SC Houston, 14. We're not reading you.
CC Okay. How now, 147
SC Okay, go ahead.
CC Beautiful. Alright, flight plan update
at 55 plus 40 PGET LOU perform S4B dim light photos while
in PTC using P52 with the following values per NOUN 88, Ri
minus 47607 minus 79244 minus 38131, Camera procedures and
film magazine will be identical to those for the earth darkside
photos. The S4B should be visible in the sextant between roll
angles of 078 degrees down to 005 degrees. Over.
SC Okay, at elapsed time of 05540 we will again
take the S4B photographs in the P52 NOUN 88 minus 47607 minus
79244 minus 38131 using camera magazine and earth darkside
photographs. The sextant roll angles including 078 down to
005.
CC Roger. Readback correct. And that 5540
time is the Post GET liftoff update time and we're preparing
to give you a liftoff time update now.
SC Understand. That's new time.
CC Roger.
CC 14, Houston. T EPHEM update. Over.
SC Go ahead.
CC Roger. T EPHEM 0ID0300006 identifier 04 35223
identifier 0516020, the DELTA in time is 40 minutes 02.9
seconds added to GET and subtracted for T EPHEM. Over.
SC Okay, the update identifier 0300006 identifier
04 35223 identifier 0516020, the DELTA T 40 minutes 02.9
seconds add to GET
CC Houston. Roger. Out. And I have an update
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CC to your liftoff plus 60 pad.

SC Okay, go ahead.
CC Okay, on P37 liftoff plus 60 060005381
minus 16511700. Over.
SC Roger. GET time is 060005381 minus
16511700.
CC Readback correct. I have a change to the
previously passed SPS

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CAPCOM Readback correct. I have a change to

the previously pass SPS G&N flyby pad P-30 for you. Over.
SC Okay. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. The time of TIG NOUN 33 should
be 077 39 minutes 3444 seconds and down at the bottom of
the pad GET of .05 g should be 165 52 28 and both of these
last pads assume the GET update. Over.
SC Okay. NOUN 33 of the LOI minus 5 is
077 39 3444 and GET is 0 - .05 g 165 52 28. The rest re-
mains the same.
CAPCOM Roger. Readback is correct.
CAPCOM 14 Houston. Now you're figured in POO
if you can give us ACCEPT we will send you a state vector
update to improve your pointing accuracy for the S-IVB
photography and a liftoff time update to adjust the GET
in accordance with the pads that we've passed you. Over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM And 14, we're going to hold off for a
few minutes here on the uplink till we get a good antenna
switchover and that'll be coming at you.
SC Roger. Understand.
PAO The uplink that CAPCOM Bruce McCandless
was referring to is the elapsed time update and that will
be uplinked via telemetry to the spacecraft clocks and
shortly after we would expect the clocks here in Mission
Control also to be updated.
SC In the metal composite specimen number 4
has been cooked and cooled and recorded.
CAPCOM Thanks a lot.
PAO The Guidance Officer reports that he's
ready now to uplink the revised elapsed time to the clocks
onboard the spacecraft. And Guidance and Retro report that
we're now updated onboard.
CAPCOM The uplink is completed. I'd expect
you'll want to reset your mission timers.
SC Okay. We'll do that. And we'll also
call (garble)
CAP COM Okay. Thank you.
PAO And our telemetry data now shows the
spacecraft Command Module computer clock to be reading 553430.
Once the update is completed here in the control center we'll
have one clock which will be designated G.E.T. and will be
reading the updated ground elapsed time. Next to that, the
clock designated TV-5 will be reading the original or actual
ground elapsed time and of course we'll lag 40 minutes 3
seconds roughly behind the updated GET clock. And we just
had the clocks here in the Control Center updated and we're
now on Liftoff savings time -
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SC 53 T EPHEM for us?

SC My update was 16020.
CAPCOM Okay. Stand by we'll be glad to -
PAO This is Apollo Control. Our revised
time now reading 55 hours 46 minutes 22 seconds. Those
elapsed time updates were made at following times 54 53 30
on the spacecraft and that command was uplinked by the
Guidance Officer.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. I've got a few words on the T EPHEM
situation. Probably the most -
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Probably the most significant part of
the whole discussion is that both values of T EPHEM are correct
and the way that they arrive at this is as follows. The
left hand most digit of the octal representation of T EPHEM is
coded to include a sign. If you break the left hand most
digit down into the 3 binary bits, the first bit being zero
represents positive. The first bit being a one represents
negative. In the value of T EPHEM, update on the pad you'll
notice that in the R3 load it was 16020 which is a positive
on e

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CAPCOM 020, which is a positive 16020. In

the value that you read out of the command module computer,
you will notice that R2 was 1 least significant digit larger
than the pad value. That is 35224, and R3 having the left
hand most digit of 5, was in reality, equal to a minus 16017,
which is then subtaacted from the 1 digit larger value of
R2. Does that make sense to you all, over.
SC I affirmative. In other words you
want us to leave the loads the same.
CAPCOM Roger, either load is correct. The
command module computer does not force a positive sign or
a negative sign on the octal value, but accepts what ever it
happen to come up with, so either load is correct, over.
SC Okay, assuming we have no more updates,
how would you like us to update the T EPHEM of the LM, using
the 1706 values.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. I'll catch you
when signal strength comes back up.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger, back on the question of which
set of T EPHEM to load, you can load either one in the LM. If
you want a recommendation, we recommend the pad value, but
either one would be satisfactory, over.
SC Okay we'll call 1706 when we make
our load. Thank you.
CAP COM Roger.
SC And Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay Bruce, we've got something in
the sextant with those angles. It could be the S4B, it's
right off to the edge in the sextant field of view and being
tracked by the CMC on those angles, and I'll look at it again
on the next pass, and take some pictures of it after that.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu, very good. Could you tell
that the object was tumbling, or anything like that, do you
think?
SC I'll, I'm going to look at it again.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. For your information,
the major tumble motion now has a period of 5 minutes and
46 seconds on the S4B, over.
SC Okay, thank you.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 56 hours 9
minutes. Apollo 14 now 168,880 nautical miles from earth,
and the spacecraft velocity, 2,842 feet per second. In
mission control at this time, we are in the midst of a
shift handover. Flight Director on the shift coming on is
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/2/71 CST221t GET55:48 MC/173/2

PAO Jerry Griffin. Of the gold team of

flight controllers, the capsule communicator will be
astronaut, Fred Hayes. We are planning a change of
shift briefing tn the MS(; n_,ws cent_,r brlt, flng room, _nd
we estimate that, that briefing will be ready to begin in
about 15 minutes.

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SC Houston. 14.
CAPCOM Alright. Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay. Yes. You really got the
S4B coincided with those angles. Now the other cycle
around I picked up a star that's also in the field of view
and the S4B is tumbling and you can see it right at the
start when it comes in on this one and then it disappears
and comes back in right toward the end. So we're definitely
locked in with those pointing angles that's got the S4B right
near the center of the sextant and what I picked up the
first time around evidently is a star and it's over toward the
edge of field - of the field of view.
CAPCOM Okay. And - understand you're going
to try see that the next time around, huh?
SC Yes. We'll try to get some pictures -
I guess I'll try to - I think I'll look at it one more time
and try to get a time frame or roll angle where it's visible
in the sextant and then try to take the pictures at that
time.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. That sounds good. It
isn't going to be going anywhere.
SC Okay. No, we'll be hanging around
here for awhile.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC I just w,anted to say good morning
so I'd know how to talk to you today.
CAPCOM Well, good morning. That isn't
quite good morning, yet.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
SC In case I don't remember, yesterday
I was talking about the oil canning effect that the heat
contracting - the heating and cooling of these panels.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC And remember you said it looked like
the same thing that was happened to LM7.
CAP COM Af firm.
SC Okay. I thought I' d let you know
that I think our oil can wrinkles are prettier than LM 7's
oil can wrinkles.
CAP COM Ok ay.
PAO This is Apollo Control, 56 hours
32 minutes ground elapsed time. Here in the control room
the Gold Team flight director Jerry Griffin is conferring
with the various console engineers, finding out what items
have to be covered during the next 8 hours of the shift.
Each man goes red on the flight director's status board
and after he completes the conversation the button goes
r- green. The offgoing flight director, Milton Windier, is
now in route to the Houston News Center for Change of Shift
APOLLO ]4 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/2/71, 22:35 CST, 56:12 GET 174/2

PAO Press Conference. He is accompanied

by his flight dynamincs officer, Dave Reed. The group should
be at the News Center in about 10 minutes to begin the
Change of Shift Press Conference. Apollo 14 now 169,565
nautical miles from Earth, velocity 2823 feet per second.
At 56 hours 34 minutes ground elapsed time this is Apollo
Control.

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PAO This is Apollo Control. The Change of

Shift Press Conference with the off going Flight Director
Milton Windler is going to start momentarily in the small
briefing room in the Apollo News Center in Houston. 56
hours 40 minutes GET. This is Apollo Control OUT and
accumulating tape until after the Press Conference.

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PAO This is Apollo Control 57 hours 3 minutes

ground elapsed time. We have about a minute and a half of
accumulated air to ground voice tapes that were recorded
during the Change of Shift Press Briefing which is now fin-
ished. We'll play those tapes back. Meanwhile, Apollo 14
is now 170 374 nautical miles out from Earth, velocity con-
tinuing to decrease 2802 feet per second. Let's listen to
that minute and a half of tape and then rejoin the air to
ground live for any conversation perchance develop between
ground and Apollo 14. Let's roll the tape.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead 14.
SC Hey, Fred, just for curiosity sake just
how far away is the S-IVB?
CAPCOM Stand by.
CAP COM 14, Houston
SC Go ahead.
SC Do you have any estimate as to how the
S-IVB is away, Stu.
CAPCOM Stand by one.
SC Hey, Fred, Apollo 14.
CAP COM Go ahead.
SC Okay, after looking through the optic
and judging the size and its relative motion through the
celestrial sphere, I estimated at 2178 miles from us.
CAPCOM Stu, you might replace the rendezvous
radar yet. The number they gave me was 2400 nautical miles.
(garbled) going away at about 1 nautical mile a minute.
SC Ok ay .
PAO This is Apollo Control. That completes
the brief accumulated tape of the communications between the
Apollo 14 and the ground. We're back live now on the air
to ground circuit, continuing to monitor as long as the crew
is awake. Fifty-seven hours 6 minutes ground elapsed time.
This is Apollo Control.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay. Have you verified the ascent
switch at GDC.
SC Okay. It's verified, Houston.
CAP COM A1 ri gh t.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay. If you can give us an accrual accept
we'll pump up a CMC clock update.
SC Okay, accrual accept.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. The computer's yours.
SC Okay, thank you.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, FAO would like to know about
when Stu took the S-IVB pictures and how much you got re-
maining on that sequence camera mag.
SC Okay, Houston, standby one.
SC Okay, Fred, I took them- sort of reverse
order but in using pretty much the same procedures (garble)
however, I think I'm going to end up with streaks on the
film because you know the way the CMC tracks the objects
but at 57 hours even I took, I ran 2 seconds at 24 frames
per second five hundredth and then I took 1 frame at 1/60 for
20 seconds, 1 frame at 1/60 for 5 and then at 57:20, I
took one frame at 1/60 for 50 seconds and had to cut it
off there, couldn't get a full minute and then ran off another
strip and I'm calling it 78 percent left on the magazine.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. I copied ali of that, thank
you.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Got a little configuration change
for you on panel 226. We'd like to get 02 tank 50 watt
heater number 3 main A open.
SC Okay. Let's run that again now.
It's 02 the 50 watt heater on 02 tank 2.
CAPCOM Negative. 02, 3 main A. 3 main A,
Stu. And the reason is they want to look at a couple of
cycles which is two elements of the heaters going out on
3.
SC Okay. On 02 tank 3 we pull the main A
50 watt heater.
CAP COM That's affirm.
CAPCOM And we'll stay with that configura-
tion through the evening so we can get at least 3 or 4 cycles
on it.
SC Ok ay.
PAO This is Apollo Control 58 hours
2 minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 currently 171 932
nautical miles out from Earth. Velocity continuing to
decellerate now at 2761 feet per second. Current ground
elapsed time for midcourse correction number 4, if it should
indeed be performed, is 77 hours 38 minutes 24 seconds.
RCS burn of about 3 feet per second. Current estimates on
the S-IVB impact, time of 83 hours 17 minutes 45 seconds.
Latitude 8.4361 south, longitude 25.9365 west.

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PAO The calculated weight of the space-

craft, the docked weight of the CSM and lunar module is
97143 pounds. Continuing to leave the air-ground circuit
open at 58 hours 3 minutes, ground elapsed time this is Apollo
Control.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. There's a request from down
here to run through a little four step exercise in having
A1 check his electro leads and see if we can find anything
early here, so we got time to do something about it before
ya'll get around to the suiting up part of it. And I guess
that's at Al's convenience in the next few hours and everything so
he can work it in maybe.
SC Okay, we're fixing to have lunch
right now, let A1 think it over to see when he wants to try
to do it.
CAP COM Ok ay.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay. Ue're ready to terminate charge
on battery B.
SC Okay.

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_'- SC Houston, 14.

CAPCOM Okay, 14, standby one. Unti 1 1 can get a
better com line (garble)
CAPCOM 14, Houston. How do you read now?
SC Okay, read you loud and clear. This is
Al. Understand you're still having a problem with my sensors.
CAPCOM Negative, Al. The situation is you did
have the problem for launch and then it mysteriously went
away and what they'd like is visual inspection of the gear
to see if we have anything that looks abnormal that we might
think about fixing at this time rather than wait until just
before suit-up time where we'd like to not fiddle with
any thing.
SC I have checked all the sensors, Fred, and
they ail seem to be firmly in place. They don't appear to
have moved. I did have some garble in the gober cable at one
time and that has been changed and now you can compare gober
cables that might have made the difference. I can switch back
to that and take a check on that one if you want to.
CAPCOM No, I don't think that's necessary. I
might just tell you what they had in mind here and see if
you - to kind of cover all of the places they
wanted you to check around each of the electrodes they
wanted to know if you had any of the paste that appeared
to leak out that you could see stain under the large round
pieces of tape you got over them, was the first item. Then
another inspection thing was to look at the solder joints
that's the areas that had the little plastic sleeves over
them, to see if you could see anything that appeared to be
cracked or coming loose in there and I guess the last in-
spection item was the - in your bio-belt to check that the
top and bottom connectors on the blue, the little blue EKG
signal conditioner was all tight.
SC Okay, we have one that appears to have
leaked a little bit. It's the bottom one on the sternum.
CAPCOM Okay, the bottom one on the sternum.
Okay, and I guess the only other square which should be
pretty easy to fill here, Al, is looking at your data now
is to sequentially put some firm pressure on each of the
three sensors for about 10 seconds giving a call down when
you're applying the pressure.
SC Okay. Understand you're ready now?
CAPCOM That's affirm looking at your
data now.
SC Okay, in the top (garble) I am pressing
down the one closest to the right sholder now.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SC And I'm releasing on that one now.
CAP COM Okay.
SC On the top of the sternum I'm pressing
down the center one now.
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CAP COM Roger, Al.

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SC Releasing that one now?

CAP COM Ok ay.
SC The top of the sternum pressing
down the center one now.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SC And releasing now.
CAP COM Okay.
SC Okay. And the bottom of the
bottom of the sternum the ones that appears to have leaked
a little bit I'm pressing down now.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SC And releasing now.
CAP COM Roger.
SC (garbled) released.
CAPCOM Okay. I think that fills all the
items I got here, Al.
SC Okay. This is Al, Houston. I under-
stand that we're cleared to continue with the present harness
and cable configuration.
CAPCOM Yes. For the time being that's the
word, Al. But they're going to look at the data. I guess
the botto m one you pushed on showed more change than the
others and I they're going to look at it a while and decide
if they want to do anything about that bottom one I guess.
SC Okay.
SC Houston, i4.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Apollo 14.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. I can barely make you
out there. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, 14. Houston. You should be
alright now. Go ahead.
SC Okay, Fredo, Inquiring about the
LM/command module delta P pass at 59 hours, is that number
2.7 still good since we have already been in the LM and
had a problem with our probe?
CAPCOM Stand by one.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. The answer is the
2.7 number is a good one.
SC Roger. Roger.
SC Apollo 14. We have the ali bias
check if you're ready to copy.
CAPCOM Okay. Go ahead, Al.
SC At the end of the 100 seconds it
was reading minus 98.9.
CAPCOM Ok ay.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, 59 hours 10

minutes ground elapsed time. Most recent conversation very
breif exchange some moments ago about some spurious signals
or at any rate some problems with one of the sensors on
spacecraft commander Shephards' medical harness. And they
wanted to get the problem sorted out prior to the time the
crew suited up for the lunar landing. Apparently it's just
some looseness in the sensor and the surgeon is toying with
the idea of perhaps having him put some additional paste
underneath the sensor and another piece of tape. This will
be resolved at some later time. Here in the control room,
the spacecraft communicators are having a seperate handover
from the rest of the flight control team. Apollo 14 backup
lunar module pilot, Joe Engle is placing Fred hayes at the
Capcoms' console. Apollo 14 now 173 754 nautical miles out
from Earth, velocity 2712 feet per second. 59 hours 12 minutes
ground elapsed time, still up live on air-to-ground and looking
at a TV pass to begin later in the morning as the crew begins
the housekeeping chores in the lunar module. This is Apollo
Control.

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SC Houston, 14. 02 heaters configured per

flight plan.
CAPCOM Rog, Al.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Hous ton.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, Al. First we got some words
for you on the replacing this lower ECG sensor and it'll be
just taking it off and cleaning it and replacing the same
one .
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM Okay. The materials that you're
going to be needing are all in the medical kit over in R8
and what you'll need is one of those large pieces of tape
and one of the rings that fit on the sensor. And the paste
that's in the plastic bottle. And all these are in the kit.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM Okay. And you can do this at your
convenience, Al. There are just a couple of things that
we wanted to make sure you get cautioned on. I'll go ahead
and go through the procedures here and if there's anything
that you want gone over again, well, just holler. First,
remove the tape and the sensor and clean your skin with one
of the wet wipes. And then wipe the paste from the inside
of the sensor. Wipe the sensor itself out first and then
pull off the old piece of tape. That's that double sticky-
back. It looks like a round double stickyback scotch tape.
Pull that off after you've cleaned the sensor out. Then
take the new ring and pull off one of the pieces of card-
board on the ring and put it on and leave the other side
covered. Then put the paste in the sensor. And after you've
got the paste in there level, pull the other side off so
that it's stickyback is showing and put it back on your
skin then.
SC Okay. I understand. I'll give you
a call and ask you questions. That sounds pretty good.
CAP COM Ok ay.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. We'd like you to put off
doing the water dump in a little bit here I'll have the
flight plan update With some instructions to shoot some
pictures when we have you do that.
SC Okay. You caught me just in time.
I was on my way to the dump valve now.
CAPCOM Read your mind, Ed.
CAPCOM Which dump was that?
SC Okay. Did you get the torquing
angles, Houston?
CAPCOM We got them.
SC Okay. I trust yon're going to put
it off until after we've finished with the LM and the TV
show, et cetera. Is that right Fredo?
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CAPCOM Yes. I think the pictures, they're

wanting are from the LM site.
SC 0 k ay.
SC And Fred, the time on that torquing
was 59:41:10.
CAPCOM Okay. 59:41:10.
SC Roger.

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CAPCOM 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Hey, I got point plan update for you
here and a whole bunch of words on shooting the water from
the LM.
SC Okay, go ahead, I'm ready for the
flight plan update.
CAPCOM Okay, at 60 hours and 40 minutes
where you maneuvered a TB atitude, we need to change the roll
angle to 069 and as a result of that we also change the high
gain angles to minus 66 pitch and yaw 105.
SC Okay, Fred, I got the high gain angle
of a minus 66 and 105 and say the new atitude for TV.
CAPCOM Okay, it's - the only thing changed
is the roll angle to 069, so it will be 069, 090, 000.
SC 069, 090, 000, minus 66 105.
CAPCOM Okay. Now some words on the water
dump, like to delay the waste water dump to 62 hours and 30
minutes. Rather than the 59 50 that it had previously been
set at.
SC Okay, I got it. Waste water dump at
62 30 and say after that.
CAPCOM Okay, the after that was just a scratch
out the 59 50 you had before. Now some words on the camera
operation, A1 and Ed should take over to the LM with them
magazine F out of the B8 cushion and borrow your 18 mm lens
out of the command module.
SC Okay, and they'll take magazine F out
of B8 and I guess I'll let them borrow my 18 mm to take in the
LM.
CAPCOM Okay, just make sure they give it back
to you, but when they get it over there they can stick it on
the LM deck and ..
SC They'll have to sign a receipt.
CAPCOM Yeah. And put the following settings
required on the LM deck. F8, 12 50th, 11 feet and 24
frames a second.
SC Okay, put the 18 mm on the LM deck and
set her up F8 12 50th 11 feet and 24 frames per second.
CAPCOM Okay, and to run the camera, of course,
they're going to need the sequence camera circuit breaker closed
and that actually fits in pretty well if they just do all this
business right where that's called out on page 116 step 9 of
the activation list.
SC Okay, they'll need the sequence camera
circuit breaker in and we're talking about page 116 step 9.
CAPCOM Rog, and if that doesn't quite aline
with the flight plan time I give you that 62 30, it isn't
going to matter that much anyway.
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SC Okay.
CAPCOM Okay, now they need a que from you
Stew, to let them know when you're going to start the dump.
And what they'd like them to do is have the camera pointed
through the docking window of the LM, the upper window, right
at the vent and run it 20 seconds worth at 24 frames.
SC Okay, they'll board sight on the vent
and run her 20 seconds at 24 frames.
CAPCOM Okay, then they like to change the
frame rate to 1 and run the camera for another 20 seconds.
SC Okay, change to 1 frame per second
and run 20 seconds.
CAPCOM Okay, after that chore, they can rest
a while and wait til you get down to the end of the water
dump, Stu, and you can kind of give them the word when you're
ready to shut her off. And then they'd like them to shoot the
vent again at 24 frames a second for 10 seconds.
SC (static) vent (static)
CAPCOM Stand by one, Stu, we got pretty bad
com now.
CAPCOM And, Stu, how do you read me now?
SC Loud and clear, Fred.
CAPCOM Okay, we left off with them shooting
24 frames for 10 ....

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CAPCOM then shooting 24 frames for

10 seconds when you turn the valve off.
SC That's affirmative.
CAPCOM Okay. Then they're to change the
frame rate to one frame per second and run the camera for
at least 60 seconds or until cloud particles are no longer
visible, but I guess if neither of those two events happen
in that time, they're not to run it longer than about 180
seconds worth. In other words, they're trying - they'd like
to get a picture of the last drop there, Stu.
SC Okay. We'll change to one frame
per second for at least 60 seconds or until no vent and max
time will be 180 seconds.
CAPCOM Yes, That's it. Then the only
thing else is you can frisk them when they get back and make
sure they got your 18 millimeter lens and the mag F back
across and they should put the 10 millimeter back on the
LM camera.
SC Roger. I'm having A1 sign a receipt
for the command module property in here before he leaves.
CAPCOM Okay. And 14, we're going to have
slight change over here directly. We may lose you for a
minute or so.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM And 14, Houston. Radio check.
SC Loud and clear. How me?
CAPCOM Okay. I guess we've successfully
did the switchover.

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SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Stu.
SC Okay, Fred. I'd like to question you here
since we've had this change in the flight plan, about going
to the wide deadband here. If I do that, there'll be another
maneuver back to start the PTC where if I stay narrow deadband
I could be damping the rates when I got ready to start the
PTC would you smoke that over there and see what you think about
that.
CAPCOM Okay. Stand by, Stu.

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SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Standby, 14, until we get a little better
corn line.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, I thought I heard you call a
while ago.
SC Houston, do you read 147
CAPCOM Okay, I'm reading you about 3 by 3, go
ahead with your message.
SC Hello, Houston, do you read 147
SC Houston, do you read 147
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Okay, Houston, we read you loud and clear.
CAPCOM Okay, we got good signal strength again.
SC (garble)
SC Okay, you're coming in now.
SC Okay, Fred, I didn't hear back from you
and I wanted to get to the ROLL on this time around because
it'll be too late the next one so I'm going to go ahead and
go in the narrow deadband. It looks to me like we
save gas that way.
CAPCOM Okay, he was still trying to crank out
some numbers to compare there, Stu.
SC Fred-O, you've faded out again, we've
lost you.
CAPCOM How do you read now?
CAPCOM 14, Houston. How do you read?
CAPCOM 14, Houston. We'd like OMNI ALPHA.
CAPCOM And Houston, 14, how do you read now?
SC Houston, this is 14. You're loud and
clear.
CAPCOM Okay. The narrow dead band looks like it'll
save you a little gas there, Stu.
SC Okay, I didn't hear back from you so I
Wanted to catch the ROLL this time around. So I went ahead
and went narrow.
CAP COM Ok ay .
SC Houston, I'm on the high-gain right now.
How do you read?
CAPCOM Loud and clear, Ed.
SC How's your PCM?
CAPCOM Okay, they say it looks good.
SC Ok ay.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
SC At this high gain antenna setting - it'll
not switch over to narrow dead band. Apparently it has as
much signal strength and medium as I'm doing narrow.
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CAPCOM Okay, we'll think about that.

CAPCOM Okay, 14, Houston. They'd like you to
stay in narrow.
SC Roger. That's where I am.
SC Houston, 14.
CAP COM Go ahead.
SC Roger. We're in the process of pres-
surizing the LM now as you can probably see. So we're
holding for the integrity check at this point. I have the
television set up and I'll turn it on at your command.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Standby on the TV; we'll
see if their ready.
CAPCOM Okay, they're all set up, Ed, you can
turn it on any time.
SC Hello, Houston, I'm transmitting.

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CAPCOM Okay. We got the picture, Ed.

SC Roger, Houston. You should be able
to recognize it. There's the commander's number 1 window.
There's it's field of view at the moment. And Alan is up
in the tunnel working the pressurization procedure. Stuart
is coming up from under the commander's seat. You can see
his head starting to come into the field of view now from
stowing items down under the seat. Let's see if I can get a
little better picture here for you.
CAPCOM Yes. Stu's head looks pretty good
in color there.
SC You mean that color wheel can handle
red, Fredo?
CAPCOM Yes. It seems to be doing a pretty
good job there. I noticed some speckles on the window there.
Is that - did yall end up with a little debris on there?
SC We have a few ice crystals apparently
that have adhered to it from the various dumps we've made.
SC Yes, Fred. That window was clean
as all get out till we started all the dumping.
SC Houston, we're continuing the pres-
surization procedure. We've just opened up the pressurization
valve between the two spacecraft. And we' re flowing into
the LM from the command module. Give you a picture if you
can see it here. There's cabin pressure gage, shows your
quantity as well. Let's see if I can get that in view.
CAPCOM A little dark and out of focus there
right now, Ed.
SC Yes. It's a little too close.
CAPCOM Yes. That's a little better, I
can now see the - your little card there showing the antenna
patterns, but the needles on the gage is a little hard to
read.
SC We'll give up on that, Fredo. Our
pressure is equal between the command module and the LM and
we will start removing tunnel hardware at this point.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SC Houston, we're starting to shoot
up into the tunnel here. We're - Alan Shepard is starting
to pull the hatch out. If I can get him to look down for
a minute and say hello to the world.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. I can see a form there
that I guess is Al. It's

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CAPCOM Okay, Eld, I can see a form there that

I guess is Al. This pictures is just a little bit dark.
You can see the lights up in the tunnel.
SC Rog, I _hink we'll have just a little
bit more light on this hatch gets out of the way. We have
all of our flood lights on full right now. While they're
doing that, let's slide out to the CDR's window and take a
look at the Moon which happens to right out the window.
Going to coach me a little bit, Fred, as I approach this.
CAPCOM Okay, we can see it now as right
down in the lower right quadrant of the window. The picture
though we're seeing is accrepant and it's really not showing
too much of the detail, Ed. Okay, you're zooming the camera
now, Ed, and we lost the picture of the Moon.
SC Okay, let me try it again.
CAPCOM Okay, I think what happened when you
zoomed, Ed, you ended up pointing above it.
SC Do you see anything now at all?
CAPCOM Okay, it just disappeared out the
lower right corner. Now, we had it there for a little while.
SC Okay, how now?
CAPCOM Okay, there it barely came in the
bottom portion of the picture now. Where abouts is the
terminator now, is that about Tranquility, somewhere in there?
SC It's past Tranquility and I think
it's - it's approaching 0 longitude at this point, I believe.
CAPCOM Ok ay.
SC A few hours ago we just passed delta
Tegnia, Fred.
CAPCOM Yeah, right, Stu.
SC Rog, I was looking through the sextant
there just a minute ago, all of the - around the (garbled)
and the highlands showed up real well and terminator had just
moved on over just passed the plain.
CAPCOM Okay, and for your information in
the audience in the back here we have most of the family in
tonight - this morning down here I should say.
SC Yeah, 3:15 is a good time of the
night to have a TV show.
CAPCOM Prime time. Yeah, that's about right
in the center of the picture now.
SC Okay, I've got full zoom on it, Fredo,
and maybe it's too bright. Let's see if I can darken
it, it'll improve the picture a little.
CAPCOM yeah, you're right, it's so bright,
Ed, we're - we had crescent but not too much detail on.
Yeah, that's a little better.
SC And from our point of view, the Moon
appears about the size of a grapefruit, held at arm's length
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SC It's going to get considerbly bigger

and I don't have the Earth to compare it with at the moment,
but I suspect they are about the same size or maybe the Moon
is starting to exceed the Earth in apparent size.
CAPCOM Okay, and the big board now has you
at about ...

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/3/71 60:50 GET 193/1

CAPCOM Okay. And the big board now has you at

about a 180 000 out.
SC Roger. Okay. I'm going to come back
inside. We have now stowed the hatch. And, Stu and I
are up starting to break the probe out, and very soon will
be able to make the trip into the LM with the camera and see
what we can find in there.
SC We have not, as you can obviously see,
rehearsed this. Our procedures are new to us, going into the
LM for the first time, and, as a matter of fact, we were
a little bit rushed getting the pressurization pTocedure
complete in order to get in on time. We'll be ready here
in about 2 minutes to move on into the LM, I think.
CAP C0M Ok ay.
SC And, now, let's go back inside the command
module.
CAPCOM Okay. Are we looking up in the tunnel
area now, Ed? It's pretty dark right now.
SC Yes, I'll be bringing the probe out ...
it's dark, just one second, I'll see if I can improve the
light situation for us.
CAP COM Roger.
SC Okay. You're looking directly up inyo the
tunnel now. The probe has been released from the drogue,
and Stu is bringing it straight down through the tunnel.
CAPCOM Yes, we got that picture in pretty good,
now. We can see it coming on down.
SC Okay, Houston. A1 and Stu are taking the
probe down under the right-hand couch now.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
CAPCOM We can see A1 in the picture, now.
SC Okay, Houston. Probably clearer for you
than it is on the monitor. It's a little dark in here.
SC You can look up the tunnel and see the drogue
(garbled), Ed, and I'll go and pick it up for you.
SC Okay. You're looking directly up the
drogue now which is gray in color and which has a hole in the
center above the capture latch.

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SC Okay, you're looking directly at the

drogue now, which is gray in color and which has a hole in the
center for the capture latches.
CAPCOM In our color pictures here, the opening
in the drogue looks red in color. Like a big red eye.
SC Okay. And Alan has it out and he's
starting to go down the tunnel with it, that's probably
a little dark for you but he's coming down anyhow.
CAPCOM Okay, and we've temporarily, I hope,
lost our picture down here, Ed.
SC Ok ay.
SC Fred, you have your picture back yet?
CAP COM Negative, Ed.
CAPCOM And, 14, the problem with the loss of
picture is on our end of the street.
SC Okay. Tell me when you have it back and
we' re ready to go through into the LM.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SC And, Ed, Houston. You may continue the
commentary I guess. It's being received out at the site
and being recorded; we're just not getting it plumbed into
here.
CAPCOM Okay. While we were just holding up here,
Alan has slipped on through into the LM and is opening up
the window shades and turning on the lights so as we go in
we will have some lights to give you a little better picture.
I'm waiting here to get your picture back before I start in,
however, if you would like, I will go ahead and go into the
LM.
CAPCOM Standby one, Ed.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, they don't have an estimate
right now. We might wait a couple of minutes and then I
guess if we haven't got it back, you can proceed.
SC Okay .
SC Okay, Alan's coming back through the
tunnel now and it will be clear here in a minute.

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SC Houston_ while we're waiting for

your picture to come back and since it is being recorded
in the site, we will take a quick station break and let
Alan give us a commercial for Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Okay.
SC Okay. Apollo 14 is progressing
very nicely. As you can see, we're now right on schedule.
And it looks as though the first midcourse correction is
going to put us in for the lunar orbit insertion burn.
very close. We're currently preparing to go into the LM as
Ed has told you and so far everything is working very well
in the command module. We're very pleased with the way
the systems are working. Everything is quiet, going along
extremely smoothly and we have a happy little ship here.
Everyone is well. Everyone is resting well. We're adapting
to weightlessness, I think very rapidly. And everything
is going along very smoothly at this point.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. And we have a picture
back now. It's just a little bit on the dark side, but
we can see you quite well.
SC Okay, Fredo. We'll start on in.
SC Okay. How's that?
CAPCOM Hey, that's a good picture, Ed.
SC (garbled) We're starting through
the tunnel. The tunnel.
SC Why don't you show the docking light
while you go by, Edl See how they look on the tele-
vision. Can you see the docking light, Fredo?
CAPCOM Roger. We can see those, Ed. We
can see on down to the tunnel and the top of the ascent
engine cover.
SC Okay. I think it's significant that
in spite of our problem the other day, that when Stu finally
got us into the docking ring that all of them snapped shut,
which is very well lined up. And our docking index, as you
know, cost us a case of beer, I think, because it's within
one degree.
CAPCOM Okay. And you might let us know, Ed,
how you find the trip through the tunnel there.
SC Okay. I'm Sliding through.
SC Hey, was that question from Joe?
CAPCOM I'm not sure he'd own up to it.
SC Okay. I'm through the tunnel and
I'm right at the top of the LM. I'm shining the - showing
the camera down on the main console on the commander's side.
How's that picture, Fredo?
CAPCOM Okay. That looks very good, Ed.
SC Let's see. I'll turn it around.
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SC I'll go ahead and go on down and

twist around and maybe we can look out the window.
SC Okay.

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SC And, we're now inside the LM.

CAPCOM Thank you, Ed.
SC Can you see that, Fred.
CAPCOM Yes, we see what looks to be a patch,
there Ed.
SC Is it good enough for you to read it?
CAPCOM It's something like beep-beep or ...
SC How did you ever guess? Must be
some prompting from the ground.
CAPCOM Okay. And, Ed, a good portion of what you're
swing here the picture is a little bit on the dark side.
You might try opening it up Just a little bit more.
SC Roger. I had it opened all the way, Fredo.
CAPCOM Well, I guess you can't do any better than
that.
CAPCOM Did you find the LM pretty clean, Ed,
when ya'll first came aboard or was anything loose in there.
SC No, both spacecrafts, Fredo, have been
immaculate. I think we have found 1 washer floating along
about 1 day ago, and we have seen nothing that was foreign
to the spacecraft either before or since that time.
SC And, as I say that, I see one floating
by me right now. It may be the same washer. I'd like to
point out that Ed is talking about something external to the
spacecraft. The cabin above the command module and the LM are
extremely clean. We've been very pleased with the way they've
looked.
CAP COM Very good.
SC Yes, I think from what we heard along the
line, we actually expected maybe to see a few more nuts and
bolts. I think a lot of credit goes to checkout crew and
everything because this spacecraft is really in good shape.
SC Fredo, I'm passing the camera back into
Allen in the command module. We don't have really
enough light in here to give you a good picture. And, there's
not much help from the outside except the Sun is behind us
right now.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. We got a pretty good picture
of you down in the tunnel right now.
SC Yeh, Fred. Did you hear that last comment
I made about the crew and how clean the spacecraft was?
CAP COM Roger, Stu.
SC That was planted, you know, for all the
authorized people that worked on the spacecraft. You know, we're
really inundated with unauthorized objects in both spacecrafts. I
think Ed was showing you one up there, but if you could see
this. I don't know if any of the backup crew is down in
there tonight or not. Okay, how about about here. Is this
enough. But, they've left their calling card.
CAPCOM Okay, we have a pretty good picture, of
that, Stu. And, they are here.
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SC Okay.
SC Tell them we sure appreciate every com-
partment that we open up having one of these come floating
out of it.
CAPCOM They aim to please.

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SC They aim to please.

SC Stu, you want to take the camera? Per-
haps you can move it on up to the window. I don't know
how much light there is but sure is a good shot of the
moon out there. You might t_y again with the monitor so
you can see what it looks like to them.
SC All right, I'll give it a go.
CAPCOM Okay, we can see the moon again in the
number 1 window. It's down in the lower left corner now,
Stu.
CAPCOM Okay, that's about right in the center.
CAPCOM Okay, that's - the picture's a little
distorted now, Stu. It's a little bright.
SC Okay, that ought to help it a little.
CAPCOM Yeh, that's about right. It's still
hard to see in this picture, much in the way of detail of
the features, any features on the surface. Right at the
terminator we can pick up a few craters but other than that
it's really hard to see very much.
SC Okay. Yeh, I didn't think it was going
to show up too much there, Fred, cause that's really the
way it looks with the eye. It's just now, you know, start-
ing to get into the area where the larger craters would
show up.
CAPCOM Okay, we've got a good picture of A1 there
n ow.
SC Okay, he's got the transfer items that
he's taking up into the LM for the activation and he might
just give you a word on what they are.
SC The purpose of the excursion into the LM
at this time is to check out some of the communications,
do a little housekeeping, generally look the vehicle over
and also in this particular (garble) the command module while
we're there. This is done during the flight on the way to the
moon to save time so that when we actually go into the LM
for the final time prior to descent, there will be less
things to de. So I have a package of things here in my
hand which I'll now be taking up into the LM and will
proceed on with the housekeeping tasks up there.
CAPCOM Okay, we can see him heading out with
the package in hand there.
SC Okay, is there enough light up in there,
Fred? You getting the picture?
CAPCOM Roger, Stu.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Looks like running an obstacle course
in the early going getting by all the hoses.
SC You got it.

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SC And Fredo I'm starting back through

the tunnel now to pick up the rest of the equipment. We have
several 16 and 70 mm camera bags that are being transferred
over. We'll pick those up and be right back with you.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Okay, I guess the picture
I'm looking at now, as you're pointing back into the LEB and
the area where the optics would be. And I can see the
radiation meter back there.
SC Yeah, that's affirmative, Fred, I'm
just really trying to get the camera out of the way there
for a minute. Ed's got the other film magazine, he's headed
back up into the LM now.
CAPCOM Yeah, Ed fits through there quite
easily. I guess 0 g really does help.
SC I guess it does, no comment.
SC If you're commenting on what I think
you're commenting on it was totally uncalled for, Fredo.
SC And Houston, we are both - A1 and I
are both in the LM now with all of the transfer items and
we will procede to go ahead and give a check out as per the
time light.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
SC Okay, Fred, I'll try to move up here
and maybe we can look over the shoulder a little bit.
CAPCOM Okay, I can see a moving back and
forth, I guess your head is down through now.
SC Okay, we're going to get a picture
doll up here, Fred, I'm up by the LM hatch now trying to
watch them work in the LM, but it doesn't look like it's
going to be bright enough.
CAPCOM Yeah, it's pretty dark picture now,
Stew.
SC Yeah, I'm afraid that's not going to
show up. If we had a little light, I guess we need a little
sun through the LM window.
sc Houston, I guess Stew and I'll have
to give you a show from- Stew and I'll have to give you a
show from that side. It's took dark over here.

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SC Houston, I guess Fred and I will

have to give you a show for - I mean Stu and I will have to
give you a show from that side. It's too dark in here.
SC ( garb le d)
CAPCOM Okay. And you're cutting in and
out there, Ed.
SC (garbled)
SC Okay. How now? Is that better.
CAPCOM Okay. You' re loud and clear now.
SC Fred, this is Al. As you know we
have the probe and drogue out. Is there anybody who's interested
in taking a look at those or are you pretty well satisfied
that just taking still pictures of it from here on out will
do the trick.
CAPCOM Al, the word is the pictures should
suffice. I - they're not particularly interested in another
look right now.
SC Okay. Is there anything else you'd
like to see before we sign out for the evening.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed- Al. The- I guess the
answer is no to your last question.
SC Okay. In that case, we'll sign off.
This is Apollo 14. We appreciate the opportunity to show
__ you around the spacecraft and a little bit of the LM and
I hope that next time you see the LM it'll have more light so
you'll be able to see it better.
CAPCOM Thank you very much.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/3/71 61:22 G.E.T. 200/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 61 hours

23 minutes ground elapsed time. That ends about 42 minutes
of television time from Apollo 14. Beginning of the LM
checkout, the checkout of the lunar module some of the
housekeeping chores that the crew have to do for preparation
for manning LM on landing day. The guests back in the
viewing room for the TV transmission included Mrs. Louise
Shepard, Mr. and Mrs. Alan B. Shepard, Sr., Al's parents.
His daughter, Mrs. Laura Snider, a nephew, Bob Williams.
Mrs. Shepard's mother, Mrs. Russell Brewer and a friend of
Mrs. Shepard's, Mrs. Richard Abbott. Others in the viewing
room were Mrs. Louise Mitchell, wife of the lunar module
pilot, their daughters Carol, Collin, and Libby and Ed's
mother Mrs. Ernest Wagoner. Stu Roosa's wife Joan, their
childred Chris, Jack, Allen, and Rosemary.
SC Okay, Fred-O, do you want me to stay on
the high gain here or go to OMNI CHARLIE?
CAPCOM They would like you to stay on high gain.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM Okay, and Stu, would you pass one word
on down to A1 and Ed.
SC Yeh, I can do that.
CAPCOM Okay, would you tell them to give us a
call before they proceed on page 1 dash 15, where they're
going to turn on the com and get a GO from us and make sure
we've got good lock on the S-IVB.
SC Rog, Fred-O, I'm still on the com. I
un de rs t and.
CAPCOM Okay, and I guess when you get there, Ed,
just check with us and I'll make sure they're set up good
on the IU before you press on.
SC Okay, Fre d-O.
PAO This Apollo Control continuing with the
roster of guests and parents who are in the viewing room
during the television pass. Stu Roosa's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey Roosa. Two of Stu Roosa's sisters, Mrs. Patty
White, and Mrs. Gloria Sessums and a close family friend,
Mr. Bob Perkins. The space digitals display now showing
distance and velocity reference to the moon. Now showing
44 175 nautical miles out from the moon, velocity toward
the moon 3 241 feet per second. At 61 hours 27 minutes
ground elapsed time, still live on air-ground during the
ccheckout of the lunar module, this is Apollo Control.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. You still there.
SC That's affirmative, go ahead.
CAPCOM It's just pretty quiet, just wanted to
see if you were still around.
SC That's affirm.
SC Houston, 14.
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CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.

SC Okay, Fred-O, I guess sitting here looking,
the next hour, we originally said we're going to go into
PTC at 62:10, I don't know if that was before you came
up with the waste water dump or not but we don't really
want to start that before the waste water dump, do we?
CAPCOM That's right, Stu. The time, let's see
I show on the flight plan change here is 63:10 established
PTC, I'll recheck that, stand by.
SC Okay, you're right, Fredo, 63:10, okay.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu, but in any case you're right,
not before the water dump.
SC Yeh, that was my mistake. I had marked
that in before I'd moved everything up an hour and I've
got it back over there in the right place and I did mark it
off. Thank you.
CAPCOM And, 14, while we're ta2king about PTC,
Stu, I'd like BD ROLL selected before you crank it up.
SC Okay, we use BD ROLL.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM You got any idea, Stu, where they are
in the good book so we can maybe begin and be warned about
the IU business?
SC Standby, I'll check.
SC Okay, they're finishing up lll, Fred-O.
CAPCOM Okay, 111.

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SC Okay. Just a second here.

SC Okay, Houston. Apollo 14. We're
switching to LM power at 62:21:14.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
SC Houston, the ED bus bat A is reading
37 volts, bat B 37 volts.
CAPCOM Roger. Both of them 37 volts, Ed.
SC That's affirm.
SC I need you to turn on your
CAPCOM 14, how do you read. Houston.
SC I read you 5 square, Fredo.
SC Hey, Fred, when you get a minute I
need a vhf A check.
SC Ok ay ·
CAPCOM Okay. And we'd like high taps on
the LM.
SC Okay. High taps on the LM.
SC Okay. We're going to get them to them.
CAPCOM Okay. I guess we're reading Antares
now loud and clear.
ANTARES Hello 14, Fred. This is Antares.
Do you read? Answer.
KITTY HAWK Okay. And we're just about to start
the water dump.
CAPCOM Too many of you are speaking at once
there. Say again Antares.
ANTARES Okay. I was just giving you an
estimated check for Antares.
CAPCOM Roger. Loud and clear and go ahead
Kitty Hawk.
KITTY HAWK Disregard, Fred.
CAP COM Ok ay.
ANTARES Okay. Your first one is 20 seconds
and 24 frames a second and then 20 seconds of 1 frame per
second. Then when you get near the end, when you're going
to shut it off, you want 10 seconds of 24 frames per second
and then one frame per second until it peter off.
CAPCOM That's correct, Ed. Except they
didn't want to run it any longer than 180 seconds which is
pretty close to three minutes.
ANTARES Yes. I've got it.
SC Do you see it. No, it's not there.
CAPCOM And Ed, or Antares, just a reminder.
You're on SPA down noise backup now so you're upmike.
ANTARES Roger. Suspected that. Thank you.
We're holding up, Fredo, in our procedures to allow finishing
giving the waste water dump pictures.
CAP COM Ok ay.

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ANTARES Houston, from the LM this water

dump looks like a snow storm.
CAPCOM Yes. That's how I figured it would
look.
ANTARES Fred, were you getting your iow
bit rate. If so I'll switch you over to high.
CAPCOM Stand by one.
CAPCOM Okay. Okay, Ed. It looks good here.
Low bit rate you can go to step 3.
ANTARES Roger. There is high bit rate.
CAPCOM Okay. We got high bit rate now, Ed.
ANTARES Roger. I'm going to step 4.
ANTARES Houston, how do you read Antares?
CAPCOM Gee, I read you loud and clear, Ed.
CAPCOM And Antares, Houston. We're ready
for step 5.
ANTARES Roger_ Houston, step 5. How do
you read Antares?

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SC Houston, how do you read us here.

CAPCOM Antarez, we're reading you loud and
clear on low bit rate now.
SC Roger, standing by.
CAPCOM Anterez, Houston, we're ready for
step 6 now.
SC Roger.
CAPCOM Anterez, Houston, how do you read?
SC Okay, Fred, loud and clear, how's me?
CAPCOM Okay, it's not bad at all, I'd say
you're loud and clear also.
SC Roge r.
CAPCOM Anterez, Houston. We're ready for
sub 7 now.
SC Houston, how do you read Anterez?
CAPCOM Okay, Anterez, Houston, read you
loud and clear.
ANTEREZ Roger, Houston. Kitty Hawk, Anterez,
how do you read?
KITTY HAWK Ed, how do you read on A.
ANTEREZ Loud and clear, Stew.
CAPCOM Anterez, Houston. We're ready for
step 8 now.
ANTEREZ Fredo, (garble) stand by one.
ANTEREZ Kitty Hawk, Anterez, how do you read
(garble) eight now?
ANTEREZ Houston, Anterez, how do you read?
CAPCOM Anterez, Houston, read you loud and
clear.
ANTEREZ Okay, I guess I'm ready for step 8
n ow.
CAPCOM Okay, you're go for step 8.
ANTEREX Okay, now. How do you read, now?
CAPCOM Read you loud and clear, Ed. Okay,
Ed, everything looks good down here.
ANTEREZ Okay, stand by on- we're still having
trouble getting our VHF turned on.
CAP COM Ro ge r
KITTY HAWK Gas B assembly.
ANTEREZ Okay, (garble).
ANTEREZ Kitty Hawk, Anterez, how do you read
me Kitty Hawk. Kitty Hawk, Anterez, (kay (garble) how do you
read VHF, please? Kitty Hawk, Anterez, how do you read, now?
CAPCOM Anterez, Houston. We'd like a read- _-_1'"'_
t
out on bat 5 and 6 voltage. ·
ANTEREZ Stand
by, Houston. /
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston, we're ready to /
dispense with the water dump, now.
KITTY HAWK I've already shut it off, Fredo. /
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KITTY HAWK It's coming back up now.

CAP COM Ok ay.
ANTARES Kitty Hawk, Antares, read you loud
and clear.
KITTY HAWK Okay, you're 5 square let's try A.
AN TARES Ok ay.
KITTY HAWK How do you read on A, Ed?
ANTARES Kitty Hawk, Antares, read you loud
and clear on A, how's me?
KITTY HAWK You're Fine.
ANTARES Okay, we took out didn't we?
ANTARES Houston, Antares, BATS 5 and 6 are
reading 36 and a half at 37 volts respectively.

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CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Can I turn ... do you want me

to turn the VHF off.
SC Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Antares.
SC We're going to skip the OPS checkout till
A1 gets through with his camera work, and I'm going to go
ahead with the power deactivation. We'll pick the checkup out
shortly.
CAPCOM Okay, that'll be alright.
SC Okay, Antares is going off the air for a
couple of days.
CAP COM Kit tyhawk, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Is Ed still downstairs?
SC Yes, they're both down there.
CAP COM Ok ay .
SC We just transferred to ... we just trans-
ferred to command module, Paul, be coming back up in a minute.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares. I got a question there.
I was wondering if Ed recalls back on step 1 on COM activa-
tion if he had to switch the antenna, S-band antenna switch,
was it already in aft or did he move it to forward and back
to aft.
SC Okay. Stand by.
SC Okay, this is Antares talking to you on
(garbled) we found the S-band antenna in aft as the checklist
called for and he did not move it for step 1.
CAP COM Alri gh t.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 63 hours 8 min-
utes ground elapsed time. Presently crew of Apollo 14, two
of them that is, enroute back to the command module if indeed
they are not already in with the tunnel closed. Change of
shift hand-over taking place in the control room now where
Pete Franks' Orange Team is taking over from the Gold Team
headed up by Flight Director Jerry Griffin. We will have
the change of shift press conference in the Houston news
center within the next half hour or so. Participant being
said Jerry Griffin. And, at 63 hours 9 minutes ground elapsed
time, this is Apollo Control.
CAP COM Antares, Houston.
SC Okay, this is Antares. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, Al, are you back in the Kittyhawk
now?
SC No, I'm still in Antares, but I'm using
Kit tyhawk cable.
CAPCOM Roger. The question is we've got you
back on Antares back on command module par and they're show- !
ing 2 amps high. And, the question is has the reconfiguration {
been complete as per the initial activation status chart for !
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CAPCOM circui_c breakers are back on 13 and 14

yet .
SC That's affirmative per checklist.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SC Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Antares.
SC The OPS checkup complete. The source
pressure on the CDR reading 62000, lowest pressure on
_: LMP reading 6000.
CAPCOM Okay. Copy now. CDR 6200, LMP 6000.
PAO That's A1 Shepard talking to Fred Hayes
out here in Mission Control. Meanwhile in Mission Control,
we're pressing on with our handover between shifts. The
Orange Team coming in now to replace the Gold Team. We're
at 63 hours 15 minutes into the flight. We presently show
Apollo 14 traveling at a speed of 2500 to 54 feet per second.
And, at a distance away from Earth of 179 900 nautical miles.
Continuing to monitor this is Apollo Control, Houston.
SC Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Antares.
SC We rechecked our circuit breaker on
configuration, and we found that EPS dc bus volts panel 11
was out. It is now in.
CAP COM Roger.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead, Hous ton.
CAPCOM I was .lust looking through the checklist.
On page 1-18 under the 64 hour call out it shows that EPS
dc bus volt circuit breaker back open. It comes after you
check the circuit breaker charge up at the top of the page.
So I guess that dc volt should be open.
SC Okay, stand by one.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston. Gordon
Fullerton now on the Capcom position replacing Fred Hayes.
That was Fullerton speaking just now to Commander A1 Shepard.
We're 63 hours 26 minutes, Apollo 14 180 184 nautical miles
away from the Earth. And, traveling at a speed of 2546 feet
per second. This is Apollo Control, Houston.

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SC Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Antares.

SC Okay, I think our checklist is 'finally in j_.f

phase with your checklist and the dc BUS VOLT circuit breaker
panel 11 is OUT.
SC Roger, Al.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston. 63 hours
29 minutes. Participants for the change of shift news
conference are presently en route. We anticipate the
conference to start in approximately 10 minutes.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahe ad.
CAPCOM That current in the LM seems to
be dropping down. It's down to about an amp now. It's /
looking pretty normal. So we don't think any more effort
trying to find out the cause of it is worthwhile. Over.
SC Okay. As I say I think we're finally
in phase now. We - the last item we did Was turn out the
flood lights which probably helps the situation. The LM
hatch is now closed and both Ed and I are clear of it. _-
CAP COM Ro ge r.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. If it's convenient to get to,
we'd like to know how much of that magazine fox trot you
used taking pictures of the water dump.
SC Okay, we used one third of the magazine.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu, one third.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. 63 hours 37 ml_---
utes now into the flight. A1 Shepard, Ed Mitchell back in
the Kittyhawk now. Presumably closing out the LM hatch and
at some point, installing the probe and drogue and command
module hatch. We show Apollo 14 at 180 438 nautical miles
and traveling at a speed of 2 540 feet per second. At
63 hours 37 minutes into the flight, this is Apollo Control,
Hous ton.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at 63 hours
39 minutes ground elapsed time. The change of shift news
conference is scheduled to start momentarily and at this
point we will take down the line and tape any conversations
which might transpire. This is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston, at 63

hours 59 minutes ground elapsed time. We presently show
Apollo 14 at the distance of 180 983 nautical miles away
from Earth, traveling at a speed of 2526 feet per second.
Capcom Gordon Fullerton has had limited conversation with
Apollo 14 since we had taken the line down for the change
of shift conference. We will play that conversation back
to you now.
SC Houston, 14
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Go ahead.
SC Okay, Gordon, I guess you're going to
give me a call when it's okay for PTC, huh?
CAPCOM That's right. Down a little we'll take a
look and see how your rates look.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. You look good now,
you' re clear to spin it up.
SC Okay, thank you.
CAPCOM Also, we'd like omni bravo and you're
clear to secure the high gain antenna.
SC Roger, Bravo.
PAO Apollo Control. As you heard Capcom
Fullerton talking both to Stu Roosa and Ed Mitchell. Apollo
14 has now returned to its slow rotation, the passive ther-
mal control of the spacecraft, and of the high gain antenna
_ has been secured. We're 64 hours 1 minute into the flight.
Back up live. This is Apollo Control, Houston.

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CAPCOM Apollo ]4, Houston. Over.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger. We're watching the PTC and
it doesn't look too good. It's heading right on out of the
box. We lost data just as you started to spinup with that
antenna switchover. It was poor timing on our part. So
we're not sure just how the start went, but we're sure this
one isn't going to work. So at your convenience if you'll
restart another - or redamp the rates and stand by for our
GO for another startup. Over.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. 64 hours
15 minutes ground elapsed time. Gordon Fullerton advising
Ed Mitchell to - that it's our consideration to reestablish
the passive thermal control mode.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM If you stop near a roll angle of
either zero or 180 that will gives us better high bit rate
to watch your rate.
SC Okay. Stu's coming up to the top now.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO 64 hours 16 minutes ground elapsed
-' time. 14 now 181 390 nautical miles away from earth. Pre-
sently travelling at a velocity of 2516 feet per second.
This is Apollo Control, Houston.
SC Okay, Gordon. I'm up here, that one didn't
take , huh ?
CAPCOM No. It just headed right on out
to the limit for some reason, Stu.
SC Okay, Gordon. How do you read?
CAPCOM About squared, Stu. Go ahead.
SC Okay. So that one didn't take, huh?
CAPCOM Negative. It went right straight
on out toward the limit on our plot here. We didn't get a
good readout on the initiation of it because we had that
antenna switchover right at the time. I'll stand by till
we get through this - into the next OMNI here.
SC Ok ay .
CAPCOM Stu, this is Houston. How do you
read now?
SC You' re loud and clear.
CAPCOM Okay. I mentioned to Ed if you'll
stop the roll on near zero or near 180 we'll have good antenna
angle for high bit rate and can watch the rate that way.
SC Okay .

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at

64 hours 48 minutes GET. We presently show Apollo 14 at a
distance of 182 151 nautical miles out from earth, and
travelling at a speed of 2496 feet per second. The crew of
Apollo 14 presumably eating at the present time, they will
establish the passive thermal control - or re-establish
the passive thermal control following this morning's meal.
We're at 64 hours 48 minutes GET, this is Apollo Control
Houston.
MADRID Madrid, contact on that one.
CAPCOM Roger, Madrid, Houston contact. How do
you read me?
MADRID Roger, I read you fiver.
CAPCOM Roger, you can go normal, thank you.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston,

65 hours and 30 minutes ground elapsed time. We now show
Apollo 14 at a distance of 182 520 nautical miles traveling
at a speed of 2487 feet per second. We'll continue to monitor
for any conversation as it should come up between CAPCOM
Gordon Fullerton here in Mission Control and members of the
Apollo 14 crew. This is Apollo Control, Houston.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead, Houston. 14.
CAPCOM Roger. As you're sitting there, your
high gain is pretty well pointed at us. We'd like to bring
it up to watch the start of your next attempt at PTC. Would
you go to AUTO on our select high gain?
SC Okay, Gordon, it looks like we've got
the high gain.
CAPCOM Roger. We have it.
PAO That's Stu Roosa aboard Apollo 14
talking to CAPCOM Gordon Fullerton.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. You have a GO
to start this one up.
SC Okay, thank you.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston, 65 hours
08 minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 182 644 nautical
miles away from earth presently traveling at a speed of
2484 feet per second. That was Gordon Fullerton giving a GO
for restart of the passive thermal control.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM It looks to us like you might have
missed one jet enabled delta 2 to have it well coupled.
SC Rog. Thank you, Gordon.
CAPCOM 14, Houston, your rates are still
good if you want to give her a start.
SC Okay, Thank you.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM We show on the 02 slow-up a little
bit to eight-tenths and suggest that you might look around
at the - all the overboard drains, valves and make sure they're
tightly secured. Over.
SC Okay. Thank you.
SC (Humming) . Ready.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Give us OMNI Bravo,

and your clear to secure the high gain antenna.
SC Ok ay ·
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, over.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM We see that the cabin pressure which was
down to near 5, it is back up to 5.1 and the flow rate is
decreasing now. Does this help you, give you any clues as
to what the problem might have been? Did you find any loose
valves, over?
SC Not as yet. We're having problems with a
sticky myrtle. We're working on that problem now.
CAP COM Roger, out.
PAO Apollo Control Houston, 65 hours 24 minutes
GET time. We presently show 14 at a distance of 183 025 nautical
miles away from earth and traveling at a velocity of 2475 feet
per second.

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.-- CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Over.

SC We' re here. Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger. I have a short shopping list of
items for you here. First of all, the state vector onboard
there is of good shape and no update will be required as
scheduled at 66 hours.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM And it's looking like midcourse 4 will be
about 3.5feet per second - 3-1/2 feet per second. And one
question on the lens - the 18 millimeter lens that you took
over to use to take the pictures of the water dump. It's
you job to take of where things are, did you bring that back
and restow it in the command module? Over.
SC That's affirmative, Gordon. The lens is
back and stowed in the command module and understand midcourse
4 will be about 3.2.
CAPCOM Stu that's 3.5, but that's close enough
as close as we can tell come now. The PTC is what can get us
hanging in there and well maybe it's too early to predict.
It looks like it's going to take this time. There is an 02 heater
reconfiguration shown at 65.10 in the flight plan to do and the
presleep items on the checklist and that's all we have before you
retire for the day. Over.
SC Okay. We just, about 10 minutes ago,
configured the heaters and we' re going to press into the
presleep period momentarily.
CAP COM Roger. 7
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston. 65 hours, /
43 minutes into the flight. That was CAPCOM, Gordon Fuller-
ton, talking to Command Module Pilot Stu Roosa. The report
he made indicated that no alinement of the platform would /
be required before the start of the rest period. Also the
plots of the passive thermal control mode as displayed on
the guidance and control officers console here at Mission
Control appear very favorable. Midcourse correction 4,
flight dynamics advises presently looks like a 3.5 foot per
second burn. This is presently scheduled at a ground elapsed
time of 77 hours, 38 minutes and we now show Apollo 14 at
a distance of 183,490 nautical miles, traveling at a velocity
of 2463 feet per second. We're at 65 hours, 44 minutes
ground elapsed time and this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at

65 hours 55 minutes GET. Apollo 14 now at a distance of
183 764 nautical miles away from the earth. Velocity now
showing 2456 feet per second. The crew of Apollo 14 just
about ready to start their rest period, we may - or may not -
have further contact with them. We will standby and continue
to monitor in the eventuality we do have contact with the
crew prior to the start of their rest. We're at 65 hours
56 minutes GET and this is Apollo Control Houston.

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SC Houston, Apollo 14.

CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Were you calling.
You are very weak.
SC That's affirmative, Gordon. I'm
ready for an E memory dump. Do you think it's been dumped?
CAPCOM I'm reading you just barely, Stu. Stand
by a second till we can take you in MOD and this kind of
antenna configuration.
CAPCOM Stu, we're going to have to wait a
couple of minutes until a better antenna gets up.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. We are ready at
this time for the E COMM. Over.
SC Okay, Houston, here it comes. And
Gordon, I've got some onboard readouts when you're ready.
CAPCOM Okay, go ahead.
SC Okay, battery C - 37.0, Pyro battery A,
37.4, Pyro Battery B, 37.4, RCS: Able, 87, Baker 87, Charlie 85,
Delta 86.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu, we copied all those.
SC And, Gordon, for a prestatus, we're
all in good shape and no medication.
CAP COM Roger, Stu.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston, 66 hours
03 minutes ground elapsed time. We presently show Apollo 14
at an altitude of 183 948 nautical miles away from earth,
presently traveling at 2452 feet per second.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Looks like we've got the dump complete,
and one question for the E COMM, with this data configuration
right now, you can't really tell if you have cycled all the
cryo fans, we just wanted the confirmation that you had. Over.
SC That's affirmative. The fans were
cycled.
CAPCOM Okay, thank you.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston, 66 hours
06 minutes. Following that conversation between CAPCOM Gordon
Fullerton and command module pilot, Stu Roosa, we expect the
crew to start their rest period, the E-memory dump completed,
then this should close out our contact with the crew. We now
show Apollo 14 at 184 033 nautical miles away from earth and
traveling at a speed of 2450 feet per second. This is Apollo
Control, Houston.

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SC Houston, 14 signing off for the evening.

CAPCOM Roger. Al, pleasant dreams to you all.
SC Thank you.
PAO Apollo Control Houston. That was space
craft commander A1 Shepard advising the mission control in
Houston that the crew of Apollo 14 was ready to get some
sleep. We now show Apollo 14 at 184 292 nautical miles out
from earth. Velocity now reads 2443 feet per second. GET
time presently at 66 hours 18 minutes. This is Apollo
Control Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2-3-71, 0841 CST, 66:18 GET, MC-214

PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston, at

66 hours, 35 minutes now into the flight. Our displays in
mission control show Apollo 14 at a distance of
184,700 nautical miles away from the Earth. Traveling at a
velocity of 2433 feet per second. Since the crew of
Apollo 14 has begun the flight plan sleep period we will
bring down the line at this time and pick up again if any
conversation should transpire. We're at 66 hours,
36 minutes ground elapsed time and this is Apollo Control,
Hous ton.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/3/71,0930 CST,67:07 GET,MC-215/1

PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at

66 - 67 hours 7 minutes GET. We expect Cap Corn Gordon
Fullerton will place a call to the spacecraft. Hers we're

showing a high 02_low rate. Apparently, most probably

caused by a leak of one of the over board vents. If this
call is placed, Fullerton will ask one of the crew members
to - to check all the valves on board. There's some
consideration that they might not be seated properly. The
passive thermal control mode however still remains stable.
We'll standby and continue to monitor in the event that call
is placed, the llne is now up live. Since Apollo 14 has
passed through lunar sphere influence at 66 hours 49 minutes
4 seconds, our displays in Mission Control are now refer-
enced to the moon. We show Apollo 14 now presently 33 202
nautical miles away from the moon, and traveling at a speed
of 3306 feet per second, relative to the moon. We'll
standby and see if the call is placed to Apollo 14.
CAPCOM We also notice a - that the main
reg is open as a result and 02 flow has been steadily
increasing, last time we had high bit rate was about four
tenths of a pound per hour. The PTC is being disturbed
but it still is stable, we wanted to alert you to try
accomplishing this leak, before we throw the PTC out of
balance. What we'd like you to do is check all the over
board drainage valves, one at a time. This time we would
like to try to tie down precisely which - which valve is
the guilty one and would like - as you either tighten up
or Jiggle them or whatever you think of to do to the valves, do
each one individually and give us time to watch the flow rate
and see if we can tie down. Over.
SC Okay, start away.
PAO That's Ed Mitchell responding to
that call.
SC Houston, the waste management dump
valve is going to off at this point.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Go ahead.
SC Gordon, did you notice a step in-
crease of the flow rate, or has it Just been a gradually
increasing thing over the last hour or so?
CAPCOM It's been a gradual increase, however,
Just - we've been watching the data after you told us you closed
the waste management overboard drain and we're seeing it drop
down. That may be the culprit right there. Can you verify
the configuration that you were in, did you have the cap on
the myrtle, was the cap closed? And was the waste manage-
ment overboard drain open? Prior to our waking you up?
Over.

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SC Well, the waste management drainage

(garbled)
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston, we
will standby while we're having a switching of antennas.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Over.
SC Houston. 14. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay Ed, we missed your answer to my
question completely, I'll turn the OMNI switch over to out,
ove r.
SC Roger, your last question about the
configuration of the waste management drain to the myrtle?
CAPCOM That's affirmative, that question.
SC Okay, roger. The myrtle - the waste
management system had been in use several times for the last
hour and if you saw changes probably fluctuating up and
down, it was undoubtedly due that system.
CAPCOM I see, you used it several times.
SC That's affirmative.
CAPCOM That's - that's since you signed out
for the night, that right?
SC That's affirmative. Right now the
drain is closed, and it has been closed, re-opened and
closed at least twice since we signed off for the night.
CAPCOM Roger.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM The 02 flow is drop back down now. Its not
come down, that is it still appears that the main rate that
may be flowing a little bit. What we suggested that you use
the direct 02 to pump the cabin back up to 5.7 and then go on
back to sleep and we'll try not to bother you. The PTC looks
like it should hold okay (GARBLE)
SC Okay Gordon. That's fine.
PAO Apollo Control Houston. 67 hours 2i minutes
GET time. You heard that last conversation between CAPCOM
Gordon Fullerton and lunar module pilot Ed Mitchell. It would
appear that the use of the waste management system may have
been the culprit in this case. We now show Apollo 14 at
32 766 nautical miles away from the moon and traveling at a
speed of 3309 feet per second. That speed relitive to the
moon. This is Apollo Control Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2-3-71, 0947 CST, 67:24 GET, MC/217-1

SC Houston, this is Al.

CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Go ahead.
SC Apollo, Houston this is Al.
CAPCOM Roger Al, we read you weak. Go ahead.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Ed this is Houstono Go ahead.
SC Hello Houston, Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Loud and clear now,
go ahead.
CAP COM Apollo 14.
SC This is Apollo 14 do you read?
CAPCOM Roger, Apollo 14, this is Houston you're
loud and clear. Go ahead.
SC Okay. Two items, first of all, Al's got
a sensor replaced, do you want the medic to
take a look at it and pump the cabin up, shutoff the direct
02 and that flow is down to two tenths now.
CAPCOM Roger. Okay, advise them that we're still
in low bit rate and there will be a few minutes or a few
seconds here before we can get high bit rate. 14, Houston,
we're going to have to wait until we rotate around to it and
an antenna angle that we can get high bit rate before we can
check that sensor but we'll give you a call in a minute or
two when we're ready.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. CDR's biomed data
looks very good according to Dr. Berry himself.
SC Okay. I just changed the paste in a
sensor and put a new sticky washer on the electrode weighter
then.
CAPCOM Okay then they're willing to sign you up.
For a permanent job at doing that. If you would like to
after the flight.
SC Well, we'll discuss it.
SC Houston, 14 if you're satisfied then,
I' 11 return my COMM configuration to the sleep configuration.
CAPCOM Okay. Let me make one quick check here.
Yes, I guess that's all we've got. We'll say goodnight once again.
SC Thank you, Gordon.
PAO 67 hours, 30 minutes ground elapsed time.
This is Apollo Control, Houston. We show Apollo 14 at
32,470 nautical miles away from the moon and now traveling
at a speed of 3311 feet per second relative to the moon.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston, at

68 hours 04 minutes into the flight - ground elapsed time.
We presently show Apollo 14 at a distance of 31 392 nautical
miles away from the moon and traveling at a speed of 3321
feet per second relative to the moon. We've had no further
conversation with the crew of Apollo 14 since they were awakened
by CAPCOM Gordon Fullerton to check a high 02 flow rate. Pre-
sumably the crew, if not yet sleeping, shortly will be. We're
at 68 hours 05 minutes into the flight and this is Apollo
Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston. At

63 hours, 33 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14. We
presently sho w Apollo 14 at a distance of 30,431 nautical
miles away from the moon, now traveling at a velocity of
3329 feet per second. We've had no communications with the
crew. Since our last report, the crew now in its rest period -
they are in their rest period. Meanwhile, activity in Mission
Control has been conversations over the flight directors loop
have been quite subdued. It's been mainly a sc_ne where flight
controllers are studying their displays, they are considering
the activities that will lie ahead on the next shift. A test
of one of the lunar modular batteries by spacecraft Com-
mander, A1 Shepard, and Ed Mitchell is being considered either
at the time of LM activation or before. Ascent battery number
5 has shown a reading of 3 tenths of a volt low on the open
circuit voltage. If the test is run, it would involve put-
ting the LM battery number 5, the one under question, on one
of the busses for an independent or second reading off another
transducer and provide a second data point. The present
reading is taken from the battery transducer without any
load. If the second reading indicates a shift in signal
conditioner then it would indicate faulty instrumentation
rather than a fault of the battery itself. We will stand by
f- and continue to monitor this possibility and provide updates
as they become available. We're at 68 hours, 35 minutes
ground elapsed time and this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston, at

69 hours and 09 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14.
We presently show Apollo 14 at a distance of 29 256 nautical
miles away from the moon traveling at a velocity of 3340 feet
per second. We've had no communication with the crew of
Apollo 14 since our last report. Our clock at Mission Control
shows a projected wake-up time of 5 hours and 50 minutes from
this time. At this time, we will take down the release line
and bring it back should we have contact with the crew, which
is not presently anticipated. At 69 hours 10 minutes ground
elapsed time, this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at

69 hours 47 minutes now in the flight of Apollo 14. We
presently show the Apollo 14 spacecraft at a distance of
27 999 nautical miles away from the moon. And travelling
at a speed of 3353 feet per second. We've had no contact
with the crew now well into their rest period since
our last report. However, in Mission Control, Flight
Director, Pete Frank, has been holding discussions with
Mr. Sig Schuberg, Director of Flight Operations and Mission
Director, Chet Lee and other , about the LM battery test
being considered. This - a test on LM battery number five
which had shown a low readout during the LM house-keeping
activities early this morning. Battery number five voltage
reading, both on the ground and through- crew
readout read 36.7 volts, the normal reading is 37 volts.
The proposed test would aid in determing if this in fact
is a fault of the battery or an instrumentation or sensor
problem. It has not yet been decided when the test may be
held either at LM activation or before. We're at 69 hours
49 minutes GET, and we will shortly be undergoing a shift
hand over in Mission Control, and a change of shift news
conference will be held between the hours of 12:30 and
one o'clock. This is Apollo Control Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 70 hours 22 minutes.

The crew still has a little over 4 and a half hours remaining in
this rest period. At the present time we are in the process of
completing the shift hand over. Flight director Milton Windler
getting briefed by the off going flight director Pete Frank.
Windler will shortly be going around the room and checking on
the mission status with each of his flight controllers reviewing
the status of the mission. At this point, a change of shift
news briefing is scheduled to occur in the main auditorium of
building 1. As soon as the shift hand over is completed, our
best estimate on that at the present time would be about 15
minutes. At 1:30 a Sky Lab Briefing is scheduled. That brief-
ing if the news conference runs long will follow immediately
after the change of shift news conference. And it will also
be held in the main auditorium of building 1. At the present
time we show Apollo 14 traveling at a velocity of 3366 feet
per second and 26 819 nautical miles from the moon. At 70
hours 23 minutes, this is Apollo Control Houston.

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· PA0 This is Apllo Control at 73 hours 12

minutes. We're still considering the possibility of having
the crew reenter the lunar module, following their sleep
period to run a test on the ascent battery, which is showing,
at last check a slightly below normal open circuit voltage.
No decision has been made at this time as to whether or not
that will be done ahead of the flight plan. If it is decided
to run the check, it would most likely be performed following
the midcourse correction 4 and before the lunar orbit insertion.
The midcourse correction 4 is currently scheduled at 77 hours
38 minutes. The manuever will be performed at this time, any- ·
way, with the SPS, the Service Propulsion System engine. The
current velocity change required appears to be about 3.6 feet
per second. That could be performed with the service propulsion
system using a minimum impulse burn of about .6 of a second.
The crew has a little bit more then 1 hour 45 minutes re-
maining in their rest period. We plan to let them sleep the
full time if they so desire. Flight Director Milton Windler
checked with the Flight Activities Officer a short while ago
to see if it would be possible to extend the sleep period
if the crew is still sleeping at the end of the period, and
the Flight Activities Officer replied that it would be
possible to extend it by as much as about 30 minutes and
still not run into any problems getting the midcourse cor-
rection performed on time. We have a video tape of last
nights television of the lunar module housekeeping, which
we prepared to replay at this time. The video replay will
be in black and white, in order to minimize wear on the tape-
heads of the color converter, and we'll play that video tape
back at this time.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 74 hours 12 min-

utes. We now have about 47 minutes remaining in the crew
rest period. Around the Flight Directors console, for the
past 45 minutes or so, there have been a series of group
discussions on the procedures that are being worked out for
checking out the LM ascent battery. Flight Director Milton
Windler advised the Flight Controllers of the progress of
the descussions a short while ago. He said at this time,
we still do not have a decision as to whether or not we'll
attempt to get into the LM and check out the battery, although
he said, we do appear to be moving in that direction. If the
crew is advised to enter the LM and run the test on the LM
battery, it would be done after midcourse correction 4 which
is scheduled to occur at about 77 hours 38 minutes. We would
like to have the crew completed with activities in the lunar
module and back in the command module by about 80 hours to
allow adequate time for the lunar orbit insertion maneuver,
which is scheduled to occur at about 82 hours 38 minutes.
At the present time we show Apollo 14 traveling at a velocity
of 3487 feet per second. Now 19068 nautical miles from the
moon. At 74 hours 14 minutes, this is Apollo Control Houston

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PA0 This is Apollo Control at 74 hours,

52 minutes. The Apollo 14 crew is scheduled to end its
rest period in about 10 - about 8 minutes from this time.
We are prepared to let the crew sleep an additional 30 minutes
if they so desire. When the crew is awake we plan to discuss
with them procedures for checking out battery 5 in the LM
ascent stage and if the crew concurs we will have them
re-enter the Lunar Module at about 78 hours to run the test
on battery 5. Essentially the way the test is planned is
to have the battery 5, which is hooked to the Lunar Module
pilots bus in the LM, remove from that bus and attach to
the commanders bus where the open circuit voltage can be
measured with another sensor. If the sensor on that bus
again measures the slight decrease in voltage that was shown
on the Lunar Module Pilot bus, that is about 36.7 volts as
opposed to 37 volts, the battery will be - the reading will
be verified by putting the battery 6 back on the Commanders
bus and comparing the reading on that battery and if in
fact a difference does exist between the two batteries and
battery 5 continues to show a lower reading, it will be
tested under LOAD and by putting some equipment on line and
we'll be watching to see if the batteries share the load
equally and if battery 5 is able to maintain full output or
able to hold up to 2 amps of load - under load. This procedure
will be discussed with the crew and others and if the crew
concurs, the IVT into the LM, the intravehicular transfer
to the LM will occur at about 78 hours. At the present
time we show Apollo 14 17,671 nautical miles from the moon.
The spacecraft velocity is 3,518 feet per second. We'll
continue to stand by live from this point on for word from
the crew that they are up or in the event that we don't
hear from them in 5 minutes or so when they are scheduled
to awake in about 30 minutes when the CAPCOM would put in
a call. At 74 hours, 56 minutes - 55 minutes, this is
Apollo Control Houston, standing by.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 75 hours,

30 minutes. We' re nearing the end now of the 30 minute
extention to the crew's sleep period and we expect that
CAPCOM, Bruce McCandless will be putting in a call shortly
to the crew. At the present time Apollo 14 is 16,433 nautical
miles from the moon._ The spacecraft velocity has increased
now to 3,549 feet per second.
PAO Our communications engineer reports
that we're getting carrier downlink from the spacecraft
indicating that the crew is up and about and preparing to
give us a call. So we'll continue to stand by for that.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Apollo 14, this is

Houston. Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Apollo 14, this is
Hous ton. Over.
SC Alright, Houston. Apollo 14. Good
morning. How do you read me?
CAPCOM Roger. Good evening, Apollo 14.
Loud and clear.
SC Good morning, Bruce. Do you have
the consumables update for me?
CAPCOM Roger. Are you ready for it?
SC Any time you're ready to give it.
CAPCOM Okay. Consumables update.
SC Good morning.
CAPCOM GET up 75 plus 33. RCS total 83 per-
cent. Quads in order, 83, 83, 82, 84 percent. Hydrogen,
72.4, 72.8. Oxygen, 89, 87, and 38.
SC 14, do you read me?
CAPCOM Roger, 14. Reading you loud and
clear now. We had another antenna switch. Over.
SC Alright I lost you after the first
hydrogen tank.
CAPCOM Okay. Hydrogen tank 172.4, 72.8.
Oxygen 89, 87, 38. Over.
SC I only got first -
CAPCOM Say again, your last, Ed?
SC Rog. And I only got the first
oxygen tank. Try me again on 2 and 3.
CAPCOM Okay. Tank 2, 87 percent. Tank 3,
38 percent. Over.
SC Roger. I got 75, 33. RCS total 83.
Quads are 83, 83, 82, 84. Hydrogen 72.4 and 72.8. Oxygen,
89, 87, 38.
CAPCOM Roger. Are you all eating breakfast
up there now?
SC And our - we're starting. The
cooks are in the kitchen at the moment. Our radiation
readings for last night or this morning are 16045 for Al,
1042 - 01042 for Stu, and 05038 for Ed.
CAPCOM Roger. 16045 for Al, 01042 for
Stu, 05038 for Ed and how about quantity of sleep? Do you
have any comments on that? Over.
SC Rog. For Al, 6 hours, Stu 6 1/2,
and Ed 6 1/2.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. And Ed, when you - when
you all feel prepared we've got quite an extensive batch
of paper work to pass up to you here.
SC Okay, Bruce. Stand by one.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Is it all going to be associated
with the flight plan?
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CAPCOM Well, let's see what we've got.

We got a comment on TFM, we've got flight plan update, we've
got a docking probe status report, we've got a pericynthion
plus 2 abort pad, we will have an LOI abort chart in numbers-
criterion update, we'll have some questions for you on the
cosmic ray flashes, and when it comes in, we'll have a proce-
dure for you for checking our the ascent stage battery
number 5 in the LM. Over.
CAPCOM Also the sports news and commentary
on mid-course 4.
SC Okay. Why don't we get the flight
plan first so that we can kind of see where we're going and
then we'll string the others out throughout and after
breakfast .
CAPCOM Okay. Actually, I think you were
looking over my shoulder, because the flight plan update
is about the simplest of the whole bunch. What we're
aiming towards here -
SC - we're looking over your shoulder.
CAPCOM what we're aiming towards here is
getting you into the LM shortly after mid-course correction
for to do a little more systems detective work on the ascent
battery 5 and make everybody feel a little warmer down here
and of course the rest of the LM is still in 40 shape. At
76 hours in the flight plan I would like you to pressurize
the LM as required. Over.
SC Okay. 76 hours, pressurize the LM
as required.
CAPCOM Roger. At 77 hours, plus 4 or 5 minutes,
which is right after mid-course 4, maneuver to moon view
attitude. And that attitude is presently contained in the
flight plan at 78 plus 55 and is roll 35

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/3/71 18:16CST 75:53GET 228/1

CAPCOM is roll 352110311. Over.

SC Roger. Maneuver to moon view attitude
and say again the angles. I understand that's at 77, 45
right after mid-course 4.
CAPCOM Roger. Angles are 352110311 and
they are currently in the flight plan at 78 plus 55.
CAPCOM Are you still there, Ed?
SC That's affirm. Okay, I have moved
it from 78, 55 to 77, 45.
CAPCOM Roger. And this is a good attitude
for LM communication on AFT OMNI and the procedure that
we'll have for you later on will have the S-band up for
telemetry but not for voice, so you want to use AFT OMNI?
At 78 hours, or from 78 hours to 80 hours even we have
blocked out for LM checkout of the ascent batteries so you
can plan on IVT to the LM at about 78 hours and be back out
by 80. Over.
SC Okay. Understand that the attitude
we're going to is good for the LM AFT OMNI and we will IVT
to the LM at 78 hours for a battery 5 checkout and be back
plan to be back at 80 hours.
CAPCOM Roger. And meanwhile back in the
Command Module, Stu can press on with the rest of the
normal Command Module activities such as the P52 and all
that.
SC Okay. You're going to have some
good words on the ascent battery 5 for me you say, in a
little while.
CAPCOM Yes, indeed. Joe Engle was just
over in the LMS here in Houston running through the thing
and it's a fairly long procedure as far as handwriting goes
but relatively straight forward and we'll cover it for you
in detail.
SC Ok ay.
PAO Joe Engle is the Lunar Module Pilot
on the backup crew.
CAPCOM Would you like a general breakdown
on what we plan to do?
SC Stand by until you're ready to read
it out and then you can give me a summary before.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
SC Stu. Ready for the next item.
CAPCOM Okay. This is the docking probe
status summary. The conclusion down here is that on your
final successful attempt the probe's spring started to
compress slightly followed by capture latch engagement and
the dock latch went barber pole and then the bottle fired and
retraction was normal, although the time was somewhat
shorter due to the continued firing of the service module
RCS. The talkback operation during initial extention and
the final docking plus the accelerometer data, the capture
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CAPCOM latch release mode occurrance during

the extentions all indicated normal extention, capture,
and retract sequence. Some consideration was given to
the possibility that the RCS thrusting compressed the probe
until the docking latches engaged, but this would have
required more force than the RCS provides. As we mentioned
yesterday, we're still go for the mission. Over.
SC Okay. And I think I'd like to have
you repeat that after A1 and Stu get on the headsets so that
I won't have to write the whole thing down. I think they'd
like to hear it.
CAPCOM Okay. How about a pericynthion
SC Go ahead, Bruce.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. We're getting a lot of
noise on the downlink right now. Let's stand by until after
the shift antenna again.
PAO Astronauts Dick Gordon, Pete Conrad,
Joe Engle and Phil Chapman are currently on the CAPCOM
console with CAPCOM Bruce McCandless. And we're continuing
to get quite a bit of noise on the downlink as we - as the
spacecraft rotates from one OMNI antenna to the next.
CAPCOM Okay, 14. How do you read now?
SC Loud and clear, now, Bruce. Okay,
our status at the moment - we're going to hold the probe
report until A1 and Stu get on the headsets. Let's press on
to the next thing you have.
CAPCOM Okay. Pericynthion plus 2 abort
pad, standing by, P30.
PAO The pericynthion plus 2 abort pad,
which McCandless is preparing to read up to the crew is an
abort maneuver which would be available to the crew to
perform if for some reason they were unable to go into
lunar orbit.
SC Okay. LOI plus 2.
CAPCOM Roger. Pericynthion plus 2 abort
pad, SPS G&N, 63300 plus 090 minus 033, TIG 0843520.
SC Bruce, hold it a minute.
SC Okay. Would you start over again
for me, please?
CAPCOM Will go, Ed. This is a pericynthion
plus 2 abort pad, SPS G&N, 63300 plus 090 minus 033, TIG
084352003 minus 07115 minus 00531 minus 12768, roll NA 084 pitch,
yaw NA. The rest of the pad is NA. This is a SPS docked
burn and the attitudes are based on the landing site REFSMMAT.
Read back. Over.
SC Okay. It's pericynthion plus 2
SPS G&N 63300, plus 090 minus 033, 84352003 minus 07115,
minus 00531 minus 12768, roll NA pitch 084, yaw NA or is
that 000. The rest of the pad is NA. SPS docked landing
site RE FS MMAT. Over.
r CAPCOM Roger. And now on your - -

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SC Roofs vents, over.

CAPCOM Roger, I now have your midcourse 4
pad. I think you're loosing ground on me down here. They
seem to be piling up faster than we can get them read up.
SC Okay, Bruce, on the angles on that
one. The roll was NA, pitch was 84, and yaw was zero.
Is that correct?
CAPCOM Yaw was NA. Actually if you want the
numbers, roll would be 356, and yaw would be 009. We
understood there was a previous agreement that you were just
going to use pitch for checking, and you would take the
roll and yaw as computed by P40, over.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM Okay, let me hold off on this midcourse
4 pad a minute. I can give you just a seconds worth of
discussion on the thing. It's coming out to 3.8 feet per
second, and this is very close to your SPS minimum impulse.
It'll be 0.69 seconds of burn time compared to your guaranteed
0.50 rain impulse, and when you get down to delta vc the
value Of 2 tenths is what they want set in the counter. Over.
SC Okay, understand that.
CAPCOM Okay, midcourse correction number 4,
SPS G&N 63375 plus 090 minus 033 tig 077 the 3 aid, 1398
minus 00016 minus 00028 plus 00021, roll 011, 249, 325, noun
44 na. Delta vt 00038, 001, 00002, sextant star, 01 1732
335 GDC align serious and radial, 230, 170, 002 no ullage.
High gain antenna angle, pitch plus 32, yaw 290, narrow beam
automatic mode, read back, over.
SC MCC4, SBS G&N63375 plus 090 minus 033
and 077 38 1398, minus 00016 minus 00028, plus 00021, plus,
or rather 011, 249, 325, noun 44 na 00038, 001, 00002, 01,
1732, 335, serious radial, 230, 170, 002 no ullage.
High gain antenna angle, plus 32, yaw 290, you want it on
narrow and auto.
CAPCOM 14, Houston, read back correct.
SC Houston, this is 14, how do you read
now?
CAPCOM Okay, when you have a chance we'd like
po and accept Ed, and we'll uplink you the midcourse 4
target load and a new state vector, over.
SC Okay, Bruce, you have po and accept.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, you may recall our discussion
on TFM last evening, with regard to the sign of the quantity
in R3. We've had a request down here that you, on the CMC
and the LGC, load in the TFM from the pad that we passed you.
That is the quantity using all positive signs. Do you still
have that handy?
SC Let me double check.
SC Right, those are the numbers 00006,
"- 39223 and 16020, is that affirm?
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CAPCOM Roger, that's the one.

SC Okay, we'll (garbled).
CAPCOM Let us finish with the uplink first.
Okay, Ed, we have a rather detailed change to the LOI
mode 1 DIPS of work chart, and numerical data. This is
found in the flight plan in the contengency check list
and the numerical sculpture that's on one of your cue cards.
It'd probably be easiest if you broke out the flight plan
say, and went through it with me.
SC Okay, did you get my read back on the
midcourse 4 pass?
CAP COM Uh -
SC It sounded to me like you droped out
before I finished reading it back.
CAPCOM Yea, as far as I can tell I got all
of it. I recall definately down through serious and radial,
and I believe I recall your reading the high gain antenna
angles back, so I'll roger for that.
SC Okay, thank you. Okay Bruce give me
a few words on the DIP support changes before we start
giving the actual numbers.
CAPCOM Okay, you have a change in the DIPS
delta v available line due to its -

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CC available line due to a different engine model

or a change in the spacecraft weight and a change in the
usable propellant from the time that this curve was calculated.
You have a change in the 2 other lines, which LOI plus 2R
and LOI plus 30 minute abort DELTA V's based on the change
in your orbit from the nominal plan. This all backs up to
the 40 minute late liftoff. And the numerical changes are
a consequence of that, also. Cver.
SC Okay, let's start through then slowly now
and we' 11 see if we can correct them.
CC Okay. Over here in the DPS DELTA V available
line, the left hand intercept is at abort DELTA V of 1966 feet _er
second at LOI DELTA V of 0. The right hand intercept on the
vertical dashline comes at an abort DELTA V of 2130 and the
LOI DELTA V of 725. Then connect the 2 intercepts together
with a straight line. Over.
SC Okay. Stand by. The first one is 1966, let's
just take them 1 at a time, and I'll plot them.
CC Roger.
SC And you say the right hand intercept is 21 what?
CC Is 2130, 2130 and it falls on that vertical
dash line 725. It separates mode 1 from mode 2.
SC I got it.
CC Okay, connect them up.
CC 14, Houston. Computer's yours.
SC Okay, I'm in block. Give me the next line now.
CC Roger. In the LOI plus 2 hour abort DELTA V
region. The left hand intercept is 1477 feet per second. Over.
SC Copy. 1477.
CC Roger. And right hand end point is at 2026
abort DELTA V, and LOI DELTA V of 238. It should intercept
your DPS DELTA V available line where it crosses the boundary
between the mode 1 2 hour and the 1 30 minutes. Over.
SC Roger. Took care of that and (garble)
CC Okay, are you ready for the next one?
SC Okay, ready for the next one.
CC Okay, over in the LOI plus 30 minute abort region,
the left hand intercept, with the boundary between mode 1-2 hour
and mode 1-30 minutes occurs at abort DELTA V of 1517 and
LOI DELTA V of 238. Over.
CC And we're going down in the mud again, Ed. I'm
going to wait for the antenna changeover before we continue
with that one.
SC Okay, I've got you at 1517 for the first one.
CC Okay, 14, Houston. We're coming back in now.
I confirm 1517 for the left hand edge, and the right hand
intercept is at abort DELTA V of 2395 on the 725 DELTA V mag-
nitude dash line. Over.
SC 2375. Is that correct?
-_ CC Negative. 2395. Over.
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SC Okay. 2395.
SC Okay, Bruce. Have that line plotted.
CC Okay. And all 3 of those lines ought to be
pretty close to parallel to the existing lines, you concur?
SC Yes, they sure are.
CC Okay. Over to the numerical data. Come on
over to the little block there and on the second line down
under burn time starting out with 0 plus 33, mode 1 loose.
It should be 0 plus 33 thru 1 plus 19 and a DELTA VM is
238 through 570. Over.
SC Okay. The burn time from 033 to 115 should be
033 to 119 and the corresponding DELTA VM is 238 to 570.
CC Roger. Next line down. The burn time is 1 plus
19 through 1 plus 40 and the burn time or the DELTA VM
is 570 through 725. Over.
SC Okay. We change from 119 to 140 and DELTA VM
is 570 and 725.
CC Roger. The next line down you change 1 plus
39 to1 plus 40 so it reads 1 plus 40 through 2 plus 41. Over.
SC Okay. The next line is 140 to 241.
CC Okay, now down below it, you've got a column
for updated times. And I' 11 read you the updated times.
SC Ok ay.
CC Okay. GET and LOI ignition 82 plus 36 plus 47,
83 plus 06 plus 47, ROLL 127264348, CSM IMU angles GET abort
ignition 84 plus 36 plus 47.

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CAPCOM plus 47, the next block down under

LM FDAI angles, the tig, 84 plus 36, plus 47, 170, 261,
000.
SC Okay, Bruce the only time I think I've
missed is the CSM IMU angles at LOI plus 30.
CAPCOM Okay, 83, plus 06, plus 47, over.
SC Okay, I read back GET and LOI ignition
update is 82 37 47, the LOI plus 30 is 83 0647 CSM IMU
Angle for LOI plus 2 is for a time of 84 36 47 and the LM
angles for that time are, the LM FDAI angles for that time are
84 36 47 and they are 170 261, 000.
CAPCOM Okay Ed, the read back was correct
except that you omitted the roll pitch and yaw angles under
CSM IMU angles for LOI plus 30.
SC Rog, I didn't hear them. Did you say
them. Are they the same?
CAPCOM Okay, Roll and yaw are the same. Pitch
has changed from 263 to 264, over.
SC Oh those, okay, I thought I read them
to you Bruce. I have them 127, 264, and 348.
CAPCOM Roger, readback is correct, and we've
got some news when you' re ready.
SC Okay, let's hold off and let the other
guys get on their headsets and have some news while I get
some breakfast.
CAPCOM Okay, and those changes need to be made
in the contingency checklisted flight plan and on your
cue card.
SC Roger.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 76 hours 37
minutes. We are beginning a shift hand over at this time.
Flight Director Jerry Griffin coming on to replace Flight
Director Milton Windler and the capsule communicator on
the upcoming shift will be astronaut Fred Haise. We do
anticipate a change of shift briefing, probably within about
30 minutes of the shift handover which is scheduled to
occur at 7:30. Also during the S4B impact, which will be
occuring early tomorrow morning at about 1:26 AM central
standard time, we will have Dr. David W. Strangway, who is
chief of the Geophysics branch at the Manned Spacecraft
Center available in the newscenter briefing room to
provide background on the event and also to do what
real time data analysis is possible. We will have video
from the control center piped into the briefing room and
we'll have available such things as video of the seismic data
that we are expecting to receive on the Apollo 12 passive
seismometer. At the present time we are showing that the
impact will occur at a ground elapsed time of 83 hours 17
minutes, 55 seconds, and the current impact coordinates for
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PAO the S4B are 7 degrees, 52 minutes

south and 26 degrees 3 minutes west. And at the
present time, we show Apollo 14 at 14,022 nautical miles
from the moon. The spacecraft velocity up now to 3,624
feet per second.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. We
would like you to reload TSM prior to midcourse 4, over.
SC Okay, Bruce, we'll reload TSM, and
I' 11 do that now. And the Delta V test went real well and
the no bias check with a minus 100 at the start went to a
minus 98.4.
CAPCOM Roger, we copy. Did you say 98.4,
Stu?
SC That's affirmative, 98.4.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Okay, Bruce, we reloaded and there it is
if you'd like to check it and make sure we're all squared
away.
CAPCOM Okay, stand by. Roger we concur.
Stu, it looks good.
SC Ok ay.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Ed. This is Houston.

Do you have a copy of the LM activation check list in the
Command Module at this time or did you leave both of them
in the LM? Over.
SC We have them here in the Command
Module.
CAP COM Roger. Thank you.
SC Okay, Bruce. The torquing angles
are on the DSKY and I'll be torquing at 765130.
CAP COM Roger, Stu.
CAPCOM Okay. It looks good from down here,
Stu.
SC Ok ay.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay, Bruce. Looking over the flight
plan we moved up that maneuver to the moon view attitude and
I'm going to go the way I did back here right after mid-course
4 instead of where it shows over 7850 if you all agree.
CAP COM Roger. We concur
SC Ok ay.

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SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay. The pad value for DELTA VC is
0.2 and you all gave us that before we ran our NULL BIAS
check. Is that still a good (garble)?
CAPCOM Yeah, that's still a good number Stu.
SC Ok ay.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay. We'd like to get the high gain
whenever you can crank it up.
SC Houston, 14 on the high gain. How do
you read?
CAPCOM Loud and clear Ed.
SC Ok ay.
PAO This is Apollo Control 77 hours 27 minutes
ground elapsed time. Flight Director Gerry Griffin who
heads up the gold team of flight controllers is settling
in to his chair in the middle of the room and having hand-
over from Flight Director Milton Windler off going shift.
Meanwhile aboard Apollo 14 the crew's making preparations
for the midcourse correction burn number 4 upcoming in
9 minutes and 45 seconds. That burn with an ignition time
of 77 hours 38 minutes 14 seconds will be for a 3.8 feet
per second change in velocity. Total burn time is .7
of a second which for that big engine is a wee small burp.
The midcourse correction burn number 4 in local time will
be 8:01:14 central time. Communications engineers asked
that the crew be asked to swivel the high gain antenna for
a better lockon upcoming on this burn - apparently the
communications is somewhat spotty at this time. We're
standing by live on air-ground with Apollo 14 for the up-
coming burn.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay. Your high gain is oscillating a
bit there. Want you to try another acquisition Ed.
SC Got you Fred. We've tried it twice and
it's still doing it. I'll give it one more go.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SC Houston, 14. That seems to be the best
we could do. It's still oscillating. Got another sugges-
tion?
CAPCOM Stand by Ed.

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SC 14, Houston.
CC Okay, Ed. Suggestion is to take the servo
electronics switch, panel 2, go to secondary and then try
the reacq.
SC Okay.
SC Okay, Houston. I think we've finally got it
up on the fourth attempt.
CC Okay, Ed.
PAO This is Apollo Control coming up on 1 minute
away from midcourse correction number 4 burn which will
lower the nearest approach altitude from about 67 nautical
miles to 60 nautical miles after the burn. 50 seconds.
SC Okay, Houston. We get about 40 seconds to
burn. We're ready to go on time.
CC Roger, Al.
SC Okay, we had a good burn.
CC Ok ay, Roger, Al.
SC Okay, Houston. 14, with a burn
report.
CC Okay. Go ahead, Al.
SC DELTA VC minus 2.6 and the fueland oxidizer,
no appreciable change.
CC Okay DELTA VC minus 2.6 and thefuel ox, no
ch an ge.
SC That's correct.
f CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahe ad.
CC We would like AUTO on the high gain now, Ed and
just one question. You mean you tried 4 times on the secondary
servo electronics to get locked up?
SC Yes, it was about that. It could be that I
wasn't giving it enough delay time before I tried something
else when it was in the narrow position, but I thought I was
and I don't know what I did differently on the last attempt
that did work then the previous attempts which didn't work.
CC Okay, you tried to lock up in narrow rather
than wide. Is that correct?
SC Roger. I went from wide to medium to narrow.
CC Okay.
SC Houston, 14. The LM command module Delta P
is zero. We're starting to remov e the tunnel hardware.
CC Roger. And are both A1 and Ed on the head-
sets now?
SC That's affirm.
CC Okay. Looking at -
SC Yeah, we're all on, Fred.
CC Okay. Looking at the procedure here for the
business in the LM. Looks like the better way to handle it rather
than have you write it all down is for me to just give it to you
on a step-by-step basis after you're in the LM and set and ready
r' to go and I'll just have somebody, Joe here, checking me off as
we do i t.
SC Okay, we'll let you know when we're in there
and we'll keep command module comm in there.
cC Roger, Al.
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SC Houston, 14.
CC Go ahead, Ed.
SC Just a quick comment. We're passing the moor_
out our rendezvous window right now. It seems to be growing
noticably in size. We've reached the point where we're run-
ning downhill very rapidly toward it.
CC Roger, Ed. Showing you about, oh it looks like
about 205 000 out now.
SC Roger.
SC Hey, Fred, old boy, this moon view attitude is
just what it says, it's got it framed right in the hatch
window.
CC Incredible.
SC Yes, just like everything else, you all do good
work.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 77 hours 55 minutes
GET time. There will not be a change of shift briefing with
the maroon team flight director, Milton Windler, inasmuch as
he plans to stay in the control center during this checkout
of the lunar module battery system. The next change of shift
press briefing will be following the end of the gold team
shift. This is Apollo Control still live on air-to-ground
in the mission of Apollo 14.
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CC Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay, Fred-o, I'm through the tunnel and in-
gressing the LM at this point. What's about the first thing
you want me to head for?
CC Okay, I'll let Joe talk to you here and kind of
give you a few words on the big picture and then we'll start
in.
SC Ok ay.
CC Okay, Ed. What this is going to amount to is
an abbreviated - a very abbreviated power up and we will transfer
to LM power so Stu, you can stand by and we'll get our own times
on that. Now, Ed, if we have a COMM problem any time during
this and we are out of configuration, just get the activation
checklist and go to page 1-17 and complete the deactivation
from that point on. And Ed, if you're ready to go now. We'll
start through here.
SC Okay, Joe. How about giving me a quick overall
picture of the problem as you saw it from the ground. I don't
see much of anything here that is indicative of a problem.
CC Okay. Just a second here.

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CAPCOM Okay, Ed. I wanted to get the values

correct here. TM picked up about 3 tenths of a voltage-
of a volt low on battery 5, which gave some concern and
primarily we just want to verify that perhaps we're not -
we don't have a gauge that's giving us that much of a
difference rather than the battery itself.
SC 3 tenths of a volt?
CAPCOM That's affirmative. That's open
circuit voltage, Ed.
SC As I recall, we read
SC Rog. As I recall, we read them off
1/2 a volt different. It's 36 1/2 to 37. Is that right?
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. That was half a volt
onboard and the telemetry showed the 3 tenths down here.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Okay. And essentially, Ed, what
we' re going to do is put the - put both batteries on an
open bus to read out both bus and battery voltages and if
we're not satisfied with the readings at that point we'll
go ahead and load up the LMP buss and - put a load on it,
rather and check the battery performance both by itself and
sharing a load on the LMP bus.
SC Okay. Understand what you're going
to do.
----_ CAPCOM Okay. Let's press on and I'll read
; the items off in checklist fashion and I'll read one or
two itmes at a time, Ed, depending on if they're in the
same proximity and wait for your verification.
SC Okay. I'm ready.
CAPCOM Okay. Up front, let's turn the
flood lights to all.
SC Flood lights are at all.
CAPCOM Okay. Window shades down.
SC That's in work. Okay. Window shades
are down.
CAPCOM Okay. And back on ECS panel now.
The descent water and descent oxygen both open.
SC Water and 02 at open.
CAPCOM Cabin repress to AUTO.
SC Cabin repress in AUTO.
CAPCOM And on panel 16, cabin repress
circuit breaker CLOSED.
SC Repress breaker CLOSED.
CAPCOM Okay. And Kittyhawk we're ready
to transfer to LM power now, and if you'll give us the
mark we' 11 get the time.
SC Okay, Joe, on my mark. 3, 2, 1, MARK.
SC I have power.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. We've got it. And now
on panel 11 and 16. The translunar bus tie breakers both
'- CLOSED.
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SC Translunar bus ties are closed.

CAPCOM Okay. On panel 11 signal conditioner
one CLOSED.
SC Conditioner one's CLOSED.
CAPCOM Over on the other side on 16, signal
conditioner two CLOSED.
SC CLOSED.
CAPCOM Okay. Under EPS, the displays and
the descent ECA control both CLOSED.
SC Okay. EPS displays and de ca - descent
ECA CLOSED.
CAPCOM Okay. Now verify the descent batteries
all four talk backs are on LOW and the descent battery talk
back is grey.
SC That's verified. That's verified.
CAPCOM Okay. On panel 16 under COMM primary
S-band both breakers CLOSED and the PMP CLOSED.
SC Okay. COMM primary S-band (garble)
and transmitter receiver PMP CLOSED.
CAPCOM Okay. And while we're doing this
you can keep your eye on that bus voltage whether or not
we need to go to high taps.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM Okay. Still on 16, the PCMTE breaker
CLOSED.
SC PCMTE CLOSED.
CAPCOM Okay. And on 16 ascent ECA and ascent
ECA control both CLOSED.
SC Okay, ascent ECA control CLOSED.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Now on your audio panel
on the LMP side, S-band TR to TR.
SC S-band TR, TR.
CAPCOM And under COMM under the S-band, TM,
Prime, Prime, OFF TCM.
SC Okay, TM, Prime, Prime, OFF TCM.
CAPCOM Okay. And then OFF reset on your
range.
SC Okay. OFF reset and then
27 volts. Let's switch to high taps.
CAPCOM Okay. Very good.
SC Okay, I'm on high taps.
CAPCOM Okay. Very good. Now on your
telemetry, Ed. We'll want OFF and HIGH.
SC And OFF and HIGH. You have it.
CAPCOM Okay. Now on the S-band antennas
you might take a quick check and see which is your best
OMNI there.
SC Well, since we don't have those
meters powered up, I don't have anything to tell by.
f--
CAPCOM Okay. We've got data now, Ed. Thank
you.
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SC Okay. I'm on AFT.

CAPCOM Okay, now stand by one and we'll
if we're ready to press on here.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. We're ready to press on
and for your information on telemetry here, we're still
showing that ascent about 3 tenths of a volt low as in 5.
Okay, Ed. We're ready to pick up now on panel 11, EPS
cross tie balance loads OPEN.
SC Okay. EPS cross tie balance loads
panel 11 .
CAP COM That's affirmative.
SC Is OPEN. That's makes them both
OPEN now.
CAPCOM Okay. Now we're going to turn OFF
batteries 3 and 4, so battery 3 and 4 high voltage to OFF
reset and you may get a DC feeder fault light here.
SC Bat 3 and 4 you want the OFF reset. I
have both balance loads at bus cross tie bus open. In other
words you want to dump the commander's bus, is that correct?
CAP COM That's affirmative.
SC Okay. Here they go.
SC And I have a feeder fault.
CAPCOM Okay. You do have a feeder fault?
SC Have a feeder fault light.
CAPCOM Yes, that's what I mean. Okay.
Very good. Now on panel 11, Ed, they want to open all the
circuit breakers on panel 11 except signal conditioner 1,
the DC bus volt, and both Bat feed tie breakers.
SC Okay. You want them all open except
signal conditioner 1, the DC bus volt, is that affirm?
CAPCOM That's affirmative.
SC Okay. It's open. We never got it
closed. I'm closing it now. Okay, Joe, say again the
ones you want closed.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. We have 4 that we want
closed. They are the signal conditioner, signal conditioner 1,
Bat bus volts, and both bat feed tie breakers.
CAPCOM Now, you're breaking up. Give me
the last three again. I have the signal conditioner, but
I still don't get the last three.
CAPCOM Okay. The DC bus volt and both
bat feed tie breakers.
SC Okay. Both bat feed ties, DC bus
volts and the signal conditioner. I'm now pulling the
rendezvous radar heater, the stand by breaker, the landing
radar heater breaker, annunciating docking component lighting
breaker. IMU stand by. Descent ECA, translunar
bus tie. I now have 4 bus - 4 circuit breakers closed, the
remainder are opened.
CAPCOM Okay. And you have the IMU stand
f_ by breaker open, is that affirm?
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SC That's affirm.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Our next step now, we'd
like to bring battery 5 back up, ON.
SC Okay, battery 5 back up, commander
feed is ON.
CAP COM Okay. Very good.

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SC Okay battery 5 back up commander

feed is on.
CAPCOM Okay very good, and onboard there
if you'd compare both your battery and buss voltages and
give us a readout please.
SC Okay, battery 5 is reading about 35.8
and the commander's buss is reading 35.8.
CAPCOM Okay Ed Batt 5 back up off.
SC Bart 5 back up off.
CAPCOM Okay Ed, battery 6 normal, on.
SC Battery 6 normal is on.
CAPCOM Very good, now give us battery and
buss voltages please.
SC Okay, I read 36 on the bus, 36 on
the battery.
CAPCOM Okay Ed, now battery 5 back up to
on, and when you do it see if battery 6 pulls any of battery
5's load.
SC Okay, stand by.
SC Battery 6 back up on now. And looks
like the voltage on 6 rose Just a little bit and I see no
change in current. It appears that it's sharing the load
they're both at 36 plus.
CAPCOM Okay, now let me verify, Ed. You do
have battery 5 on back up and battery 6 on normal.
'-- SC That's affirm.
CAPCOM Okay, stand by 1 now and let us look
at the stuff here.
SC With your concurrence I was looking
at 6 when I brought 5 back up on. Let me shift it; my temp
monitor, my power temp monitor and watch 5 and cycle them
if that's okay.
CAPCOM Okay Ed, first could you verify
ascent ECA control breaker is closed please.
SC That's affirm ascent ECA control is closed.
CAPCOM Okay, and the ascent ECA breaker also.
SC That's negative.
CAPCOM Okay, we'd like ascent ECA closed on
16, Ed.
SC Okay, you've got it.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed now rotate, we'd like you to
rotate battery 6 to off momentarily and then back to normal
power and you can watch battery 5 voltage there on your
monitor.
SC Okay, battery 6 coming off. Now when
I cycle battery 6, the battery 5 voltage comes up when battery
6 is brought on the line. It drops down when battery 6 is off
the line, however by watching 6 I do not see any current
drain.
CAPCOM Yea, we concur, we're seeing the same thing
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CAPCOM here Ed. And stand by just a moment

in this configuration. Okay Ed, next function, let's take
battery 5 back up, correction, battery 6 normal feed off.
SC Battery 6 normal is off.
CAPCOM And battery 5 back up off.
SC Battery 5 back up off.
CAPCOM Okay Ed we can turn battery 3 high volt
and battery 4 high volt back on now.
SC Okay, battery 3 high volt is on.
Battery 4 high volt is on.
CAP COM Ok ay Ed -
SC 5 volts.
CAPCOM Okay, very good. Okay Ed, if you have
your activation, do you have your activation checklist
there with you?
SC That's affirmative.
CAPCOM Okay, go ahead and configure panel
11 now as per page 1 dash 3, and I'll have 4 changes when
you get the breakers configured there.
SC Okay, configuring panel 11 as per
1-3.
CAPCOM Okay, very good. Okay, Ed, and
give me a call when you get panel 11 configured there.
SC Okay, Joe, it's complete.
CAPCOM Okay, very good. Now I've got 4 breakers
I'd like for you to change on 11. The cross tie balance
load breaker, open.
SC Okay cross tie balance loads is open.
CAPCOM Translunar bus tie closed.
SC Translunar bus tie closed.
CAPCOM Signal conditioner 1 closed.
SC Okay, signal conditioner 1 closed.
CAPCOM Okay, and glycol pump 2 closed.
SC Okay, I've closed the following
circuit breakers in addition to 13, signal conditioner 1,
glycol pump 2, translunar bus tie, and I've opened a cross
tie balance loads. ,
CAPCOM Okay very good, Ed. What we want to
do now is put some loads on the LMP bus for the load test.
Now you can go over to panel 16 Ed, and on panel 16, I'd
like the, under instrumentation, I'd like the signal sensor
closed.
SC Okay, it's closed.
CAPCOM Okay and under ECS displays closed.
SC ECS displays closed.
CAPCOM And on under heaters, the RCS system
A and B, all 4 heaters circuit breakers closed.
SC Okay, under heaters, RCS system AB 2
quads 1234 are closed.
f CAPCOM Okay, very good. Now back on panel 11
 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/3/71 2043 CST 236/3

CAPCOM We have AC buss A and B buss tie inverter

breakers all 4 of them closed.
SC Okay, AC buss A and B and closed the 4
b_Jss tie inverter breakers.
CAPCOM Okay, under AC buss A, the AC buss
volts closed.
SC AC buss volts closed.
CAPCOM Okay, under ACB, the system engineer window
heater closed.
SC Okay, SE window heaters closed.
CAPCOM And under AC buss A the commander's
window heater closed.
SC Okay, commanders window heater closed.
CAPCOM Okay, now if you'll scurry back over to
the other side under 16, we lave EPS inverter 2 closed.
SC EPS inverter 2 closed.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, now if you'll check AC
bus and turn on inverter 2, turn inverter switch to
number 2.
SC Okay, Joe, and I'm reading right up
at the high into the green band. It's under 38 volts indicated
CAPCOM Okay, very good. Now turn your monitor
to battery 1, and we'd like the RCS system AB 2 quads
heaters all 4 to the manual position Ed.
SC Okay, they're in manual.
CAPCOM Okay, now let's bring battery 5 normal
switch on.
SC Okay, stand by. Battery 5 normal is
coming on.
CAPCOM Okay, very good.
SC And battery 5 seems to have picked up
about 12 amps indicated.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SC And is sharing the load with 1 and 2
apparently.
CAPCOM Okay, looks good and stand by just a
few more seconds Ed. Okay Ed, now let's start bringing, taking
the descent batterys off. First of all we'd like battery
1 to off, reset.
SC Battery 1 off, reset.
CAPCOM Okay, and let's remain in this configuration
for a few seconds here.

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CAPCOM Okay Ed, now bring battery 2 off RESET.

SC Okay. Battery 2 is OFF and BATT 5 is
carrying the whole load at 30 AMPS.
CAPCOM Yeah. It looks good here.
SC Looks good to me.
CAPCOM Okay. Give us about a minute here Ed
and we'll press on with the next step.
SC Okay, sure have a good moon view out the
Commander's window here.
CAPCOM Okay Ed. We're ready to pess on now.
Let's turn battery 6 back up ON.
SC Okay. Battery 6 backup is ON.
CAPCOM Okay. We'll remain here for a few seconds
and take a look at it.
SC Okay 5 and 6 just be sure and load it.
CAPCOM Okay Ed. Now Battery 6 back up OFF.
SC Okay. It's off.
CAPCOM Very good. Now let's take batteries one
and 2 high volt to ON.
SC Okay. One and two high volts are ON.
CAPCOM Okay. Battery 5 NORMAL- OFF. RESET.
SC 5 off. RESET.
CAPCOM Okay. Now on the circuit breakers over
there, the RCS system A B 2 quads all 4 breaker OPEN.
SC Ail four open.
CAPCOM Okay. You can turn all four heater switches
to the OFF position.
SC That's completed.
CAPCOM Okay. Now turn the inverter switch OFF.
SC Okay. It's OFF.
CAPCOM Okay and inverter 2 breaker OPEN.
SC That's completed.
CAPCOM Okay Ed. Now let's finish deactivating
here - that wasn't that looks like a good check. On your audio
panel you can turn your S-band PR OFF.
SC I t' s OFF.
CAPCOM Okay. And I guess we're going to stand
by here just a moment Ed.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM What we're doing right now Ed is just
watching the open circuit voltage on that TM here for a
few minutes and make sure its stable.
SC Okay.
SC That's using your pit juice as well.
CAPCOM (Laughter) yeah.
SC Houston, 14. Can we press off and power
down we're using juice.
CAPCOM Yeah. We're just about ready to press
on Ed.
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CAPCOM Okay Ed. We're going now at the intercom

S-band PM OFF, OFF, OFF,
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM And your ranging and OFF reset to
SC Okay. You have PM OFF, OFF, OFF, OFF.
OFF RESET.
CAPCOM Okay. And telemetry OFF and LOW.
SC Okay. You have OFF and LOW.
CAPCOM Okay on 16 circuit breakers Ed, under
EPS cross tie balance loads OPEN.
SC Okay. Cross tie balance loads are OPEN.
CAPCOM Okay and you can select low taps on
batteries .
SC Ok ay.
SC Low taps on the batteries.
CAPCOM Okay Ed. Now you can go back to that
activation checklist and configure the both circuit breaker
panels as per page 1-3 and 1-4 and I' 11 stand by and if
you will give me a call when you' re finished with that.
SC Ok ay.
SC Panel ll's configured.
CAPCOM Very good Ed. Okay Stu. If you're ready
you can transfer back to CSM power now and we'll get the
time if you'll give us a mark.
SC Hold it a second.
SC I still haven't got 16 configured yet, -
John.
CAPCOM Oh, okay. Stand by Stu.
SC Okay George, completed Stu's transferred
power.
SC Okay Joe. Here it comes back to the
CSM 321 MARK.
CAPCOM Okay Stu. We've got it. Thank you very
much.
CAPCOM Okay Ed. Now on your ECS panel, you can
CLOSE the descent water and oxygen.
SC Completed.
CAPCOM Okay. Cabin repress CLOSED.
SC The cabin repress is CLOSED.
CAPCOM On panel 11, on your circuit breakers
the ECS dc buss volt OPEN.
SC It's OPEN.
CAPCOM And on panel 16 under ECS cabin repress
OPEN.
SC It's OPEN.
CAPCOM Okay. You can roll the window shades
back up now Ed.
SC Okay. The window shades are going up and
the old moon is sure getting big in the Commander's window
at this point.
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CAPCOM Okay. Very good. You' re not very far

from there on the chart up there, that's for sure. Okay
Ed, on panel 3, floodlight OFF.
SC Only noticeably in the last hour.
CAPCOM Okay. We copy that. And on panel 3,
floodlight OFF.
SC Okay. It's OFF.
CAPCOM Okay Ed, the cabin relief and dump over-
head to OPEN.
SC Verify it's OPEN.
CAPCOM Okay. Now you can IVT back to the com-
mand module and close the hatch behind you. And we thank
you very much.
SC Okay. Is everybody satisfied with the
checkout Joe? Are we GO?
CAPCOM Yeah. It looks good Ed.
SC Okay. The LM hatch is secured.
CAPCOM Okay. Very good Ed.
CAPCOM And Ed, we'll have some more elaborate
words for you on those batteries. The battery five holds
the load real good. It stands up under the load real good.
I think they want to evaluate a few more parameters here and
so far it looks like there's nothing to worry about.
SC Okay. Thank you.
SC Houston, 14. Should we put the hardware
back in the tunnel?
CAPCOM Ok ay. Stand by Al.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Rog, A1 you
can go ahead and put the hardware back in and get back into
a normal configuration.
SC Okay. That's in work.
SC Okay. Will do.
PAO This is Apollo Control. 78 hours 57
minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 some 3 hours 26
minutes from loss of signal as it passes behind the moon
on the first coasting in to lunar orbit insertion burn
coming up later this evening. Lunar Module pilot Ed Mitchell
crossed over into the lunar module earlier and just - has
completed a checkout of the electrical system in the lunar
module in which the concern is on the low

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PAO In which the concern was on the low

voltage reading of about 3 tenths of a volt under normal
of ascent battery number 5. By selectively switching the
various loads back and forth between this battery and the
other ascent battery, measuring the load sharing capability,
the voltage readings with the various loads, it was determined
as mentioned by the acting spacecraft communicator, Joe
Engle, that the battery looks okay at this time, and as
of now they're go for continuing toward a lunar landing
mission. There's an extensive checkout of lunar module
systems prior to the undocking and our descent maneuver
on up till landing, but as of now, the ascent batteries,
especially battery number 5 is go at this time. Some
gee whiz numbers, would you believe they've disappeared
from my display. At 78 hours 59 minutes ground elapsed
time this is Apollo Control.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, we'd like PO0 and ACCEPT and
we' i1 pump you up the state vector preliminary target mode
and RE FSMMAT.
CAPCOM Did you copy, 147
SC We've got it.
CAP COM Ok ay.
CAPCOM 14, Houston, the computer is yours
now .

SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, I have a preliminary LOI
maneuver pad ready.
SC Okay, Fredo, I'm ready to copy your
preliminary LOI 1 pad.
CAPCOM Okay, it's SPS G&N 63306 plus 090
minus 033, 082, 36 46 55 minus 28019 minus 11053 minus 02273
351 258 326 01723 plus 00584 30206 612 30131 12 2883 271
and the rest of the column N slash A. Star 15 Sirius and
star 12 Rigel. Okay, on the zero mark of the set stars
R align 127, T align 148, Y align 015. No ullage, LM
weight 33 675.
SC Fred-o would you give me the minutes
of noun 33 again please.
CAPCOM Okay, 36.
SC Okay, it's an LOI preliminary SPS G&N
63306 plus 090 minus 033, 082, 364655 minus 28019 minus 11053
minus 02273 351 258 326 01723 plus 00584 30206 612 30131
12 2883 271 the rest N A. Set stars Sirius and Rigel and
127 148 015 no ullage, LM weight 33675.
CAPCOM Okay Ed was good read back.
SC Ok ay.
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SC Houston, 14, did you get the 93's

and the torquing time?
CAPCOM We've got the 93's, Al, but we need
the torque time.
SC Okay, 079 39 20.
CAPCOM Copy 079 39 20.

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CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ah e ad_.
CC Al, while you still maybe got that pad book
handy. I got a TEI4 pad ready to come up.
SC Okay, go ahead with your pad.
CC Roger. TEI 4 SPS G&N 38242 plus 090 minus
033091173852 plus 39034 plus 07063 minus 01658 181069 012
rest of column N slash A, ullage 4 Jets 14 seconds, other
remarks assumes burn undocked and assumes no DOI. Okay and -
SC DOI 4 and SPS G&N -
CC Okay, I've got 1 correction before you read back,
Al. They gave me the docked PITCH AND YAW trim, NOUN 48s and
I need to change those on you right now.
CC Stu, the PITCH should be minus 057 and the YAW
trim plus 040.
SC Okay, I have it as follows: DOI 4 SPS G&N plus
38242 minus 057 plus 040091173852 plus 39034 plus 07068. I
need DELTA VZ 181069012, 4 Jets ullage 14 seconds, burn undocked.
CC Okay, Al. NOUN 81, I maybe heard you wrong.
DELTA VY should be plus 07063 and the DELTA VZ minus 01658 and
the last remark is assumes no DOI.
SC Alright. Will repeat DELTA VY plus 07063 and
minus 01658, last remark assumes and no DOI.
- CC Okay, good readback.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 79 hours 51 minutes
GET. The countdown clock showing 2 hours and 45 minutes 37
seconds until lunar orbit insertion ignition and 2 hours 32
minutes until the spacecraft passes behind the moon on the
beginning of the first revolution. Earlier, you heard the
spacecraft communicator pass up to the crew all the numbers
necessary for the lunar orbit insertion burn, which is now
scheduled for ground elapsed time of 82 hours 36 minutes 46
seconds with a retrograde of velocity decrease of 3020 feet
per second. The lunar module pilot, Ed Mitchell went into
the lunar module earlier in the evening and checked out the
electrical system and in watching the telemet telemeter dis-
plays here in Mission Control, Apollo program Director Rocko
Petrone made the following comment: "We are happy with what
we saw. We haven't found anything to preclude descent. Other
ground tests are under way to further verify battery performance.
During the test, battery 5 shared the loads applied very well
without draining power from battery 6. The battery recovered
readily after the load was removed. At one time the load was
pushed to 30 amps during the test. The entire LM battery sys-
tem will be thoroughly checked out during the power up of the
lunar module on descent day. We did however, determine that
the .3 of a volt low reading recorded earlier in the mission
was not an instrumentation fault." Presently Apollo 14 is
6863 nautical miles out from the moon increasing in velocity
as it falls inward toward lunar orbit. Velocity now reading
4083 feet per second. At 79 hours 53 minutes ground elapsed
time, this is Apollo Control.
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CC 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CC Okay, Ed, if you've got a minute there, I'd
like to proceed through a little bit of looking at the high
gain.
SC Okay, Fredo, just 1 please.
CC Ok ay.
SC Okay, I'm ready. What do you want to do?
CC Okay, first match your dial of PITCH AND YAW
indications with what you're reading on the indicators.
SC Ok ay.
CC Now, manual and wide.
SC Okay, I have it.
CC Okay, put the high gain servo electronics
switch back to primary and after that go through another
normal acquisition.
SC Ok ay.
SC It locked up immediately, Fred-o.
CC Say again.
SC The only thing different then what it was
doing this morning was it was not increasing signal strength
immediately upon going to medium or narrow.
CC Roger.
SC And of course it seemed to be oscillating after
._._ that. It's steady now.
CC Okay.

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CAP C0M 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Is everybody on the line now, Al, so I can
pass up this docking probe status?
SC Standby one.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SC Houston, can we give you a call in about
20 minutes?
CAP COM Ok ay .
SC Houston, 14. I have the null bias check
figures for you.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Al.
SC Okay, we went from minus 100 to minus 985.
CAPCOM Okay, we got that, Al.
SC Houston, Apollo 14. We're ready for the dis-
cussion on the probe now.
CAPCOM Okay, At. Okay, the conclusion down here is
that on your final attempt, the probe spring started to
compress slightly, followed by the capture latch engagement
talk backs going barber pole. The bottle then fired and
the retraction looked normal, although the time was some
what shorter due to the contingent firing of the command
module RCS jets. The talk back operation during the initial
extension in the final docking, plus the accelerometer data,
and also the look see at the capture latch release motor
currents during the extension all indicated a normal exten-
sion capture and retract sequence. Some consideration, Al,
was given to the possibility that the RCS thruster compressed
the drogue probe maybe until the docking latch is engaged
but the final word was that this would require more force
than the RCS could provide. And I guess the most important
fact is as discussed yesterday, we're GO for the mission.
SC Okay. Do you suggest any special docking
technique for the final docking and rendezvous?
CAPCOM Yeh, we're still -
SC I'm think of course in -
CAPCOM Okay, we really don't have -
SC I'm thinking of course in terms of the
different masses.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. We don't have any procedure ready
at this time. We're still thinking about the possibilities
and we'll have that ready for you before the time.
SC Ok ay.
SC Hey, Fred?
CAP COM Go ahead.
SC Okay, could we hit that again. Now, I guess
I don't understand why it didn't work on the other - on the
other docking.
f CAPCOM Yeh, I guess we don't have that answer for
you, Stu.
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CAPCOM Ali we can say is -

SC Are - are we saying that the -
CAPCOM Yeh, we can'_ explain the preceding attempts
but all we' re saying is that the one that worked, looked
normal.
SC Okay, I guess I disagree with it looking
normal but the probe sure does look good now. Are you
saying there's no correlation between the retraction and
the - I mean using the retract bottle and getting the
docking?
CAPCOM Standby one, Stu.
CAPCOM Okay, I'm not sure if I'm answering the
question you asked, Stu, but what the data shows is that
the - the bottle lead fired and started to pull things in
before you all actually worked the switch and maybe you
thought the reverse was true.
SC What let me see say that again, Fred. I don't
understand that one.
CAPCOM Okay, I guess there's a distinction in maybe
your impressions and what the data said but that you did
get captured normally before the bottle was fired. Did you
all have a different impression?
SC Yeh, standby one.
SC Yeh, Fred, our impression was that - say the
talk backs going barber pole, which would indicate the cap-
ture by the latches, didn't happen until, oh I think as A1
said the other time several seconds after he hit the retract
sw it ch.
SC Hey, but we're not trying to talk you out of
anything that - we think the probe is fine, we just want
to make sure we're clarified on the'procedures.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu.

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CAP COM 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay. We'd like POO and ACCEPT and
we'll get you in the final vector and target load.
SC Okay, Fredo. You got it.
CAPCOM Okay. And I'm ready with the LOI
pad now.
SC Stand by one, Fredo. Just a minute.
Fred. is this going to be a correction to the previous pad
or a complete new pad?
CAPCOM A1 it's a final one and I think there's
enough difference. You probably ought to use another sheet
the re.
SC Okay. Ready to copy.
CAPCOM Okay. SPS, G&N, 63306, plus 090,
minus 033, 082, 364270, minus 28049, minus 11035, minus 02270,
351, 258, 326, 01693, plus 00581, 30227, 612, 301, 52, 12,
2883, 271. That's to column N/A and all the comments in
the set stars information is the same as before.
SC Okay. On the LOI pad, SPS G&N, 63306,
plus 090, minus 033, 082, 364270, minus 28049, minus 11035,
minus 02270, 351, 258, 326, 01693, plus 00581, 30227, 612, 30152,
12, 2883, 271. The rest N/A and the set stars and ullage
and LM weight remain the same.
CAPCOM Good readback, Ed.
CAPCOM And 14, Houston. The computer's
yours.
SC Okay, Houston. Good.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Ed, if you have any problem acquiring
what the high gain back at LOS - or AOS and AUTO, just put her
in manual and wide and we can get the dump and everything
there.
SC Okay, Fredo. Will do.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. When you can work it
in I got the map updates to rev 1.
SC Okay, Fredo. I'm ready to copy.
CAPCOM Okay. LOS, 82:23:58, 180:82:38:30,
AOS with 82:56:27, and AOS without 82:49:15.
SC Okay, Fredo. 82:23:58, 82:38:30,
and the one we'll use 82:56:27 and 82:49:15.
CAPCOM Good readback.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. When you get to the - or it's
convenient in here, Ed, when you're fiddling with the 02
heater switches, we'd like the 50 watt heater breaker on
226 for tank 3 that you have open, we'd like that one closed
now .

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SC You have it, Fredo.

CAP COM Ok ay.

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PAO This is Apollo Control 81 hours 27

minutes ground elasped time. Still 1 hour 9 minutes out
from lunar orbit insertion maneuver which will be service
propulsion system burn behind the Moon. To recapitulate
the maneuver pad or the numbers used by the crew in loading
the - conversation here, stand by.
PAO At any rate picking up again, and
recapitulating the maneuver pad for lunar orbit insertion.
The time of ignition will be 82 hours 36 minutes 46 seconds,
burn time 6 minutes 12 seconds. Total delta V or change
of velocity retrograde, 3022 feet per second. This is
calculated to produce an eliptical lunar orbit with a peri-
cynthion of 58.1 nautical miles and an apacynthian of
169.3 nautical miles. Assuming the normal burn for lunar
orbit insertion, the spacecraft will again be acquired by
the ground tracking stations at 82 hours 56 minutes 27 seconds
ground elapsed time. But without a burn the AOF time will
be 82 49 15. Apollo 14 will settle into a lunar orbit
after the LOI burn with a velocity in orbit of 5548 feet
per second. Another event coming up is the SIVB impact at
around 82 hours 37 minutes ground elasped time. The SIVB
stage will thump into the Moon at about 8347 feet per
f second, which should give the seismometer at the Apollo 12
site a pretty good workout. Present altitude above the
Moon 2858 nautical miles, velocity continuing to increase
as the spacecraft nears the Moon, now showing 4941 feet
per second. At 81 hours 30 minutes ground elasped time
this is Apollo Control.
SC Houston, Apollo 14, how do you read,
now?
CAPCOM Loud and clear, Ed.
SC Okay, I will now beam Charlie.
CAP COM Okay, Ed.
SC Try again.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, copy on the Charlie.
SC Okay.
SC Ed, Houston, we're in burn attitude.
CAPCOM Roger, in burn atitude.
SC And Houston, 14, the section star
check is real good.
CAP COM Roger, Stu.
CAPCOM 14, Houston, we've got your BG's and
P 40 and they look mighty fine.
SC Okay.
SC How you doing today, Ron?
CAP COM Real good.
CAPCOM Hey 14, Houston.
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SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, we're still showing the
02 flowup a little bit for about an hour now, I just wanted
to - you still venting something.
SC We turned it off a few minutes ago,
it should be cocked out shortly.
CAP COM Okay, Ed.
SC It's already started to drop down
Fredo, I think it'll be down normal real soon.
CAP COM Ok ay.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, Al, everything looks good down
here and you have a go for LOI.
SC Thank you, we'll give it a go for
LOI.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, we're about 45 seconds now to
LOS, Ed, we'll see you on the other side.
SC Roger, Fredo, thank you.
PAO This is Apollo Control. We have had
Loss of Signal as Apollo 14 went around the corner of the
'- Moon for the first time. Coming up some 12 minutes from
now on lunar orbit insertion burn to recapitulate some of
the numbers associated with this maneuver. The ignition
time is 82 hours 36 minutes 46 seconds for burn time on the
big engine, the SPS engine of 6 minutes 12 seconds for a
total velosity change in retrograde of 3022 feet per second.
Assuming a normal burn on time the spacecraft should be
reaquired as it comes around the other side of the Moon by
the ground station at 82 hours 56 minutes 27 seconds.
Among those people in the viewing room behind mission control
room here are acting NASA Administrator, George Low,
Associated Administrator from Manned Space Flight, Dale
Myers and Manned Spacecraft Center Director, Dr. Robert R.
Gilruth.

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PAO Coming up on 11 minutes even until ignition

for LOI. Mark. 11 minutes until ignition lunar orbit insertion
burn. At 82 hours 25 minutes ground elapsed time, this is
Apollo Control.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, 82 hours

55 minutes ground elapsed time. About 52 seconds away from
acquisition of signal here as Apollo 14 comes around the moon
on it's first lunar orbit. We're standing by as we await
word of lockup with the signal from the spacecraft by
the stations in the manned space flight tracking network.
30 seconds, 20 seconds, they've had AOS in Honeysuckle.
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay, Fredo. We had an extremely
fine burn, the burn report as follows. Burn time 6 plus 11,
residual 0.3 plus, zero and zero. Delta VT minus 7.3, 0351,
oxidizer was 349.
CAPCOM Okay, 14. We copy. Wonder if you
could give us a reading on the unbalance.
SC Okay. It was decreased 40, four
zero.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. Decrease 40.
SC This is really a wild place up here.
SC Hey, Ron, you're not going to believe
this. It looks just like the map.
CAPCOM Hey, that's great Stu.
SC Houston, 14.
CAP COM Go ahead.
SC Okay, Fredo, you might tell Ron there
that at this sun angle things look real good. Picked up that
landmark 1 on the zero phase. Our zero phase target no
sweat and landmark 2 I got the A part of that one at least.
CAPCOM Hey, Stu, that sounds great, by golly.
It looks like our orbital science is off to a good start then.
SC Yes. For now anyway. I think we'll
probably get better as time goes on but it really looks great
as far as picking up all the targets that we looked at so
long.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Well, this really is a wild place
up here. It has all the grays, browns, whites, dark craters
that everybody's talked about before. It's really quite a
sight. You had us do our switching the landmarks to the map
we're picking up the landmark great.. We'll easily go all the way.
We had a (garbled) the type of (garbled) we are. The fact
that we're climbing away from the surface is very obvious.
Of course, that brings more and more of the area in detail.
It really is quite a sight. No atmosphere at all. Every-
thing is clear up here. Really fantastic.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. We copied and I think
you covered all bets with the colors there.
SC That's because they're all here, Fredo

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CAPCOM Al, I expected you guys - -

CAPCOM Al, I expected you to invent a new
one on this flight.
SC Give us a little time. We'll think
us something.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Fredo.
CAPCOM Ed, can you verify the flow valve
that's in increase now?
SC That's verified. It's in increase.
And I put it in increase about 50 seconds before the end of
the burn. I left it there.
CAP COM Roger.
SC Fredo, the - I think the best descrip-
tion - the description that comes to my mind, we mentioned
this when we first looked at this thing, is that it looks
like a plaster mold that somebody has dusted with grays and
browns but it looks like it's been molded out of plaster of
paris .
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 83 hours
8 minutes ground elapsed time. Our display here in Mission
r Control shows that Apollo 14's present orbit is 58.4 peri-
cynthion by 168.6 apocynthion. Continuing to monitor air
ground.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay. The S-IVB impact should occur
in about 8 minutes. We'll give you the word on that when it
happens. And the first look at trajectory says you're in
a 169.6 by 58.9,
SC Okay, Fredo. We copy that. And
looking out of my rendezvous window now, we just passed over
Sklodowska and those rays coming out of that bright crater that
Ron and I talked about stand out a lot better than what I
expected to see them, Ron.
CAPCOM He's working on it.
SC Fredo, I copy 168.6 by 56.9. Is
that correct.
CAPCOM No, the numbers were 169.6 by 58.9.
SC Okay. 169.6, 58.9. Thank you.
SC And Fredo, you might pass on to Ron
there or if he's listening that I was on the wrong side of
the cockpit there for Old King. I couldn't tell anything
about the rays coming down from Bruno. Maybe next time around.
CAP COM Ok ay.

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SC Okay, we're just now passing over Ansgarius

and La Perouse. The cone in Bahaim is more rounded I guess than
what I expected to see, (garble) you know talking about it being
large and quite rounded, it is that, it's a little more subdued
than what I expected to see.
CAP COM Roger, Stu.
SC And I can see off to my right Mare Humboldt
coming up and it's just as impressive as it is in the pic-
tures. One thing that strikes me about it is the dark areas,
not quite as dark I guess as I thought but we're moving
in with a reasonably high sun here so they're kind of washing
out .

CAPCOM 14, Houston. Hate to pull you away from the

window but I got a map update and a flight plan update when you
get a chance.
SC Okay, go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, on the map update REV 2 180 degrees at
84:44:53.
SC Okay, I show 084 44 53 for REV 2 on the map.
CAPCOM Roger. That's correct A1 and in the flight
plan at 88 30.
SC Okay, go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, change the LTC attitude to ROLL 352,
PITCH 146, YAW 355.
f SC Okay, LTC attitude 88 30, 352, 146, 355.
CAPCOM Okay, and the reason for the big change is
the other angles were for SEF and they should be for BEF
and that's what I just gave you. Next change is at 89 08.
SC Okay, go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, high gain angles should be PITCH minus 46,
YAW 194.
SC Okay, I show minus 46 and 194.
CAPCOM Okay, that's it, Al.
SC Thank you, Fred-O.
SC Fred-O, it's interesting up here in orbit,
but we're eager to get at Cone Crater now. I'll bet it's wild
down there.
CAPCOM Okay, I missed your first there, Ed. What'd
you say about Cone Crater?
SC I said as interesting as this is from orbit,
all it does is whet your appetite to get to Cone Crater.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
SC I guess in three days I haven't brainwashed
him where the real science is done, Fred-O.
CAPCOM Ok ay.
SC His arms aren't long enough to bring him
back from there.
SC Okay, you can really get the altitude rate
as we're climbing from here to apogee and we're climbing
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SC right up with Langrenus there.

CAPCOM Roger, Stu, and we just had S-IVB impact.
SC Okay .
SC And you get the feeling here climbing up
that we're almost going up vertically here over Langrenus.
It's staying right in the window and that rooster's tail
coming out of Petavius B is very eminent as it swings up
across and passes up by Langrenus.
CAP COM Roger, Stu.
SC From this particular location looking out
the window number 5, you can see the upper end of the Sea
of Fertility and it's interesting that the only way I can
tell the depart line of demarkation is albedo change.
At this moment I can't tell you what causes the albedo
change except it's not apparent except that the Sea of
Fertility is much darker then it changes into the much
lighter region up to the north.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
SC Say, Ron, Monte Pyreneaus looks just like the
picture. You can see the rill going right across the rim,
and stretching on up, Borman did his Job well.
CAP COM Okay.
CAPCOM 14, do you read Houston?
SC Go ahead, Houston, you're loud and clear.
CAPCOM Okay, just radio check, Stu.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM We lost our displays down here and just want to
make sure we hadn't lost anything else.
SC (garble) Al's trying to get me to get on with
it, we' re trying to gawk at the same time.
SC Okay, we're just starting to pick up the edge
of Nectaris now coming across with - can't quite see up
far enough to - oh, yeh, there's (garble) 66 Just like a neon
sign out there.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu, and we're looking at the traces
on the Apollo 12 seismometer and it's essentially still
looking undamped.
SC Still vibrating.
SC Hello, Fred-O.
CAPCOM Yeh, that's right, Ed.
SC Is it essentially like neutral stability,
Fred, or they coming down on it?
CAPCOM It looks like anything, Stu, maybe they're
still building a little bit.
SC Ahhsoo.
SC There's Theophilus, Stu, there at the top of
the window. Do you seeit?
SC Hello, Fred-O. I get the impression that
just from looking at the real thing, these craters are
a lot fresher than the photographs led me to believe. I'm
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SC very surprised at how fresh many of them

look.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed.

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SC We've just been remarking up here, Fredo,

how easy it is to find these landmarks. They just
stand right out for you. It's really magnificent.
CAPCOM Let's hope cone, and triplet, and doublet
show up the same way.
SC Ri gh t.
SC Yeh, Fredo, my first impression as I ...
How do you read that?
CAPCOM I read you loud and clear, Stu.
SC Okay. The first impression of the
Theophilus is the much difference in age than I expected.
Of course, Theophilus being the youngest, but it's much more
so than what I really expected. To see, and we hope to get
some good photos of the line between the two there, but it's
pretty amazing just how much more subdued Cyrillus is.
CAPCOM Okay, we copy that, Stu. And, wetre up
with you on the chart now, too.
SC Ok ay.
SC Okay. We're Just approaching Descartes
now, Fredo. I'm looking out of my rendezvous window and
more of those two bright craters on either side of the
landing site. It's so plan. I guess I'm suprised at the
detail that you can see. Of course, the sun angles drop
it down a little here, but I thought probably at Descartes
the two bright leadins but, you can see many many of the
fine, the fine craters in between them. And, of course,
Dollond - Dolland E, and Kant they're all just very vivid. But,
the detail you can see's from this altitude of the Descartes
sites rather amazing.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. I hope the LTC captured the
same detail, a little greater maybe.
SC Roger, it'll be a little lower too.
SC Fredo, I ... at this point we're starting
to pick up a few shadows on the edges of the craters, but
the crater chain coming out of Abulfeda really can't see
much difference in albedo between the crater itself and a
good bit of the surrounding territory.
CAP COM Okay, Stu.
SC Okay. We're crossing over Albategnus we
can look up and see Ptolemgeus coming in to the hatch with me
now. That's very stark. I'm very impressed by the different ...
by albedo differences here Fredo, that I assume from photo-
graphs are really more sun angle problems or photographic prob-
lems. But going on to some that are really here that I
never expected. They must indicate contacts of some sort
that may be very subtle on the surface. But, I actually
believe they're there if one can find them.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Do you mean you're talking
in terms of large scale or small scale, like was in crater 4.

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SC No, I'm thinking of a little larger scale

than that. But, there are some in the crater floors that
are very surprising, too. There's so many things that I
assumed from maps were both photographic pecularities rather
than real life, but by golly : think they're here°
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
SC I think, given time, we could find flows
and different units that may very well be covered with a
great deal of (garble) that we were seeing suggestions of them
in albedo differences and textural differences that are clearly
visible from this altitudeo
CAP COM Ok ay.
SC I noticed some lineations and some of the
craters that are suggestive of ... well I'm not sure
of the sloping type of circular lineations that you see in
craters. I guess to be safe I'll guess that, so I'll be safe
and not say any more. I did see lineations that were
surprising to me.
CAPCOM These close to the wall, Ed, or down in
the floor of the crater itself?
SC Well, all up and down the wall of a few
craters, but I don't recall which ones, now back along our
track here a few miles_ Looking down at the crater Herschel, for
r example, Fredo, on the ... let's see on the western wall.
To me it appears as though it's really a solid chunk from
the rim down to the first slope or the brake slope. Of
course, this is a long ways away to be making talk like that.
However, it seems it gives one of the impression of being
very hard solid rock.
CAPCOM Okay, we copy, Ed. Herschel's west wall
looks like essentially one unit.
SC That's affirmative.
CAPCOM And, 14, Houston. ?he 12 seismometers
are still going. The traces right now look maybe to be
almost neutral.
SC Okay.
SC Okay, Fredo. We just passed over Mosting
which we'll get a better look at next time around°
The baby crater chain stands out real vividly and distant
expecting a pretty low Sun angle here, so any albedo diff-
erences about those will be hard to tel] now_ You can see
the dark halo spots along the rills in Alphonsus however very
vividly.
CAP COM Atrigh t, Stu.
SC As we approach the terminator, Fredo, with
some fairly high crater walls and high country, with these
long shadows it really looks rugged°
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
CAPCOM Yes, guess right about the terminator
"- you're starting to look into the Eastern edge of the Fra Mauro
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CAPCOM formation. Is that what it looks like,

Ed?
SC Yes, that's it. That's affirmative, Fredo.
Unfortunately, the landing site I think is definitely in
darkness. It's probably a little bit to far to the South
for us to even see that area too well. A crater Gambant
we can just see the ... Gambart we can just see the
eastern rim of it. Tbe western rim is just barely lighted,
but the rest of it's in darkness.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
SC (garbled) this Sun angle (garbled)
See the difference in texture very easily from an angle.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SC That's affirmative, you can see the streaks
we've talked about are really there. That seem to lead right
back toward the imbrium area, the Copernicus area. That's the
most stark, desotale looking piece of country I've ever seen.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.

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SC We're almost directly over the ter-

minator now, Fredo. And looking right down into these
craters and these features that are right on the terminator.
And even knowing it is a terminator and knowing what you're
supposed to see, it's very difficult to make out exactly
what you are looking at.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed.
SC With our current darkened adaptation
it looks like you could walk along that surface into the
darkness and fall into nothing. There's absolutely nothing
there. Perhaps some are a little better darkened out than
you can see, Earth, features on Earth some, but we can't
right now.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
SC Hey, Fredo, we sure picked a clear
day to arrive, there's not much haze in the air at all. We
can see all the way to the horizon.
SC Incredible.
SC I guess we better bring the box out,
then get on with the chow. Knock off our discriptions at
this point.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, you'll get another chance
to look at it a couple of revs later a little lower.
SC Rog, there sure is a lot to see. Spend
_-- a lot of time talking about it
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, HouSton, go ahead.
SC Well hello, any words for us before
we go into hell.
CAPCOM Yes Sir, just getting ready to call
you. The orange team is now at your service. And I have a
change - slight change to the GEI 4 pad, if you'll get that
one out I'll give you the change numbers.
SC Hey, Gordon, I'm having an orange
drink in favor - in honor of the orange team.
CAPCOM Very good. Ed, if you're ready to
copy, we have about one minute to get this in.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM I'll Just read the change numbers, the
weight changed slightly, new weight is 38230, new tick time
091 16 0690, noun 81 plus 39071.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 84 hours
21 minutes ground elapsed time. We've had Loss of Signal as
Apollo 14 coasted around behind the Moon on this first
lunar revolution. There will be LOS for about 47 minutes.
We presently showing orbit measuring 58.5 nautical miles
pericynthian by 168.8 nautical miles apacynthian. And within
about 15 minutes the change of shift briefing with gold team
flight director, Gerry Griffin, in the Houston News Center.
Meanwhile, the orange team with Pete Frank in charge is taken
_- over in the control center here. At 84 hours 22 minutes ground
elapsed time, this is Apollo Control.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at

84 hours 59 minutes now into the flight of Apollo 14. We're
less than 5 minutes away naw from predicted time of acquisi-
tion of the spacecraft now in lunar orbit. The lunar orbit
insertion burn was literally right on _ the money. Our pre-
dicted versus actual numbers read as follows: predicted
ground elapsed time for the maneuver was 82 hours 36 minutes
42.7 seconds. The actual time for the maneuver, 82 hours
36 minutes 42.7 seconds. Predicted delta V, 3022.7 feet per
second, actual delta V, 3022.4 feet per second. The duration
of the burn predicted 6 minutes 12.28 seconds. The actual,
6 minutes 12.23 seconds. We're 3 minutes 30 seconds away
from time of acquisition and we'll stand by and continue
to monitor.
PAO Two minutes away now from time of
acquisition.
PAO One minute away now.
PAO Less than 20 seconds.
PAO We're receiving data.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. How do you read?
SC 14. Loud and clear.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. You're loud and clear.
And I've got a few pads for you when you get a chance to
_copy.
SC Okay. Give me a second.
PAO Our capcom is Gordon Fullerton.
SC (garbled) Ready to copy.
CAPCOM Okay. Before you do if you give us
PO0 and ACCEPT will give you a new state vector and I have
the moisting A pad. Ready to go.
SC Okay. PO0 and ACCEPT is (garbled)
CAPCOM Roger. Key 1 is 85:39:35, GQ 85:46:39.
GCA, 85:51:39. And G3 is 85:54:09. North 8 nautical miles.
Over.
SC Okay. Gordon, copy. 85:39:35,
85:46:39, 85:51:39, 85:54:09, north 8 miles.
CAPCOM Roger. Your readback is correct
and the next page I have the map update, rev 3.
SC Let her rip.
CAPCOM LOS, 86:29:12, 180, 86:53:05, AOS
87:15:06. Go ahead.
SC Okay. Copy 86:29:12, 86:53:05,
87:15:06.
CAPCOM Roger. That's correct and about
3 pages on the H3 landmark pad. Ready?
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. Key horizon is 87:49:48,
GCA minus 20 seconds and 87:51:47. Over.
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SC Okay. Copy for H3 87:49:48, 87:51:47.

CAPCOM Readback's correct there. We got
stopped about half way through the update to the TDI 4 pad.
If you or Ed is ready, I can finish that one off.
SC Roger. I'm ready. Go ahead, Gordon.
CAPCOM Okay. Did you copy the tape time?
SC Roger. I currently have it as
91:16:06 A.
CAPCOM That's correct. A new NOUN 81, plus
39071, plus 07038, minus 00818, and change the roll to 182.
Pitch and yaw remain the same and everyting I didn't read is
the same as the first version. Over.
SC Okay. NOUN 81 first of all
the weight was 38230 and that's 291, 16, 0690, NOUN 81 is
plus 39071, plus 07038, minus 00818, and roll 182, pitch
069, 0012.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. That's all correct. That's
all the updates I have at the moment. We're still standing
by on the TEI 5 pad. You may keep that page ready to work
on. We'll have it shortly.
SC Roger.
CAPCOM And we're through with the uplink.
The computer's yours.
_ SC Okay. Thank you.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. We're
standing by, your null bias reports.
SC Roger.
SC Okay. It will be about two minutes,
Gordon. I had to restart it.
CAP COM Roger.
PAO Apollo 14 now showing at an orbit of
168.6 nautical by 58.8 nautical miles.

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SC Houston 14, (garble)

CAP COM Go ahead.
SC Okay, minus 100 at the start, minus 99.4.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston. At
85 hours 16 minutes ground elapsed time. Conversation
that has transpired thus far on the second revolution has
been with - principally with command module pilot Stu
Roosa and lunar module pilot Ed Mitchell and we have not
heard from the commander Alan Shepard thus far this pass.
We're at 85 hours 17 minutes into the flight and this is
Apollo Control Houston, continuing to monitor.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston. At

85 hours 24 minutes ground elapsed time. Here's some pre-
liminary numbers for the DOI or descent orbit insertion pad,
which we do expect will be passed to the crew sometime during
the front side pass. The burn is presently scheduled to
occur at ground elapsed time of 86 hours 50 minutes 54.97
seconds, with a burn time of 20.77 seconds, and a Delta-V of
206.4 feet per second. At 85 hours 25 minutes ground elapsed
time continuing to monitor, this is Apollo Control, Houston.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. I have the DOI and
TEI size pads when you're ready to copy. Over.
SC Okay. Stand by one.
SC Okay, ready to copy.
CAPCOM Okay. I'll start with the DO1. SPS/G&N
38155 plus 145 minus 071 TIG is 086 50 5497 NOUN 81 minus 02064
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CAPCOM ... 1, minus 02 064, minus all balls.

Minus 00036. Attitude is 000 281 000, NOUN 24, 005 88.
Plus 00091 02064, burn time 020.8, that 2.08. DELTA VC
01996, 11 1990 339 all the rest of the items on the pad
are NA. Comments, GDC alines at the stars, Sirius on the
zero degree mark, and Rtgel. Sirius is star 15, Rigel 12.
Our aline 127 148 015. All H four jets 147. Under comments,
the DELTA V counter should read minus 6.7 at cutoff. Over.
SC (garble) DOI, SPS, (garble) 38 155 plus 145
minus 071 086 50 5497 minus 02064 minus all zips minus 00036
000281 000 00588 plus 00091 02064 020.8 01996 11
1990 339 the rest NA's Sirius on the zero degree line and
Rigel 127 148 015 (garble) fourteen and the DELTA V counter
Should read minus 6.7 and cutoff.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. The read back correct. I'm
ready with the GES 5.
SC Okay proceed with the TDI 5 plan.
CAPCOM Roger. TDI 5 SPS/G&N. 36697, minus 063,
plus 021, 092 30, 2001, NOUN 81 is plus 30235, plus 10915,
minus 01712, 182, 107, 021. All H four jets 11 seconds.
Under comments, number 1, burn is undocked, and number 2
assumed DOI. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Before you start your read back, Ed, a re-
minder to steal about 30 seconds now to (garble)
SC Okay, thank you, Gordon.
SC Okay, TDI 5 SPS/G&N 36697, minus 063,
plus 021, 092 30 2001, NOUN 30235, plus 10915, minus 01712,
182, 107 021. Four jets 11 seconds. Under remarks, number
1 is undocked burn number 2 assumed DOI.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed, that's all correct.
PAO Apollo Control Houston.
CAPCOM I have one more comment for you.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM We noticed on the last burn when we played
back the data that you started the recorder about 12 minutes
prior to the burn. For this one, we'd like you to wait
until about 1 minute prior to the burn to start the re-
corder so that we can get a quicker playback on the data
for verification of the burn after AOS. Over.
SC Okay, we'll give it to you a little late.
CAP COM Thank you.
PAO Apollo Control Houston. You heard CAPCOM
Gordon Fullerton passing along the DOI and TEI on five pads.
The TEI 5 pad is for contingency purposes only and it's
stored within the spacecraft. We presently show Apollo 14
in an orbit of 168.4 nautical miles by 58.7 nautical miles.
Assuming the descent orbit insertion burn would give us a
resultant orbit of 58.8 nautical miles by 9.1 nautical miles.
We're at 85 hours 42 minutes ground elapsed time and this
is Apollo Control Houston.

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PAO Apollo Control Houston. Not a great deal

of conversation with the crew of Apollo 14 On this the second
revolution. Reading the onboard DISKY shows the crew of
Apollo 14 now performing a program 24. This is a optic
tracking landmark tracking activity. Off their register
they are now showing their shaft and trunnion angles. We'll
stand by and continue to monitor in the event further con-
versation sues. We show a bit over 1 hour 5 minutes from
scheduled time of ignition for the descent orbit insertion
b urn.
CAPCOM - time to start the DAC.
SC Roger. Go ahead.
CAPCOM And, you have about 10 seconds to G2.
SC Ok ay .

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SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
SC The beautiful sight on the crater
Eratosthenes, Timochans, Pallas. Timocharis is (garbled)
is just over my horizon as we approach the terminator.
Eratosthenes is about half way to the horizon. They're very
stark (garbled)
CAP COM Roger.
CAPCOM Stu, you're by T3 now. We'll
send it by the magazine percentage.
SC Okay, stand by one.
SC Okay, Gordon. The magazine now reads
77 and just for info, I lost the landmark about 20 seconds
earlier than what it shows. We got a good track on it. I
lost the TI plus 14. Want to take these?
CAP COM Roger, Stu.
CAPCOM Understand 77 percent in mag Bravo.
SC That's affirmative.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Go ahead.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Roger, 14. We' re reading you loud
and clear. Go ahead, Stu.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Loud and clear. Go
ahead.
SC Gordon, how do you read? 14.
CAPCOM Stu, you're loud and clear. How do
you read me?
SC Okay. You're 5 square. Is 060 still
the roll attitude you want on this VERB 49 maneuver?
CAPCOM As far as I know. I'll recheck here.
CAPCOM That's affirmative. 060 roll, Stu.
SC Ok ay.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at
86 hours ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 now on it's second
revolution around the moon. For the descent orbit insertion
burn the onboard computer program 40 will be used as this is
the service propulsion system thrust program. We expect
to see 14 - the crew of 14 start into that program sequence
and maneuver to burn attitude before they pass out of range
on this revolution. The burn, of course, will be done at
86 hours 50 minutes 54 seconds when the spacecraft is out
of contact with Mission Control. At time of ignition minus
30 seconds the onboard computer starts counting down to the
burn at TIG minus 5 seconds the proceed button must be pushed
probably by spacecraft commander A1 Shepard for the count-
down to continue. Otherwise, the maneuver will not be

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PAO accomplished. We' re at 86 hours

2 minutes ground elapsed time. We show our Mission Control
clock at - we're 48 minutes 48 seconds from time of ignition.
And this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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_" SC Houston, 14. I have you on the high gain.

CAPCOM 14, Houston. Go ahead.
SC Roger. I have you on the high gain locked
up.
CAPCOM _I hear loud and clear.
PAO Our displays showing the computer readouts
from the spacecraft show that Apollo 14 is now in the process
of alining the guidance and navigation platform. We're at
86 hours 9 minutes ground elapsed time. And, Apollo 14 pres-
ently in a orbit of 168.4 nautical miles apolune 58.7 nautical
miles perilune. Present altitude 142. 1 nautical miles.
SC Okay, Houston. P52 complete. Did you
get the torque and angle?
CAPCOM That's affirmative, Stu. And,
SC At the time was 861.
SC At the time was 861015.
CAPCOM Roger. And, if you'll give us PO0 and
ACCEPT we'll give you a new stay vector and a target load.
SC Okay, you've got it.
CAP COM Roger.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM The computers yours and we stand by to
watch P30 and P40. We noticed on the high gain that the
signals are just a little d_fferent. Did you change any
_, configuration on the COM or did you change position of your
squelch on the last high gain apposition. Over.
SC You know, Bruce, over at standard lunar
corn and I don't know if we've done anything differently.
CAP COM Okay, Ed.
SC We could recheck everything, but it'd
take a minute.
SC 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
SC Ail the concerts are just where they were
set on the back side. Nothing's been changed except the fine
with the high gain. I did switch the squelch and able when
we were on OMNI and I was looking for you for a good OMNI
to reach the maneuver.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. 86 hours 17 min-
utes ground elapsed time. Our display show the onboard com-
puter for the display keyboard just switching from program 30
this is the external Delta-V program, prethrusting program.
to program 40 which is the service propulsion system, engine
program. This is a program in which the crew of Apollo 14
will perform the descent orbit insertion burn. We've got
a little over 11 minutes before we loose signal with Apollo 14
as it passes over the backside of the Moon. 86 hours 18 min-
utes into the flight, this is Apollo Control Houston.

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PAO And, Mission Control Flight Director Pete

Frank now taking a status from members of his flight control
team for a GO NO/GO for DOI. We'll stand by. Presently coming
up all greens on his console. Fullerton will pass along a
GO momentarily.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. You are go for DOI.
SC Okay. Go for DOI, thank you.
PAO Spacecraft to Commander Alan Shepard re-
sponding to that call. Apollo 14 now go for DOI. We're at
86 hours 20 minutes ground elapsed time. And, this is
Apollo Control, Houston.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston, 86 hours 26 min-
utes ground elapsed time. We show a little over 3 minutes
from time of loss of signal. As Apollo 14 now close to
passing out of range on this the second revolution.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, give us omni,

Charlie ?
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Okay, Houston, there you are, go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, read you loud and clear, Ed,
and about 2 minutes to LOS, 1 minute 45, now.
SC Ok ay.
PAO Less than 1 minute now from Loss of
Signal. Our clock in Mission Control shows time of ignition now
22 minutes 30 seconds away. Ground elapsed time 86 hours 29 min-
utes. This is Apollo Control Houston.
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston. We've
had Loss of Signal with Apollo 14 as it - now passing over the
back side of the Moon. On this pass the descent orbit
insertion burn will be performed near perilune. The command
service module DOI burn is preformed with the service pro-
pulsion system engine and this with the spacecraft at an
essentially retrograde atitude and the crew heads down.
Following the DOI burn the vehicle is maneuvered to the
required attitude for a possible preplanned continency burn
called the bail out burn. Initial burn atitude is such
that the vehicle is pitched u T some 73 degrees above the
local horizontal. At the bai2 out burn time - the bail out
burn time, this is at acquisition of signal plus 12 minutes.
Assuming the likelihood that the bail out burn will not be
required, the command and service module is maneuvered to
an atitude which allows the visual observation of landmark,
H3, with the optics. As you would expect, the bail out
burn is one case where the mission control centers' fondest
hope is to get no go for the maneuver. We're at 86 hours
31 minutes into the flight and this is Apollo Control Houston.

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PAO Apollo Control Houston, 86 hours 50 minutes

ground elapsed time. Our ignition clock in mission control
shows 50 seconds away from scheduled time of ignition for
the descent orbit insertion burn. This burn scheduled
with a ground elapsed time of 86 hours 50 minutes 55 seconds.
And if successful, placing Apollo 14 in an orbit approxi-
mately 58.8 nautical miles by 9.1 nautical miles. We show
20 seconds away. 10 seconds, 5, we should be burning at
this time if going according to plan. The ground elapsed
clock now reads 86 hours 51 minutes into the flight of
Apollo 14. In the mission control center the ignition clock
will shortly be switched to a second AOS clock giving -
with these two clocks, the top one assuming a no burn early
acquisition of signal, the bottom one an on time burn. The
clocks have now been switched. 86 hours 52 minutes ground
elapsed time this is Apollo Control Houston.

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PAO Apollo Control, Houston. 87 hours

12 minutes into the flight of Apollo 14. Our countdown
clocks in Mission Control, the no burn clock 45 seconds
away now, continuing to count. On our own time burn clock
we show 3 minutes 9 seconds away. We'll stand by and watch
as we draw closer to the time of acquisition. 87 hours
12 minutes ground elapsed time. This is Apollo Control,
Houston.
PAO We've passed the early time and con-
tinuing to count. Our own time countdown clock shows 2 minutes
18 seconds away from acquisition. Meanwhile, in Mission
Control, a larger than usual turnout for this hour. In
the Viewing room is Acting Administrator of NASA, George
Low, Manned Spacecraft Center Director, Dr. Robert R. Gilruth,
and on the control room floor the backup crew of Apollo 14,
backup commander Gene Cernan, Ron Evans, backup command
module pilot, Joe Engle backup lunar module pilot, Rocco
Petrone, director of the Apollo Program, Chris Craft, deputy
director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Sig Sjoberg,
director of flight operations, Astronaut Chief Tom Stafford,
and director of flight operations, Deke Slayton. They're
all here. Just a little over a minute away now from scheduled
time of acquisition. This is Apollo Control, Houston, standing
by.
PAO 30 seconds away now. Also in the
viewing room, Dale Myers, associated administrator of NASA
from Manned Space Flight and Dr. John Clark director of
Goddard Space Flight Center.
PAO 10 seconds away now. Standing by,
this is Apollo Control, Houston.
PAO We have acquisition.
CAP COM 14, Houston. Over.
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Loud and clear, Al. A lot of people
standing by to hear how it went.
SC Okay. The burn went essentially
normally. Burn time was 20.6 seconds with the ball and
residuals on the G&N shutdown. Plus 0.6, plus 0.2, zero,
delta Vc minus 6.2. With me?
CAPCOM Roger. Copy. Burn time 20.6,
a plus .6, plus .2, and zero and delta Vc minus 6.2.
SC That is correct. Fuel 31. 7,
oxidizer 31.4, unbalanced decrease 90.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. And 14, Houston, we'd
like you to go to POO please.
SC Okay. POO.
CAPCOM Thank you. We'll have a look at the
VG.
SC Do you want ACCEPT?
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CAPCOM Negative.
SC Okay. And CMC orbit was okay. And
CMC orbit was 10.4 by 58.8.
CAPCOM Ro ge r.
PAO Onboard orbit reading reported by
A1 Shepard 10.4 nautical miles by 58.4 nautical miles.
Earlier reported by spacecraft commander Shepard a burn time
of 20.6 seconds. We're at 87 hours 18 minutes ground elapsed
time .
CAPCOM 14, Houston. The computer is yours.
SC Ok ay.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. The first
radar data solutions say Apollo 14 has a good orbit. We'll
stand by continue to monitor. We're at 87 hours 22 minutes
ground elapsed time.
PAO MSFN data says we' re stay.
· CAPCOM 14, Houston. You have a stay. We' re
still evaluating the orbit to give you the precise numbers.
Over.
SC Good show. That sounds good to us.
We're here.
SC We all thank you.
SC And Gordon, are we clear to start
our maneuver then?
- CAPCOM That's affirmative.
PAO That exuberiant response coming
from A1 Shapard. Then lunar module pilor, Ed Mitchell,
joining in. We're at 87 hours 24 minutes ground elapsed
time. This is Apollo Control, Houston.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. Ground
elapsed time of 87 hours 26 minutes. A preliminary look
at the data here on the ground shows an orbit of 59 nautical
miles by 9.3 nautical miles.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM We've got you in on 9.3 by 59.0.
SC Okay. Sounds pretty good. 9.3 by
59.0.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC I guess we could make it down from
here tomorrow.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. 87 hours
29 minutes ground elapsed time. We repeat that it appears
Apollo 14 had a good DOI burn. Ground data shows an orbit
of 59 nautical miles by 9.3 nautical miles. Apollo 14 is
stay in this orbit. DOI was planned for Apollo 13, but, of
course, not used. Therefore, command module pilot, Stu
Roosa, has decended closer to the lunar surface than any
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PAO other previous Apollo crewmembers

occupying his seat. 87 hours 30 minutes, this is Apollo
Control, Houston.

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SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed, you're just starting
(garble)
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed, go ahead.
SC Okay, now for the first time we saw
an earthrise over the LM, we're sighting at you along the right
hand providing rendezvous window and it's a beautiful sight to
see the Earth from here. And you are Just a bit over the LM,
number 4 quad, no, number 1 quad.
CAP COM Roger.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
SC Looks like we're getting mighty low here.
It's a fairly different sight from the higher altitudes. We're
coming across the - we' re Just now over the crater Gutenberg at
this point it's at my back window.
CAPCOM Roger, we' re following your course
on the map here.
SC Those (garble) mountains look like they have
a nice soft blanket on from this altitude. They look very harsh,
but the (garble) looks smoother and more (garble) than angular
and sharp.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC (garble) inside the crater Isidorius
at this point and we're trying to follow it on the smaller
ch ar t.
CAPCOM Roger.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, over.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM In about 4 minutes you'll be at your
minimum altitude, which should be about 40 000 feet above
the terrain. We were wondering how things look down there.
SC Well, I'm glad to hear you say we're that
high. It looks like we're quite a bit lower as a matter of
fact we're below some of the peaks on the horizon, but that's
only an illusion.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC The surface appears to be a lot smoother
down here where we can see closer to the detail and particularly
at this higher sun angle it appears to be a softer surface, but
it certainly is an unusual sensation flying this low.
CAP COM Roger.
SC Houston, it looks like that I'm looking right up
the (garble) rille by the crater Hipparchus. The country down
here is really rugged at this altitude. The rill looks like to
be a drop that had been dropped down 10 000 feet. It was Just
another map.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed.
CAPCOM Stu, you're about 25 seconds from picking
up H3.
SC Okay, thank you. I'm looking.

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SC Okay. Thank you. I'm looking.

SC This scale is so deceiving. We could be 500
feet in the air the way this terrain looks (garbled)
CAPCOM Roger.
SC I'm looking down inside the crater Mosting.
CAPCOM Roger. And steer your GTA minus 20 seconds
now.

SC The Mosting is a big crater with an almost

vertical drop of the east side of it. More than that we can
know from the west side. And it looks like solid rock on
both sides. And, soft regolith near (garbled)
CAP COM Ro ger.
SC Okay, Gordon, how do you read.
CAPCOM Loud and clear, Stu.
SC Okay. Well that turned out to be a piece of
cake. That very low angle Ed located by coming off of points B
and BA. And about 515 5110 on this block. The elevator angle was
enough so that I could pick up a streak. And, Just for your info,
using high speed I could track it just smooth as glass, all the
way through even though we're in inertial attitude. And, it looks
relatively easy I think 14-2 ought to really be a piece of cake.
CAPCOM Sounds good.
SC Gordon, the optics, even at this low al-
titude, tracking the landmarks is rather phenomenal. You can
keep it right on there at high speed, just as smooth.
CAP COM Roger, Stu.
CAPCOM Stu, Ron's here with me. He was curious
about how good the initial 20 accuracy of the optics is, over.
SC Okay. Well, it, I think it was right on
the money. When they first came up, it was pretty bright,
and the background release on 83, that ridge right behind
it, did not show out on the flat surface, as much as I would have
hoped. Of course, I've got the LM there too. I couldn't
pick it up until the trunnion got down to about 31 or 32 degrees.
The objects were right in the area. I think they were a
little high. But, I came off like I say off of Mosting
B and BA, and got ... I picked it up at a fairly low eleva-
tion, I believe. And, we came upon them a little
bit why we' re right there. And, then I tracked them with
the high speed. I never gave them back the (garbled)
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO Apollo Control Houston. The ground elapsed
time 87 hours 56 minutes. Again predicted versus actual times
were close. We predicted that GET for the descent orbit in-
sertion of 86 hours 50 minutes 54.97 seconds. The actual
time for ignition 86 hours 50 minutes 54.97 seconds. Delta-V
predicted was 206.4 feet per second. Delta-V actual as logged
by our Flight Dynamics Officer 205.7 feet per second. The
burn time predicted 20.8 seconds. Actual 20.7 seconds.
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PAO We're advised that the highest mountain

near pericynthion is at 7.6 degrees east and has an elevation
of 2.9 nautical miles. We're up to 87 hours 57 minutes into
the flight. Our displays now show Apollo -
CAPCOM This is Houston. I have a map update for
you, REV 4.
SC Okay. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger, the 180 is 884655. LOS and AOS are
within a minute. Over.
SC Okay. LOS and AOS within a minute, and the
180 is 884655.
CAP COM That's correct.
SC Houston, Houston, 14.
CAP COM Go ahead.
SC Okay, Gordon. Ed was out being dark adapted.
Just coming off with my eye glued on the optics coming across
the Sun. You can see a very definite horizon through the
optics here in earthshine. And, can pick out the rims of
the bright craters and some craters do have bright rims on
them. And, I'm sure if you were really dark adapted you could
see quite a bit through the optic scanners.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. That's interesting.
SC Of course with the naked eye you can see
excellent horizon in Earthshine. I'm looking for example, to
_ the south and have a very clear horizon.
CAPCOM Roger, out.

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SC Houston, looking to the north we can

see the same view, a very sharply defined horizon, I can see
the stars. I got a very soft grey, well lit surface below
without too many features you can't see sharply, not dis-
tincly, but nothing's probably lost.
CAP COM Ro ger.
PAO Apollo Control Houston, 88 hours
ground elapsed time. Our latest data shows Apollo 14 with
an apolune of 58.8 nautical miles perilune 9.6 nautical miles.
SC Okay, Gordon, the angles were torqued
at 8805 and I guess you got them.
CAPCOM Roger, 8805 we got them.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM We'd like a word from you on whether
or not you indeed got a guided shutdown on the DOI burn or
whether you think you might have beat it slightly, over.
SC I thought I made that clear when I
gave you the burn report on the G and N shutdown. The
DELTA-V switches were turned very definately after the
cutoff of the G and N.
CAP COM Ok ay , Al.
SC Your people eyeball, whereas you guys
have eyeballs watching us very carefully.
CAPCOM Roger, Al, thank you.
SC Hey, Gordon, I'd say the PC was fol-
lowing through about - at a maximum of about 25 when I
moved the switches.
CAP COM Roger.

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CAPCOM Roger.
PAO Apollo Control Houston at 88 hours 18 min-
utes ground elapsed time. We show Just a little over
2 minutes away now from loss of signal with Apollo 14,
as Apollo 14 will pass over the back side of the moon.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.

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CAP COM 14, Houston

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM About a minute to go to LOS and one
final reminder for Stu as he sets up the topo camera, don't
forget to pull the pit pin.
SC Okay. Oh, ye of little faith, but no
sweat. I' 11 remind him.
CAP COM Ok ay.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. 88 hours
21 minutes into the flight. We've had loss of signal with
Apollo !4. As the spacecraft now passing over the far side
of the moon on this the third revolution. This is Apollo
Control, Houston.

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PAO Apollo Control Houston at 89 hours

8 minutes GET, we show that we're less than a minute away
now from re-acquiring Apollo 14. We'll standby.
SC This is Apollo 14, do you read.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Go ahead.
SC Roger. Read you loud and clear.
CAPCOM You're loud and clear Ed. And -
SC We' re standing by to copy map up-
date and (garbled).
CAPCOM Okay, You're way ahead of me, map
update for rev ten, 180 is one zero zero zero 952. The
LOS and AOS are within a minute, over.
SC Ok ay.
SC Okay Gordon, we've got that, 1000952.
CAPCOM Okay Stu, and the LTC photopath
Target 9, (Decartes). I guess we gave you a new attitude
sometime ago and we're going to change it slightly to the
latest version, that's roll 344 pitch 145, and yaw 350.
T-start is 089 34 36. T-stop is 89 40 41, and I read
six ranges going down tbe line, first one is 53.9, 55.2,
47.7, 40.7, 38.0, 34.9. Over.
SC Okay Gordon, reading roll pitch yaw
344 145, 350. T-start 089 34 36. T-stop 089 40 41.
Ranges 53.9, 55.2, 47.7, 40.7, 38.0, and 34.9.
t_ CAPCOM Okay Stu, readback is correct, I
have a TEI 12 pad when somebody's ready.
SC Go with TEI 12.
CAPCOM Okay, we have a state vector. Would like
poo and accept when you can give it to us, for that.
SC You got it.
CAPCOM Roger. Okay, TEI 12. SPS bias G and
N, 367 02. minus 062. Plus 021, tig is 105 53 44 96
981 plus 34 243 plus 11763 minus 02166 181 095 020, Ullage
is 4 Jets, 11 seconds. Remarks, burn undocked and
number 2 is assumes no circ. Over.
SC Roger Gordon, the TEI 12. SPS G and
N 367 02. Minus 062. Plus 021, 105 53 44 96 Plus 34 243
Plus 11763, minus 02166 181 095 020. 4 Jet 11. Burn
undocked and assumes no circ burn.
CAPCOM Roger Ed, you'd make a good
stenographer, the readback's correct.
SC Thank you. Buzz told me I don't have
the looks for it.
CAP CUM Ro g.
PAO Apollo Co_tro] Houston. 89 hours
16 minutes GET. The LTC is the Hycon lunar topography
camera. Descartes, which will be the .subject for this up-
coming photographic exercise, is a strong candidate for a
future Apollo mission.
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CAPCOM It's your computer.

SC Okay, we got it.
PAO Apollo Control Houston, 89 hours
18 minutes GET. Our display presently shows Apollo 14
at an altitude of 28.7 nautical miles with an apolune of
59.1 nautical miles, a perilune of 9.2 nautical miles.
This is Apollo Control Houston.
PAO Apollo Control Houston. 89 hours
31 minutes now into the flight - literally no contact
with the crew on this front side pass except for the very
beginning. This is the fourth revolution around the moon.
Stu Roosa undoubtedly quite busy with the lunar topography
camera. The LTC is mounted in the crew access hatch window.
And in earth weight weighs 65 pounds.
CAPCOM Now one minute to T start, Stu.
SC Rog. Power's on, man you got that
lead time in just right, Gordon, for the transmission delay.
CAPCOM Rog.
SC And she's running.
CAP COM Roge r.
PAO Apollo Control Houston, GET of 89
hours 35 minutes. We presently show Apollo 14 at an
altitude of 10.9 nautical miles above the earth, moving
toward the perilune.
CAP COM (Garbled)
PAO 14's present orbit reads 58.9 nautical
miles by 9.1 nautical miles, now traveling at a speed of about
5548 feet per second.
SC Ran ge 47 7.

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SC 440.7.
PAO 14 presently at an altitude of t0.1
nautical miles above the moon; ground elapsed time 89 hours
37 minutes. Ground elapsed time 89 hours 38 minutes. 14 now
9.7 nautical miles above the moon; perilune, 9.1 nautical
miles .
CAPCOM Change your range to 38.0. Change
your range to 34.9.
PAO 89 hours and 40 minutes ground elapsed
time. 14 at 2 minutes away from reaching the low point of
its flight plath over the moon.
SC Okay, Gordon, _¢e got them. Let me
write down something here and I'll talk to you about it.
CAP COM Okay.
PAO That's Stu Roosa talking back and
forth with capsule communicator Gordon Fullerton.
SC Back there, Gordon, we took up
and changed the range of the - by the time times lifted your
cai], but there was some strange noises coming out of the
magazine. Both spools worked and the frame counter
ran and the FMC worked, but there was sort of a clacking noise
on the - in the magazine. It came on between frames 140 and
180 then went back to the normal mode and then started again
at frame 240 and went until the end of the film path and
reading 420 on the counter was reading 5 when I started. I
used 5 for the checkout.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. there was no change in
the operation on them. It looked like it was taking the
pictures okay. Just the funny noise. Is that all?
SC Yeah. It didn't - it looked like it
was going alright. Like I say the film wound up and the FMC
continued to work. However, when I went to standby at the
end, the FMC kept trying to drive and now with the mode switch
at standby and I've turned the power on instead of just gettidg
the one slap over to the side of the FMC like you do
normally, and it wants to keep driving.
CAPCOM Okay. Before you fold it up -
SC Belay that, Gordon. It doesn't - FMC does
not keep driving, but that noise is still in there. Maybe you can
hear it here. I'll hold the mike down. Okay, I don't know if you
can get anything out of that or not, but that's with the - mode
switch in standby and the power on, and during that period of time
the FMC kicked a couple of times. It initially went off to the
side like it does when you apply the power and then during
that period of time that I had the transmitter down, the FMC
did work twice with the mode switch in standby and power switch
on.

CAPCOM Okay, Stu. Before you fold it all up,

__ if it doesn't get in the way there, why don't you let me check
with the back room and see if there's anything they want you
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CAPCOM to - else they want you to look at

there, and I' 11 get back with you.
SC Okay, and another word here with the
- it did - Like I - it worked normally up until about frame
140, but now when I turn the power on mode standby you get
that clacking sound and intermittently the FMC kicks and the
frame counter moves when we take a picture.
CAPCOM Rog. I understand that. It happens
in standby.
SC That's affirmed. I am getting a great
look at my low altitude landmarks, Gordon, from this low pass
here.
CAP COM Roger, Stu.
SC Couldn't even attempt to describe
this, we're passing ow_r it so rapidly. There's so much
here to talk about.
CAP COM Okay, Ed.
PAO 89 hours 49 minutes. You heard that
last report from Ed Mitchell. We presently show Apollo 14
at an altitude of 11.2 nautical miles above the moon.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Stu.
SC Okay, I'm going to go ahead and maneuver
to the rest attitude, if you're agreeable.
CAPCOM Stand by. I'll check to be sure it's
okay with everybody. Okay, Stu, you have a go to maneuver.
SC Ok ay.
PAO Apollo 14 now maneuvering to the rest
attitude following command module pilot Stu Roosa's request,
which was certainly concurred upon here in Mission Control.
The work day for 14 - the crew of Apollo 14 now essentially
over. Coming up just ahead will be a breakfast period and
then a rest period of some 8-1/2 hours prior to tomorrow's
very busy schedule.
CAPCOM Stu, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM this is probably a - it's probably
something you would have mentioned earlier, but we were wondering
if there was any hint of that clacking noise on the other maga-
zine that you checked out on translunar coast, or was this the
magazine that you used to check out on translunar coast. I guess
I can look that up myself. Over.
SC Well, to answer your questions, no, there
was no sound like this. I never heard this on any training
camera. It was not on the checkout during translunar coast.
It was not on this camera - I mean on this magazine during
the checkout. It did not start until approximately frame 140.
It stopped at frame 180, then went back to what appeared to be
normal, and then started again on frame 240 and stayed on until
the end of the paths when I was reading frame number 420.
CAPCOM Okay. Right. We've got all that copied
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CAPCOM and we're still waiting on some kind

of response from the experts here'. So we'll give you a call
when they come back to us.
SC Okay. I'd Just like to verify that
it appears, you know, that the film wound all right. The
frame counter moved and the - both the speed and the take-up
spools were turning and if it's any problem, it would have
been, I suspect, in the FMC. Well, now, it shouldn't have been
in there. It's got to be in the magazine. I don't really
know. I'm going to let you all worry about that one, I guess.
But the - it appeared that the film went through all right.
CAPCOM Okay. We'll get back with you.
SC Ok ay.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston, 90 hours of
ground elapsed time. Pete Frank advising this flight control
team. We're 20 minutes until LOS, with the rest period coming
up. He wants to check around the room and see if anybody has
anything that should be brought up with Shepard, or Roosa and
Mitchell, prior to their eating and going to sleep. The eat
period will be scheduled during their pass over the far side
of the moon. 90 hours 01 minute continuing to monitor. This
is Apollo Control, Houston.

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SC And Houston, 14. I've got some onboard

readout .
CAPCOM Okay, 14, I'm sorry I was tied up there
go ahead with your readout.
SC Okay. BATT C 37.0, PYRO A 37.2, PYRO B
37.2, rcs able 80. Baker 82, Charlie 80, Dog 83.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. Got all those and
get a suggested checkout procedure for the LTC here.
SC Okay. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. Talked to Dale Denais he thinks
that it's most likely something wrong in the magazine there,
and it could either be a gear train or a clutch in there that
could be making and breaking. He suggests that you get out
magazine lifter once again and put it on there and leave it
in standby a while and verify that it doesn't cycle or the
DSMC doesn't sweep and if that looks okay, then go ahead and
run off two or three frames and see if it appears normal.
SC Okay. I need to put that one on anyway.
I'll put on magazine V and I'll turn the power on and put it
in standby and see how :it acts and then run off two or three
frames and along that line this magazine you know was in
standby for a minute there, you know, with the power on
prior to start and we got no noises. And, I agree with the
diagnosis there it's - I'm sure it's in the magazine, or
relatively sure it sounded like it , it felt like it and it
did feel like something like a clutch slipping on the thing.
CAPCOM Okay. I hope we got the pictures anyway
and let us know how the other one works.
SC Okay. I'll smoke on through that and give you
a call.
PAO Apollo Control. 90 hours, l0 minutes
ground elapsed time. Two members of the Apollo 15 crew in
Mission Control now, looking over Pete Franks shoulder. That's
Dave Scott, the Commander for Apollo 15 and A1 Worden who
will be quite busy with photography himself as Command Module
Pilot for that mission.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Would you give us an
EMOD before LOS here in about 7-1/2 minutes to go.
SC Okay. Do you want it right now?
CAPCOM Okay, we are ready.
SC Okay. Give it to you now, Gordon.
SC Okay, coming down.
SC 14, Houston.
CAPCOM Go ahead. Apollo 14, Houston. Go ahead.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. 90 hours,
22 minutes we've had loss of signal with Apollo 14. The
spacecraft now passing above the backside of the moon. Our
display presently shows an orbit of 59 nautical miles apolune
9 nautical miles perilune. 90 hours, 23 minutes. This is
Apollo Control, Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/4/71 91:02 CST MC-267/1

PAO Apollo Control Houston, 91 hours 02 minutes

GET time for the flight of Apollo 14. We show we're ]0
seconds away from time of acquisition of the spacecraft.
We'll stand by.
PAO We are now receiving data.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu, you' re loud and clear. That
early AOS on the last REV was on mistake. We were mislead
by a mis-set clock here in the control room. How did the
LTC look to you after you tried the new magazine?
SC Well, I tell you what, we ended up with the
same trouble let me run through and tell you what it is.
Let me get the flight plan out here.
CAP COM Ok:ay .
SC Okay, I put MAG B on the camera and I
ran it in stand by for about 2 and a half minutes and every-
thing worked fine. I then went, shot 3 frames at about, at
with intervalmeter set on 10 and it worked fine, and then
I thought that maybe its the fast frame rate so I put it on
65 and shut off 5 or 6 and it worked okay. Then I went to
stand by and then on to single frame and punched the single
frame and got the same noise. And then it started, the
magazine started actuating in stand by with the power on,
so I turned the power off, ran the intervalmeter back down
to 10, turned the power back on, still had the noise, and
the magazine appears to follow the intervalemeter setting
but it may do this on a random fashion while in stand-by
and it does move the film or at least the both spools move
and the counter moves. And it had that same clacking sound,
not really a clacking sound but I guess its kind of hard
to describe. Maybe thats as good a term as any, and so I
turned the magazine off, by this time I had shot 20, 23 frames
and decided that was enough film to waste. I really didn't
mean to use that many but I was trying to check out that 65
per minute intervalmeter setting.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu, thats a good summary of what
you did. Personally I am more mystified than before and we'll
let them work on that some more.
SC Okay, I guess in summary, we got the same
problem with both magazines now. Maybe the film is working
alright, maybe we are just getting, getting a strange noise
in there on the gears or the clutch as you suggested, but
we have ended up now with both magazines having the same
symptom.
CAPCOM Roger understand. We'll think about it
while you are sleeping I guess and maybe have some fresh
ideas in the morning. For you general information the
pericynthian was slightly high but it seems to be coming
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CAPCOM down faster than we anticipated it would

with each REV, but the results at PDI time we ought to be
right on the money as near as we can tell. So pretty good
works on that point.
SC Okay, that sounds real good, I guess I,
I was a little suprised at the point 6 residual from the
G an N, you know the inpulse burn was a little lower than
that but I guess somebody, it doesn't bother anybody, and
yea it looked like a great burn to us and it sounds like
good news about being right there for PDI.
CAPCOM Okay, and one thing for Ed, his bio sensor
seems to be acting up. We would like at his convenience
some time before suiting up tomorrow to go through the
same sort of checkout that A1 did earlier in the flight,
on his sensors, over.
SC Okay, I'll pass that on to Ed.
CAPCOM Okay, thats all I have on my list at the
moment, over.
SC Okay, I guess we've got nothing else here,
we' re going to try to get secured for the big day tomorrow,
and we' 11 be seeing you in the morning.
CAPCOM Okay, I'll make one check to make sure we
haven't got anything else before we shut up and let you
get some sleep.
S C Ok ay .
CAPCOM Okay, Stu, one other thing. We did get that
E mode before we went AO$, okay, and I guess, wait I was
just thinking there is one more thing. Stand by. Okay,
we would like you to turn the optics off tonight. That
should do it. Get a good rest there. Over.
SC Roger, we'll get the optics off before
we go to sleep and we've been doing that, and yea, I guess
if you've got any other questions on that, on the high corn,
I'd entertain them now to help you with the trouble shooting
but that's about it. We'll see you tomorrow.
CAPCOM Okay, good night.
PAO Apollo Control Houston. 91 hours 09 minutes
into the flight of Apollo 14. That was Stu Roosa signing off
for the evening, on behalf of the crew of Apollo 14. We
presently show 14 in an orbit around the moon of 59.2 nautical
miles apolune, paralune 9 nautical miles. We are at 91 hours
10 minutes , we do not expect to contact the crew any further
during this front side pass_ but we'll stand by an continue
to monitor in the event that we do. This is Apollo Control
Hous ton.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY ,2 /4/7 I, 1000 CST, 91:37 GI_:T,MC-268/l

PAO This is Ap-Ilo Control Houston, at

9 I hours 39 m[nutes and now readinr, in GET. Wt,' re less
than 30 minutes away now from 1,OS with the Apollo 14
spacecraft. The crew of Apollo 14, A1 Shepard, Ed Mitchell
Stu Roosaa now in a rest period, We do not expect to hear
from them for the balance of our front side pass. We
presently show 14 in an orbit of 59.2 nautical miles by
9 nautical miles, and we have an announcement to make:
Mr. Camillio Ripamonti, the Italian Minister for Science
and Technology, will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. this
afternoon in the News Center Briefing Room. That's at
2 p.m. this afternoon at the News Center Briefing Room.
We're at 91 hours 40 minutes into the flight and this is
Apollo Control Houston.

PAO This is Apollo Control Houston

51 hours - or 91 hours 51 minutes GET, we presently show
Apollo 14 in an orbit of 59 nautical miles by 8.9 nautical
miles. The surgeon advises that they're monitoring
command module pilot Stu Roosa at this time. Their indi-
cations are that Roosa's probably still awake, certainly
relaxing. We show Apollo 14 traveling at a speed of
5505 feet per second. It's present altitude above the moon
18.2 nautical miles. This is Apollo Control Houston.
PAO Apollo Control Houston. We're
coming up now on the LOS with the spacecraft on this the
fifth revolution. Network reports we've Just had loss
of signal, we'll take down the line at this time. We're
at 92 hours 8 minutes into the flight and this is Apollo
Control Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control HouJston.

We have an announcement. There will be a change of shift
news conference following the handover of flight control
teams. The Maroon Team will be coming aboard to replace
the Orange Team. The shift change is scheduled for 11:30
a.m. Participants in the conference will be Flight Direc-
tor Pete Frank and Cap Com Gordon Fullerton. This will be
following the handover presently scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
This is Apollo Control Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at 92 hours

55 minutes GET time. We're less than a minute away now from
reacquiring the space craft as it will be passing over the
front side of the moon on its 6th revolution. The crew of
Apollo 14 presently enjoying a rest period. We have no
plans to contact the spacecraft, however, we will keep
the line open in the eventuality that we receive a call from
one of the crew, members of the crew. Less than 15 seconds
away from projected time of acquisition. We'll stand by an
continue to monitor. Network advises that we have acquired
data. Apollo 14 now passing over the front side of the moon.
And in the mission control center, flight director Milt
Windier now on station along with members of his Maroon
team of flight controllers. 92 hours 57 minutes into the
flight this is Apollo Control Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2-4-71, 1124 CST, 93:01 GET, MC-271/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 93 hours,

22 minutes. We have a little over 6 hours remaining in the
current crew rest period. At the present time Apollo 14 is
at an altitude of about 11 nautical miles above the lunar
surface moving down towards pericynthion of 8.8 nautical
miles. The current apocynthion that we;re reading is
59.4 nautical miles. There will be a change of shift press
briefing shortly in the MSC news center briefing room. The
participants in the briefing will be Flight Director, Pete
Frank, and CAPCOM, Gordon Fullerton. Flight Director, Milton
Windler has completed recently and are going around the room
checking the status of the mission and the spacecraft with
each of his flight controllers. The reports are coming back
in ail cases that the mission is proceeding smoothly and no
problems with the spacecraft or the mission at this point.
At 93 hours, 23 minutes this is Apollo Control, Houston,
standing by.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/4/71,1212 CST,93:49 GET,MC-272/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 93 hours

49 minutes. We have about five hours 40 minutes left in
this crew rest period. Stu Roosa has the watch in the
spacecraft, and is the only crew man on whom we have a
biomatical data, and that is in and out as we get high bit
rate. But the surgeon reports that at the last look it
appears that Stu Roosa was sleeping. Well, we have about
12 minutes remaining before we lose contact again with the
spacecraft as it goes behind the moon on the sixth
revolution. And our data on the command module at the
present time shows the cabin temperature holding right
around 70 degrees, cabin pressure of about 5.2 pounds per
square inch, which is normal in both respects. At 93 hours
50 minutes, this is Apollo Control standing by.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/4/71 93:54 GET MC-273/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 94 hours O1

minute. We are about to lose acquisition with the space
craft now, and flight director Milton Windler has Just
gone around the room to get a final status check before
loss of signal, and every thing looks good at this time.
The crew has about 5 and a half hours remaining in their
rest period, and when next we acquire Apollo 14, it will
be on their 7th revolution of the moon. And our commun-
ications officer reports we have loss of signal now and
will be reacquiring the space craft in about 45 minutes.
At 94 hours 02 minutes, this is Apollo Control Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/4/71, 1313 CST,94:50 GET,MC-274/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 94 hours

51 minutes. We're standing by now to reacquire Apollo 14
on its seventh revolution of the moon. Network reports
that we have - just had acquisition. The crew has about
four and a half hours remaining in their rest period and
we do not expect any conversation with the spacecraft
during this front side pass on the moon. However, we will
keep the circuits up live in the event that we get any
conversation with the spacecraft. We're presently showing
Apollo ]4 at an altitude of 40.7 nautical miles above the
moon, and we're reading an apocynphion of 59.3 nautical
miles and a pericynthion or a low point of 8.8. There's
been virtually no conversation on the loops here in Mission
Control. Shortly after the spacecraft passed behind the
moon on the last revolution, Flight Director Milton
Wendler advised his flight controllers that he would like
to review procedures for the ascent which this ship will
have - the lift off from the moon during the next back-
side pass. When the spacecraft is out of communications
with earth. At 94 hours 52 minutes this is Apollo Control
Houston standing by.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/4/71 95:17 GET MC-275/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 95 hours 47

minutes. We now have 3 hours 43 minutes remaining in the
crew rest period, and it continues to be very quiet here
in mission control. We'll lose contact with the spacecraft in
about 9 minutes on this the 7th revolution. The Italian
minister for science and technology, Camillio Ripamonti,
will meet with news men in the MSC news center briefing
room at this time. At 95 hours 47 minutes, this is Apollo
Control Houston, standing by.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 95 hours 56
minutes. We are coming up now on LOS from the spacecraft
as it passes behind the moon. And when next we acquire
the vehicle will be on its 8th revolution. The crew now
about 3 and a half hours from the end of their rest period
and it continues rather quiet in mission control. Network
advises us that we have LOS now, and during this back side
pass while we are out of communication with the spacecraft,
the maroon team of flight controllers will review proceedures
that will be using in the lunar lift off, at about 142 hours
24 minutes GET time. At 95 hours 56 minutes, this is Apollo
Control.

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AI'OI, LO t4 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/4/71, 1507 CST,96:44 (;E'I',MC-2 76/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 96 hours

34 minutes and we're just about to acquire Apollo 14 at
the eighth revolution of the moon. Now coming out on the
topside. The crew is still in the midst of a rest period
and we have about 2 hours 45 minutes remaining in that
rest period. Stu Roosa the command module pilot has the
watch on this sleep shift wearing a headset, and should it
be necessary for any reason to awaken the crew, the call
would go to Roosa. This is done at this time to provide
the maximum opportunity of sleep to the lunar module pilot
and the commander, E,4 Mitchell and A1 Shephard. Of course
we'll be having an extremely long day with power descent
tomorrow morning. At the present time we're showing Apollo
14 at an altitude of 40.7 nautical miles, moving down
toward pericynthia, and the pericynthia reading at this
Time is 8.7 nautical miles, continuing to come down slowly
as the FIDO expected it would. And the apocynthion,
the high point of the orbit at 59.6 nautical miles.
Although we don't expect any calls from the crew, we will
standby with the lines up in the event that we should get
a call. At 96 hours 45 minutes, this is Apollo Control
Houston standing by.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/4/71 1509 CST 9645 GET 277/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 97 hours,

27 minutes. We're now a little over 2 hours away from the
scheduled end of this rest period. The crew is scheduled
to awake at about this time on the next revolution, the
9th revolution of the moon. During the sleep period, which
has been relatively quiet in Mission Control, flight controllers
have used the time to advantage to review flight plans,
checklists and procedures for the coming days where a lot of
busy activities are scheduled, in particular for this shift
the procedures which will be used by each of the controllers
and on each of the consoles for the powered ascent, the
lift off from the moon. At the present time we show
Apollo 14 at an altitude of 12.7 nautical miles. The
spacecraft velocity at this time is 5535 feet per second,
and as the spacecraft continues to climb toward apogee,
which is now 59.5 nautical miles, that velocity will continue
to drop off slowly, and then peak back up again to somewhat
more than 55,000 feet per second as it drops on in toward
pericynthion again. At 97 hours 29 minutes this is Apollo
Control Houston continuing to stand by.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 97 hours,

49 minutes. And we're less than 45 seconds now from
scheduled loss of signal with the spacecraft as it goes
around the corner of the moon on this the eighth revolution.
We'll be reacquiring again roughly 45 minutes after loss
of signal. On the next revolution the sleep period is
scheduled to end. We're now showing 1 hour, 40 minutes
until the scheduled crew awakening time. And at the present
time we show Apollo 14 with a pericynthion of 8.5 nautical
miles. And our communications engineer reports we've had
loss of contact now with the command module. At 97 hours,
50 minutes , this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/4/71 1701 CST 98:38 GET 279/1

PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at 98 hours

38 minutes. We're about to regain radio contact with Apollo
14. The spacecraft now on its ninth revolution of the moon.
And the crew is scheduled to end their rest period in about
51 minutes from now, about 2/3 of the way through this front
side pass. At the present time we show Apollo 14 at an
altitude of 41.5 nautical miles. The spacecraft velocity
is 53076 feet per second. The pericynthion or low point of
the orbit is 8.5 nautical miles, and the high point 59.7.
And we have reacquired radio contact with the spacecraft.
We'll stand by for the awakening of the crew or for any other
communication between the ground and the spacecraft. We
would not expect to put in a call to the crew before the
wake up period, but we will be up and live should we receive
any calls from the crew. This is Apollo Control standing
by at 98 hours 39 minL, tes.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/4/71 1711 CST 9848 GET 280/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 99 hours, 14

minutes. We're now about 16 minutes from the scheduled
end of the crew rest period and we do plan to awake them
on this revolution if we do not hear from them we'll put
in a call to the spacecraft. At the present time we're
showing the spacecraft perigee ah - pericynthion at 8.4
nautical miles. Pericynthion continuing to drop. Flight
Dynamics Officer perdicts that at power descent it will be
down at about 4600 feet which is somewhat lower than nominal
but would present no problems in fact as the Flight Dynamic's
Officer expressed it, it would actually help with the descent
increasing the propellant savings to the lunar module. We've
had quite a bit of noise on the communications circuit. The
high gain antenna has not locked up at this time in narrow
beam width and we'll be checking with - one of the things
we'll be checking with the crew on the awake is the settings
of the high gain antenna to be sure that we're in the proper
attitude with the antenna for reacquiring in narrow beamwidth.
SC Good morning, Houston. 14 here.
CAPCOM Apollo 14. Apollo 14. This is Houston.
Roger. Good evening, Stu.
SC Good evening - it's good morning, Bruce
baby.
CAPCOM Roger. How'd you ali sleep?
SC And Bruce, I've got a crew status report
for you.
CAPCOM Okay. Go ahead with your crew status
rep orr.
SC Okay. A1 six hours of sleep, dosimeter
16048. Ed, six hours 05038.
CAPCOM Okay. Understand six hours of sleep each.
16048 01046 and 05038. Over.
SC That's affirmative.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. At this time we
would like the CMP and the LMP to swap dosimeters. The
LMP dosimeter is inoperative and we would like to have two
active dosimeters on the lunar surface. Over.
SC Okay. We'll do that.
CAPCOM And 14, this is Houston. Now would you
confirm a negative presleep status report. Over.
SC Well that's affirmative, we went to bed
all healthy, no medication and we're getting up the same
way.
CAP COM Roger. Out.
CAPCOM Okay. When you're interested I have about
4 or 5 general information type articles to pass up to you all.
SC Okay Bruce. Some -
SC (Garble) be on hed set for us?
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SC If it is, we could wait a few minutes.

CAPCOM Yeah, why don't we do that. There's no
great rush in any of them but we've got 24 minutes to LOS
and just let me know when you're ready.
SC 0kay. I'll take consumables up anytime
you've got it - we'll get that out of the way.

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SC Okay, I'll take a consumables update

anytime you've got it, and get that out of the way if
you want to give it to me.
CAPCOM Okay, I'll have the consumables update
for you momentarily. In the meantime we'd like you to read
out the high gain antenna meters and the high gain antenna
knobs. It has not been switching to narrow beam at AOS.
We're not sure why right now. We'd like to leave the
configuration as is and get those readouts, over.
SC Okay, Bruce, the -
SC Bruce, this is Ed. I've got my biomed
hooked up, and my sensor connected and I'd like you to take
a look at it while you're talking to Stu please.
CAPCOM I understand you have your biomed
hooked up and your sensor is connected and you'd like the
medics to look at it.
SC That's affirm.
CAPCOM We're in low bit rate right now Ed.
We'll have to hold on a minute.
SC Okay, Bruce, the readouts on the
pitch meter is 50 degrees, on the yaw meter is 270, on the
knob is set at 35, and the, pitch, yaw knob is set at 275.
CAPCOM Okay Stu, on pitch, is that plus or
minus, over.
SC Oh, sorry about that. Both are
minus es.
CAPCOM Okay, meter pitch, minus 50, yaw 270,
knob minus 35 and 275, over.
SC That's affirmative.
CAPCOM Okay, coming at you with a consumables
update, over.
SC And let her rip.
CAPCOM At a GET of 99 hours even, RCS total
74 percent, quads in order, 73, 75, 73, 75, hydrogen 65, 65,
oxygen, 85, 83, 31, over.
SC Rog, copy the GET 99 hours, RCS total,
74, quads, 73, 75, 73, 75, hydrogen 65, 65, 02, 85, 83, 31.
CAP COM Roger, out.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
SC Are you going to switch over to high
bit rate so you can look at this? I'd like to go ahead and
start suiting up.
CAPCOM Stand by. Apoll O 14, this is Houston.
We request high gain antenna servo electronics to secondary,
ove r.
SC Okay (garbled).
SC Okay, go to secondary.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Request
S-band normal transponder secondary, over.
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SC Roger, transponder secondary.

CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston, how do
you read?
SC Loud and clear, how me?
CAPCOM Roger, reading you the same.
SC Houston, this is 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC I'd appreciate an answer on your
intentions relative to sensor.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Relative to the sensor,
we require a high bit rate down here in order for the surgeon
to get any biomed telemetry. We're attempting to get high
bit rate at the present time as evidenced by our request for
secondary electronics and a high gain antenna and a secondary
transponder. We'll let you know just as soon as we can
press on. Perhaps in the meantime you could tell us which
sensor you think was giving you the problem and what you've
done in the meantime to it, over.
SC Okay, the lower sternum sensor
was leaking and we replaced it last evening and it seemed
to be the only one that had a chance to be in bad shape.
CAPCOM We copy up.
SC It seems to be the only one that looked
like it might be the (garbled).
CAPCOM Roger out and-
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Request
high gain electronic, high gain antenna servo electronics
power primary, s-band normal transponder to primary and go
to track mode manual, over.

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SC Houston, 14. Do you read, now?

CAPCOM 14. This is Houston. Roger.
We're reading you about 5 by 4. Over.
SC Okay. I've got to give you primary
servo electronics, primary transponder and what else did
you want?
CAPCOM Roger. We want to go back to tract
mode manual and we'll use the positions that you have set
on the pitch and yaw dial at the present time.
SC Ok ay .
SC
CAPCOM Okay. And reading you about 4 by 2
at the present time. Stand by.
SC Houston. 14. Do you read?
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. We're reading you. We'd
like you to do a normal manual acquisition, switching back
the wide b and then coming all. Over.
SC Ok ay.
SC Houston, I have you on auto and
narrow again and I cannot seem to get the signals straight
about the 3 quarter mark.
CAPCOM Roger. I'm reading you. We'll get
that noise in the background out.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. We
request you attempt acquisition again using the normal
manual procedures. Over.
SC Ro ge r. Ro ge r.
CAPCOM Apollo 14. Apollo 14, this is Houston.
We suggest high gain antenna angle of pitch minus 25, yaw 280.
I'll say it again pitch minus 25, yaw 280. Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. We
suggest high gain antenna pitch minus 25, that is minus 25,
yaw 280, yaw 280. Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. How do
you -
SC Houston, Apollo 14. How do you read?
CAPCOM Re>ger. Loud and clear now, Ed.
We've got 4 minutes to LOS.

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CC Apollo 14, Stu, we've got 4 minutes till

LOS. I have a 4 step procedure for testing the lunar topo
camera. Are you ready to listen and copy?
SC Stand by one, Bruce.
CC Roger. We're standing by.
SC Okay, go ahead Bruce.
CC Okay. With respect to the high COMM, we
think this may be a low current problem. We've been able
to duplicate most of your symptoms down here in Building 4
with the other model. What we'd like you to do is step 1,
disconnect ali power connectors, inspect, and reconnect. Over.
SC Okay, we read. Disconnect all power con-
nectors, inspect, and reconnect. And I guess - you know, we
did it when we put it in and out, but if I understand your
step right, they're all disconnected, I guess you mean, just
look at the pins and so forth. Amplify that just a little bit
Bruce.
CC That's correct. We'd just like you to
inspect for bent pins, any sort of damage, cracked insulators,
anything like that in error. Break, break for Ed. We are
unable to verify your biomed harness at this time. We'd like
you to change out biomed harness. Do not suit up and we'll
check it over at AOS next pass. Over.
SC Roger. Understand. Change out to biomed
harness and do not suit up.
CC Roger. You can suit up partially -
SC Be advised that- okay understand. Be
advised that the high gain, I've tried manual procedures
and about 3/4 of that signal strength I get.
CC Roger. We copy on the high gain. You
can suit up partially if you want to take the risk of having
to unsuit a little ways. Break, Break for Stu, step 2. We'd
like you to switch nonessential power to opposite main BC box,
that is from B to A or A to B whatever you were on last time.
Step 3, reset control box film counter to O, shutter speed
to 1/200 of a second with magazine removed, visually examine
the shutter curtain slip position. If the slit is visible,
it should not be more tlhan 1 inch from the magazine guiderail.
Examine sprocket area for visible tears. Step 4, install
magazine wrist key and actuate single flame. Remove magazine
and verify that slit is not more than 1 inch from magazine
guiderail, if visible, 30 seconds to LOS. I repeat, switch
from nonessential power from bus B to A or A to B, opposite
what you had, reset control box film counter to zero and
shutter to 1/200 with magazine removed visually examine
shutter curtain slit position, if visible, slit should not
be more than 1 inch from magazine guideraii. Examine sprocket
area for visible tears, install magazine wrist key and actuate
single frame. Remove magazine and verify slit is not more
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CC than 1 inch from magazine guide rail and

we'll talk to you on AOS next time on the results.
PAO and network reports we've had LOS. Ap-
parently that last message from the CAPCOM did get through.
During the exchanges with the crew aboard the spacecraft,
a couple of things of significance, the conversations with
Ed Mitchell pertaining to his biomedical data relate to the
fact that we're getting eratic biomedical data on Mitchell
at the present time. We've asked him to change to one of
the backup biomedical harnesses and the surgeon estimates
that this changeover time is about a 10 minute operation.
It should pose no problem as far as getting suited up. The
suitup time is normally about 100 hours 30 minutes ground
elapsed time. The net:work controller also advises that the
manned spaceflight net:work station at Goldstone, California
is having a computer problem at the present time and that
station has been released. Goldstone is backup at this
time with Madrid being the prime station. We'll be re-
acquiring Apollo 14 in about 47 minutes. The spacecraft
will be at the beginning of its tenth revolution at that
time. At the present time we show Apollo 14 traveling at
a velocity of 53072 feet per second. The current spacecraft
altitude is about 42 nautical miles and the orbital parameters
are as follows, a pericynthion of 8.4 and the apocynthion of
59.7. At 99 hours 46 minutes, this is Apollo Control Houston

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/4/71 1904 CST 10030 GET 284/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 100 hours

30 minutes. We're now a little less than 2 minutes away
from reacquiring Apollo 14 on its tenth revolution of the
moon and during this frontside pass a number of things will
be discussed with the crew, among them as we reacquire now
we're going to try a normal acquisition, a normal automatic
acquisition on the high gain antenna. If we don't get
locked in on narrowbeam width, then we'll try it manually
and if we still don't get a good narrow beam lock on, the
plan is to continue on with no further troubleshooting at
the moment. Narrow beamwidth on the CSM high gain antenna
is desirable but it is not essential to continuing with the
mission. As far as the biomedical data on lunar module
pilot Ed Mitchell that is also in the category of a very
desirable items but is also not essential or mandatory for
continuing and if, when we reacquire and presuming that
Mitchell will have put on the backup biomed harness, if we
still do not have a good biomedical data he will be advised
to continuing along with the suiting up. Also (inaudible)
reviewing the status of the ascent batteries with the crew.
And we'll also be discussing the probe and drogue and some
alternate undocking procedures if, in the unlikely, that
the undocking does not occur as planned, we'll have some
alternate procedures for the crew. Would emphamsize that
we do expect the docking mechanism to work properly. We
expect that we will get a normal undocking but in the event
that we don't get a normal undocking we'll have a set of
contingency procedures backup procedures for the crew to
use. We're standing by now for reacquisition.
CAPCOM Apollo 14. Apollo 14, this is Houston.
How do you read? Over.
SC Read you quite clear, Bruce.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. We're reading you with a
good bit of background noise. We've got a few things to
pass up to you if you're ready to listen.
SC Okay. Stand by just 1.
CAPCOM Okay. In the meantime Stu, for you or
Ed, we' d like you to try a normal acquisition again on the
high gain antenna and if that's NO GO try acquisition in
MANUAL and medium bandwidth. Over.
SC Okay. Let me get down here and give it
a go.
PAO Our prime network sight is Madrid, the
Goldstone sight report said it had cured its computer
problems and is back on line.
SC Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Okay. Loud and clear 14.
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SC Okay Bruce, doesn't seem to be doing too

good. Still can't get the lock up solid all the way. I'm
in AUTO and medium now and that's where you want it?
CAPCOM That's affirmative, 14 and we're checking
out Ed's biomed.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Okay. In the meantime, an item of general
interest on your orbital status. You started out somewhat
high and are decaying at a slightly greater rate than pre-
dicted. However, the altitude at PDI will still be about
4600 feet. That's 4 6000 feet or 8.3 nautical miles so
your pericynthion's still good. Over.
SC Okay. Sounds like good planning.
CAPCOM And Apollo 14, Stu, map update rev 11
if you're ready.
SC Negative. Stand by 1.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Ed. This is Houston. You're
GO to commence suitting up.
SC Roger, Roger. Thank you Bruce.
CAPCOM Biomed looking good.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Ed, this is Houston. Can you
monitor just for a minute the discussion on the ascent bat-
teries.
SC (garble) Go ahead.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Our feeling right
now is that this is a single cell problem in ascent battery
number 5. If one cell were shorted out entirely and
completely dischared, this would drop your terminal voltage
by 1.8 volts. The expected voltage open circuit at activa-
tion is greater than 35.3. I say again, it's greater than
35.3. However, the open circuit voltage will not be our
criterion. We will Use the DELTA in voltage between batts
5 and 6 under load to evaluate battery 5. If there is more
than a 1. 8 volt DELTA between 5 and 6, that is, if it should
turn out that you have a problem with more than one cell,
then battermy 5_?_ill be NO GO. Over.
SC Understand Houston that if in subsequent
checks we have more than one cell that shows up bad, battery
5 will be NO GO.
CAP COM Roger.
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SC Okay. And I'm ready for the rev 11

update, Bruce.
CAPCOM 14 Houston. Rev 11 180 degrees 102 03 40.
Understand you don't need LOS or AOS they're close to
nominal.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. I've got a
lot of noise in the background now. Al, did you copy the
time for 180 102 03 40. Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. How do you
read now? Over.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. How do

you read?
SC Loud and clear, Bruce.
CAPCOM Okay. We're reading you again now,
Stu. We'd like you to go with manual and medium beam width,
please.
SC Ok ay.
SC Okay, Bruce. The antenna seemed to
oscillate a little bit. They're -steadied out now with
a reasonably good signal.
CAPCOM Say that looks beautiful. That
looks beautiful, Stu.
CAPCOM Stu, did you copy the time for 180
degree meridian, and 1020340?
SC That's affirmative, 1020340.
CAPCOM Roger. Were you able to run through
the LTC camera checkout procedures one through four or we
fade out on you before you got them?
SC That's negative on being able to
run through them. I didn't even begin to get them copied,
Bruce. I guess - I need - what time frame are you thinking
of me trouble shooting that one? Is that something that
we need to work out right now?
CAPCOM No. We'll hold off on that.
CAPCOM Okay, 14. On the subject of the
docking probe situation, for undocking we anticipate a normal
undocking sequence, that is extention followed by release
of the LM. If there should be no release at this time,
we request that you hold the release position of the extend
or release and both vehicles thrust minus X for 3 seconds,
and then release on the - or return the switch to center.
Over.
SC Okay. Understand we're anticipating
a normal SEP. If we get on the end of the probe and no
release we'll both thrust minus X for 3 seconds.
CAPCOM Roger. While you hold the switch
in the release position and we've got some other procedures
that we'll run through in real time if the requirement
developes in order to accomplish an undocking. We would
like to say at this time though that we are not considering
of blowing the docking range in order to undock. Over.
SC Okay. That sounds reasonable.
CAPCOM And is A1 listening?
SC A1 is not on the headset right now,
Bruce.
CAPCOM Okay. I wonder if you'd pass to
him that when he and Ed go over to the LM, they should either
carry with them a tool R, that's tool Romeo from the command
module or if he should have such a thing as a screwdriver or
something like that available, why that would also suffice.
Over.
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SC Okay. I'll let him borrow a tool

R on a hand receipt and he'll take that over with him.
CAPCOM Roger. Be sure and get a QC stamp
on i t.
SC 21 Nancy.
CAPCOM Roger, 21 nancy. Hey, a little
more background on that thing that we're looking for of
course would be an item such as tool R that enable our
crewmen from the LM to depress the capture latch release
button on the tip of the probe from the LM side and tool R
will fill this bill or another screw driver if it were
available. Over.
SC Okay. We got you.
CAPCOM And with respect to docking, again
we anticipate normal operation, however, we'd like to add
to the normal procedures a LM plus X thrust, 10 seconds
for jet RCS to facilitate or give us just a little more
of a warm feeling on the docking. Once again we have some
backup procedures that we can run through in real time if
these should be necessary and in order to formalize this
I've got a flight plan update for the CMP solo book and
for the LM time line book whenever you all are ready to
copy these down.
SC Okay. Stand by here and let's get
out the LM time line.
CAPCOM Roger. I'll do likewise down here.
And we'll make them together.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM And since you don't have alot going
on up there right now, Stu, I wonder if you could give us
PO0 and ACCEPT and we'll send you up some uplinks. We've
got a state-vector, a desired oriented RFSMATT, a - and
that' s it.
SC Okay. You have PO0 and ACCEPT.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. You seem to be fading
out a little bit. Are you close enough to the mike.
SC I - I'm talking right into it, Bruce.
You have PO0 and ACCEPT.
CAPCOM Roger. Thank you. And would you
return to the narrow deadband 5 tenths of a degree in the
DAP, please?
SC Okay. Stand by one.
CAPCOM Rog. In reference to keeping the
high gain pointed right at us here.
SC Ok ay.
SC Okay. I'm narrow deadband. I'm
through with the DSKY, if you want to press with the uplink
and looks like we got good signal strength here.
CAPCOM Okay. Looks real good here,Stu
and we'll press on with the uplink and I got my time line
book out and we're going to page 14.
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SC Okay. We'll have to stand by on

that LM time line book for a little bit here, Bruce.
CAP COM Ok ay.
CAPCOM And back on the subject of the
drogue, I guess our analysis down here and all the data
that we've been able to come up with indicated that you
did in fact have a normal retraction on the last attempt.
The selection of the bottle did not contribute to the
capture in itself and we'll pass you the procedures here
that we'd like you to run through.
SC Okay.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay, Bruce. I - just something
that seems like back from memory in debriefing from 11,
they tried this plus X on the LM and docking and they got
some - if I remember right - some attitude excursions. Is
everybody satisfied that the LM can plus X and everything
will be stable?
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Roger. We
recall 11 and the biggest part of the problem there was
that both vehicles were actively trying to control attitude.
The procedure which we'll be passing up to you has you going
into CMC mode 3 prior to the LM commencing it's plus X
thrusting. Over.
SC Okay. So I guess we'll - we'll
wait until we get the changes and then we'll talk about
it if we've got any questions.
CAP COM Roger.

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CAPCOM 14, Houston. I have your CMC refsmat

zero time update for you. There is no GET, or CSM update
required, over.
SC Okay, and I'm ready to copy, Bruce.
CAPCOM Okay, CMC refsmat zero zero time is,
108 hours 53 minutes 5800 seconds and I'll have the TEl 19
pad shortly. You want to go ahead and read back?
SC Okay refsmat zero zero time, 108,108,
53, 5800 .
CAPCOM Roger, read back correct I'll be coming
at you with the TE 19 pad in about 10 seconds.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM And if you're ready to copy on Tei 19
I'm ready.
SC Okay, TEl 19, let her go Bruce.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. SPS G&N, 36583 minus 066,
plus 024, TIG 119 38 0913 noun 81, plus 29034, plus 15647,
minus 04852, roll 179 120 029. The rest of the pad is na.
Ullage, 4 jets 11 seconds. Remarks, this is an undocked
burn, we assume circularization but no plane change number 1.
The lunar longitude that you are crossing at time of tig is,
minus 175.8 west longitude, over.
SC Okay, TEl 19, SPS G&N, 36583 minus 066,
plus 024, 119 38 0913 ]plus 29 034 plus 15647 minus 04852
179 120 029 ullage 4 jets 11 seconds undocked assume
circ, no plane change 1, and longitude of tig minus 175.8.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston, read back is correct, out.
SC And Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Stu.
SC Okay, the LM command module Delta P is 0.8.
CAPCOM Houston, roger, out.
SC Stu, Houston. How is your viewing
attitude up there?
CAPCOM It's rather tremendous Bruce. This,
coming across this low, iow orbit is phenominal, and this
attitude is absolutely great.
CAPCOM I guess that settles that one.
SC I tell you one thing Bruce, you sure
get the impression you're more like about a thousand feet,
than 45,000.
CAPCOM I guess the scenery is really clipping
along.
SC Yea, and it seems so close. It looks
like you can just reach out and touch it.
CAPCOM The recent input from FAO is that we
need the hicon camera checks prior to a GET of 107 hours.
That's about 6 hours from now.
SC Okay, prior 107, and we'll sure try to
give it a go.
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CAPCOM Roger, and when ever you're ready

on the flight plan update to the CMP solo book and the LM
timeline book why we've got it setting down here, but there's
no rush .
SC Okay, I can take the CMP solo book
now but we might as well get them both together and it'll
be a little bit here, they're getting the suits on.
CAPCOM Okay, well the details of the 2 are
a little different.
SC Okay, let's get these out of the way,
and take the solo book now.
CAPCOM Okay, on page 52.
SC Okay, go ahead.
CAPCOM At 144 hours and 08 minutes it presently
reads, translate the capture latch, we want to change that
to read, translate to contact, over.
SC Okay, we'll change that translate to
contact, and hope they're both the same, huh.
CAPCOM Roger, roger. Under that, add in
report contact to LM and CMC mode free, over.
SC Okay, and after contact, I'll report
contact to LM and go CMC 3.
CAPCOM Roger, and over in the docking
checklist we want to delete the CMC mode free, it says docking
checklist at capture CMC mode free, you can delete that.
SC Okay, I'll delete CMC mode free under
the docking checklist at capture.
CAPCOM And that's it. That wasn't so bad,
was it.
SC No, that was pretty painless.
CAPCOM 21, Nancy.
SC Rog .
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead Bruce.
CAPCOM Stu, we just got word that your family
is listening to you and they're outside looking up at that
great big Fra Mauro moon.
SC Thank you. Okay, Bruce, for their
benefit, just to pinpoint, we approaching the terminator now
and the Fra Mauro formation, and I guess of all the news you
see I think it's going to be tough to beat this going into
the terminator at this low altitude. It's, it's really
something.
CAPCOM It sounds really spectacular. I'm
sure we'd all like to be up there with you. I know I would.
SC Yea, I wish you could be. Yea, I
wish you could be after all that hard work.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. We'd like
to try the secondary servo electronics on the high gain antenna
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CAPCOM and attempt a normal acquisition. If

that is unsuccessful we'll return to the present configuration.
SC Alright Bruce, go on secondary now.
Okay, how do you read Bruce?
CAPCOM Loud and clear Stu. Looks beautiful.
SC Yea, I went to secondary and there
was not a glich in anything.
CAPCOM Are you in Auto now?
SC No, I'm sorry. I didn't get to the
auto bit. I Just went secondary on the electronics.
CAPCOM It's alright, now that you-
SC You want auto mode? Is that affirmative?
CAPCOM Now that you've got the secondary
servo electronics up we'd like you to run through a normal
acquisition procedure, over.
SC Oh, okay .
SC i4, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, loud and clear, Stu. It looks
like it was successful.
SC That's negative, I'm back in manual
medium. What happends when I go to auto, the edge goes to
about a -

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SC What happens when I go to AUTO, the PITCH

goes to about a minus 50 and the YAW stays just about the
same, but it seems like the AUTO mode wants to drive the
PITCH down to about minus 50 and if I do that in wide beam
width, and then I go medium, narrow, it doesn't seem to
have any effect, and the signal strength drops back off.
CAPCOM Okay, we copy, Stu.
SC And I'm back manual medium now.
CAP COM Roger. Out .
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. We have your torquing angles.
You're GO.
SC Okay, Bruce. Torque is 1012420.
CAP COM 10112420 .
CAPCOM 14, Stu, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM 14, Stu, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. Prior to commencing your
manuever here, which it looks like you're about ready to do.
we'll give you an OMNI antenna to select. Once you get to
the new attitude, we'd like you to return to manual medium
beam width and then we'll give you the PITCH and YAW angles.
Over.
SC Alright, we're getting ready to manuever.
You got the angles?
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. It's OMNI BRAVO while manuever-
ing and the flight plan angles of PITCH minus 80 and YAW
98 are good.
SC Okay, OMNI BRAVO during the manuever and
flight plan angles good when we get there. Thank you.
CAPCOM And with respect to the LM timeline book,
we'll try to pass this up in real time during the tail end
of the rendezvous. You might pass to Al, that it essentially
makes the timeline book agree with what we gave you in the
CMP solo book. Ten seconds or contact on the thrust plus at
contact and then confirm docking. Confirm capture report from
CSM.
SC Okay, Houston. We got that. And pass it
up later is fine with us.
CAPCOM Roger. Just wanted to make sure you were
aware of what we had in mind.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. 6 minutes to LOS.
SC Ok ay.
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CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. 1 minute to

LOS
SC Roger, Houston. Okay, 14 is on the time-
line, Houston.
CAP COM Say again?
CAPCOM Okay, 14. Down here we're going to turn
it over to the good old gold team and the friendly maroon
team will see you in a few hours.
SC Okay, stick around. We've got icecream.
You'll be back for the fun, Bruce?
CAPCOM I will, yes indeed.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 101 hours 38
minutes and we've had loss of signal now with Apollo 14.
During that front side pass, a number of things were dis-
cussed with the crew. I'd like to run back over several
of the more significanl; ones, briefly. The biomedical harness
switch, which was performed by Ed Mitchell, apparently took
care of the problem. We have good biomedical data on him.
We still have our problem with the high gain antenna and that
problem essentially is in acquiring automatically, a narrow
beam width. We have good lock on and good data in wide beam
width. What we lose when we do not have the narrow beam width
is high bit rate data, however, we can also, even get high bit
rate data when we're on the 210 foot dish at Goldstone, California.
The high gain narrow beam width is one of those desirable items,
but is not essential for continuing on with the mission at this
point. We also discus_ed with the crew, procedures for de-
termining if battery 5 is GO or NO GO, and essentially, the
criteria for determining whether that battery will be healthy
enough to continue with the powered descent is to look at the
voltage when the battery is once again brought on line and see
if, under load, the battery 5 voltage stays within 1.8 volts
of the voltage that we see on battery 6. I would like to point
out that we have not seen battery 5 since the test that was
run on it last night. We have not had telemetry data on the
LM electrical power system since that time, however, in the
tests that were run last night, under heavy load, battery 5s
voltage was identical with the voltage we saw on battery 6.
The Engineering Support Room here in the Control Center says
that it will accept a voltage difference of up to 1.9 volts.
We advised the crew 1.8 volts, but the engineering backroom
says that 1.9 will be the actual criteria, which will be used.
At this time we are optimistic that battery 5 will be in roughly
the same shape that it was in when we saw it last night. And
at that time, as I said, it was able to maintain full load,
sharing as expected and with no voltage difference between battery
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CAPCOM 5 and battery 6. We now have 42 minutes

45 seconds before we reacquire the spacecraft and at that
time it will be at the beginning of its eleventh revolution.
At this time in Mission Control, we are in the midst of a
shift handover. Flight Director Jerry Griffin and the gold
team of Flight Directors coming on to replace the maroon team.
Capsule Communicator on the coming shift is Astronaut Fred
Haise. Our orbital data on the spacecraft at this time is
as follows: the apocynthion or high point of the orbit is
now showing 59.8 nautical miles and the pericynthion is cur-
rently reading 8. 1 nautical miles. And at 10t hours 42 min-
utes this is Apollo Control Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/4/71 2044 CST 102:21GET 288/1

PAO This is Apollo Control 102 hours 21

minutes ground elapsed time. We're less than 2 minutes
away from acquisition of signal as the Apollo 14 spacecraft
still docked, come around the front side of the moon again
on this llth lunar revolution. And at this time, the lunar
landing crew should have been in the spacecraft 10 or
15 minutes beginning the power up sequence and checkout of
the lunar module, getting it prepared for the landing to-
morrow morning which will be around 3:15 Houston time.
Here in the Control Cenl:er is the gold team of flight con-
trollers taking over from the off going shift headed up by
Milton Windler. Rather quiet in the Control Center as the
flight controllers discuss among themselves the upcoming
checkout of the lunar module. We'll begin to get telemetry
about the same time we ;get voice. Continuing to stand by
as we anticipate Apollo 14 being acquired by the ground
stations primarily through the Goldstone station in Cali-
fornia. We show Goldstone acquiring at 102 25 44, slightly
over a minute from now. Apparently there was some confusion
in the acquisition of signal clock here in the control room.
And looking at the tables for station acquisition, we can
see that we're still about a minute away from acquisition.
We've had CSM AOS. Let's stand by for the air to ground
c ommuni cations.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston.
KITTY HAWK Go ahead Houston, Kitty Hawk.
CAPCOM Okay. We're ready with some updates to
you -
or an uplinks rather if you can give us POO and ACCEPT.
KITTY HAWK Okay. You've got PO0 and ACCEPT.
CAPCOM And when you've got time Stu, I've got
some data and a SEP pad ready.
KITTY HAWK Okay. Stand by 1.
KITTY HAWK Okay, Antares. How do your read Kitty
Hawk B?
ANTARES Okay Kitty Hawk. Antares' LMP reads you
loud and clear.
ANTARES CDR reads you loud and clear Red.
ANTARES Let's go VHF A.
KITTY HAWK Negative. Stand by 1.
ANTARES Kitty Hawk, Antares. Start counting 1, 2 ,
3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
KITTY HAWK Oh, you're loud and clear now.
ANTARES Okay. Let's go VHF A.
ANTARES How about me? Am I loud and clear?
KITTY HAWK You're loud and clear fearless one.
ANTARES Good show, Rojo.
KITTY HAWK Okay. Go ENABLE.
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KITTY HAWK Okay Antares, Kitty Hawk on A simplex.

How do you read?
ANTARES Aw Roger, Kitty Hawk, Antares reads you
loud and clear A simplex.
KITTY HAWK You're loud and clear ED?
ANTARES Same here.
KITTY HAWK You're loud and clear, Al.
ANTARES Houston, this is Antares, over.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Read you loud and
clear.
ANTARES Okay. Stand by.
ANTARES Houston, primary EVAP flow number 1 OPEN
1021545.
CAP COM Okay. Copy now.
ANTARES Okay and your lift power transfer time
was 1015402.
CAPCOM Roger. Ed, we got it.
ANTARES And let's have a secondary S-band check.
CAPCOM Okay Ed, we're reading you loud and clear
on secondary S-band and they're ready for primary.
ANTARES Okay. Let's go PRIMARY.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston, the computer is
yours and are you ready for the updates yet?
KITTY HAWK Okay Fred. The computers mine and go
ahead.
CAPCOM Let me give you your DAP data first.
Your CSM weight is plus 36116. Your gimbal turns, PITCH
minus 081 YAW plus 019.
KITTY HAWK Okay. The DAP data, weight 36116, minus
081 plus 019.
CAPCOM Okay. That's a good read back and if
you've got the plan books out, I'll give you a SEP pad.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
ANTARES Houston, Antares, if you read me, I'll
press on.
CAPCOM Roger Ed. You' re loud and clear. Press
on.

ANTARES Okay .
CAPCOM And Kitty Hawk, I understand you're ready
for a SEP pad.
KITTY HAWK That's affirmative, Fred. Let her go.
CAPCOM Okay'. Your NOUN 33, is 104273100.
PITCH is 103. That's it.
KITTY HAWK Okay. Copy 104273100 and PITCH 103.
CAPCOM Okay. That's a good read and now I have
a P24 landmark track data for you.
KITTY HAWK Okay. I'm ready to copy.
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CAPCOM Okay Ti 1045655. T2, 4533, TCA 1045903

T3 1045925 355297 and 000. S_uth 6 and use 14 dash 1.
KITTY HAWK Okay. Copy this is 14 dash 1 and Ti
1045655, 104 5833, 1045903, 1045925 355297000, it's south 6
and 14 1.
CAPCOM Okay. That was good Stu and one more
thing - a mapped up date for rev 12.
KITTY HAWK Ail right, I'm ready.
CAPCOM Okay. The 180 degree point at 1035728.
KITTY HAWK Okay. 1035728 that's update rev 12.
CAPCOM Good readback.
CAPCOM And one other thing Kitty Hawk, could you
verify that the docking angle was still plus point 9.
KITTY HAWK That's affirmative, plus 0.9.
CAP COM Ok ay.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. How do you read on the
steerable antenna?
CAPCOM Okay Antares, I read you loud and clear.
ANTARES Okay.
ANTARES Stu, I'm ready for a gimbal angle check
here .
KITTY HAWK Okay. Want me to go MAN deadband and
so forth?

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(garble)
CAPCOM And Kittyhawk, Houston.
ANTARES 02387
KITTY HAWK Read R3 again - -
ANTARES Okay. You got middle gimbal plus
02387.

KITTY HAWK That's affirmative. Go ahead,

Houston, Kitty Hawk.
CAPCOM Okay. I guess we've got the LM
back now. Antares, Houston. Just want to verify you're
in AUTO on the steerable.
ANTARES Tinat's affirm, Fredo. I went to
AUTO and it was holding at a signal strength of 3.9 and I
looked back over and we're - suddenly we have 3 and I tried
to relock and I can't above 3 except on the OMNI.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
ANTARES If you'll give me a new set of
angles, we'll try it again.
CAPCOM S rand by.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares, Houston. We'd like
you to try the steerable again and the flight plan angles
are 116 and 41. Should be good.
ANTARES Okay. Here we go again.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. I've locked back
up on the steerable and that antenna's making a hell of a
racket when it drives.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
CAPCOM Arid Antares, Houston. We have good
lock now and we'd like to verify you're in AUTO and the
noise again - we're not knowing what level you're hearing,
there is quite a bit of noise with that antenna.
ANTARES Rog. You said that. It's just
suprisingly much more that I expected suddenly and I am
in AUTO. And it seems to be holding at a signal strength
of about 39 right now
CAPCOM Okay. And Antares, whenever you get
time there to copy, ]I've got your X abort concentrate.
ANTARES Okay. I' d like to hold those for
a minute Fredo.
CAPCOM Mighty fine, Ed.
ANTARES Okay, Stu, we're (garble)
KITTY HAWK Okay.
ANTARES Okay, Stu. We're ready for snapshot
on NOUN 20 whenever you are.
KITTY HAWK Okay. Standing by for your mark.
ANTARES Okay. 3, 2, 1, MARK.
KITTY HAWK Okay, on your mark I read plus 00687,
plus 11777, plus 02366.
ANTARES Okay. Give them to me again, please.
I was copying time GET.

KITTY HAWK Okay. Plus 00687, plus 11777, plus

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KITTY HAWK 02366.

ANTARES Okay, NOUN 20 as follows 00687,
11777, 02366.
KITTY HAWK That's a good readback.
ANTARES Hous ton, Antares. I' 11 take the
(garble) now.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares, and we copied the
NOUN 20 down here.
ANTARES Okay, and GET was 102:42:21.
CAPCOM Roger. GET 102:42:21 and here's
the AGS abort console set, 224 plus 60464, 225 plus 29400,
226 plus 60480, 305 minus 01760, 662 minus 54516, 673 minus
31704.
ANTARES Okay, Fredo. 224 plus 60464, 225 is
plus 29400, 226 is plus 60480, 305 minus 01760, 662 minus
54516, 673 minus 31704.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares. That was a good
re a db ack .
ANTARES And Fredo, I'm coming on with
ascent battery check, if you would like to watch that.
CAPCOM Stand by.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. You have the
GO for the ascent battery.
ANTARES Okay. BATT 5 normal feed coming
on n ow .

KITTY HAWK Okay, I've got CP time, are you

ready?
ANTARES Yes. Do you want me to set it
up on 102:477
KITTY HAWK That'd be great.
KITTY HAWK 3 seconds, hack 102:47. Did you
get that or would you like 102:47:30.
ANTARES No. I have that. Stand by for
a snapshot on NOUN 65_. please.
KITTY HAWK Okay. I'm standing by.
ANTARES Okay. VERB 06, NOUN 65, 3, 2, 1
MARK.
KITTY HAWK Okay, on your mark I read 102:47:2835.
ANTARES 102:47:2835. Thank you.
KITTY HAWK Rog.
ANTARES Okay. You got a little T EPHEM over
there somewhere I might be able to use, either A or B depending
on which one you like.
KITTY HAWK Okay. Stand by. Okay, T EPHEM.
Are you ready to copy?
ANTARES Go ahead, Stu.
KITTY HAWK Okay. 4 Ball 6, 3522316020.
ANTARES You cut out there during the middle
of it. Will you give it to me again, please?
KITTY HAWK Okay. 4 Ball 6, 3522316020.
ANTARES Okay, I have 406, 3522316020.
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KITTY HAWK Okay. Let's verify Ri, that's

0006.
ANTARES That's verified. 00006.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
ANTARES Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Antares.
ANTARES Our battery check is complete the
ED BAT voltage are 37.0, 37.0 and it appears that BATS
5 and 6 look exactly like they did last night.
CAPCOM That looks great, Ed. 37 on each
of the ED's and we'll now get the work configured for his
VERB 74.
ANTARES Okay .
ANTARES Okay and we got the T EPHEM where
i t is. And VERB 74 coming down.
ANTARES Houston, Antares .
CAPCOM Go ahead, Antares.
ANTARES Do you have the update for our DAP
VERB 48 numbers?
CAPCOM Stand by on that one, Ed. I do
have some LM torquing - gyro torque angles for you.
ANTARES Okay. Roger.
KITTY HAWK And Al, when you get a chance, I'd
like to verify the capture latches.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares, Hous ton. I have the
DAP data now if you want to copy that.
ANTARES Go ahead. Ready to copy.
CAPCOM Okay. LM weight plus 340039

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CAPCOM Okay, LM weight, plus 34 039, CSM

weight plus 36 116 and your gimbal angles as loaded in
the computer are good.
SC Roger.
CAPCOM And Antares are you ready for
the gyro torque angles now.
SC Stand by.
CAPCOM That's over on about page 226, Ed.
SC Okay, ready to copy.
CAPCOM Okay, plus 00960 minus 00170 plus
00640 .
SC I read back x plus 00960 y minus 00170,
z plus 00640.
CAPCOM Okay, that's correct and I need a
read back on the weights. I didn't get that from you.
SC Roger, the LM weight, 34039_ command
module weight. 36116.
CAI_COM --okay, that's good Antares.
SC And Houston, I'm in my S-band antenna
stop. I'm going to have to go to OMNI's, I think.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
SC Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Antares.
SC My S-band sterrable pitch needle is
sitting at 255 and will not move. The yaw -

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ANTARES My S-band steerable pitch needle is sitting at

255 and will not move. The YAW seems to be working okay, how-
ever, I do not think that I'm in the STOP.
CAPCOM Okay. We copy, Antares. Your PITCH reading
is 255 and INCO concurs that it appears down here you're not
in the STOP.
ANTARES Okay, if you like, I took it out for safety's
sake, I' 11 put it back on AUTO TRACK if you give me the angles
again.
CAPCOM Okay, stand by.
CAPCOM Antares, the numbers are plus 121 and 40,
plus 40 on the YAW.
ANTARES Good. Roger. 121 and 40.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. You're locked up on the
steerable and my PITCH needle is still sitting at 255. I
think we have a failure in it.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
KITTYHAWK Okay, Houston. This is Kitty Hawk. We're
getting ready to drop the landing gear.
CAP COM Ok ay .
ANTARES Okay, Houston. The gear deployed and we've
got a grey clock back.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares.
CAPCOM And Antares, Houston. Would you verify
that the top display breaker is closed on 60.
ANTARES That's verified.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
ANTARES Remember, Fred, I've got t good needle and
1 bad needle.
CAPCOM Okay, that wasn't clear. We weren't sure
if you just say one drove or not - Go ahead Antares.
ANTARES Okay, we're ready to press ahead with
KITTY HAWK Roger. Fred-o. Okay, Antares.
ANTARES Houston, we're ready to press ahead with
RCS pressurization.
CAPCOM Go, Antares. Roger.
KITTY HAWK Go ahead.
ANTARES Okay, we're go for RCS press .
KITTY HAWK Hey, Al, when you get a chance, I need
another verifier on the capture latch.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. Pressurization looked good,
and helium press 2850.
CAP COM Roger, Antares.
ANTARES And Houston. We're standing by for RCS
checkout and Stu, we need wide deadband and HOLD.
KITTY HAWK (garble)
CAPCOM Hey, Antares, we're GO for the RCS checkout,
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ANTARES Roger.
KITTY HAWK Okay, i'm seeing (garble)
ANTARES No, we need that HOLD, Stu, wide deadband
and then HOLD.
KITTY HAWK Okay, this your RCS checkout
ANTARES That's affirm.
KITTY HAWK Okay, I'm (garble), I'll give you (garble)
wide deadband.
ANTARES Great.
CAPCOM In the first part, Kittyhawk is a (garble)
ANTARES Okay, Stu, you can go free now.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
ANTARES Houston, here comes the hard part. The
hot fire check.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares, we're ready.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston. We'd like OMNI ALPHA.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk -
ANTARES Is that for Kitty Hawk?
CAPCOM That's affirm. We'd like OMNI ALPHA.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
ANTARES Stu, hot fire checks are complete.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares.
CAPCOM We're showing you a little YAW rate now.
ANTARES Go ahead. Say again, Houston.
CAPCOM We' re showing a little rates on -
KITTY HAWK Why don't you bang - take the -
why don't you take the rate out before I go back to AUTO, Ed.
ANTARES Okay, You'll have to tell us when way, Ed.
We' re not showing any rates.
KITTY HAWK Okay, touch it a little right yaw there.
KITTY HAWK Okay, hit it again, again, you got .2 of
a second to go. Again, again, again, again, 2 more times.
KITTY HAWK Okay, that's good.
ANTARES Ok ay .
CAP COM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM When you can work it in here, we'd like
you to go back to page 212 and repeat step 7, which is
terminate cell test.
ANTARES Wilco.
ANTARES Okay, we'll do it again, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares, we don't need the whole
cell test again, just step 7, the termination step will
do.
ANTARES We understand.
CAP COM Roge r.
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CAPCOM And Kitty Hawk, Houston. We're showing

your cabin pressure up to about 57 now.
KITTY HAWK That's affirmative. I see it.
ANTARES Houston, I'm ready for an uplink. Are
you ready to give it to me?
CAPCOM Okay, give us PO0 and data and we'll start
it up.
ANTARES You have it.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Antares, Stu, you look good from
this side. You ready for hatch closure.
KITTY HAWK That's affirmative. I'll be ready in
just a little bit.
ANTARES Okay, you want us to stand by.
KITTY HAWK No, you can go ahead and close your hatch.
ANTARES Okay, proceeding.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/4/71 2142 CST GET 103:19 292/1

CAPCOM Antares Houston, the computer is

you r,_.
ANTARI",S Okay, thank you.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead, ttouston.
CAPCOM Okay, with your meter problem there
on the S-band, Ed, you might change your LOS procedure to
go on pitch 90, yaw 0, and sill.
ANTARES Okay, I' 11 do that Fred-o and I just
now noticed the meter is back with me again but I suspect
it's not very reliable.
CAP COM Ok ay.
ANTARES Houston, we had a program alarm 1106
if you'd note it.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, we saw it here, and you can
press on.
KITTY HAWK Okay, A1 would you verify your
hatches closed and the dump valve auto.
ANTARES Verify.
KITTY HAWK Okay, I've got the, ali 12 latches
released and the hatch in and I'm proceeding to bend down
stuff .
ANTARES Good show.
ANTARES Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, I've got a xk factor
here for you.
ANTARES Go.
CAPCOM Gains plus 00100 plus all zips plus
00072.
ANTARES Understand 100 all zeros, 00072.
CAPCOM That's correct Ed. 7 tenths of a second.
ANTARES Do you have an LOS pad for me Fred-o?
CAPCOM Okay, I'm showing LOS in about 8 seconds.
ANTARES Thank you.
PAO Tihis is Apollo Control. We've had
loss of signal. Apollo 14 is nearing the end of its llth
lunar revolution. We're now in 103 hours 31 minutes ground
elapsed time. As Apollo 14 came out from behind the moon
earlier in this revolution the landing crew, Shepard and
Mitchell were in the Lunar Module beginning to power up the
systems. They encountered some problem in locking up with
the sterrable antenna of the lunar module but this was sorted
out later. Apparently there was a malfunction in one of the
needles (ir indicators that showed antenna orientation. In
the checkout of the ascent battery, storage batteries, battery
5 was reported by Mitchell to be in the same shape it was in
the test late last night prior to the time it went into
lunar orbit. The open circuit voltage of battery 5 was still
hanging in at 36.7 volts and again the loads were cycled on
this battery and its sister battery number 6 of up to fairly
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PAO high averages, shared the load quite

well when the load was split and the voltage was dropped down
to around 29 and a half or 30 volts when the full load was
applied on it alone with battery 6 turned off. Landing gear
was deployed at 102:59 ground elapsed time and the hatch
was closed just prior to LOS, the lunar module hatch that
is, at about 103 hours 17 minutes. There was brief mention
in the program alarm during the time that a load was being
sent up by a command into the lunar module computer. It was
program alarm 1106 which turns out to be uplink too fast.
In other words the, ail the numbers were being pumped in at
too high a rate for the computer to digest. We have acquisition
again on Apollo 14 in the 12th revolution in 45 minutes 28
seconds from now. Some of the significant items during that
revolution will be of course undocking and separation at
about 104:27, throttle check for the descent propulsion system,
some photography of the undocking of course, which is sort
of standard operating procedure, calibration of the landing
point designator which is a grid system in the commanders
window in the lunar module, calibration of the abort
guidance system, command service module circularization maneuver
at 105 hours 46 minutes. The LM will maneuver to observe
this and photograph it with a 16 millimeter camera, however
this will be on the back side, in other words after the
next front side pass. At 103 hours 35 minutes ground elapsed
time this is Apollo Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/4/71 2241 CST 104:18 GET 293/1

PAO This is Apollo Control 104 hours 18 min-

utes ground elapsed time about a minute out from acquisition
of Apollo 14 coming around from behind the moon on the
12th lunar revolution. Flight Director Gerry Griffin has
asked all the flight controllers in the room to go amber
on his status board and his particular console and as they
give him the go for undocking they will punch up green.
28 seconds to acquisition, we should be getting an indica-
tion before too many more seconds of incoming telemetry.
That's usually the first thing the network advises the
flight director that we have telemetry. We're standing by
and should come any moment now. At AOS CSM.
KITTY HAWK Hello Houston. Do you read Kitty Hawk?
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, read you loud and clear.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
KITTY HAWK Like we're standing by for a GO for SEP.
CAP COM Roger. Kitty Hawk.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Are you unlocked?
KITTY HAWK Antares, do you have a lock up for Houston?
ANTARES Roger, stand by.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. You're locked up.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares. We would like high bit
rate.
ANTARES Fred, you have it.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Could you try the
servo again?
ANTARES Houston, let me put you on OMNI until we
get undocked (garbled) right now.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed.
KITTY HAWK Okay, Houston, do you want the ... I got
the gimbal angles ready for you if you're ready to copy.
CAPCOM Okay, go ahead.
KITTY HAWK Okay. The drift check GET of 103 58 25,
command module is as follows 00769 113 04 02288. Are you
with me?
CAPCOM Roger.
KITTY HAWK Okay. LM as follows 29339 29305 33709.
CAPCOM Okay. In CM 00769 113 04 02288, LM 29339
29305 33709, and GET of 103 58 25.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk and Antares you have a go for
undock.
KITTY HAWK Okay. On pressure.
CAPCOM Okay. I'd just like to reiterate some
words I think you passed from Bruce earlier. If nob on
dock does not take place, after you get things damped out
again we need 5 seconds of minus X thrusting by both vehicles.
And, Kitty Hawk should call the thrusting on and off.
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KITTY HAWK Okay. You want (garbled) 3 by 4 but,...

Okay. We want each one a minus 5 seeonds while I'm holding
the switch.
CAPCOM That's affirm, Stu. And, you should ca]l
the on and off command.
KITTY HAWK Okay. I'm going to try the nominal first.
CAPCOM That's affirmative.
KITTY HAWK Okay. Antares, how do you read on vox.
ANTARES Loud and clear.
ANTARES Okay, loud and clear.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
ANTARES Okay.
ANTARES Get the (garbled) on, S-band.
ANTARES What's that?
ANTARES Houston, I have you locked up on steerable.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
ANTARES Okay, I'm going to keep you on this now
KITTY HAWK Okay.
ANTARES I' 11 keep the hold on it till you do.
ANTARES Give me about 5 seconds, Stu. Need
another 5 seconds.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
- KITTY HAWK I'm short 10, we'll make it 15.
ANTARES Take it.
ANTARES (garbled)
KITTY HAWK Okay. That's zero will you be ready to
go at 5. Are you ready, Al.
ANTARES Ok ay.
ANTARES We're ready go.
KITTY HAWK Okay. Okay, you're moving out, and you're
hanging on the end of the probe. We'll wait till motions
damp here. Okay. We seem real steady. I'm going to back
off from you.
ANTARES Stu.
KITTY HAWK And, we're free.
ANTARES Beautiful, very good.
KITTY HAWK Okay, we have a normal undocking.
ANTARES Okay. Deadband (garbled) group 77 go to
PO0.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/4/71 22:51CST 104:28GET 294/1

ANTARES Okay. Yaw left 60, pitch up 90.

ANTARES Starting left yaw pitch.
KITTY HAWK Okay. Boy, you look mighty pretty
out there.
ANTARES And starting pitch up.
ANTARES Yaw right 60, yaw left 60, pitch
up 90.
CAPCOM And Antares, Houston. We've lost
data on you now. We'd like your - what you ended up with
NOUN 83.
ANTARES Rog. We ended up with - 1 plus . 1,
minus .1 - minus .1 p]us .1 and 0.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
ANTARES Houston. You reading?
Minus . 1, minus . 1 and 0.
CAPCOM ()kay, minus . 1, minus . 1 and 0.
ANTARES Houston. I have you back on the
OMNI but it doesn't seem to be tracking.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares.
ANTARES I' i1 give you low bit rate if you
want it .
CAPCOM ()kay, Antares. You can stay in high.
ANTARES Ro ge r.
KITTY HAWK ()kay, Al. You around to help
me to verify your tracker light. And it's loud and
clear.
ANTARES ()kay, Stu. We have you and have
the camera on and you look mighty pretty out there.
KITTY HAWK Yes . I've been taking a few shots of
you there. Pretty impressive. Okay, DAC going off.
CAPCOM And, Kitty Hawk, Houston. B mag is
ready too.
KITTY HAWK Roger.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. You're back on
the steerable.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares and I got a (garbled)
PCA for you.
ANTARES Roger. Stand by one.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. I' d like to re-
check those gimbal angles with you again please.
CAPCOM ()kay. Go ahead, Antares.
ANTARES A little bit rushed there. Let
me just give you the command module and LM angles again.
Command moudle 00769:, 11304, 02288 and LM I had 29339, 29305,
33709 .
CAPCOM ()kay. And Antares I copied command
module 00769, 11304, 02288. LM 29339, 29305, 33709, and
the g.e.t, was 103:58:25.
ANTARES That's correct, Fred. Thank you.
ANTARES ]Fred, I'm ready for the landing on
red twelve, PC8.
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CAPCOM And Antares_ Houston. The TCA was

104:59:38. And we'd like to get the steerable again, pitch
plus 66, yaw minus 43.
ANTARES Roger, Fredo. You have the steerable
again. Be advised, it seems to track for a few minutes and
then breaks off and then heads for the stop.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. The last loss there was
due to a problem we had on the sight on the ground here.
ANTARES Okay .
CAPCOM And Antares_ did you copy the TCA
term?
ANTARES Roger. 104:59:38.
CAP COM Very good.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston. OMNI alpha.
KITTY HAWK Okay. You got OMNI alpha, Houston_
CAP COM Roger, Stu.

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ANTARES Houston, Antares, we'll proceed with

the dip throttle check if you're ready.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares that'll be alright
and if you give us po and data we'll pump you up a command
module state vector.

ANTARES You have it and we're proceeding with

the throttle check.
CAP COM Roger .
ANTARES Okay, engine stop, push. We have a
light. Okay, Houston, engine in the garb and here we go with
the command (garble) . Stop, stop. Alright. Back it in.
Go to you with the LMV it's in (garble). Stop, stop. And going to
back.
CAPCOM Antares, the throttle check looks
good.
ANTARES Okay, arm off.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, the computer is
yours.
ANTARES Thank you.
CAPCOM And Antares, Houston, you can proceed
on by the program (garble)
ANTARES Okay, thank you.
PAO This is Apollo Control. Presently
under way onboard An_zares is descent propulsion system
throttle check. There was considerable jubilation here in
the mission control room when the successful undocking was
accomplished. In the room are the backup Apollo 14 crewmen,
Gene Sirnan, Ron Evans and Joe Ingal, and Apollo 15 comman-
der, Dave Scott. Others in the room include Apollo program
director, Rocco Petrone Apollo spacecraft manager, Jim
McDivitt, and mission director, Chet Lee. We'll continue
to monitor air-ground as the crew of Antares continues with
the checkout of the propulsion systems onboard the lunar
module .

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ANTARES Houston, Antares.

CAPCOM Go ahead, Antares.
ANTARES Rog. We're going over Hipparechus L
and Hipparechus C at 8 minutes before the landing site.
Looks just like the map.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
ANTARES Okay, we got Alpetragius on the left.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
ANTARES We have Hipparchus J on the right as we're
going over it. It looks like it's right below us, about
a thousand feet.
ANTARES Instead of forty.
ANTARES There's a muller ahead of us, muller A
on the left, muller 0 first.
ANTARES Hipparchus K out to the right.
CAPCOM Look's like you're right on the line.
ANTARES Yeh, we sure are.
ANTARES Fred, I don't see how we could clear
that ridge ahead of us, it sticks up so far.
ANTARES Ptolemieus A on the left.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
ANTARES We look like we're at thousand feet
above it and Stu's below us.
ANTARES Here's Herschel out - Herschel out to
the right.
ANTARES And the camera is started, Fred-O as we
cross Lalande N and NA.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
ANTARES Might even get a picture of Stu ahead
of us crossing Lalande Sea.
CAP CO-M Ok ay .
ANTARES Okay, Fred-O, we're coming over the
Turner Crater, looks just like on the map as we approach the site.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
CAPCOM Do you have about the same picture with
respect to the shadows on those ridges up ahead, Ed, as
the map ?
ANTARES They don't seem quite as long as on the
map, Fred-O.
CAP COM Ok ay.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. We've spotted the general
area of the landing site from the Rima Area on in. We didn't
spot Cone Crater on this pass, however.
CAPCOM Okay, Al. We'll get a look at it a
couple passes later.
ANTARES And, Fred-O, as we come up on Lansberg
here, it's - the terminator is running right across it.
And it is a big one. It really has a steep rim - or rather
a high rim, very noticeably high rim from here, and it's
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ANTARES - the terminator goes right through it.

CAPCOM And, Antares, you can use the same LOS pro-
cedures on the SERVO.
AN T ARE S Ok ay.
KITTY HAWK Okay, Houston, this is Kitty Hawk.
CAPCOM Loud and clear, Kitty Hawk.
KITTY HAWK Okay, that pass went just as advertised.
I think we've had plenty of marks on it.
CAPCOM Very good, Stu.
KITTY HAWK Antares, Kitty Hawk.
ANTARES Go ahead.
KITTY HAWK Okay, I'm going to be setting up for a
ranging deflecting.
ANTARES Okay, we're straight toward the timeline.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston.
KITTY HAWK Say again, Ed.
KITTY HAWK Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, Kitty Hawk. We'd like to crank
up the high gain, PITCH minus 87, YAW plus 281, MANUAL on
wide so we can get a tape dump.
KITTY HAWK Okay, minus 87 and say again the YAW.
CAPCOM YAW plus 281.
KITTY HAWK 281. Okay I reading point 53, make that
point 55, midge keeps varying a little bit.
ANTARES Okay, Stu (inaudible)
KITTY HAWK Okay, I'm reading point 57.
ANTARES Point 57, thank you.

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ANTARES Houston, Ant ares.

CAPCOM Roger, Antares.
ANTARES My S-band antenna circuit breaker
has popped twice now. I think that may be the reason we're
breaking lock occasionally. We got some problems in it.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Is that the AC or on your
side the DC one?
ANTARES That's the DC one on panel 16.
CAP COM Ok ay.
ANTARES It seems like it might be overheating
on us possibly.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. I'm locked up again.
The circuit breaker is holding for the moment.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
KITTY HAWK Houston, Kitty Hawk. Did you get the
torquing angles?
CACPOM And negative, Kitty Hawk.
KITTY HAWK Okay. Ready to copy?
CAPCOM Go ahead, Stu.
KITTY HAWK Okay. 00030, minus 00038, plus 00028,
torque at 105:08:40.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares, Houston. We'd like
you to back out of that 52. We need to look at a bit here.
ANTARES Roger. Do you have the pads ready
for me this time, Fred?
CAPCOM Okay. They're coming up in a minute,
Ed. You ready to copy a couple of steps here?
ANTARES Yes. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. We'd like the VERB 11, NOUN 10
enter, 30 enter.
ANTARES You got it.
ANTARES You read the DSKY, Houston.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. What we're looking
at there is the abort bit and it looks set and we'd like to
proceed with the following to reset it.
ANTARES Okay. Give me the word.
CAPCOM Okay. We need the stop push button,
pushed. And the next thing is the abort push button depressed.
And wait on that one.
ANTARES Okay. Standing by on that one.
CAPCOM Okay, I meant you can go ahead and
press the abort button, Ed, but stand by for our word on the
reset.
ANTARES Okay. It's set.
CAP COM Okay. Stand by.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. You can reset the
abort push button.
ANTARES Okay. It's reset.
CAPCOM Okay. You can reset the stop button.
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CAPCOM You can reset the stop button now, Ed

and press on with the P52.
ANTARES Okay.
ANTARES Okay. Stop button is reset.
CAPCOM Okay. And back to Kitty Hawk now.
I missed the sign on your firsttorque angle there, Stu.
KITTY HAWK Okay. It was plus 00030.
CAPCOM Okay. I copy plus 00030, minus 00038,
plus 00028, at 105:08:40 and we need wide beam.
CAPCOM Correction on that. We need medium,
Stu. Medium for the dump.
KITTY HAWK Okay. Read me the first torquing
angle again, Fred.
CAPCOM Okay. I copied plus 00030.
KITTY HAWK Okay. That's correct. And I'm in
manual and medium.
CAP COM Very good.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston. We'd like PO0
and ACCEPT and I got some pads ready for your circ.
KITTY HAWK Is that Kitty Hawk, Fred?
CAP COM That's affirm.
KITTY HAWK For the PO0 and ACCEPT.
CAPCOM That's PO0 and ACCEPT, Kitty Hawk.
KITTY HAWK Okay. You have PO0 and - you have
PO0 and ACCEPT, Houston. I'm ready to copy pads.
CAPCOM Okay. First pad, SPS G&N, 36116,
minus 081, plus 019, 105, 51, 4811, plus 00702, plus all zips,
minus 00296, 000, 130, 359, 00633, plus 00555, 00762, 004,
00629. T_e rest of the column N/A, serious and (garbled)
127, 148/-015, 2 jet 16 seconds, quads B and D.
KITTY HAWK Okay, Fred. Copy circ SPS G&N, 36116,
minus 081, plus 091, 105, 51, 4811, plus 00702, all zips,
minus 00296, 000, 130, 359, 00633, plus 00555, 00762, 004,
00629. I'm seeing (garbled) the sextant star serious and
(garbled) 127, 148, 015, 2 jet 16 seconds, quads B and D.
CAPCOM Okay. That was a good readback,
Kitty Hawk and Antares did you copy the NOUN 33 and NOUN 81.
ANTARES That's affirmative. That's the VERB
(garbled) and delta VC. (garbled)
CAPCOM Okay, Kitty Hawk. We'd like you to
get the steerable again. Pitch minus 86, yaw 251 and F OMNI
for Antares.
ANTARES Okay, Fred. Your at OMNI and please
confirm again the sign of delta VC for NOUN 84.
CAPCOM Okay. Delta VC is a minus 00296.
ANTARES Understand. Minus 00296.
CAPCOM Okay. And Kitty Hawk, Kitty Hawk,
Ho us t on.
KITTY HAWK Go ahead, Houston.

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KITTY HAWK Go ahead, Houston.

CAPCOM Okay, I got some more data here for
you, map update T24.
KITTY HAWK Okay, which one you want?
CAPCOM Okay, first S omni for Antares and I
got a map update graft 13.
KITTY HAWK Kitty Hawk's ready to copy map update.
CAPCOM Okay, 180 crossing at 1055118.
KITTY HAWK 1055118.
CAPCOM Okay, next, the P24 landmark track.
KITTY HAWK Okay, go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, this is 14-1, 1064928, 1065418,
1065558, 1065646, south 2 miles.
KITTY HAWK Okay, 14-1, 1064928, 1065418, 1065558,
1065646, south 2.
CAPCOM Good read back. Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, I got a PDI 0 pad here for you
Ed, and would you verify your F OMNI?
ANTARES I'll verify F OMNI but we're doing
a P52 right now. Could you hold it?
CAPCOM Okay, we only got about 4 minutes and
18 seconds til LOS, now.
ANTARES Okay, Fred, ready to copy PDI 0.
CAPCOM Okay, and some of this is for Kitty
Hawk as well. You ready to copy, Stu?
KITTY HAWK I'm standing by Fredo.
CAPCOM Okay, PDI 0 alpha 10647257, brovo
plus 01019 plus all zips plus 00017 01390 plus 00079 01019
036 000 288 plus 01018 plus all zips plus 00029, charlie
107 483000 delta 10935 ali zip and the throttle profile so far
is 10 percent for 15 seconds, 40 percent for the remainder of
the burn.
ANTARES _ Okay, read back. 106472457, brovo
plus 01019 plus all zeros plus 00017 01390 plus 00079 01019
036 000 288 plus 01018 plus all zeros plus 00029 107, this
is Charlie now, 107 483000 delta 10935 all zeros, throttle
profile 10 percent 15 seconds remainder at 40.
CAPCOM Good read back, Ed.
KITTY HAWK And Kitty Hawk copies.
CAPCOM Roger, and Kitty Hawk, you are go for
circ.
KITTY HAWK Roger, go for circ. And, Fredo,
I assume you' re through with the computer.
CAPCOM That's affirm, it's your computer,
Kitty Hawk.
CAP COM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, before you go around the corner
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CAPCOM here, or after you go around the

corner would you select secondary transmitter receiver on
the S band and try us on that one when you come back around.
ANTARES Is that for Antares?
CAPCOM That's for Antares.
ANTARES Okay, we'll get it going around the
corner.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
ANTARES Houston, clarify, secondary transponder.
CAPCOM And Antares, Houston, that's secondary
transmitter-receiver stick on the primary power amp.
PAO This is Apollo Control. We've had
loss of signal. Apollo 14 nearing the end of the 12 lunar
revolution. Earlier in this front side pass, one of the
first items was the soft undocking which occured in actual
time at 104:28:01. The undocking was done in a radial
direction to minimize the perdibations to the spacecraft
trajectory caused by the mechanical unlinking of the two
spacecrafts. Everyone was quite happy with the way the
undocking took place in view of the earlier apparent problems
with the probe and drogue during translunar coast. Shortly
after the undocking the lunar module crew of Mitchell and
Shephard ran through the descent propulsion system throttle
checks starting at 104:40. They photographed and observed
the landing site Fra Mauor and midway through this pass and
Mitchell made the comment that it quote, "looks just like
the map". Toward the end of this revolution, Stu Roosa was
given a go for the circulization maneuver that he will make
in some 24 minutes from now, the ignition clock counting
down to the CSM burn which will put the command service
module backri_nto a near circular lunar orbit. That maneuver
is now scheduled for a ground elapsed time of 105 hour
51 minutes 48 seconds. The velocity change will be posigrade
76.2 feet per second which will raise the command service
module paricynthian to 55.5 nautical miles, apacynthian as
63.3. This is biased somewhat so that at the time of ren-
dezvous, when the lunar module ascends from the surface to
rendezvous with the command and service module the orbit
will have modified itself to near circular at 60 nautical
miles. We show acquisition of signal at the start of the
13th lunar revolution in some 44 minutes now. Count down
to the CSM circularzation burn now 23 minutes 23 seconds.
At 105 hours 28 minutes ground elapsed time, this is Apollo
Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/5/71 106:11 GET 299/1

PAO This is Apollo Control, 106 hours 11 min-

utes ground elapsed time. Some 52 seconds away from acquisition
in this 13th lunar revolution of Apollo 14. At this time the
command module should have circularized to about 16 nautical,
leaving the lunar module in the 60 by 8 eliptical orbit. Up-
coming on this revolution is pressurization of the descent
propulsion system. Our checkout of the landing radar on the
lunar module. Checkout of the landing point designator which
is a grid device on the commanders window which allows him to
sight in on the landing point using angles given to him by the
lunar module computer. Let's pick up air to ground now.
CAPCOM Okay. You're way down in the mud, Stu.
Can you get us a high gain pitch minus 71, yaw plus 175, and
use the normal acquisition routine.
KITTY HAWK Okay. How now, Fred.
CAPCOM Loud and clear.
KITTY HAWK Okay. The burn was on time. It was a
G&N shutdown with a 2 foot per second over burn. I backed
that off 1 foot by residual master trimming for a minus 1.0
minus 0 plus .5. The attitude in which I trimmed was 353127
005. CMP shows the orbit 63.9, 56.0.
CAPCOM Okay. Kitty hawk, the high gain yaw is
197 and copied burn on time G&N shutdown, downs 85 after trim
were minus 1.0, minus 0 plus 0.5. And, you trimmed at atti-
tude 353127005 and you ended up with a 63.9 by 56.0. And did
you give a Delta-VC.
KITTY HAWK The Delta-VC was a minus 14.7 after
prior to trim, and as I was cleaning up the main bus ties it
jumped around a little bit. And, after trim it's reading a
minus 12.8. It's really doesn't figure too closely; I backed
off 1 foot.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAP COM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. How do you read?
CAPCOM Loud and clear. We'd like to get to the
quantity switch off.
ANTARES Okay. Quantity off.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston. Go OMNI bravo. Would
you relay Antares.
ANTARES Roger, Ed.
ANTARES Kitty Hawk to OMNI bravo.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. Ready with the down
range switches.
CAPCOM Okay. Go ahead now.
ANTARES Okay. NOUN 93 plus 097 plus 062 minus 013
GET 105 26 40 LPD cal at 0, elevation down i degree.
CAPCOM Okay. Antares, copy. NOUN 93 plus 097
plus 062 minus 013 and you torqued at 105 to 640 LPD cal
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CAPCOM 0, elevation down 1, and I'd like to get

from Ed the EGS gyro cal numbers 544 through 546.
ANTARES Okay. You have your initial numbers don't
you, Fredo?
CAP COM Stand by.
KITTY HAWK Houston, Kitty Hawk. I've started a charge
on battery b.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. And, Ed, I guess we need
both the initial and the final.
ANTARES Okay, I'll read the initial first, 540
minus 10 41 plus 0 542 plus 02 544 minus 06 545 minus 23
546 minus 187. The cai numbers 540 minus 10 541 minus 1
542 plus 2 544 minus 07 545 plus 0 546 minus 161.
CAPCOM Okay. We copy Antares.
ANTARES Ok ay.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston. We'd like POO and
ACCEPT.
KITTY HAWK Okay. You have it.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Antares, we're proceeding with a DPS
pressurization checkout.
CAPCOM Okay. And, Antares, we're showing the
abort bit set again, and we're working on a procedure to
reset it. And, also, another procedure to lock it out after
starting PDI.
ANTARES Okay. That'll be great, thank you.
ANTARES We're pressing off with DPS dip pressuri-
zation.
CAPCOM Okay. Antares, you can go ahead with
the DPS pressurization.
ANTARES Ok ay.
CAP COM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. I see you're back to PO0 now.
We'd like to do a verb 11 now 10 enter, 30 enter, and look
at that bit again.
ANTARES Okay. Verb 11 now 10.
KITTY HAWK Houston, Kitty Hawk. Could you (garbled)
CAPCOM Roger, Kitty Hawk. And, while we've got
that display up, Ed. Could you tap on the panel around the
abort push a button and see if we can shake something loose.
ANTARES Yes, Houston, it just changed while I
was tapping there.
CAPCOM You sure tap nicely.
ANTARES I'm pretty good at that.
CAPCOM Okay. Antares, we'd like to kind of sit
here a minute and watch it.
AN T A RE S Ok ay .

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CAP COM Antares, Houston.

ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, why don't you all proceed on, Ed,
with the landing radar checkout.
AN T ARE S Ok ay.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston. OMNI BRAVO.
ANTARES And, Fred-O, standing by for my update.
(garble)
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, I got some stuff ready. Let
me check - Kitty Hawk, how do you read me?
CAPCOM Okay, he's way down in the mud
Antares would you relay OMNI BRAVO.
ANTARES Roger. Kitty Hawk, Houston likes OMNI
BRAVO, please.
KITTY HAWK Roger. I have OMNI BRAVO.
CAP COM Be auti ful.
AN T ARE S Ok ay.
CAPCOM Well, I guess you'll have to relay to
him, Ed, if I don't get through to him. You ready for PDI?
ANTARES Roger. Fred, he's reading you loud and
clear and he is on OMNI BRAVO.
CAPCOM Roger. Okay, here we go. INDIA.
ANTARES I'm ready with the PAD.
CAPCOM Roger. INDIA. And Kitty Hawk, Houston.
Try OMNI ALPHA.
KITTY HAWK Rog. I've just come up ALPHA. How do
you read me?
CAPCOM A little better; not much. Here we go
with PDI PAD. INDIA 108422751, 0923, plus 00004, 001, 113,
000 plus 56963, PDI early. JULIET 113 32 ali zips. PDI
late KILO 111 33 all zips. You ready for no PDI plus 127
ANTARES Okay, no PDI plus 12.
CAPCOM Okay, ECHO 108 55 all zips, fox trot
plus 01114 plus all zips.
ANTARES Fred-O, let's start over again.
CAPCOM Okay. Over again on the no PDI -
ANTARES Kitty Hawk is not reading.
CAPCOM _ Okay, standby one, Ed.
ANTARES Kitty Hawk is not reading you and he'll
have to pick them up later.
CAPCOM Okay, we'll press on then, Ed. You can
relay to him. No PDI plus 12, ECHO 108 55 all zips FOXTROT
plus 01114 plus all zips minus 00750 01468 plus 00072.
CAPCOM Standby one.
CAPCOM And, DELTA V R
ANTARES Kitty Hawk (garble) Houston, why don't
you try it once more and we'll read back.
KITTY HAWK Yes, I'm reading you now, Fred.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. DELTA V R Ed, 01343 044 000
278 plus 01124 plus 00001 minus 00734 (garble) 111 49 all zips.
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CAPCOM hotel 113 32 all zips. Throttle

profile 10 percent for fifteen seconds 40 percent for
the remainder. Want to go ahead and get the read back on
those first and then I'll give you T2 and T3.
ANTARES Roger, I'll read back in the order you gave
them. INDIA 108 422751 0923 plus 00004 001 113 000 plus 56963.
JULIET 113 82 all zeroes, T-BONE 111 33 all zeroes and now
no PDI plus 12, echo 108 55 all zeroes FOXTROT 01114
plus all zeroes, and let's go back to FOXTROT again. That's
a plus 01114, plus all zeroes minus 00750 01468 plus 00072
01343 044 000 278 plus 01124 plus 00001 minus 00734, 11 -
this is gall 11149 0000 HOTEL 11332 all zeroes throttle
PROFILE 10 percent for 15 seconds the remainder at 40.
CAPCOM Okay, a good read back, Ed. You ready
for T2 ?
ANTARES Okay, T2 .
CAPCOM Roger, T2 LIMA 109 04 3406. METRO 113
32 all zips and T2 is at PDI plus 22 minutes and 7 seconds.
T3 NECTAR 110 54 2587.
ANTARES Okay, Fred-O. LIMA 109 04 3406. METRO
113 32 all zeroes T2 dash 1 is at PDI plus 22 07. NECTAR
is 110 54 2587.
CAPCOM Okay, that was a good read back ED.

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ANTARES - - 87.
CAPCOM Okay. That was a good readback, Ed.
KITTY HAWK And Houston, Kitty Hawk, got all the
pads.
CAPCOM Roger, Kitty Hawk.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Could you give
us PO0 and data.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. How do you read?
ANTARES Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. We'd like POO and data so
we can start uplinking you.
ANTARES Okay .
ANTARES Okay. You have it.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares.
PAO This is Apollo Control. By way of
explanation of some of the discussion between the ground and
the crew of Apollo 14 regarding the strange signal in the
lunar module computer. It seems that during revolution 12,
front side pass, a spurious bit in the LM guidance computer
registers were telemetered to the Mission Control Center
here and they showed that an abort command was issued while
the computer was in program 52, which is inertial measurement
unit realinement program. During program 63, 64 and 66 which
are concerned with the descent and power descent and landing
programs, such an electronic spook would certainly cause
an unintentional abort. One cause of this spurious bit in
the software program could be contamination in the abort
switch itself. Meanwhile, Massachusettes Institute of
Technology, prime contractor for the Apollo guidance system,
has evolved a procedure for inhibiting the abort command in
the primary guidance and navigation system, which in effect
would tell the computer to ignore abort - or abort stage
commands. Early in this revolution, revolution 13, in the
front slide pass, the abort command bit again showed up in
the DSKY or display keyboard readouts, both onboard and here
in Mission Control, but they disappeared when the crew tapped
the abort switch. Standing by on air/ground for further
conversation on lunar orbit 13. This is Apollo Control
at 106 hours 45 minutes ground elapsed time.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. The computer is
yours.
ANTARES Okay.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. And don't uplink
too fast, proceed on (garbled).
ANT ARES Ok ay .
ANTARES Houston, Antares. The LPD altitude shows
49 thousand.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares. LPD altitude 49
tho us an d.
ANTARES That's correct.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 1:24CST 106:51GET MC-302/1

ANTARES Okay, I have Cone Crater, Triplet, and

Doublet. They all look just like they're supposed to.
CAPCOM Very good, Al.
ANTARES And stars look like, right down there
right straight down (garble) got them, yes, sure do. I
think we'll know it next time, Fredo.
CAP COM Very good.
ANTARES There they were right below us, big
as life.
ANTARES Houston, Antares, the landing sun
angle looks very good for the next time around.
ANTARES Yes Sir, Fredo, the LNA really look
clear today.
CAPCOM Really does, huh?
CAPCOM Fredo, I guess you'll advise us on
that abort that we can get around next time.
CAPCOM Yeah, I'm working up a little spill
right now.
ANTARES -_ Good.
ANTARES Okay, Fredo, tracking on 14 1
and you have the data and (garble)
CAP COM (g arb le)
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, we'd like you to
check the water cep handle and make sure it's all the way

in. ANTARES Okay, Fred, I'll get to it in just

a minute.
CAPCOM Ok ay.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston, on the alpha.

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ANTARES Houston, Antares. I've verified that

the water step handle is all the way down.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. That bit just showed up
again. I wonder if you could try tapping the panel there
by the abort switch again.
AN T ARE S Ok ay.
ANTARES Anything yet, Fredo?
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. You did good work again.
ANTARES Ok ay.
ANTARES Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Go ahead.
ANTARES Hello Tom. Do you think we're going
to come up with something on this problem with the abort
button?
CAPCOM Roger. We're working it right now
and also MIT working it and needless to say we're busy here
but we think we got a solution.
ANTARES Good enough. Something - is it something
like a butter ball -
CAPCOM Well, we don't know yet. We got about
19 minutes till loss of signal here so we'll have something
to you before then and we'll have some time to pick it up
'-'_ on the other side.
ANTARES Thank you, Tom.
CAP COM Roger.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston.
KITTY HAWK Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger. Got a map update in rev 14.
KITTY HAWK ()kay. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. 180 degrees, 107:49:38, LOS
107:24:39 .
KITTY HAWK ()kay. 180, 107:49:38, LOS 107:24:39.
CAPCOM That's affirmative. And we have an
LTC photo pad 16. Roll 000, pitch
KITTY HAWK Okay.
CAPCOM 303, yaw 000, T start 108:37:36,
T stop 108:47:43. Range 1, 91.4, range 2, 91.1. Over.
KITTY HAWK Okay. LTC pad 16, 000, 303, 000,
108:37:36, 108:47:43, 91.4, 91.1. Sounds like you got the
first team in down there.
CAPCOM Yes. We got the original capcom down
here. Okay. Let me give you an LTC pad for target 12 also.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
CAP COM Ok ay.
KITTY HAWK Stand by just one.
CAPCOM Roll, 000;
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KITTY HAWK Okay. Go ahead.

CAPCOM Roger. Roll 000, pitch 162.4, yaw
000, T start 108:53:29, T stop 108:54:29, range 94.1. Over.
KITTY HAWK Roger. 000, ;08:53:29, 108:54:29,
94.1. And I've got a question on the high con. This morning
Bruce started to give me some procedures they wanted me to
troubleshoot with. He never finished and we never got a
chance to get back together again and I think we ought to
pick out a convenient time here and run over those. I've
got the camera out and soon as I get a chance I'll try to
run through the procedures.
CAPCOM Okay. We've got that down here in
a stack. We'll get by - back to you momentarily on it.
One correction on the range it was 94.4.
KITTY HAWK Okay. 94. 4.
CAPCOM Right.
KITTY HAWK On LTC photo pad 12.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston. I tell you we're
going to keep the air clear with you most of the time until
LOS so we can be talking to Antares. Over.
KITTY HAWK Roger. I was thinking maybe of
him bringing up the other loop to talk to me on.
CAPCOM Yes. Okay. We're kind of busy.
We'll see about it.
f' KITTY HAWK Okay. Whatever's good for me.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. You and A1 ready to listen
to some words on the abort bit business.
ANTARES Roger. We sure are. And did you
get our torquing angle?
CAPCOM That's affirm, Ed. Okay. And before
I start in here would you try tapping the panel again. The
abort bit came back.
CAPCOM Okay. You tapped it right again, Ed.
ANT ARE S Ok ay.
CAPCOM Okay. I guess you've summised already
that we had some sort of a contamination in the abort switch.
And the implications of that bit being set, I guess you also
realize means that 63 we're going to find ourselves in P70.
Okay, so - Say again, Ed.
CAPCOM How do you read me now, Ed?
ANTARES That's affirm. We read you. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. Did you hear my last about
the implications of that bit being set?
ANTARES That's affirm. We understood.
CAPCOM Okay. So directly I'll be giving you
some
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ANTARES That' s affirmative.

CAPCOM Roger, Al. I'll be giving you some
changes to the time line here whereby we'll be starting
initiating P_I and PNGS at hold and manual throttle. The
next consideration is if the bit sets during ullage, you're
procedure will be stop push button to set and exit P63 or
rather P70 in this case. We'll have further words on how
you' re to do that exit.
ANTARES Okay. We understand the strategy
I believe.
CAPCOM Okay. Then we got some more. Assuming
we get by ignition, we'd like you to copy the following procedures.

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ANTARES Stand by one, Fred. And, while he's get-

ting something to write on, I understand that you're going
to be looking at the vector rate the ullage cycle.
CAPCOM Negative, Al. You'll get the program
switch to P70 which is your cue. We'll be looking at it
down to pass the word on
ANTARES Okay. I misunderstood you. I understand
that we just go a rate of (garbled). Okay.
CAPCOM Okay. I just got corrected, Al. The
switch to P70 would occur at ignition, at ignition.
ANTARES Okay. I understand.
ANTARES Okay, Fred. Do I have enough room to
write just in the space on my PDI chart?
CAPCOM Stand by. Okay. You mean the timeline,
Ed, or your pad?
ANTARES The timeline.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
ANTARES Fred, go ahead with it.
CAPCOM Okay. The procedure is Verb 25 Noun 7
enter, 105 enter, 400 enter, 0 enter.
ANTARES Okay. I'll read back. Verb 25 Noun 07
enter, 05 enter, 4000 enter, 0 enter.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. It's Verb 25 Noun 7 enter,
then 105 enter, 400, 400 enter, 0 enter.
__ ANTARES Okay. Verb 25 Noun 07 enter, 105 enter,
400 enter, 0 enter, and when do I do this.
CAPCOM Okay. You can do this as soon as you can
after ignition. We're trying to get this is before there's
any chance of the bit getting set in this interval.
ANTARES Okay. We have to let P63 call up normally,
get ignition and then hold manual throttle, and then reset
the disk hopefully before it gets, or rather lock out the
bit hopefully before Jt gets set. Is that right?
CAPCOM That's affirm, Ed. And, if somehow you
get hung up a little further down stream, you can go ahead
and throttle yp manually at 26. I' d like to explain the impli-
cations of this. What we've done then is locked out P70 and
P7] so any aborts have to be done on the AGS. And, while
you got the card handle you can ... I'!1 give you something
that'll reenabie P70 and P7].
ANTARES Okay. We got DAP and go ahead with your
work.
CAPCOM Okay. It's Verb 25 Noun 7 enter, 105
enter, 400 enter, 1 enter.
ANTARES Okay. Read back, Verb 25 Noun 07 enter
105 enter 400 enter ] enter, that's all straight forward and
out .

CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Once we're by that initial

disabling depth, we got it made. We'll comment that it's in
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/5/71 107:13 GET 304/2

CAPCOM the process of your key and that end.

The abort sets will be in P70 and if that happens we
need the same as before ignition. We'll need to stop button
set and exit the program and we'll try it on the second pass.
ANTARES Okay. Are you going to give me the words
on exiting now.
CAPCOM Okay. They're still working on that.
Right, and Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. Assuming we get through the dis-
abling procedure after that time you can go back to auto on
the throttle and the abort control switch.
ANTARES I understand, Fredo. Thank you.
CAPCOM Okay. One other word. The same holds
for any surface no stay. The abort there would have to be
on AGS.
ANTARES Understand, Fred.
CAP COM Ok ay.
KITTY HAWK Roger, we understand. Sounds like you
all have been busy down there.
PAO This is Apollo Control. We've had loss
of signal with the lunar module Antares. We still have a
little 4 minutes remaining though with the command module
and Stu Roosa.
CAP COM Roger, houston.
KITTY HAWK (garbled)
CAPCOM Stu, I have some more words on the TOPO
camera that may help a little. We've got about 5 minutes
left to get the dejan if you're ready to discuss it.
KITTY HAWK Okay, Gordon. Stand by just one. Let me
copy down my (garbled) there.
CAP COM Ok ay.
KITTY HAWK It'll keep. Go ahead. Tell me what I
ought to do.
CAPCOM Okay. By way of general discussion evidently
by recreating the noise here on the ground, the only way we
can recreate the noise is by causing a dc power current
limit problem to the camera. An indication on board there
that this is ... that would really verify that it's a dc
power problem would be a flickering power on light while you're
getting that clacking sound. But, any rate, the consensus
here is the one is the camera is making the clacking sound
you're not getting good pictures. I believe you got the ...
about 5 steps about checking the panel 227 cable and
for pin damage and reconnecting and switching the non-
essential bus to main A. Is that correct? Did you get
those steps. Over.
KITTY HAWK Gordon, you dropped out are you with me?
CAPCOM Roger. Stu, where did I drop out?
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KITTY HAWK Okay. Both from you and Bruce all I've
got is a check the pins and the connection to see if things look
alright and that's as far as I've got with either one. And,
to switch the nonessential power to the other bus.
CAPCOM Okay. That's all we can do to try to
improve the dc power problem. However, if you have time to
verify that it's not a camera shutter being out of synchro-
nization. You could shut the shutter to 1/200th and remove the
magazine and visual examine the shutter curtain inside to
see that the sweat in the shutter curtain is within 1 inch
from 1 of the side rails, either side. And, at that time
examine the spocket area from visible tears in the shutter
curtain spocket holes. After checking the (garbled) on one
side reinstall the magazine and use magazine W for this.
And, actuate 1 single frame and remove the magazine and check
that the slit is still positioned over to the side. If the
slit is remaining in the center, then the camera shutter is
completly out of sync and the camera is essentially
unusable. Is that clear? Over.
KITTY HAWK Yes, I believe I got that, Gordon. I'll
put in magazine W 1200 and I guess fire a frame, remove the
magazine, look at the slit, see if it's an inch from
the side rail, and I guess I'll see some sprockets in there,
and then if it is 1 inch, I'll put the magazine back in,
fire another frame, check that the slit is still there, if
it's out in the center somewhere then we've got big problems.
CAPCOM Okay. We're just about to LOS. This
looks okay, and prepare the camera according to the normal
procedures. Set the mode switch to AUTO and do not use stand
by Position. Start the camera by turning the power on while the
switch is in AUTO.
PAO This is Apollo Control. We've now had
lost of signal with the command module Kitty Hawk.
CAPCOM And, then back on and that may stop it.
PAO Spacecraft communicator Gordon Fullerton
attempting to continue talking to the spacecraft apparently
did not hear network sing out we've had lost of signal.
During the latter portion of that front side pass the lunar
module crew will have passed up to them the procedure where-
by they can bypass the spurious bit in the lunar module com-
puter, which could and would cause an abort during power
descent. Essentially, what it amounts to is considerable
amount of stroking of the keyset of the DSKY to enter numbers
into the LM guidance computer. Verb 25 Noun 07 etc. which
would disable program 70 which is descent propulsion system
abort and program 71 which is ascent propulsion system abort.
If we do this after ignition on a normal P63 your program 63
but before they throttled up beyond 10 percent which occurs
about 20 seconds - 26 seconds after ignition. Having locked
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PAO out program 70 and 71, abort could not be

made on the primary guidance system, but on the secondary
guidance system in the LM the abort guidance system as it's
called AGS. We're still some 40 minutes 56 seconds away from
acquisition of the Iu_af module again on rev 14. The last
rev before landing. And, 44 minutes 11 seconds away from
acquisition of command module Kitty Hawk. At 107 hours 27
minutes ground elapsed time this is Apollo Control,

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 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 2:08CST 107:45GET MC-305/1
r_

PAO This is Apollo Control 107 hours 45

minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 spacecraft now
separated into lunar module, Antares, and command module,
Kitty Hawk. Now behind the Moon nearing the start of the
14 revolution. There's about 21 minutes until the lunar
module appears from behind the Moon and is picked up by the
ground tracking stations and 25 minutes until the command
module is again picked up. To recapitulate the current sit-
uation with the LM guidance computer, the problem first
cropped up during revolution 12 on the front side pass, when
a spurious bit or number or digit cropped up in a readout
on the ground, telemetered to ground from the spacecraaft in
the LM guidance computer. This spurious bit or electronic
spook showed that an abort command was issued while the com-
puter was in program 52. Which, in program 52, is actually
an inertial measurement unit realinement. Had it been during
an engine maneuver where the engines had been ignited, either
say in power descent or another phase of the mission involving
thrusting, the abort command would have indeed affected the
engines. However, in the platform alinement, such as P52,
it did nothing other than just show up on the registers on
the displays here in mission control. But also on the DSKY
or the display keyboard in the spacecraft cabin. During
program 63 and 64 and 66, the three programs which are used
for the power descent and landing on the lunar surface, such
an electronic spook would cause an unintentional abort which
is highly undesireable in this mission. Contamination in
the abort switch itself is a suspected cause of the indication.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is prime contractor
for the Apollo Guidance System, has evolved a procedure for
inhibiting the abort command in the primary guidance and
navigation systems which in effect would tell the computer
to ignore abort or abort stage commands. Essentially, this
procedure as submitted by MIT is a series of numbers which
would be entered into the computer by the lunar module
pilot after power descent ignition of the descent propulsion
engine. He would have all these numbers to enter into the
computer prior to the time of throttle up beyond 10 percent
of myout power, which is about 26 seconds. The numbers
would in effect disable the abort program which is program
70 on the case of descent propulsion engine and program 71
on the ascent propulsion. It would lock out these two pro-
grams , however, an abort further on down into the descent
phase could only be made on the abort guidance system and
not on the primary guidance system. Twice in the just com-
pleted revolution 13 front side pass, the abort command bit
or electronic spook again showed up on the DSKY onboard
and again here in the control center where DSKY readouts
are available from telemetered displays. Again, the abort
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PAO command bit disappeared when the crew

tapped the abort switch. That, in affect, summarizes the
current situation with the mysterious abort signal cropping
up in the lunar module computer. We're now 17 minutes 3
seconds away from acquisition of Antares, 20 minutes 25
seconds away from acquisition of Kitty Hawk as they come
around on their 14 lunar revolution. The network is con-
ducting test through various tracking stations before we
have acquisition. And at 107 hours 50 minutes ground elapsed
time, this is Apollo Control.

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PAO This is Apollo Control 108 hours 6 minutes

ground elapsed time. Coming up on the start of REV 14 in
the mission of Apollo 14. We've got about 46 minutes, as you
were, 42 seconds until acquisition of signal with lunar module
Antares and about 4 minutes even until command module Kitty Hawk
comes over the hill. All the displays here in the front of
Mission Control have been changed from the lunar orbit track-
ing chart, to the XY plotter type of presentations for the
descent phase. Ignition for the power descent phase of
lunar module descent to the surface will be at 108 hours
42 minutes 27.5 seconds. We have had acquisition of the
lunar module. We'll standby for any conversation as they
come over the hill. Ignition countdown clock now showing
34 minutes 44 seconds to PDI ignition.
CAP COM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, read you loud and clear. And we
got some more procedures to pump up that are going to alter
what you already copied and Ed might ought to get out some-
thing a little bigger than the DPS card to write this down.
ANTARES Okay, standby. Let's get locked up on the
main load first.
C AP C OM Ok ay .
ANTARES In the meantime, do you still read me?
CAP COM Roger, Al.
ANTARES Okay, ascent batts went on at 108 01 45.
CAPCOM Roger. 108 01 45.
ANTARES And NOUN 93 as follows plus 40 minus 52
minus 16.
CAPCOM Okay. Copied plus 40 minus 52 and minus 16.
ANTARES That's right. GC 1070830.
CAP COM 10 70 830.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares, Houston. And before we
start here, the BIT is set again could you - you still there
Antares?
ANTARES Okay, I believe we're locked up now, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares, Houston. If you get locked
up there then you might just stay in slew.
ANTARES Okay, and we'll lock up in AUTO track
now.
CAPCOM Okay. I don't know if you heard the BIT
appeared to be set again and we need you to rap on the panel
again by the ABORT button.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares, the BIT is reset. And are
you still reading us?
ANTARES That's affirmative.
CAPCOM Okay, Al, the reason for some changes I'm
going to feed you up on the procedure is we found in the
interim of time around the back side there, a little slicker
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CAPCOM way of doing this and what it does is it

allows us to start PDI in the right configuration, switch
wise and we can make an entry before we get the ullage or
ignition that will get us by that problem there, Ed.
ANTARES Roger, very good. Go ahead, we're ready.
CAPCOM Okay, in the interim here, Anteres, could you
give us POO and data so we could start getting the uplinks
s et in.
ANTARES Okay, you have PO0 and data.
ANTARES And, Fred, I am having to stay on the OMNI
(garble)
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. The first is after P63 selected
and your to NOUN 92, which in the time line is right up -
correction NOUN 62 - which is right aftter your enter at
minus 4 minutes
CAPCOM Okay, Antares, we've got a lot of static
in the background here, how do you read?
ANTARES Loud and clear, keep going.
CAPCOM Okay, after the enter and check DET, Ed,
we need a VERB 21 NOUN 1 enter lO10 enter 107 enter.
ANTARES Okay, Fred, I understand as for P63 is
NOUN 62 about 4 minutes we want to enter VERB 21 NOUN 1 101
enter 107 enter.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Correction on your
readback. It's VERB 21 NOUN 1 enter 1010 enter 107 enter.
ANTARES Roger, got you. l0 10 enter 107 enter.
CAPCOM Okay, that's correct. From there on
you can follow the nominal procedures through ignition.
After ignition -
ANTARES Okay, Fred.
CAPCOM Okay, after ignition at plus 26 seconds
on page 6 we need MANUAL throttle up and so you don't mis-
constrew what I'm saying we're - we had this AUTO switch
in AUTO but we're going to manually over run it to full
throttle at 26 seconds.
ANTARES Okay. Understand that at ignition plus
26 wewill MANUAL throttle up thus overriding the AUTO.
CAPCOM That's correct. Okay after we get by
throttleup it's VERB 25 NOUN 7 enter 101 enter 200 enter
1 enter and this will enable guidance and give you steering
at that time.
ANTARES Okay, understand after throttle up,
we have a VERB 25 NOUN 7 101 enter 200 enter 1 enter and
this enables guidance steering at that point.
CAPCOM Roger. Okay the next entry. VERB 25
NOUN 7 enter 105 enter 400 enter 0 enter.
ANTARES Okay, understand VERB 25 NOUN 7 enter
105 enter 400 enter 0 enter and then it looks like the procedures
you gave me earlier.
CAPCOM That's right, Ed. This'll disable P70 P71.
Okay, the next

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CAPCOM - - Ed. So disable P70 - P71.

Okay. The next entry VERB 21, NOUN 1 enter, 1010, enter 77
enter.
ANTARES Okay. VERB 21, NOUN 1 enter 1010,
enter 77 enter.
CAPCOM Okay. This gets us in the P63 and
the mode direct which is - gets us right for landing right
on. Now the same words apply if an abort requirement exists.
We're going to be on the AGS. And one thing maybe I didn't
make clear before is the procedure for reenabling P71. You're
not to perform unless you do abort on AGS.
ANTARES Roger. Roger. Understand that we
will in the abort situation, we will abort on AGS and use
the reenable procedure previously given out.
CAPCOM Okay. And the only other thing I
can say is, as you already know, be sure and get you manual
throttle up at 26 and after the last entry, Ed, add one more
thing, we need throttle to minimum setting.
ANTARES Okay. Got that. The last entry
is reserved for commander's throttle minimum setting.
CAPCOM That's affirm. Antares, Houston.
We'd like forward OMNI.
ANTARES Antares, you have forward OMNI.
CAPCOM Okay. I'm sorry I cut you out. Say
again, A1.
ANTARES Let me just recheck one thing with
this new procedure you want us to have the throttle control
in AUTO manual throttle. Commander will make the override
to full throttle in 26 seconds.
CAPCOM That's affirm and also the mode control
switch PNGS in AUTO.
ANTARES Alright, sir. Fine.
ANTARES Fredo, we need a few words on what
you want to do with this S-band. I don't think you can fight
it all the way down. Can we go with the OMNI?
CAP COM Stand by.
ANTARES And Fredo, one more question. Is
this procedure now stable until such time as we get the -
the abort disable to feed in or do we still need to rush
right along to get that in.
CAPCOM Ed, this procedure is good as long
as we can get by the first entry with the bit not set. That
is, the entry right after you get NOUN 62. If you get that
in with the bit not set we're in good shape.
ANTARES Okay. Is the bit not set now?
CAPCOM That's affirm. The bit is not set
nOW.

ANTARES Okay. And I'm standing by to

(garbled) OMNI any minute.
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ANTARES Houston, are you through with the

computer?
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. The computer is
yours.
AN T ARE S Ok ay.
ANTARES Houston, our voice backup is giving
us a hell of a squeal.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Antares.

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CAPCOM Go ahead, Antares.

ANTARES I say our voice backup position of the
update (garble) switch has given us quite a squeal. You
ready for us to go to upvoice and back up now?
CAPCOM Stand by one, Ed.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares, they're configured now,
you can try it one more time, Ed.
ANTARES Okay, (garble)
CAPCOM Ro ge r.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Kitty Hawk, Houston, how
do you read me?
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston, how do you read?
Kitty Hawk (garble)
CAPCOM Okay, you're way down in the mud
Stu, we're getting an awful lot of noise, we're going to
drop the down link - we're going to drop your downlink and
if you call, call two times so we can get it tracked back
in here.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
CAP COM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, and since we dropped Kitty
Hawk here, we're not going to be in a relay mode for this
period so we probably won't get an answer from him, if you
call him in two minutes.
ANTARES Ok ay.
CAP COM (garble) okay?
ANTARES (garble). How do you read vox, Houston?
CAPCOM Okay, Al, you're about 2 by 2.
ANTARES How do you read?
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, you're about 3 by 3 there.
You're still getting a lot of background static there.
ANTARES Ok ay.
CAPCOM Okay, now you're loud and clear.
SC (garble) coming up.
SC Very good. Yeah, that looks good.
317 looks good, 383, that looks good. Let's go to 277, that
looks good, great. Alright, I can start loading the H pad
now. 231 by 56963 - 6963. 240 into the heap by 96963.
SC 8254.
SC 8254 plus 05428.
SC Thank you
SC 05428.
SC 6.00037.
SC 00037, 6.00037.
SC 62 minus ...
SC 62 minus ...
SC 00147
SC 000147, 62 minus 00147.
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SC 404
SC 404 ...
SC minus 12345.
SC minus 12345. Okay, that's entered,
let me run back ...

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ANTARES Okay. That's entered. Let me run

back now very quickly VERB 31 readout 56963. That's good.
240 readout, 56963, that's goc,d. 254, readout, check me
on these, plus 505428. 61 readout, plus 00037.
CAP COM Looks good.
ANTARES 262 readout, 900147.
CAP COM Okay.
ANTARES 404 the large negative number.
It's 12345.
CAP COM Good.
ANTARES That's good. Okay. Let's try it
ANTARES Anything on minus 10.
ANTARES Okay. We're a little ahead of time.
ANTARES Okay, I think, Houston, what we'll
do just before we enter on the final trim is call you to see
if the vent is set at that time. Do you concur?
CAPCOM Okay. It doesn't matter, Al. You
can go ahead and make the enter and make the first entry
at that time after you get NOUN 62 up.
ANTARES Okay. But we seem to be really
successful at resetting by tapping so if it shows prior to
that time, then let us know.
CAP COM Ok ay.
ANTARES Then let me readback. At 4 minutes
that goes in ignition plus 26 manual throttle. Alright I'll
put these other calls in just as quick as I can get them
in.
ANTARES Yes. One right after the other. I'll
tell you what's going on.
AN TARE S Ok ay.
CAP COM Antares, Houston
ANTARES Go ahead.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. I see you're already past that
point and we need the throttle to - throttle control to AUTO.
ANTARES Okay. We're - we'll get it - we've
got it on our checklist, Fred. We're not quite there yet.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. And one other tiing, the value
of 231 is changed, Ed, so we need you to reload 231 and 240 with
the following number. Plus 56978. That's an update to your ROS.
ANTARES Roger. 56978 cleared 231, 56978.
Enter 40 with 56978. Entered. Okay, Fred. They are in.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed.
ANTARES In AUTO commander. AUTO again.
It went through without comm. I think we ought to check out
abort and abort stage reset. (garbled) lose control 3.
ANTARES Okay. _id you get your circuits back
to the gimbal ACT.
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ANTARES Yes. They're all set.

ANTARES Okay. Let me check your ...
ANTARES I already checked yours.
AN TARES Ok ay.
ANTARES Okay. PNGS AUTO and AGS AUTO. Push
button to reset.
ANTARES Do you have (garbled) AUTO. We got
the configuration target now down to- -
ANTARES Here.
ANTARES Down to there. Okay.
ANTARES We're through with that card.
ANTARES Ok ay.
ANTARES Back on this one.
ANTARES Roger. We have 10 minutes.
ANTARES Standing by for the landing radar.
ANTARES I'm a ligtle early here.
ANTARES Fred, if you're going to give me
any words on the antenna, I' d appreciate them very soon.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares. The OMNI is GO.
ANTARES Okay. We're on the ONNI. 10 minutes
give me circuit breaker landing radar closed. Check the
altitude transmitter.
ANTARES Okay. You can close in in that
velocity transmitter is reading 4.0 and the altitude transmitter
is reading 4.0.
ANTARES Okay. Let's call P63.
ANTARES 62.

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ANTARES ... it looks like it's about 1 second off.

Right on. Okay. Timer's set right on. And we're looking
for NOUN 63, go ahead.
ANTARES Hold on. Okay the DPS burn card is all
complete.
CAPCOM Ant ares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead, Fred-O.
CAPCOM Okay, somewhere down a little past lo
minutes, we're going to need to switch to F OMNI. We'll
try to give you a call on it.
ANTARES Okay, if I hear it I'll switch it. If
I hear it start to break up I'll switch it unless you, Fred-O
would rather I'll wait for the call.
CAPCOM Okay, you can go ahead and initiate it
on your own, Ed, I think that' 11 work out better.
ANTARES Okay. Okay, the FTAI GO. 111 and about
(garble) (garble) looks good we'll do the CDU's.
Your zeroes in?
ANTARES Roger. St andying by.
ANTARES Your zeroes complete.
ANTARES Ok ay.
ANTARES 400 to plus 30 throusand. Antares, point 10
to plus all zeroes.
ANTARES It is entered.
ANTARES 410 to plus all zeroes is entered.
ANTARES 400 to plus 10 000.
ANTARES Plus 10 000 entered.
ANTARES (garble)
ANTARES Read out 433 at your pleasure.
ANTARES 433 inertial velocity.
ANTARES Okay, we're sitting up final trim waiting
for four minutes.
ANTARES VERB 21 901 1010 and a 107 is your first ball.
ANT ARE S Un de rs t an d.
ANTARES Okay, we're starting now with 96 on A
and 4 on B. Real good. (garble)
MITCHELL Hey, Al, your RCS system looks good.
SHEPARD SM helium 1 and 2 looks good. B tank
are still good. And the star tank is good.
MITCHELL EPS system is good. ECS all indications
are normal.
SHEPARD Okay .
MITCHELL We 're ready.
SHEPARD (garble) A minute and 50 seconds away
from final traim.
MITCHELL Okay. Ali right.
SHEPARD Okay we'll go into final trim in 30 seconds
here we'll allow you to get that
MI TCHELL Okay.
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SHEPARD Let me do the final TRIM and then you

can take it over.
MITCHELL Yeh. Good.
SHEPARD Rather have me put it in?
MITCHELL No, I've got it. I just wanted to adjust
this locking collar if it can still reach.
MITCHELL We're there and we are.
SHEPARD Okay, you ready?
MITCHELL I'm ready. Enter.
SHEPARD A enter.
MITCHELL (garble) comes up. That's very good.
SHEPARD NOUN 62 is VERB 21. NOUN O1 enter. 1010
enter 107 enter.
ANTARES Okay, Houston, it's in.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares.
ANTARES Antares is standing by for PDI GO.

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_-- ANTARES for PDI GO.

CAPCOM And Antares, Houston. You're GO
for Fra Mauro.
ANTARES Good show, Fredo. Thank you.
ANTARES Thank you. You troops do a nice
job down there.
ANTARES Be auti ful.
ANTARES Hey, if you watch us reset, we'll
flip the page.
ANTARES Let's go.
ANTARES Yes, we got just a minute.
ANTARES Okay. Today ail procedures are normal
from here on in except the 26 I actuate the manual throttle
to full on my side.
ANTARES That's correct. I' 11 start reentering
the DPS after you have throttled up.
ANTARES Ok ay.
ANTARES Won't have guidance till after I
give it to you after the first entry. Okay. We cover every-
thing on that last one?
ANTARES Yes, sir.
ANTARES 10 feet per second (garbled).
ANTARES You're breaking up to me. Would you
run us DPS (garbled)
ANTARES Okay. 1670 is full up.
AN T ARE S Ok ay.
ANTARES It's a beautiful day in the land of
Fra Mauro. Okay, we will bring master arm on along 30 seconds
here in case communications (garbled) hit us again.
ANTARES Houston, the master arm is on and
the A and B lights are on.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares.
ANTARES Boy it looks good.
ANTARES Mark one minute.
ANTARES Let me read our temperatures coming
up. Ok ay.
ANTARES (garbled)
CAP COM That's good.
ANTARES How come we got balls.
ANTARES Okay. Our (garbled) is on time.
ANTARES It's in OMNI descent.
ANTARES Average G is on. The descent engine
is on.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares.
ANTARES There's altitude and velocity light.
ANTARES R3 looks black.
ANTARES Okay. We're waiting for LH auto
aline.
ANTARES R3 looks good.
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MIT CHELL U1 lage.

SHEPARD AUTO ullage.
SHAPARD 4. 3. 2, 1. 0.
MITCHELL Engine.
SHEPARD We have AUTO ignition.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares.
SHEPARD We have an AUTO ignition.
MITCHELL Engine arm override. (garbled)
override.
SHEPARD Okay. And the master arm is off.
MITCHELL Alright and that's about 46.
SHEPARD Okay. We'll take the throttle up
at 26.
MITCHELL Throttle up.
SHEPARD Okay. We're at full throttle.
MITCHELL The command is down.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares.
MITCHELL NOUN 7, VERB 101
SHEPARD 1. 7.
MITCHELL (garbled) you have guidance. And you
have command and throttle.
SHEPARD Okay. We have guidance.
MITCHELL Alright. I'm disabling. VERB 25,
NOUN 7 enter, 105 enter.
CAPCOM You're GO at 1 Antares.
MITCHELL 400 enter, 0 enter. Okay. And landing
radar cable, VERB 21, NOUN 1 enter, 10, 10 enter, 77 enter. The
landing radar is there. Al, you can reduce your throttle
to minimum.
SHEPARD Okay. It's coming down.
MITCHELL You have command and thrust.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston. The procedure is
complete.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
SHEPARD And we're standing by for NOUN 69,
as appropriate.
CAPCOM And Antares, NOUN 69 is plus 02800.

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AI'OLLO 14 M]SSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 3:06CST ]08:49GET MC-312/]

SC 02 - no 10 plus 028 00.

SC Okay, Houston, how does that look?
CAP COM ( garb le)
SC Okay, again.
SC Okay, give me a 10 minute 30 second
hack , A1.
SC By mark.
SC 230, okay, we're a little fast. About
10 feet per second. A little slow on H not we're a little low.
(garble) now we're in 2 foot per second, it looks good, it
looks good.
SC Okay, we're almost back on the track.
SC Yep. Want to give it a 3 minute mark,
again.
CAPCOM And, Antares, you're go at 3.
SC Mark 3. Okay, beat the aalue of -
SC Okay, understand, go at 3.
SC H not is low, H is a little low.
makes a foot per second difference.
SC Okay, a little higher at the moment
Okay, you want to get those EV batts out of the way.
SC No, I was going to wait another 10
seconds here. Look at - take a look at EV batts.
SC Okay, throttle converging looks nice.
SC Houston, my EV batt are go, all in
the green.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
SC Isn't it a smooth ride.
CAPCOM Yeah, it's great. Antares, you're go
at 4.
SC Height looks good. Roger.
SC 4. V sub I is good. H not still hold,
H is converging, A (garble) for about 2 and a half foot apart.
Good. Down to 32 000, we should be getting landing radar in
very soon. They're good, they're go. And we'll give an
update at 12 000, there's a little difference in them. On
radar, set the lock on radar. That's a thousand.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, you're go at 5.
SC We can't get the radar in.
CAP COM Roger.
SC 5 30. We're on profile.
CAPCOM Okay, 6 plus 40 at the throttle down there,
Antares.
SC Roger, Houston, we still have altitude
velocity light.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC I think they know that.
SC What?
SC I think they know that, stand by for six,
mark six.
SC It's about H not is low, H is high, now.
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SC we're running high on 8. H and 8 are

together.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, we'd like you to
cycle the landing radar breaker.
SC Cycle the radar landing breaker.
SC Okay. It's been cycled.

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ANTARES ( garb le)

ANTARES (garble) 157 enter. How's it look Houston?
ANTARES Do we accept.
CAPCOM Okay, we'd like to accept the radar.
ANTARES (garble) great. Great.
CAPCOM Okay, and monitor descent fuel 2.
ANTARES Okay, the throttle down was on time,
congratulations. And we're on descent fuel 2.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
CAPCOM And Antares, Houston, your PGNS H dot is
a good one.
ANTARES Okay, thank you. (garble) PGNS
ANTARES I believe those three are up.
ANTARES (garble)
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, you' re go at 8.
ANTARES Roger. (garble) I'm starting the camera.
ANTARES 10 seconds to go. 4 -
ANTARES Okay, there's PITCH over.
ANTARES 64 and we have PITCH over, Houston.
ANTARES (garble) And there it is.
ANTARES Right on the money, right on the money.
ANTARES Right on the money.
ANTARES (garble)
ANTARES PD 41.
ANTARES (garble)
CAPCOM Houston, you're go for landing.
ANTARES Here we go.
ANTARES Looks real good.
ANTARES Shoot for the moon, Ed.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
ANTARES 2048 feet - coming down a little fast,
2050 feet a second a little bit fast but not bad. 1500
little fast not bad over (garble) LPD's 40, Al.
ANTARES Ok ay.
ANTARES Were at 1000 feet - 27 feet we're on
schedule, right on schedule now. We're by Cone crater right
out side to our right.
ANTARES Okay, the (garble) spot is (garble) about
half way between triplets and doublets. Both on the track.
AN TARES Ok ay .
ANTARES About 50 meters.
ANTARES Looks good from here. Looks good from
here. Okay, you're through 550 feet.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL 16 feet per second 500 feet 15 feet per
second. Looks good. Your fuel is good at 10 percent.
SHEPARD Let's take it over and move it up a little.
MITCHELL Okay, I think so you're at 340 - Okay.
I'd give it a few clisks. You're at 200 feet 5 feet per second.
That looks good.
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ANTARES (garble)
ANTARES 5 percent fuel looks great. Okay you
look like you're going right over the middle of triplet.
you're 170 feet out 2 feet per second down 8 percent fuel.
You're looking good.
ANTARES Okay, (garble)
ANTARES 170 feet and holding. About 1 foot
per second down. Speed it up a little bit.
ANTARES (garble) move forward.
ANTARES Okay. 7 percent fuel. You're still at
170 feet -
ANTARES Heading down.
ANTARES Okay you can move on forward. You're
just barely crossing North Triplet. Barely crossing
North Triplet. 6 percent fuel Okay 150 feet. (garble)
ANTARES Ok ay.

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SHEPARD Low level.

MITCHELL A1 righ t.
MITCHELL If you could land over here, there's the
dust, Al, 110 feet. Three feet per second down, looking
great. (Garbled) 6 percent. There's good dust. You're
on your own.
SHEPARD Starting down, starting down.
MITCHELL Okay. (garbled) 90 feet, 4 feet per sec-
ond, 5 feet per second, down.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Going down, looking great.
SHEPARD 60 seconds.
MITCHELL Okay. 50 feet down, 50 feet .
SHEPARD We're in good shape, too.
MITCHELL 3 feet per second, 40 feet, 3 feet per
second, 30, 3 feet per second, looking great, 20 feet, 10,
3 feet per second, contact, Al.
SHEPARD (garbled) stop. (garbled) auto, auto.
MITCHELL We're on the __e.
_HEPARD Okay, we've made a good lan_j_ ----

MITCHELL 413 plus 10 000. That was a beautiful

one.
SHEPARD We're completely off (garbled) the slope,
but other than that we're in great shape. Right on the
landing site.
MITCHELL Okay. Recycling the parker valve. Gauge,
closed, open, closed, open, open, open, open, open, op --
SHEPARD Couldn't give me a REG 1 closed, so start
back Bravo 4000 zero (garbled) on, descent vent fired.
MITCHELL Okay. (garbled)
SHEPARD Burn is off.
MITCHELL Okay. (garbled) fuel.
SHEPARD And, they're coming down.
MITCHELL They're coming down. Okay.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL The propellant temp transferred to --
SHEPARD Bit rate is norm.
MITCHELL Ascent then descent.
SHEPARD (garbled) ascent still good, descent to 1
and 2 coming out on both.
MITCHELL Okay. Now, if you'll give me a monitor
cycle.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. You're stay for Ti.
SHEPARD Okay. Stay for Ti. Ascent helium 2
looks good, ascent helium 1 looks good.
MITCHELL Okay. Okay. Lithium quantity monitor,
I' 11 take a look at those.
SHEPARD Take a look at those babies.
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j_

MITCHELL Okay. Just like they did in orbit. As-

cent 2 is full, after descent. Alright. Then add the
sequence carefully to the OPS.
MITCHELL Okay. VHF A transmitter to voice. Good
for stay for Ti. (garbled)
SHEPARD Plus 20 000.
MITCHELL Plus 20 000. And, 400 plus 4.
SHEPARD 400 plus 40 000.
MITCHELL 414. That's descent rate.
MITCHELL Houston, did I get a 414 plus 20 000 in?
CAP COM Stand by.
CAPCOM That's affirm, Ed. You got it in.
SHEPARD Okay. .01.
MITCHELL Good.
SHEPARD (garbled) you're down 43, Houston.
SHEPARD You know we are a little sloped aren't
we?
MITCHELL Yep.
SHEPARD That's the flattest place around here,
though.
MITCHELL Al, what's that about 8 degrees of roll
we're in or 8 degrees slope.
CAPCOM Okay. We got the Noun 43 on.
MITCHELL Okay. Let me copy those down. Book 2.
Back on our book.
_-' SHEPARD Stop and reset.
MITCHELL Noun 43.
SHEPARD Hold it.
MITCHELL I did it before I got it down.
SHEPARD P67.
MITCHELL Pardon.
SHEPARD I had 367 minus 1751.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 3:23CST 108:58GET MC-315/1

SHEPARD 367 . ..
MITCHELL Pardon?
SHEPARD Minus 367 minus 1751.
MITCHELL Minus 367, what?
SHEPARD 1751.
MITCHELL What was the altitude readout? Get
that.
SHEPARD Want to give me the - everything
from P12, please.
MITCHELL Okay. P2 109.
SHEPARD Plus 109.
MITCHELL 04 . . .
SHEPARD Plus 04 ...
MITCHELL Plus 3406.
SHEPARD 3406. I have 109 04 3406.
MITCHELL That's good.
SHEPARD How about my noun 36?
MITCHELL Okay, looks good, (garble) have at it.
55124.
SHEPARD Okay, VERB 25, enter plus 5512 plus 15
enter, o enter.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Wait a minute, now, Houston, how do
you like the AGS alinement, should we go ahead and update
the state vector or stay with what we have?
CAPCOM Stand by. Okay, Ed, the AGS is go
as is.
MITCHELL Okay, go as is. 411 plus 10 pounds,
410 plus 0.
SHEPARD Okay, we're waiting on update.
MITCHELL Okay, descent helium ...
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, you are safe for
T-2.
MITCHELL Roger, roger.
SHEPARD Okay, ready for T-2. Tape recorder
off, ICS PTT.
MITCHELL Say, Chet, that was really great work
you did on that abort problem.
CAPCOM Yeah, those guys did a lot of scratching
around there, Ed.
MITCHELL Yes Sir, we sure appreciate that.
CAPCOM You'd better really save the mission.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Your nouns are sitting still there,
we'd like to try to get the steerable gone. Pitch plus 124
yaw minus 42 and stay in flow.
ANTARES 124 minus 42 and stay in flew.
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ANTARES Okay, Fredo, you got it, I've picked

up the signal strength a little.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, say again.
ANTARES You have the steerable, Fredo. Have
locked up Flew.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares, that looks good.
PAO This is Apollo Control. Some of the
numbers associated with the landing. The ignition time for
power descent initiation was 108:42:29 ground elapsed time.
Actual touchdown was at 108:55:14, a total time in power
descent of 12 minutes 46 seconds. At the present time the
command service module, Kitty Hawk, is on air-to-ground 2
which will be recorded in the news room and transcribed,
however, the air-to-ground 1 for lunar module, Antares on
the lunar surface, is prime and will be carried live as the
conversations continue. When you have loss of signal with
the command module in 16 minutes. We're up live with
Shepard and Mitchell in Antares at the Fra Mauro landing site.
ANTARES Houston, my values were 047 053,
047 plus 37774 053 plus 00541.
CAPCOM Okay, we copied, Ed.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/5/71, 3:34 CST, 109:12 GET, 316/1

CAPCOM Antares, Houston.

ANTARES Go ahead, Fred.
CAPCOM Okay. Because your attitude sitting
there, Al, the first star there, Arcturus, is going to come
up in detent 2 rather than detent 3
ANTARES Okay. Very good.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. Do you have NOUN 83.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Antares.
ANTARES Do you have our NOUN 93.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. We got them.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. We're going to have
to crank up the rendezvous radar and get it down out of
the way. It apparently drifted up during descent.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares.
PAO This is Apollo Control, 109 hours
24 minutes ground elapsed time. We have had loss of signal
with the command module Kitty Hawk. As it passed behind
the moon on the - toward the end of the 14 lunar revolution.
We're still up live for any further conversation between
Shepard and Mitchell aboard Antares at the Fra Mauro landing
site. At the present time, they're busy with going through
their lunar surface checklist, doing some navigation alinements
with the optical alinement telescope which is roughly analogous
to the sextant on the command module. Then at 110 hours
20 minutes they're scheduled to have a meal. Some 2 hours
from now roughly, they should begin preparations for the
first extravehicular activity. To recapitulate again, the
landing phase earlier in the revolution prior to the one
in which the power descent and landing was made, some spurious
numbers came up in the lunar module computer programs which
were indications of an abort signal. These were reckoned
to be contamination in the abort switch itself.
CAPCOM Okay. We need to change the seconds -
your second technique 257. That's on page 1-5.
ANTARES Ok ay.
CAPCOM Okay. It should be star - rather
than Decrion. It should be star 56 which is Beta Centari
and the new NOUN 88 are X minus .21408, Y minus .12572,
Z minus .3 - correction - minus .43401.
ANTARES Okay. I copy the second star page
1-5 is Beta Centari instead of Decriox. It's number 56.
And I presume it will be detent 1. And vector NOUN 88 are
minus .21408, minus .12572, minus .43401.
CAPCOM Okay. That's correct, Ed.
PAO This is Apollo. Control to continue
the recapitulation of the problem with the lunar module
computer. The suspected cause was contamination in the
abort switch. By tapping on the switch the numbers would
disappear both in the onboard display keyboard readouts and
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PAO the telemetered numbers here on the

ground.
ANTARES Okay, Fredo. That was a real fine
jump. Thank you, buddy.
CAPCOM Thank you, Al.
PAO Apollo Control again. To bypass
this potential problem which would cause an abort during
the power descent and computer routine was devised by the
manufacturers or the designers, I should say, of the Apollo
guidance system whereby the abort signal would be bypassed.
This routine was entered into the DSKY after ignition for
power descent and apparently caused no problems with the
fairly nominal descent profile and touchdown right on target.
Power descent ignition again 108:42:29, touchdown at 108:55:14
for a total time in the power descent of 12 minutes 46 sec-
onds. Continuing to monitor the air-ground circuit with
Antares on the lunar surface at 109 hours 30 minutes ground
elapsed time, this is Apollo Control.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 109 hours
35 minutes ground elapsed time. We're estimating a Change
of Shift Briefing with the offgoing flight director Gerry
Griffin and hopefully, spacecraft communicator Fred Haise,
over in the small briefing room in the Apollo News Center
Houston in about 15 or 20 minutes. Still up live for any
conversations with lunar module Antares, this is Apollo
Control at 109:36.
CAP COM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. You can go on by those alarms
Al. I think they're due to hit mark reject before your doing
the VERB 32 enter. That isn't necessary. You can just re-
load right over them.
ANTARES Okay. We need to get rid of this
mark, Fredo. We're going to reject it and start over.
CAP COM Ok ay .
ANTARES Okay, Houston. Shall we torque those.
CAPCOM Stand by, Ed.
CAPCOM Okay. They look good, Antares. You
can torque them now.
ANTARES A1 says he can't do any better.
CAPCOM You' re right.
ANTARES Okay, Houston, what would you like
to do with those numbers?
CAP COM Stand by.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Recommend accept.
ANTARES Okay. We're going to accept.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. At 109 hours
53 minutes ground elapsed time. We've had a handover of
flight control teams in Mission Control. Flight director
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PAO Pete Frank presently pulling as

flight control team for a GO-NO/GO for powerdown. We'll
stand by and continue to monitor. We're at 109 hours 54 min-
utes ground elapsed time and this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/5/71 109:52 GET 317/1

ANTARES Houston, Antares.

CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston, go ahead.
ANTARES Hello, Bruce. A1 said that Beta Centaure
which you wanted for this second star is in detent 6. Do
you want it in 1 or 6 now that you've changed it.
CAPCOM Scorpio, Houston. detent 6 please.
AN TARES Ok ay .
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at 110
hours 1 minute g_ound elapsed time. The change of shift to
news conferenc_ is ready to begin in the large auditorium
of Building 1, and at this time we will take down the
live air to ground and switch to the news conference. This
is Apollo Control Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/7] 5:12CST ll0:51GET MC-318/1

PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at

110 hours 5] minutes ground elapsed time. Since we took
the line down we've had considl, rab]_, convorsat[on with the
crew aboard Antares with A1 she. pard and Ed Mitchell. And
we will play that back for you now.
ANTARES Houston, you're desire is on the
noun 89.
CAP COM Stand by.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston, we recom-
mend that you do not accept this noun 89, the first set of
marks was satisfactory, over.
ANTARES Ok ay.
ANTARES A1 (garble) the line is a lot better
today.
CAPCOM Jolly good, can you see at the center
of the AOT in this case?
ANTARES Yeah, as a matter of fact, no blind
spots.
CAPCOM Be auti ful.
ANTARES This is Antares, we're standing by
for a stay.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Stay, over.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Stay,
acknowledge, over.
ANTARES Okay, we're having a little chuckle
about that, Chris, but we acknowledge very happily.
ANTARES And we will stay.
CAPCOM Roger, out.
ANTARES Houston, would you like my updated
047 053 numbers?
CAPCOM That's affirmative.
ANTARES Roger, 047 plus 37773, 053 is plus
006i6 and we're standing by for P22 (garble)
CAPCOM Okay, I copy address 47 37773 and 53
is 00616.
ANTARES Good readback.
ANTARES Houston, same Antares this is POO
updata.
CAPCOM Houston, roger, out.
CAPCOM This is Houston, it'll be a few
minutes yet before we're ready to uplink the OLS and CSM
state vectors to you. We'll let you know when we're ready
to come up with it.
ANTARES Okay, we're pressing on with our
power down check list.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston, we're ready
with the uplink on LOS and CSM state vectors using still
PO0 updata.
ANTARES That's affirmative.
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/7 5:12CST ll0:51GET MC-318/2

CAP COM Roge r.

CAPCOM Antares, this s Houston. Preliminary
P22 acquisition time is for 1]0 plus 50 plus 00, we'll give
vou the more precise estimate as we approach it, over.
ANTARES Roger, readback 110 plus 50 plus 00
is the preliminary.
CAPCOM Roger, out.
CAPCOM Antares, this _s Houston, the uplink
is complete, computer's is yours.
ANTARES ()kay, thank you.
CAPCOM Antares, tt_is is Houston, we're
standing by for your description of the lunar surface as
viewed from the windows of the LM and we'd also be interested
specifically in hearing whether you feel that the roll in the
spacecraft is due primarily to terrain or whether you feel
that there is some landing gear stroking, also, over.
ANTARES Okay, we will be right with you on the
the condition of the lunar surface here momentarily we're
considering one of the cameras at the moment. With respect
to the upward roll, it looks as though it's probably
due mostly to the terrain, it doesn't really have a good level spot
to land down around here unless we proceeded quite a bit
closer to doublet. So we'll keep you (garbled) and advise you
on that after we've had EVA.
CAPCOM ()kay, very good. Sounds like you
may have a nice level flight over doublet for the ALSEP
then doesn't it?
ANTARES Well, we'] I find one. Okay, Houston, this is
Antares here, you ready for some words on the surface?
CAPCOM That's affirmative Antares. Go ahead with
your description.
ANTARES ()kay, you may have heard after P64
pitch over the gulf craters in the landing site were really
visible. The sun angle was good, we were able to recognize
it, even easier than we were on the LMA display at the
Cape. The LPD input zero measured one left and we took
over short of triplet and I thought at first I was going
to land just south of the (garbled). It's rougher over
there than the LMA shows. We came back on track and
landed. (garbled) doublet and I made track just 100 meters
short of our target. Okay, with respect to the general
terrain. We are in a depression here, we're looking of
course directly toward doublet crater which appears to be
above us in elevation by approximately 25 to 30 feet.
The terrain gradually upward in that direction, there is
(garbled) modulation but generally speaking it's a gradually
upward to the area of doublet. The deactivated spacecraft
is about one and a half degrees to the right of the landing
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ANTARES plane and of course that puts the

shadow of the LM off the left, because of the current
front location. Can you read me a]right?
CAPCOM That's affirmative Antares, we
copying you full, Over.
ANTARES Okay, well that is completing the
pictures out of this window. 1'11 continue to say that
generally speaking as I sweep from one horizon to the
other, we find that the terrain is a little rougher than I
suspected and we are in a depression here in the landing site
with respect to the south and to the north. The
depression at the north appears to be very close to us
about 50 or 60 meters away, to the south the land gradually
slopes up to a range which is perhaps half a mile away.
The general area in the left hand window of the LM is
relatively free of large boulders, I see less than ten within
my field of view that are - over the size of perhaps 8 to 10 inches.
And now Ed's ready to take over, (garbled). Over to Ed.
CAPCOM Roger Ed, go ahead.
ANTARES Okay Houston. I'm just trying to
get orientated, I think I can see quite a few of the
craters that are out my win -

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/5/71 lll:00 GET 319/1

ANTARES - at this time to get oriented, I think

I can see quite a few of the craters that are out my window
are here on the map. There's several large enough to be seen
on the map, and in addition there's some reasonably large
boulders. I will try to get them located first, then I'll
describe what I see.
CAPCOM Ok ay.
AN TARE S Ok ay.
ANTARES It doesn't look like it's going to be quite
as easy as I thought, Houston, to figure out these craters
that I see in front of me. At this point on the map until
we get a little bit better clear view from the outside. Let
me just pick it up with a description. First of all, as A1
pointed out we' re very close to the landing site that was
proposed -
CAP COM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES - a bit more toward Triplet than that. Go
ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. Updated P22 acquisition time 1
10, plus 51 plus O0 and that will coincide with
the angles that you get onboard. You should expect to see
the CSM about 30 seconds later. Over.
ANTARES Roger. 110 51 50.
CAPCOM 110 51 00.
ANTARES Okay, 00, thank you.
CAP COM Roger. And continue.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. As A1 pointed out the
torque Dublet didn't arise, and then the ridge that we have
talked about that is beyond Dublet is very pronounced. It forms
our skyline or horizon. And we seem to be sitting in a bowl.
It slopes toward us from the west, it's rather choppy I've
got to admit, undulating. But, the ridge of beyond Dublet
is the highest thing I can see in front of me. Looking
around to the right, the skyline is quite undulating. There
is a large old depression to our right or that is to the
north of us, which forms another bowl very similar to the
one that we appear to be sitting in. And, I can see several
ridges and rolling hills of perhaps 35 to 40 feet in height.
Obviously very very old craters that are almost lost, almost
indistinct now between myself and the skyline to the north
horizon to the north. It Just looks like a series of low hills
from this vantage point.
ANTARES Okay. And, the window photography is com-
pleted. Magazine QO, QO, exposure 20.
CAP COM Houston, roger. Out.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. The undulations are far
too complex for me to try to describe them right now without
getting in a better advantage point so I can point them out
on your map. I'm sure I can do that as soon as I get a
better handle on our location. It may be surprising to say
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ANTARES that I think there is more terrain, more

relief here than we anticipated from looking at the map.
ANTARES There's a bell of a lot of relief
inside the cabin, I' 11 say that.
ANTARES Okay. There's a few boulders out my
window. They're scattered around falling between here and
Doublet. I see at about my 230 position probably 50 yards
out a large boulder that's probably 3 feet across. There it's
the largest one I have in my field of view or at least my
near field of view. And, there are 2 or 3 or others perhaps
half that size or appear to be half that size in that same
vicinity just a little beyond, about 230 on the plot code and per-
haps 50 meters to the largest one then another 10 or 15 to
the other boulders. They don't seem to form a pattern that
I can see. The color that we're looking at is kind of a
mouse brown or mouse gray. And, obviously it changes with
the Sun angle. The surface ... there are numerous craters
in my field of view. Some, old, very subdued, some overlapped
by newer craters. Some that seem to be relatively
recent. Most of the surface, however, seems to be fine
grain. Incidently, I do see some linear features on the
surface. Very small fine linear features. I do not think
that they are errosion patterns, they may be. However, I
can see a suggestion of them quite a ways away from the LM.
Kind of running parallel to those that I can't see, and we'll
have to talk about later when we get that GARBLE.
ANTARES Go ahead, Houston.
ANTARES I think we see lineations that are not
Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. Could you give us a little more
description on the near field craters that are the ones that
are right in close to the LM?
ANTARES Okay. We have a small pattern of craters
at the 12 o'clock position, maybe about 12:30. I have an
old subdued crater with a pressure crater in the middle of
it and two or three grouped around on the north edge of it.
That crater is about 15 feet across. Immediately in front
of us , maybe 15 feet is about the 6 or 7 foot crater. That' s
pocked with a few pressure craters on it. At the 1:00 o'clock
position I have an old crater probably 12 foot in diameter
with a fairly small, relatively fresh crater on the south-
side of it that's maybe a foot in diameter, and as a
matter of fact, the larger of those two I just described
seem to form the south pair. The south of a very small
triplet. As a matter of fact, the one I described, the first
one I described is in line with those three, as a matter of
fact, they form a quadruplet I guess. Now those are the
largest craters in my near field and they are the quadruplet
I spoke of. The first one I described is in about the
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o ANTARES 12:30 posit !on. It's probably fifty out

At the fourth one which is the most northeasterly it is
about the 2:30 position and probably 40 feet out. Any
questions .
CAPCOM Ail right. It sounds very good Ed.
ANTARES Okay. Beyond those is the 1 to 1:30
position. I see two craters that the surface is moving up
from me at that point. Two craters that are probably -
the closest one is 25 feet across. It's about 60 to 80 feet
from us and I did the 2:30 position. And about 25 feet beyond
that one is a crater which is 15 to 20 feet across. These
are both smooth rimmed craters. They are rim craters but
they've been beaten down and have smaller craters on the
sides. Those two that I Just described are south of and
there are some large block - rock blocks that I spoke of.
They're south by about 30 to 40 feet. Let me describe two
more craters and then you can have it, I'm getting dry.
Almost due north which is my 3:00 o'clock position - let's say the
2:45 position - I don't want to be discriminating here -
2:45 position at about 85 to 100 feet. Almost in line with
the quadruplet is another crater 25 to 30 feet across
with a small one on it southwestrium. Getting closer at
the 3:00 o'clock position Just barely in my right hand window
field of view is about 35 to 40 feet out - yeah, make it
40 feet out, is a crater about 12 feet across which seems
relatively fresh. However, all these craters have small,
very small craters alining them.
ANTARES Okay. I'll take over. Okay, Houston
referring to the surface map on the forward course Charlie
meter in -

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 111:10 G.E.T. 320/1

ANTARES ... on the following coordinates Charlie

Peter and 64.9 is a crater, a very new crater. Which
I'm looking at almost directly a beam of the LM. So I
would say that our landing site is just about on track and
we're perhaps - perhaps 10 meters or 20 meters short of
the landing site. The bright crater on the left wall of
(garble) Doublet also is very visible to us from this
point as it is in the landing surface photographs.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. I understand you have
this Charlie Peter 64.9 crater at your 9 otclock position.
Is that correct?
ANTARES That's right.
ANTARES Houston, we're going to have to get on
with our P22 here very quickly.
CAPCOM Roger, go ahead.
ANTARES Yeh, you could call it the 9:30 position,
Houston.
CAPCOM Roger. We got you.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. I have your consumables
update when you're free.
ANTARES Roger, standby one.
ANTARES Okay, signal six is building up. Looks
like we're going for a lock-on.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
ANTARES And the no track light is out. Okay,
we'll lock.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. I have the
LM weight update for your DAP load and we do want to do
a E memory dump prior to the gravity measurement.
ANTARES Okay. Okay, I'm ready for the updated
weight.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. LM weight
10869. Read back. Over.
ANTARES Roger. 10869 .
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. When you' re ready to copy
Antares, I have your consumables update and also the updated
liftoff times for revs 16 through 19. Over.
ANTARES Okay, Houston, I'm ready to copy liftoff
time.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Updated liftoff times for
rev 16 112 plus 52 plus 47 rev 17 114 plus 51 plus 07
rev 18 116 plus 49 plus 28 118 plus 47 plus 48. Read back.
Over.
ANTARES Okay rev 16 112 52 47 rev 17 114 51 07
rev 18 116 49 28 19 118 47 48.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, readback correct. I have
your consumables up date when you're ready over.
ANTARES Okay, ready to copy.
CAPCOM LM consumables update at a g.e.t.
of 110 plus 30 RCS ALPHA 80.0 BRAVO 77.0 descent oxygen
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CAPCOM 81.6 ascent oxygen NA and 97. Descent

water 75.1 ascent water 98.4 98.8. Ampere hours descent
1199 ascent 572. Over.
ANTARES Rog. Give me the descent water again
please.
CAPCOM Descent water 75.1 percent. Over.
ANTARES Okay. g.e.t, of 110 30 RCS A is 80.0
B 77.0. Descent 02 81.6 assent 02, NA and 97. Decent
water 75.1 ascent water 98.4 98.8. Ampere hours, 1199
and 572.
CAPCOM Antares, this is HouSton. Read back is
correct. Out.
ANTARES Houston, do you have any questions about
the surface comments we've made so far?
CAPCOM Stand by please. Antares, Al, this is
Houston. The only additional questions that we have
generated from your discription is a request for details
on the lineaments specificaly we are interrested in knowing
the direction that they trend, the abundance, and the size,
ove r.
ANTARES Okay, stand by one.
ANTARES Houston, I'll pick that up for a moment.
I'm not going to describe the radiation series and because
the one series may very well be confused with a descent
engine pattern, but I will say that further out to the
north I can see lineations that appear to run roughly
east-west, but lets say a little bit north of west, south
of east, along that line. And its very fine grain, almost
imperceptable. Except it does have a little bit of shadow
effect, almost like sandunning but not quite. And I can't
really see much more about it until we get out and look
at it. They may disappear when we get out there, but their
are certainly visible from this view point.
CAPCOM Roger Ed. and standing by for your E memoYy
dump.
ANTARES We're coming now.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston.
ANTARES Okay go ahead.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Based on your
discription, we estimate here location to be Charlie Papa
decimal 9, and the 65.3. I say again. Charlie Papa decimal
9, 65.3. Over.
ANTARES Houston, we are not making an issue of
it at the moment. I think the crater at Charlie Romeo
point 2 and 64.5 is right out in front of me. About a
150 feet. If that is so and I believe it is, it places
out position just a little bit north of were you said we
were.
CAPCOM Okay we copy.
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CAPCOM Understand that you would call that crater

at you 12 o' clock position?
ANTARES It's really about 12:30, and probably
130 to 150 feet out.
CAP COM Roger out.
ANTARES Maybe a bit more. Let's say over a 150.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston, standing by to
commence the gravity measurement on your go.
ANTARES Okay_ Houston, the computer's yours.
CAP COM Roger out.
ANTARES Okay, Houston, the crew status report.
We've taken no medication, we're both in excellent shape. PRD
for the commander is 16049, for the LSV is 07047.
CAPCOM Roger 16049, 07047 and are you all getting
something to eat up there now?
ANTARES As soon as we stop asking questions, we'll
start eating.
CAPCOM Okay, munch away.
ANTARES Okay, we'll give you a little verbage
between bites here.
CAPCOM No talking with you mouth full.
ANTARES Did you say talking or torquing?

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ANTARES Okay. We'll give you a little

verbage between bites here.
CAPCOM No talking with your mouth full.
ANTARES Did you say talking or torquing.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Based
on Ed's report on the crater charlie Romeo 2 and 645, our
new estimate of your position is charlie kayback decimal 5,
65.4. Over.
ANTARES Okay. CQ 5, 65.4.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at
111 hours 21 minutes ground elapsed time. You heard that
long exchange between capsule communicator Bruce McCandless
here in Mission Control and the crew of Antares speaking
from the Fra Mauro region. A1 Shepard, Ed Mitchell. Earlier
flight dynamics had given a preliminary set of coordinates
of 3.65 South, 17.46 West. At any case, quite close and
the computer on Antares is probably smarter than maps prepared
here on Earth. From that description, Antares appears to
be within several feet of the prescribed landing point. As
we look over copies of the onboard grid maps of the area.
Coordinate numbers, by the way, will be further refined with
the rendezvous radar tracking. That's program- computer
program 22 on board the LM. You heard the description of
that as Kitty Hawk passes overhead. A1 Shepard, Ed Mitchell
obviously well-schooled in their procedures starting first
with a general description of geological features and then
proceeding with increasing detail. We're at 111 hours 23 min-
utes ground elapsed time and standing by continuing to
monitor, this is Apollo Control, Houston.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. Just an interesting
comment while I think about it. We expect a zero phase.
I was aware of it but it really gave me no problem at all
during the descent from high gain on down. Of course, we
are out of plane here as far as the azimuth of the sun. The
rest is out of plane as far as we're concerned. But nonetheless,
I did notice zero phase, because I looked for it. But
with respect to interfering with the landing, it was not
a problem.
CAPCOM Roger. We copy that. And we got
a question for you. How soon did you recognize Triplet.
ANTARES Almost as soon as I picked up Cone.
Almost immediately.
CAP COM Roger. Out,
ANTARES I probably looked out right after
A1 did and saw the whole pattern, the whole pattern was
immediately recognizable to me.
CAP COM Roger. Out.
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ANTARES Carrying on with an earlier comment,

that we've - as the left side is concerned, Houston. I'm
surprised by the lack of large rocks in the area in front
of us. There Just don't appear to be more than half a dozen
within the field of view in this southwest quadrant. On the
crater which I mentioned in our 9:30 position earlier,
it has no name, but the one which we coordinated for you,
now there is a definite rate pattern visible coming from that
crater. A rate pattern of fallen rocks with (garble). They are
(garble) inches in size at the rim varying on up to about hand-size
pebbles at the edge of the rays. There appear to be rocks
inside the rim of the crater, but they're all rock mixed images
and I wouldn't - not what I would classify to be a rocky
Crater.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. Sounds like you should
have no problem in getting your football-sized rock.
ANTARES Bill, they are not as plentiful as
we might expect. We will be able to get at least one on each
EVA.
CAP COM Roger.
PAO 111 hours and 28 minutes into the -
ground elapsed time for Apollo 14. That was A1 Shepard and
Bruce McCanliss talking about one of the EVA tasks, that of
acquiring football-sized rocks. We're at 111 hours 29
minutes ground elapsed time and continuing to monitor,
this is Apollo Control, Houston.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at
a ground elapsed time of 111 hours 32 minutes into the flight
of Apollo 14. Although most of our attention has been directed
toward Antares, there is another flight control team in the
mission control that's headed by Flight Director, Glynn Lunney
with Ron Evans serving as capsule communicator in contact with
Stu Roosa aboard Kitty Hawk. Presently Kitty Hawk is passing
behind the moon on its - on the 15th revolution. We
will reacquire the command module at - in some 34 minutes,
we're at 111 hours 33 minutes ground elapsed time, this is Apollo
Control, Houston.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Could you
give us some feel for your position relative to starting
cabin prep for EVA-1 on the timeline. Over.
ANTARES Well, we're about 8 bites away.
CAPCDM Roger, munch away.
Antares We should be through with our lunch
here, or whatever meal it is, in about 10 minutes and the
perfect time for the EVA-1 prep.
CAPCOM This is Houston. Roger. Out.
PAO Apollo Control Houston. That was
A1 Shepard advising Mission Control that he and Ed Mitchell
finishing their meal at this point and will be picking up
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PAO within perhaps 10 minutes their prepara-

tion for EVA-i. 111 hours 35 minutes ground elapsed time,
this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. We've

finished the gravity measurement test. Your computer.
SHEPARD (garbled)
CAP COM Roger. Out .
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. At your
convenience, we'd like you to go into program 06 firing down -
or putting the computer in standby and the IMU operate circuit
breaker to OPEN. Over.
SHEPARD Okay, Bruce, we'll be doing that
momentarily.
CAPCOM Roger. No rush.
SHEPARD Houston, we're in Antares, now starting
EVA-1 prep.
CAPCOM Roger. We're setting our timer to
15 minutes counting up starting now.
PAO Apollo Control-
SHEPARD (Garble)
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. 111 hours
49 minutes in ground elapsed time. That - that was A1 Shepard
aboard Antares advising the ground that they have started their
EVA preparations. Standing by, continuing to monitor, this is
Apollo Control, Houston.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. If you feel
like giving us a running commentary as you go through
the equipment prep for EVA-l, we'll be checking you off here.
ANTARES Okay, we'll try to do that.
ANTARES Houston, we've completed the first
paragraph.
CAP COM Houston. Roger. Out.
SHEPARD Okay, one quick check. Oh, hell, the
(garble) is fouling up. It will be all right.
PA0 Apoilo Control, llouston. 111 hours
and 54 -
SHEPARD (garbled) Houston. The LMP's
flipped against the forward hatch.
CAPCOM Houston, Roger. Out.
PAO 111 hours 55 minutes. Antares'
crewmembers, A1 Shepard, Ed Mitchell proceeding with their
EVA checklist.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Would you
describe your interior lighting configuration to us so that
we may use it for Apollo budgeting for later missions. Over.
MITCHELL Okay Houston. The only lights we have
left on now are the annunciator numerics and the caution
and warning. But we have turned off the floodlight and there's
adequate lighting.
CAPCOM Roger. Thank you, Antares.
PAO That was Ed Mitchell responding to
that question from the ground. Apollo Control, Houston at
111 hours and 57 minutes ground elapsed time.
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SHEPARD Houston, this is Al. We have one

problem here in paragraph 3, the first line on my side the
UCTA has some glue in it and it doesn't seem to work. Ed is able
to depress the valve on the suit side and get some flow, but
we've tried two different collection bags and we are unable to get
flow. We're going to press on in that configuration and you
might think about that for awhile.
CAPCOM Okay. Understand it's your UCTA that
has the problem?
SHEPARD That's right.
CAP COM Roger.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston at 112 hours
01 minute into the flight. The acronymn UCTA standing for
urine collection transfer assembly. The crew aboard Antares
proceeding with their EVA preparations. We'll stand by
and continue to monitor. At 112 hours 02 minutes ground
elapsed time, this is Apollo Control, Houston.
CAPCOM Antares - Al, this is Houston. Are
you able to check the hose from the UCTA to the fitting in
the suit insure that hose is not kinked. We have had
problems in this connection in the past and do you feel that
the reserve capacity in the UCTA would be sufficient for this
EVA or not? Over.
MITCHELL We've just been discussing that. I
think that the latter is probably the case.
SHEPARD We'll make one quick check on that
hose.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. What was the
resolution on the UCTA situation?
MITCHEL (garbled) Rog. Houston, we've got it fixed and
we'll have it - be back on the timeline here very shortly, I think.
CAP COM Roger. Out.
MITCHELL We had a kink in the hose and we've
got that straightened out and drained.
CAP COM Be auti ful.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston, we're down to verify
watch on PTA proceeding on.
CAP COM Houston. Roger. Out.
PAO Apollo Control, Hous ton at 112 hours
15 minutes ground elapsed time. The crew of Antares are
proceeding with their EVA checklist. Our surgeon in Mission
Control advises that during the powered descent phase leading
up to the landing of Antares, he was monitoring spacecraft
commander, A1 Shepard and described his heart rate as extremely
cool in the upper 80's during most of the period from PDI to
touchdown; peaked at one point at 113. We're at 112 hours
16 minutes ground elapsed time and this is Apollo Control, Houston.
MITCHELL Okay, (garbled) Charlie, Charlie is
installed on the surface to put your camera on.
CAPCOM Roger, we copy a clam on California
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CAPCOM installed on t_e sequence camera.

MITCHELL That's affirmed. Our cable connected
and it's verified operational.
CAPCOM Roger. Out .
SHEPARD Okay. The CDR is going to deploy the
EVA antenna.
CAP COM Roger, CDR.
CAPCOM Antares - Al, Houston. You confirm
the EVA antenna is deployed now?
SHEPARD That's affirmative and we're proceeding
on.
CAP COM Roger. Out .
MITCHELL Alright, Houston, we have the RCU's
on the baseball.
CAP COM Houston Roger. Out.
MITCHELL CDR booster on.
CAP COM Roger, Ed,

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ANTARES Okay, the LMP's OPS is on the floor.

CAP COM Say again.
CAPCOM Say again, Al.
ANTARES The LMP OPS is on the floor.
CAP2OM A]i right, Roger.
PAO Apollo Cont rol, Houston, 112 hours,
30 minutes ground elapsed time. That last report from
A1 Shepard saying that the oxygen purge system for the
lunar module pilot is on the floor per the flight plan.
It appears that we're about 10 minutes behind the flight plan
schedule at this point. The crew taking a bit longer in
completing their morning meal. We're at 112 hours, 31 minutes
this is Apollo Control, Houston.
ANTARES Okay, we've had two satisfactory OPS
checkouts - the CDR is reading 6 000 plus and the LMP is
reading 5 900 short.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Roger, out.
ANTARES Antares is proceeding with the antifog
on the inside of the helmet.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at
112 hours, 40 minutes ground elapsed time. A1 Shepard, Ed
Mitchell continuing with their preparations for their first
lunar excursion. The landing position indicates that the
porch of Antares is facing slightly to the north of west -
almost as precisely as planned. We're at 112 hours,
40 minutes. This is Apollo Control, Houston.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. How are you progressing?
ANTARES Okay. We're down to the point where the
arm rest is coming up. We have one more to go.
CA_ COM Roger, out.
ANTARES Ed, we're in programmed zero 6 and the
forward hatch handle is unlocked.
CAPCOM Roger, out.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. We're at that point where
we can reel PLSS out - get the light weight one.
CAPCOM Ail right, roger. I'll have Ron come on
up the ladder.
ANTARES Great.
PA@ Apollo Control, Houston. 112 hours,
48 minutes ground elapsed time. The Ron referred to in that
consversation with Ed Mitchell is Ron Blevens who has led
the crew through these procedures while in training. Ron
Blevens presently in the staff support room in Mission Con-
trol - the flight director's staff support room. That
last report from Antares indicates the crew is preparing to
don the PLSS. PLSS being an acronym for the portable life
support system that the crewmen wear on their backs. We're
at 112 hours, 49 minutes ground elapsed time and this is
Apollo Control, Houston.
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C ANTARES Okay, the I.MP presses on and we're pro-

ceeding with the PDI split.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
ANTARES Okay, the Commander's PLSS is on. We're
going for the RCU.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
ANTARES Okay, Houston we've verified power down
circuit breaker configurations and we're proceeding with the COMM
check on the PLSSes.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. How do you read?
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. t read you loud
and clear. Over.
ANTARES Okay, Bruce. Read you loud and clear.
ANTARES Okay. You all done now through there? Ed.
ANTARES Okay the COMM band was GARBLE. Picked
it up there to voice on OFF. ON OFF ON. POINTS on OFF
ON OFF HIGH. Okay. Range RANGE. GARBLE
Put her on.
CAP COM Ok ay.
ANTARES GARBLE in a EVA. GARBLE. Squelch to
enable. Okay, you connected GARBLE at this foot COMM. Okay
connect to the foot COMM.
ANTARES Okay here we - we're at peak A. Think
we can do it?
ANTARES A.
ANTARES We'll turn the clock for you.
CAP COM Two.
ANTARES Counterclockwise there's the tone.
ANTARES In flight B, in flight O. Momentary.
ANTARES Okay, O still ON.
ANTARES Readout the 02 pressure gages.
CAPCOM Okay, greater than - looks like about
96 per cent.
ANTARES 96 percent. Okay, Houston.
CAPCOM Wait a minute. It's 55.180 GARBLE about
92 percent. Okay.
ANTARES 92 percent. LM radio loud and clear.
CAP COM Okay.
ANTARES Okay. Commander's going to come in through
the foot COMM.
CAP COM Ok ay.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. 113 hours,
10 minutes ground elapsed time. Mission Control Center in
Houston now receiving data from the portable life support
system worn by the lunar module pilot Ed Mitchell. Elec-
TRICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL - FLICttT Controller says that the
data on the lunar module pilot ]ooks good. We're at 113 hours,
11 minutes. Continuing to monitor this is Apollo Control,
Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/5/71,0734 CST,113:ll GET,MC-324/1

PAO Apollo Control Houston, the Telemu

advises that we now have data on spacecraft commander
Alan Shephard. Apollo Control Houston at GET 113 hours
14 minutes, the crew aboard Antares continuing through
their checklist in preparation for their first lunar
walk. We'll standby and continue to monitor. This is
Apollo Control Houston.
ANTARES Houston, this is Antares, over.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Go ahead.
ANTARES Okay, first I have your procedure
on lost time on the (garbled), let's get coordinated and try
through it again, over.
CAPCOM Roger.
MITCHELL What do you suggest, we went through
the checklist and when we gave you a call and no response,
were you reading us at all.
CAPCOM We were receiving data, but we did
not read you on voice. What is your present configuration?
MITCHELL Well I've come off of the (garbled)
comm and back on to the ship comm, A1 is still set up with his
PLSS operating and - he's not reading at the moment but he
shouldn't be and we can talk with each other in A, B and AR.
CAPCOM Okay, I understand you. Talk to
each other in A, B and AR. The last word that I had from
you was when you reported 92 percent oxygen and I believe
at that time you were in Mode A. Over.
And A1 was still on the ship's comm.
MITCHELL Okay, I believe that's correct.
CAPCOM Now is A1 in Mode A at the present
time ?
MITCHELL No, he's in AR at the present time.
You're right that's the last time you should have heard me I guess
since the last time I figured you heard me was at that point and
I was on a -
CAPCOM Okay We should have heard you subsequent
to that, but that is the last time that we heard you. And
standby and we'll have some procedures for you in a minute.
MIT CHELL Ok ay.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. We request
that you return to the beginning of the first comm check
mark, indicated at 18 minutes on the EVA one card, and
verify all switches. If you'd like to read them out as
you go through why we'll check them off down here too.
Over.
MITCHELL Okay, here we go.
CAPCOM And in the meantime would you have
A1 unstow his plus antenna and see if that helps any?
MITCHELL We've already done that.
CAP COM Roger, out.
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MITCHELL Okay, you want us to go through and

verify our power down circuit breaker configurations, is
that affirmative?
CAPCOM Negative. You can start - we got
comm modulator FM confirmed down here and we see T.V. sense
pulses so that's good. Start out with CDR's audio panel.
MITCHELL Okay, I am back - wait a minute - I am back
in CM right now, Bruce let's go to FM and try it.
CAPCOM Roger, we had had FM in the we didn't catch
you switching back.
MITCHELL Okay, I'm going down this now.
CAP COM Roger.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston, how do you read?
MITCHELL Houston, this is Ed, loud and clear.
CAPCOM Okay, got your in FM we're presently receiving
no data in FM, let's press on to CDR's audio panel.
MITCHELL EV closed.
PAO The crew on Antares are back-
tracking through some of the portable life support systems
communications procedures. Back-tracking because of an
apparent
MITCHELL CDR audio panel - CDR audio panel.
CAPCOM Okay, CDR audio panel.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston, over. Antares
_- - Ed, this is Houston, over. Antares, Antares, this is
Houston. Over.
MITCHELL Houston, this is Ed, how do you read
now?
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston, loud and clear.
How me ?
MITCHELL Okay. Bruce, it seems like I lost
you when I went to relay on on my panel, I get misappropriation
but still on Antares COMM. Is it not?
CAPCOM Roger. That's affirmative Ed.
And before you press on from here we'd like you to take the
modulate switch which is - standby.
MITCHELL Yeah, but I don't know what he said,
a lot of static came on the line. The relay - relay's on
(garbled) Okay Houston, how do you read now?
CAPCOM Standby please Ed. Go ahead Ed.
MITCHELL Okay. Okay, you wanted me to change
the modulate switch to PM- is that affirm?
CAPCOM Negative, that problem is cleared
up, we're now receiving FM data, so cancel that transmission.
MITCHELL Okay. I'm at the point now of going
back to the LMC audio panel, I will now transmit again
until I get all
CAPCOM Standby Ed. Hold at your present
configuration. Over.
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MITCHELL Got you. I'm holding. And Houston, A1 can read

you part of the time and not part of the time. I think it's be-
cause the relay's off over here right now.
CAPCOM Okay Ed, is - is that a change from
previous configuration? That is - was A1 not receiving
us at all before and he's now receiving us intermittantly.
MITCHELL He's receiving you.
CAPCOM Okay. Very good. I think it has to
do with the relays switch as well, let's ignore that and go on
for the moment.
CAP COM Standby please.
MITCHELL (garbled) Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Go ahead Antares.
MITCHELL I think a lot of this noise is
coming when I hit the (garbled) panel simultaneous with my
key in my umbilical.
CAPCOM Roger, I'm not copying the noise
that you're referring to.
MITCHELL Okay, then maybe its only noticeable
to us.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 113:29 GET MC-325/1

MITCHELL I don't know what it is. They're trying

to figure out what wrong with their com. They won't let me
go on until they fix it.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. At the present time
we are verifing our site configuration, that's the reason
for the hold at this point.
MITCHELL Okay, you are verifing your own configura-
tions, is that affirm?
CAP COM Thats affirmative.
PAO Apollo Con
MITCHELL Get your antenna down before you break it
off.
PAO Mission Control and Ed Mitchell continuing
to troble shoot the communications, dif - communications
dificulties in the
MITCHELL (GARBLE) looks great.
SHEPARD Put it any place.
SHEPARD (GARBLE)
PAO Trouble shooting going on with the commun-
ications dificulities in the crew members portable life
support system.
MITCHELL As of right now, we are only 20 minutes
behind time.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston.
MITCHELL Yep.
CAPCOM Ed, we would like you to put the relay
switeh on your panel to on for about 20 or 30 seconds dur-
ing which time we will try to establish communication with
A1 who I understand is still on AR and if that is unsucces-
full after about 20 or 30 seconds go back to OFF. over.
MITCHELL Okay, stand by. Let me verify his con-
figurations, alright. You should be in AR, okay, you are
in AR. Their are going to call you.
MITCHELL Okay, bruce. On my mark I will go to
relay ON. And stand by for your call. In 20 or 30 seconds
I'll come back and they'll call us.
SHEPARD Roger Ed.
MITCHELL Okay, 3 2 1 mark. They are going to call
you.
CAPCOM Antares, Antares, this is Houston calling
Al, do you read over?
CAPCOM Al, Al, this is Houston, do you read?
CAPCOM Antares, do you read over? Antares, this
is Houston, do you read over? Antares, this is Houston. Do
you read, over?
MITCHELL Okay Bruce, this is Ed, we both read you
loud and clear. A1 called back but you could aparently not
read him.
CAPCOM Roger, we understand you were both, you
through the LM and A1 through the PLSS reading us loud
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CAPCOM and clear. We heard nothing from you.

MITCHELL Okay. (GARBLE) that's probably the next
thing we will try. Apparently the relay switch must be
working, we were reading him. Houston, as a matter of
suggestion, remember we have been in secondary transmitter
receiver since before PDI, and I don't know that we have
ever establish that our primary is good or not good.
CAPCOM Roger, we copy, and would you verify
that the commander is either in the VOX mode on the first
or is
he pushing to talk?
MITCHELL Al, were you in VOX mode for sure?
Thats a verify, he was in box mode and I was reading in
com.
CAPCOM Roger, understand you were reading him
one board.
MITCHELL That's affirm. (GARBLE) Right. It
didn't look that big when we came over.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, over.
MITCHELL Go ahead Bruce.
CAPCOM Ed, we would like to reverse the relay
configuration on your corn panels, the summary of the
changes are that on the commanders panel, you will have
the relay switch ON. You will be in VHF ATR and B
receive. On the LMP pannel, relay switch will remain off
and you will go to VHF A off and VHF B off, over.
MITCHELL Okay, we've got it. We will reverse the
LMP and the PDR W panels.
CAPCOM Roger, and are you up on LM COMM now? Are
are you back up on the PLSS?
MITCHELL No, I'm still on LEM com. Bruce, don't
you want to try communicating with A1 just with his
relay on it before I can do anything else?
CAPCOM Roger, if you can set us up in this LEM
configuration, we can attempt to contact A1 through the
re lay mode.
MITCHELL Ok ay.
CAPCOM If no contact in about one minute, why, you
had better go back to the mode we've got now and contact
US ·
MITCHELL Okay, will do.
MITCHELL Okay, Al, put your PRTR relay on, relay
on.
SHEPARD On.
MITCHELL Mode VOX.
SHEPARD Mode VOX.
MITCHELL VHF ATR B receive.
SHEPARD VHF ATR B receive.
MITCHELL B received.
SHEPARD B received.
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MITCHELL Okay, the lines good. TR TR off, VOX

ATR Breceive, Okay, now give them a call.
SHEPARD Houston, this is Al, how do you read?
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston, loud and clear.
How us over?
SHEPARD Houston, this is Al, how do you read?
MITCHELL They' re reading you.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. We are reading you
loud and clear. LMP's audio - panel- -
SHEPARD I'm not reading them.
CAPCOM LMP's audio pannel should be VHF ALPHA
and BRAVO off, over.
MITCHELL Hou'ston, that's affirmative, ALPHA and
BRAVO are OFF. I am reading you, A1 does not seem to be,
give him another call.
CAPCOM Al, Al, we - -
SHEPARD Houston, this is Al. Testing 1 2 3 4 5
4321.
CAPCOM Al, Al, this is Houston. We are reading
you loud and clear.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston, reading you loud
MITCHELL Give him a long count and let him, give
him a long count and let him try to adjust his volum and
see if that is part of it.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. Long count. 1 2
SHEPARD I can hear you now.
CAPCOM 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0. Adjust the wheel for
Houston. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Over.
MITCHELL Both of them are maximum and can't hear
anything.
CAP COM Ok ay.
MITCHELL Houston, He has full volume up and it is
not receiving.
CAPCOM Roger. How is he reading you?
MITCHELL Do you read me Al, are do you hear me through
here? Okay, he is not reading me, we are just talking in the
cockpit.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston.
MITCHELL I'm back on audio.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston -
MITCHELL (GARBLE)
CAPCOM verify that A1 is in the AR mode.
MITCHELL Go in AR.
SHEPARD I' m in AR.
MITCHELL Okay, verified.
CAPCOM I understand that you have gone to the
extreme position on the volume control.
SHEPARD I'm back in AR.
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CAPCOM I understand Al's gone to the extreme

position on the volume controls. I'll give you a long
count here and why don't you have him circle or run the
wheels from one end to the other and see if at any point
along the line he receives anything. Over.
SHEPARD Okay, rev back on that wheel all the
way Ed.
MITCHELL Yea, I saw the way you, the way you
cycled it, all one way then the other.
SHEPARD Ye a.
MITCHELL We have already done that and we still
don't receive anything.
CAP COM Roger. Out.

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MITCHELL Counterclockwise is thataway.

MITCHELL As you look at it counterclockwise,
right? As you look down counterclockwise.
SHEPARD Ye ah.
CAPCOM Ed. This is Houston.
MITCHELL Go ahead.
CAPCOM Ed we'd like you to set up with yourself
in mode Alpha. A1 in mode Bravo and attempt a COMM check
between the two of you and you with us. Over.
MITCHELL Okay. Say again which one you want
wh t ch.
CAPCOM We want A1 in mode Bravo and yourself in
mode Alpha.
MITCHELL Okay. A1 in Bravo. Me in Alpha and
we will try our COMM check again.
CAP COM Roger.
MITCHELL Bravo.
MITCHELL Houston for that check. That verb do you
still want VHF A, VHF B off on the LMP panel.
CAPCOM That's affirmative and on the Commander's
panel it's AIR and B received. We have reversed the relay
routing through the CDR and LMP audio panels.
MITCHELL Understand that.
MITCHELL Does your ATR and B receive, right.
SHEPARD Right.
MITCHELL Okay. Let's - you go Bravo. I go Alpha
GARBLE on the PLSS. GARBLE.
SHEPARD Hold it still. GARBLE Just a minute.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston. The
crew aboard Antares essentially in a hold in the crew check-
list. Experienced difficulties with the portable life sup-
port systems communications. We'll standby and continue to
monitor. This is Apollo Control, Houston.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. How do you read on
Alpha.
MITCHELL GARBLE trouble. I think that circuit
breaker was off.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. Now do you read?
MITCHELL Houston. This is Ed, how do you read?
CAPCOM Loud and clear, Ed.
MITCHELL Check to make sure your audio circuit
breaker is in.
SHEPARD Okay. It's in.
CAPCOM Ed this is Houston. Loud and clear.
MITCHELL That's good. GARBLE.
MITCHELL You go to B. I go to A.
SHEPARD I 'm B .
CAPCOM Ed this is Houston. Over.
MITCHELL Houston this is Ed, how do you read?
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MITCHELL Houston this is Ed. How do you read?

CAPCOM Ed this is Houston. Loud and clear.
SHEPARD This is Al, how do you read?
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston.
MITCHELL I'm going to try once more.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. If you're in mode B
you shouldn't be able to read me but I'm reading you loud
and clear.
MITCHELL Let's go to AR now.
SHEPARD Let's go to AR. Reconfigure the vent.
SHEPARD Put your relay on. No, no leave it right
where it is. Doing fine. Don't touch a thing.
MITCHELL Okay. Houston this is Ed, how do you
read?
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. Loud and clear.
How me. Over.
MITCHELL Roger. Loud and clear. Try Al.
SHEPARD This is Al. How do you read, Houston.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. Loud and clear.
How me? Over.
SHEPARD Loud and clear.
CAPCOM Hey, beautiful.
SHEPARD Okay. I think we got our problem solved.
CAPCOM Okay. The word from down here is don't
touch a thing.
SHEPARD Yeah, we're in good shape. We're just
going to leave it right where it is.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SHEPARD Okay, where are we in the great scheme
of things?
MITCHELL Okay. Right in through here. We've done
all our COMM check.
SHEPARD All right.
SHEPARD We're still in FM, are we not?
MITCHELL Yea. We want to stay in FM.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Circuit breakers in.
MITCHELL Fine systems prep.
SHEPARD Okay. I'll read out for you. Panel 16,
cabin REPRESS verified closed. GARBLE circuit breakers.
MITCHELL Okay. Go again.
SHEPARD Verify cabin-REPRESS breaker closed.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD suit fan Delta P open.
MITCHELL Suit fan, Delta P open.
SHEPARD Suit Fan 2 open.
MITCHELL Suit fan 2 open.
SHEPARD GARBLE. I'll get it.
MITCHELL Okay.
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SHEPARD And I got a master alarm. The fifth -

MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Is the GARBLE COMM light on?
MITCHELL It will take a few minutes.
SHEPARD We should check and see if it's on.
MITCHELL GARBLE.
MITCHELL Okay it must be -
MITCHELL Just take a little while for it to run
down.
MITCHELL GARBLE.
SHEPARD Okay. CPS converter full egress.
MITCHELL Okay. Full egress.
SHEPARD GARBLE egress.
SHEPARD GARBLE relief auto, verify.
SHEPARD I'll get 'em.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Put the relief forward.
MIT CH ELL S t an dby.
SHEPARD TEMP gas return in egress.
SHEPARD Okay. Ready for the OPS hookup.
MITCHELL Okay. OPS hookup.
SHEPARD Go on you first.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Move the 02 actuater if you will bend
over a little bit.
SHEPARD GARBLE OFF.
MITCHELL DOFF but yeah it's back up Ken.
MITCHELL I'll put it down for you.
SHEPARD Okay. Give it to me.
SHEPARD Up and away we go. Ail snapped up nice
and clean on top.

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SHEPARD Okay, two actuators unstowed and

are connected to the RCU.
PAO With the comm difficulty cleared up -
cleared up, Antares is about 50 minutes behind in the timeline.
SHEPARD (garble) loosened. Disconnected -
disconnect to one of the hoses.
MITCHELL Al, hold up here, I'm slow.
SH EPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL better get your antenna down before
you break it (garble).
SHEPARD Okay, the LM hoses are off, and
we'll lay them down there.
MITCHELL Good.
SHEPARD Okay just those two hoses to PGA.
MITCHELL Those two were secured for the ECS
system.
SHEPARD Right.
MITCHELL 2 CO2 H20 (garble)
MITCHELL (garble)
SHEPARD Okay, here it is. And you need a
purge valve.
MITCHELL Okay, a purge valve.
SHEPARD Okay, we've got a purge valve. It's
closed, on and trimmed and running a little slow.
MIT CHELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD Do you know where this thing is, Ed?
MITCHELL Yeah. Here it is. ON to AUT.
SHEPARD Ed.
MITCHELL Yeah.
SHEPARD Okay. (garble)
MITCHELL (garble) ball PGA (garble) valve to
niner.
SHEPARD Ok ay .
SHEPARD (garble) are vertical and repeat with
me .

MITCHELL Okay -
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston -
MITCHELL (garble) right there.
SHEPARD (garble - both talking at same time)
MITCHELL Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM We'd like to ensure that you reset
the master alarms on the water sep and we'd like you to verify
which panel has a relay mode ON. Over.
MITCHELL We've a problem with the (garble).
Stand by, Houston.
SHEPARD Turn it on.
MITCHELL It was - it was hung up on the cover
when it came up. It's still loose. Okay, that's -
SHEPARD Okay, the master alarm has been reset,
Hous ton.
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CAPCOM Okay, A]. Which audio panel has

the relay switch on? Over.
Shepard (garble)
CAPCOM Roger. OllL .
MITCHELL It will stay that way because we've
got a problem over on that one.. Oh, we do have two problems.
The first one was right there. Th_. second one was here with
the computer.
SHEPARD Okay .
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Ready? (garble) to connect these
babies .
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD The bulk (Yawn) okay (garble) two
loads .
MITCHELL Okay. A P F on 2.
SHEPARD PGA (garble). Okay, and we have a
purge valve. Okay, (garble) verify low. Bulb? Okay. Got
1OW .
MITCHELL Okay see where the apple is.
SHEPARD Okay?
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Next.
MITCHELL Okay, get your diverter valves vertical.
SHEPARD There you are.
MI TCHELL Ok ay .
SHEPARD Okay. Push your (garble).
MITCHELL Great.
SHEPARD Push your (garble).
SHEPARD (laughs) Ed. Alright.
MITCHELL I think they put champagne instead
of iodine in the LM water this time.
MITCHELL Okay present your legs.
SHEPARD Okay, you can close the descent water
va lye .
MITCHELL Okay, descent water valve. Closed.
SHEPARD Okay, Right down here. Back to reposition.
MITCHELL Okay. (garble).
SHEPARD Fan on.
MITCHELL Pull that leg over there and hold it.
and strap it down. Tighter.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Okay.
Mitchell Okay, purge fan on. Right (garble)
cleared. (garble) cleared.
SHEPARD My right leg is cleared, tone is
stopped.
MITCHELL Okay, my tone is stopped. Don helmets .
SHEPARD Okay.
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CAPCOM standing -
SHEPARD You' re what?
CAPCOM Standing by.
SHEPARD Okay, is your back pack position okay?
MITCHELL (garble) a mouth full of microphone
and I can' t get a drink.
SHEPARD Hey, get that buddy and latch onto
it.
MITCHELL Alright. I don't mind at all.
SHEPARD Okay, I think ttiat baby is about
re a dy.
MITCHELL Okay, let's snap it on.
SHEPARD That was the drink port.
PAO Standing by for a go for cabin depres.
MITCHELL (garble) I'm going to check in the
back.
SHEPARD Houston, this is Al, are you following
us on the checklist now?
CAPCOM That's affirmative, Al.
SHEPARD Okay.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/5/71,0825 CST,ii4:01 GET,MC-328/1

ANTARES Okay when you're ready to glove, let us

know.
ANTARES Yeah, it looks like we' re still
situating. Okay. They got - they got your comp material cable
at you work.
SHEPHARD Yes. Okay, helmets on.
MITCHELL Helmets on.
SHEPHARD Let's go EVA.
MITCHELL Translever on.
SHEPHARD Ri ght.
MITCHELL (garbled)
SHEPHARD That's down right.
MITCHELL Okay, let me look back there Al. I hate to
trust it without looking.
SHEPHARD Okay (garbled)
MITCHELL Okay. Levers are both on.
SHEPHARD LTG is as required.
MITCHELL There's something we're missing, better go
back and do that twice.
SHEPHARD What? You'll be incorrect.
MITCHELL Yeah. It's when we were in recycle.
SHEPHARD Did we. Yes, yes we did.
MITCHELL You still have some Irish penants floating loose hez
SHEPHARD This is real slow (garbled)
MITCHELL Let's go, ready to go. Back on you
Its locked now, didn't lock before. Now we figured it when
you're getting your (garbled) Ready to go? Okay. Yeah,
that's good.
SHEPHARD Okay.
MITCHELL Okay, we're ready to go LTG (garbled)
to the
SHEPHARD I'll bring the LTG. Don't forget
disconnect the LTG control as it is.
MITCHELL Okay
SHEPHARD And we can open up the LCG bump circuit
breaker on your circuit breaker panel. And
MITCHELL LCG pump circuit breaker open
SHEPHARD Okay, and got your LM water hose.
MITCHELL Connect PLSS water hose.
SHEPHARD And -
MITCHELL Get the umbilical out the way also.
SHEPHARD And we'll have to get this - get this
hang up. (gar_led). Okay, hold it.
MITCHELL r.- Okay. Got it.
SHEPHARD Okay. Get the water hose there.
MITCHELL Yes, they' re all connected.
SHEPHARD Okay, let me verify helmet and visor
and linement adjusted.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPHARD (garbled) now. Adjusted three oxygen connectors
locked.
MITCHELL Okay.
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SHEPHARD Three oxygen containers locked.

MITCHELL Three, two, three didn't lock right.
SHEPHARD Okay, (garbled) one first valve
locked.
MITCHELL First valve locked.
SHEPHARD Check your water connector.
MITCHELL Locked.
SHEPHARD The intercom connector.
MITCHELL It's locked.
SHEPHARD T.V. to me.
MITCHELL Okay. (garbled)
SHEPHARD Okay, the lever.
MITCHELL (garbled) turned on.
SHEPHARD CRU light.
MITCHELL Yes.
SHEPHARD (garb le d)
MITCHELL Okay, both connectors.
SHEPHARD One there red, one there blue, locked.
One there blue locked, okay?
MITCHELL purge valve on.
SHEPHARD purge valve on and locked.
MITCHELL Water connector.
SHEPHARD Water connector is on and locked.
MITCHELL One connected.
SHEPHARD One connector is on and locked.
MIT CHELL Ok ay.
SHEPHARD Ready for EVA circuit breaker con-
figuration.
MITCHELL Let's go circuit breakers.
SHEPHARD N - E -

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SHEPARD Okay, its regu:l_kily configured here.

MITCHELL Okay, I verify no problems in the right
handed window, you can try the je_Lison bag.
MIT CHELL (GARBLE)
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Okay, we can down EV plug.
PAO C__V_ing their suit assemblies.
MITCHELL Okay. Verify your wrist locks and you
gloves straps. Oh, you not on y'et.
SHEPARD Not quite.
MITCHELL The strap.
SHEPARD Well lets see now. Arm rest.
MITCHELL Okay, we'll get it in a minute.
PAO Downing their gloves now.
SHEPARD Okay. My gloves are on now and --
MITCHELL Thank you.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Okay. Let's flip the converter to
minimum.
SHEPARD Okay (GARBLE)
MITCHELL Verified minimum
SHEPARD Mini mum.
MITCHELL Turn your pump on and that's to the right.
_, SHEPARD I'm coming on now. Okay, can hear it
rum]lng, feel it getting cool. (GARBLE) egress Okay,
ready to put mode 02 on. Put 02 on. Ok 025 (GARBLE)
PAO The crew now starting a - -
SHEPARD 02 coming up.
PAO preasure integrity check.
SHEPARD This side clear. 3.2. 02 side clear 3.7
Pete are you ready for the one minute check.
CAPCOM Am I reading you?
SHEPARD Okay, try. Okay, do you read me now?
CAPCOM Yes, sure do.
SHEPARD I was reading you.
CAP COM Ye a.
SHEPARD Okay.
CAPCOM Okay, you ready to bring PLSS 02 up?
SHEPARD Okay, where are we.
SHEPARD We' 11 do it at 20 coming up.
CAP COM (GARBLE) Gage decay
SHEPARD Okay, my 02 is off.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, we're one minute. Both
suits are tight. Plss 02 is going back on and we are
standing by for cabin depress.
CAPCOM Roger stand by Antares.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. You are go
for cabin depress. Be sure and give us a mark when you
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CAPCOM start your watch. At the second depress.

SHEPARD Ail okay. Okay, circuit breaker cabin
repress open.
MITCHELL Okay, open now.
SHEPARD Cabin repress valve closed.
MITCHELL Closed now.
SHEPARD Okay, and lets check the-
MITCHELL First lets get the over head, I think
it would be easier, don't you?
SHEPARD I can get the forward one.
MITCHELL Okay .
SHEPARD I' 11 go down and get that. Let me know
1, 3.5.
MITCHELL Okay, I think I'm going to be in your
way.
SHEPARD No, I'm alright.
MITCHELL Is that it. Okay, drop her on down.
SHEP ARD Good, good.
MITCHELL Can you get the latch out of the way?
SHEPARD I don't know. There we come.
MITCHELL Okay. Rev 3 4 5. Move forward.
SHEPARD Rev 3 5.
MITCHELL Okay, not quite, but your on now. Theres
3 5 and holding. Okay.
SHEPARD I've got 4.9.
MITCHELL 4. 85 and holding.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Okay, cabin's at 35.
SHEPARD (GARBLE)
MITCHELL is 45.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL PGA is forward and coming on down.
MITCHELL We are ready to start our watches.
CAPCOM Roger, give us a mark.
SHEPARD Okay, 3 2 1 mark it. We're off and run-
ing. Time 0.
MITCHELL Okay. Over here, let's see forward dump
valve open now.
SHEPARD Okay, all good now.
SHEPARD Okay, turn on.
MITCHELL Turn on water flag A.
MITCHELL Water flag A. 9 lbs preasure. Calm
cabin. .65 on the cabin and a half a pound in the cagin. You
might see if you can get the door open.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2-5-71, 0804 CST, 114:20 GET, 330/1

MITCHELL I'm going to drop a little bit more. It's

pretty loophole there.
SHEPARD Yeah, you got a lot of surface area in
that hatch.
PAO Cabin DEPRESS at 114 hours, 19 minutes.
SHEPARD Don't try now.
MITCHELL GARBLE. GARBLE.
SHEPARD Okay, it should be almost zero now.
MITCHELL Okay, we're showing a tenth of a pound
right now.
SHEPARD There it comes.
MITCHELL Okay. Final prep, PLSS feed.
MITCHELL PLSS feed water.
SHEPARD Did you hold it for M clear?
MITCHELL Ye, I got it.
MITCHELL Okay, I"ve got it now. Straighten up.
SHEPARD That's silly - you have GARBLE.
SHEPARD There we go.
MITCHELL Okay.
MITCHELL PLSS feedwater OPEN.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL We're waiting for the water flag.
SHEPARD GARBLE.
MITCHELL Don't have the ECS caution light.
SHEPARD Go ahead, Ed.
MITCHELL Oh, I see. You' re going to run dim.
SHEPARD Okay.
SHEPARD Just where you see them over there.
MITCHELL Okay. Getting a water sight clear here in
a minute.
MITCHELL Okay LM pg is getting down to about usable
pressure or 4. 3 now. Picture is dead.
SHEP ARD ()kay Z42.
MITCHELL We will he able to work in a minute.
Okay. GARBLE is good. We have a water sep light. GARBLE.
CAPCOM Ed this is Houston. We're showing your
feed loader pressure going up. You ought to be in business
shortly .
MITCHELL Roger. Water pressure water flag is
clear. That's great.
SHEPARD ltow's GARBLE.
MITCHELL Pressure is aft, you're water flag about
clear?
SHEPARD Don't know -
CAPCOM Al's pressure is rising now it ought to
clear momentarily.
SHEPARD Okay, Al's water flag is clear.
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MITCHELL GARBLE
MITCHELL GARBLE. Okay.
SHEP ARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD (garbled) dim.
MIT CH ELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD (garbled) starts the VET.
MITCHELL Ail right VET is stopped. Want the hatch
the rest of the way open?
SHEP ARD Re ady.
MITCHELL Two REG monitor. Okay. Forward hatches
OPEN. Lower your visor.
MITCHELL Let me get a picture of (garbled)
MITCHELL Can you reach everything now?
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Stay right there. I'm going to help you.
SHEPARD Ail the way down.
MITCHELL Right way? Okay, very good.
MITCHELL Now get your antenna as you go out.
SHEPARD Ail right. Starting out the door.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/5/71,0850 CST,114:27 GET,MC-331/1

MITCHELL Get your press down low, roll toward

me ,
SHEPARD Okay, come on over
MITCHELL ()kay, there you go. Now you're clear. Get your
head down as soon as you can. Back right on out. That's great.
Wait a minute, let me get your antenna hold it.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL you'll hvve to get mine when I come out.
Okay, you're clear. Go on out.
SHEPARD Okay, clear of the hatch. Give me
a jettison bag.
MITCHELL Roger, let me get over here on the
other side so I can get to it.
PAO The Jettison bag has materials the
crew will not use on lunar exploration.
MITCHELL I'm hung up on something now.
SHEPARD Probably that -
MITCHELL It's the door handle. I got it loose now.
SHEPARD Okay, very good.
MITCHELL Okay, jettison bag coming at you.
SHEPARD Okay. Okay, now standing by for the
LE C.
MITCHELL Okay.
PAO Shortly Shephard will be throwing the
equipment conveyor belt
SHEPARD While he's working on the LEC, let me
comment that it certanly is a stark place here
at Fra Mauro. I think it's made all the more stark by
the fact that the sky is completely black.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
SHEPARD Okay, I have the conveyor now. Have
the bag. And it's deployed, and standing by to deploy the
MESA. And the MESA has released properly Houston.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SHEPARD Starting down the ladder.
CAP COM Roger.
PAO The MESA has been deployed.
CAPCOM Okay Al, beautiful, we can see you
coming down the ladder right now, it looks like you're
about on the bottom step. And on the surface. Not bad
for an old man.
SHEPARD Okay, you're right. A1 is on the
surface, and it's been a long way, we're here. Now I can see the
reason we have tilt because we landed on a slope,
the landing gear struts appear to be about evenly depressed.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SHEPARD I'm moving around, getting familiar - getting
familiar with the surface. The surface on which the forward foot-
pad landed is extremely soft, as a matter of fact its in a small de-
pression. The - the soil is so soft that it comes all
the way to the top of the footpads, it even folded over
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SHEPARD the sides to some degree. The same

is true of the plus-y strut.
CAP COM Roger.
SHEPARD Okay, we'll move on over. Take a
look at Fra Mauro, or take a look at Contact I should say.
(garbled) where it should be and it's a very impressive
sight. And -
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston, you are
go for two man EVA. Over.
MITCHELL Roger, Houston. Thank you.
SHEPARD And continuing, we can see the
boulders on the rim. It looks as though we have a good
traverse route up to the top of Cone. I can see Cone
ridge

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2-5 7i, 0856 CST 11433 GET, 332 1

SHEPARD to the top of Cone. I can see Cone

Ridge going on to the north. That's very apparent. I'm
moving over to adjust the MESA.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
MITCHELL Houston. I'm finishing up my check -
or paper check and I'll be ready to go out shortly.
CAPCOM Roger. Ed.
SHEPARD Okay, the MESA is adJusted_ Going
over to remove the MET blanket.
MITCHELL Okay, Al, Itm starting out.
SHEPARD Okay.
PAO Mitchell coming out now.
PAO Shepard tilting the MESA up slightly
now to get the MET, which is the pull cart out from under it.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, we can see you coming down
the ladder, now.
MITCHELL And it's very great to be coming
down.
CAP COM Roger. Following step.
MITCHELL That last one is a long one.
MITCHELL And, check, very easy to do. A little
push and just spring right up.
CAPCOM I guess we got there with those long
leg (garble)
MITCHELL Yeah, sure glad they did too. That's
great.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. Have you released
the MET, yet? Over.
MITCHELL He's releasing it now.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, the MET is finally
clear of the MESA.
MITCHELL Al, I'm going to come over. I'm not
getting my antenna out before I lose comm here in the minute.
SHEP ARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL If I go around the corner or something.
SHEPARD Okay, Just drop this baby over here.
PAO The MET will be placed on one of the
footpads.
MITCHELL (garble)
SHEPARD Okay, if you'll stop here a minute
I'll get your antenna out. Stand by one. Okay, you're now
deployed. Okay.
MITCHELL Thank you.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, the MESA has been
stowed on the fourth line footpad.
CAPCOM Roger. Out.

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MITCHELL And going back to adjust the MESA.

Mobility very grave up to this pressing 1/6 G hold,
Houston.
CAP COM Now do.
PAO Shepard now adjusting the television.
MITCHELL And looking at Cone Crater A1 was looking
a short time ago it doesn't appear there is going to be any
trouble getting the bart up Cone Crater.
CAPCOM The backup crew copies.
SHEPARD We knew the troops would.
MITCHELL I knew they would.
SHEPARD We knew the troop from the ground would be
glad to hear that.
PAO Backup crew here in Mission Control.
CAPCOM Okay, and here comes the lens cap.
SHEPARD The mesa blanket is coming off here loose.
CAP COM Roger. Mesa blanket.
SHEPARD You'll lose television for a moment.
SHEPARD Okay. That's beautiful.
MITCHELL Okay when you are.
PAO The foil coating now off the MESA.
MITCHELL Let m give you a hand and we'll get it
done.
SHEPARD Okay. Got it back ON?
MITCHELL Yeah.
SHEP ARD Really. Great.
SHEPARD Okay the lens cap is going on now Houston.
Want me to set up a tripod.
CAPCOM (garbled) this is Houston request EMU
status checker.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston. LMP is 3.75 PSI. GARBLE.
85 percent, all flags GO.
CAPCOM Roger, men cooling.
SHEPARD Men cooling.
MITCHELL Men cooling.
CAPCOM Go ahead Al.
SHEPARD Okay CDR here with 81 percent, PDR is
81 percent, 3.75, no flags, men cooling.
CAP COM Roger. Out.
PAO You're looking good down here. Shepard
now setting the TV up on a tripod.
MITCHELL Houston, GARBLE, getting that television
overhead and getting my contingency sample put it all the
way.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
PAO Mitchell now getting the contingency
sample. This should be about 2 to 4 pounds of lunar materials.
MITCHELL Houston, the contingency sample is being
taken about 25 feet to the to 0100 position of the LM,
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MITCHELL adjacent to a- got a five foot crater

and I'll identify it for you later.
CAP COM Roger out.

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CAPCOM Roger. Out.

MITCHELL Do you want to watch the cable
as they go out?
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. Would you verify
the lens is still capped. Over.
SHEP ARD That's affirmative.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO Shepard positioning the television
to get a view of the MESA and ladder area on Antares.
SHEPARD (garble) Okay, it's about 50 feet,
I would say.
MITCHELL Why don't we get all the cable out
while we're at it?
SHEPARD Very good, pull it (garble).
MITCHELL Okayo Let me get this contingency
sample folded up.
PAO The television being positioned about
50 feet out.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston, our line scan is
off. We're aiming for the general area of mesa. Al, could
you pull the rest of this cable out away from the MESA area.
SHEPARD Yeah, you've got about 30-foot zoom
under there, look.
CAPCOM Okay, I think you can zoom in a little
more. Let's try at 40 here.
CAPCOM Okay, and on the F stop, Al, we'd
like to stop it down one additional stop. That's toward the
higher numbers.
SHEPARD Okay, it's going from 22 to 44 and I
will zoom it to forty - stand by.
CAPCOM Okay. Hold the zoom there and the
position looks good, also.
SHEPARD Okay, how about the F stop?
SHEPARD Is the F stop satisfactory for you?
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. See if you can
stop it down a little more. Run it up - run the diaphragm
ring up against the stop, there. It's still a little bright.
SHEPARD Okay, right up against the stop.
MITCHELL It's against the stop, Houston.
CAP COM Roger. Stand by.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. Request you go
to peak control.
SHEPARD Okay. Going to peak.
SHEP ARD (garble) satisfactory?
CAPCOM Okay, Al, now, we'd like to open it up
to F- 22.
SHEPARD Ok ay.

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SHEPARD Okay, this is the f attachment to

F22, ready to go?
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston, would you confirm
that you're at f22 now.
SHEPARD Okay, I'm confirming that I'm in
peak and I'm at F22.
CAPCOM And while we're waiting for the
television adjustment the 2:30 position approximately
50 feet where the camera is, is slightly uphill
we see that the back land on the elevation. The Down Slope.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston -
SHEPARD You can see almost a basin, go ahead
CAPCOM Roger, A1 this is Houston, we'd like
to go back to average and f44 stop down all the way and
then leave it there.
SHEPARD Okay, this is the last adjustment.
f 44.
CAPCOM Roger, and back to zoom out to about 35.
SHEPARD And - and I'm going to average.
And back to zoom out to 35. And how does that look?
CAP COM Be auti ful.
SHEPARD Okay, pressing on. The S-band
antenna.
CAP COM Roger, press.
SHEPARD Again continuing - continuing, the
soil is very fine here. Fine grain and as we mentioned
before there are very few samples that are of any size at
all. Mostly ant sample size and a box of generally under
two inches or less.
MITCHELL Houston, as you can see the
SSC cable is deployed. BB is emptied and I'm putting the
lot of testers in it now.
CAPCOM Roger Ed, and you did leave the
contigency sample on the ladder?
MITCHELL That's affirmative, that's where it
is.
SHEPARD Houston, it looks as though we've
landed in a fairly rough place.
MITCHELL Yes, indeed it does. I understand
you got your front landing gear into a hole.
PAO Beat heart rates for both crew members who
were Just off the ladder, Shepard down at 120, Mitchell
at 124, reading now in the 70 to 85 range.
MITCHELL Okay Houston, I have the - can you
see Al, getting up to the flag.
CAP COM Roger Ed.
MITCHELL Am I still in your field of view
Houston.
CAP COM That's affirmative.
PAO Mitchell deploying the solar end
experiment now.
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SHEPARD Okay, Al's bring the S-band antenna

around.
CAPCOM Roger Al, we're watching you.
SHEPARD You see.
PAO Shepard moving towards us now.

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PAO Now setting up the erectable S band

antenna, that's A1 Shepard.
MITCHELL Time Houston, we have (garbled) in place.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. That's 114 plus 53 plus 48
GET. SWC.
MITCHELL Okay.
PAO Solar wind experiment now positioned by
Ed Mitchell.
MITCHELL Houston, the LR tubes coming off.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
PAO A1 Shepard is deploying the S band antenna
legs at this time.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. If you would give
us the commentary on how the legs go into the surface.
SHEPARD Okay, the legs are in the surface approximately
1 inch, I would say, due to the fairly equal all the way around
perhaps the legs of the last is in an inch and a half.
CAPCOM Roger, we were driving more at force penitration
and did you meet any rocks or anything like that?
SHEPARD I didn't attempt to run any kind of experiment.
CAPCOM Roger, I copy.
SHEPARD Forcing the legs down I just -
PAO Shepard has positioned the antenna legs
into the lunar surface.
MITCHELL Here comes the S band antenna cable.
CAPCOM Looks more like a kangaroo.
MITCHELL Al, you're too far away. It shouldhave more
cable than that, its hung up.
MITCHELL Okay, Al, we were in respect to the cable. I'm
afraid you' re too far away.
SHEPARD Well, go on to get maximum length for moving
on in.
MITCHELL Thats better. It looks big. Yea, I want
to do that to.

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MITCHELL Is it off? Oh, good, Al.

SHEPARD Okay, we'll bring it in.
MITCHELL Right over here. Right about in here
anywhere will probably do it.
SHEPARD We ought to put it right here to get
it level.
MITCHELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD Okay. Can you reach that?
MITCHELL Oh yeah.
SHEPARD Okay, if you want to stand clear, we'll
blow the antenna.
MITCHELL Sit her up.
SHEPARD Okay, here we go.
MITCHELL It's hung up at the top.
SHEP ARD Bas e?
MITCHELL Yep. If you'll tilt it over toward
me without dropping it, I'll get it unhung for you.
SHEPARD Alrighty.
SHEPARD Ready for it?
MITCHELL Good. Lower it on down.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Keep coming. Okay, set her up.
SHEPARD Okay. All kinds of free bees into
these simulations.
CAPCOM Roger. I've got the boys in the back
room working overtime.
PAO The antenna pops out like an upside
down umbrella.
MITCHELL Okay.
MITCHELL Sure you got it?
SHEPARD Seems to be.
MITCHELL Okay, there it is, way up there.
SHEPARD Hey, how does that look (garble)?
MITCHELL Looks like it's getting close. Let
me get on the glass.
SHEPARD Very good, turn it to the left a little more.
MITCHELL (garbled) changes a little bit.
PAO Shepard giving an eyeball alinement
toward earth.
SHEPARD That's good.
MITCHELL Okay. I don't see it, Al.
SHEPARD I'll Just put it back down again.
SHEP ARD Okay.
MITCHELL Okay. I think my first, my OPS is
hitting is.
SHEPARD Alright. Just a second, let me back
about - I'll Just pull this a little bit.
SHEPARD Okay, that's about it for azimuth - all come
down a little bit.
MITCHELL Okay.
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SHEPARD Let me Just check through and see if

that's the way you want to go.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, coming down a little bit.
MITCHELL Here goes.
SHEPARD Hold it.
MITCHELL Back up just a little bit. Right
there. Okay, I have the earth centered.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston. Boresighted the (garble)
dark side and all.
CAPCOM This is Houston. Roger.
SHEPARD Okay. The S-band antenna has been
erected and alined and the cable has been attached.
MITCHELL And I'll go back, and the switch.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL Okay.
CAPCOM And we'd like to get an EMU status
report as you go by.
SHEPARD Okay, the CDI is reading 3.75, reading
76 in the 02. I have no flags, I'm still minimum's low
and I'm comfortable.
MITCHELL Okay, and this is Ed. I'm reading
3.75 -

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MITCHELL IT APPEARS THAT I'm reading 37.5, about

75 percent CO2, no flag, minimum cooling and I'm very com-
fortable.
CAPCOM Roger. Out. Are going to bring contingency sample
into the EPR.
PAO MARK 45 minutes since CABIN DEPRESS.
MITCHELL Hey, Bruce is any appreciable dust flying
off these boots. I'd like not to take ali that dirt in there.
CAPCOM I didn't notice any on the TV.
SHEPARD GARBLE.
MITCHELL Good. Houston, I'm back in the LM.
CAP COM Roger Ed.
MITCHELL Cut out a great deal of problems. About
getting ready to switch t:o lunar stay. Give me a call and
if I don't hear you in about 30 seconds we will go back.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. You're GO to switch
to lunar stay. Go ahead.
MITCHELL Ed, Houston, this is Ed, how do you read?
CAPCOM Loud and clear, Ed.
MITCHELL Okay you're on the erectable antenna.
CAPCOM Roger and how are you reading us.
MITCHELL Loud and clear.
CAP COM Be auti ful.
MITCHELL Okay, Owen, I'm ready for the ETB most
any time.
SHEPARD Okay, bring it on up.
PAO Shepard now transferring the contingency
sample up the conveyor belt, the first lunar material to
go to the LM.
CAPCOM And did the contingency sample get in
there.
SHEPARD That's affirmative.
MITCHELL Wouldn't never do for us to leave that one
behind Bruce.
SHEPARD Okay, well Ed's loading up the ETB.
MITCHELL Don't I wish it -
SHEPARD Ed is loading up the ETB. Oh, Ed is load-
ing up the ETB, sort of a general planning site. We are,
in fact, in a you know low area. There seems to be a general
swale or a wide valley between the triplet crater and the
doublet craters and we are on the down hillside of this
particular point. It levels off at a lower elevation to the
left of the LM approximately 15 feet lower there and then
it starts back up to the rim of doubling. It's a very uneven
landing area here and of course like all of the sections
that we've noticed_pock marked by a minus amount of craters. A
surface here as we pointed out is mostly climbs and I hate to dis-
_uss any kind ol lineations here that remain in the vicinity of
the LM because I can see very definite indications of the
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SHEPARD radial thrust pattern caused by the descent

engine. And any other lineal-

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SHEPARD Apparent. Saturated here in the area.

There were perhaps half a dozen very large rocks at the 1:00
position from the LM, but perhaps some ejecta from
Cone, but they don't seem to have a particular ray pattern.
They probably are ejected from Doublet. Because they
appear to be closer to Doublet than they do Triplet. They
are a lighter gray in material, excuse me - the material
is lighter gray in color and I'm certain we'll get some of
those samples on the way back from ALSEP deployment.
It's very difficult to assess any kind of stratigraphy
right now, looking back at it, because we're looking into
the sun at a low sun angle, and it's Just not the right
direction to view that crater or looking for stragigraphy
But there certainly are boulders on it. From
here it looks as though they are at least 20 feet in dia-
meter, perhaps at least the ones we can see here in the western
slope, they appear to be grouped fairly close to the rim of
the crater, and not too many large boulders on down the
sides of the slopes, the outside rim. Then again, it looks
as though the (garble) is traveling slowly forward and slowly to
the right, as you'll see from the photographs. That's the direction
of the landing gear probes. As they are bent. The foot path plus
Y, for example, has a drag pattern of approximately one foot
in the dust. Okay, Ed How are you up there?
MITCHELL Okay Al, I've got it loaded and about
ready to start down with it now.
SHEPHARD Okay.
MITCHELL Just another minute. I have IFA came loose
from the straps and that's being a great major headache.
CAPCOM Okay Ed, before you start transferring, you
want to verify contents and ATV.
MITCHELL Okay, let me give you a call on them, Bruce
i put in one black and white camera, one television
camera, two Hasselblads, one TDS, two 16 mm Mags. and two
maps .
CAPCOM Roger, did you get the 16 mm camera
with mag. attached?
PAO Mitchell passing equipment back to
Shepard, on the lunar surface.
MITCHELL I guess we're going to need that one.
SHEPARD Yeah, that's the one that's supposed
to photograph you coming down the ladder.
MITCHELL Oh oh, all of the contingency, the disposal con-
tainer just fell out on the floor. Just a minute. Got
the camera.
PAO Shephard will take pictures - motion pictures
of Ed Mitchell as he comes back down the ladder.
SHEPARD Okay Houston, with respect to the
erosion pattern, directly into the engine valve there is
very little erosion. Most of the erosion occurs about 3
feet to the south

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MITCHELL (garble) for the period location of the valve.

That's probably where the bunch was when the engine was
cut off, and the LEM slowly drifted to the north-west, so
there.
SHEPARD Perhaps you can see from your cameras
Houston, the view off to the south is an undulating hill, and
I would estimate that hill back there to the south is, oh
perhaps about 100 feet higher than we are.
CAPCOM Roger.
MITCHELL Okay Al, I am ready to bring this down.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Wait a minute. Got it.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Okay, let her come gentily.
SHEPARD Ail righty.
SHEPARD Okay, just a second here and we'll give
it a little more attention. Coming over the sill, put a
little more attention please there you are. Okay, coming over the
steps now. Okay, prepare the steps and I'll take it down
slowly.
MITCHELL Do you have it in hand.
SHEPARD negative.
SHEPARD Just hold it right there for a minute. Okay ease
it down a couple of feet. Okay I have it now, thank you.
MITCHELL And it is all yours.
SHEPARD Very good I've got it.
MITCHELL Right coming out again.
CAPCOM Okay, we'll give A1 a few seconds to
get the camera -
PAO The equipment bag is down now as advertised.
We're at 56 minutes since cabin repress or depress. The
bag being attached to the MESA now.
CAPCOM Okay, are you about ready.
SHEPARD Okay stand by one. Okay, one (GARBLE)
is coming off. Okay, come on down.
MITCHELL Okay (GARBLE)
PAO Ed Mitchell coming back down the ladder.
MITCHELL But not to far. Tell me when I hit the
bottom step.
SHEPARD You're at the bottom step.
MITCHELL I'm on it?
SHEPARE Yep.
MIT CHELL Okay.

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MITCHELL I'm going to miss the LRQ (GARBLE)

SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL And I'm down.
SHEPARD Okay, camera stopped, Houston.
CAP COM Ro ger.
MITCHELL Okay, not one flag.
CAPCOM Okay, we're right on the time liner. Right
to the minute.
MITCHELL Okay, I'll take the camera while you get
the flag set up. Okay. I'll go off to the left over there by
the SWC. It will be on television.
SHEPARD It will be the best place I guess.
MITCHELL Okay. F 8.
PAO Shepard and Mitchell will deploy the
American flag now.
MITCHELL The camera was on 160 and I hope it got
bumped there.
SHEPARD Ed, that's where it is supposed to be
for you. Roger 28612.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Okay got it?
MITCHELL Aim my camera out there at about the right
spot.
SHEPARD Okay, let's see. Up there on the right.
Be okay .
MITCHELL Let's see where you're pointing.
SHEPARD Over here on the right.
MITCHELL Okay, let me point a little bit further
around that way. Get out there in the sunlight with this
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Looks like its going
off the camera to the right.
SHEPARD How about that?
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. We still show you're
off
SHEPARD Okay, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, you're coming back in now.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Al, we're not going to fool around, we're
not going to be able to get it with a 16 now.
SHEPARD Maybe we can put it down here close by, ii
he wants.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. I think it would
look a lot better if you could bring it over closer towards the TV.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Put it right here in front of us Al.
CAPCOM Yea, maybe on this, on the TV camera, try
to the LEM shadow. At 130, 20 feet.
CAPCOM There you go, beautiful (GARBLE)
SHEP ARD Okay.
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MITCHELL Okay, camera going here.

CAPCOM Give me a mark.
MITCHELL Mark is ready.
CAPCOM Roger, out.
PAO The flag being positioned about 20 feet
from Antares.
MITCHELL Hows this Burce, look okay?
CAPCOM Roger, that's a good sight.

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CAPCOM Roger. That's a good site.

MITCHELL Okay. Going in very easily (garble)
CAPCOM Okay, now you're going off camera
to the right.
PAO That's Ed Mitchell in our center view.
CAPCOM Good.
MITCHELL Okay, I'll take a picture this
way and then we'll swing it around so they can see us in
television.
SHEPARD Alright.
CAPCOM Okay we can see it -
MITCHELL Okay, let me turn it around a little
to the (garble) now.
SHEPARD Okay. There we go.
MITCHELL I think I'm still too close to you, Al.
SHEPARD Except for the LM leg.
MITCHELL Yep.
SHEPARD Okay, and when your' re through, you
can flop it around so they can see it a little better on the
DC -
CAPCOM Okay, and which magazine are you using?
Ove r.
MIT CHELL Ok ay.
CAPCOM On the Hasselblad?
SHEPARD Indianapolis, Indiana.
CAPCOM Roger. Indianapolis, Indiana, but
that was my line.
MITCHELL (garble) is the TV cable, Al. Watch
your TV cable. (garble)
Got them both. Back up. Try it again. Okay, you're clear.
SHEPARD Okay.
PAO The crew is taking each other's
picture by the flag.
SHEPARD Okay. Ready?
MIT CHELL Re ady.
SHEPARD Okay. Got it.
CAPCOM What's the final exposure number?
MITCHELL (garble) give me a good orientation
for the flag.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, if you Just turn it broad
side -
SHEPARD 5 25.
CAPCOM If you turn it broad side of the TV
camera with the field to the TV camera right, there's 180
out from that would be better.
MIT CHELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD There you go. You got too far from
the mike.
CAP COM Copy, Al.
CAPCOM Okay, that's good on the flag.
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SHEPARD Okay, Houston.

MITCHELL Did you say 167
SHEPARD No.
MITCHELL Okay. 16 is off, Bruce.
CAP COM Roger. Stop.
CAPCOM You have about 3 minutes remaining
on that magazine Claremont, California.
MITCHELL Rog. We won't change it. Okay, I'm
going to press one out for the TV man, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger.
SHEPARD (garble) Ed. While, Ed is doing that,
A1 is going to proceed with photographing the landing gear.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
SHEPARD These pictures about the LM.
CAPCOM Roger. Using Indianapolis, Indiana.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston, I will on my first
sector per pad, I'll point a little bit more to the south.
PAO Mitchell will take a TV panorama of
the area.
CAPCOM 5 on this .
MITCHELL Rog. Okay, you're in zoom with 25;
focus (garble) up for an infinity. And how's your picture,
Houston?

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MITCHELL How is your picture, Houston?

MITCHELL Houston, this is Ed.
MITCHELL A1 -
CAPCOM Go ahead Ed.
MITCHELL Okay, how's your picture now?
CAPCOM Roger. It looks good. We can now pick
up -
MITCHELL Can you see the horizon?
CAPCOM That's affirmative. The horizon is about
two thirds of the way up from the bottom of the tube. The
flag is over near the left hand corner of the field of view
and that lower rise is sort of centered, with the small
crater off a foot.
MITCHELL Okay, that's just about where I wantqd it.
MITCHELL The horizon that you - the far horizon or
is it a ridge that seems to run around this bowl that we're
sitting in appears to be a ridge. It runs down from what
we called old nameless to the south and it runs to the west.
It seems to be roughly circular but of course we could be a
little bit deceived at this point on that score. The lit_tle
rise you see in front of us is
CAP COM Say Ed. _
MITCHELL a rise that showed on the map - the cra-
ters are on the map - since I don't have it handy - I'll
have to give you the coordinants later but I think that you
already know them. They are about 450 feet -
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston.
MITCHELL South of the - Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. If you're going to spend several
seconds describing each of these locations here after the
camera stays out you might Just as well zoom out a ways and
we'll pick up some features at random on higher magnification
and zoom back in when you go into the next 45 degree sector.
MITCHELL Okay. I've moved around to
the next sector now. And, it's looking down over what we
used to call Clover Leaf - although it's not obvious from
here what the clover leaf was. It is a fairly significant
crater about 250 to 300 yards' out and I'll try to come bring
it in for you.
MITCHELL GARBLE.
CAPCOM Yeah, you're doing fine. Keep zooming
if you've got any left. It's well centered.
MITCHELL Okay, let's zoom all the way.
CAP COM Okay, beautiful.
MITCHELL Okay, that crater is in a low spot, but
it's not the lowest spot in this dip that we're in. The
lowest spot that we will pick up in out next sector.
CAPCOM Okay bring it back down.
MITCHELL do the process because you won't be able
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MITCHELL to see it. Okay.

MITCHELL Al, I've got a sector to the right.
SHEPARD Roger.
MITCHELL Facing almost down sun.
CAPCOM All right, we got your shadow.
MITCHELL Okay, it's a very low spot. The deepest
part, I guess, of what we were calling clover leaf before,
although I did not realize how deep that depression was and
I still don't -
CAPCOM Okay, zoom out while you're talking.
MITCHELL Okay, can't quite get the relief in my
mind because it is so different that what I expected. What
you're looking at now, this deep part is to the south of
doublet and it's probably 75 to 100 feet below where we are.
CAPCOM Okay, you're aimed up a little high.
MITCHELL Up on the far side to above it. Okay,
how's that now?
CAPCOM A lot better. Say Ed you don't need to
stop talking when I talk if you can do both at once.
MITCHELL Okay. I have a little trouble listening
to you and talking at you too. That's not polite. Okay.
I'm bringing you back in and coming around through the west -
northwest and you should be able to see the distance doublet
crater and I've lost it now because of the sun angle but it's
Just about on the near horizon. I'm sorry there are three
mounds. Three regions. The near side, the -

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MITCHELL The nearside the nearest one the ridge that

the Doublet is on and then the far horizon. And I'll bring it
on out for you. Doublet is on the second, second hill that you
see.
CAPCOM Roger, we can see the ridges, and I
MITCHELL And I
CAPCOM And I can see a crater that probably
is Doublet.
MITCHELL Okay. We'll zoom back in and move on
around and I think I'll stop to finish up your task over there.
SHEPARD Negative. I'm still working at 8 o'clock.
MITCHELL Oh.
SHEPARD And I Just wonder, how come the camera
has the audacity to presume that we're wrong about Doublet
crater.
MITCHELL Very presumptious.
SHEPARD Okay Bruce, I'm coming around one
more sector, and you should be able to - I'm going to move
it just a little bit more and you should be able to see
the large rock, the four or five rocks I was talking about
in my discussion before we got out of the LM.
MITCHELL Now I' 11 zoom in on those if I may.
CAP COM Yes please.
MITCHELL Here we come.
CAPCOM Okay, now point the camera down a
degree or two.
MITCHELL 0kay. How's that.
CAPCOM Beautiful, you might come on a degree
or so I see the small rocks off to the right.
PAO The rocks are brighter in the view.
CAPCOM Okay. What's that object in profile
on the horizon?
MITCHELL Those are a quadruplet jade of craters.
CAPCOM Point it down a little.
MITCHELL They're right here in front of me,
okay. The quadruplet jade of craters starts right here in
front of me, about half way between the rocks and myself.
CAPCOM You're getting all sky.
MITCHELL Across here, now there's quite a few
- let me zoom back in again.
CAPCOM Roger.
Okay - hold it.
MITCHELL Okay, how's that now?
CAPCOM Good.
MITCHELL Okay, there's the south quadruplet
crater and then there's the next one and the next one and the
largest one.
CAPCOM Roger. Okay, we probably better
go back to zoom 25 and press on with the panorama.
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MITCHELL Okay, I'm on zoom 25. And I'm

looking almost due north at it now. I'll swing back around
and pan for the rocks. There's the rocks we were looking
at. Going slowly to the north, you can now see the undulation
the region that I wats talking about
CAP COM Roger
MITCHELL There's not a level portion out here,
that's more than a few square meters. As you can see
there's at least three ridges between us and the horizon.
Now I'll zoom in out here once more. Let you see it close -
closer in out up there. Another pile of rocks, or
ridges .
CAPCOM You're pointing at the sky.
MITCHELL Okay.
CAP COM That's better.
MITCHELL You need a gunsight on this thing.
CAPCOM You sure do.
MITCHELL That better?
CAPCOM Yeah, the horizon is about one
quarter of the way up. Beautiful.
SHEPARD Okay Houston, A1 is finished with the
documentation, counting at 110.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. 110 Indianapolis, Indianna.
and Ed, a frame or two ago it looked like one of those rocks
was split right down the middle, did you notice that too?
PAO Ed is taking pictures with the
Hasselblad camera.
MITCHELL I don't think it is I - it may be
it may look like it from there we'll go by there later on.
CAPCOM Roger. Let's press on with the t.v.
panorama.

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CAPCOM We're about 2 minutes behind timeline

at this point, Ed, and you're looking at Sky, again. Bring
her down. Okay. Okay, Ed, we're recording all this on video
tape so that it only takes a relatively brief period of time
looking at the scene that we can play it back frame at a time
later on. Back at 25?
PAO The scientists in the back room at
Mission Control making hard copies of this television to -
MITCHELL Ed. Are you reading, Houston?
CAPCOM Ed -
MITCHELL Don't look like Ed's reading anybody.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston, we're not reading you.
MITCHELL Okay, Bruce, now you're all right
I hit the transmit switch to off.
CAPCOM Roger, loud and clear.
MITCHELL (garble)
MITCHELL The horizon that you see in this view
is an old flank leading up to Cone Crater. It's over a mile
away - a mile and a half away. I'll give a quick zoom in on
it. And then I can't go any closer to the sun right now.
CAPCOM Okay, you're looking at the sky again.
SHEPARD Okay, we're
MITCHELL Okay. There you go.
CAP COM Be au ti ful.
SHEPARD Okay, we' re at the time to deploy the
MET, Ed, if you want to swing it on back around.
MITCHELL Okay.
MITCHELL Bruce, what was the zoom setting you
wanted -
CAPCOM Okay, let's try it at about 45 there,
we'd like to get the flag in at the right extremity and the
plus Y, if we can, at the left extremity. Hold that. Fan
left about 2 degrees. Left 2 degrees. Okay, Ed, - okay.
MITCHELL Is that okay?
CAPCOM Yeah, back it out about to 40 on the
zoom. Okay that's good.
MITCHELL Okay. (garble).
SHEPARD Okay.
CAPCOM Okay, A1 and Ed, if we could get you
both in the field of view there for a minute, we've got a
message for you.
$HEPARD Okay.
CAPCOM Okay, you' re looking lovely troops.
Why don't you take a pair and let me pass a message to you.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Okay.
CAPCOM Okay. We were very pleased a few
minutes ago to receive a phone call here in Mission Control
from President Nixon. He asked me to extend to you and Stu
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CAPCOM his best congratulations. He said,

that like millions of people all over the world, He is an
astronaut watcher at this time. The picture is coming in
very well at the White House, he said. The President said
he knew how many thousands of people had worked on this
mission without whom men would not be walking safely on the
moon. He asked that I wish the Apollo entire team well. The
President said he was proud of you and proud of them. He sent
you a wire just before the flight wishing you God speed and
he wishes you well on your return flight. The President also
asked me to invite you to the White House for dinner and to
spend the week end at Camp David with your families after the
mission is completed. Over.
SHEPARD That's fine, Deke. Thanks very
much. And we appreciate those kind words.
MITCHELL Thank you, Deke, and convey our thanks
to the President, please.
SLAYTON Roger. Will do. I don't think Stu
got this, but we'll see that he gets it later.
SHEPARD Okay, Ready. Get the wheels first.
MITCHELL Hey. Okay.
PAO That was Deke Slayton -
MITCHELL 180 gear down and locked.
SHEPARD Both tires are inflated properly on
the MET.
CAP COM Roger. Out.
MITCHELL Wait a minute.

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MIT CHELL Okay.

SHEPARD ()kay. Put it there.
MITCHELL Let's get that.
MITCHELL (Garble) still up there - there we go.
SHEPARD LMP with that district again.
MITCHELL Yep.
SHEPARD ttardly worth mentioning.
MITCHELL Agree.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston as you can see the (garble)
is deployed properly.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
SHEPARD Looks like it - looks like it's in good
shape.
MITCHELL Okay. I'll get a camera.
SHEPARD Okay, if you want to -
MITCHELL If you prefer here -
SHEPARD I'll move around to put the TV camera
on the scientific equipment area.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. We'd like to get an
EMU status report at this point.
SHEPARD Okay CDR is 3.7 and reading 72, no flags,
I'm on low flow and I'm in good shape.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO The matter pull card has been deployed
nOW.

MITCHELL .7 and reading 67 percent low flow, low

cooling and feeling great.
CAP COM Roger.
SHEPARD Tv camera - TV camera is covered and
proceeding to the rear of the LM to observe the deployment
of the ALSEP.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
PAO The camera being moved now to televise
the ALSEP off loading.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, the cover _ _ is coming off
the lens now.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. I -
SHEPARD (Garb le)
CAPCOM Al, are you all the way back at the
30 foot position there? 6 o'clock 30.
MITCHELL Looks good. It's about 30 right
there I' d say.
CAPCOM Okay. Our picture is moving around a
lot you're going to have to shut it down and let it stabilize
before we can tell you anything.
SHEPARD It's a little hilly here.
CAPCOM Okay, what zoom are you in?
SHEPARD I'm trying to find a level spot, Bruce.
We' re in -
CAP COM Roger.
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MITCHELL We're on the side of the hill as you

probably have heard and it may not stay, it may tip over.
CAPCOM Can you poke one of the legs into the
surface there? That's a pretty clumsy tripod, I realize.
SHEPARD I'll tell you in just a moment.
PAO That reference was to the TV tripod.
MITCHELL Do you know, I think it will stay now?
CAPCOM Okay. What zoom are you on?
SHEPARD Okay, how's that.
CAPCOM We need to back off the zoom some.
SHEPARD Yeah, I think we'll have to.
CAP COM Okay. Okay. (Garble)
MITCHELL Okay, Bruce can you see the bay?
CAPCOM I can see your hands very clearly. We
seem to be close (garble). Okay, hold that zoom, Al.

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CAPCOM Roger, looks good.

MITCHELL Okay?
CAP COM Be auti ful.
MITCHELL Okay, the door is open. Let's see,
crew bay door is open. Pulled a little stiffer than I
expected in one sixth-g.
MITCHELL Looking good though Ed, and you all are
within nine minutes of the time line.
MITCHELL Okay, we'll pick it up here in a little
while.
PAO That's Mitchell removing the scientific
instruments, the ALSEP package.
PAO Now A1 Shepard removing the second
package.
MITCHELL Okay. Got it down.
SHEPARD Okay. (garbled) I'm going to move it over
a little bit here.
MITCHELL It's almost as heavy as you are.
SHEPARD Look who's talking. Move over. Man. It's
rough to find a level spot to put anything.
MITCHELL Okay, number two's coming out.
Okay, can you get that by yourself?
SHEPARD Yes, I think so.
MITCHELL Sure. If it doesn't vibrate too much.
MITCHELL Okay, and it's on the surface. Ail this
beautiful white paint is sure going to get filthy up here.
PAO One hour, 32 minutes since cabin
depress.
MITCHELL I'm going to have to bend a little
bit. I just can't bend down for that.
SHEPARD Ok ay .
MITCHELL And hand tool carrier is clear.
CAP COM Roger.
PAO Mitchell is Just taking the handtool
carrier off now and placing it on the MET.
CAPCOM You never get -
MITCHELL Say again Houston.
CAP COM Nothing Ed.

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PAO We now show heart rates on Shepard

between 70 and 80, on Mitchell between 80 and 90. We're
at 1 hour 35 minutes.
MITCHELL You will fully expect to see (garble)
running around to pick up the loose ends and thrown away
parts.
SHEPARD (Garble)
MITCHELL Okay and then there's a pretty level
place right there.
MITCHELL Oops. Excuse me.
MITCHELL Okay, I'm ready for the fuel cask.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL The atomic fuel carrier as you can
undoubtedly see is on the MET. No problem.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
SHEPARD Okay, the temperature indicator is on the
mask, show it has been no heat.
CAP COM Roger.
MITCHELL And the cask is coming down.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL And it is down far enough I believe.
MITCHELL Okay, stand by one. That's the best
place in the world to work. There we are. Okay if we can
get the lid off of it.
PAO Shepard, Mitchell fueling the ALSEP
electric generator now. 1 hour 38 minutes since cabin
dep re s s .

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MITCHELL Attention. 431.

SHEPARD Cleared fo_; it.
MITCHELL I think so.
SHEPARD Okay, down a little bit. Go a little
to the right right there. There you go.
MITCHELL Okay, good. Houston the lid is off the
nuclear fuel cask.
CAPCOM Roger. Report temp levels.
MITCHELL And I have none of them nope both temp
indicators are in the black. May I take that got me in mid-
shoulders. Okay, it's open. Okay, the cask's ready. Okay,
the - all set. Okay.
SHEPARD Flight (garble) that we can get from
here.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, looks good. Alright, the mortar
looks good and ready to go.
MITCHELL Very good.
SHEPARD TheyTre reading on that tube.
MITCHELL Yeah, in just a minute.
SHEPARD Okay.
SHEPARD Okay Houston, all the temperatures
indicators are still white.
CAP COM Roger Ed.
MITCHELL That's the noise.
MITCHELL Okay, the door is closed.
MITCHELL Okay Houston, we're cover the
television (garble)

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SHEPARD Okay, where do you think is a good

spot for the ALSEP.
MITCHELL Oh boy, that's going to be tough, Al.
I would just head out toward Dublet out there and let's look.
It looks great toward Dublet.
SHEPARD I think that's the best way, aim for the
center of Dublet. Aim for the -
MITCHELL Yeah, aim for the center of Dublet
and let's go from there. However, I think maybe we better
go a little further south or we're going to violate that
DPI g constraint if we go too far north. How about towards
the south edge of Dublet?
PAO The camera will be deployed west
toward Dublet where the ALSEP or scientific package activity
will be viewed.
MITCHELL Hey, why don't you point it at -
point it at us and we'll just pick it up on the way out?
SHEPARD What's that?
MITCHELL You ought to point it at us and we'll pick
it up on the way out.
SHEPARD Well, we're supposed to - okay right
now. You can put it here and watch the MET deployment, if
you like.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, we're about a 40-foot
zoom now on the area of the MESA and the MET. How does that
look?
SHEPARD Houston, are you with us?
CAPCOM Roger. Let's go to 50.
SHEPARD Okay . 50.
CAPCOM And come right about 3 degrees.
Okay. Good.
SHEPARD Okay.
PAO This view showing loading more equipment
on the MET.
SHEPARD Okay. Got the television camera there?
MITCHELL Yeah (garble) .
SHEPARD Okay .
MITCHELL Hey, Bruce, As I mount these 70-milli-
meter cameras on the MET, I just flipped the little spring
clip I Just pick up the whole MET and drag it along.
CAPCOM Okay, we got that Ed.
MITCHELL I can't do that when they get a little
more weight on there.
CAPCOM Be sure you get the large scoop on
there replaced.
MITCHELL Yeah. Okay, Bruce, I've put on two
Hasselblads, and I'm going ahead and get my 16 millimeter on
and getting it out of my way right now.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, two Hasseiblads plus the
16 millimeter.
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MITCHELL Right. Well, I have just started the

TV bracket in and I'm getting ready to open SRC number 1.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
CAP COM And, Al,
SHEPARD (garble) my television camera.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
MITCHELL Black and white TV cameras are in
the (garble) truck.
CAPCOM Roger. With the white surface normal
to the line of the front.
Mltchell (garble)

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 115:67 GET 351/1

SHEPARD That's correct.

CAPCOM Roger.
SHEPARD Bon dimentions horizontal.
CAPCOM Roger. Magazine Charlie, I show you
still have 3 minutes remaining.
SHEPARD Okay, we' 11 leave it on there then.
CAPCOM Roger.
MITCHELL Okay, SRC 1 is open. Okay. Oh damn,
dropped the way bag.
SHEPARD Wait a minute.
MITCHELL I' 11 get it.
SHEPARD Ed, use tongs if you want to.
MITCHELL Okay, (garble) any dirtier than necessary.
MITCHELL Hell, I dropped both of them. (Garble)
SHEPARD Okay, put them in your pocket when you're
th r ou gh.
PAO Shepard, Mitchell now on the north side
of the lunar module Antares. They will later move the MET,
or pull cart and scientific equipment to the west. The
camera will be repositioned following that movement. We
show 1 hour 50 minutes since cabin depress.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, magazine double dog and
double easy going on the met.
CAPCOM Roger, Delta Delta and Echo Echo.
MITCHELL See if we can move you up a little.
SHEPARD Yea.
MITCHELL (Garble)
MITCHELL anyway your getting that ready let me
slip these pigments in there.
SHEPARD Ok ay .
MITCHELL That's (garble) I kicked it.
MITCHELL Damn, these suits are hot. These suits are
sure a lot stiffer than the training suits.
SHEP ARD ( Garb le)
MITCHELL Yea.
MITCHELL Well now, there it goes again.
SHEPARD I should have lifted it up and put it over
you and put it down.
MITCHELL Lift it up and do what?
SHEPARD Lift it up with one hand and put it over
the other.
MITCHELL That's what I was going to do, this time.
PAO Shepard Mitchell still loading the MET,
long list of equipment to be loaded.

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MITCHELL Okay. It's a bit rougher than expected.

SHEPARD Okay Houston, I've got three core
tubes, no tabs .
CAPCOM Roger.
SHEPARD Houston, I finally succeeded in getting
two weight bags.
MITCHELL One SESC in so far. In addition to other
things plus the core tube cap assembly.
CAP COM Roger.
SHEPARD Okay, you got the other SESC.
MITCHELL I've got the other SESC now.
SHEPARD Okay, very good.
MITCHELL The problem here is the type that takes
a monumental amount of force to get in there.
PAO When they start to move, Shepard
will pull the MET, Mitchell will carry the ALSEP package.
MITCHELL And Houston, Ilve a feeling you're
getting samples at tlhis point.
CAPCOM Roger.
SHEPARD Okay, and we'll put this one in the
pocket. (garbled).
PAO Mitchell will be carrying the ALSEP
barbell style, with the antenna mast serving as a carrying
bar.
SHEPARD Okay Houston, I have close up camera.
CAPCOM Roger, still reading on even hundreds.
MITCHELL I'm not there yet.
CAP COM Ok ay .
MITCHELL Didn't want that to get away from me,
but it did. Got it. Okay, Houston, it's tnrned on and
it's reading 300.
CAPCOM ]Roger.
SHEPARD Okay, can you see that little flag, Ed?
Ed, can you see that little flag alright?
MITCHELL Yep, I think I can see that. Good
show.
MITCHELL Okay, and here's one hammer for you.
SHEPARD Hey, a gift -

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SHEPARD Okay, thank you.

MITCHELL Okay, we finally got to set the flight MIL
marks.
CAP COM 21 Nancy.
SHEPARD Okay, glad your still with us Bruce.
Okay, Break there.
PAO The crew will shortly be moving to their
new position.
SHEAPRD Okay, lets put this baby over here.
Put your left arm.
MITCHELL Let me double check. Let's see 1 2 3.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, we'll start the run down
here, I think we are about ready.
CAP COM Y e a.
SHEPARD It' s a core tube cap assembly. Extension
handle this does it, two sets of tongs. We have a number of
geophones anchored on the front. We have tether, the
gnomon, the hammer, the scoop. 3 core tubes 35 vacuum Spencer
close up camera, Dual CFC's, 2 70 MM cameras with solar exterior.
1 16 mm camera and 1 magazine, 4 way drag, 2 amps, extra
number of geophone flag, large scoop is on right, large
scoop is on and we're taking the trenching tool with us.
capcom Okay, and you should have 16 mm and 2 mags.
SHEPARD That correct, we have a total of, I was
going to say a total of 3 mags, 1 is almost used and the
other 2 are clean.
CAPCOM Roger, looks good.
SHEPARD We _re lucky.
PAO At 2 hours the crew is ready to move.
CAPCOM Let us check before you set out.
MITCHELL Okay, the LMP is reading 3.75 about 55
per cent, medium to low, low cooling. Doing great.
CAPCOM Okay, say again the percentage Ed.
MITCHELL It looks like I'm reading 50 now, sorry
about that. Man it's hard to see.
SH EPARD Ye a.
MITCHELL I'm reading 55 per cent Bruce.
CAPCOM Roger.
SHEPARD I should be reading lower than that.
It's a mystery.
MITCHELL No, I'm not reading more than that.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Al.
SHEPARD Okay great.
MITCHELL Okay Al, there's a 3.75 reading 62 per
cent, and I have no flags on, I'm on vent cooling and I'm
quite comfortable.
CAPCOM Roger out. And we need to point the
TV camera out to the ALSEP side.
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MITCHELL Al, I'll go get it.

SHEPARD Let me zoom on out and get that. I
think I'll aim it a little bit to the left of the, that
bright crater on the side of the west wall. I'll double
it.
MITCHELL Hey, that's a good place.
CAPCOM Say Al, are there any uncertainties as
to the deployment area that we would rather go to a zoom
of 100 instead of a 150, but if you think you've got a
good site picked out now, well we can go to 150.
SHEPARD I think we can find a good site. We
maybe a little closer to Doublet than the map shows be-
cause of the grade going up there, but I think there's a
level site fairly close to the south rim of Doublet and
we'll aim the camera in that general direction and give
you 100.

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SHEPARD Very close to the south rim of

Doublet. I'm going to go in that general direction and
give you 150 mils.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SHEPARD (garble) Okay. You should be able
to see on the right side of your picture as I settle down
here. You should be able to - hold on.
MITCHELL Al, you can get quite a way further
out if you want, it's got a little cable left.
SHEPARD You should be able to aim right for
the south rim of Doublet now. South rim above Doublet, but
you' 11 probably be able to see a bright star crater right on
the very edge of your field of view. The F-stop okay?
CAPCOM Yeah, F-stop fine. I've got what
looks like one, two ridges and then the horizon in the
picture and I see a - just past the second ridge I see
it looks like two cratiers in line. Over.
SHEPARD Maybe two small boulders.
CAPCOM Okay, maybe.
PAO Camera pointing where the ALSEP will
be deployed now.
MITCHELL It's out there at 6 mils.
SHEPARD Okay, I'll go pick up the barbell.
MITCHELL Alright (garble) on the footsteps.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. We'd like to
try F22 and peak.
SHEPARD Okay, you've got me just in time.
SHEPARD Okay, F22 and peak. How does that
look to you?
CAPCOM Roger Al, and we'd like to elevate
a little bit so we get the horizon in.
SHEPARD Okay, we'll do it. How's that?
CAPCOM See if you can depress a little now.
It's a real touchy at this long focal line.
SHEPARD Okay, we'll try and depress a little
bit. Okay, you still have the horizon?
CAPCOM Okay, that looks good for elevation and
if you've got us aimed at your proposed deployment site,
we 're go.
SHEPARD Well, it looks like that's the way
we' re going.
CAPCOM Okay, very good.
SHEPARD You'll Just have to stay in that
line of sight, Bruce.
CAPCOM Roger. You want a DC8?
SHEPARD Yep. I think -
CAPCOM Well our ASR isn't working very well
but we want to get you in the field of view we'll acquire
you.
MITCHELL Roger, I'm headed over that way.

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MITCHELL Field of view to you yet, Bruce?

CAPCOM Negative, Ed. I believe you're off
to our left. Okay, you're coming in now.
MITCHELL - field of view until we get up
pretty close to the site.
CAPCOM You're coming in now.
MITCHELL Okay. Okay. I'm going to stop here
and rest for a minute, Al. This darn thing is heavier than
I expected.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, we've got you in the field
of view over to the left, now.
MITCHELL Okay. A1 should be coming in right
now, too.
SHEPARD Looks as if it might be a little
secondary impact right here by me.
MITCHELL Well, there's so many different types
of craters around here, you could - we could spend the whole
EVA within a hundred yards of the La. Okay, lead on and I'll
follow and watch the MET for you.
SHEPARD Okay. Going to your right.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston. We're proceeding over
a very fine grade regolith we described before. Undulating
surface.
CAPCOM Okay. You need to angle left just
a little bit.
SHEPARD Getting more sloped.
SHEPARD Left?
CAPCOM Yeah, you're doing fine now.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Say, Houston, this looks like brown
copper powder, it's so fine in most places.
CAPCOM Roger. The MET's going off to the
right.
SHEPARD (garble) is increasing now. The MET's
trying to find a smooth place to go.
MITCHELL Al, I think we'll have to go around
this crater, here, to the left. I think we can find our way
down. Good heavens, that's a deep hole, but I guess we can
make it either way.
SHEPARD Say again.
MITCHELL I said we could make it either way.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL See those two over there at 10 o' clock,
Al, we can see those there on the map.
SHEPARD The two at 10 o'clock.
MITCHELL Ye ah.
SHEPARD Yeah. Okay, Houston. We'll be dropping
down out of sight for a while probably.
CAPCOM Roger.
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SHEPARD Going down in a depression.

MITCHELL A deep. A very deep depression,
compared to what they looked like.
SHEPARD Well, I don't know.
MITCHELL I don't know either. Let's stop a
minute, Al.
SHEPARD ]i'm not sure but what we've picked
just about as good a spot as anywhere.
MITCHELL I think so.
SHEPARD ]it looked a little further out here
because of being closer to zero phase track.
MITCHELL I think that's it, but it's not a
bit smoother than the other.
MITCHELL I' 11 be darned if I know what to do.
SHEPARD Well, we'll move on a little closer
to Doublet.
MIT CH ELL Ok ay.
PAO The crew pausing here for a rest.
MITCHELL ()kay.

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-- APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2-5-71, 1055 CST, 116:32 GET, 356/1

MITCHELL Well, I think the first ridge over there,

about another 75 yards, might be our answer. Right beyond
these vector craters.
SHEPARD Yeah, I think so. It's probably a pretty
good spot.
SHEPARD Buzz right up there.
MI TCHELL Ye ah.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston. We're in the general area
of the planned ALSEP deployment now, on the check, it's
in a depression and I think we'll move on a little closer to
the Doublet to give it a higher elevation.
CAPCOM Roger you're visible from oh, about
the armpits up right now.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Think we'll bear a little to the left now.
MITCHELL I guess we'll have to.
SHEPARD Nothing like being up to your armpits in
lunar dust.
MITCHELL I think just to the left of that rock
that's ahead of us, it's about a path through here.
SHEPARD The MET seems to be riding very well, Hous-
ton. Ed's bouncing a little bit making time ERTS but AOT about
to turn over.
MITCHELL It jumps about a foot every time it hits a
small rise but very stable.
CAPCOM Are you getting any dust thrown up by the
tires .
MITCHELL Nope. There is a little bit, Bruce, but
it's not - the dirt feels to be kind of clumpy.
SHEPARD Okay, I guess that ridge is the best place.
MITCHELL I think so.
SHEPARD How are you doing?
MITCHELL Fine.
SHEPARD Did they show all your television, Bruce?
CAPCOM Yes, indeed. You're very well centered.
SHEPARD He's coming back in now, we're coming up
to the (garble) here.
CAPCOM Roger, I can see your shadows now so I
guess, I can see your feet so you are well in view.
MITCHELL Okay, about another 30 or 40 feet there and
I think is as good as we're going to get.
SHEPARD Yep.
SHEPARD What we're discussing here, Houston, is
the braid coming up to belt doublet is very consistent and it's
difficult to find a level place.
MITCHELL Okay. Let's set it down and look for a
minute, Al.
SHEPARD Ail righty.
MITCHELL Then we can figure where we are.
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2-5-71, 1055 CST, 116:32 GET, 356/2

MITCHELL I don't know but what this rise we're

standing on right here is about as good as any. Okay, now
there's a 20 meter crater there.
SHEPARD Okay. Pick up the - does that have
a map on there, too?
MITCHELL Yeah, it's in the bucket.
SHEPARD Now, let's see.
MITCHELL Okay, the one - that one right there.
MITCHELL Let's see if we can find those. The big
one. (Garble) can we spot that one and those two.
SHEPARD That one right over there. I believe
it's an old rounder one right there.
MIT CHELL (Garb le)
SHEPARD Yeah, that may be.
MITCHELL What's this one right here?
MITCHELL That one right beside it. Oh, I don't
know whether we're that far out or not, Al.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/5/71,1100 CST,116:37 GET 357/1

PAO Stu aboard Kitty Hawk reported visual

sighting of Antares at a GET of 114 hours 48 minutes.
MIT CHELL (Garb le)
PAO This sighting occurred while in
program 24, a computer program for landmark tracking.
We're at 116 hours 37 minutes. 2 hours 18 minutes since
cabin depress.
MITCHELL I'd say we're probably about 400
feet out almost directly out in front.
SHEPARD 4K
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD T.V. is on normal track.
MITCHELL Look here. See that crater in
-- right in between those two traverse tracks.
SHEPARD Yeah.
MITCHELL Is it those two craters or the crater
that you pointed out.
SHEPARD Yes.
MITCHELL Okay, I think that one between the
traverse tracks is that one right there. And that here
is right over there, and the one you pointed out, this
one? Is that one over there, the big one behind it, I
think it's out of sight, unless it's that one over there.
SHEPARD Well, where do you think we are?
MITCHELL I think that we are to the north
I think we're about BR and let's see we (garbled).
But that's CQ.8 and 62.5. 61.5. Do you read that Houston?
CAPCOM Roger, Charlie came back 8 at 61.5.
MITCHELL Okay, that big rock up there, about
half way between here and there. (garbled) lighter in there.
SHEPARD Ye ah.
MITCHELL Tihat leaves the clear area down here
without a number. Okay, let's put it right up in there.
SHEPARD Right up there, on that spot.
MITCHELL Yep, you got it.
SHEPARD Okay Houston, we're going to move
about ten meters to the west. Northwest from those coordinates
that Ed gave you. (Garble)
CAP COM Roger.
MITCHELL ALSEP central station is go.
We reserve the right to change our mind as to where we
are after we're on the hilltop.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Pull over to the right, there's a
crater there.
SHEPARD Well, that's about where we are.
CAPCOM Okay, we've lost the mat off to the
right of our picture.
MITCHELL What's wrong with right about - it would
just be a nice clear shot down there with the bumper.
SHEPARD Can you still see ED, Houston?
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/5/71,1100 CST, 11.6:37 GET 357/2

CAPCOM Yeah, he_s at the extreme right hand

edge of our picture Al, and you' re off.
SHEPARD Okay, we'll turn back on this
is (garble) deployed.
CAPCOM I guess the primary consideration is
of course is the fact to find a good site and being able
to watch you secondary.
SHEPARD Yes, we understand, but it's ail
pretty much the same, the up slope is about oh - four or
five degrees. Pock marked by all types of craters. They're
all old craters, but none the less still produce a very uneven
surface. And I think we've found a spot here as reasonable
as you'll find anywhere.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
MITCHELL Let's see. Al, but those two craters
right there are going to be in the way. I think I'd like
to move back here about five feet. Better than to run through
those going south. Or I can leave a central station about
where I've got it, I mean the power generator, think that'll
be alright ?
SHEPARD Are you done with your geophone line?
MITCHELL Yes, I'm through.
SHEPARD Why not put Hus on your craters, I'll
give you a good reference.
MITCHELL Well, I'm going to have to go this
way so if I can't find that ridge I've got to put it more
north. Put it that way.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 116:42 358/1

MITCHELL We go this way so as that I can't fire

into the ridge, I've got to put it more north, right up
that way. I'm going to go right down and go through there.
Okay, this looks good to me if you're happy with it.
SHEPARD Lelz's see. Southwest is the best spot
is right through those two craters.
MITCHELL (Garble) Almost due south of the (garble).
SHEPARD (Garb le)
MITCHELL I'm going to have to go due south.
SHEPARD Okay, you can go by the right edge of that
baby.
MIT CHELL ( G arb le)
SHEPARD Okay, very good.
SHEPARD Okay, we've got a spot Houston, we will
proceed with the deployment.
MITCHELL We're not quite as far from those
coordinates as we thought we were.
CAPCOM Roger Antares.
SHEPARD Okay Houston, we will start the 16 mm
going here and -
CAPCOM Okay, give me a hack.
SHEPARD We may have some to change the magazine.
CAPCOM Roger, I'll keep track.
SHEPARD I' 11 give you the hack.
CAPCOM And if you have a free minute, we would
like some commentary on the depth of the MET tracks.
MITCHELL Al, the man, we're going to take a
picture of for it after so we can see the MET track clear
back to the LEa. Thery are about three quarters of a inch deep.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
PAO From the crews report on grit coordinates,
they are perhaps 600 feet from the lunar module Antares.
SHEPARD We can't get any closer to REM or that
crater, Ed.
MITCHELL It's fine with me, Al.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL SDS, 6 frames per second.
MITCHELL I can see that this is going to be a
considerably slower process then I expected.
CAPCOM Has he started you yet, Al?
SHEPARD Stand by.
SHEPARD That was right, 6 frames per second.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO Shepard has Just turned on the 16 millimeter
came ma.
CAPCOM And for reference, A1 and Ed, you're about
29 minutes behind the timeline at this point. Over.
MITCHELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD Okay, Ed is working on the central station
and I'm going over for the subpallet, Houston, the RTG cable
temperature is 175 degrees.
CAP COM Roger. Out.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2-5-71, 1110 CST 11647 GET, 359/1

PAO Apollo Control, Houston, 2 hours

28 minutes now since cabin depress. Shepard and Mitchell will
deploy the experiments before powering up the central station.
SHEPARD Okay, some power is deployed northeast
of the central station.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
MITCHELL Houston, the current - current reading
is 8 -
CAPCOM Understand 8 amperes before pressing
the switch.
MITCHELL That's affirmative.
CAP COM Roger.
SHEPARD Ed, that looks beautiful. Beautiful. But
all full of dust, Ed.
MITCHELL That's nothing. Everything else is
going to be full of dust before long. (garble)
SHEPARD Okay. I'm going to have to lift this
up. You want to help me?
MITCHELL Okay. What you want to do?
SHEPARD I'm going to have to lift it up and shake
the dust out of that (garble). I can't get it otherwise.
MITCHELL Okay.
MITCHELL Okay. Watch it.
SHEPARD (Garble) There we go. Okay, watch
that -
MITCHELL Is there anything that's not tied on.
SHEPARD That's these here. I've already taken
those out.
MITCHELL Okay, I'll hold it.
SHEPARD ECl, Will you turn it upside down and
shake it.
MITCHELL Every little (garble) bolts falling
off.
SHEPARD Yeah, but they're not the one we've
got the problems with. Okay, plop it over on mine.
MITCHELL That'll do it?
SHEPARD No, it's still not clear. Clear.
MITCHELL Okay, I believe that will get it.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL I need your (garble) right here.
SHEPARD Okay, I'll hold it. Go ahead.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Got it?
SHEPARD Yes. We need to get the other one.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. Heart
readings on - heart rate readings on A1 Shepard have ranged
between 90 and 100, on Ed Mitchell between 100 and 120.
The higher reading on Mitchell probably because he carried
the ALSEP package.
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 ll:10CST l16:547GET 359/2

MITCHELL - - tilt it down a little more -

let me hold it and you go ahead
SHEPARD That's it, Ed. Turn it around and
get the center of the picture.
(garble)
MITCHELL Okay. I got it.
MITCHELL You better hold - there you are -
oops. Don't step on tlhat.
SHEPARD Just put it down here. I guess it's
a good place. Let me cross one.
MITCHELL Don't step on the PSE cable there.
SHEPARD No. Let it go.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/5/71 1116 CST, 116:53 GET, 360/1

MITCHELL That's it, isn't it?

SHEPARD No it's not at you, it's near me.
MITCHELL May be your tool is screwed up - let's
see if mines any better.
SHEPARD Pull a turn.
MITCHELL It ain't no better (garble).
SHEPARD Let's step on it (garble).
MITCHELL We're not even sure there's one down
there.
SHEPARD Well, there should be.
CAPCOM Apollo has LOS CSM.
MITCHELL Thank you Al.
CAPCOM LOS, CSM available to COMMAND.
MITCHELL Okay, here's everything we've got at this
point. Just lift it, I'll get it.
SHEPARD (Garble) Hold still.
MITCHELL The cover off.
MITCHELL There.
SHEPARD There. Yeah, it's there. See it.
MITCHELL I can't see it there - if you think it's
there, go get it.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. Could you give us
some more details of ),our problems at the side from the
sub pallet you're working on.
SHEPARD It's a side Boyd bolt that sits back in
the corner. It apparently got full of dirt Bruce, and
we're having a devil of a time getting it off.
CAPCOM Roger.
MITCHELL The one that's deep in the back. You
can't feel it any longer.
CAPCOM Ro ge r.
SHEPARD Hold that circular level - oh, good.
MITCHELL What I want to do is get the sun shadow in
there. And you had it for a minute. No -
SHEPARD Tilt it a little more this way.
CAPCOM (Garble) You're go for COMMAND. CSM.
KITTY HAWK Right (garble).
MITCHELL Okay. Can you Just hold it right there.
SHEPARD Okay. I' 11 try.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/5/71,1120 CST,116:57 GET 361/1

MITCHELL See where it's not.

PAO The white spot in the center of the
screen is most probably a reflection off the net or the
pull cart since this is normally where it would be parked
for this activity.
SHEPARD What do you want?
MITCHELL (Garble) Yes, over there it is.
MITCHELL Okay, got it.
SHEPARD Got it? Great. Okay.
MITCHELL Figure we got it fixed.
SHEPARD (garble)
MITCHELL (garble)
CAPCOM Did you get it loose, Ed?
MITCHELL The cap is loose, yeah, we've got it.
Okay, let me move it up. Are you ready to go?
SHEPARD Yea. I'm ready to get the connector.
SHEPARD Come on.
MITCHELL We've got it.
SHEPARD Okay, and here comes the side (garble)
MITCHELL Okay, let me get the connector.
PAO That's the superthermal ion detector
Shepard having a little difficulty getting one of the fasteners
off, but this has been accomplished and pressing on.
SHEPARD (In audible)
CAP COM ( In audib lc)
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston.
MITCHELL Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger, 16 millimeter has been running
about 9 minutes now since it ran out of film we're using
juice from the battery, and also we'd like to get the
MET turned a few degrees, you've got a specular reflection
coming right back to the TV camera, over.
MITCHELL Okay, we'll do that right now, Bruce.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SHEPARD (In audible)
MITCHELL Singing. Alright connector connected.
Am I clear to press the shorting switch, Bruce?
CAPCOM Roger, go Ed.
MITCHELL Adjoining switah is depressed. You'll
be able to read it in a minute I think.
CAPCOM Yes indeed. That's much better.
MITCHELL Okay.
PAO Mitchell getting ready to deploy
the GFO line, which is a part of the acting seismic experiment.
SHEPARD (garble) charlie charlie is off.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 1125 CST 117:02 GET 362/1

PAO Meanwhile A1 Shepard starting to deploy

the passive seismeter.
MITCHELL How long do you estimate it's going to take?
SHEPARD ECHO, ECHO will be going on.
CAP COM Roger. Esmerelda Equador.
MITCHELL He_s got a check list beside him to cut
those, Al. There's no way you can beat him at that game.
CAPCOM You'd better believe it.
SHEPARD What have we done to deserve this?
SHEPARD What have we done to deserve this?
CAPCOM Just wait till you get to JJ.
MITCHELL I'm nervous already.
SHEPARD Okay, FA, 6 frames per second 2/50
CAPCOM Roger. Give me a hack when you're started.
SHEPARD Okay, Bruce. Am I? Hack, Hack.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO Shepard starting the movie camera.
MITCHELL The switch number 5 is clockwise.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL There's the separate geophones coming off
now .

CAPCOM Ro ge r.
SHEPARD Hey, got pretty good range out of that -
MITCHELL Man, that thing really went didn't it?
SHEPARD Pretty good range out of that baby.
PAO Mitchell will start deploying the thumper
geophone cable to the southeast which should run off the
bottom edge of our picture. The thumper geophone cable about
300 feet long.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. Could you tell us
where you are in the SIDE or PSE sequence?
SHEPARD Yes sir. The legs and the SIDE have been
deployed, PSE stool is being placed 10 feet north from the
central station.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
PAO Ed Mitchell will move out about 10 feet
and stick what is known as an anchor in the cable to assure
himself that he does not pull the ALSEP package. 117 hours
7 minutes -
MITCHELL Thumper is stored on the MET. I had to
get the first geophone out in order to get it there, but we'll
take care of that in a few minutes.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL Now comes the task that tries mens patience.
Getting the mortor pack off. And it's coming off now. Inci-
dentally, how much are you able to see, Bruce?
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. You're about 1/7 the height of
our picture.
MITCHELL Yes. Okay. (garble)

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 ll31CST ll7:08GET 363/1

SHEPARD (Inaudible)
MITCHELL Okay, it's going to be -
MITCHELL Okay, Bruce, the mortar pack is in place.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
PAO Mitchell re,ports the mortar package in
place. It's part of the active seismic experiment.
SHEPARD Of the PSE.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
PAO Shepard reports passive seismometer
deployed.
MITCHELL You know I don't think the solar wind
is going to blow our antenna like it generally does.
SHEPARD How about that.
MITCHELL Steady as a rock.
MITCHELL Okay, the CPLEE starting to come off
now .

SHEPARD Watch it, watch it, watch it.

MITCHELL Yep, thank you, thank you, thank you.
SHEPARD And let's try to get it back in line.
Can you tap it for me a little. We're a little too close,
if we can get this whole thing a little further away. Can
you push it with your foot.
MITCHELL I don't want to get too much dust on it.
It's bad enough as it is.
PAO The Joking reference to the solar wind-
MITCHELL (garble). That looks pretty good.
SHEPARD Is it pretty level?
MITCHELL It looks pretty level to me, Al. Okay
CPLEE is coming off.
SHEPARD No, it's not.
PAO The joking reference to the solar wind
harkens back to field trips.
SHEPARD Okay Houston, A1 is reading 3. 75,
reading 55 on the 02. I have no flags, on my minimum cooling
and very comfortable.
CAP COM Roger, Al.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 11:35CST ll7:12GET 364/1

CAPCOM - - go ahead, Ed.

MITCHELL Okay. Hold on here. Okay. Ed is
reading 375 - is reading 43 percent, and is reading has
no flags is on minimum cooling and feeling very comfortable.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. And for your information
Antares, those numbers compare very well with our pedictions,
and it looks like you're going right down the old line.
MITCHELL Very good.
CAPCOM And Just by way of reference I show
you about 38 minutes behind the nominal time line at this
point.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Okay. We'll give you a little credit
for that, Bruce. Better make up your mind as a television
technician.
CAPCOM Roger. And we're looking right now
at about a 30 minute extention. I'll have more word for
you on that later.
MITCHELL Okay. We'll keep looking ahead, here.
MITCHELL Okay. (garble) certain amount of
dirt. Metro station is level.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston. The CPLEE is
deployed. It is - the ball is in the inter ring. And it
is lined up due East.
CAP CUM Roger, Ed.
PAO Shepard reporting the Charge Particle
Experiment deployed. Mitchell-
MITCHELL (garble) that little CPLEE sitting there.
It won't long.
SHEPARD Ail trim and proper.
MITCHELL You look very white, trim and proper
yourself. Litt_ie tarnished, now, but since there lower
extremeties, huh?
CAPCOM (garble) Houston. You confirm
interium or initial mortar pact deployment.
MITCHELL That's affirmative. I confirm it.
CAP CUM Ro ge r.
MITCHELL . It's lined up almost due north, Bruce,
in order to have a free flight away from all the craters that
I can see and still miss the ridge they were worried about.
CAPCOM Roger. We copy.
MITCHELL And I'm heading out with the SIDE
and the CCIG at this point.
CAP CUM Roger.
MITCHELL Say, Houston, relative to the CCIG
since we have these ridges to the south of us and this
thing is being deployed somewhat in a hollow, is this going
to upset the investigators?
CAPCOM Stand by. I'll get you an answer
on that.
MITCHELL I don't really know what else we
can do since this whole area is a bowl.
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 11:35CST ll7:12GET 364/2

CAPCOM Ed, you ca_ go ahead and deploy in

accordance with the nominal plans that we understand and
that will not impact the experiment.
CAPCOM Ed, HoustorL. Do you copy deploy in
accordance with the nominal plans?
MITCHELL Okay. Got you, Bruce. Thank you.
CAPCOM Roger.
MITCHELL Sorry. I was busy.at that moment.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 1140 CST 117:17 GET 365/1

SHEPARD Okay, Houston. To keep you honest. A1

is operating in the central station at the moment.
CAPCOM Roger, honest Al.
SHEPARD (laughter)
PAO Mitchell now deploying the lunar atmos-
phere detector to see if they can detect any atmosphere -
lunar atmosphere, including gases from transient events.
We're coming up now on 3 hours since cabin depress.
SHEPARD Okay, up comes the central station. And
that's one for the troupes on the ground.
CAPCOM Okay, we're watching.
SHEPARD Can you actually see it from there?
CAPCOM I couldn't see it move up. I can see
something, so to speak, flopping in the breeze, I guess
that's the foil.
SHEPARD Flapping in the what?
MITCHELL Houston, I'm having a wressling match
with the side of the CCIG. The side is so light, the cable
is sufficiently stiff that every time I touch the CCIG it
almost turns the side over. It's turned it over twice on
me n ow.
SHEPARD Want some help up there, Ed?
MITCHELL I better do it that way I think.
CAPCOM Say again on that, Ed.
MITCHELL Say again?
CAPCOM Yes, I missed your last.
MITCHELL I said I've been wrestling with the sides
of CCIG here. And the cable is still sufficiently stiff
and the side is sufficiently light. That's suffiently, a
little bad, but it keeps getting tipped over.
CAPCOM Can you do anything by moving it back a
little bit toward the central station to slack off the cable?

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 1145 CST 117:22 GET 366/1

SHEPARD - cable.
MITCHELL No, no, no, no. It's the cable from the
CCIG to the SIDE.
SHEPARD Oh. Okay.
PAO The SIDE is a super thermal ion detection
experiment.
MITCHELL I see it. Okay, Houston. I think I have
it leveled. Except that it's fully balanced - it turns out.
It wants to tip over very easily to the rear. The CCIG is
aligned and leveled. I mean the SIDE is aligned and leveled
and the corners, I guess I better check those.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. If you have a problem, SIDE
is first priority, CCIG comes second.
MITCHELL Rog.
MITCHELL It's interesting Bruce that the dynamics
of the SIDE are such that just pulling this pin on it
almost tipped it over again but I had to use a lever tech-
nique to get it off.
CAPCOM Roger.
MITCHELL ThE: SIDE is deployed.
CAPCOM Roger and copy the dust cover is off.
MITCHELL Okay. We'll head back and get started on
the thumper geophone.
CAPCOM Okay. What's the status of the CCIG, Ed?
MITCHELL It's in good shape. It's deployed about
four feet to the southeast and pointing almost due south
with a little bit to the west.
CAPCOM Be au tiful.
PAO Shepard has raised the frame of the
central station. The reflection you see is from the alumin-
num foil surrounding it.
CAPCOM This is Houston. I show about 3 - 4
minutes overdue on the magazine on the 16 millimeter camera.
MITCHELL I was heading for it over there now, Al,
I' 11 turn it off.
SHEPARD Okay. You shut it off and we'll change
to mag here.
MITCHELL Okay. And Bruce I'm going to go to
intermediate cooling just for a few minutes - for a couple
of minutes.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL I've got it in between LOW and INTERMEDIATE
nOW,

CAP COM Roger, Ed.

MITCHELL And I'm going to take penetrometer mea-
surement now, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger.
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 1145 CST 117:22 GET 366/2

MITCHELL As I get ready for the thumper.

MITCHELL That new extension handle works well.
Hey, Houston. I'm taking these measurements now at a site
about 15 - about 25 feet south of the central - not of the
central station but of the RTG and here goes my first one.
One hand.
PAO Mitchell's sticking a rod in the ground
to test bearing strength.
MITCHELL Well, let's see - it's not nearly all the
way in.
SHEPARD Six marks. Six blacks showing.
MITCHELL Pick 1, 2, 3 - 1, 2, 3 a double one and
a black and a white. A white, a black and white below the
upper double one. Do you understand?
CAPCOM Roger, we do.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/5/71, 1150 CST 117:27 GET 367/1

MITCHELL This is one hand. With two hands,

I can push it all the way in.
CAP COM Roger.
MITCHELL No chart what so -
SHEPARD You have about three inches left there.
MITCHELL Well, there was no problem getting it
in, Al. that's my things won't reach any further.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Here we go, one hand. And I have
two white and two black rings going below the upper double
ring. Understand?
CAP COM Roger, understand.
MITCHELL Put one hand, and two hands all the
way again.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL And one more.
MITCHELL And this time, Houston, I got it all
the way to the upper double ring with one hand.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. And get all -
MITCHELL And again all the way in two hands.
CAPCOM Okay, the geophone deployment.
MITCHELL Rog. And Houston, I'm back in minimum
cooling.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
PAO Kitty Hawk overhead is scheduled for
a plane change at 118 hours 9 minutes 35 seconds ground
elapsed time.
MITCHELL That looks like a pretty good line
right out there.
CAPCOM Honest Al, this is Houston. How are
you doing?
SHEPARD Fine, thank you, Honest Abe. I'm
in the process of leveling and alining the antenna.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
PAO Shepard now alining the central
station antenna.
MITCHELL Now, let's see what that side looks
like. Okay, the antenna is leveled. Al, you do take a
picture down along this line, do you not?
SHEP ARD Yep. Okay.
MITCHELL Done got me a site.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 CSTl155 GET117:32 368/1

PAO 3 hours 13 minutes.

MITCHELL I have my first geophone in the
ground, and in this soft ground they go in vertically without
any problem and they push right on in.
CAPCOM Okay, that's the 10 foot one.
MITCHELL That's affirm.
CAP COM Ro g.
MITCHELL Okay Houston. The central station antenna
is aligned. I'm going to turn switch number 1 clockwise,
and switch number 5 counter clockwise. Are you with me?
CAPCOM I'm with you, go.
PAO Mitchell has deployed the first of
3 geophones .
MITCHELL Okay Al, will you watch me, keep me
honest here.
SHEPARD That's for sure, Ed.
MITCHELL Number 1, clockwise. Number 5, counter
clockwise.
SHEPARD (garb le)
CAPCOM Roger, out.
MITCHELL Kind of start moving on Al.
SHEPARD Al, for your information they're receiving
a good signal back from ALSEP.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL See where my first geophone is Al. Is
it okay?
SHEPARD Yea, I'll Just - I'll be up there in
Just a sec. Okay, a good line for you is the horrizon
intersection of that. Turn your rev, it's out of your sight,
do you see it? That big intersection there, okay, that's the
(garble) .
MIT CHELL Be auti ful.
MITCHEL ()kay, Houston the ALSEP anterior alignment
looks good.
CAP COM Roger out.
MITCHELL ()kay, let's press on with the LRQ.
CAPCOM Okay, we've also got the PSC final
deployment.
MITCHELL ()kay, and we'll do that now.
SHEPARD Singing. Okay, Ed.
PAO Shepard deploying the lazer deflector
now .

SHEPARD Bio cked.

PAO 3 hours 16 minutes since cabin depress.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 1200 CST 117:37 GET 369/1

PAO heart rate readings on Shepard now show

him ranging in the 7Os, Ed Mitchell ranging in the 90s.
We're at 117 hours 37 minutes ground elapsed time. 3 hours
18 minutes since cabin depress.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston. The second geophone is in.
I was a little bit overly optimistic about the ease of which
they could be put in. The tension of the cable is such that
it won't allow the geophone to hang straight. There's
a set in the cable.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL The geophone isn't heavy enough to
straighten it out. But we got it in.
CAPCOM This we stuff?
MITCHELL That's an editorial we.
CAPCOM Roger. And are you getting a -
MITCHELL I was really referring to the end of the -
CAPCOM Are you getting the second flag in there?
MITCHELL I was really referring to the end of the
thumper and me.
MITCHELL Yes, it's in.
SHEPARD Okay, the final deployment of the PSE gives
us a shadow reading of 093.
CAPCOM Roger. 093 degrees and level. Over.
PAO The second of three geo -
SHEPARD Straight and level.
CAP COM Beautiful.
SHEPARD Make that -
PAO The second of three geophones deployed
150 feet from the first.
SHEPARD You can call it 093.5 if you want, Houston.
CAP COM Roger, out.
MITCHELL And the skirt is all deployed very nicely
and level and flat all the way around.
PAO Shepard reporting completing of the passive
seismometer deployment.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 12:05CST l17:42GET 370/1

MITCHELL Okay, Rouston, this is Ed. I'm at

the end of my geophone line. Looking back over it, I see
the cable has knocked down the second flag. Do you want
me to go back and look at it or shall we try one shot and
see if everything is working?
CAPCOM We'd just as soon go ahead and try
a shot and see how it works, Ed. Have you got the third
one in the ground, yet?
MITCHELL Yes, the third one is in the ground.
Somehow or another I'm tangled up on this cable. Just
a minute.
CAPCOM Ro ger.
MITCHELL There we go.
SHEPARD Okay. The LRQ is deployed 100 feet,
west of the central station. It is level, LR3 index is
O. The cover is coming off now.
CAPCOM Roger, Al.
CAPCOM And Ed, this is Houston. Whenever
you're ready we need to get a calibration on the geophone,
so if you and A1 will just stand still for a moment then
we can give you a go to commence thumping.
MITCHELL Okay. Standing still now.
SHEPARD Okay. So is Al. The cover is off
of the laser and it is completely clean.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
SHEPARD And it did not move during the cover
re mova 1.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
CAPCOM And if you can do without moving around
we'd like to get an AMU status report.
SHEPARD Okay. This is Al, 3.75, 50 percent.
I have no flags, mid cooling and I'm comfortable.
Everything is beautiful.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
MITCHELL Okay. This is Ed. I'm 3.75, 34 per-
cent. I'm mid cooling, no flags, feel great.
CAP COM Roger. Got it.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. You're go for
thumper activity. We will require that you and A1 stop
20 seconds before hand and let it quite down. They're
very sensitive.
MITCHELL Okay. You're giving them from all
3 geophones, Houston?
CAPCOM That's affirmative.
MITCHELL Okay. Here goes the first one.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Do I need 20 seconds now, Houston?
CAP COM That's affirmative.
MITCHELL Okay. Start it counting.
MITCHELL 5, 4, 3, 2, - Start over. 5, 4, 3,
2, 1,

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/5/71, 12i0 CST, 117:47 GET 371/1

MITCHELL 1, fire. I didn't feel anything,

Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, we copy. Stand by.
SHEPARD Ed, I'm going to mosey on back and
start taking pictures in the meantime.
MITCHELL Okay.
PAO That was to have been the first of
21 thumper firings. We'll stand by.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. We saw an ARM
and a DISARM signal on that. We would like for you to attempt
to fire squib number 1 again at the same location. Over.
MITCHELL Okay. I haven't moved. Al, if you'll
hold your position we'll give them another go at it.
SHEPARD Okay, I'm ready.
MITCHELL 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, fire. Okay, we got
it that time, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, very good.
MITCHELL Okay, it's a hard trigger that's all. That
was the problem.
CAPCOM We copy.
MITCHELL (garbled) Okay.
SHEPARD Houston, did you know that - filming
that last magazine at 6 frames per seconds, did you take
that into account?
CAPCOM That's affirmative. 6 frames per
second was nominal 15 minutes and we ran for almost 20.
SHEPARD Okay, the little ball indicator was
indicating empty. Okay.
MITCHELL Hey Al, I'm ready for another one.
SHEPARD Go.
PAO Mitchell slanding close to the third
geophone for that first firing.
MITCHELL 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Tell her to try it
again.
MITCHELL 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Fire. A hair
trigger this isn't.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. We copy it fired on that one.
We see it -
MITCHELL Okay, echo echo is coming off and
delta delta going on.
CAPCOM Roger, understand dover delaware going
on the 16-mm camera.
SHEP ARD Oh, dear.
MITCHELL Okay, Al, I'm ready for another one.
And Houston, this is number 2.
CAPCOM Should be number 3, Ed.
MITCHELL Okay, counting from zero it's number 2.
CAPCOM Roger, counting from zero it is number 2.
MITCHELL Ail right, 10. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 fire.
CAP COM Beautiful, Ed.
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2.5/71, 1210 CST, 117:47 GET 371/2

SHEPARD Okay, all set for juliet juliet. Starting

fram is 6.
CAPCOM ]Roger, frame 6, judge jacardo java.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 CST1215 GETl17:52 372/1

PAO That was -

SHEPARD Do you have to be so prosic.
MITCHELL Okay, Al, I'm ready when you are.
SHEPARD Go ahead.
PAO Coming up on thumper firing number 4.
There done 15 feet apart.
SHEPARD 5 4 3 2 1, fire, 1 2 3 4 5. That's
very good.
MITCHELL I'll tell you, this thing has a pretty
good kick to it.
CAPCOM Okay, good shot, Ed.
MITCHELL It feels like firing both barrels of
a 12 gage shotgun at once.
CAPCOM Roger.
MITCHELL Houston, am I on number 5 now?
CAPCOM That's affirmative. Counting from 1
you're on number 5. Counting from zero, you'd be on
number 4, over.
MITCHELL Okay, give me the count from zero.
That's what I'm marking on.
CAPCOM Okay, from zero you're on number 4.
MITCHELL Okay, Al, I'm ready.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Yea I'm ready go ahead.
SHEPARD I'm not being facetious, Bruce. That's
the way it's marked.
CAPCOM Okay, I'm not fighting you.
SHEPARD 5, 4, 3, 2, let's try that one over,
it moved. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Okay, let's try it again, 5, 4,
3, 2, 1.
MITCHELL Well I didn't get a fire out of number
4, Bruce.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Let's go to the next position,
next initiator.
PAO Although numbered 4, that was, would
have been firing number 5.
MITCHELL 3, 4, 5. I can't get that one to
fire either.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. What I meant was the next
geophone line station with the next initiator.
MITCHELL Okay.
CAPCOM So using initiator number 5.
MITCHELL Let me try this one.
MITCHELL Alright say again what you want me to
do Bruce.
CAPCOM Okay, using -
MITCHELL On both numbeg 4 and number 5.
CAPCOM Using your initiator number 5, you are
to move on to the next station, which will be the 6th position.
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 CST1215 GETllT:52 372/2

CAPCOM 1,2,3,4,5,6, and try it again.

MITCHELL Okay.
CAPCOM And Ed, and Al, for your information
you've been out 3 hours and 35 minutes and you're about
35 minutes behind the nominal time line with a half hour
extension expected.
MITCHELL Ro ge r.
MITCHELL Okay Al, I'm ready to try again.
SHEPARD Okay, go ahead, Ed.
SHEPARD 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
MITCHELL It just won't fire. Okay chart try that
initiator once more.
CAPCOM Roger, repeat that one at the same
location.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 1220 CST 117:57 GET 373/1

MITCHELL Roger. 1, 3, 4, 5 -
CAPCOM Hold the arm for 10 seconds.
MITCHELL Okay, let me reinitiate the arm.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
MITCHELL 123 5678910 fire, it won't go Bruce.
CAPCOM Okay, next ignitor, next geophone station.
MITCHELL Roger.
MITCHELL Okay, Al, I'm ready.
SHEPARD Okay, go ahead.
MITCHELL Bruce, do you want a 10 second arm on this
one or 5.
CAPCOM 10 seconds please.
MITCHELL 54321 fire, got a good one. 345.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL Hurrah, we got one.
CAPCOM That was a good firing.
MITCHELL It was afraid not to. I told it I was
going to break it in ihalf if it didn't fire on that one.
Okay, I'm ready for the next one.
SHEPARD Okay, go ahead.
MITCHELL Here we go.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. We'd like you to
proceed to the central geophone, that is geophone number 2
soil ignitor number 11, or make that ignitor number 10 by your
count, and fire that one off. Over.
MITCHELL Instead of the one I'm firing right now?
CAP COM That's affirmative.
MITCHELL Alright, just about to push the trigger.
Oh, oh, that's what I was afraid of Bruce. This one pulled
out.
CAPCOM Which one pulled out?
MITCHELL Tihe middle geophone is not in the ground.
CAPCOM Okay, if you can reemplace it, do so.
MITCHELL I shall. This ground is so soft that
apparently, that just a tug on the cable lifted it right out.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. What are you photo-
graphing now? Over.
SHEPARD Right now I'm taking the distance shots
back to the LM from the RTG.
CAP COM Roger. Out.
SHEPARD Coming down to photograph the SIDE.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston. Number 11 it is.
CAPCOM Roger. Your ignitor number 10 and you're
at the second geophon,__.
MITCHELL Okay, that's affirm. Al, I'm ready when
you are.
SHEPARD Go ahead.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 12:25CST llS:01GET 374/1

MITCHELL 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 MARK. Good shot.

CAPCOM Roger. Al, you' re released from
the constraint for - of holding still for a period of time
prior to and after the geophone thumps. Ed must still
abide by the 20 second before and 5 second after rule. Over.
SHEPARD This is Al. I understand.
MITCHELL Okay, Bruce.
PAO Shepard now taking still photos of
the ALSEP deployment, while Mitchell firing the thumper.
PAO 3 hours, 43 minutes since cabin
depress .
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. We're expecting
you to thump at each station from there on in.
MITCHELL Okay. Houston here is number 11 coming up.
CAP COM Roger.
MITCHELL 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Fire. Good shot.
CAP COM Roger.
SHEPARD You should have threatened it earlier
in the game.
MITCHELL You' re right.
MITCHELL Okay. Number 12. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1
Fire. Good shot.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL (garble) for the devil.
MITCHELL Okay, number 13, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger.
MITCHELL 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Fire. No fire.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Press on to the next
station. The next ignitor
MIT CHELL Okay .
MITCHELL Are you getting any decent signals
back, Bruce?
CAPCOM That's affirmative, Ed.
MITCHELL Okay. I'm on ignitor 15.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. We need to
have you stand still again.
MIT CH ELL Ok ay.
CAPCOM And I show that you ought to be on
your ignitor number i[4, Ed, unless -

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/5/71, 1230 CST 118:06 GET 375/1

CAPCOM Ed, that was one you last used.

MITCHELL DIT.
MITCHELL 5, 4, 2, 1, fire. No fire. Let me
try it once more, Bruce. Mark. 1 fire. No fire. Okay, I'm
moving on.
CAPCOM Roger, move on.
MITCHELL Number 15. Okay.
MITCHELL 5_ 4, 3, 2, 1 fire. No fire.
CAPCOM Roger, next geophone, next position.
Or not next geophone, next station, next squib.
MITCHEL Rog.
PAO Three hours 49 minutes since cabin
depress .
MITCHELL Okay, Al.
SH EP ARD E d.
MITCHELL 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 fire. Good shot. 2, 3,
4. 5.
CAPCOM Roger, understand good shot on your
igniter - 16.
MITCHELL That's affirm. Okay, number 17.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 fire. Good shot. 2, 3,
4, 5.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL Okay, number 18.
SHEPARD Okay, go ahead.
MITCHELL 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 fire. Good shot. 3, 4,
5.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 1235 CST 118:11 376/1

MITCHELL These latter shots are firing like they're

supposed to, Bruce?
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL Good easy pull and it doesn't seem to be
kicking quite so hard. Maybe I'm just pushing on it harder.
Ok ay , A1.
SHEPARD Okay, go ahead.
MITCHELL 5, 4, 3. 2, 1, fire. Good shot. 2, 3,
4,5.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL And we only have one left, Bruce.
CAPCOM Okay, how many positions do you have to
go?
MITCHELL I'm on 20 and I'm on my last position.
CAP COM Be auti ful.
MITCHELL I'm at the last geophone.
CAP COM BE;auti ful.
MITCHELL Oh, okay. I'm saying we got a shot to
spare, but we must have had 22 charges.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston, we'd like both of
you to stand still for a minute here to get a calibration
curve .

MIT CHELL Ok ay.

CAPCOM And bear in mind that you told me that
you started with charge number 0. So 0 to 20 is 21 charges,
and we come out even.
MITCHELL Yes, I understand that. I've never seen
one fire on 0 before. But I've never fired flight hardware
before.
CAPCOM Ed, now are you both holding still for
the calibration here?
SHEP ARD Af fi rrna rive.
MITCHELL And the pumps are running on our PLSS.
CAPCOM I wouldn't want you to shut those off.
MITCHELL Thank you.
CAPCOM Okay, go ahead with the last shot, Ed.
MITCHELL Okay, here we go.
SHEPARD I t m ready.
MITCHELL 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, fire. Good shot.
CAP COM Good show.
MITCHELL 3, 4, 5.
SHEPARD Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, A1 has completed the photographic
coverage of the ALSEP and Juliet Juliet counter number 34.
And would you tell us now how much, Counter number 34, Ed.
Would you tell us now, how much longer we have before we
have to be back at the MET for closeout?
CAPCOM Roger. Counter 34 and Stand by.
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 1235 CST 118:11 GET 376/2

PAO Good firing on the last thumper.

SHEPARD Not a bad batting average. Big league
stuff.
MITCHELL Hoping to get a few more shots off than
that. Okay, we ought to look around the ground for the - I
think we'd better have a little change in strategy here. Okay,
Houston, the -
CAPCOM A1 and Ed, this is Houston. With a 1/2
hour extension you have 18 minutes until you have to be
back at the MESA.
MITCHELL 18 minutes and 30 extension is what we
have, is that correct?
CAPCOM That's Roger. You are 3 hours and 56 min-
utes into the EVA at this time.
MITCHELL Okay, in that case then, we'll arm the
mortar package at this time before we leave and proceed back
along our track getting Geology along the way.
CAP COM Roger. We concur.
SHEPARD Hey. If you wait a minute, I'll come over
and help you with that thing, Ed.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston. Did you copy that switch
number 5 is clockwise and safe?
CAPCOM Roger. I now copy that switch number 5
is clockwise and safe.
MITCHELL Okay, we're going to arm the mortar pack.
And now I'm going to pull the safety rods, hold her down.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 CST1241 GETll8:17 MC377/1

CAP COM A1 -
CAPCOM Al, and Ed, this is Houston, after arming
the morter pack, we'd like you to proceed back in the general
direction of the LM and selecting a suitable area in route,
collect a comprehensive sample and try to pick up a football
size rock on the way, over.
MITCHELL Okay, that's our intent, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, and I'll give you periodic
reports on how much time you've got left until you have to
be back at the MESA.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, it's a little off level now.
MITCHELL We'll relevel it and try.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Okay. I'm fixing to relevel it right
now .

SHEPARD I'll press on, and back and look for a

good spot for this.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Houston, the safety rods are out of
the morter pack.
CAP COM Roger.
PAO Ed Mitchell now arming the morter pack
for firing sometime within the next year.
CAPCOM Al, and Ed, mark, four hours into the EVA.
MITCHELL Okay.
CAPCOM With the half hour extension we're working
into a 4 hour and 45 minute EVA duration.
PAO We're at 118 hours 19 minutes Ground
Elapsed Time.
CAPCOM And Al, would you confirm that you have
the extension handle off the thumper geophone anchored.
SHEPARD I will have it when we leave here. I
don't have it yet.
CAPCOM Roger, out.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston, the morter pack is lined,
but the bubble, change it to the inner ring, and I'm going to
run it down, and point it almost due north, a little bit
to the west of north. I guess Al's photographs will allow
you to get that exactly.
CAPCOM Roger, bubble tangent to inner ring
and almost due north.
MITCHELL The tangent to the inter ring on the
northwest side.
CAPCOM Ok ay.
MITCHELL Both arming switches are on, on the
mortar pack. Switch number 5 is going back counter clockwise.
CAPCOM Okay, stand clear.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 12:45CST llS:21GET 378/1

MITCHELL Okay. Switch 5 is armed.

CAPCOM Okay. You got the safety -
MITCHELL It's had 15 feedback when it's - -
MITCHELL 15 feet away when that cable's
only 10 feet long.
CAPCOM Roger, we copy and you got the
safety rods - the two switches on the pack, switch
5. Beautiful.
MITCHELL That's affirm.
PAO Kitty Hawk accomplished her plane
change by the book. Now circling the moon on the 19 rev.
MITCHELL Extention handle and I'm starting
out after Alan now.
MITCHELL Hey, that's sure a different mode
of traveling than carrying that barbell.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, on this - into this
comprehensive sample we're about a third of the way back to
the LM. I'm not at an area exactly what I want, so I have drawn
a circle which is approximately 2 meters in radius and I'm
going to pick the surface rocks from that and the sampling
of the surface fines from that area.
CAPCOM . Roger, Al.
SHEPARD And I've photographically doc -
I've documented this location with a locator shot back to
the LM and to the ALSEP.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
PAO That was Ed Mitchell that was performing
the hopping.
MITCHELL Okay, Al. Need some help there.
SHEPARD Yes, I want to pick up all the
walnut size-rocks in the tongs. Meanwhile we'll look at the
surface fines, here.
PAO Shepard's heart rate now ranging -
MITCHELL Let's say they didn't know what to say.
PAO 75 to 85, Mitchell the same, 75 to 85.
MITCHELL Have to be careful that we don't put them
on the ground. If you make consecutive passes at it the whole
circle, we can tell.
MITCHELL Oh, damn.
SHEPARD (Garb le)
SHEPARD With this amount of time we can really
only get the ones that are essentially there.
MITCHELL Yes, let me grab another way bag,
because you' re too far away for me to - -
SHEPARD An inch in diameter.
MITCHELL Can't help you very well this way.
SHEPARD Put something together it in a minute.
SHEPARD I think I've got them, Ed.
MITCHELL Okay. I'll get one for the fines.
SHEPARD Get one for the fines and we'll start-
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 12:45CST ll8:21GET 378/2

SHEPARD I'd Just say, Just pick up an undistrubed

site out of each quadrant, that we didn't hit with our feet,
cut it down to about a centimeter level and fill the bag that
way .
MITCHELL You want the medium size scoop or
the big scoop for this.
SHEPARD No, actually of the trenching tool,
medium - now the medium size scoop is the best. Ail you're
going to do is cut the surface to the depth of about a
centimeter and we'll not disturb the area here were we
haven't picked up the rocks. Okay.
MITCHELL Okay. Bringing the stuff over right
now .

PAO Shepard and Mitchell

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 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/5/71, 1250 CST 118:26 GET 379/1

PAO are collecting comprehensive samples.

CAPCOM This is Houston, we show about 8 minutes
remaining until you should be at the MESA to start closeout.
SHEPARD Okay, we will be able to bring the
compehensive sample at that time.
CAP COM Be auti ful.
MITCHELL Don't close it, here's one in here
for that.
SHEPARD What?
MITCHELL Here's one in here I picked up.
SHEPARD Oh, okay. drop it in here then.
SHEPARD Very good.
MITCHELL Okay, I'll start over here in this
undisturbed area.
SHEPARD Yeah, just get that area and then right
here in this area. And fill up the bag to the line. Now
head on back a little further, get a football-size rock.
MIT CHELL Ok ay.
PAO Ground elapsed time 118 hours 27 min-
utes. 4 hours 8 minutes since cabin depress.
SHEPARD Okay. There's some pretty good sized
ones back over in here.
SHEPARD Okay, that's too big. I'll get one
-- that's a little smaller.
CAPCOM A1 and Ed, 5 minutes.
SHEPARD Okay. You want to start back now, Ed?
MITCHELL Ail right, let me get about three more
scoops, Al. I can get there before long.
SHEPARD Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, you can see where the
area where the football-sized rocks are coming from. It's
essentially 2/3 of the way back toward the LM from the ALSEP
site. The rock appears to have been ejected from the crater
which Ed was describing earlier from his 12:30 position.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 1255 CST 118:31 GET 380/1

MITCHELL As a matter of fact it's going to be the

small foot size, football size rock - that turned out to
be two of them.
CAP COM Roger.
MITCHELL The second small football appearing on
the same crater, from _Lear the same crater.
MITCHELL And at first glance appears to be fairly
similar color. It's a large hand sample. It's essentially
not vesicular. Just some very small vesicules. The -
CAPCOM Roger. We've got two minutes we'd like
to get you on back to the vicinity of the MESA.
MITCHELL What looks to be a fairly large crystal
in that second ball - football rock and now, starting back
toward the MESA now -
SHEPARD And I'm on my way too.
CAPCOM Roger.
SHEPARD Hey, away we go.
MITCHELL ThE: number of surface rocks and
rocks compared with the number of surface fines is very,
very small, Houston. It is - There's a few boulders lying
around and there's a few blocks around some of the craters
but by and large, it's a powery surface. Don't run into that
crater, Al.
SHEPARD Don't worry, Babe. Little slow in one
direction here.
SHEPARD -lng pretty well.
MITCHELL Yeah, how about keeping your eye on it
cause -
SHEPARD I am.
PAO 4 hours, 14 minutes -
MITCHELL sound of it more than this when I left
the site.
SHEPARD Okay, we're coming back down hill, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. We're seen you going across
the TV camera and it looks like you've gotten back to the
MESA here with about ten or fifteen seconds to spare on our
mark. We do have plenty of time for the nominal closeout
so we don't want you to rush that. Just go through the
procedures and we'll take the timing as it comes. When you
have a moment, we'd like to get an EMU status report.
MITCHELL Okay.
MITCHELL And since I'm coming by the camera Houston,
I'll turn you around.
CAPCOM Roger. And we'll put the zoom on up -
zoom on about for you -- overdue.
PAO Shepard, Mitchell returning with two small
football size rocks and F-44.
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MITCHELL How's the field of view right now?

CAPCOM It's p_retty poor right now.
MITCHELL Okay. Just _ a minute.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Twist 40.
CAPCOM Okay, can you elevate the camera a little.
MITCHELL Yeah, I have to dig in her - bag, how is
that.
CAPCOM Okay. Good. Very good.
MITCHELL Okay.
MITCHELL Oh, damn it. There went my sample bags.
SHEPARD Put your, your HT handles for it.
MITCHELL We'll use the - this handle. Fortunately
all big (garble) -

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MITCHELL (garbled)
PAO Mitchell, Shepard apparantly switching
Jobs with A1 Shepard pulling the MET bag.
SHEPARD That bin is only half full.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, for your information
those location- documentary locations shots of the compre-
hensive sample taken on JJ and on I'm showing it 40.
CAPCOM Roger, JJ 40 for the compenhensive
sample area.
MITCHELL Take this can you? Be careful you don't
spill that but cause your hands are full too.
SHEPARD And on the compenhensive sample,
Houston, I feel we have about 15 rocks and some fine.
My weight bag is going in the SRC.
CAPCOM Roger. If you take an addition weight
bag and put material from the immediate vicinity of the LM
into it to fill up the SRC, we request that you drop a docu-
mented sample bag in it as a tag. Over.
SHEPARD Okay.
PAO The SRC is a sample return container.
SHEPARD Okay, I guess we've got a little
room to do that. I put the football-sized rocks in the ETB.
MITCHELL Okay, did you put a 70-mm camera in the
ETB?
SHEPARD You want a bag? Yeah, I put it in
there.
MITCHELL Did you take out the TDS?
SHEPARD No, not yet.
MITCHELL Okay, it's probably in the bottom.
CAPCOM And Al, I show that you have a maga-
zine on the 16-mm that's totally unused, dover deleware.
SHEPARD It's on the MET, Bruce, it never
made it on the camera.
CAPCOM I think Ed put it on, put didn't
start it.
MITCHELL Ne gative.
SHEPARD Oh, I'm sorry, I take it back, we did
put it on.
SHEPARD Okay, where's that tin scoop?
MITCHELL Which one, the big one?
SHEPARD Why don't you let me help you with the -
let's take the shovel back.
PAO By putting the footbal-sized rocks
in the bag, the crew will take them into the LM with them
between EVAs.
SHEPARD Look at that little crater out there.
It looks like a secondary -
MITCHELL Okay, let's look at it.
SHEPARD Right out here.
MITCHELL I saw a little crater about this size out
here that I'd swear -
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MITCHELL had glass in the bottom of it, but

I was too busy thumping to stop and make any comment on it.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
SHEPARD ( garb le d)
MITCHELL Yeah, they're all different color
(garbled)
SHEP ARD Yeah.
MITCHELL (garbled)

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 CST1305 GETll8:41 382/1

MITCHELL See at a different (garble).

SHEPARD Okay, how is that?
MITCHELL It can take another shovel full.
MITCHELL That's good.
SHEPARD ()kay, descent is from a small crater,
looks like it might be a secondary impact. (garble) It's
about 2 feet in diameter.
MITCHELL And it's between 130 50 feet, 130 40
feet from the LM.
CAP COM Roger.
MITCHELL And we'll put a documented sample bag
in there with it.
MITCHELL We'll put a documented bag in there
with and that will be bag number 1.
SHEPARD Here you go, Ed. Stick it in there.
MITCHELL Okay, put it in 1 November, 1 November.
CAP COM Roger, out.
SHEPARD The computer and I will fill up this
RC and that will do it very nicely.
MITCHELL Okay, very good.
SHEPARD There you go.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston, I'm getting the 2
used bags off the DEP. There going (garble).
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston.
SHEPARD Okay, That's too big, stick that in
the ETB also. Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, prior to terminating the EVA,
on the TV camera, we will need it set to F44, peak and
aline so that the long axis of the camera is perpendicular
to the sun. We'd also like to move the camera so that in
this orientation we're still viewing the LM, over.
SHEPARD Okay. Fire F44 peak, in long direction
normal to the sunlight.
CAP COM Roger.
MITCHELL Al, did you get the, did you get to
put the maps in - no the maps are right here.
SHEPARD No, I haven't done anything yet. I'm
just (garble).
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Assembling the millimeter camera in
the ETB and packing the (garble).
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD And Houston, we were unable to get
all of the playback in the SRC. It's full. We're putting
the small samples, from small rocks from the comprehensive
sample in the lay bag along with the 2 small football rocks.
CAPCOM Roger. I understand the football
rocks are in 1 white bag, and you're adding another white
bag containing the small rocks.
SHEPARD Right, 2 white bags and they're both in
the ETB .
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CAP COM Roge r.

PAO The small rocks will also be carried
into the LM in a way bag.
MITCHELL I've got another 70 milimeter camera
to go.
SHEPARD It's not very heavy.
MITCHELL I'm thinking about volume.
SHEPARD Okay, let's see if we can close now.
SHEPARD Okay, so SRC sereo 07 contains then,
the organic control sample. Define from the comprehensive
sample and the extra find from that small crater we collected
near the LEM.
CAPCOM Roger, we copy those and the SRC.
SHEPARD 70 milimeter cameras, and 3 16 milimeters.
That we didn't run off there, okay.
MITCHELL Yea, I got it all.
SHEPARD Okay, and the map should be there.
MITCHELL I've got the map already.
SHEPARD (garble). didn't we.
MITCHELL I've got it.
SHEPARD Okay, I'll move on out here, take care.
MITCHELL What are your -

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MITCHELL You're tangled up in the cable.

SHEPARD Okay, 44 peak, normal.
MITCHELL Ro ge r.
CAPCOM Roger, and we might as well go to 25 on
the zoom, Al.
SHEPARD I just zoomed by you.
CAPCOM We saw you zoom by us.
SHEPARD Verify 44, 44 on the zoom, I mean 44 on
the F-stop 25 on the zoom- minus infinity.
CAPCOM Just a minute, Al, I've got to configure
one more camera here.
SHEPARD 30 on the focus. We're transmitting and
we're in peak and we're long axis is normal to the sun. How
is that?
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SHEPARD You want the lens cap ON or OFF.
CAPCOM Lens cap OFF. O F F.
SHEPARD OFF. Okay, ETB contains 2 medium football
rocks and the small rocks in the comprehensive sample,
2 70 millimeter cams, 3 16 millimeter mags, map, lens, brush
assembly.
MITCHELL They're all in there, I Just checked them.
SHEPARD Good show.
MITCHELL And the SRC number 2 is on the map.
SHEPARD Okay, lets see if we can get you clean.
MITCHELL I think that completes my checklist.
CAPCOM Did I copy SRC number 1 sealed?
MITCHELL Prepare to lift the cable again.
SHEPARD Cable for cable. Say again.
CAPCOM SRC number 1, sealed and closeup camera
OFF.
SHEPARD SRC number 1 is sealed.
MITCHELL And verify that close up cambea is OFF.
SHEPARD Okay, its going to be a -
MITCHELL Brush?
SHEPARD Yes.
MITCHELL Okay.
PAO 4 hours 29 minutes now -
SHEPARD Ok ay ?
MITCHELL I was trying to see if we could see -
yes it's still here. ]Let's go at it. I don't know, golly
you're a mess. That helps.
SHEPARD Yes, quite a bit. I Just took the top.
MITCHELL It'll take awhile, but we'll get it there.
Oh, these gloves are.
SHEPARD Pardon? Okay, press on.
SHEPARD Take this.
MITCHELL Get into your connectors there.
SHEPARD Hey, Houston. How much time do we have
to repress, now?
CAPCOM Alright, we're looking at 14 minutes and
20 seconds to scheduled end of EVA, about 12 minutes and
20 seconds to repress. You've got 1/2 hour margin in there.
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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 1310 CST 118:46 GET 383/2

CAPCOM A half an hour margin in addition.

MITCHELL Okay. We're going to use it getting clean,
I think.
CAPCOM Roger. Just do the best you can and we'll
keep you posted.
SHEPARD A1 right.
MITCHELL Do you ever use soap on your Clothes?
Bet you been wallering in them.

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MITCHELL Okay, come on around and let me get

this other leg. Okay. That's good. Get them off good.
Cause you're going to sleep in that hammock over me.
MITCHELL Okay. Turn on around toward me a
little bit more. Those overshoes are impossible.
SHEPARD They came off pretty well.
MITCHELL Yes. I think we can do best by
kicking them off and now, you can get them off about as
fast as I can -
SHEPARD All righty. Turn around and let
me get the sun on you, probably better. Okay. Okay,
inside. Okay. Turn around. Okay on the inside. Okay,
you're pretty clean on the torso. Few on the hoses.
Not too bad. Most of this stuff seems to be coming off
fairly well - -
MITCHELL Yes. It comes off if it's not too
much rubbed in, if it's just laying there it brushes off
well.
SHEPARD Have a UHT still on.
MITCHELL Okay. I'll take it.
PAO Shepard and Mitchell cleaning themselves
off now.
SHEPARD Okay. Now, not much we can do with
that. Okay. Yes. It comes quite a bit of that stuff comes
off especially off the back. That's a lot better.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Okay, ready?
SHEPARD Wait a minute, I've got a -
MITCHELL Hey, you're in the S-band cable.
SHEPARD S-band cable. Let's - get the inside
of you there. And thE: other side. That's the end of that.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Here you go, put a pair of thongs in that.
Did you hit it?
MITCHELL Nc,, these tongs will never pick it up. You
can help me with it, though.
PAO 4 hours and 34 minutes now.
MITCHELL Got it.
SHEPARD Okay. All righty, let's press on
here. Okay. I want to get this baby out in the sun.
MITCHELL Lay that right there until tomorrow.
MIT CHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Got your cable again.
MITCHELL Hold it. Al, hold it.
SHEPARD Holding it.
MITCHELL Come up to-
P AO The - -
MITCHELL Okay, I'll go ahead and start up the
ladder and you can pass me the ET - pass me the - -
SHEPARD Yes. Go ahead.
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CAPCOM Ed and Al, Houston. We'd like to

get a final AMU status report.
PAO The MET being parked in the sun.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL This EMU is about 4 feet in the
air right now.
SHEPARD This is Al, 3.75, and I'm reading
40 percent, no flags and iow flow and I feel fine.
MITCHELL Okay. At 3.75, reading 20 percent,
and no flags, minimum cooling and feel great.
CAPCOM Roger. Thank you, Ed.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 1320 CST 118:56 GET 385/1

MITCHELL Got it?

SHEPARD Got it.
MITCHELL Piece of cake.
SHEPARD I believe you fellows (garble) is rock.
Pick them. MESA with you.
SHEPARD How's that pretty redhead doing, Houston?
MITCHELL I don't think they heard you.
CAPCOM Oh, yeah. We did too, Al. He's doing
fine up there taking photographs and he Just passed by you
about ten minutes ago. Over.
MITCHELL Did he ever get it fix - high corem
camera fixed?
CAPCOM Okay. Negative on the high comm and he
was able to spot the LM on the last pass. Over.
SHEP ARD Ah, beautiful. Beautiful.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston. I'm at the door waiting
for INGRESS.
MITCHELL Getting ready to open the hatch now.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
PAO Mitchell ready to get back inside.
MIT CHELL In gressing.
PAO Going in now.
SHEPARD Okay, the -
CAPCOM Where's the SRC?
MITCHELL Say again.
CAPCOM Did the SRC get up to the platform?
SHEPARD Garble
MITCHELL Ye ah.
PAO That's a sample return container.
MITCHELL LM is parked in the sun, 45 degree angle.
S-band cover is on it. It looks like it's going to spend
the night very comfortably.
CAP COM Roger.
SHEPARD Okay .
MITCHELL The TVs ready to go.
SHEPARD Okay. Get mine. And on (garble) away
we go.
MI TCHE LL Humming.
PAO 4 hours, 39 minutes -
MITCHELL Up on the porch now.
PAO Shepard preparing to go up there. To
go inside.
MITCHELL The other side of the hatch now. Coming
in the hatch. It's all yours. Okay. Do you have it?
SHEPARD I've got it.
MITCHELL Ok ay.
PAO Inside at 4 hours 40 minutes since
cabin depress.
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MITCHELL Houston, Al's starting up the ladder.

CAPCOM Roger. Did you get everything in the
one ETB?
MITCHELL Yeah.
CAPCOM Roger. Very good.
MITCHELL Okay. Al's up at the top of the ladder
waiting for the LEC to come out.
SHEPARD Now Al's up here.
MITCHELL Okay.
PAO The LEC is the equipment belt.
SHEPARD Okay.
SHEPARD Here is the LEC.
MITCHELL Okay.
SPHEPARD Put your

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_ APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 CST1325 GETll9:01 386/1

MITCHELL Okay, are you ready for the sample

box?
SHEPARD Pass it in.
SHEPARD Wait a minute I'll give it up to you
a little higher.
MITCHELL Just push it right on in. I've got
it.
SHEPARD Okay, the SRC is in the cabin, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, Al.
MITCHELL And A1 will be starting in moments.
PAO The first sample return container.
MITCHELL I'm at the door.
SHEPARD A1 righ ty.
SHEPARD Okay, are you behind the door?
MITCHELL No, your hoses are in my way. I'm coming
around the other way.
SHEPARD I had those babies pulled pretty far
back. I guess they came out again.
MITCHELL Between your hoses and the ISA, which
keeps falling off the hook, it gets pretty messy. Okay, come
on in.
SHEPARD Okay, I'm going through the hatch.
PAO Shepard reports he's going through the
hatch.
MITCHELL Just a second, I'll steer your antenna.
MITCHELL Okay. Come on through.
$HEPARD All clear.
MITCHELL Yep.
MITCHELL Roll toward me, roll toward me.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Come on up. Turn to your - clear -
SHEPARD Coming around.
MITCHELL Okay.
MITCHELL Think about it first. Okay Houston,
A1 is in the cabin and PLSS feed water coming off.
CAPCOM Okay, A1 is in the cabin and PLSS
feed water off.
MITCHELL And Ed's feed water is off.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
PAO Both crew members in cabin now.
MITCHELL (garble). Lean forward. Getting ready to
close the hat ch.
MITCHELL Okay, the hatch is closed and locked.
CAPCOM Roger, the hatch.
PAO Hatch is closed and locked.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 1330 CST 119:06 GET 387/1

MITCHELL If I can turn? I can.

MITCHELL (inaudible) that was REPRESS AUTO. Circuit
breaker. 7 REPRESS CLOSED.
SHEPARD (inaudible) Circuit breaker in.
MITCHELL Say again.
PAO Repressurization taking place now. 119
hours 7 minutes GET.
MIT CHELL (Inaudible)
CAPCOM A1 and Ed. This is Houston. Over.
SHEPARD Go ahead Houston.
CAPCOM Roger. We request that you do not break
your suit PLSS integrity until we call you again. Over.
MITCHELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD I'm not reading you (inaudible)
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston.
MITCHELL Okay, Ed. As you may have noticed, during
the EVA and infact, during the predepressurization checklist,
your suit leakrate seems to be somewhat higher then Al's,
although within spec. At this time we'd like you to run
through the normal pressure integrity check on your suit
PLSS combination as called out at the 52 minute mark prioz
to depress on the EVA 1 card. A1 can proceed to reconfigure
himself onto the LM ECS. Over.
MITCHELL Stand by.
MITCHELL Why don't you go here and I'll go ahead.
SHEPARD Okay, I' 11 go here.
MITCHELL Okay, that was plus 4.6.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
PAO Cabin pressure reported at 4.6, that's 4.6
pounds of pressure.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 13:35CST ll9:llGET 388/1

PAO During the active seismic experiment

the science support room recorded 13 thumper firings.
SHEPARD They can't do this.
PAO Meanwhile all alone in Kitty Hawk,
Stu Roosa - -
MITCHELL I'm just going to blow mine up here
in a minute.
SHEPARD What? Go ahead. Do it.
SHEP ARD (garble)
SHEPARD - - circuit release, AUTO
MITCHELL (garble)
SHEPARD (garble) pressure cabin.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Okay. Cabin gas returns in AUTO
(garble) and pressure cabin.
MITCHELL Okay. Let's get the EVA circuit.
Breakers .
PAO Stu Roosa performed plane - -
PAO plane change number 1 right
on schedule
PAO - - with a Delta-V of 370.5 feet
per second, a burn time of 18.45 feet per second, this
is done in a ground elapsed time of 118 hours and 9 minutes,
35 seconds.
PAO Kitty Hawk now in an orbit of 62.1
nauticle miles by 57.6 nautical miles. And this Apollo
Control, Houston at 119 hours 13 minutes.
MIT CHELL Ok ay, Al.
MITCHELL Okay. (garble) Finish the rest of
it. You can (garble)
SHEPARD Go ahead (garble)
MITCHELL Wh at ?
SHEPARD Go ahead (garble)
MITCHELL Guess that I'm going back to 57.
CAPCOM Say again, Ed.
MITCHELL Itm going back for this check.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
MITCHELL Let's see that's on the same page,
isn't it?
CAPCOM That's correct. It's over in the
left hand column.
MITCHELL It' s at 52.
SHEPARD (garble)
MITCHELL (garble) is off. (garble)
SHEPARD Okay.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 CST1340 GETll9:16 389/1

SPEAKER Okay.
MITCHELL DIP is down to 10 percent, and the
pressure doesn't seem to want to come up.
CAPCOM Okay, stay in that configuration, and
stand by.
MITCHELL Houston, the air is starting to get
a little stale in this suit.
CAPCOM Roger Ed. Discontinue the check and
go ahead with your post EVA systems configuration.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Let me get your antenna.
MITCHELL (Inaudible). Where is my (garble).

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 1345 CST 119:21 GET 390/1

SHEPARD Okay, I put it on top of the ETV. Okay,

you got your purge valve. Okay, your purge valves in right.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Next will be those 2 hoses.
MITCHELL Why don't you turn the fan off here.
SHEPARD Okay, very good.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. We'd like to confirm
that you have closed the 02 valve on your PLSS. Over.
MITCHELL That's affirm.
CAP COM Roger. Out.
MITCHELL I'll double check it, Bruce, but - I verify
it's closed.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL Hey, connect the other 2 hoses.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SHEPARD Okay, got (garble) valve.
SHEPARD Is your PLSS pump off? Is your PLSS fan
off?
MITCHELL Both are off.
SHEPARD PLSS water?
SHEPARD Connect to LM water.
MITCHELL Why don't you help me with the water.
SHEPARD Huh?
MITCHELL Your going to have to help me with the
water connection, I can't close it.
SHEPARD I already did.
MITCHELL I said, I can't close that one.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Pop this one in for me to, will you?
SHEPARD I put that one in.
MITCHELL (garble)
MITCHELL You stuck this one in that one. I didn't
do very well.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Just move PLSS to OFF.
SHEPARD Connect LM water.
MITCHELL Yes. (garble)
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Over.
SHEPARD Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. We've been going
through the COMM checklist. We'd like to leave the S-band
transmitter and receiver in secondary. Over.
SHEPARD Okay, will do.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMbIENTARY 2/5/71 1350 CST 119:28 GET 391/1

CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston.

ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger, We'd like you to pull the circuit
breaker on the TV camera at this time. Over.
MITCHELL No sooner said than done.
CAP COM Ro ger.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston. At
119 hours, 59 minutes we've completed the shift handover
in Mission Control. Flight Director Milton Windler and his
maroon team of flight controllers are now on. Capsule
Communicator on this shift is Astronaut Gordon Fullerton.
There will be a change of shift briefing shortly in the
MSC News Center, main auditorium. At the present time,
Flight Director Windler is reviewing the mission status with
each of his flight controllers - going around the room
checking status and also discussing the lunar lift off which
will occur on this shift tomorrow. We're about one minute
fifteen seconds from reacquiring the command module on its
20th revolution and al: this time we expect that crewmen on
both spacecraft are in the midst of an eat period prior to
beginning their scheduled rest periods. We'll stand by for
acquisition of Kitty Hawk now in about 45 seconds.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 120 hours,
15 minutes. We're ready now for the change of shift press
briefing in the MSC News Center auditorium. We'll switch
to that at this time.

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^POLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 CST1503 GET120:40 MC-392/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 120 hours

40 minutes. During the change of shift briefings we have
conversations going on with both the lunar module, Antares,
and with Stu Roosa, in Kitty Hawk. We have tape recorded
on the conversations with Antares and we'll be prepared to
play that back. The conversations with Stu Roosa primarily
concern the Hi Con camera. Capcom, Ken Mattingly, who is
handling the CSM side of the capcom duties advised Roosa
that tests on the ground indicate that the hicon camera
may in fact be getting usable pictures and we asked Roosa
to attempt to verify that the shutter is operating. This
would add to the feeling of confidence that perhaps the
hicon camera is operating properly. And Roosa was advised
to operate the camera and to attempt to look down toward
the aperture with a flash light and see if he could verify
that the shutters were operating. If he can verify this,
the plan at this time would be to use the hicon camera, the
lunar photographic camera at the next opportunity to photograph
the potential landing site at Descartes, which would be on
the 25th and 26th revolutions. Roosa is finishing up a
meal period, and as soon as he has completed with that, he's
scheduled to enter a sleep period. We're in conversation with
the lunar module at tile present time. We'll pick up with
tape recorded communications and then stand by to follow live.
MITCHELL Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Go ahead, Ed.
MITCHELL We' re about ready to give you some
weights on return equipment.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Ready to copy.
MITCHELL Okay, we're ready to come up with the
first bags. Stand by one. Houston, let me tell you what we've
done. Remember A1 said that we brought in the, the small
rock from the comprehensive sample area in one weight bag.
CAP COM Ok ay.
MITCHELL We couldn't get them all in the SRC.
We got in, we got the contingency sample here, and it so
happens that the material cracked in the contingency sample
bag and it's leaking, so we're putting it in the weigh bag
with these other rocks, and the weight of that total combination
is 5 pounds.
CAPCOM Okay Ed, got you. The contengency
samples in that weigh bag with a total weight of 5 pounds.
MITCHELL Rog. And Houston, the next bag has
2 toy size football rocks in it. And they weight 15 pounds
total.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Stand by one, Ed.
MITCHELL And that's going into the left hand
storage compartment.
CAPCOM Okay, left hand storage compartment
with 2 little league footballs, 15 pounds.
MITCHELL Rog.
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MITCHELL Okay, Houston, both of those rock bags

are going to left hand storage compartment.
CAPCOM Okay Ed. That's the one with the
contengency sample and the comprehensive, and the football
ones, right.
CAP COM That's affirmative.
MITCHELL Ed, if you'll stand by Just 1 minute
I need to copy these down to Stu, and I'll be right back to
you.
MIT CHELL Ok ay.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Okay, I'm ready
to listen to you for a while. Anything else you might have.
ANTARES Okay, we want you to be discriminating
about our samples now. We have the comprehensive rocks in
the left hand stowage compartment. The comprehensive fines
however, are in the SRC.
CAPCOM Okay, got that. The rocks, how about
the comprehensive rocks in the stowage compartment and the
finds in- SRC.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/5/71 15:08CST 120:45GET 393/1

CAPCOM fines and the SRC.

MITCHELL That's affirm.
MITCHELL And MAG MM is replacing II.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Say again.
MITCHELL Okay. We replaced Magazine JJ on
the Commander's camera with LL and II on the LMP's camera
with MM.
CAPCOM Okay. We've got LL and MM on there
nOW.

MITCHELL That's affirm.

MITCHELL Houston, Antares. Verify which are
the two 16 millimeter ]MAGS that have been just used.
CAP COM Roge r.
MITCHELL Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
MITCHELL Did you understand my question,
Gordon?
CAPCOM I guess I didn't . I didn't-realize
there was a question. Go ahead. Say it again, please?
MITCHELL Okay. We have three 16 millimeter MAGS
of which we only used 2. Can you tell me which two we used?
CAPCOM I'll have to check back. I'll give you
an answer in a minute, here?
MITCHELL Okay.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston.
MITCHELL Go ahead.
CAPCOM Our records show that the used
magazines are Charlie, Charlie and Echo, Echo. And the
Delta, Delta should be the unused one. Over.
MITCHELL Okay. Thank you. That's what we
thought.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston. We're making a slight
deviation to our storage plan in the ETV.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Go ahead with it.
MITCHELL In addition to the three 16 millimeter
MAGS called for we're also taking back out the one we didn't
get used today.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Sounds like a good idea.
MITCHELL In addition to the black and white
MAG kk's we're taking back out Juliet, Juliet. We've only
used 40 frames off of that and we've got very few pictures
of the LM and other appropriate type shots.
CAPCOM Roger. Juliet, Juliet, you're also
going to take out on the second EVA.
MITCHELL That's affirm.
CAP COM Antares, Houston.
SHEPARD Go ahead.
CAPCOM Just following in the check list
here and looking at it. It looks to us like you'll probably
get to the EVA debriefing at about - in an hour and a half -
about 1:22. Does this agree with your estimate. We just
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CAPCOM wanted to know to be sure to have

the right people standing by.
MITCHELL It's not on this card. How far
is it on the lunar surface checklist? Right now we're
weighing SRC.
SHEPARD And we find that it weighs 43 pounds.
CAPCOM ()kay. 43 pounds on the SRC. And
if you're Just proceeding down the card with no changes
to it well then we'll figure it out when you get to the
debriefing.
MITCHELL ()kay. That's what we're doing.
SHEPARD Listen, we've had enough thrills
today without changing our checklist.
CAPCOM We didn't really mean to suggest
that, Al, we - just disreguard that, Al.
SHEPARD I was Just kidding.
MITCHELL Houston. I'm standing by for my T3.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Say again,
please?
MITCHELL I'm standing by for lift off table.
CAP COM Ok ay.
MITCHELL And whatever else you have.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. I've got them for 20
through 25, if you're ready.
MITCHELL ()kay. A little late for 20. But
go ahead.
CAPCOM ()kay. I'll give it to you anyway.
The (garble). 20 is 120, 46, 32. 21, 1224445. 23,

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CAPCOM 23. There's - I meant 22. I meant 22.

There's 1244306. P23 is 1264129. P24 is 1283951. P25 is
1303811.
MITCHELL Okay. Read P20 is 1204622, 21 1224445,
22 is 1244306, 23 1264129, 24 is 1283951, 25 is 1303811.
CAPCOM Roger. Your readback is correct. Short
status on the CSM up there. He's in good shape. Done
everything on the timeline right on the money. The only
problem on board seems to be the topo camera. The plane
change went well with the DELTA Vs 671 feet per second
about 8 or 9 feet per second more than preflight which
was just to circularize the orbit slightly. Over.
MITCHELL Okay. Good for him. Is he using the
500 - let's see what - the 500 millimeter in place of the
hicon.
CAPCOM We're mulling that over- actually the
substution won't occur until tomorrow and that's most likely
what we'll do. We're running one more test on the hicon
to verify that is indeed hopeless and then we'll back
it up with the 500.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 120 hours
54 minutes. We've bid Stu Roosa good night. The Communi-
cation's Officer reports that he's turned his comm off in
the spacecraft. He's scheduled to have a 9 and 1/2 rest
period and we wouldn't: expect to hear from him until that
rest period is completed. The Science Briefing on EVA one
which had been scheduled for 4:00 PM in the MSC News Center
Auditorium has been cancelled. Dr. David W. Strangway,
Chief of the Geophysics Branch at the Manned Spacecraft
Center will be available at 7:00 PM central standard time
in the MSC News Center main auditorium to answer questions
concerning EVA-one. And at the present time we show Kitty
Hawk in an orbit 61.8 by 57.7 nautical miles. Spacecraft
current altitude is 58.5 and the velocity is 53 53. We'll
be losing contact with Kitty Hawk in a little over 17 min-
utes as the spacecraft goes behind the moon on it's 20th
revolution. We'll continue to stand by for any calls from
the crew aboard Antares on the lunar surface. At 120 hours,
56 minutes, this is Apollo Control Houston, standing by.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 121 hours
and 13 minutes and Kitty Hawk has Just gone around the
corner on it's 20th revolution of the moon. When next
we reacquire the spacecraft, we would expect Stu Roosa
to be asleep. He turned off his communications midway
through this revolution at about 120 hours, 45 minutes
and we did not hear further from him on the frontside
pass. We'll continue to stand by for any communications with
the lunar module, Antares. In a previous conversation
with the crew on Antares, CAPCOM Gordon Fullerton queried
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PAO them as to how there checklists were

going and what looked like a good time to begin the post
EVA debriefing and according to our figures here that would
probably occur at about 122 hours, ground elapsed time.
ANTARES Ant ares.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Go ahead.
MITCHELL We've finished our meal whatever meal
it was and we're off and running on the foot PLSS feed -
water collection.
CAPCOM Roger and out.
ANTARES Houston, Antares.
CAP COM Go ahead.
MITCHELL Rog. Please be advised that one RCU
weighs ° 38 kilograms.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
PAO The RCU or remote control unit which
Mitchell is referring to has a known earth weight and is used
in calibrating the scales which are used to weigh the
portable life support system feed water collection bags
that have determined water usage rates on EVA-1 and these
usage rates will then be used to compute the EVA-2 con-
sumables and to determine the amount of water available
for EVA-2.
MITCHELL Houston, the Commander's feed water is
.2 .25 kilograms.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. The Commander's feed water
· 25 kilograms.
MITCHELL Houston, the LMP's feed water 1. - no
wait a minute . 19 kilograms.
CAPCOM Roger Ed. .19 on your feed water.
MITCHELL Okay .

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ANTARES Houston, Apollo 14, rather Houston, Antares.

CAPCOM Antares, go ahead.
ANTARES Okay, we've arrived at the EVA debriefing
block. But, in the meantime, let us say to the medics that
we haven't had any medication, but the Commander is DRD of
16051 and the LMP is 07049.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. We copy that. I have 10
questions having to do with the EVA. We don't want elaborate
answers because the questions cut into your sleep period.
A couple general comments first, though. The CDR DKG electrode
is erratic and the data COMM is erratic. We were going to ask
you to do what you can by way of applying external pressure
or any other good ideas you might have there to maybe get it
working again, but do not unzip your suit to get to it. Over.
SHEPARD Okay, will do. We'll try a little pressure
in the right places. In the meantime, we'd like to also re-
port that we have completed both the 02 top off and the water
recharge from both PLSS's. And the condition of the crew is
excellent .
CAPCOM Roger, Al. Glad to hear it.
About the start of the next EVA. We plan not to wake you
up any earlier then scheduled, but if you are awake and are
ready to go, we'll be beady to support an early regress on
the next one. Over.
SHEPARD Okay, that sounds good. We'd like to plan
on an early regress anyway, I think so that we'll be in a
position to get the full EVA 2 and still get back here at
the regularly scheduled timeline.
CAPCOM Roger. The LM status is completely opts
normal. The consumables are in good shape. We believe that
the steerable antenna problem that you had during descent
was probably due to a multipen reception at AOS and we're
predicting now that it will probably work okay for ascent.
Over.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Glad to hear that one.
CAPCOM ()kay. Question number 1 about EVA 1.
How do you feel about your planned second EVA now that
you've done the first: especially in terms of time and
terrain. Over.
SHEPARD I think that the second EVA will go a
little more smoothly with respect to the timeline. It's
not as complicated as far as the equipment is concerned.
We don't spend as much time moving around with scientific
equipment. It's primarily a geological traverse. Once the
thing has gotten by the first few minutes. And we should
be able to be on the timeline and hang onto that real well.
And we, of course, are again counting on at least a 30 min-
ute extension to the nomin'al time so that's the reason we'd
like to start early.
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CAPCOM Roger. Do you feel the terrain will be

any problem?
SHEPARD Nc we don't. We had no difficulty at all
in transversing the terrain. As a matter of fact, we were
even bouncing a_lQ_g, even with the barbells and the MET.
The traversing is e_tremely easy, although we have a rolling
landscape, and lots of craters to circumnavigate. I believe
from looking at the (garble) we'll be able to get up there
with no trouble at all.
MITCHELL I completely concur in that the undulating
terrain is just a surprise. It's not that much more difficult.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Second question is " Would you
please describe the Rim of Dublin, especially the blockiness."
Ore r.
SHEPARD No, I don't think you'd call Dublin a rocky
rill. The craters north and south of Dublin, of course, are
both older craters, and had subdued rims. There are some
rocks and ejecta at and near the vicinity of the rims, but,
and there are a few blocks down inside, we can look at the
west wall and see Dublin from here, and see a few good sized
rocks, perhaps 3 or 4 feet at the largest. But I really
wouldn't call them locking rimmed. They are pretty well
subdued rims.
MITCHELL I concur. The biggest blocks we could see
on the rim of Dublin correspond to these large ones I pointed
out in my pad - TV pad. There are some of that size and may-
be a little larger, but the population is minitual compared
with the total rim area of Dublin.
CAPCOM Roger. Third question "How deep is the
Dips Erosion Crates?"
SHEPARD It's not very deep at all. The photographs
will show that its perhaps only 4 inches in maximum depth.
CAPCOM Okay, and can you describe the lineations
and how far out they went, their orientation and direction.
MITCHELL Are these the lineations that I referred
to earlier or are you talking about lineations from in the
dips erosion.
CAPCOM The ones that you referred to earlier, Ed.
MITCHELL Okay, they're there, and I saw evidence of
them in directions different then the exhaust would cause,
but there Just simply was not time to look at them. We can
look at them tomorrow.
CAPCOM Okay. On the football samples, were they
documented?
SHEPARD That's affirmative. They were documented
with a serial before in the case of both pebbles and they
were taken from the crater which is located at let's see,
CR 1 and 646. They came from the southwest - in the south-
west rim of that crater.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. Next question "Did you notice
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CAPCOM any variation in soil mechanics, charact-

eristics at various locations where legs or poles were pushed
in?" Such as the solar winds staff, flagstaff or GS1 anchors
and the geometer and so forth.
MITCHELL Yes, there are a few places around, primarily
the throwouts from craters or what are, obviously near the rims
of craters, have a softer material around them then there is
Just in general. However, there are so many craters that you
find the soft material quite often. But generally, on the
fresher ones. On my traverse, rather along the upper geo-
phone line, there are 2 or 3 fairly fresh craters along that
line that had quite soft material around them. And it was
a matter of sinking in 3 or 4 inches instead of a normal
1/2 to 3/4 that we're sinking in out here.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. On the surface features of
rocks marks. Well, we-'d like a description of the surface
features of the rocks. If they are marked, variations in
rounding, angularity, grain size, size distribution, shape
texture, and color. Over.
MITCHELL Your getting into stuff that we're going
to have to look at tomorrow. We just barely had time to
finish the ALSEP and get back. The rocks I see from the
cockpit, there are some rounded rocks and I see 2 or 3 that
are varied, that have some rounding on top. I see some
angular rocks. As far as granularity, crystal, size etc.
etc. We didn't have time to look at any of that. We'll
have to wait until tomorrow.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. This next question probably
falls in the same category. I'll read it in case you have
anything to say about it. And that is to describe the

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CAPCOM Okay, Ed, this next question probably

falls in the same category. I'll read it in case you hav_.
anything to say about it, and that is to describe the
regolith, the general nature, fragment distribution, fragment
shapes variations in texture, color, surface patterns and
firmness .
ANTARES Okay, we can give a quick one on that.
I think we've already done most of it. Regolith is mostly
about, brown, or sometimes looking gray powdery material.
Sometimes like chalk, ground up, it's that thin, and that
fine grained. There are a few rocks scattered around the
population is less than a percent ranging in size from I guess
2 or 3 centimeters, but the ones that are obvious, that aren't
burried are 5 or 6 centimeters, up to the largest ones that
I've seen are the ones I showed you in the pan, which are
3, 4, or 5 feet across. The distribution is less than 1 percent,
but you see a few of tlhese rocks sitting all around the
landscape as far as you can see and I guess even out over
toward Doublet, which we didn't say was blockey, but these
smaller ones might not be visible at that distance. And I
can look through the door and i don't see too many on the
far edge of the crater over there either, but it could be that
that's too far away to be able to see them.
CAPCOM Okay, did you notice any variations
in color or surface patterns or texture?
ANTARES To me it looked all about the same as
far as the general regolity here is concerned, but again we
haven't looked at it tlhat carefully, or I didn't look at
it that carefully, just because of the press of time. By
in large it is all this very fine grain material with a few
scattered rocks on top of it. Let's see if we can do a
better job of describing it tomorrow for you.
CAP COM Ok ay.
ANTARES Yea, I think that's generally true.
We can see areas, for example, looking normally out the window,
that is in the cross sun direction, when I came to the belt
where the rocks, in 1 ejected pattern of fairly large rocks
of 3 or 4 feet appeared to have a very lighter gray texture
to it, and compared to the gray brown which Ed, described which
would be the regolity. And I noticed that this crater that
sits out here to the 9:30 position of the LM is also a
brighter crater. It's a newer crater, it has a raised rim.
It has a different color, than for example, than does the
crater directly behind it. It's about the same distance,
it is much older and a darker gray.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
ANTERES We'll find some variations. I think
generally we'll find some variations in texture throughout
tomorrows traverse.
CAPCOM Roger, how abundant was glass?
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ANTARES The only place I thought I saw glass

and I didn't have time to confirm it, was in a very small
crater along the thumper line. It looked like there was
pools, a little pool of glass at the bottom, and this crater
was only about 2 foot across and maybe 8 inches deep. There
was quite a bit of small chunky material in it, but it had
a different color and looked very glassy at the bottom, and
I didn't have time to go back and look at it, but I'm sure
there's somemore of that around.
CAPCOM Roger, last question is, how abundant
were fillants. Did those by the LM appear to be disturbed
by the DPS, over.
ANTERES I think we found some fillants. I
don't know whether the percentage is as high as 50 percent
or not, of the surface rocks, but, yes there is some filliting
and you'll notice in the small football size rocks, there
is a fillet pattern around them. There is filliting here,
of course very close to the LM, and it's hard to tell whether
it's natural, or whether it's from the LM exhaust.
ANTARES I concur completely with that.
ANTARES Roger, that's all the preprepared
questions. I'll check and make sure there's no last minute
ones here.
ANTARES Okay, I might comment that, looking
at our footprints, with the MET track and our footprints out
to the ALSEP sight over to the camera, both looking down
sun and cross sun, that the fresh dirt we've kicked up and
turned over is noticeably darker, browner than the more
mousey brown, lighter brown undisturbed regolith that's on
top.
CAPCOM Roger, that's interesting. Ed, the
last time you left the ALSEP sight, can you give us the last
time you happened to look at the number 1 geophone. Was it
still in place properly? Over.
ANTARES That's affirm. Ail 3 geophones were
in good shape when I left them.
CAP COM Okay. Antares, Houston. We're
having some problem with the signal strength on the ALSEP.
Is there any chance that the central station could have been
disturbed such that the antenna alignment would no longer
be proper, over.
ANTARES Not to my knowledge.
ANTARES No, I dont think either one of us went
by there again. I took some pictures of it, but nobody touched
it after the antenna was aligned.
ANTERES Well I touched it of course, in turning
the number 5 switch off and on, but, gee, I didn't do anything.
CAP COM Roger.
ANTARES Houston, we'd like to proceed with
the checklist now. I'd like to make a request that we plan
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ANTARES starting the timeline tomorrow one

hour early, so that we'll be able to get in a 30 minute extension
and still have time after we get back in to have a leisurely
res towage.
CAPCOM Okay, Al. We'll go along with that
all the way. We'll plan to start 1 hour early, in fact if,
we're not reccomending it but if you want to start earlier
than that we'll be ready to support. You don't need to
worry about support here. Over.
ANTARES Well let's see. Our nominal rest
period ends at 130 hours and 30 minutes. We'll be a good
6 hours, 6 hours and a half. Why don't we say 129 hours
even, and you wake us up if we haven't called you by then.
CAPCOM Okay we're checking that figure, and
I' 11 give you a confirmation here if I get it.
ANTERES Okay, I don't think we're going to
sleep more than 6 hours anyway and we'll be in bed so that
we get 6 and a half hours. The way we're going now, all
we have to do is rig the hammock.
CAP COM Roger.
ANTARES Houston, if you concur, I'll go
ahead and select down voice back up. Turn the power amp
off and get the VHF antenna to AFF which constitutes the
last part of my corn checklist.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, stand by 1. Antares, Houston,
one final question. We noticed your h20 separator in the
PLISSes were running kind of fast, do you have any problem
at all with water in your suits?
ANTARES No:. neither one of us.
CAPCOM Okay, I go t that a little wrong. It's
the separator in the LM suit loop, so it'd be a problem with
water while you on the LM suit loop.
ANTARES None, that we've recognized so far.
CAPCOM We'll go along with, we'll ring the
alarm at 129 hours, and I think that completes all the items
we have for you. You are clear to go ahead with the last
3 steps on, before configuring for sleep, over.
ANTARES Very good. We'll press with that now,
thank you so much.

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CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Don't bother

to acknowledge, but we're getting ready to do a station
hand over. You may hear a burst of noise.
PAO This is Apollo Control, at 122 hours,
23 mi_. Both crews now are in the rest period._--_uring
t-_e communications that we had with Antares on the Lunar
Surface we reacquired Kitty Hawk now in its 21 revolution
of the moon. Our surgeon reports that bio-medical data
does not indicate that Stu Roosa has yet dropped off to
sleep. And of course, you've heard Shepard and Mitchell
advise that they're pulling the circuits - pulling the
COMM circuits and preparing to go to sleep at this time
on the lunar surface. During the EVA debriefing, Shepard
reported that he and Mitchell are in excellent condition.
He said he would like to see at least a 30 minute extention
on EVA 2 and requested that Mission Control awaken him
and Mitchell at 129 hours ground elapsed time. Normal
wake up time would be 130 hours, 25 minutes. And flight
director Milton Windler advised his flight controllers that
they should be prepared for an EVA starting as much as
1 hour and 15 or 20 minutes earlier than the nominal time
in the flight plan, although he said he did not expect tha_
it would in fact begin that much earlier, they should
be prepared for an EVA starting as much as 1 hour to 1 hour
15 to 1 hour 20 minutes ahead of the nominal flight plan
time. There was also a question put to the crew in Antares
as to whether or not they noticed any water in the suit loops.
This was based on telemetry data here in the Control Center
which indicated that the flow separators in the LM suit loop
were a bit higher than normal. In the past when this has
occurred there has been times when the crews suddenly noticed
water accumulating in the suit loop - in the suit - in the
suits themselves. And Shepard and Mitchell both replied
that they had noticed no water in their suits. We have
about 47 minutes remaining before we loose contact again
with Kitty Hawk on this revolution. We would not anticipate
any further communications with either spacecraft, however,
we will leave the circuits up should we get - should we
receive a call from either crew. Flight Director, Milton
Windler, checking the status around the room with his flight
controllers. The report is that we look good going into the
sleep periods. At 122 hours, 27 minutes, this is Apollo
Control, Houston standing by.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 123 hours,
12 minutes. We' re about to loose radio contact with
the Command Module, Kitty Hawk on this the 21st revolution
and we'll be reacquiring in about 45 minutes. We said good
night to Stu Roosa aboard Kitty Hawk at about 120 hours,
35 minutes and from the spacecraft went behind the moon and
we reacquired at

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PAO from the Spacecraft went behind

the moon and we reacquired at 121 hours and 58 minutes. The
surgeon reports that Roosa was asleep. Shepard and Mitchell
aboard Antares said good night at 122 hours, 20 minutes and
the surgeon say they were asleep within a matter of minutes,
about 122, 28 for Shepard, sleep time and Mitchell asleep
shortly thereafter. Prior to going into their rest period
Shepard reported that he and Mitchell were in excellent
condition and requested that the EVA time lines be advanced
to allow them at least a 30 minute extention on the EVA
which would mean a 30 minute minimum early start. Shepard
requested that the crew be awakened at ground elapsed time
of 129 hours, which would be about 11:30 central standard
time, 11:30 p. m. This is about an hour and 25 minutes
ahead of the normal wake up time and could conceivably move
the EVA up by that amount, however, Flight Director, Milt
Windler said he did not expect that the EVA would move up
by a full hour and 25 minutes. However, it's difficult
to predict precisely how the time line will move tomorrow
and about all that can be said at this point is that it
will probably be somewhere between 30 minutes to an hour
and a half early. We have good solid data from the lunar
module and all of the LM systems look good at this time.
At 123 hours, 15 minutes, this is Apollo Control, Houston.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 123 hours,
59 minutes. We've reacquired the Command Module, Kitty Hawk
on its 22 revolution of the moon. And at the present time
the spacecraft is in an orbit of 58 by 61 nautical miles.
Ail crewmen are asleep at the present time, Roosa in the
command module and Mitchell and Shepard in Antares on the
Lunar Surface. Roosa went to sleep sometime prior to 122
hours, at which time we reacquired the spacecraft after a
backside pass and telemetry data showed Roosa sleeping soundly
at that time. And Shepard and Mitchell aboard the lunar
module have been asleep since about 122 hours, 30 minutes.
Here in the Control Center activities consist primarily of
monitoring lunar module systems and also looking at data on
the command module when we are in acquisition. Flight
controllers reviewing procedures for tomorrow's activities
and primarily the LM liftoff. And its relatively quite
period as one might expect at this time in Mission Control.
At 124 hours, 1 minute, this is Apollo Control, Houston,
standing by.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston, at

124 hours 47 minutes, and we're in the midst of a shift
handover here in Mission Control. The maroon team of
flight controllers, headed by Flight Director, Milton
Wendler, will be going off shift in about 20 minutes. And
at the present time all 3 astronauts are asleep. We said
good night to Stu Roosa aboard the command module at about
120 hours 45 minutes, and at 122 hours 20 minutes, A1 Shepard
and Ed Mitchell aboard Antares on the moons surface reported
that they were going to begin their rest period. Shepard
reported prior to turning off the communication circuit that
the crew was in excellent condition and he requested at least
a 30 minute extension to the EVA tomorrow, and he asked that
he be awakened at 129 hours. The normal wake up time for
the crew would be 130 hours 25 minutes. The extra hour and
25 minutes to allow for preparation for the EVA and an early
start on the extravehicular activity. During the EVA
debriefing, prior to the sleep period we advised Shepard and
Mitchell that the ALSEP signal strength appeared lower than
expected. The crew reported they did not believe the central
station antenna had been moved, and we do not have an
explaination at the present time for the low signal strength.
In mission control the primary activity for the past couple
of hours has been to monitor the status of all of the space
craft systems both on Antares and Kitty Hawk while the command
module is in acquisition, and we have about 20 minutes of
acquisition time remaining before Kitty Hawk goes around the
corner on the 22 revolution of the moon. We're showing 4 hours
and 10 minutes until the crew is scheduled to be awakened
to begin preperations for the 2nd extra vehicular activity.
At this time in the MSC news center main auditorium, Doctor
David W. Strangway, Chief of the Geophysics branch at the
Manned Spacecraft Center, will meet with newsmen to answer
questions on scientific results of the first EVA today.
At 124 hours 50 minutes this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 125 hours

10 minutes ground elapsed time, we've n qw had loss of
signal from the command module as it pas_ed_ by on the moon
toward the end of the 22nd lunar revolutfon. Command mod-
ule pilot Stu Roosa is still apparently asleep at this time.
The countdown clock for wake up of the lunar module crew
now showing 3 hours 49 minutes of sleep remaining until the
alarm clock goes off. Handover in progress here between
the maroon team of flight controllers headed up by Milton
Windler with the gold team taking over. At 125 hours, 11
minutes ground elapsed time, this is Apollo Control.
PAO This is Apollo Control 126 hours, 51
minutes ground elapsed time. Some 2 hours, 8 minutes re-
maining until wakeup time for the lunar module crew, Shepard
and Mitchell who apparently corked off to sleep within about
ten minutes after they made their last voice contact with
the Control Center. The lunar module crew, Antares, will
wake up at about 129 hours ground elapsed time instead of
the flight plan time of 130 hours, 25 minutes. Roosa and
Kitty Hawk will awaken at about 129 50 which is the flight
plan time to begin his day's work in orbital science ex-
periments. With the early wakeup time for the lunar module
crew it appears at this time that the EVA-2 may be moved up
if provided they are ready. The decision has not been made
of course to begin EVA an hour earlier but if they're ready
at that time the flight plan people, the flight activities
officer sees no reason right now why they shouldn't go EVA
an hour earlier. The EVA would be extended about a half
hour from 4 hours 15 minutes on the flight plan to about
4 hours, 45 minutes. Meanwhile, outside the lunar module
where the Apollo lunar surface experiment package implaced
earlier during EVA-1 by Shepard and Mitchell, the radioiso-
tope thermal electric generator, RTG is supplying the elec-
tric power to the experiments. The RTG is now delivering
71 watts to the instruments, all of which are functioning
normally and sending a stream of data to the science staff
support room here in Mission Control Center. And another
related experiment, although not really part of ALSEP, the
so called LR cubed or laser retroranging reflector laid on the
surface aimed back towards earth by Shepard and Mitchell.
We have report that at 7:15 central time tonight the McDonnell
Observatory which is part of the University of Texas Depart-
ment of Astronomy located at atop mountain lock in the Davis
Mountains in far west Texas had a lock on with the LR cubed
with a laser fired through the 107 inch reflector telescope.
The Kitty Hawk is presently about 2/3s of the way across on
rev 23 frontside pass, some thirteen minutes remaining.
Roosa still apparently asleep according to the flight surgeon.
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PAO As a matter of fact he said he was quite

sound asleep. The orbital size for Kitty Hawk is 60.8
nautical miles by 58.8 nautical miles. Flight Director
Gerry Griffin has Just completed a leisurly check with all
the console positions here and things upcoming during rather
quite shift tonight. And at 126 hours, 55 minutes ground
elapsed time, this is Apollo Control.

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ANTARES Houston, Antares .

CAP COM Antares, Houston. Over.
ANTARES Roger. Good morning. Good morning. Reading
you loud and clear. How me?
PAO This is Apollo Control. Antares
is calling Mission Control. We'll continue to stay up live.
ANTARES Loud and clear, Fredo. How do you
read us?
CAPCOM You're loud and clear, Al. Good
morning. We had a little mixup on whether we're Con-
figured properly or not. I guess we are. You're loud and
clear.
ANTARES Okay. We're up and running this
morning. We're assuming we have a stay for EVA-2 and our
crew status this point :is we've had no medication.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
ANTARES We've had no medication and the
shape of the crew is excellent. The CRD reading is as before,
commander 16051 and LMP 07049.
CAPCOM Roger. Copy that.
ANTARES And any time you want to give us
the liftoff update and the consumables update we' re ready
to go.
CAPCOM Okay. I haven't got that ready to
go yet, Al. I'll call you when I do.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. I have the con-
sumables numbers for you. Over.
ANTARES Okay. Go ahead.
CAPCOM For a g.e.t, of 129:00, RCS A 80 per-
cent, B 77 percent, descent 02 is 66.7 percent and ascent
N/A and slash 96 percent, descent water 40.7 percent,
and ascent is 98.4/98.4 percent. The - stand by one on the
last. The amp hours on the descent DAPS are 834 and on the
ascent DAPS they're 572. Over.
ANTARES Okay. I copy g.e.t, of 129:00, RCS
of 80 and 77, 02 descent oxygen 66.7, ascent is NA and 96,
descent water 40.7, ascent water is 98.4/98.4, ampere hours
remaining descent is 834, ascent is 572.
CAPCOM Readback is correct, Ed. Good
morning.
ANTARES Good morning, Gordon. How is it
back in Houston this morning?
CAPCOM I'm not sure, Ed. I haven't been
outside in quite a while. But we'r_ wondering if you'd
give us an estimate of your sleep there.
ANTARES Well not very much. I slept 4-1/2
to 5 hours at the most. Just kind of dozing most of the time.
ANTARES And about 4 hours for the CDR.
CAP COM Roger.
t CAPCOM Antares, we still are showing the
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CAPCOM water separator speed offscale

high and one question they maybe can resolve the reason,
on the lithium hydroxide canister we'd like to know if the
flow limiters are on those - on both the one you took out
a short time ago and the one that you put in. Did you happen
to notice?
ANTARES That's affirmative. We had the
set box flow limited on both.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. I'm changing back to
power primary and (garbled).
CAPCOM Ed, you were cut out there by another
conversation. Will you say again please?
ANTARES Roger. I'm going to primary power
amp back to primary (garbled).
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
CAPCOM We'd like you to stay in - -
ANTARES Houston, Antares. How do you read?
CAPCOM Loud and clear, Ed.
ANTARES Okay. There you are. We're ready
to proceed with the IMU alignment when ready.
CAPCOM Check. Just one second.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM We'd like you to hold off for about
5 minutes on that until we can give you an uplink and that
will result in a much better alignment. Over.
ANTARES Ok ay.
ANTARES Roger. Houston, we better get the
computer up and I'm ready for you here. Can we press on with
that?
CAPCOM That's affirmative, Ed. Go ahead.
CAP COM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM We'd - we're seeing a fluctuating
signal strength. Like to verify that your at primary power amp
and on the erectable. Is that correct?
ANTARES That's affirmative. But let me check.
Just a second.
ANTARES Antares, Houston. How do you read
now?
CAPCOM Roger. Loud and clear.
ANTARES Okay. Now I went from secondary
to primary. I never got past off On the power amp.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
ANTARES Houston, we're at POO and data.
Standing by your uplink.
CAP COM Roger.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. We're starting
your uplink now.
AN TARES Ok ay.

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CAPCOM Antares, Houston. The computer is

yours and you're clear to do the P57 any time.
ANTARES Okey-doke. Thank you, Gordon.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. I have the NOUN 34
number for you when you're ready for it.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. I assume you mean the
liftoff table. Go ahead.
CAPCOM Negative. I meant the time you need
about 3 steps more of P57, rev 31, less that time. I do have
the table if you want that one first too.
ANTARES Oh, okay. Right now. Go ahead and
give this one.
CAPCOM Okay. The one for the P57 rev 31
liftoff, 142, 25, 3382. Over.
ANTARES Roger. 142, 25, 3382.
CAPCOM That's right. And any time you get
a chance I'll give you the table.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. Are you ready for
VERB 74?
CAP COM Stand by.
ANTARES Okay. Here it comes.
CAPCOM No. Not yet, Al.
ANTARES Okay. I' 11 stand by. Do it again
when you're ready.
ANTARES And I'm ready to copy the liftoff
tab le.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Start at rev 26, liftoff
at 132:36:23, 27 is 134:34:42, 28, 136:33:03, 29, 138:31:25,
rev 30, 140:29:46, 31 is 142:28:07.
ANTARES Okay. 26 is 132:36:23, 27, 134:34:42,
28, 136:33:03, 29, L38:31:25, 30, 140:29:46, 31, 142;28:07.
CAPCOM That's all correct, Ed.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. I guess we
got that first VERB 74 you gave us so we won't need another
one.
ANTARES Okay. Very good. We'll press on
with P57.
CAP COM Roger.
CAP COM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Couple of items. When you get to
the point where you're cleaning and lubricating the PGA
neckrings, wristrings and so forth, we' d like to emphasize to
you to take special care, especially with Ed's suit. Have
you been briefed on the leak problem on Ed's suit?
ANTARES We talked about it a little bit,
but not in detail.
CAP COM Ok ay
ANTARES Let us finish this P57 and then we'll
f talk about it, Gordon.
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CAP COM Okay. Fine.

CAPCOM Antares, Houston. When you get a
chance t}_ere, give us downvoice backup. We need to get
you in that configuration before Stu comes around the horn
here in about 3 minutes.
ANTARES You have it.
ANTARES Houston, you have downvoice backup.
CAPCOM Roger.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. How do you read?
CAPCOM Good morning, Antares. Or good evening.
How are you doing?
ANTARES Pretty good. How are you?
CAPCOM Real good. What can we do for you,
Ed?
ANTARES We were supposed to be picking up
a pre-EVA-2 briefing. We're standing by.
CAPCOM Okay. We're working on it back here,
Ed. And we'll be with you here shortly. Tentively, I
think they're planning - -
AN TARE S Ok ay. !
CAPCOM Okay. Tentively, I think we re
planning on towards the end of your EVA Z prior to ingress
you can be thinking about this of going back and taking a
look at the ALSEP antenna but other than that at the moment
there looks like there are no major changes. We'll get to
you shortly.
ANTARES Okay, Geno-O. How are things going
there?
CAPCOM Real good. You guys did a super
outstanding job yesterday. And I'll tell you you took two
of us with you on every step.
ANTARES Gene, if we are going to realign the
antenna I think we ought to do it at the start of the EVA.
CAPCOM Okay. We'll make that input. You
got any more comments concerning that, Al. Would you - you'd
rather get it at the beginning. Is that correct?
ANTARES That's correct. I think if we have
to do it at all, then we'll go ahead and get it done right
away because Ed can be doing something else while I'm doing
th at.
CAPCOM Okay. I'll make that input directly.
CAPCOM Ant ares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay_ Al. We're Just taking an overall
look at your comm signal strengths and what have you, and - -
ANTARES Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM How are you reading?
ANTARES We read you loud and clear.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. We - or Al, we're taking
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CAPCOM a look at your overall comm, matching

signal strengths and what have yon. We're interested in what
power amp you're using right now. What's the position of
your transmitter receiver and what antenna you're on now.
We'd also like you to give us what those positions were
during your sleep period, if you remember.
ANTARES Okay, Gene-O. We' re on primary
primary downvoice backup and the only difference is we were
on secondary downvoice backup I believe. Yes. We went on
secondary transmitter receiver. It called for secondary
power amp and we were on downvoice backup and we've just
gone to primary transmitter receiver as per checklist and
primary power amp a few minutes ago.
CAPCOM Okay. And you've been on the EVA
antennas the whole time.
ANTARES That's affirmative.
CAP COM Okay. Thank you.
ANTARES Let's see if what I'm telling you -
let's see if what I'm telling you is correct. Let me flip
back here.
ANTARES Okay, Gene. I was wrong on that.
We went to off on the power amplifier as per checklist.
We went to downvoice backup during the sleep period and
we came back up to primary as per checklist this morning.
I was thinking that we were in secondary but we didn't go by
the checklist so it had to be off.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. We got that now. And
we'd like you to switch your water set in at number 2 posi-
tion, if you would please.
ANTARES Okay. Stand by.

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ANTARES Houston, Antares.

CAP COM Go ahead.
ANTARES Okay. We're ready to start our
timer up on the EVA-2 prep.
CAPCOM Okay. And we're pushing to get an
answer on this briefing real quick here. I understand you're
ready to push your timer up on EVA-2 prep.
ANTARES That's affirm.
ANTARES And we don't - we can get that answer
any time, Gene. When we go out the door even.
CAPCOM Yes. That's affirm. We're with
you for pressing on at this time. How is your neckrings
and wristrings look. Were they pretty bad shape dirt and
dust wise.
ANTARES I don't think they were. My right
wristring was a little bit dirty. The neekring didn't look
bad. The left one wasn't bad. Al's are in pretty good shape.
ANTARES Yes. It was kind of a surprise to
me. No visible grit to speak of at all.
ANTARES Okay. MARK to start timing.
CAPCOM Ok ay.
PAO This is Apollo Control, 131 - 30
hours 21 minutes ground elapsed time. It appears here in
Mission Control that EVA-2 will begin within about an hour
or hour and 15 minutes from now. Somewhat ahead of the
nominal time line. The crew in Antares are proceeding at
this time with EVA preparations. And we'll follow the
conversation between the ground and the lunar module as
these preparations continue. Cabin depress had been scheduled
at about 134:10. It looks like it might be around 131:30
or thereabouts. That time will be firmed up as the planners
get all their thoughts lined up. At 130 hours 22 minutes
and we're air to ground with Antares still open, this is
Apollo Control.
ANTARES Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Go ahead.
ANTARES Just to keep you advised, we're
starting PLSS donning on EVA-2 prep.
CAPCOM Okay, Al.
ANTARES Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Antares.
ANTARES Okay, Fredo. We're at the PLSS comm
check portion of our preping mode. We will follow checklist
except we will reverse the LMP and the CDR audio panel like
we did yesterday.
CAPCOM Okay. And Ed we're going to have to
hold for about 3 minutes to make the checks here because we
need to do some reconfiguring.
ANTARES Okay. Give us a call when you're
re a dy.
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CAPCOM And Antares, Houston.

ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. And while we got this little
bit of wait time here before you get on the PLSS's all the
way, why don't I get you to get your map out and let me give
you some changes on the task.
ANTARES Okay. You want the EVA-2 map out,
right?
CAP COM That's affirm.
CAPCOM And you still there, Antares.
ANTARES Affirmative. We're getting the
map out now, Fredo.
CAPCOM Okay. I might give you some general
comments. I guess the basic change is due to the need to
get back out to the ALSEP and verify the antenna orientation.
And I'll have some later instructions for you on that one.
And in the process of buying that time we're going to need
to be back at the LM at about 45 to 50 minutes rather than
the nominal 35 to do that job. We're going to have to change
in one case - well, actually change what's documented to
grab samples at a couple of places along the way.
ANTARES Okay. I thought we were going to _.
try to do the antenna job first, Fredo.
CAPCOM Okay. I guess the rationale, Ed,
was that it wasn't really felt that it would save that much
time to do it there since yall had been operating in parallel
anyway and it alters our nominal plus with respect to the
priorities, it's just desired to save that till last in case
we have to cut any more.
ANTARES Okay. Are you getting anything at
al with the ALSEP now?
CAPCOM I guess there's a sig - they are
getting signals but they're low signals right now and the
only things that's going to help is if indeed an antenna
lead or something physically Jarred the central station so
the antenna is offset from the way you left it.
AN TARES Ok ay.
CAPCOM They've already tried the switching
on all the electronics ahead.
ANTARES Okay. We're ready to interface
the changes for EVA-2.
CAPCOM Okay. At site B, that'll be a grab
sample at that stop. Okay. At site F - -
ANTARES Okay. I've got a grab - Hold it.
Fredo, we got a grab sample at site B now. Let's get straight
on our term grab sample. You want no photography at all. Is
that affirmative? Or do you want some.
CAPCOM The photography there will be the
pin, Ed. And that'll be it.
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ANTARES Okay. No documentation of the sample

at all.
CAP COM That's affirm.
ANTARES Okay. Press on.
CAPCOM Okay. Now down to Weird. The same
thing there. Grab sample.
ANTARES Okay. Grab sample at Weird.
CAPCOM Okay. And then basically I've written
in here, it's actually what should be on your closeout part
of the comm checklist, but at that time the CDR will go to
the ALSEP and I'll have some instructions that follow on
that, Al. And at that point, Ed would proceed to the boulder
field that's north to take care of the weighbags with docu-
mented samples from that area.
ANTARES Okay. I get the ALSEP back and Ed
gets the boulders.
CAPCOM Okay. And that's about it. With
respect to the nominal time line.
ANTARES Okay. That's simple enough.
ANTARES How many of those big boulders do
you want, Fred?
CAPCOM How many can you fit into the weigh-
bags?
ANTARES About - -
CAPCOM Don't fit more than 10 pounds in that
1 pound bag.
ANTARES Yes, Fred. We'll have A1 bring
them back like a baby in his arms.
ANTARES We'll have to pick up the LM and
carry it over there.
CAPCOM How much you been eating lately, Ed?
ANTARES They're not really too bad. They're
probably no more than 3 or 4 feet maximum dimension.
CAPCOM Okay. In about 1 minute Kitty Hawk
will be going around the corner and we won't have our con-
figuration problem and we'll be able to proceed after that
with the comm check.
ANTARES Okay. We're standing by and setting
up for it now.
CAPCOM Roger, Al.

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CAPCOM And Antares, Houston. We're ready for

the COM checks. One other item I did neglect since it
wasn't on the map task, at your closeout we're also de-
leting the organic sample.
ANTARES Okay. You'll have to remind us about it,
Fred, it's on our checklist.
CAPCOM Okay, sure will.
CAPCOM And Antares, Houston, we'd like normal
voi ce.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Hello, Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. How do you read now?
CAPCOM I read you loud and clear, Antares. We
need you to go back to p.m. and go from down voice backup
to normal voice and then start in again with the SM route.
ANTARES Okay, I'm in PM now, I'll switch to down
voice backup and back to voice.
CAPCOM Okay, switch to down voice and then back
to voice, good.
ANTARES Houston, how do you read now?
CAPCOM Loud and clear Antares.
ANTARES Okay, I'm going to fm and close the td
circuit breaker.
CAPCOM Ro ge r.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares, Houston. Had a little bit
of background static. Give me another check down.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. How do you read?
CAPCOM Go ahead, Antares. I'm reading you about
3 by 3 now.
ANTARES Okay, I'm on fm the TV is closed.
Prime prime okay?
CAPCOM Okay, you're coming in loud and clear now.
ANTARES Okay, we're proceeding with the checklist.
Modified that we will relay through the CDR's panels.
(garble). Now do you receive? Okay, Houston, I'm switching
to secondary now. Secondary transmitter receiver.
CAP COM Okay, Ed.
ANTARES We're not getting it.
ANTARES Houston, Antares, how do you read?
CAPCOM I read you loud and clear, Antares.
ANTARES Okay, we're proceeding on with the vhf
configuration. (garble) for right now. (garble) A re-
corder ON, vhf antenna to EV- All right, Houston, I'm
going to com now to PLSS com.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
ANTARES (garble) Okay, they're OFF.
ANTARES Try V. Best VIGO 02. (garble)
ANTARES Ed, I read you loud and clear.
ANTARES Roger. And my PLSS 02 is reading
85 percent.
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ANTARES Okay, I go B, you go A.

ANTARES Okay. Now. How do you read?
ANTARES Loud and clear. How do you read?
ANTARES Reading you loud and clear, (garble)
ANTARES Houston, how do you read Ed?
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, I read you loud and clear.
ANTARES Okay, Fred-O, And I have a PLSS 02 quantity
of 87 percent.
ANTARES And this is Al, with a PLSS 02 quantity of
85 percent. How do you read?
CAPCOM Roger, Al, we copied the quantity and
you're coming in loud and clear.
ANTARES Okay, we're proceeding with final systems
check.
ANTARES Hey, we got a CAUTION.
ANTARES Hey, Al, wait a minute we do not.
have a caution yet.
ANTARES It'll take a little while in the meantime
go ahead and suit to gas a full egress.
ANTARES Okay. Suit gas to full egress.
ANTARES Cabin gas return egress. Suit releif AUTO.
ANTARES Okay, while we're waiting for the caution
and warning come turn around and I'll unstow your OPS. 02 actu-
ated if you'll bend forward slightly. There you are your flaps
are snapped. (garble) and the actuator is on. (garble)
to the RCU. It's connected. And you can put your ALPHA suit
disconnect back this way. Disconnect the LM 02 hoses let me get
those OFF. It is OFF.
ANTARES That is off.
ANTARES That is OFF. Okay, there's your ECS.
Okay connect the OPS 02 hose. Will do. (garble) and locked.
ANTARES Okay the purge valve.
ANTARES Okay, you're locked.
ANTARES (garble) verticle

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_-_ SHEPARD A, A is a verivalve vertical. 0

verticle. Okay, ...
MITCHELL 8, okay.
SHEPARD Active.
MITCHELL S2 ()PS 02 actuator. Load. BATS are
coming flow. (garble). Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, glycol valve to disconnect, I got it.
MITCHELL Actuator to RCU's gradual valve.
SHEPARD Got that.
MITCHELL Connect 02 hoses. Ouch. Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, connect OPS flip with the
blue REV lock.
MITCHELL Okay. Mark, have your purge valve.
SHEPARD Mark and load.
MITCHELL Load. A in lock. A is locked (garble)
SHEPARD Okay, the verivalves vertical.
MITCHELL Vertical.
SHEPARD Verify items prepared for jettison.
Do you see a valve cover and bracket? (garble) (garble)
MITCHELL That's right.
SHEPARD Okay, set out the (garble) quarter
valve.
MITCHELL Quarter valve is closed.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Did you make the set (garble)
SHEPARD Okay, put suit on first leg clear.
MITCHELL Suit on.
SHEPARD First leg clear.
MITCHELL That's right, first leg clear
SHEPARD Okay, ready for your help.
MITCHELL Pull the staff loop.
SHEPARD Get the other snap. This is (garble)
Ok ay.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Alright. Okay, I believe that's good.
MITCHELL Okay. Back.
SHEPARD You' re locked.
MITCHELL Great.
SHEPARD Facing Z controls?
MITCHELL Yes . 5. Okay, your
lead is installed. Check your main bag position.
MITCHELL See if you're pressurized. Okay, can
you reach it?
SHEPARD Yeah, I got it.
MITCHELL (garble)
SHEPARD (garble)
MITCHELL The cable's coming out. Take
your fett at the back. That's good.
SHEPARD Sounds better. Okay.
MITCHELL It's latched.
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SHEPARD Very good.

MITCHELL You want me to look behind, now?
You look for the other side. That's for you. There you
go, put it down.
SHEPARD Okay, LTG is division as required,
open the LTG pump breaker.
MITCHELL Take a shot of cold air and chill
down, if you don't mind - cold water.
SHEPARD Now, so you don't have any go ahead
until a disconnect the (garble)
MITCHELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD Okay, go ahead. You'll be putting
these hoses in the back here.
MITCHELL You're trying a different mode, why don't
you hook it up while you're at it? I'll hold it for you.
Go ahead.
SHEPARD Okay, thank you.
MITCHELL That ought to do it.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL It went. Can' t do two things
at once. (garble)
SHEPARD Ye ah .
MITCHELL Jerk? Didn't feel like it. Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, are you ready?
MITCHELL Okay, LTG pump opening.
SHEPARD Okay. I'll get this.
MITCHELL (garble)
SHEPARD you're out half way. There you're
locked.
MITCHELL Okay, very fine. Open visor, align
and adjust it.
SHEPARD Mark.
MITCHELL Ready. Push the (garble), I'm going
pull it down a little bit more today, this suit - (garble)
Okay. Okay, go to connectors 3.
SHEPARD Turn around. Lock, red locked, blue
locked.
MITCHELL Perge valve 1.
SHEPARD Perge valve is locked.
MITCHELL Water connector 1.
SHEPARD Water connector is locked.
MITCHELL Arm connector 1.
SHEPARD Arm connector is locked.
MITCHELL Okay. (garble)
SHEPARD Okay, hlmet visor arm adjusted.
MITCHELL Can you verify that?
SHEPARD (garble) okay. 302 connectors.
MITCHELL Okay, 3 02 connectors, verify lock and
(garble)
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SHEPARD One perge valve.

MITCHELL One perge valve. In and locked up.
SHEPARD Water connector.
MITCHELL Water connector.
SHEPARD And calm connector.
MITCHELL Locked and locked.
SHEPARD Take a look at the EVA circuit
breakers.
MITCHELL Okay. Wait a minute, hold it.
(garble). Okay, EVA circuit breakers.
SHEPARD Okay, (garble)
MITCHELL (garble) Put down EV closed. Okay.
PAO Shepard, Mitchell, in final phases
of their check list. Donning their gloves.
SHEPARD Bring your ring around a little bit.
disconnect it and then try.
MITCHELL (garble)
SHEPARD Ok ay, get off.
MITCHELL Off ?
SHEPARD (garble)

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ANTARES (garbled)
ANTARES That felt good.
ANTARES Just what I needed.
ANTARES Okay. For wrist locks locked.
Both (garbled). Verify PLSS diverter and min.
ANTARES (garbled)
NATARES And PLSS up on.
AN TARES Up on.
CAPCOM Okay. Pressurize A and B to egress.
ANTARES Okay. A and B.
ANTARES A and B to egress.
ANTARES In egress.
ANTARES Okay. Pressure integrity check.
Turn you PLSS 02 off. Check the (garbled) 02 flag go.
ANTARES Okay. On. There we go.
ANTARES Ready to tell them? 02 flag off.
ANTARES There's flag B.
PAO 131 hours 44 minutes ground elapsed
time continuing in the final phase of the countdown toward
egress.
ANTARES (garbled) clear at 3.1.
ANTARES Stand by for clear.
ANTARES Ok ay.
ANTARES You're on a stay with 3.7.
ANTARES I'm not quite through yet. Okay.
There it is.
ANTARES And the 02 flag is clear.
ANTARES Flags clear. My 02 is off.
ANTARES Okay. We're stabilized at 3.7.
ANTARES A and 02 coming off.
ANTARES 3.7 starting the check.
PAO We're standing by for GO for depress.
Depressurization, standing by 131 hours 45 minutes ground
elapsed time.
ANTARES Okay. There's 40. I have about .22.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. .22 drop on the LMP
and .15 drop on the CDR. Okay. PLSS 02 on.
CAPCOM Okay. We copy.
ANTARES Okay. PLSS 02 is on. And 02 flight
clear on and off.
ANTARES Okay. And the perssure is back up
to 3.7.
ANTARES Ok ay.
ANTARES And Houston, we're ready for cabin
depress.
CAPCOM Okay. We're GO, Ed.
AN TARES Ok ay.
ANTARES Okay. Okay. Circuit breaker ACS
cabin repress open.
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ANTARES Cabin repress breakers open.

ANTARES And cabin repress valve closed.
ANTARES It's closed.
ANTARES Okay. I'll get the- -
ANTARES Forward or overhead?
ANTARES I'll get the forward.
AN TARE S Ok ay.
ANTARES Okay. Going down.
ANTARES Okay. We're going on our drop.
Go to AUTO at 3.5.
ANTARES Cooling down.
ANTARES (garbled) 4.5. 435. Okay. We' re
back in AUTO.
ANTARES Pump gage is reading 4.9.
ANTARES And so is mine.
AN TARES Ok ay.
ANTARES Ok ay.
ANTARES Cabin at 3.5.
ANTARES That's verified.
ANTARES LM suit 3.6 to 4.3.
ANTARES It's at 4.5.
ANTARES (garbled) is reading (garbled)
and it's going down.
ANTARES And mine's coming down.
AN T ARE S Ok ay.
ANTARES (garbled) Okay, Houston. Time zero
MARK.
CAPCOM Okay. We got start.
ANTARES We have zero.
ANTARES We have cabin open.
ANTARES It's at 2 pounds.
ANTARES Okay.
ANTARES One pound, four-tenths.
AN TARES Ok ay.
PAO Cabin depress going very well.
Almost completed at this point.
ANTARES (garbled)
ANTARES Okay. PLSS feedwater on. PLSS
feedwater on.
ANTARES Do it again (garbled)
ANTARES (garbled) feedwater on.
ANTARES Okay. Thank you for me.
ANTARES Ok ay.
ANTARES Okay. Get a water flag A.
ANTARES And mine is cleared.
ANTARES Already cleared?
ANTARES Yes. We used them yesterday. It
shouldn't take too long.
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ANTARES Okay. There's 3 amps in EPS light.

Better - -
ANTARES That component light is on.
Fix the lighting to be enuciated in very dim position. And
I'll start DET.
ANTARES Okay.
ANTARES You know, I think that deal with my
suit problem is (garbled).
ANTARES I've got a broken cable in my wrist.
ANTARES Re ally ?
ANTARES Yes. I can't control the right hand.
ANTARES ( garb led)
ANTARES Forward back to the inflight OMNI.
ANTARES Can forward do it.
ANTARES BAck and forward, but I can't turn
it this way and make it stay there. It's doing it right
nOW .

ANTARES Okay. We have both water bags clear.

Hatch is coming open.
ANTARES Roger, Al.
ANTARES Okay. And you want to get my antenna
on the way out.
ANTARES Okay. Watch the hatch cover. Kick
it closed with your knee. I mean the handle cover.
AN TARES Ok ay.
ANTARES Okay. You're going to have to lean
toward me. You hung up on the purse. There you go.
ANTARES Coming over your way.
AN TARES Ok ay.
ANTARES Okay. Now hold it while I get your
hatch - get your antenna.
ANTARES Okay. You' re go. (garbled) .
ANTARES Back straight over there. Now you're
in good shape.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. A1 is on the porch.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
ANTARES Okay. I'm ready for (garbled)
ANTARES Okay. Let me get my checklist open
here.
ANTARES Okay. Got it.
ANTARES And it's clear.
AN TARES Ok ay .

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MITCHELL (garbled) I'll come down and get it outside.

MITCHELL Just hand it to me unless you -
SHEPARD Ok ay
PAO We're 131 hours 56 minutes. The report
from Ed Mitchell on the calbe on his wrist, this is the cable
that holds the wrist glove, it's the right wrist. We did not
expect at this point for it to inhibit his mobility to any appreci-
able extent. Continuing in the final phases prior to EGRESS.
This is Apollo Control Houston.
SHEPARD Houston, Al's on the surface.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. And, we got a good picture
here, and we saw you hop off.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL And the LEP, ETB ready to come down.
PAO Shepard now on the surface, you heard him
talking to Fred Haise, our CAPCOM for this EVA who almost
made this trip himself.
SHEPARD ETB coming down.
SHEPARD (garbled) just a sec.
SHEPARD Okay. I've got it.
SHEPARD Let it go.
MITCHELL I'm checking the circuit breakers.
MITCHELL Okay. Houston, I'm ready to EGRESS.
Hous ton.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. You're clear to come out.
MITCHELL Okay.
PAO The pull cart or MET now in our picture.
Shepard moving it over.
MITCHELL Just a minute, I am on the porch.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
PAO Mitchell's reporting he's on the porch.
MITCHELL And, down the latter.
PAO Coming down the latter now.
MITCHELL It's nice to be out in the sunny day
again.
SHEPARD Yes, it's a beautiful day here in Fra
Mauro base.
CAPCOM The Sun ought to be a little higher today.
SHEPARD Yep, going on oxygen today.
PAO That cheery report from A1 Shepard.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Ed, I started to get a picture of home
sweet home right straight up there.
MITCHELL Yep. Could you undo my EVA antenna,
please.
SHEPARD Okay. Okay, you're now undone.
MITCHELL Okay. I've been undone before.
SHEPARD Anywhere like this.

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ANTARES A1.
ANTARES Yeh.
ANTARES One more problem here. My gold visor
caught. I can't seem to pull it down.
ANTARES Okay.
ANTARES In there. Thank you.
ANTARES Want some help?
ANTARES I got it okay.
ANTARES Ail righty.
ANTARES Okay, we're set.
ANTARES (garble) right up here.
AN T ARE S Ok ay.
ANTARES That's going to fit Okay.
PAO We're 15 minutes since cabin depress.
ANTARES Watch your foot.
ANTARES Back up.
AN TARE S Ok ay.
ANTARES That's a pretty neat Jig, Al.
ANTARES Hey, while you're down there pick up the
handle. Okay, very good.
ANTARES Here, do you want to read it?
ANTARES (garble)
ANTARES They sure are heavy. Easy.
ANTARES Do you want the brush?
ANTARES Get a clean little brush out of there.
ANTARES There, it's turned over.
PAO A bit ahead of the time line is Shepard
Mitchell loading the MET.
ANTARES Little things proceed to eat your time right
up.
CAPCOM Okay, A1 and Ed, we've got about 10
minutes left now to complete the MET load.
ANTARES Okay, Fred-O it'll be completed easy in
that time.
CAPCOM Very good. We're going to need all we
can get.
ANTARES Okay. In accordance with your desires,
we're leaving the organic sample out of (garble) number 2.
Es that correct?
ANTARES No. No. That isn't the sample he
referred to, I don't believe that one's underneath the LM.
ANTARES Standby, Al.
ANTARES Do you read Houston.
CAPCOM Okay our (garble) is continue as nominal.
AN T ARE S Ok ay.
ANTARES I'm Just going to Jerk that cable out yet.
ANTARES Okay, let's run over the MET stowage
where we have the (garble). Extension handles and two
pairs of tongs. Okay we have two core tube cap assemblies.
We have a (garble) We have a handle we have a small scoop 6 core
tubes. 35 bags dispenser, trenching tool. A 16 mm camera
and - may I have that last brush again please?

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PAO Shepard reading out his MET loading list.

SHEPARD Okay, we can load up a magazine right here
if we want.
MITCHELL Okay, to wait a minute.
MITCHELL There you got it.
SHEPARD Houston, on the 16 mm we're putting magazine
hotel hotel.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. Hotel hotel.
SHEPARD Dump you there.
MITCHELL I'm getting up.
SHEPARD We out her?
MITCHELL Yeh, there's some more in there.
MITCHELL Houston, on the 16 mm mags I put fo×trot
foxtrot, g g george george on the MET storage.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL I'm putting Hasselblad kilo kilo.
MITCHELL Above the MET storage area.
CAPCOM Roger. Kilo kilo Hasselbald mags.
PAO Twenty five minutes now since cabin
depressed.
MITCHELL I have the close-up camera turned on.
MITCHELL Got all the mags.
SHEPARD There's one more Hasselblad back there.
SHEPARD Okay, after - 16 mm going in here.
SHEPARD Okay we have 16 mm camera and two in
house magazines two FESC's and MFSC 2 70-mm cameras and one
extra magazine black and white and we have a partial maga-
zine of color. Close-up cameras turned on and we need
some more Weigh bags.
MITCHELL Have you gotten the polarizing filter
and the TDS yet, Al?
SHEPARD The polarizing filter is on the end and
the TDS I'll be getting now.
MITCHELL Okay. It looks like the MET stowage
is complete by my list, (garble) 70-mm mags -
SHEPARD Negative, we need some more weight bags.
CAPCOM Rog, A1 and Ed. I show you short the
weight bags mesa brush and the maps.
MITCHELL Okay, the mesa brush is there and the map is
there.
CAP COM Roger.
MITCHELL Okay, boots on.
MITCHELL Okay TDS sample is on.
MITCHELL Okay. And we need two weigh bag on.
SHEPARD That all the weigh bags we have there.
MITCHELL Pardon.
SHEPARD That all the weigh bags we have there, we have
two more in here.
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MITCHELL Okay. What were we talking about before?

MITCHELL Why don't we get them stowed on the outside
then ?
SHEPARD Okay, why don't you put this one on the
back.
SHEPARD And I' 11 put this one down here.
SHEPARD Okay, the MET is loaded, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, Al, the MET's loaded.
SHEPARD Okay, we'll go to pickup the LPM and
then we'll move the television camera after that.
CAPCOM Okay, we're right about on the time line.
MITCHELL Where's the cable for this?
MITCHELL Got it?
SHEPARD Okay. I got it.
MITCHELL That's the cable.
SHEPARD It'll go around the S-band.
PA0 Ed Mitchell pulling the MET or pull cart.
MITCHELL Say again.
CAPCOM I said that really looks neat, Ed. I
can see it bouncing a little bit and your tracks are
quite visible.
MI TCHELL (garble)
SHEPARD Okay, up on top of the hill.

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PAO positioning by the scientific bay for

off loading of the magnetometer.
SHEPARD And is very level there.
MITCHELL Okay. The pallets removed, the thermal
cover is replaced.
SHEPARD And, do this slow.
SHEP ARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL It's all yours.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL (garbled) give me a little more slack.
up there.
SHEPARD I'm up. Number 1 in the Sun.
MITCHELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD I got it.
MITCHELL Okay. We'll take off the electronics
package. Throw away the caging device.
PAO Mitchell off loading the magnetometer
from the science bay.
MITCHELL High scale. On.
SHEPARD (garbled)
MITCHELL Okay. Clear.
MITCHELL Houston, you want LPM on temperature it's
125.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed, 125.
SHEPARD Cle ar.
MITCHELL Okay.
MITCHELL Ail right, and the LPM is loaded onboard
the MET.
MITCHELL I'll turn on that if you'll turn the
camera around.
SHEPARD I Just want to get a good direction
actually. Our sight to A, directly toward the center of the
crater.
MITCHELL Yep, that's right over that way.
SHEPARD And it's, gee, it's 350 meters, a thousand
feet.
MITCHELL Yep, we'll start off that direction and
take a look around.
SHEPARD Okay, I'll aim the camera towards
Cone.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston. We're going to try to
put the TV camera in the shade and aim it up toward Cone.
PAO The magnotometer now on the MET.
CAPCOM Oh, we don't want to tarry too long
on that one we're about 2 minutes behind starting out.
And, the settings you can leave them Just as they are right
nOW.

SHEPARD Fredo, say again.

APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/6/71 132:19 GET 410/2

CAPCOM Okay. The settings that are on the TV

right now are good.
SHEPARD You don't want to aim it toward Cone Crater?
CAPCOM That's affirm, Al. You can do that task
but we won't worry to much about fineness on aiming it. The
settings on the camera now should be good.
SHEPARD Okay. We'll aim it up toward Cone. It's
going to be very close to the Sun.
CAPCOM Roger, Al.
SHEPARD We'll see what happens.
SHEPARD Do you have the image of the Sun yet.
Do you have the image of the Sun yet.
CAPCOM Okay. We have a little bit of a glare
there, but we have a picture, Al.
SHEPARD I'm going to bring it a little further
to the right.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. I think we can see the slopes
left flank of Cone coming in.
PAO Pointing in the direction of Cone crater.
SHEPARD Okay, you're looking at Cone
CAPCOM Roger, Al. We have little bit of a glare
across the center but in the background we can see the crest
of Cone.
SHEPARD Okay. We will probably be off the camera
to the right.
PAO That was Shepard moving across the field
of view there.
MITCHELL Al, think we can find out where we
are .
MITCHELL Okay, while you're checking your position -

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/6/71, 2:50 CST, 132:27 GET, 411/1

SHEPARD Okay. While you're checking your

posi!t_i0n, I'll be using the closeup. Okay. Taking the
picture of the MET track, Houston.
CAPCOM Roge r, Al.
SHEPARD - - with the closeup and the sun
at 11:00 o'clock. Okay, 30 one and two, my track is at
11, 303, and 4, footprints, sun at 10 o'clock.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. I copied the frame numbers.
And we still have you in the picture.
SHEPARD Okay. Get on in, then.
MITCHELL I don't know exactly where we are.
SHEPARD Well, keep the map in your hand and
keep going. I got this.
MITCHELL Okay. If I can locate a familiar
crater.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston. We're headed just
about toward the center of Cone Crater.
MITCHELL Okay, Al. Is this north Triplet
right here to our right. It is isn't it.
SHEPARD Yes, sir.
MITCHELL Okay. This nice big depression over
here.
SHEPARD Houston, we're again proceeding di-
rectly toward the center of the crater point A. As Ed
pointed out, we're passing north of north Triplet. The area
over which we are passing again, of course, is pock marked
by craters. However, the land is generally flat right here.
We have a sort of a - I was going to say mesa but I really
don't think it's a mesa. It's more of a ridge, which extends
to the southeast almost normal to our path of travel. I
think point A is probably down in that valley.
MITCHELL Yes. Look Al. I've spotted it.
See the crater almost directly up front from us, in the valley.
Right in the middle valley. I think that's Weird. And if
we head to the north of that, we're in business.
SHEPARD Okay. That means that point A is
in fact then in the valley.
CAPCOM Roger, Al.
SHEPARD There seem to be quite a few large
rocks as we progress along here. The rocks of up to 2 or
3 feet in size and one would fairly easily postulate these
came directly from Cone Crater, of course, we will get samples
of these a little further along.
MITCHELL A little further t6 the left.
MITCHELL Okay. Point A, Al, is right in the
valley. It's right beyond over here.
SPEPARD Okay. A is very subdued craters now.
MITCHELL Yes.
CAPCOM Is there any basic change in the - -
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CAPCOM Any basic change in the surface tex-

ture as you're heading out across toward A.
MITCHELL No. It looks all the same, Fredo.
CAPCOM That's what I was afraid of.
MITCHELL Fredo, see the crater - see the crater
60 meters to the west of point A?
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL The sharp one.
CAPCOM Okay. I think I have it on the chart.
MITCHELL Okay. We're coming up on that one
right - Okay. We're coming up on that one right now.
It's the sharper one in the east - north-south line of about
3 craters. And our traverse, supposedly, passes right be-
tween them. Got it?
CAPCOM Okay. We got you right on the map, Ed.
PAO Heart rates, Shepard 84, Mitchell 90.
MITCHELL Supposedly Just south of our track
at 71 and CT and CT.3, we're passing exactly on the south
rim of those two now.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed.
SHEPARD Probably A right here, is it not?
MITCHELL It's right over here to our left
a little bit, Al, I believe. Let me see.
CAPCOM And one other question from here.
Did the blocks you described as you moved across there,
do they appear to be in the form of rays from Cone or are
they pretty widely spread.
PAO Shepard.- -

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_i APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/6/71 2:56CST 132:33GET MC-412/1

PAO Shepard, Mitchell moving towards

their first stop.
SHEPARD They're fairly generally scattered.
MITCHELL They may form a pattern when they
get to the top and can look at them in plain view, Fredo.
CAP COM Very good.
MITCHELL Fred, right in the center of these
three vary. Okay.
SHEPARD Far out?
MITCHELL Well, it's pretty close. I don't
think it's exactly at A, but it's close.
CAPCOM Okay, I'll clock you at A right now.
MITCHELL Okay, that large crator to you right,
Al, just doesn't show up.
SHEPARD Ho, ho.
MITCHELL It does, too, that's the one. Just
beyond that is A.
SHEPARD Looks like right about 20 feet ahead
of me, right?
MITCHELL Yep, yep.
SHEPARD Okay babe, Fred, the surface, here - talk
about that, is textured. It is, of course, a very fine grain
dust (garble). About the same as we have in the vacinity
of the LM. But, there seems to be small pebbles - more
small pebbles here on the surface than we had back around
the LM area. And the population of larger rocks perhaps
small bolder size is more prevalent here. Okay, this is
probably pretty good.
MITCHELL Yeah, this is a good place for A and
ya'll might also comment, Fredo, that the - they have an appear-
ance, here, quite often like raindrops or a very few rain-
drops have splattered the surface. It gives you that appearance.
Obviously, they haven't, but it's that sort of textutre in
places .
SHEPARD Yeah, I think - I was just about to
say that there's a relationship between the texture and
these small surface pebbles. Okay, point A.
MITCHELL We're point A. Do a double
core LPM. I'll start with the LPM with a pan.
SHEPARD Okay, I'll start with the GDF.
SHEPARD Fred, did you read, we were ...
CAPCOM Roger, I copied all of that.
SHEPARD The point where 'we are sampling is
Just about in the center of three crators of almost equal
size. I would say, perhaps, 20 meters in diameter. The one
to the north is soft, more fresh more sharp the one to the
left is more subdued. I'm pretty sure we're Just about
where point A is on thE; map, it fits very close - it fits
the description of it.
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SHEPARD Okay, in the GDF, Houston, serial

number, 1002 and the frame counter on the closeup is about AL 305.
CAPCOM Roger, serial number 1002 and 305.
SHEPARD Rog, and I'm now dusting that sample.
SHEPARD Remark before he starts, that number
3 block on this sample, appears to have a smudge on it before
I start a very light black smudge.
CAPCOM Okay, we copied, Al.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Okay, Fred, the LPM is in place -
it's level and alined and I'm returning to the LM.
PAO Mitchell has positioned and leveled
the magnatometer.
MITCHELL Okay, I'm here, now.
CAPCOM We're starting the clock.
MITCHELL (garble)
SHEPARD Sure (garbled). What would you like?
MITCHELL I'll take mine, if you don't mind.
SHEPARD Okay, Senor.
MITCHELL No sun, I want F8. Again.

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 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/6/71 132:39 GET 413/1

MITCHELL And, Houston. We located our shot for

the placement of the mat of the LPM in frame 7 magazine MM.
CAPCOM Roger. And, you go with reading.
MITCHELL I' 11 take 2 of them.
MITCHELL Yes, I took 2 shots of that for your
locaters.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. And, we'll go for the readings.
MITCHELL Okay. Be there in a second.
PAO Ground elapsed time 132 hours 40 minutes.
We're 52 minutes since cabin depress.
MITCHELL Huh, Fredo.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
MITCHELL I'm on high scale X is 9.6 54.2 B 7.3.
CAPCOM Okay. Copy, Ed.
PAO Those are magnetometer readings given by
Mitchell.
MITCHELL 6 Y 3.8 B 6.7 X 9.6 Y 3.7 B 6.5.
CAPCOM Okay. I got all- all readings, Ed.
MITCHELL That was the high scale reading.
CAPCOM Roger. The high scale.
SHEPARD And, now verifing the second PDF serial
number 1001.
PAO Shepard talking about the thermal degra-
dation sample.
SHEPARD Okay, Fredo. I'm giving the LPM number 2
and -
CAPCOM Okay. Let me know when you're back to
commence.
MITCHELL Okay. Just a second. I wanted to tell
you that in my leveling of these things the bubble is
tangent to the intercircle to the ball, on both the first
and the second alignment.
CAPCOM Roger, copy, Ed.
MITCHELL Back at the MET.
CAPCOM Okay, and the clock says starting it.
MITCHELL Okay.
CAPCOM And, while we got a few seconds there,
Ed. The raindrop pattern you mentioned is it pretty general
or is just a here and there that you noticed this texture.
MITCHELL It seems to be fairly general, Fred.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, the (garbled). (garbled)
is complete in the final counter close up is reading 311.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. I copied on 1001, serial
number final count to be 11. And Ed you can go for the
reading.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Get in there baby. Okay.
MITCHELL Okay, Fredo. On high scale again X 01.1
now hold it, oh, okay. (garbled)
MITCHELL Ttill you turn it on. X 1.1 Y 3.7 B 4.0
- X 1.1 Y 3. now.
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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/6/71 132:39 GET 413/2

MITCHELL Y is 4.0 B 3.7 X 1.1 Y 3.9 B 3.6. Over.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/6/71 132:45 G.E.T. 414/1

MITCHELL (garble) 3.9 B 3.6. Over.

CAPCOM Okay, Ed. We've got all of your readings.
ANTARES (garble)
SHEPARD Okay, we got close up shots through all
13 and 14 and 12 all at nine o'clock shadow. 12 and
14 and got 2 typical examples of the raindrop picture
pattern which Ed - of which he spoke. 13 is a picture of
a foot track - foot track in the same area.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SHEPARD And I see a fairly large rock here at
the - at the north of these three craters. It's imbedded
right in the rim. It's about 2 feet long. I can see some
ripples in it. It has a good (garble)
PAO With the thermal degradation sample,
Shepard was checking the adherence of dust to the kinds
of paints to be used on the rover. The rovers start
with Apollo 15.
CAPCOM Okay, and Al, a word from the back room,
says go at least two crater diameters away from I guess the crater
you've Just describing when you get ready to take the double
(garble)
SHEPARD Okay, we'll try to put it in the center
of the three craters to get all three - well to get whatever
(garble) we have here and the last (garble) picture shadow
nine o'clock was 18.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SHEPARD Okay. since we've already taken a coupl e
of pictures of the MET track, I won't do it any more out here
and probably won't again unless we see some difference in these
tracks .
SHEPARD They're fairly what you might expect
because they're smooth, they're well packed and vary in depth
only as a function of the - of the surface tensions.
MITCHELL Fred-O, I've left the LTM, i'm returning
to the MET. Had a little trouble with it that time. The bubble
is tangent on the east side of the center ring.
CAPCOM Okay. On the east side. Let me know
when you get there.
SHEPARD I'm at the MET starting the clock.
PAO Each section of the double core to be
taken at this site is about 15 inches long.
SHEPARD Okay, all set up for the double core
here.
MITCHELL Okay, I'll be with you in a second. I
have a pan to take and I'll be right with you.
SHEPARD Be careful with the velcro on the tounge
it came off. (garble)
MITCHELL Yeh, I understand.
SHEPARD Why don't we just put (garble)
MITCHELL (garble)
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ANTARES (garble)
MITCHELL 16 mm mag.
SHEPARD Okay (garble)
ANTARES Okay, Fred-O, you about ready?
CAPCOM Okay, one minute. Go ahead.
ANTARES Okay, Y, this is high scale. Y is 1.0
I'm sorry X is 1.0, Y is 8.1, Z is 6.6. Next,
X is 1.0, Y is 8.1, Z is 6.6. Third set X is 1.0, Y 8.1,
Z is 6.,65.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed and I assume all those werehigh
scale again.
MITCHELL Beg your pardon. Those were all high
scale that's affirm.
PAO Third set of magnetometer readings from
Mitchell.
SHEPARD Okay the bottom core tube will be number 2.
No tab. Top core 2 will be number 3 no tab.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. Top got number 3 no tab,
bottom number 2 has no tab.
SHEPARD Correct.

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PAO The core tube numbers given out by

Shepard will be used for later identification of the samples
to identify tthe top and bottom tubes. We're at 132 hours
52 minutes ground elapsed time. 1 hour and 4 minutes since
cabin depress.
MITCHELL Okay. And the tongs -
CAPCOM And have you started wheeling it
up yet , Ed.
MITCHELL I'm starting it right now, Fred.
CAP COM Good (garbled)
MITCHELL The electronics are in the box and
picking up the reel now.
MITCHELL Oh, no. This is a can of worms.
CAPCOM You're having some problem reeling
it in, Ed.
MITCHELL Yes. An awful lot of problem with
it Fred. (garbled) the cable is so much that if I ever
let go of the handle it winds down about 3 or 4 turns on
me and I have to release then I have to take it back out.
And the cable is all bunched up and curdled out here. I'm
not sure I'm going to get it wound or not.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL It doesn't matter. I'm holding it.
PAO That's the magnetometer cable Mitchell
is talking about.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston. A couple of quick
stereos in the locator of the core tube as it's about to
be driven and the locale is the LM is in the background.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
MITCHELL Okay, Fredo. I got the LPM reel
reeled in just enough to keep it off the ground. It's really
a can of spagetti here.
CAP COM Okay, Ed.
MITCHELL Al, you haven't taken a pan have you?
SHEPARD Nope.
MITCHELL Okay. I'm starting the pan.
CAPCOM Okay. Just in the way of bookkeeping,
we need a double core and the pan and a sample.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston. Want to get another
one of those tubes complete - tubes here about 1-7/8 I
would say.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
PAO Shepard reporting he has two tubes
these are core samples.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston. The pan is completed.
I took it from the rim of an old crater with fresh crater
right in the bottom of it, several small ones around it.
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SHEPARD Yes. That's a pretty blocky one,

that new one. I think if we take samples from right along
that rim there, you'd probably get some of that from the
bot tom.
MITCHELL Yes. Okay.
CAPCOM Okay. We copy, A1 and Ed.
SHEPARD Okay. And the core bit, just for
the fun of it, is going inside 2 November. If we can get
it back.
CAPCOM And Al, they'd like a description
of the surface where you drove the core tube.

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SHEPARD Okay, Fred. Nothing but the same textured

pattern of which we spoke coming up in this traverse.
MITCHELL Al?
SHEPARD What?
MITCHELL Where's our color chart? Thank you.
SHEPARD Did you read the core tip -
CAPCOM Roger, Al, we got that and for your information
that we're about 5 minutes behind in the total timeline,
for departing A.
SHEPARD Okay.
SHEPARD Continuing our descripture of the surface.
It appears to be a population of very small blocks. Now,
(garbled) going to photograph here, and a documented sample.
I believe they came from the crater to the north of the
sampling sites. Other than that, the (garbled) core samples
is very easily site is not unique to the traverse so far. The
first core went in very easily we had some (garbled) difficulty
with the last core.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
MITCHELL Okay .
SHEPARD Get that by yourself?
MITCHELL Yep.
PAO 133 hours 3 minutes ground elapsed time.
One hour 15 minutes since cabin depress.
MITCHELL Houston, the rock I'm sampling is a ...
seems to be a fairly typical one. Of this little crater
multiple crater that we're working around near A and is
going into the bag 3 November.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Copy 3 November.
MITCHELL Oops, it's breaking apart on me as I pick
it up. I' 11 try to get most of the pieces.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
CAPCOM And, and we need to move on here to B
... (garbled) before we depart A, we' 11 need a EMU hack.
MITCHELL Okay. This is Al. EMU reading 3.75.
Oxygen is reading 71, I am no flags I'm on mint cooling and I
am comfortable.
SHEPARD A1.
MITCHELL Yes.
SHEPARD Can you hand me another baggy.
MITCHELL Okay. Houston I can't get all of this
sample in 3N, Al. That's going to be able to go in 3N and
the next one. It looked like it was fractured, and when I
picked it up it fractured in about 4 pieces.
SHEPARD Ok ay .
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
PAO The fractured sample, the documented
sample picked up by Ed Mitchell. The crew should be getting
ready to move on to the second station here shortly.
SHEPARD Okay. Now, head out the hill to B.
t- MITCHELL Okay.
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CAPCOM Okay. And, we still need a EMU check

from Ed.
MITCHELL Okay, Fred. I'll give it to you in a
minute.
SHEPARD Can you catch up with me now.
MITCHELL Yes, I'll catch up. Go ahead.
MITCHELL Okay. Al's heading up with the map. On
A we go down into a valley, we drop down a barely consistent
slope of approximately-

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SHEPARD fairly consistent slope of

approximately 8 to 10 degrees. The texture here again
is pretty much the same on the surface. The - basically,
those, of course, is the fine material which is now at
this particular site, kind of a grayish brown with the light
pebbles on the surface making the raindrop - small pebbles
on the surface making the raindrop pattern.
MITCHELL And Houston, I'm treading along
behind A1 now. I'm starting to catch up with him. As I
tried to describe for you before the MET tracks make a very
smooth pattern in the surface, remenescent of driving a
tractor through a plowed field. It smooths it out and makes
a very smooth distinct pattern and probably on the order
of a quarter of an inch deep, no more.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL It leaves gaps every now and then
as it bounces.
SHEPARD I think you found B.
MITCHELL Yes, I did. That big crater over
here that -
SHEPARD It's way up the hill. I think it's
up the hill.
MITCHELL Oh, that's right. B is the crater
we go - this is the crater we go by on the way to B.
SHEPARD Roger.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston. I'm looking for
contacts somewhere in here, but it's not apparent at this
point. Surface texture seems to be very much the same
from the standpoint of furrow bearing properties it's still
about the ame softness and it still has the same raindrop
pattern.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
MITCHELL Fredo, you wanted an EMU check from
me. At at 37 going 67 percent. I'm on min cooling, no flags.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL And continuing the description a
little bit, Houston. The (garbled) - trying to think of
an adequate description or comparison to something we've
already seen, but I don't think there is one. Incidently,
I see a string of craters down to the south - a string of
boulders to the south of us that may prove to be a ray
pattern as we come from Cone. And I observe as we get closer
to Cone the number of large boulders is increasing. We're
going to go past some here in a couple of minutes - about
a 20 foot wide fairly fresh crater. The boulders - a dozen
of them or so are 4 or 5 feet in diameter.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL There's nothing around them.
MITCHELL Okay. Let's see if we can find us -
this crater is the one I think, Al, it's halfway between A
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MITCHELL and B, isn't it?

SHEPARD Yes. I think so. This little
MITCHELL Can you see the boulders off to the
side there on that?
SHEPARD I'm sure they will.
SHEPARD I think- -
MITCHELL You should be able to spot that
little chain of craters just to the south of it. On the
map - is that - if that's where we think we are.
SHEPARD Yes. That little chain of craters
right there.
MITCHELL Kind of small.
SHEPARD That will make us right here, huh?
MITCHELL Pardon?
SHEPARD There's no big one to go with it.
A sharp one to go with it.
PAO Shepard, Mitchell, describing the
terrain on their walk from station A to B.
MITCHELL (garbled) That looks like Weird
right up there.
SHEPARD I thought we were about even with
Weird right now although you can't see it on the ridge.
MITCHELL That's Weird that big one right over
there, Al.
SHEPARD Yes. That's what I said. I think
B is that deep crater right there in front ahead of us.
MITCHELL No. I disagree. I think - see that
crater right

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SHEPARD ... I think B is that deep crater right

there ahead of us, Ed.
MITCHELL No, I disagree. I think- see that
crater right over there that we came by, to the south, the
big one. I think this is the crater that that's B. I
think this boulder field we can see it here if we look
real good.
SHEPARD This crater _ right here.
MITCHELL Yeh.
PAO The area being walked through is a valley.
MITCHELL We have to be considerably past Weird.
SHEPARD We're not even half way to the rim of
Cone yet.
CAPCOM (garble) A1 and Ed. I don't think you
have to worry too much about the exact position of site B.
If it appears you're getting close to the general area
and that should be good enough on B.
MITCHELL Okay. I think we're very close to it.
I think this crater we Just went by is probably it but it's
very hard to tell, Fred-O. I don't see anything else that
might be it unless it's the next crater up. Al, I've
spotted it. That next crater up is this one right here.
SHEPARD Which way are you pointing?
MITCHELL Pardon.
SHEPARD Where at.
MITCHELL Right behind you.
MITCHELL That crater is that crater right up
there. That crater is the crater over to the left of it.
SHEPARD Where do you think B is?
MITCHELL I think B's the one we just passed. Right
there where we were talking.
SHEPARD Ail right.
MITCHELL Here's a little hot idea. Shoot the
little double crater right beside it. Right here. See
there's that crater, see there's the little double crater,
it's right there in front of you.
SHEPARD Okay, let's grab sample B.
MITCHELL Get sample B.
CAPCOM Okay, and A1 and Ed, this is a grab
sample at B and we need the panorama and while somebody's
doing that we can get our site description.
SHEPARD I'll get a pan, Ed.
MITCHELL Ok ay.
MITCHELL While A1 takes the pan, I'll go ahead
and give you a site description. The area here is an
area considerably more boulders. A larger boulder field
more numerous boulders than we've seen in the past. I've
Just come into it as we approached B from A. Now to add
there were boulders to the north of us, we previously
talked of boulders to the north, and I've got to say
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MITCHELL they may turn out to be a ray pattern.

It looks suspiciously like- like one. However, where
we are now, we're about on the edge of the general boulder
population lining the flank of Cone Crater. Now they're
not too numerous at this point. They're somewhat patchy
there's a lot of them buried, half buried a few of the
smaller ones sitting on the surface. These boulders are
filleted and we'll have to sample that filleted later.
The strip is textured the side is very much - appears
very much the same as what we've been walking on all along.
And about the only difference we could see is probably a
larger number of samller craters, I say probably theres a
that is unless you really make a population count, you
can't tell. A- guessing a larger number of craters
probably the secondary 's from Cone to perhaps.
It's certainly a larger number of boulders lying around.
Now most of these boulders are rounded, there are a few
angular, there are a f aw rocks with angulars that's angularities
but by enlarge you can see edges that have been chipped off
indicating the beginning of a smoothing process. And
some of them are far beyond the beginning of smoothing here,
they're worn down pretty well and most of the rough edges
are where they have fractured and perhaps turned over.
Most of them appear to be along fractures of where other
rocks are sitting near them that might have once been a
part of that boulder.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. And has A1 got the grab sample
completed and up?
MITCHELL He's getting it now.
SHEPARD I'm grabbing it now.
SHEPARD (garb le)
CAPCOM Okay, and we need the fine count before
departing B and right now we're about 15 minutes behind in
the time line.

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MITCHELL Okay, Fredo, we expect that we're going to

fall behind you, there's no way we can help it. We'll pick
it up later.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO The grab samples of flight plan
changed, the grab sample replacing the documenting sample.
SHEPARD Okay, grab sample from the west rim
of Fauro Crator bag 5 november.
MITCHELL (garble) to complete this description.
We're standing on a fairly high point - well, not really on
a high point, about half way up the slope. To our north
and slightly to the west of us seems to be the low point
in this area. It's surrounded by a rim that's reminiscent
of a very very low crator. The topography doesn't show up
on the map, but it indeed is there. About 500 yards to the
north and west is the lowest point that I can see in this
area.
MITCHELL Can - Okay, you rady to press on?
SHEPARD Yes as soon as I get my handle screwed
back on here.
MITCHELL Okay, the next stop is the top of
cove. Let's get everything secured for that trip.
CAPCOM Okay, and we'd like the frame count
for his part.
SHEPARD You've got a frame count of 34 from
Al.
MITCHELL And 29 from Ed.
CAPCOM Roger, 34 and 29.
SHEPARD (garble)
MITCHELL Maybe it was loose. Had to work loose
for you.
SHEPARD Yep.
MITCHELL Okay, I've got the MET.
SHEPARD Okay, you want to go first and I'll
follow.
MITCHELL Okay. To the top of Cone Crator.
SHEPARD Yeah, and l_:t's - here we're (garble)
MI T CH ELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD Put the (garble) almost to the east
here and then I'll...
MITCHELL You want it pointed east ana a little
to the ...
SHEPARD To this blank up there.
MITCHELL Yeah, I can Just barely see the rim
of it on the far side of it.
SHEPARD Right, so we probably ought to go
directly from flank and I'm up from there.
MITCHELL Okay.
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MITCHELL Houston, as we go across here, this

ground is - A1 probably previously described it, but it's
very ungulating. I would suspect that there is not 10
yards at the most between what were once old crators. They
are most of them worn down, but the surface is continuously
ungulating. There's hardly a level spot anywhere.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL As we come on up toward Cone, we're
getting to see a lots more varied rocks, bigger rocks.
SHEPARD We're keeping our eyes open for a
contact, here, but I guess the sun angle makes it very dif-
ficult to see. However, I expect that by the time we get
a little closer up to flank you pull it for a while.
MITCHELL Let: me shift hands, I'm good.
SHEPARD Okay. By the time we get a little
closer up the flank, we might find some kind of a contact.
The ridge of Cone Crater to the north is very apparent, as
we expected that it would be. It stretches off into the
distance and meets with the far horizon.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
MITCHELL Fred, I'm trying to find something
distinctive to say about some of these crators we're going
by and it's very hard to do so. They're all smooth walled
except the very freshest one, and we're coming by a very
fresh one now, which is rubbelly on the - Hey. It may
even - that has some pretty good chunks of rubble on the
insides. This is about the freshest crator this size we've
seen.
SHEPARD That's correct. This is a very fresh
crator. It's about- it's clearly about opposite to the
crator at stop E. It's acrator about 20 feet in diameter
and about 2 meters deep and I'll get a quick -

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SHEPARD - and about 2 meters deep and I'll

get a quick rock from the side.
CAP COM Roger. (garbled) .
SHEPARD I'll just drop down on a knee to pick up
a rock to be within of 3 or 4 inches.
MITCHELL Need some help, Al?
SHEPARD Yea, I think so, I can't get (garbled).
MITCHELL Okay. Come on give me your hand.
SHEPARD Wait a minute I got it now. Okay.
MITCHELL Okay. Come on up. Okay.
SHEPARD Thank you.
MITCHELL You're on your feet.
SHEPARD Okay. I took a quick hand sample on
the side of that crater.
MITCHELL Do you think your following and know
about where we are, Fredo?
CAPCOM Well, (2 talking at once) just
past the position of abeam of E, looking about half way
between D and E.
ANTARES (garbled)
MITCHELL And we're starting up hill now. (garbled)
fairly gentle at this point but it's definitely uphill.
Ok ay Baby.
SHEPARD Okay, I got it.
MITCHELL Almost turned didn't it.
SHEPARD Yea. I grabed samples from the west
rim of the crater which is about as blocky as this bag 6.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. Bag 6.
PAO Shepard, Mitchell about 2/3rd's of the
way now to Cone crater.
SHEPARD Crater goi'ng is still very smooth as
far as the area that we're able to pick out. Of course,
we' re tracing a sort of sinuous course here. Being out of
the crater. And, further, to help further locate it,
if you can, we're going by, well, fairly fresh craters. I
don't think quite as fresh as the one we were Just talking
about. The east most one is fresher than ... the west most
one is the fresher. They're separated about 75 to 100 feet,
and they're about 25 to 30 feet across and 5 or 6 feet deep,
5 feet deep I guess. The westmost one that's got small
blocks in it. The deep most one is very smooth.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. And, you described the
blocks now (garbled) by that I assume you (garbled).
MITCHELL I'm not sure that's quite true, Fred.
Some of it looked like stuff that belongsd there, and not
fallen there.
SHEPARD Saw the glass in that rock, Ed.
MITCHELL Yes .
MITCHELL Oh, there sure is. It looked like some
of that so called rubble, looked like it might be the residual
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MITCHELL of an impact just lying in the bottom.

And, Houston, we're passing a rock much too big to pick up.
There's a whale of a lot of glass in it.
CAPCOM Roger. About how big is it?
MITCHELL It's about foot and a half, 2 footer,
yeah about a foot and a half across.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed, and we copy the glass.
MITCHELL - Fred.
MITCHELL And, I'm going on medium cooling for
a minute.
CAPCOM Okay. And, A1 and Ed why don't we take
a little rest here for a minute, and we'd like another
camera count too.
MITCHELL Like a what? We haven't taken any pictures
since the last one I don't think.
CAP COM Okay, Ed.
MITCHELL Okay. We'll slow down the traverse here.
Ok ay.
SHEPARD Should be flank right here, Ed.
MITCHELL Pardon.
SHEPARD Should be flank right over here.
MITCHELL That's out of sight, you mean.
SHEPARD Yea, right there.
MITCHELL Let's go, let's go over and see.
CAPCOM Okay. A1 and Ed, I assume you're on the
move now and heading toward Flank, is that correct?
MITCHELL That's correct.
MITCHELL That's correct. Heading toward where
we think Flank is. I'll pull for a while, Al.
SHEPARD That's okay. I got it for a while.

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PAO Shepard pulling the MET at this

time.
MITCHELL Why don't we pull up beside this
big crater.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Take a break, get the map and see
if we can find out exactly where we are. Press on from
there. This should be distinctive enoug.h.
CAPCOM And A1 and Ed, while you're stopped
here, we could use a photo pan.
MITCHELL Yes. Don't forget that. If you'll take
the pan, Al, I'll grab the map and get over here and see
if we can find
SHEPARD Okay. You pull it up on a little more
level ground.
MITCHELL Okay .
SHEPARD Give you a push.
SHEPARD Okay (garbled).
MITCHELL That looks good.
MITCHELL That old LM looks like it's got a
flat over there, the way it's leaning.
CAPCOM Say that last again, Ed.
MITCHELL Just talking. Nevermind.
CAPCOM And Ed, now we're going to have a
slight handover here.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston. The pan is complete
on magazine - magazine lema lema. Frame count is 57.
CAP COM Roger. 57, Al.
SHEPARD How you bringing up, Fred.
CAPCOM Copied 57. How's that?
SHEPARD Say again. Ed, do you read them?
MITCHELL Yes. I read.
CAPCOM Ed, do you read, Houston.
MITCHELL (garbled) I know you're breaking
up completely. Okay.
SHEPARD Want to start on up toward the rim?
MITCHELL Yes. Just one second though.
I think I got it. I'll head on, Al. Fredo, can you read?
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
MITCHELL Boy, I'm getting a feedback on (garbled)
SHEPARD Okay. Ed, I'm coming through.
MITCHELL Okay. (garbled) I can't really spot
this crater, but I think I know where we are. We're pretty
close to where (garbled) said we were.
SHEPARD Houston, your transmissions are still
unreadable.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. I haven't been talking.
How do you read me now.
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SHEPARD (garb le d)
MITCHELL I think it's dead ahead of you, Al.
Oh, wait a minute. This is probably it right here. Yes.
SHEPARD Am I right?
MITCHELL Yes. Let's Just double check and
see.
SHEPARD It's about a 4 meter, biggest crater
in the south wall.
MITCHELL That had to be it.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston. We're going by
Flank on the way up. We're passing to the north side of
it.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. Copy.
SHEPARD Fred, you're still unreadable.
MITCHELL Let me pull a while, Al.
You're having all the fun.
FAO Both Shepard and Mitchell heart
rates going up to about 120 while they were travelling
uphill.
MITCHELL Putting the map away.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Finish putting the map away.
SHEPARD Ail right.
PAO With the higher rates this occassioned
the rest stop.

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PAO With the higher rates this occassion

to the rest stop. We're at 100 - -
SHEPARD Ok ay.
PAO We're at 133 hours 34 mlntues ground
elapsed time.
MITCHELL Fredo - you back with us, Fredo.
CAPCOM Okay. I'll try again. How do you
read, Ed?
MITCHELL Okay. That's much better. You got
a background squeel.
CAPCOM Okay. Evidentally, that station
switch gave us some problem.
CAPCOM I've been copying both of you all
the way though. We have you now Just past the point.
CAPCOM Okay. We've been copying you most
of the time and I have you by a point now.
MITCHELL That's affirmative.
MITCHELL And the grade is getting pretty
steep.
CAPCOM Have you got any estimate.
MITCHELL And the soil here is getting firmer
I think than we've been on before. Except around what the
mounds in between craters where it's been thrown out. But,
by and large, it seems to have a little firmer footing. We're
not sinking in as deep.
CAPCOM That should help you with the climb
there.

MITCHELL Yes. It helps a little bit. A1

picked up the - Al's got the back of the MET now and we're
carrying it up. I think it seems easier.
SHEPARD Yes.

CAPCOM There's two guys here that figured

you'd carry it up.
MITCHELL Say again.
CAPCOM There's twp guys sitting next to
me here that kind of figured you'd end up carrying it up.
MITCHELL It will roll along here except we
Just move faster carrying it,
SHEPARD Okay. You want to (garbled) with
this rock.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD This is the first big boulder we've
seen, Houston. I think it's worthwhile taking a picture of
it with the closeup. (garbled)
MITCHELL I'll pull it up. We probably ought
to take a pan to locate everything here while you're taking
a closeup.
CAPCOM Okay. I understand, Al. You're
shooting a closeup shot of a big boulder.
CAPCOM What's the size of this one, Al?
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SHEPARD Okay. The shots been taken on the

closeup counter number 317. Sun angle was 8 o'clock. The -
this particular one is only about 12 feet long by about 4
feet wide. It's about 1/3 buried. It's a, oh, very
weathered. There are some evidences of some crystal shining
through, some of the ractures.
MITCHELL I'm taking a half light of the rock
in the pan now from this location. I'll document our
(garbled) going to the top of Cone Crater.
CAP COM Roger. Copy.
PAO The reference to carrying the MET
up to the ridge of Cone Crater, the backup crew is here at
the capcom console and apparently they had a bet on preflight.
We're at 133 hours 39 minutes ground elapsed time, 1 hours
50 minutes since cabin depress.
MITCHELL Then I can look right across into
the breach in the north rim of Neighbor. (garbled). We're
about even with it now.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/6/71 4:01CST 133:39GET MC-423/1

MITCHELL For each of the north, rille of old

nameless. We're about even with it now.
CAPCOM Okay, and copied, Ed. and was there
any noticeable dust on the large bolder?
MITCHELL Not where I took the picture, but
there's some fillets are at the bottom.
CAPCOM Okay, copied now.
MITCHELL Okay, 44, Fred, was my frame count.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL I believe that's it, if I can remem-
ber it.
SHEPARD Right here, Ed.
MITCHELL Now, I'm going to move on out, I'll
head up here.
PAO Shepard, Mitchell pressing on toward
the rim of Cone Crator.
SHEPARD Okay, we're starting out the right
flank of the crator, now, Houston, the bump probably about
18 percent, the surface texture is still pretty much the
same as far as the raindrop pattern is concerned. But, we
seem to find an increasing population of smaller rocks.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
MITCHELL The small rocks and smaller - smaller
fresher crators as well. Well, wait a minute, maybe I'm
being deceived. With this slope the front angle is entirely
different than it is on the flat land, the crators look
sharper and they shadow.
SHEPARD Okay, let's make an EVA stop.
MITCHELL Okay, let me fall off.
SHEPARD I can stop and rest here for a minute.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Well, I tell you, we're really going
to get a panarama, we've got a tremendous lot here, Houston,
already. And we're not quite to the rim. Head towards that
little namelesses over there, right along our track, or just
south of our track I should say. We made the right approach,
we came up through the valley and over the range and down
into the bowl. Couldn't have planned it better.
MITCHELL I thought we were in a low spot with
the La, but it turns out we're really not in the lowest spot
around, I don't think.
SHEPARD No, I tell you it's probably the
lowest spot right ...
MITCHELL Oh, right in that particular little
area.
SHEPARD In that area, yeah.
MITCHELL But, that's the lowest part over to
the right that I was talking about. And there's a low spot ...
SHEPARD Well, there's a crator over there, as well.
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MITCHELL Yeah, yeah. Fredo, you can sure be

deceived by slopes, here, the sun angle is very deceiving.
Okay, let me pull awhile. You ready to go?
SHEPARD Yeah, lift it.
MITCHELL May go back to (garble), if they don't
call first.
SHEPARD I guess right straight up is the best
way to go.
MITCHELL Beg you pardon?
SHEPARD Right straight up is the best way to
go. Better go easy on the rocks.
MITCHELL Okay, get a little momentum going.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/6/71 133:43 GET 424/1

MITCHELL Okay. I'll get a little momentum going.

SHEPARD Houston, we're proceeding onward now.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
MITCHELL And, the boulder fields that A1 pointed
out. The rocks and boulders are getting more numerous toward
the top here. However it's nothing like the rubble of the
large boulders that we saw at the Nevada test site.
Now, is this surprising to me. I expected it to be more
like that, but it is not, at least not where we're looking
now .

SHEPARD You know we haven't reached the rim, yet.

MITCHELL Oh boy, we got fooled on that one.
MITCHELL I'm not sure that was flank we were in a min-
ute ago either. Wait a minute. Just (garbled) the rim's right
here. That's the ... that's the east - shoulder running
down from the Cone. That's flank over there. We're going to
hit it on the south side. We'll have to move on around it.
This looks like easy going right here. See
there's the boulder field that shows in the photograph
right up ahead of us.
SHEPARD There's a crater up there, Ed.
MITCHELL Yeah.
SHEPARD Pardon, crater up there.
CAPCOM Yea, A1 and Ed, they'd like you to take
another stop here.
SHEPARD Okay.
SHEPARD Really got a pretty steep slope here
CAPCOM Yeah, we kind of figured that from lis-
tening to you.
SHEPARD Okay. Well, now that's apparently the
rim of Cone over there, and we're about well over 2 hours
now. Is that right, Fred?
CAPCOM Okay. We're Still on 157 and a half now.
SHEPARD Okay.
SHEPARD That's at least 30 minutes up here.
CAP COM Yep.
SHEPARD And, I would say we'd probably do better
to go up to those boulders there. (garbled)
EVA is the turn around point.
MITCHELL Yep. It could take longer than we ex-
pected.
SHEPARD Our positions are all in doubt now, Fredo.
What we were looking at was a flank, but it wasn't really ...
the top of it wasn't the rim of Cone. We've got a ways
to go yet.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. And -
SHEPARD - Perhaps you could think - Perhaps you
can think what it is you want, I'd say that the rim is
at least 30 minutes away. We're approaching the edge of the'
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SHEPARD boulder field here from the south flank.

MITCHELL Let' s look at the map.
SHEPARD and what I'm proposing is perhaps we
use that as the turn around point. It seems to me that we
spend a lot more time in traverse if we don't, and we don't
get very many samples.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. And, Just a couple of ques-
tions they have up now. Like your (garbled). Did you
see any dust particularly on the top surfaces of boulders
in the area. And, any comparisons between the boulders
you see slipping around. Are they all the same or do some
types appear different.
MITCHELL It's too early to make that sort of judge-
ment, but we'll tell you when we get there. We're not really
in that boulder territory yet.
SHEPARD I think, Fredo. If you'll keep those
questions in mind. The best thing for us to do is to
get up here and document a sample. I feel pretty sure is
the Cone ejecta and then when we head down the stern
we'll be able to see these subvariations and rock types
a lot better than we are right now.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
PAO Shepards heart rate rose to 150, Mitchells

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/6/71, 4:11 CST, 133:48 GET, 425/1

CAP COM Roger, Al.

PAO Shepard's heart rate rose to 150,
Mitchell's 128. This occasioned the second rest stop.
MITCHELL Hey, Al.
SHEPARD Yes.
MITCHELL I'd - no, let's keep going around
this crater. (garbled) right here.
SHEPARD Well, maybe. I thought we'd get those
boulders up there, Ed.
MIT CHELL Ye s.
SHEPARD (garb le d)
MITCHELL Yes. Let's head right for that
boulder at the top. I think we'll be moving one of the
SHEPARD Right here.
MITCHELL Pardon.
SHEPARD Right here.
MITCHELL Up at the top, you mean.
SHEPARD No.
MITCHELL Huh ?
SHEPARD I don't think we'll have time to
go upthere.
MITCHELL Oh, let's give it a whirl. Gee whiz.
We can't stop without looking into Cone Crater. (garbled)
everything if we don't get there.
SHEPARD I think we'll waste an awful lot
of time travelling and not much documenting.
MITCHELL Well, the information we're going
to find, I think, is going to be right on top.
CAPCOM We establish - -
SHEPARD Okay, Ed. Look at this you're going
through. (garbled) very light grey vine underneath
the
MITCHELL Yes. It looks like along our path
there's quite a bit of it. See how this crater - - Fredo,
how far behind timeline are we?
CAPCOM Okay. The best I can tell right now,
about 25 minutes down now.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL We'll be an hour down by the time
we get to that crater. We need six samples.
MITCHELL I think we're going to find what
we're looking for up there.
CAPCOM Okay, A1 and Ed. In view of your
essay of where your location is and how long it's going to
take to get to Cone, the word from the back room is they'd
like you to consider where you are, the edge of Cone Crater.
SHEPARD Picture 6.
CAPCOM Okay. That decision I guess was
based on Al's estimate of another, at least, 30 minutes and
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CAPCOM of course, we cannot see that from

here. It's kind of your judgement on that.
MITCHELL Well, we're 3/4 there.
PAO Mitchell reporting they're 3/4
the way to Cone Crater. We'll stand by.
MITCHELL Why don't we lose our bet, Al, and
leave the MET and get on up there?
MITCHELL We could make it a lot faster (garbled)
SHEPARD No. I think what we're looking at
right here, this boulder field, Ed, is the stuff that's
ejected from Cone.
MITCHELL But not the lowermost part, which is
what we' re interested in.
SHEPARD Okay. We'll press on a little farther
Houston. And keep your eye on the time.
CAPCOM Okay. And as of right now we have
a 30 minute extension.
PAO That callup from head Fred Haise,
a 30 minute extension to the EVA time. We'll stand by.
CAPCOM And Al, did you copy our 30 minute
extension?
SHEPARD We got it.
MIICHELL Yes. That's affirmative, Fred.
Thank you.

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SHEPARD Okay. Then up at this little rise

here take a panorama.
MITCHELL Good.
SHEPARD Okay, I'll go to medium close.
MITCHELL Okay, I'll take a pan from here.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
SHEPARD I want to tell you, it's a fantastic
view from here. As this pan will show.
SHEPARD We're approaching the edge of the
rugged boulder field to the west rim. It appears as though
the best for us to do will be go to the west rim and
document it from there even though the sun angle
may not be quite as good. Well, we're pushing out in
that direction.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. You're moving to the
west then.
MITCHELL A1 is back to min flow. Here we're
moving again.
CAPCOM And A1 and Ed, Deke says he'll cover
a bet if you'll drop the MET.
MITCHELL It's that hard with the MET. We need
those tools.
SHEPARD No, the MET's not slowing us down,
Houston. It's just a question of time, we'll get there.
CAPCOM Roger, Al.
MITCHELL Give you a hand, Al.
SHEPARD It's all right.
MITCHELL You cut a hole there with your wheel
when you went around that corner. Al?
SHEPARD Yeh.
MITCHELL Head left. It's right up there.
SHEPARD Yeh. I'm going there.
PAO Ground elapsed time 133 hours 58 min-
utes. Two hours nine minutes since cabin depressurization.
MITCHELL You need a little more lift. Go up
to the - I'll give you a hand.

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SHEPARD Okay. We're now right in front

of the boulder field on the west rim. We haven't quite
reached the rim yet.
SHEPARD Okay. Want to rest here a minute.
MITCHELL Yes.
MITCHELL Let's take a look at the map. I
think we're closer than that.
SHEPARD We ought to just go ahead slowly
with this .
SHEPARD Okay. Another crater.
MITCHELL Yes. The rim's right up here. Let's
see if we can spot this one, Al.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL On the map.
CAPCOM Okay. And Al, it looks like you'd
be a little bit more comfortable there is you're on the
intermediate.
SHEP ARD Yes. Okay. We're resting.
MITCHELL Look. I want to show you something.
Here's that crater, we're down here. Go got to go there.
SHEPARD What crater?
MITCHELL That crater right there is that one
right there.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
SHEPARD Want to pull for a while?
MITCHELL Yes.
SHEPARD Okay. We're about the maximum ele-
vation now, Houston. It's a little (garbled) a little bit.
And it looks like we'll be approaching the rim here very
shortly.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. And you can leave the
dial in _ntermediate. We're fat on the - for the feedwater.
SHEP ARD Okay. Thank you.
MITCHELL Let me set mine. We're - I was going
to say let me set mine, Houston, if I'm okay too.
CAPCOM That's affirm. I guess the low
item is the battery.
MITCHELL Okay. It's going over. I'll get it.
At that stabilization, Al, it's going to turn over.
SHEPARD Okay. We better reconnoiter
here. I don't see the crater yet.
MITCHELL I agree. (garbled) in my wheels.
PAO Shepard, Mitchell trying to hold
the MET steady. The pullcart steady as they're going through
this boulder field enroute to the rim of Cone Crater.
SHEPARD Is this boulder pattern at all
that we're in here right now the boulder field at all.
MITCHELL I though it was on the south rim.
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CAPCOM And A1 and Ed, do you have the rim

in sight at this time?
MITCHELL Oh, yes.
SHEPARD It's affirmative. It's down in the
valley.
CAPCOM Sorry. You misunderstood the ques-
tion. I meant the rim of Cone Crater.
SHEPARD Oh, the rim. That is negative. We
don't - haven't found that yet.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/6/71 4:25 CST 134:03GET MC-428/1

MITCHELL This big boulder, right here, Al, which

stands out bigger than anything else ought to be - ought to
be able to see it.
SHEPARD Well, I don't know what the rim is
still way up there by the looks of things.
CAPCOM And, Ed, now, we've already eaten in
our 30 minute extension and we're passed that now, I think
we'd better proceed with the sampling and continue with the
EVA.
MITCHELL Okay, Fredo.
SHEPARD Okay, we'll observe with a pan from
here. I'll take that.
MITCHELL Alright, I will third family.
PAO Shepard, Mitchell stopping short at
this point to acquire some rock samples.
MITCHELL All the field covered. Perhaps as
much as (garble) samples that (garble). that we might have
in Cone Crator.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SHEPARD (garble) Okay, you want us to start
taking documented samples.
CAP COM Roger.
SHEPARD Alright. I would say, Houston, that
most of these bolders are the same brownish grey that we've
found. But, we see one that is definately almost white in color,
a very definate difference in color which would - it was
definately almost white in color, a very definate difference
in color, which we'll document. We noted that beneath this
dark brown regolith, there is a very light brown layer and
I'll think we'll get a core cube right here to show that.
As a matter of fact, I think I'll do that right now.
CAPCOM Roger, Al, and for your information
we won't be doing the polimetric experiment.
SHEPARD I affirm, you will not be.
CAPCOM That's affirm, you can delete that
one.
SHEPARD Hey, I'll bring back the min.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. And Ed, I need an opinion.
Do you think you'd be able to deploy and take the second
and last LPM reading at this location?
MITCHELL Yeah, we can take it at this location.
CAPCOM Okay, what I have on the board here,
to perform and I guess we'll call it C prime is sample and
I guess you already got a pan, I thought somebody did, and the
LPM then.
S JE¼ARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Okay, let me suggest that we take one
of these football sized rocks from here, too, Fredo.
CAPCOM Yeah, roger, Al, very good.
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MITCHELL This area that we're in right now,

is for sampling, Ed, is a pretty darn rugged bolder spread
area. One of the smaller rocks I've sampled is going into
7 n ...

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CAPCOM And, A1 and Ed, when you can work it in

we'd like an EMU check.
SHEPARD Okay, Al. 3.75 and reading 52 on the
oxygen and I'm in medium flow and I'm comfortable, no flags.
MITCHELL Okay. I'm reading 375, I'm 48 on oxygen,
I'm now a min. flow having just shifted, and I'm comfortable.
CAP COM Roger.
MITCHELL Okay. LPM deployed.
PAO Shepard, Mitchell stopping of the realm
of Cone crater in a boulder field. At this position they
will take a magnetometer reading, gather samples, including
perhaps a football size rock and photography.
SHEPARD Okay. The core tube sample turned out to
only be about 3 quarters of a tube. The area is apparently
very rocky but I did get down into the second layer of the
underlying layer of the regolith which was white as opposed
to being dark brown.
PAO Shepard reports taking core sample.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. Understand you get down to
another layer that looks white below the dark brown.
SHEPARD On second thought, forget that core tube,
it's too granular and most of the material came
out of the tube. I'll just clip a couple samples and bag it of
- the 2 top layers.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
MITCHELL Okay, Fredo, I'm having a hard time
leveling the- there it is.
CAPCOM And, Al, about what sample bag number
are you up to now?
MITCHELL 7N was the last one I put in.
SHEPARD Okay, Fredo, we're up on 12 here. I
don't know whether that's consecutive or not.
MITCHELL Could be.
MITCHELL Fredo, I'm back at the MET having
left the LPM, took my time.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL The LPM is aligeed about 3 degrees to the
north of the east-west line.
CAPCOM Okay. 3 degrees to north.
MITCHELL And it is level, the bubble Just about in
the center.
CAPCOM About what's the size of the largest
block you all have passed, Ed?
MITCHELL That we've gone passed?
CAP COM That's right.
MITCHELL Oh, 25 feet long.
SHEPARD Hand me the shovel, please, Ed.
MITCHELL Roger.
SHEPARD Thank you.

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MITCHELL Getting ready, Fred, to read the LBM.

MITCHELL Fred-O, Houston, you still with us?
CAPCOM Any time, Ed. You go ahead-
MITCHELL I'm going to read the LBM.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
MITCHELL Okay. I'm on the (garble) 4.9 on
X, Y 4.6, Z 6.5, X 4.9, Y 4.6, Z 7.0, X 4.9, Y 4.5, Z 7.5,
and it's still going up in Z. Better give you one more
set. X is 4.6, Y is 4.4, Z is 8.0 and it seems stable at that
level.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Copy, got all four sets
and all were taken on low settings, and you can discard the
instrument at this point.
MITCHELL Okay. It is dome.
CAPCOM And, Al, did you say you had taken
a sample of the white boulder or was that too hard to
s amp le ?
SHEPARD No. Now I'm sampling a layer that is
sort of a_ight gray Just under a regolith with a bag
number 9 _d bag number 10 with a sample of some of the
surface r_ks that were - that were right around that
area. It looks like kind of a secondary impact that has
'- disrupted _he surface regolith and cut out down into the
gray area.
CAPCO_ Roger, Al.
PAO _ Heart rates of the two crew members
down appre'_iably now, Shepard 108, Mitchell 86. Shepard
working harder at this time taking samples while Mitchell
leveling the magnetometer.
CAPCOM Okay, and Ed is the LPM still in
your immediate area?
MITCHELL Yep.
.. CAPCOM Okay they wanted a temperature reading
off of it.
MITCHELL Okay, we'll have it for you in a
minute.
CAPCOM Okay, and A1 -
MITCHELL Do you want the new one?
CAPCOM did you mention either seeing a white
boulder or a brown a brownish gray boulder earlier?
SHEPARD I mentioned there's a boulder definitely
whitish in color, Fred, we'll be over there in a minute.
It's not in our immediate vicinity. But I definitely
feel it's worthwhile sampling.
CAP COM That's affirm,
SHEPARD Ok ay.
CAPCOM They concur would like a sample from
the white boulder, Go ahead Ed..
-'_ MITCHELL About 125 on the LPM.
CAPCOM Roger, copy.
MITCHELL Okay, where did you hit for -
A KD Well.
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SHEPARD The first thing that we ought to do

is if we want to drag the MET with us is, see that white
boulder down there.
MITCHELL Yea, I saw it (GARBLE)
SHEPARD We can sample it with both types of
boulder right there in our area so lets go on down there.
MIT CHELL Righ t.
SHEPARD And can you give us feel Houston,
when you want us to leave the area.
CAPCOM Okay, estimated time at departure is
in about 8 minutes, 7 and 1 half 'minutes.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Okay, board the hammer, oh damn it.

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SHEPARD Okay.
SHEPARD Okay. Brought the hammer.
MITCHELL I've got it.
SHEPARD Okay. I guess we just run down there
this way, huh?
MITCHELL Yes.
MITCHELL Okay. That's it. One of these
boulders, Fredo is broken open. They're really brown
boulders on the outside and the interface that's broken
is white and then another one that most of it is white.
They're right in the same area.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. I assume you're going
to sample some of those.
MITCHELL That's where we're headed right now.
It's about 50 yards away.
SHEPARD Why don't you go on down and start
and let me brign the MET down.
MITCHELL Ail right. Yes. It's further than
it looks.
SHEPARD That's the order of the day.
MITCHELL Okay, Fredo. I'm right in the midst
of a whole pile of very large boulders here. It's anything
- I can do to grab a meaningful sample.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL First of all, let me start my photo-
graphing. This whole area. They're awful darn big but
there's hardly anything I can find to see if I can chip one.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, now.
MITCHELL Okay, Fredo (garbled)
CAPCOM To get us - to get us back on the
old timeline here when you depart C here we'd like to
proceed directly to F, Weird, and we'll pick back up from
that point. Enroute you can make grab samples as you see
fit.
MITCHELL Okay .
CAPCOM And another note I'll remind you
of later on.
CAPCOM Go ahead. I'm sorry.
MITCHELL I chipped off one of the white rocks.
I put it in bag 13N. I'll photograph it. There don't seem
to be any samples of the white rock lying around that are
small enough for me to sample. I want to be sure they're
what I'm looking for.
CAP COM Roger, Ed. 13N.
SHEPARD And A1 is Just going around picking
up hand size grab samples from the immediate vicinity of
where Ed is operating. I have a couple that are going in
bag 16.
.- CAPCOM Roger, Al.
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PAO Apollo Control - -

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 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/6/71 134:24 GET 432/1

PAO Apollo Control, Houston 134 hours 24 min-

utes, 2 hours 36 minutes since cabin depress. Two of the
stops have been deleted in the traverse. The tasks that
were scheduled E will be moved back to station G. The next
stop will be at station F from-
SHEPARD (garbled)
MITCHELL That's alright, go ahead.
SHEPARD There's a football, Houston, coming out
of this area which will not be bagged. It is appeared to
be the prevalent rock of the area.
MITCHELL That' s better.
CAPCOM Roger, Al, we copy.
SHEPARD Let's go on over to (garbled)
SHEPARD Okay. Do you have a sample of that white rock?
MITCHELL Got one particle.
SHEPARD Put it right here.
MITCHELL I don't think it'll go.
SHEP ARD Ye a.
MITCHELL Core tubes out aline.
MITCHELL Okay. We'll Just try back that way.
CAPCOM Okay, A1 and Ed. There is about 1
more minute here.
SHEPARD Okay. We're moving on down the hill
._ now. Okay. Can you see Weird from here.
MITCHELL (garbled) .
SHEPARD Kind of hard to find.
MITCHELL I can't even see triplet from here.
SHEPARD Triplet (laughter)
MITCHELL Stand by Al, let me take one quick look
at the map before we move. Waste the minute looking.
SHEPARD If I was you, I'd take the map (garbled)
take you down to the general area of the LM and you'll
probably get enough elevation view from down there so we
can see Weird.
MITCHELL Okay. We're leaving the scene now.
(garbled)
CAPCOM Roger, Al. And to rephase the question,
earlier on the way back down, you might integrate any distinction
in the lithology on the way back with a better sun angle and
you're free to take grab samples on route to Weird.
SHEPARD Okay. I think that's weird. To the
north, I mean just to the left of north triplet, and north
triplet appear to be right behind the LM.
MITCHELL Yeah.
SHEPARD You agree.
MITCHELL It's between ... it's half way between
the two large boulders and one way down.
SHEPARD Yeah, I think that's right. That's
right.
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SHEPARD Ua huh, that's the one.

MITCHELL Okay. These are rocks, these boulders
in this field here - appear to be very weathered, obviously not by
atmosphere but eroded by some process. Because they all
show cracks. They show evidences of being broken up either
by impact or subsequently and it looks to me as though these
rocks are really pretty old.
CAPCOM Roger, A1 and do you have anything left
on the 16 millimeter or has it been running on the MET.
SHEPARD I'm right ahead of you. I've already
turned it on, now I follow the progress.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SHEPARD Are you reading now?
MITCHELL Yeah.
MITCHELL Have you checked the setting on it?
SHEPARD It's in there.
CAPCOM And A1 without taking any extra time if
you come across any boulders large enough we might fill the
(garbled) on the way down. If you haven't already done that
on the way up.
SHEPARD I don't think we're going to find any
long neck pass big enough Fredo. The very largest ones are
._ off to the right - south of us a bit, set up the hill a bit
more.
MITCHELL Let's go on are you on the thing back there.
SHEPARD No.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Want me to hold you back.
MITCHELL No that's all right.
SHEPARD Could you come over here a -

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MITCHELL Want me to hold you back?

SHEPARD No, Ed.
MITCHELL Break off, but you're gonna go over
here in a minute.
PAO Shepard's 02 suit temperature had
peaked in the 80's, but now reading in the high 60's. Mit-
chell's present readings in the high 70's.
SHEPARD I hear again Houston, the temperature
here appears to be - Our region appears to be a lot of large
- of a - dribbles, approximately a quarter of an inch on
down. Just along the slide and the same texture ground we
spoke of before and photographed, also here.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SHEPARD Okay, the way we've got this (garbled)
weird.
MITCHELL Yep, the LM looks like it's getting much
closer.
SHEPARD Is it Weird right down there do you think?
MITCHELL Yep. Oh - here it is. It'll be
Weird at almost due east of the LM.
CAPCOM And A1 and Ed we'd like to have you
SHEPARD (garbled)
-- SHEPARD Okay, this is Al, 3.75 and 45 percent
and I'm on medium throw and I'm comfortable.
MITCHELL Okay, this is Ed, I'm on
3.75 menthro I'm 40 percent, and very comfortable. And there
is Weird (garbled). You can see the triple crater in it the
white spot.
SHEPARD Okay, got it.
MITCHELL Got it?
SHEPARD Yep. With the boulder is in the
near foreground.
MITCHELL Yep.
SHEPARD We're continuing now out of the boulder
field Houston, and getting on down the flank.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SHEPARD And I believe I'll Just get a shot - I'll
get a sample of that baby Hugh, let's grab some for now.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD We're going to get a quick grab here
of a rock and I'll put it on it because it's
got some tremendous fillers in it. (garble) before you get
a quick shot there. Okay, put the PCS there. First.
That looks like, we ought to get a piece of that baby.
MITCHELL No man, that's hard, hard, hard.
I guess that's Basalt isn't it?
SHEPARD Ye ah.
SHEPARD Okay, here's a piece of it. Bag?
MITCHELL I'm right behind you.
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SHEPARD (garbled) don't lose it.

SHEPARD Okay, here we're about - it's about
no, I guess not.
MITCHELL Hold it a minute, hold it, I'm gonna get a
bag. This darn bag has been (garbled) isn't doing what it's
supposed to do.
SHEPARD No. Better take two - no
MITCHELL Houston, what we're taking in at 14 in.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. 14 in.
MITCHELL Assorted rock. Large filament rock
that A1 photographed. Okay, let's go, you want me to hold
one ?
SHEPARD No, just work it a little way and
let it drop off.
MITCHELL And you want me to hold back awhile?
SHEPARD No, we'll Just let it run.
Hope we don't lose anything.

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SHEPARD Hope we didn't lose anything.

MITCHELL No. It's holding in very well.
MITCHELL Didn't turn over. A little higher
CG now than we had before. With that big rock in there.
PAO Meanwhile, in Kitty Hawk, Stu Roosa
has just finished Descartes photography.
SHEPARD Fredo, can you give us an idea at
what time we should arrive at Weird?
CAPCOM Stand by one.
PAO For this rev, Roosa didn't use the
Hycon luner topographic camera. The Hasselblad with the
500 millimeter lens was used instead. Meanwhile, it is
undecided which camera will be used for the rev coming up,
for this photography:
MITCHELL That 16 millimeter stuck, however, in flight.
SHEPARD Very good- it's taken photos
from every view.
MITCHELL Okay. It looks like that cut very
deep though.
SHEP ARD Yes.
MITCHELL Let's - hey, here's a whole batch
of them right down here, Al. Let's grab those.
SHEPARD Which way, left or right?
MITCHELL Off to the left and ahead -
around that little crater. They're all in this same area.
SHEPARD Houston, unable to see any stratigraphy
in any of these craters. The sloping has been such that pretty much
destroyed.
MITCHELL What about this one right here.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. And position wise you're
past Flank now. Is that correct? Or at least a mean position
of Flank?
SHEPARD No we're not, Fredo, we haven't passed
by Flank yet. I'll say we're about a 15 minutes away from
Weird. A (garble).
MITCHELL As a matter of fact, I think this is
Flank right here.
SHEP ARD (garble)
MITCHELL I'll get the rock onboard.
SHEPARD Okay, Let's press.
CAPCOM Roger, and one other question up there
is to check for the stratigraphy you reported earlier of the
light grey white layer below the top. Did you see that exposed
anywhe re ?
SHEPARD Okay, we did not see that until he
started approaching the edge of the boulder field. There's no
evidence of that at all that we noticed. Not down this far.
-- MITCHELL One thing I did
notice further outside of where we saw the white underneath
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MITCHELL but it looks like an impact that's

either bit of the white rock or it was a splatter of white,
and it was just outside where A1 was reporting that the under-
lying layer was white. As a matter of fact - no that just -
the sun angle was causing it. Right now some of the spray
that we're kicking up looks white underneath, but I'm convinced
it's just the angle. I looked back and it was white underneath,
but I'm convinced it's just the angle. I looked back the other
way and it's not the same shade.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
PAO Shepard, Mitchell heading downhill
now toward Weird Crater stationed out for taking samples along
the way. We're at 134 hours 38 minutes ground elapsed time.
MITCHELL Hold it.
SHEPARD That's what I'm trying to do.
PAO 1:34 hours 39 minutes ground elapsed
time and we're at 2 hours 50 minutes since cabin depressuriza-
tion. This is Apollo Control, Houston continuing to monitor.
SHEPARD Okay, we're moving along pretty well,
Fred, at this point. And I'd say we're still probably about
10 minutes away from Weird.
CAPCOM Very good, Al. Looks kinda like you're
making a little better time going down than up.

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SHEPARD away from Weird.

CAPCOM Very good, Al. It looks kinda like you're
making a little better time going down than up.
SHEPARD Data flow. Different wave Fredo. who
changed the help. Do you want me to move that baby, puts
is right there with the shape. The same arch-band on the top.
MITCHELL Yep.
SHEPARD Going down GARBLE. I think we all want
to see it.
SHEPARD GARBLE lying right here, isn't it.
SHEPARD I wouldn't do a thing until I get down
and look at the correct pattern.
MITCHELL It probably is Al. But if this is really
bart flags, we should have been at the top of Cone Crater
where we were.
SHEPARD Yeah, I know.
MITCHELL I think we're already passed by it.
CAPCOM Okay, it maybe looks down here Ed that
maybe what you're looking at there. If you notice point size
crater is the one by E.
MITCHELL Well, this is a big crater. It's 40 or
50 meters across. It has a fairly sharp crater in the south
edge of it.
SHEPARD GARBLE.
CAPCOM Okay, that looks like it may be the one
by E.
SHEPARD Yep, I think that's it Fredo. And it's
northerly, 50 or 60 feet deep.
MITCHELL Why don't we Just grab a couple from right
here.
SHEPARD Yeah.
MITCHELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD That baby came apart.
MITCHELL Very soft.
SHEPARD That's falling apart as you pick it up,
very crumbly isn't it?
MITCHELL Okay, you got a bag ready?
SHEPARD Ye ah.
SHEPARD Very, very soft rock there by that
crater plus another one very close to us with crystal in it.
Specimen now going into the bag.
SHEPARD 15 N.
MITCHELL Okay.
CAPCOM Okay, copy 15 n.
SHEPARD Are you in a rush.
MITCHELL Not quite, let me get it in there.
Dave we don't want to leave anything there.
CAP COM Ok ay.
MITCHELL Okay. That's where we're going. Right
there.
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SHEPARD Yeah, go ahead for Weird.

MITCHELL Head right for the big boulder. Then
Weird's right beyond it.
MITCHELL Easy.
SHEPARD Okay, keep going.
MITCHELL Madrid, I'm going back through immediate
cooling.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL Well, the problem of going down hill here
is that you had to prick essentially the fraction
I guess around your body it created a halo effect in
your shadow and you Just can't see a darn thing right in
front of you.
CAPCOM That's okay Ed.
MITCHELL Kinda washed out - kimda washed
out. immediately down in front of you. We're very pre-
dominantly down in front now.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/6/71 134:44 GET MC-436/1

SHEPARD Okay, Fred, we're still moving, and

looks about 3 minutes away now from Weird.
CAP COM Roger out.
PAO Shepard reporting they're about 3 minu-
tes away from Weird.
SHEPARD The crater we are going by now, we're
just to the north of it Fredo, is an old subdued crater.
MITCHELL (GARBLE)
SHEPARD You want to run over behind that
boulder over there, and I'll try and talk to you.
MITCHELL You' re the one that has to get behind it and try to
talk ton.
SHEPARD That's right.
MITCHELL I'll put the MET, go ahead.
MIT CHELL Ok ay ·
SHEPARD On second thought, maybe it's not
big enough, I'll help.
MITCHELL Don't think it is.
SHEPARD No, I guess not.
MITCHELL Sure is a big old boulder, I'll take
a picture of it anyway.
CAPCOM Okay, and this, this big boulder A1
is Just about at Weird. Is that right?
SHEPARD Oh, probably a couple hundred feet
short of Weird.
SHEPARD This country is so rolling and undulat-
ing, Fred, with rises and dips everywhere, that you can
be going by a fairly good size crater and not even recog-
nize it.
CAP COM Ro ge r.
MITCHELL Okay, I'm back with you. Okay, I think
this is Weird right here, right here forward Al. See that
fresh one there. I think that's the fresh one of the Weird
pattern.
CAPCOM Okay, Al, and Ed, on the Weird task,
we'd like to pan and grab samples on Weird, and we'll pick
up most of our task that we bypassed at E, when we get to
Trip let.
SHEPARD Okay. Okay, I'll get the pan. I think
(GARBLE) is right in here.
MITCHELL Where are you?
SHEPARD Behind you to your left. Any
rates in there?
MITCHELL Well, I didn't think so, I think this
is it right here.
SHEPARD It looks too small I believe.
MITCHELL Well, anyway we're in the area, Houston.
SHEPARD We've got a minute to find it.
CAPCOM Okay, Al, I think the (GARBLE) will
fill us in as to the exact position.
SHEPARD Okay, craters under way now.
MITCHELL Okay, task is complete.
CAPCOM Okay, Roger Al.
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SHEPARD Did you get arab sample Ed?

MITCHELL Roger, got some right up in here, Al.
PAO Shepard, Mitchell now at Weird crater
completing their two tasks there, and to pick up lunar
samples and take a photo panarama. We're at 134 hours
48 minutes GET. 3 hours since time of cabin depressurasation.
CAPCOM I guess this is going in bag
16, is that right Ed?
MITCHELL This is in bag 17 Fred. 16 got used
some time back.
CAPCOM Ok ay o
SHEPARD Okay, lets press on.
MITCHELL Okay, this darn rig is hard to fold
out ·

SHEPARD We've got a pan and a grab sample,

what else do we want from here Houston?
CAPCOM To me thats it Al. We would like to
proceed on to the north Triplet and

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CAPCOM Okay, - that's it, Al. We'd like to proceed

on to the north Triplet, and I'll give you the tasks when we
get there.
SHEPARD Okay, we'll Join you at the north
Triplet.
MITCHELL You ran out from under me just as I was
picking it up.
SHEPARD Ha, ha, sorry.
MITCHELL Okay. Okay. There now.
CAPCOM Okay, A1 and Ed, -
MIT CHELL (garb le)
CAPCOM - for your stop for the G, we'd like
that to take an estimated one crater diameter short of the
Crater Cone, here.
MITCHELL One - stop one crater diameter short.
CAPCOM That's affirm because some of the
items coming up are the core and the trench. Triple core.
MITCHELL Okay. Oh, I think we're seeing the
rim of the Triplet series right ahead of us, aren't we, Al?
SHEPARD I would say so, yeah. We can say
that's the rim of the north right there.
MITCHELL Yeah. It's got bolders on it, and that's the
only thing big enough to have bolders. Wefre probably about
1 diameter out right now.
SHEPARD I'd say we are. Right here.
MITCHELL The way we've been estimating distances
today, that rim has to be at least 6 miles from here.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, we're about 1 diameter
to the east of (garbled) Triplet.
MITCHELL To the west of the (garbled) Triplets here.
CAPCOM Okay, copied, and
MITCHELL Okay.
CAPCOM Your number 1 item is the triple core.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL First and third core tube.
SHEPARD Ed, why don't you use clean ones.
MITCHELL I don't have clean ones.
SHEPARD Yeah, you do. They're down under
this pocket right there.
MITCHELL This one?
SHEPARD Let me get my camera tightened up.
MITCHELL This one's been used.
SHEPARD Nope, nope, nope. In here Ed.
MITCHELL Oh, okay.
SHEPARD The three tabs should be clean.
MITCHELL Ail right.
SHEPARD Okay, we'll pull it back together here.
SHEPARD (garble)
PAO Shepard and Mitchell moving faster
on this traverse back.
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MITCHELL Clear to the bottom (garble)

SHEPARD Okay, we've got the camera back
together. Okay, Fredo, for your info the CDR commander is
reading 117.
CAPCOM Roger, Al, 117.
SHEPARD Okay, I'll get it.
MITCHELL Start with this one. We've only got
two fresh ones in here. You've got four out that are used.
Or, it looks like they're used.
SHEPARD The three tabbed ones we haven't used
yet. Let me get them, Ed.
MITCHELL Okay, I'll take the tabbing off of
this one.
SHEPARD Yeah, I think that's - that's the best
way to do it. Let's make them 1, 2, 3 for simplicity sake.
MITCHELL I don't have a back from that one
hard to tell.
SHEPARD Tile bottom one will be number 1 tube with a
tab, Fredo.
CAPCOM Roger.
MITCHELL Here's number 3.
SHEPARD 3. Hold on to that one, Ed.
And the other one will be number 2 with a tab.

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SHEPARD And they then will be number two with

a pad. And (garbled) will be number three with a pad.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. And we're going to
subtract off 15 minutes from that 30 minute extension due
to PLSS oxygen.
SHEPARD Okay.
CAPCOM Good for about-
SHEPARD We'll be in -
SHEPARD (garbled)
CAPCOM This is Houston, this is approximately
a 25 minutes stop, do you hear?
SHEPARD 25 minutes till what?
MITCHELL S topping.
MITCHELL Okay, I got this one, go ahead, start
your trench if you like.
PAO Starting the triple core sample now.
The core tubes approximately 15 inches each, Mitchell
will do the hammering into the lunar soil.
SHEPARD I'll dig the trench into the far
wall of this crater here, Ed.
PAO While Mitchell taking the core tube
sample, A1 Shepard will be digging the trench.
MITCHELL Fredo, I've tried to push in the core
tubes, triple core tube, I get maybe a three to four inches
of pushing in by hand, and it's just surface stuff. A very
soft, it will not support the weight of the core tubes.
Now I've got it balanced, now I can take a picture of it
perhaps.
CAPCOM Okay, we're reading you Ed.
MITCHELL Okay, we'll try to drive it.
CAPCOM And, do I understand correctly, Ed
that you're taking care to triple core aren't you on that?
MITCHELL That's affirm. Al's digging- busy
with his trench.
CAPCOM Okay, very good.
MITCHELL I'll go over and help him photo-
graph it in a minute. It's not going in easy, Fred.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL I' 11 try driving it a bit more but
I think I'm on solid rock. I'm about one core tube down.

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MITCHELL solid rock and that's about one core tube

down.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Solid rock about one core tube
down.
MITCHELL Ye ah.
SHEPARD Okay, the recommendation Ed is to puli it
up and move over a bit a try it again.
MITCHELL The way it feels it'll be the same thing.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed when you pull it out they'd like
to save the bottom core and replace it with another one there
and before you try again.
MITCHELL Ok ay.
CAPCOM How's the trench going Al, are you getting
down there.
SHEPARD I'm doing trenching - it's going fairly
easily but I need the extension handle to get a deeper or
so - a way to edge through that. I'm cutting in to the rim
of a crater which is approximately oh, say, six meters in
diameter, has a depth of about 3 quarters of a meter, and
we're back in by one diameter away from the north GARBLE
of triplet. Torch is going through at least the three layers
that I can see. The flying burn surface dark browns, then
a layer of what appears to be quite a bit of black and then
a third layer of some very light material. And we should be
able to sample all three of these.
CAPCOM All right, Roger, Al.
MITCHELL Core tube cap. Core tube cap on that
sample, in an 18 N.
SHEPARD Roger, Ed.
PAO Considering the fact that Shepard and
Mitchell are both working fairly hard at this stop at triplet.
There heart rates are relatively iow, Shepard reading 100,
Mitchell, 110.
SHEPARD And a very interesting looking rock with
the very fine grain crystals in it. It's a grand sample,
Houston, from that same crater which I'm digging. GARBLE
dark brown, dark bright fractured. Fracture phase is very light
gray withvery small crystals.
CAPCOM Roger, A1 and if you can get any with your
samples down in the trench itself that have any rock segments
you might include those as part of your sample.
MITCHELL Was that it,
SHEPARD Put that bag back if you can, these are
full.
MITCHELL Full measure.
SHEPARD Gre at.
MITCHELL Let me help you.
SHEPARD Okay, babies.
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MITCHELL Are you about through with the extension

handle or are you going to -
SHEPARD Go ahead and take it. I don't really need
it to drive.
SHEPARD I'll go in and cut that baby a little.
through here. Thank you.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston I know that you did not
mention this quite clear. Down in this area before that
was so obvious to us Just below the surface up near the
flank of cone, but it appears as though there's quite a bit -
well it's relatively deep, as far as visual observation is
concerned. And certainly not any would be picked up by
footprints, or tracks or the like. But they are apparently
out somewhere near the trench.
Yeah, in this trench.

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CAP COM Roger, Al.

MITCHELL Barry, did you get my report that the
core tube tipped the tip was an 18 in?
CAPCOM Roger, Ed, I got that. 18 in.
MITCHELL Okay, now I have taken the bottom
core of that one, which was core one five, and it's down
about - as a single core tube, and I'm going to replace that
with number one, unpegged which is the one A1 started to
use earlier but couldn't get anywhere with it.
CAPCOM Okay, number one, unpegged. Down at
the bottom.
MITCHELL You know what's happening in this trench,
it's the surface fines are so brittle that they're Just falling
down covering the coring that we want to get. I'll tell you we're
not going to get a classic vertical wall here Houston, on this
t ren ch.
CAPCOM And Ed, are you having any better luck on
the triple core this time?
MITCHELL I've got it in about half a tube.
But I'm getting ready to take a picture of it so you can locate
it, and then we'll go ahead and (garble) in.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
PAO Wetre at 3 hours 19 minutes since
cabin depressurization and the clock counting down shows
one hour 12 minutes to go.
MITCHELL Three frames here probably 69, 70 and 71.
They are Core tubes the first one's the aborted one that I
couldn't get in. The second one, the second picture is the -
this new attempt and a fifteen foot shot, that I raised up and
took a locator shot on the horizon of it. I think it might go.
CAPCOM Very good Ed.
MITCHELL Okay, I'm getting down low enough
I'm going to have to have an extension handle to fnish driving
i t I think.
SHEPARD Okay, I'll give it back to you. I'm
really kind of through with this trench.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SHEPARD Ye ah.
MITCHELL That's it.
PAO Shepard has apparently completed
his trench digging task which Ed Mitchell continuing his
attempt to drive the triple core sample. The triple core
tube.

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SHEPARD Okay, Fred bag 19 for the sample of the surface

mine That is from the surface layer of the trench.
CAPCOM Roger Al, bag 19 is the sample of the
surface mines.
SHEPARD No, I was unable to take from the walls of
the trench, the type of material, (GARBLE) type of material
that I could see when I was digging, so I will get a thimble
full of that, and it will make the surface with the second
: layer.
CAPCOM Roger out. How deep did you finialy in
up getting down?
SHEPARD Well the trench is about a foot and a half
deep. I gave up actualy not because it was hard digging,
but because the walls kept falling in on it, and it was
covering all the evidence of stratigraphy.
CAP COM Roger Al.
MITCHELL Hey, Houston, I'm over 40 feet, 50 feet
from where A1 is, and on the east side of these craters I
have the triple core in about a tube and a quarter, and
its tighting up again, and I Just don't think it going to
go the rest of the way.
CAPCOM Ok ay, Ed.
MITCHELL I'm maybe driving a milimeter a stroke.
I' 11 hit it a few more licks and see if we can break through
- or move it a little more. No, thats as far as it is going
Houston, 1 and a quarter.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, we'll just take your judgement
on that, when you don't think you can get it in any further
you can stop there.
MITCHELL Okay, I think I could possibly beat it for
the next 10 minutes, Fred, and not get another inch out of it.
CAPCOM Well, I don't think you need the excercise,
you may a well extract it now.
MITCHELL I agree, I'll take a picture of it, a
final picture of it to show you how far we got with it.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, this is AL and mag 21 is
kind of a collection of the combination of the top 2 layers.
Second layer is a thin layer of small glassy like pebbles,
I was unable to separate that by the trench method, so I
gave it to you mixed up in that bag, and the last bag will be
the pebbles from the bottom layer.
CAPCOM Okay, Al, and about what is the thickness
of the intermediate layer there?
SHEPARD Well, it's really a (GARBLE) very thin, I
would say no more than a quarter of an inch thick, and I
Just noticed it because of the difference of the grain
structure when I was digging the trench.
CAP COM Roger Al.
SHEPARD And in bag 20 20, we'll build a ship over
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SHEPARD the bottom material. Both so mixed up

with the, some of the surface material has fallen down in on top
of it. And that's about, call it 18 inches below the
surfaces.
CAPCOM Roger Al, and when you and Ed can work it
in we need another EMU check.
PAO Shepard, reading out bag location on print
samples so while Mitchell stopping short on his triple core
tube.
SHEPARD This is Al, at 3.75 and reading about -
MITCHELL Oh hell.
SHEPARD Reading 35, I have no flags, and I'm in
up to mid flow and feeling good.
CAPCOM Okay, and let's see (GARBLE) Ed.

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MITCHELL 375, 32 percent. In a moment I'll have

minimum cooling, medium cooling and feeling great.
CAPCOM Ok ay.
MITCHELL My problem is I can't get the- starting
- starting down to that rock, I couldn't get the core cap off.
I'll have to get some help from A1 soon as he puts his handfull
of samples down. Looks - okay, that's great.
SHEPARD Okay, let me get rid of this pincher.
CAPCOM Okay. On the agenda, here, we have
remaining documented samples and we need a pan.
MITCHELL Ail right, we'll get it for you.
SHEPARD Oh good.
MITCHELL Get another one, skip it, we've
got plenty.
MITCHELL Look at it.
SHEPARD Ye ah.
CAPCOM Okay. And Al, one question, did you
get the SCSC sample out of the bottom of the trench.
SHEPARD Well, as I told you the trench was
kind of a miserable failure, because the walls kept falling
down, and I could get a sample from the bottom, but it wouldn't
be the bottom, I'm afraid. Okay, Fredo, the bottom bit on this
string, was bit 23.
MITCHELL (garble), Al? Which one did we get?
SHEPARD Twenty- three.
CAPCOM Roger.
SHEPARD All right, twenty-three. Okay, we
need a pan from here, we can get that.
MI T CH EL L Ok ay.
PAO Shepard will perform the panoramic
photography.
MITCHELL Okay.
CAPCOM And, Al, when you get done with the
pan, I guess we'd still like the SCSC sample from the bottom
of the trench, even though it probably isn't the bottom.
SHEPARD Well, I'll tell you, I'll go back
there and whack in it a little bit, and see what I can do.
CAPCOM Okay. And A1 and Ed, we have about
8 minutes left here at Triplet.
SHEPARD Roger. You're still counting on a
quick trip out to the ALSEP antenna?
CAPCOM That's affirm, All That's included
in this time, and when you start out, we'd like you
to make some grab Samples as you pass by north Triplet.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL And Fredo, the triple core tube, the
second core didn't have anything in it. As soon as I opened
it up, a little bit fell out and the second core tube is empty.
CAP COH Roger, Ed.
_- MITCHELL Even though it drove down. Even though
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MITCHELL it drove in about 3 inches, it

didn't get anything.
CAP COM Okay, Ed.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Okay, I' 11 put a bit back on that
one. Save it.
SHEPARD Okay, and when you get done there, Ed,
I guess you can proceed with getting some documented samples
before we have to depart.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Okay. SCSC can. That's over in
that pocket, right?
MITCHELL Ye ah.

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MITCHELL Okay, documented samples coming up.

SHEPARD These weights up on the rim here, Ed?
MITCHELL Beg your pardon.
SHEPARD These weights up on the rim here?
MIT CHELL Ye ah.
SHEPARD Document some of that. Here is a rock
right here.
CAPCOM Okay, has A1 moved over by the rim of
north crater now?
SHEPARD Oh, no, we're still at the same place.
MITCHELL Stay here.
MITCHELL A1 that's pretty well disturbed Al, I'll
grab it - I' 11 grab it without much documentation.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
SHEPARD We're still hitting the ball in the trench
for you, Fredo.
CAPCOM Ok ay, A1 .
SHEPARD I' 11 read to you at trench.
MITCHELL They'll be picking up one of their so
called whiter rocks, Fredo, near the area where A1 is digging.
Since it's already disturbed I'm not going to waste time on
much documentation.
SHEPARD GARBLE.
MITCHELL Okay, that's going to the 25 GARBLE.
PAO A1 Shepard, digging into the trench again
in an effort to acquire a sample from the bottom. We're at
135 hours, 22 minutes, ground elapsed time, 3 hours, 33 min-
utes since time of cabin depressurization. Our countdown
clocks shows 56 minutes remaining on this second lunar
excursion.
SHEPARD Okay, we have about 3-1/2 minutes left
at triplet.
MITCHELL Okay, we're packing up now.
SHEPARD One more documented sample.
MITCHELL ()kay, there is a special request
rather than grab samples at the north crater rim there,
they'd like to get a documented sample of a partial buried
rock.
MITCHELL Okay, I was going _o try tn get you one of those
here but it looks pretty big. I think maybe I can get
it any how.
CAP COM Okay, Ed.
MITCHELL Oh, no.
MITCHELL GARBLE.
SHEPARD Oh, wait up.
MITCHELL What's the matter, Al. GARBLE.
SHEPARD Oh, that seal came off that thing.

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PAO Shepard reporting that his field

protector came off of one of the sample containers.
SHEPARD Triplet here, and that one brief stop at
the north rim to pick up one documented sample. And
get on back to the LM area if we're going to pick up the
remaining task there.
SHEPARD We're gonna pick up - okay.
SHEPARD Okay, you're right.
MITCHELL This documented sample that I got of the Bering
rock, it's too big for a regular weigh bag. See what I can
do with it. A regular sample bag. I'm stinking one over it, but
it'll never close. Okay, it's going in it. And will probably
stay, but it wont close it.
CAPCOM Okay, that'll be alright, Ed. We're going to
have to move out now.
MITCHELL It's (garbled) 26 in.
CAP COM Okay Ed.
MITCHELL Okay. Itll get a move on, we're
on our way. Oh I hate that son of a bitch.
SHEPARD They're miserable, aren't they.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Let me grab it for you.
SHEPARD Got everything?
MITCHELL Yep.
SHEPARD The (garble) scan?
MITCHELL Yep.
SHEPARD Did you get it?
MITCHELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD Never forget it again. Okay, head
for the LM. We're probably about two minutes away from
the LM, Houston.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SHEPARD Okay, everything's fine so far.
Ok ay, we' re
MITCHELL Think we're closer now.
SHEPARD Here's one.
MITCHELL It's right up ahead of us.
SHEPARD Could be.
MITCHELL Let's go a little bit to the
north of the rim, I think.
SHEPARD Yep.
MITCHELL WE;' re approaching Triplet from the east
Triplet from the east. There's a little rock field down
here, small boulder field, Al. Want to get a documented sample
from?
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Looks good, yeah. looks like it comes from
there.
SHEPARD Oops
.- MITCHELL Did you lose something?
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SHEPARD Just lost you know what.

MITCHELL Ob, no, what?
SHEPARD This shiney can.
MITCHELL The SCS 3 huh?
SHEPARD Okay, the shiney can is retrieved.
Press on. (Garbled) down the middle and get a documented sample
there. Man, that pile of rocks is beautiful, right to your
left. Oh, Just the right size.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Don't walk over 'em.
MITCHELL No, I'm trying to stay away from
them.
SHEPARD There you go.
MITCHELL Are these the ones, the ones over there?
SHEP ARD Ye ah.
MITCHELL Where ?
SHEPARD Ooops - Damn that thing.
MITCHELL Okay.

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MITCHELL New moon is in place.

SHEPARD Okay, why don't - I'll get the -
MITCHELL Go ahead, I'm on this side. I'll get
the stereo.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Got the locater.
SHEPARD Yeah. Okay you see the camera starting.
MITCHELL Yeah, that's got so much dirt on them.
Okay, 7 foot.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed and Al, it's time to wrap
this one up, there, you're going to have to press on back to
the La, or we' re going to be really tight on the close out.
PAO Shephard, Mitchell now working at
the rim of north crater.
SHEPARD Everything deployed, huh?
MITCHELL Yeah. God damn, it's bigger than
what we thought. Al, are we going to prepare and sample that
one. I'll get you another one here.
SHEPARD Okay. Listen, Just put it in that
- in that thing. Yeah, that's past maneuver at the time.
MITCHELL Ail right. I'll grab it, let me take
a picture, an extra picture here.
SHEPARD Ail right. Looks like we have one
right here in the foreground. I'll take it. Okay, bag 27
Nancy.
MITCHELL We have another documented sample -
a larger documented sample than we thought we were getting
here Fredo. Again, it was a buried rock and it's too big
for the sample bag, so it will go into the weigh bag.
SHEPARD It'll go in that one right there. Can
you get it ?
MITCHELL Yeah.
SHEP ARD Okay.
MITCHELL It has a very definite shape and I
think you'll be able to sort it out.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Okay, let's march for the La.
CAPCOM Okay, A1 and Ed, I guess we can skip
the rim of the north crater and proceed right on back to the LM
area.
MITCHELL Okay. That's where we are. We're in-
we are in the rim of North crater.
CAPCOM Ok ay.
MITCHELL We're on the west -
CAPCOM I think you misunderstood the message.
We can proceed right on by the rim. We have the buried rock
samples now and head on back to the La. That's the Antares
MITCHELL That's right. That's where we're
-- headed.
SHEPARD Okay, that's where we're headed.
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SHEP ARD Hold it.

MITCHELL I'll get it, keep going. He lost
the core tube.
SHEPARD Okay. Got it?
MITCHELL Yeah, I'll have it in the minute.
I got it. Hmmmmm. Okay.
PAO Shepard, Mitchell heading back now
to the vicinity of the lunar module, Antares.
SHEPARD Are you still hanging on?
MITCHELL Yeah, I've reached the lip.
SHEPARD Good.
SHEPARD Okay, we're approaching the LM now.
Coming in at Fra Mauro base.
CAPCOM Roger, Al, and I guess it's here we'll
- we can split up and Ed can take the MET and proceed to the
cluster of bolders he reported earlier to the north of the
LM and you can proceed out to the ALSEP.
MIT CHELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD I'd suggest - you can do it the way you
want to, I guess you can do without the rim.
MITCHELL Fill up the MET, yeah.
(garble) the MET because there's nobody to - if anything falls
off we've lost all those goodies.
CAPCOM Okay, that's
MITCHELL Might be able to take a couple of
rock bags, put on my tongs and camera and go.
CAPCOM That's Just fine, Ed.
MITCHELL Okay, Al's on the-
MITCHELL Okay, Al's on the-

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MITCHELL Okay, Al, I'm on my way out to the ALSEP.

As a matter of fact, Fred, I'm just going to take a weigh bag and
no sample bag, that way I can get more. The size of these
rocks, the sample bags are too small anyhow.
CAPCOM Roger Ed. Okay Al, the first thing when
you get to the central stages -
SHEPARD GARBLE
CAPCOM is to check the alinement and verify the
alinement and leveling.
SHEPARD Okay, I'm just going to go through the same
procedure.
CAPCOM Okay, and I got -
SHEPARD GARBLE
CAPCOM you on the instrument.
SHEPARD I may give you a call when I get there
and when I'm alined and level
MITCHELL Okay, Fred, on my plan, I'm out in the
area of the boulder field, I'm going to photograph many
of the boulders, the rocks, the broken ones , the big ones
what have you, and then grab as many of the different
fragments as I can around these piles of broken boulders.
Now that I'm here, I see a large number of inclusions, I
can't tell whether they're crystals or not, I think that
they are. And I'll grab as many of these and give you
the before and after shots as I can, fill the whole weigh
bag full of rocks.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. that sounds great.
MITCHELL Okay, the center alinement on the ALSEP has
changed very little. There ought to be a slight change
on bubble level, stand by.
CAP COM Alright then.
SHEPARD ()kay. Looks alined and level.
CAP COM Okay, Al.
SHEPARD Fred, did you read?
CAPCOM the a -
CAPCOM 16. O0
SHEPARD minus 6 00. Okay 16.00.
CAPCOM Okay, would you verify elevation and its
still at 6.417
SHEPARD 6.41, still elevation.
CAPCOM ()kay, stand by one, out.
SHEPARD Standing by for Houston, standing by.
PAO That's A1 Shepard alining the ALSEP
antenna at this time.
CAPCOM Okay Al, you can proceed back to the
vicinity of the LEM and with the time remaining that you
had for the ALEP, shoot a few close ups pictures here.
You've got about 12 minutes left.
MITCHELL Okay, are the ALSEP signals satisfactory?
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PAO Mitchell surveying the boulder area

north of the lunar module Aquarius.
MITCHELL Okay, getting back to the LEM.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/6/71,0603 CST,135:40 GET,MC-447/1

CAPCOM Al, this is Houston.

SHEPARD Go ahead Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, a little change in the - when you
get back to the LM, we'd like the TV turned to look at
the MESA area so we can watch the close out number one, and then
you can shoot a quick picture of the solar wind.
SHEPARD Roger, I'm going by the camera now.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SHEPARD And we had peak set£ing down
so it Should be a good shape when you turn it to
the MESA.
SHEPARD Okay, we'll be setting at 22.
CAPCOM Okay, a little more to the right Al.
SHEPARD Yeah, I'm just setting it up for Ed.
CAP COM Ok ay .
SHEPARD Okay Ed, trip 22.
MITCHELL How does that look?
SHEPARD No, two more and point to the left just
a minute. Setting of 22 at peak.
PAO A1 Shepard positioning the camera
SHEPARD How does that look?
CAPCOM Okay, now if you tilt it just up slightly.
Al, that'll be it. That's good, you've got good (garble) on
it.
SHEPARD Okay, how's that.
CAPCOM Up, okay that's great, you can go
shoot the solar lens now.
MITCHELL (garble) the soil is a problem out
here. Okay, I'm heading back out to the boulder field.
I've sampled two of the larger boulders in the area. Rocks
broken from them and lying on them, I've taken a bag and I
have a maybe a third of the way back full of small rocks.
From the boulders.
CAPCOM Okay, very good Ed. We need to
proceed now with the regular program.
MITCHELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD Okay, what setting would you like that solar
wind shot?
CAP COM S t an dby.
PAO That was Alan Shepard moving
across - our picture to photograph the solar wind composition
experiment.
CAPCOM Okay Al, I'd go ahead and use your
standard down (garble) picture if that is direction you're
shooting it in, they don't have an input here. Okay, the
last -
SHEPARD Alright.
CAPCOM Okay, the last just got an input they want
Fi 1 at 122.

SHEPARD Okay.

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..

MITCHELL Okay, will do.

PAO That's Ed Mitchell in the picture now with
his bag of rocks.
CAPCOM And, Al, Houston.
SHEPARD Go ahead.
CAPCOM Ed I'd like for you to return your camera
so that you don't have to bother moving the magazines from
it. You can just put the whole camera into ETB.
MITCHELL Ro ge r.
CAPCOM Okay, I guess so you don't get confused
that means we'll be bringing back smoke camera.
SHEPARD Don't touch that.
MITCHELL Okay. Now the camera is in and magazine
GARBLE says 100 and five.
MITCHELL Come back, Houston. I understand now.
The contaminated sample under quad 3 about to be taken.
SHEPARD That's affirm, Ed.
MITCHELL Okay, I'm putting my camera in the ETB.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, Houston.
SHEPARD GARBLE.
SHEPARD Go ahead.
CAPCOM Do I stand corrected what they really
wanted was to bring Al's camera back instead of yours so
we'll only be bringing the one camera, the CDR's.
SHEPARD Okay, Ed.
SHEPARD Yeah, give me this now.
MITCHELL Garbled
SHEPARD Fredo, correct me now, bag kilo kilo has
never been used is that correct?
C AP C OM S t an db y.
SHEPARD Houston, while you're looking that up you
might recognize what I have in my hand as the handle
for the contingency sample return and just so happens to have a
genuine six iron on the bottom of it. In my left hand I
have a little white pellet that's familiar to millions of
Americans. I drop it down. Unfortunate the suit is so stiff
I can't do this with two hands but I'm going to try a little
sand trap shot here.
MITCHELL Hey, you got more dirt than ball that
time.
SHEPARD I got more dirt than ball. Here we go
again.
CAPCOM That looked like a slice to me Al.
SHEPARD Here we go. Straight as a die - one more.

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SHEPARD miles and miles and miles.

CAPCOM Very good._A1. And answer Ed's
question earlier there, (garb_l_d) was used for the window shot
lsd, so you ought to bring it back.
MITCHELL Hey HoU·£On, w_ (garble) didn't we.
CAP COM Yes.
MITCHELL Okay.
CAP COM (garbled) Ed.
MITCHELL Putting zoom on the (garble) position.
Down in there. (garble) 17 to me.
PAO So that last scene now, A1 Shepard becomes
the first lunar golfer.
CAPCOM Okay Ed, Houston.
MITCHELL Okay Houston, go ahead.
CAPCOM One additional item on your return
is to bring back the hundred foot tether, that should
also go in the EPB.
MITCHELL Okay. There is three and then three
frames.
MITCHELL Okay, the close up camera
cassette is removed, Fred.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL It's stowed. Now go ahead.
SHEPARD Houston, do you read me?
CAPCOM Loud and clear Al.
SHEPARD Yeah, okay. Okay, tell me about
this tube, Ed. Does it have anything in it?
MITCHELL No, that's one that has nothing in it.
Now before you throw it, get the number. That's two that
we didn't get anything from.
SHEPARD Okay. Okay (garbled) control sample
and we have four core tubes.
CAPCOM Roger.
SHEPARD And let's see -
PAO We're at the 135 hours 53 minutes
GET, and at 4 hours 5 minutes since the time of cabin
depress uriz at ion.
SHEPARD We have one SCSC. Get it in without
dropping it again.

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MITCHELL (garble)
MITCHELL Okay, where's the SWC bag.
SHEPAR_ It should be in the top of the MESA, Ed.
MITCHELL Also in the SRC, we have ABM over that.
On the way back, would you move the documented samples?
CAPCOM Roger out.
SHEPARD That's closed. Close the bag. That
pump goes in too?
MITCHELL No, it goes in the EGB.
SHEPARD Okay. Pick up the cord tubes then maybe.
MITCHELL Okay, get the rocks here. (GARBLE) (GARBLE)
Didn't get anything in that magnitic sample container did
we?
SHEPARD No, we did not. CDS's stuffs up there.
MITCHELL I've got it.
SHEPARD Good.
MITCHELL Your feet are about to get tangled up
in the TV cable at the end of the wall.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Yea, I think its up. Try it. (GARBLE)
Turning in samples scratch, 30 mm camera mag, 16 mags,
close up camera mags, EDS magnitic samples, we didn't get
a magnitic sample. Say, are you going to have any way
bags.
SHEPARD Yea, we're going to have some way bags.
These 2.
MITCHELL Okay, here you go. Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, that completed the FFC 1
and then we have the, we're going to control sample 1 FC of
C container, put 4 tubes in one bag of docking lab samples.
CAP COM Roger out.
SHEPARD Okay now can you fit.
MITCHELL This in what?
SHEPARD This rock in this bag if you put it this way.
MITCHELL Okay, give it a try. Wait for me there
Just a second so I can repeat that.
SHEPARD Well, it won' t go.
MITCHELL Ail right, we need to put the D 27 bag right?
SHEPARD Yea. You put that in the way bag and
pick this up with it.
MITCHELL Okay, I'm getting you a bag for it.
SHEPARD Okay, we'll use that one then. (GARBLE)
to build a AGB. Made it fix and hold there.
MITCHELL Lets get -

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MITCHELL How are you fixed to (garbled)

SHEPARD I'm getting loaded. We'll probably have
to make two trips.
MITCHELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD That baby's right here so we go, now.
PAO The 100 foot tether being brought back,
this to tie down some gear. The present plan is to bring
back the probe. We're at 135 hours, correction, 136 hours,
ground elapsed time and we show 4 hours, 11 minutes since
time of depressurization.
MITCHELL Okay. I put that (garbled) back on.
SHEPARD Thank you.
MITCHELL That will be a separate (garbled) by itself.
SHEPARD Why don't you.
MITCHELL Hold it up. Okay. Now have you got everything,
Al? Got all the other dirt here.
SHEPARD Yeah, let me do one more check Maybe get some more
in this bag.
MITCHELL These weigh bags are - you're going to
make a separate trip out of them, huh?
SHEPARD I guess we'll have to, Ed.
SHEPARD I sure can't get it in there now.
MITCHELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD How much time have we got?
We should be in pretty good shape.
SHEPARD Houston, ho w much time do we have left?
CAPCOM Standby Ed. Okay, we've got about 18 minutes
now .

SHEPARD Oh, we've got lots of time, okay. Watch

your feet again.
MITCHELL Okay, roger.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Do you have the ETB's ready?
SHEP ARD ETB stowed.
MITCHELL How are the SRC's doing?
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Now let's see what we have left.
SHEPARD That's the greatest javlin throw of the century.
MITCHELL I believe it is.
MITCHELL Old lefty himself, outstanding. Right
in the middle of the crater stayed stabilized.
SHEPARD Wasn't bad at all- beautiful. Beautiful.
SHEPARD Let's look at a documented sample bag.
MITCHELL Okay, we missed one there didn't we.
SHEPARD We'll put that in the weigh bag.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed I didn't hear the solar wind
call of there. Did you get that one, too?
_ MITCHELL Yep.
MITCHELL Step right in for ETB now.
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CAPCOM Okay, and did -

SHEPARD Let's have these three weigh bags now
- CAPCOM Okay, did the 100 foot tether also get
to the ETB.
SHEPARD That's affirmative it did.
PAO That javelin looking throwaway item is
possibly the solar wind pole.
MITCHELL Okay, we'll take those along.
SHEPARD Yeah, how will we handle them?
MITCHELL I'll put them in the inner ship.
CAPCOM And A1 and Ed I just wanted to pick once
again on the camera mags to make sure you got 4 70's and
4 16 millimeter mags. I just wondered if that (garbled) is on
the camera.
MITCHELL That's affirmative. GARBLE.
CAPCOM Ok ay.
SHEPARD I think we've cleaned it all.
SHEPARD Okay, let's press on. You want to -
SHEPARD Want to head on up the ladder. I'll hand
you the - SRC.
MITCHELL I believe it you'll stomp your
feet on the way up it'll be as effective as the brush
was yesterday.
MIT CHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, I saw you over here did you get a
picture?
MITCHELL I did.
SHEPARD Of the LM in the foreground?
MITCHELL Ye ah.
SHEPARD Yeah. Okay, ready to go up?
MITCHELL Sure.
MITCHELL Okay, Fredo, I'm starting up the
ladder.
CAPCOM Go od.
PAO Mitchell going up the ladder now.
MITCHELL How's that doing?
SHEPARD Looks good.
MITCHELL I've got a LM.
CAPCOM Okay, starting to get part of the cable
over here so that -
SHEPARD Well, we finally did it to you, sorry.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SHEPARD Come on I'll set it up - I'll go set it back
up again.
MITCHELL Good. Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, fixing the television camera.

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SHEPARD Okay, picks up the television camera.

FAO Shepard uprighting the television
camera, which was knocked over.
SHEPARD Okay, Fred, we're going to have a
real practical problem here. Probably be able to see what
the lunar dust does to a camera lens.
CAP COM Okay.
SHEPARD Same as back at the LM. Do
you see anything at all?
CAPCOM Yeah. I think itrs a better picture.
Lunar dust helps the TV picture, I guess.
SHEPARD (laughing) Okay, we'll see to it
that a little TV lens will get dusted in the future, if -
cut you down four stalks, Fred.
CAPCOM Yeah, that looks - yeah, it's just
about near the center, there. That's good, Al.
SHEFARD Okay.
MITCHELL Did, you see that mighty leap, Myrtle?
SHEPARD Okay, Ed, you can start on up now,
MITCHELL I'm already half way up.
SHEPARD Okay, good show.
FAO Mitchell's heart rate going up the ladder,
114.
SHEFARD Okay.
FAO Shepard's heart rate now reading 108.
SHEPARD How are you doing?
MITCHELL Fine. Figure from my (garble) I'm
doing fine.
SHEPARD See.
MITCHELL How far back do I have to look.
SHEPARD This far.
MITCHELL Look up there.
SHEPARD Yeah, say about there.
MITCHELL Hell, I'm looking the wrong way.
Shepard Okay, shall we press on?
MITCHELL I'm second. There it is.
SHEPARD We've got to move on to the TV.
MITCHELL Okay. I've got it.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL It's good to have a quick look at
Earth from the surface
SHEPARD Yeah. Oh we have some pictures of
the LM in the foreground, so hope it comes out alright.
MITCHELL Pretty small sliver left, isn't it?
SHEPARD Yeah. Not much.
SHEPARD Okay, why don't you take the first
ETB as soon as you're ready, then we can run the tracker
light thing in between. Okay, stand by. You ready for it?
_'_ Read me, Ed?
MITCHELL Ok ay.
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SHEPARD Houston, do you read?

CAPCOM Roger, Al. Houston reads you loud
and clear.
MITCHELL Read me, Al?
SHEPARD Yeah, I read you Ed.
MITCHELL Okay, I'm ready to bring it up.
SHEPARD Okay, stand by. I'm going to get
around a little bit more here. Okay, let her go.
PAO The transfer by conveyor belt now
in progress. Moving materials back into the lunar module,
Antares.
PAO That's A1 Shepard on the lunar surface,
Mitchell in the LM.
SHEPARD Very good.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/6/71,0633 CST,136:10 GET,MC-453/1

SHEPARD Fredo, is the ALSEP antenna still

doing okay?
CAPCOM Standby Ed. Roger Al, they're getting
good signals.
SHEPARD Okay, that's good.
MITCHELL Okay Al, bring it down.
SHEPARD Alrighty, be right down.
PAO The transfer of materials to the
conveyor belt is continuing.
SHEPARD Okay, hold it there.
MIT CH ELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD Okay, I have it. Little more.
MITCHELL Huh?
SHEPARD Little more down please.
MITCHELL Can you get it?
SHEPARD Yeah, I've got it now thank you.
SHEPARD Okay, you go in there. Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, that bag is so big it won't pull in the
ETP very well I'll Just bring it up by myself.
MITCHELL Okay. Go ahead and bring the other
two up?
SHEPARD Just a second. Okay, you can take
the string now if you like.
MITCHELL Okay. There she comes.
SHEPARD Okay, it's all yours.
MITCHELL Okay, I've got it.
SHEPARD Don't I kick the trunnion line
before I come up?
MIT CHELL Yep.
MITCHELL (garbled) out of the way.
SHEPARD I'm not looking at it. Tell me
when you turn around.
MITCHELL Okay, I took a picture. The trip
light's closed. Okay, here it comes.
SHEPARD Ok ay

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SHEPARD Okay, let's see. Okay, track lights

working.
MITCHELL Okay. Okay.
SHEPARD Okay, Houston, crew of Antares is leaving
Fra Mauro base.
CAPCOM Roger Al, you and Ed have done a great
job. Don't think I could have done any better myself.
MITCHELL That's debatable isn't it, Fred-O?
CAPCOM Well, I guess not now, Ed.
PAO A1 Shepard preparing to start up the
ladder now. Moving forward and -
SHEPARD Okay, the dust is knocked off.
PAO and with this close out, A1 Shepard now
at age 2 score and 7 years becomes the undisputed leader in
time spent walking, working on the moon. More than 9 hours
running a close second is, is his partner, Ed Mitchell.
SHEPARD How would you like one more bag of rocks?
MITCHELL Okay, if you'll take 1 LEC.
SHEPARD Okay. (Garbled) wait a minute (GARBLE)
MITCHELL Wait a minute. I just about shut.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL We're running out of room in here, Al.
Take this while you at it before you come in.
PAO A1 Shepard still passing equipment in,
moving inside the hatch here momentarily.
MITCHELL Ok ay.
SHEPARD Okay, the (GARBLE) tank has already been discarded,
Houston.
CAPCOM Roger out.
SHEPARD Okay, and -
MITCHELL (GARBLE)
SHEPARD That it.
MITCHELL No. Okay, now I've got it.
SHEPARD Put it on top of the pile.
MITCHELL Man, the pile is high in here too.
Your ETB load and an SRC and an extra rock bag.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Okay,
SHEPARD If! you're ready, get over behind the
door.
MITCHELL That's all of it. I'm moving out of the way.
SHEPARD I'll come on in.
PAO Shepard now ready to come inside.
MITCHELL Just let me close the door. Okay, I see
what it is, is that -
SHEPARD (GARBLE)
MITCHELL Okay, Bring it down into detent.. My helmet
- back strap. Okay. And Al, it looks like a piece of velcro laying
right in the door. Can you reach it before I pull the door closed?
That's it. It's one of those off the MET.
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MITCHELL Okay, come on in.

SHEPARD Okay.
PAO GET 136 hours 20 minutes, Shepard
moving inside now.
SHEPARD (garbled) some more door more than that, Ed.
MITCHELL Alright, just a minute. Wait a minute
back out Al, I've got to turn. Okay, now come on in.
SHEPARD Be auti ful.
MITCHELL Okay, straight up. Straight up here.
SHEPARD Ok ay.
MITCHELL Fine shape.
SHEPARD A1 righty.
SHEPARD I keep hitting on something back here.
MITCHELL Okay, you hitting on the, (garbled)
S HEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Now you seem clear.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston, the door is closed.
PAO 136 hours 21 minutes Mitchell reporting
the hatch door is closed.
MITCHELL Water valve is closed.
SHEPARD (GARBLE) - the suits.
MITCHELL The feed water valve is closed.
SHEPARD Okay, let me go down and get the forward
hatch and I'll lock it.

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MITCHELL The front port hatch is closed

SHEPARD And locked
CAPCOM Okay, can you get the dump valve while
you're there?
MITCHELL Yep.
SHEPARD Dump valve to auto
MITCHELL Dump valve to auto.
SHEPARD Where's that checklist.
SHEPARD (garble) each.
MITCHELL Okay. Hook up (garble) right.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Okay, riding in the (garble)
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Cabin repress up turning trying
to get (garble)
MITCHELL Cabin repress auto.
SHEPARD Okay, repress circuit breaker coming
closed.
MITCHELL Pressure raising.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, do you have
repressure.
PAO 136 hours 23 minutes and cabin is
repressurizing.
SHEPARD Okay. (garble)
SHEPARD Okay, cabin at 2.5 (garble)
SHEPARD Okay, carrying lime is up.
MITCHELL (garble) five pounds.
SHEPARD Building at 4.6.
MITCHELL Metric pressure right there
PAO The Telemu says that pressurization
is looking good.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Verify the EVA circuit breaker
configuration.
MITCHELL Okay, that's good.
SHEPARD B minus (garble)
MITCHELL Two closed. Outside
Delta V closed. The water sep component light, and
have to go up. Got it up. Okay, we can doff gloves.
SHEPARD Okay, gloves off. Over to comp
panels, verify the safety and dump valves.
MITCHELL Good, but -
SHEPARD Descent water valve open
MITCHELL Right. (garble) the water valve is open
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Okay, purge valve.
SHEPARD Let's see, have we got - okay.
I just checked and rechecked to be sure we had everything.
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SHEPARD Okay, (garble).

MITCHELL Okay
SHEPARD And disconnect the
MITCHELL I hope that's not the -
SHEPARD Oh yes it is. Somewhere.
MITCHELL Right there.
SHEPARD Okay, connect LM 02 to red to red,
blue to blue.
MITCHELL pump off and fan off,
SHEPARD Stand by one.
MITCHELL Will you verify thise hose for me.
SHEPARD Okay.
PAO Apollo Control Houston, with Ed
Mitchell and A1 Shepard back in Antares.
MITCHELL Okay, they're locked.
SHEPARD Okay. (garble)
MITCHELL Pump off and fan off.
SHEPARD Good. Pump off, and fan off. That's
good water from EVA. Get into (garble)
MIT CHELL (garble)
SHEPARD ()kay.
MITCHELL Is this your water?
SHEPARD And that's my water. EVA, do you
want it too. I think I'm going to have quite a bit. Okay.
PAO Meanwhile Stu Roosa in Kittyhawk
has completed a second run of Decartes photography.
MITCHELL Done it.
SHEPARD Yep.
MITCHELL Got that one.
PAO This task accomplished at 136 hours
21 minutes, again for this pass R0osa used the 500 mm
Hasselblad camera.
MITCHELL It's a real picture.
SHEPARD ()kay, Okay. close the LTC pump
breaker.
MITCHELL LTC pump breaker is closed.
SHEPARD Okay (garble) to closed and connect
the -
MITCHELL (garble) We'll do it together.
SHEPARD Ye ah
MITCHELL We'll set the panels alike, and
we'll talk and set it up.
SHEPARD Ok ay ?
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Here we go.
ANTARES Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Go ahead Antares.
ANTARES Okay, we're on spacecraft COMM now and
proceeding with the PLSS OBS. Undock - undocking I should
say.
.- CAPCOM Roger, Al.

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CAPCOM Antares, Houston.

ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. We want to check the ascent
02 pressure here before you get your gloves on to depressure.
Would you give us a call prior to donning your gloves.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston.
We're at 136 hours 49 minutes ground elapsed time. The crew
aboard Antares very quiet at present. They're going through
their flight plan items prior to depressurizing the Antares,
again, opening the hatch again, and throwing to the lunar
surface the disposable container and the portable life support
systems, the back packs. We're at 136 hours 50 minutes and
continuing to monitor. This is Apollo Control, Houston.
ANTARES Houston, we're getting ready to don
gloves.
CAPCOM Okay, and Al, before you put your
gloves on, I wonder if we could make this ascent 02 check,
now? You ready to go?
ANTARES Tell me which one.
CAPCOM Okay. We'd like descent 02 closed;
the PLSS fill open, and ascent 1 oxygen open.
ANTARES Okay. You have it. The descent 02 closed,
the PLSS fill is open, and number 1 is open.
CAPCOM Very good, Ed, and stand by just a
minute now and we'll get some readings here.
CAPCOM Okay, Al, and quantity looks good
here, so we can turn ascent 02 off - ascent 02 - one to close,
PLSS fill closed, and descent 02 back open.
ANTARES Okay, done. Sounds real good to us.
ANTARES Okay. Can we press on down?
CAPCOM Okay, press on. Thank you very much.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. We're depressing
the cabin for jettison now.
CAPCOM Okay, Al, we're watching that and that's
looking good. Suits are looking good.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares. Could you verify suit
relief in AUTO, please?
PAO Cabin pressure coming down.
ANTARES Suit figure relief is now in AUTO.
CAPCOM Okay, thank you, Al.
PAO Telemu advises Flight Director,
Pete Frank, the hatch is probably coming open now.
ANTARES Okay, Houston, we're going to jettison
now .

CAP COM Roger, Al.

PAO Both back packs Jettisoned is very
observable on the TV screen here at Mission Control.
CAPCOM Just heard the seismometer on those
last ones.
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ANTARES That's good.

ANTARES Good heavy throw.
CAPCOM We're hoping you cleared the velcro
on those before you left.
ANTARES That's affirmative, we got it.
CAPCOM Great. Thank you.
PAO 137 hours 08 minutes and pressure
coming back up in the cabin of Antares, now.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. EVA-2 post - is
th rough.
CAPCOM Okay, very good, Al.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston.
137 hours 12 minutes ground elapsed time. The crew of Antares
now stowing items for their later lift-off from the lunar
surface.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Rog, Ed. Troops on the ground here
seem to think that the best place to stow that 100 foot
tether will be over there in the left-hand stowage compartment.
ANTARES Okay. We've got quite a few things
I think to stow here. We'll get with you and tell you where
we're putting them.
CAPCOM Okay. Very good.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at
137 hours 36 minutes ground elapsed time. Very quiet aboard
Antares. A1 Shepard and Ed Mitchell stowing the material
and equipment that they have returned from the lunar surface,
aboard their landing craft. The next point in our flight
plan where we expect to hear more from them will be the
post EVA debriefing. This perhaps 20 or 30 minutes away from
this time. But for the present, the crew on Antares pretty
occupied with their stowage and cabin clean up. We're
at 137 hours 37 minutes ground elapsed time. Continuing to
monitor, this is Apollo Control, Houston.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, I hadn't heard from you in a
while, Ed. I was wondering how is things going?
ANTARES Well, we're pressing along, here.
Fred. We're pretty well along in our stowage. And if you
look at the surface checklist, we're at the top of the second
column at page 75.
CAPCOM Okay, very good, Al.
ANTARES And we'll have a later report of the
location of all the stowage for you here momentarily.
CAPCOM Ok ay.
ANTARES And then we'll probably eat and then
we'll probably rest for awhile.
-- CAP COM Sounds good.
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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston, a

ground elapsed time of 137 hours 58 minutes. That was Fred
Haise speaking both with Ed Mitchell and A1 Shepard. Our
displays presently show a preliminary time for the lift-off
of Antares, this at a ground elapsed time of 142 hours 25 min-
utes and 39 seconds, with a delta V of 6067.4 feet per second.
This is planned to place Antares in an orbit of 52.2 nautical
miles apolune, 9.2 nautical miles perilune. We're at 137 hours
59 minutes and this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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ANTARES Houston, Antares.

CAPCOM Go ahead, Al.
ANTARES Were you planning on EVA-2 debriefing?
If so, what time?
CAPCOM Okay, I guess whenever you're ready Al.
Do you happen to have any weight check bars on the rocks?
ANTARES Affirmative. We gave you the weights -
we gave you the weights of the rocks that we put in the
left hand stowage yesterday. We have some additional rocks
that are in the ISA. Total weight of the ISA is 5.0 pounds.
Total weight of the SRC is 2.9 pounds and we have a couple of large
rocks in that sample bag and that's B 27 and that weight is
3.0 pounds.
CAPCOM Okay, Al, copy that and looks like a
pretty good haul.
ANTARES Yeah, it sure does. And we'll be ready
for a debriefing in about another 10 minutes.
CAPCOM Okay, Al, Just give us a call. We've got
some of the questions ready here anytime you're ready.
ANTARES Okay, we'll give you a buzz shortly.
CAP COM Hous ton.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, Just wondered are both of you still
tied up with the stowage. Aside from the debriefing we do
have a little bit of a steerable COMM check we need to
get out of the way and if you are through, Ed, maybe we can
tackle that now.
ANTARES Okay, Fredo, we're ready to go in through here
in just one second.
ANTARES If you have plans or anything you can
work with me on before the debriefing I'm ready to start.
CAPCOM Okay, I'll turn it over here to Joe and
he can take - read you up this little test they want to do
on the steerable.
ANTARES Hello, Houston, Antares, Joe do you read?
CAPCOM You bet, Ed, we're Just getting switched
around on the COMM down here and what we want to do, Ed, is to
verify this acquisition and tracking capability. First
thing we'd like to do is to go to the track mode switch to
the SLEW position and slowly rotate the pitch knob over the
entire range and and verify corresponding travel on the
meters and also listen to the antenna driving if you can.
After you've done that, we'll do the same thing with the
YAW knob. So, first Of all, go track mode to slew and
rotate the pitch knob and see if you get corresponding
travel and see if you can hear it rotating.
.- PAO That's Joe Ingle, back up lunar module
pilot, speaking to Ed Mitchell aboard Antares. We're at
138 hours, 43 minutes ground elapsed time. This is Apollo
Control, Houston.
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ANTARES Houston, Antares.

CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Go ahead.
ANTARS Okay, I'm watching the antenna out the
window - the shadow of it anyhow and the needles and it does
drive over the entire range in both pitch and yaw. There's
a great deal of undamped - well it's a lightly damped
oscillation. It takes it quite a while to stabilize after you
pick the particular setting of the thumb wheels
but it eventually gets there.
CAPCOM Okay, very good Ed. Let's Check the
acquisition now. If you'll put the - set the pitch to plus
120 and yaw to minus 38 and you're in SLEW position and
verify that you get a signal strength greater than 3.
ANTARES Okay, Joe, I've got a signal strength
of 3.8.
CAPCOM 3.8 okay, very good. Now go to AUTO and
see if the signal strength comes up any and also notice if
you will that the pitch and yaw meters move any from your
present position.
ANTARES Okay, the signal strength stayed the same
and I'm indicating on the needles 130 and minus 40.
CAPCOM Okay, understand, 130 one three zero,
and minus 40.
ANTARES Yesp.
CAPCOM Okay, and now standby -
ANTARES In flight, Joe, if you'll remember it.
Let me say that in flight there were a couple of times it
locked on beautifully however in order to get it to lock
on I had to get the main lobe up. It would not lock on with
Just having signal strength up around 32 or 34. I had
a signal strength up around 38, before I went to AUTO or if
I went to AUTO with less than that it Just drove off and
went to the stop. Several times, however, it locked up and
was tracking very nicely and then proceeded a few seconds
later or a few minutes later to pop an antenna circuit
breaker, so I think that it's over heating somewhere and
either that or some problem in the electronics that's causing
it to pop out circuit breakers.
CAPCOM Yeah, that sounds like a pretty good
analysis, Ed, and standby Just a second we'll have a couple of
more little things to try here before we terminate this.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed now what we'd like to do is to
let me read this through before you do each step but go back
to the SLEW position and set the pitch and yaw angles the
same as what you're reading now, on AUTO track. That's
130 and minus 40 and let's make sure that we're in that
r position.
ANTARES Okay, going into SLEW and selecting the
front wheel position to match the needles.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. What you are
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PAO hearing is a communications checkout.

ANTARI_',S It was pretty close that t_me.
CAPCOM Okay, very good. Now what we want you
to do is to - while you're in SLEW position, try the
pitch control off, rotate pitch control 8 degrees, clockwise,
and then go by tech mode to AUTO and see if it will reacquire.
PAO A communications checkout involving the
S the S-band steerable antenna on Antares. This is Joe
Ingle in Mission Control speaking from the CAPCOM console.
Ed Mitchell aboard Antares responding. We're at 138 hours,
49 minutes ground elapsed time. This is -
ANTARES I'm back in 8 degrees Joe.
CAPCOM Okay, beautiful. Let's go back to SLEW
and set the angles up again at 130 and minus 40 and we'll
do the same thing with the yaw control, we'll rotate it
8 degrees clockwise and then back to AUTO and see if it'll track
b ack .
ANTARES Okay. GARBLE need to come back in Joe.
CAPCOM Okay. That's about all we can check, I
guess, Ed. Let me give you a configuration that we'd like
to go to in the event that we do have tracking problems during
ascent because we would like to maintain high bit rate if
possible. Let me know when you have a pencil out and a
card that you can copy it on, Maybe the AGS - your AGS
card there would be a good place to have it.

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CAPCOM and for you information.

ANTARES Okay, Joe, I'm ready.
CAPCOM Okay, very good, I was just going to say
there is only 5 items here so it wont be very mu_h. We
would like in the event that you do loose steerable now,
we'll go down voice back up, BIO reed left, audio mode to
ICS first to talk, and to high bit rate. And of course we
want aft OMNI during the ascent.
ANTARES Okay, I've got 4 of them, Joe. The next to the
last one, Guess I don't have. Down voice back up, BIO reed
left, high bit rate, and what was the next to the last mode,
and then aft OMNI.
CAPCOM Okay, audio mode to ICS first to talk Ed.
ANTARES Okay, ICS PTT.
CApCOM Okay, very good, and that configuration
only in the event that we lose track effect, with the steerable.
ANTARES Okay, will do Joe.
CAPCOM Okay, and thank you Ed. And I'll give you
back to Fredo here.
Stand by just a minute.
CAPCOM And AntareS, Houston, we're standing by
with the debriefing questions here when ever you are both ready
to go.
ANTARES Okay, we are ready to go right now, Fred-0.
CAPCOM Okay. Okay, the first question is to
describe the texture or fracture pattern or any surface
charactistics of the large boulders. In the boulder fields
you were describing at Cone crater.
ANTARES You want textures and patterns of the boulder
itself.
CAPCOM That's affirmative Al.
ANTARES Well we made some remarks as I recall
coming back down about the fact that they looked weather
beaten, and the fact that they maybe were fairly soft rocks,
because they look very much like rocks' that have been
whether beaten due to atmosphere. I think that was one
of the types of textures that we studied. Way down there
were other rocks that were very fine grained and crystalline
rocks and essentially very smooth on the outside. We have
a sample of one of those. Football size. These are really
the only 2 textures that I noticed. Did you notice any
particular Ed.
ANTARES Well, no I can't say that I did specifically.
It wasn't really a matter of being able to describe what we
saw in this particular case, because at that point we were
so rushed, that all we were trying to do was see different
things and grab it with out really noting how it
necessarily differs. The only thing that I recall about
these craters, or rather boulders was that they were, there
_ were inclusions or variations within the rocks, and I assume
that they
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ANTARES were crystals within the rock, or some

crystalys forming in the rock. I don't know that thats
true, they might have been, for example a breccia with not Just
a comglomerate in them, and I don't know whether thats true
or not either. There simply wasn't time to look
at them in that detail, so we Just grabbed photographs and
ran, and I would be kind of at a loss to give you an articu-
late discription of really what those rocks are like.
ANTARES I just think we have good samples of 2
types that we saw on the west rim of the crater. Ed got
some small pieces light colored rock and we actually
brought back one that was typical of the other, redish
brown rocks.
CAPCOM Okay, Al, very good.
ANTARES I should say. Okay.
CAPCOM Okay, the second question was I guess one
we passed some where along the way, and did you ever notice
there being dust on tops of any of the boulders, around
cone?
ANTARES Let me reastablish that Fred-0. I noticed
some of the rocks, the smaller boulders that were closer
to the ground were covered with dust_ but I recall boulders that
were not covered with dust, and for example, the boulders
down here closer to the LEM, the last boulder field I went
to did not have any reasonable dust on those rocks. And the
white ones I sampled up near Cone crater, didn't have any
reasonable dust on them, however, others did. As a matter of
fact, there was one of the boulders in that group of the
white boulders that I photographed for you, but it was too
big to do anything else with, it had brown and white, and
I couldn't tell what kind of a contact it was. Whether it
was the white part was because it had been broken away or
whether it was a contact of two different materials. It
Just wasn't time to investigate that sort of phenomena, so
we tried to simply sample the two types and photograph it,
but as far as dust is concerned, I think we've seen both and
among the larger boulders, there are certainly a large
number that do not have any dust on them.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed.
ANTARES And that's generally true. I think we probably wou
have been aware of dust. I think again we to would have
been aware of dust, there were certainly was a lot of (GARBLE)
we tried document that for you. I'd say, generally speaking,
there was no dust on any of them. On the surface of any of
rocks that we saw.
CAPCOM Roger, out. And the next question when
you were high on the slopes of Cone, could you tell any
difference in the surface color tone, when you looked back
in the area to the south and to southwest?
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ANTARES Well, of course the obvious difference

was the in the bright craters, those, those are always
noticable, and those were there. Beyond that I wasn't
aware of any marked contrast in color, Joe.
ANTARES Well, I don't know whether its a figment
of my imagination or not, I've always, I always noted going
up there this morning, or thought I noted, that the area
around old nameless there were some darker patches, but we
were so preoccupied with finding our way to the top of
Cone crater, that I neither observed it or made remarks about
that observation, nor really observed it that much more closly.
CAPCOM Roger Ed, hopefully maybe the pans will
pick that up. Okay, next question on, this is for Ed, when
you attempted the second triple core, and I think you really
answered this in real time, but I Just to get it straight,
did you think you hit another rock, you mentioned bed rock
on the first attempt, or did it Just get progressively harder
to drive?
ANTARES Well, I wasn't quite sure, Fred-O, I thought
that I hit rock again, but I pulled it out, it could
very well have been Just a compaction type of phenomenon where it
just quit driving, and I don't know the answer. It felt like in
driving it, that I had hit something pretty solid, but it
wasn't as though I had hit a very sharp line of rock as
opposed to soft material. It went down fairly well, and
then it tightened up and then it Just stopped.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. To back up, a little further
back in time, we missed when the double core was, test was
done, about how far could you push the tube down before you
started hammering?

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ANTARES And it's starting to vibrate and

shudder a little bit and we 're _going to lose it in a minute;
probably about the circuit brea'ker.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, we're - we lost you there
for a little bit. I guess you can, if you get it locked on,
just leave it slow running on auto.
ANTARES Let's read on.
CAPCOM Okay, I didn't get the answer there,
Ed, on how far that double core got manually pushed in before
you started hammering on it.
ANTARES A1 had the rest of that (garble). And I
didn't put it in.
ANTARES Are you talking about the first one, Fred?
CAPCOM That's affirmed, Al.
ANTARES Okay. We were going, before that
accident, into the vicinity of Point A. Went in about 2 to
2-1/2 to 3 inches; no more than 3 inches.
CAPCOM Rog, Al. If I can find the next
question, I asked - this answer.
ANTARES (garble) cut out. It would be - what?
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
ANTARES If they went that far, I'd be
surprised, going back to it.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. The question 5 is kind of
the same as the first one and I assume your answer will
probably be the same, but the question is could you describe
and in any more detail, and I guess it's really saying did you
think you saw any stratigraphy at all in the way the ejecta was
laying around Cone Crater?
ANTARES I saw a couple of bolders that I
thought had some stratigraphy in them, but it - well, now
you know obviously in the classic that there was, well, as
a matter of fact we took a sample from one that looked
like it had some stratigraphy in it on the way back down. We
grabbed a good sample from one. Well, it didn't jump out and
become obvious, however.
CAPCOM Okay, and I (garble)
ANTARES But everything here especially seems
to be pretty darn settled, and I am convinced there is
stratigraphy there because we felt suggestions of it. Just
like I'm convinced I see some lineations out here or some
suggestions of it, but they don't Jump out and hit you in
the face and we'll probably have to go over the photographs
an d talk about each one of these samples in detail before we
can really bring out the picture on it. I just can't remember
a lot of those very subtle things.
CAPCOM Okay, and I assume, on a little bit
larger scale, you couldn't detect anything with respect to
the flinch, flat type relation in that bolder field around
,f cone ?
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ANTARES NO we sure couldn't see that at all.

I'm sure it was there, if we just had time, but we couldn't
see it.
CAPCOM Okay. And this one is for Al. About
how deep were you down in the trench, Al, when the side walls
started caving in?
ANTARES Well, actually, we (garble) our (garble)
down to about 6 inches and there was some caving in at that
time. The side walls were standing probably about 70 to 80
degrees. The next shot I took made the walls a little more
steep closer to the vertical perhaps about 80 or 85, and at
that point they started coming down. Fine grain regolith. At
the top of the cut, just a couple down hill into the trench.
CAPCOM Okay, and I guess I asked you in real
time the thickness of the intermediate layer, but they would
also like to know if you have any estimate on the thickness
of the very top layer.
ANTARES Well, I sure don't. It wasn't very
thick, It could be in the classic ten because it all started to
crumble after the first couple of strokes.
ANTARES That was the place where you, Ed, put the
sample of the white colored material, it was very close to the
surface.
ANTARES Is it the upper layers you're talking
about, the brown is the next one and then the white. It seems -
the brown seems to be showing the white in some places after
an inche or 2 inches. I'm not sure it's another layer. But
it had to be. I can't find another explanation for it, but
it seemed to be very thin; one or two inches for top layers.
ANTARES I think that's probably a pretty good
call. I'd say maybe 2 inches, and of course, we had that thin
layer of very glassy material which I collected and then the
bottom crater material which Ed got a sample of. That's while
I was going back up.
CAPCOM Okay, and you've already answered the
next part of this question, what was distinction between
layers. You had both color and texture or distinctions there
and it told you you had the layering, and I guess the last
part maybe, you've answered too, but it's a question in
whether the wall caving you think maybe was a natural event
or do you think it was due to the dragging the trenching tool
to the cut.
ANTARES Well, I'm not sure I had an unnatural
shovel, and I'm not quite sure what's the question is now that
I think back about it again what, you mean that -
CAPCOM Actually, I thought you answered that
Al, because you -
ANTARES (garb le)
CAPCOM Your previous comment indicated that
it started caving in with your first stroke and if that was true
then it looks like the trenching helped bring the walls down.
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ANTARES Well, I'm sure that it did. Actually

it was on about the second stroke where it started to cutting
and the first strike there was a - the walls were a lot steep.
But, I'm sure the tool had a lot to do with it.
CAPCOM Okay, the next question when we were
sorta quickly passing by north Triplet crater on the way
back to Antares, you mentioned, in passing there, coming upon
a little boulder field and the question is do you think this
boulder field was tied in some way to north Triplet; possibly
part of a ray?
ANTARES Well, we probably Just - Just we inferred
they were boulders, I think that we might be able to feel - feel
them of ejecta material from that particular crater, and
therefore we took some samples there. Is that the spot you
are referring to.
CAPCOM Yes, that's it, Al.
ANTARES Yeah, if we inferred they were boulders,
that was incorrect, they were just hand samples in approximately
8 to 10 inches, but all lumped together. They had been ejected
from that crater and right in our path and we took a couple
of samples from those; that area.
ANTARES As a matter of fact, there were boulders
which we also thought came out of probably the same area, but
there wasn't anything around the boulders that seemed small
enough and obvious enough to grab on the run like we tried
to do with this bunch of samples.
CAPCOM Okay. The next question is did you
see any evidence of down-slope KREEP with respect to the
Cone crater fillets you saw on the uphill side rocks?
ANTARES Yeah, I did, and I'm not so sure
but what part of the delineation that I was talking about
would not be found on Cone in a circular around - around the
crater mouth. I saw the same -

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MITCHELL I saw these same things up there. I

described them before so I didn't say anything about it
again, but my guess is that they go circular around cone
crater. Now that may be entirely wrong.
CAPCOM You mean kinda like contour lines, ED?
MITCHELL That's what I'm suggesting but it's merely
a suggestion. I didn't follow them out, I didn't check them that
closely to be able to prove it but what I did see them. They
were indeed, kinda parallel to the slope - I mean parallel to
the rim of the crater, in other words, around the crater.
CAPCOM Very good, Ed. Next question, the
difficulty you had at the last there climbing up to cone rim,
was that due primarily to the terrain slope or did the
soil conditions change again that might cause you to have
some greater problems.
MITCHELL It was probably both. I think we just
entirely underestimated the difficulty in going that far and
getting that high, and in such a short period of time. It's a
darn hard climb, to try to do rapidly and the soil is a
little bit thin and mushy. And the suits are bulky, it's
all those problems rolled in Fred, we just - it was too
ambitious I guess.
SHEPARD Let me say that I don't really think that
the composition of the soil changed very much. Matter of
fact that was one thing that struck me about the whole area
the consistency of the texture of the regolith outside
of the soft area is of course it's crater rim. Yeah, I think as
far as the progress up there - it was to the grade and the
pull was in the rock that we had to go around but really as
far as the surface texture is concerned as far as the bearing
strength of the surface. I thought, outside of the
crater rim, it was unusually consistent all the way
through and the thing that surprised me was the pattern of -
the raindrop pattern with these very small sort of pebbles.
which is decidely different than we had down here in this
area where we landed.
MITCHELL I think we remarked on the similarity of
the surface, I think I remarked at one spot that it seemed
to be getting a little harder up there, but that seemed to
have been isolated. It wasn't true in general. Just it
seemed to be in that one local area. And certainly as A1
pointed out the softest areas by and large are crater rims,
fairly fresh crater rims and when you run in through one of
those you get fairly soft material but otherwise it's not
like you saw here near the LM on television the way we were
pressing into that.
CAPCOM Roger. The next question is how abundant
and what was the distribution of glass that you saw around
on the surface or I guess in once case you mentioned it
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CAPCOM they're draped on the rocks.

SHEPARD Yeah, we went exploring past sun rock,
well it looked like rock but I'm pretty sure that it was,
and I'm sure there are other samples of that out here but
we did not see them. The - that was really the only example
of glass. They're like plots that we come close to possibly
identifying to being glass. There are some crystalline rocks out
here and I'm sure we got some samples for you.
MITCHELL I concur with that. I'm surprised that we
didn't obviously see more glass. A lot of the smaller rocks
that we did pick up that were sample size were so darn dirty
that they may have glass in them, but they are just covered
with it - this dirt which clings to everything, and
about the big rocks, the big boulders that you asked about
earlier are not covered in the same way, I don't know.
Maybe some of them are but it really covers up what the rock
is made of and probably obscured a lot of glass that we
just didn't even see.
CAPCOM Okay, we need to make a quick COMM switch
here. Ed, we're having trouble staying with you from Madrid.
We'd like you to go from FM to PM.
ANTARES You got it.
CAPCOM Okay, how do you read now.
ANTARES Loud and clear, Fredo.
CAPCOM Okay, that was the reason for comm loss
a little while back on the steerable. The next question
here actually let's see, second ten - did you notice the
dust adhering to the MET particularly and if so, what parts?
MITCHELL If you got direct hit with mud with this
dust, Fred, if it's sprayed on something it seems to stick.
It just covers everything. And, I'm looking down out the
window at the MET, surprisingly enough, it doesn't look too
bad. The fenders, the wheels, the lower part, the legs, the
other, they're pretty covered with dirt and there's quite a
bit spread up - splattered around a little bit, but it looks
surprisingly good as a matter of fact, maybe it just doesn't
have enough force surface.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed one more question here. You
mentioned seeing rocks around the rim of north triplet, did
you happen to get a look for enough down there to see if
you also saw either blocks or gray patterns from center
triplet crater?
MITCHELL Fredo, the - it's so darn umdulating here
that was part of our problem. We couldn't even see central
triplet crater. We knew it was there but you can walk in
some of the undulations and get lost from each other if
you're not careful. You just can't find where you are.
And, we couldn't even see anything from Central triplet and
know was from that.
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CAPCOM Okay, and I guess just one last question

here to clear up what ended up in the SCFC how did the bottom
of the bottom of the trench, the question, this is for Al,
did you primarily end up with fine grain or coarse grained
material in the SCFC?
SHEPARD It's all fine grain material. Some of it
is from the surface, and unfortunately when I opened the first
canister the seal came off (garble) through the bottom so I
had go back and regroup and get another one. Take another
sample. But, I think, I got mostly from the bottom of the
crater, bottom of the trench, however, it is all fine grain,
there's nothing of any greater size.
CAPCOM Okay, that's about it. Thank you very
much. You should think about getting breakfast now.
ANTARES Okay. Thank you.
ANTARES Okay, that was a good job of getting us
sorted up there when we got behind the timeline and we
appreciate that help.
CAPCOM Well, we thank you again for doing a great
job, A1 and Ed. I think we have picked up everything we
needed there.
MITCHELL Gee, I sure hope so. It sure was a panic
from our point of view.
CAPCOM Well, we kinda knew that before
we got there.
MITCHELL There were some things that we'd like to
have done. I think you're right, Fredo. There are so many
things we'd like to have done, the many things to do, so
many interesting things to look at here and we didn't even
have the chance to scratch the surface. We hope we've
brought back something that you can sort out as time goes
on.

CAPCOM Well, it's a little bit better than that

sand pile out behind the training building though isn't it?
SHEPARD Oh man, don't you know it.
It really is. It's fantastic up here.

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CAPCOM And Antares, Houston. We would like

to try auto track again on the S steerable.
ANTARES You've got it.
CAP COM Okay.
ANTARES And how is our, and how's our friendly
Command Module Pilot doing. Is he going to be ready to
pick us up with nominal launch time.
CAPCOM You bet Al, I've been talking with him
all morning here, he's really whipping around getting a lot
of pictures and a lot of land mark tracking. He said he's
picked you up on two passes now, and he also saw the reflec-
tions from the ALSEP on his last pass or two there.
ANTARES Was he shooting section camera?
CAPCOM On one pass he was.
ANTARES What was his visual?
CAPCOM Just visual on his last pass though.
ANTARES Very good, how about the HYCON, did he
ever get it going?
CAPCOM That's negitive.
ANTARES Roger that.
CAPCOM Yea, that's right.
ANTARES Around the, the ALSEP, from the top of
Cone crater he's so bright it stands out like a little Jewel,
that suprises all that Stu could see it.
CAPCOM He was really convinced that's what he saw,
and he didn't even know where it was, you know, and ask me
where it was and came back and sure enough confizmed it and
that's where it was.
ANTARES Very good.
PAO This is Apollo Control Houston, at 139
hours 25 minutes. Based on crew reports we have some admit-
taly preliminary gross estimates of lunar sample waits being
returned in Antares, as our air ground permits we'll pass
those along to you now. From yesterday's EVA we have in the,
we have a weight of the sample return container, a total of
43 lbs. The container itself weighing 13 lbs, this would give
a net weight of 30 lbs. In the two other areas we have a com-
prehensive contingency sample weight of 5 lbs, 2 football size
rocks, weighing 15 lbs, which would give a net total from
EVA 1, of 50 lbs. On the EVA this morning, in the sample
return container, we have a gross weight, or total weight of
29 lbs. The sample return container weight 13 lbs, together
to give a net weight of 16 lbs. The crew reported 30 lbs
of material in the, on the B src bag, the bag is estimated
to weigh 3 lbs, this would give a net total of 27 lbs. A
report of 50 lbs was given in the interum stowage assembly.
The interum stowage assembly itself weighs 5 lbs and its
estimated there are 30 lbs of equipment along with lunar
samples located here. This would give a net total of 15 lbs
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PAO or a net total for this mornings EVA of

58 lbs combining the two we come up with a total net weight
of about 108 lbs. We'll stand by and continue to monitor.
This is Apollo Control, Houston.
ANTARES Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Alright Houston, go.
ANTARES Okay Ron, tell them that this high gain
antenna is setting here and kind of wobbling and making all
sorts of racket when it should be setting very still and quiet.
It was untill Just a minute or so ago. That seems to be
starting to go unstable or at least neturally stable and
it's not driving wildly, but it's making a hell of a racket.
It's just kind of wobbling, around the netural point.
CAPCOM Okay, Enco copies that, and we'll let
you know.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, they've made some configuration
change on the ground station hook up to you, and for some
reason, they think that that may have helped your antenna
chatter, or what ever, the thing seems to be steadier now?
ANTARES It steadied out for a minute or so, and
now it's kicking up again.
CAP COM Okay.
ANTARES Why don't they accept the fact that this
damn thing is about to quit on us.
CAPCOM Okay, Antares, Houston here, they'd like
you to go back and select the lunar stage of the errectable.
ANTARES Ok ay.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 139 hours 50
minutes. In mission control at this time flight director
Milton Windler and the maroon team of flight controllers
are coming on and getting briefed by the previous shift,
preparing to take over here in preparation for the powered
ascent from the lunar surface. That event to occur in
about 2 hours 35 minutes, or at GET time of about 142 hours
25 minutes 40 seconds. There will be a Change of Shift
Briefing news briefing in the main auditorium of the MSC
news center. We estimate that the briefing will begin in
about 15 to 20 minutes.
ANTARES Houston, Antares, we have the crews
station, crews status report for you.
CAPCOM Okay, go ahead Al.
ANTARES Okay, on the VID commander 16052 LMP
7050. Negitive medication, we're all in excellent health
and excellent spirit.
CAPCOM Okay Al, sounds great.
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CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston over.

ANTARES Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares your old maroon team on
station down here. We'd like to go to the pre lift-off
comm configuration as modified earlier to check out the
high bit rate telemetry lock, over.
ANTARES Okay, stand by.
ANTARES Okay, Bruce, are you ready to try that.
CAP COM Roger.
ANTARES Okay, here I come.
ANTARES Antares to Hosuton, how do you read
Ant ares ?
CAPCOM Okay Antares, I'm reading you loud with
a good bit of back ground noise, on the circuit you might
expect, but comm's okay.
CAPCOM Thank you Bruce and I'll return to the /
other set up.
CAPCOM No, negitive. We would like for you to
stay in this configuration for the time being so we can
see how corem and telemetry is holding up.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 141 hours

10 minutes and we're now 1 hour 16 minutes away from lunar
lift-off, doing a change-of-shift briefing, we accumulated
a fair amount of taped conversation with Antares on the lunar
surface. We're going to attempt to play all of that tape back,
however, if we see that we're not getting caught up or that
we're getting further behind, we'll stop the taped playback,
turn the remainder of the tape over to transcript and pick
up live. Among the things that were discussed with the crew,
that we have on tape, that we passed Up a docking procedure
for them. Now the nominal docking procedure will be for the
crew in Antares to move up to the command module once they
have gotten contact with the docking probe firm contact,
they will thrust in the lunar module using the RCS thrusters
for 10 seconds or until Stu Roosa reports an indication in
the command module of capture, which ever comes first. The
situation on the communications with Antares is roughly as
follows: we still have some doubts about the lunar module
steerable antenna. The inco reported a few minutes ago that
he believes the steerable will give us lockon. We're going
to lift off from the lunar surface using the steerable antenna,
preferring to fall back on the omni antennas, if that becomes
necessary. Now one of the primary things that we lose with
the omni antennas is the ability to leave the microphones
in the lunar module up high. Now, if we're on omni antennas,
the crew will be advised to trigger the mike, using push-to-
talk for communications with Earth rather than having the
mikes up high for the full duration of the lunar ascent, and
that, of course, would be the situation that we would be in
if we're not able to use the steerable antenna throughout the
lift off. We also passed up the pads to the crew for the
lift off. The latest lift off time computed by the Flight
Dynamics Officer is 142 hours 25 minutes 42 seconds. And
we'll begin at this time to play back the tapes that we've
accumulated being prepared to go to live comm if we see that
we're not getting caught up.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Over.
ANTARES Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. We'd like you to
return to the previous comm configuration utilizing the
erectable antenna. Over.
ANTARES Roger.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. How do you read?
ANTARES This is loud clippers.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, whenever you all are through
eating, would you give us a call, please, and I've got a bunch
of cards to pass up to you.
ANTARES Okay. I'll be ready to copy here in
f about 30 seconds.
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CAP COM Okay.

ANTARES Okay, Bruce, what do you want to send
me first?
CAPCOM Alright, Ed. We'll send up the ascent
pad for the direct rendezvous, first. Over.
ANTARES Okay. Ready to copy.
CAPCOM Understand you're ready, Ed.
ANTARES That's affirmative.
CAPCOM Okay. Ascent pad direct rendezvous
142 25 4200, 55429, 00313, minus 0003, address 47 plus 37 741,
plus 01757, plus 58 843, plus 56 968, plus O0 313, plus 01909,
937 143 10 5400, LM weight 10744, 34 417, Tig 1 rev late
144 plus 24 plus 04. Read back. Over.
ANTARES Okay. 142 25 4200, 55429, 00313,
minus 0003, plus 37741, plus 01757, plus 58843, plus 56968,
plus 00313, plus 01909, 143 10 5400, 10744, 34417, Tig 1 rev
late is 144 24 04.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. The read-back
correct. Ascent pad for a coeliptic-type rendezvous follows
when you're ready.
ANTARES Ready to copy.
CAPCOM Ascent pad coeliptic sequence:
142 28 1250, 55325, 00 380 minus 0004, address 47 plus 37741
plus 01757, plus 58614, plus 56968, plus 00380, the balance
for the pad is NA. Read back. Over.
ANTARES Roger. 142 28 1250, 55325, 00380,
minus 0004, plus 37741, plus 01757, plus 58614, plus 56968,
plus 00380. And that next to the last one should be 5 - yeah
plus 56968.
CAPCOM Roger. Read-back correct. And now
I have the CSI PAD, itself, for you.
ANTARES Okay. CSI. Ready to copy.
CAPCOM Roger. C_I: noun 11 143 26 3660,
noun 37, 145 11 3000, 0516 plus all balls, 02066, 03115,
plu s 0516 03115, plus 0516 plus all balls plus 001. Read back
over .

ANTARES Yeah. Over.

CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Standing by for
a CSI pad read-back. Over.
ANTARES Roger. noun 11 is 143 26 3660,
145 11 3000, noun 81, plus 0516, plus all zeros, and 02066,
03115, plus 0516, plus all zeros, and is it plus or minus
00117
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. The last data
was positive, that is plus 0011. The read-back correct. Over.
ANTARES Okay.
CAPCOM And, we're starting the up -

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CAPCOM Uplink for you. I now have the consum-

ables update.
ANTARES Ready to copy.
CAPCOM Roger. Consumables update for 140
hours even RCS alpha 80 Bravo 78 Descent oxygen 38 percent
ascent tank 2 97 percent, tank 1 reading as invalid, but it's
approximately the same quantity. Descent water 23 percent,
ascent water 98 percent each, descent ampere hours 488,
ascent 572. Read back. Over.
ANTARES Roger. 140 hours, RCS is 80, 78,
descent 02 is 38, ascent is 97 percent, and probably 97 percent
water is 23 ascent is 98, 98, ampere hours descent is 488, ascent
is 572.
CAP COM Roger. Out.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Ascent amp hours
were 572. Is that affirmative?
ANTARES That's affirmed. Got it.
CAPCOM Roger. Then I've got an update to
your time-line work and an update to the surface check
list. Let's hold off on the surface checklist update, because
the time-line book whenever you're ready.
ANTARES Okay. Go ahead, Bruce.
CAPCOM Roger. On page 14 of the time-line
book.
ANTARES Ok ay .
CAPCOM Okay. Down immediately prior to the
block that says 60 contact. We want you to insert a verb 48
DAP load, and in our want the DAP, we're looking for
13002 to give you 4-jet translation in the docking procedure.
Over.
ANTARES Okay. I understand.
CAPCOM And immediately after the 60 contact
lock, we would like to add in TPCA commander. Let me read
through it once quickly and then I'll go through it again
slowly if you want to write it down verbatum. TPCA commander:
thrust plus X at contact until CMP confirms capture or
for 10 seconds which ever occurs first. And then under
confirmed docking with CSM change that to confirmed capture
report to CSM. Would you like me to go through it a word
or two at a time so you can write it out or do you just
want to make a notation to that effect. Over.
ANTARES Now you want to confirm capture as
plus X until barber pole or 10 seconds which ever is greater.
CAPCOM Roger. After contact.
ANTARES Which ever occurs first. Excuse me.
CAPCOM Right. Which ever occurs first.
ANTARES Ri gh t.
ANTARES Houston. Antares. Is my understand-
ing that the docking originally will be tried in the nominal
fashion. Is that correct?
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- CAPCOM Antares, Houston. This is a modifi-

cation to the nominal procedure. We anticipate using it
on the first attempt. If of course, Stu calls capture
prior to the time that you start thrusting, why that would
not be necessary. But nominally you would start your plus X
thrusting when you have good solid contact.
ANTARES This is even on the first attempt
at docking?
CAPCOM That's affirmative, Antares.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. The computer is
yours.
ANTARES Okay.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Over.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. In your lunar surface book
we're deleting the up link at lift off minus 35 minutes with
no P22 required.
ANTARES Roger. Thank you.
CAPCOM And also in the surface checklist at
on page 8-1 under your S-band COMM configuration that reads
Antares S-band PM, primary, primary, voice, PCM off reset,
we're changing that to PM primary, a down voice backup in
accordance with the COMM configuration we've passed to you
previously.
ANTARES Okay. We're going to lift off and
data voice back up then.
CAPCOM That's affirmative unless we instruct
you otherwise later on. And you can delete all reference
that goes to the portable antenna - to the steerable antenna
such as that found on page 8-6, for your tract mode auto
and all that. Over.
ANTARES Gee, Bruce. I thought that we were
going to go off the nominal and if we had trouble got to
this new procedure.
CAPCOM Negative. Our baseline now is
to lift off in this mode if we expect the OMNI COMM to improve
as you fly through the profile and pitch over. Over.
ANTARES Okay. I understand.
CAPCOM And in this connection since you are lifting
off in RCS PTT, we won't be monitoring the intercom loop
within the cabin and we'd like to encourage you to comment
freely on how things are progressing and read stuff out
to us as the occasion seems appropriate. Over.
ANTARES Well, we don't want to comment freely,
but we'll comment reasonably.
CAPCOM Roger, out.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. We're starting through
our checklist and lift off now is 1:15.
CAPCOM Okay. Stand by, please.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston.
_- ANTARES Go ahead.
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CAPCOM Roger. Having passed through the

changes to the COMM configuration at minus 1 hour and 15 minutes,
we'd like to hold off on going into the down voice backup
mode and RCS PTT until lift off minus 50 minutes. That is
Just prior to the RCS hot fire check as we're advised that
on Apollo 12, the hot fire check blew the erectable antenna
over. If the erectable antenna is still standing up after
the hot fire check we'd prefer to come back into the normal
voice configuration until sometime shortly before lift off.
Over.
ANTARES Okay, Bruce. Why don't you call the
COMM in real time and we'll respond.
CAP COM Willco, Ed.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. Latest revision to the communi-
cations plan. At this time we would like you to select
the steerable antenna and auto tract mode and give us your
evaluation of the amount of grinding and motor noise you
get out of it and try form an opinion, whether we think it
will be satisfactory for lift off. If it seems like it's
making too much noise or behaving erratically at the present
we will then go into the slew position on the steerable
antenna, maintain time up until just prior to liftoff where
we want to return to auto and it tends to make it in the
auto position. If it proves unsatisfactory during ascent
we'll request AFT OMNI down voice backup and RCS PTT. Over.
ANTARES Sounds good for me. Okay. Switching
On.

CAP COM Roger, Ed.

ANTARES Okay, Brucel. It's nice and quiet
for the moment.
CAPCOM Okay. Very good, Ed. And
CAPCOM During ascent if you percieve that you've
lost the steerable, why don't wait for us to call you to
switch over. Over.
CAPCOM Roger.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. Are all of my
AGS constance on page 8-5 good?
CAPCOM Stand by, Ed.
ANTARES Some of them are on the ascent pad,
Bruce, but there's some that aren't.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Except for those values
which are loaded on the pad, the ones you have on the check-
list are good. Over.

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ANTARES Okay, thank you.

ANTARES Houston, Antares, the rendezvous
radar test is satisfactory.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares.
ANTARES Houston, are you ready for the out
fire of the Jets?
CAPCOM That's affirmative Antares.
ANTARES Houston, the antenna blew over.
CAP COM Roger, Antares.
PAO A1 Shepards reference to the antenna
blowing over referred to the S-band_errectable antenna
on the lunar surface, and as on Apollo 12, when the crew
fired the reaction control system jets to check them out,
the thrust from those Jets blew over the antenna. We're
53 minutes now from ignition, from lunar lift off. Progressing
smoothly toward that event, about 10 minutes 25 seconds
from reacquiring Kitty Hawk on its 31st revolution of the
moon.
ANTARES Hey Houston, all 5 checks complete.
We're satisfied here.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. We concur at what
you had from down here. I have your k factor update.
ANTARES Okay, go ahead.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, k factor, 140,
plus 00, plus 0036, read back over.
ANTARES K factor 140, 00, plus 0036.
CAPCOM Roger, and with respect to the com
situation again Ed, if you have to switch to the aft omni
antenna, prior to making the 30 degree yaw maneuver, delete
the yaw maneuver. That is remain in the belly band. If you
have to switch after making the yaw maneuver, do not change.
That is remain with the 30 degree yaw, over.
ANTARES Okay, we've got that.
CAPCOM And for your information, due to the
CSM orbit, which is currently about 61 by 5 by 58.2, we're
anticipating a TPI burn Delta-v on the order of 100 feet
per second, vice the lower 60 some feet, vice the 90 feet
per second in the flight plan.
ANTARES Okay, we understand.
CAPCOM And for your information Antares, your
thruster firings are also monitored by the seismometer. Your
coming through loud and clear, over.
ANTARES That's good.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 141 hours
37 minutes, and we're now 48 minutes, 45 seconds from lunar
lift off. The crew at this time, somewhat ahead of the flight
plan, presently alining the platform, on their lunar module
guidance system, this is the stable reference number which
is used by the onboard guidance system in determining spacecraft
attitude. This is Apollo Control. We're about 50 seconds now
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PAO from reacquiring Kitty Hawk, the

command module in its 31st revolution of the moon. We're
using a dual capsule communicator set up in Mission Control
at this time. Bruce McCandless is Capcom for the lunar
module, Antares, and Ron Evans is Capcom for Stu Roosa in
Kitty Hawk. At acquisition, Evans plans to pass along to
Roosa, the fact that we do not expect to have manned spaceflight
network relay of the ascent. Normally, when we have the
high gain antenna operating properly on the command module,
the manned spaceflight network would be used to relay communications
from Antares to the command module. This will not be done
because the command module high gain antenna is not locking
up in narrow beam width. Roosa will get his communications
from the lunar module, via the VHF communications circuit,
which will be put into activation shortly after orbital
insertion. And we have acquisition now of Kitty Hawk.
CAPCOM Antares, Ed, we'd like to get batch
5 and 6 on line now and 1 and 3 off if you can do it without
interrupting the V57, over.
ANTARES Just 1 second. I'll be just a
second, Bruce.
PAO This is Apollo Control. We're now
33 minutes from lunar lift off. Aboard the command module
Kitty Hawk, Stu Roosa at this time is getting suited up, and
Capcom Ron Evans has advised Roosa that he will be relaying
on the separate air to ground link the progress of the lunar
lift off. Ed Mitchell and A1 Shepard aboard Antares on the
lunar surface have just completed the alignment of their
guidance system platform, and Capcom Ron Evans will be
passing up to Stu Roosa some information on stowing the
probe assembly in the command module. The plan is to return
the probe and it will be stowed under 1 of the couches in
the command module Kitty Hawk.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, did you call?
ANTARES Negative.
ANTARES That was the other Antares.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, we copy your address
47 and 53, over.
ANTARES ()kay, thank you.
ANTARES Houston, Antares.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Antares.
ANTARES Do we want to stay with the computed
047 and 053, or shall I reload the pad?
CAPCOM That's affirmative Ed, and we're only
reading 4 digits on the deta, is that 01706?
ANTARES That's affirmative.
CAP COM Roger, up.
ANTARES What was the affirmative, to reload or
to stay with what I have?
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CAPCOM The affirmative was to stay with the

computer values that are already in the computer.
ANTARES Thank you.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger, you can take descent battery 2
off, as per the checklist. Keep descent battery 4 on line
until our call, over.
CAP COM Okay.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 142 hours.
We're coming up now on 25 minutes until lunar lift off, things
progressing smoothly at this time. Mitchell and Shepard
aboard Antares have switched to the guidance program, in
their on board guidance system program 12 which will be used
in the powered ascent from the lunar surface, and the lunar
module ascent stage batteries, batteries 5 and 6 look good
at this time. The voltages are normally and they're sharing
the load well.

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PAO At: this time aboard Kitty Hawk Stu

Roosa is maneuvering the command module to the proper attitude
for the LM lift off. He'll have the CSM apex pointed toward
the lunar surface, and capcom Ron Evans has advised Roosa that
the lunar module appears to be in good shape for lift off,
with the one problem of the LM steerable antenna which may
give some problem in tracking and if it does, we'll be
switching to one of the omni antennas on the lunar module. This
is Apollo Control at 142 hours 6 minutes we're coming up now
on 20 minutes until lunar lift off, and aboard Antares,
Shepard and Mitchell will shortly begin pressurizing the
ascent propulsion system. Here in the control center, the
large plot boards, which will be used primarily by the
flight dynamics officer, and the guidance officer for the
lunar ascent, has come up. One of these displays in particular
will be crucial to the flight dynamics officer, and that's
the display which shows him altitude versus the rate of
altitude gain. FIDO will use this display in determining
whether the LM guidance system is putting the proper amount
of energy into gaining altitude as opposed to gaining velocity.
Initially the engine will be putting a larger percentage of
this energy into altitude gain, later on in the burn the
LM will be pitching over and the rate of altitude gain should
drop off as the velocity gain begins to increase at an ever
growing rate.
ANTARES Okay, you understand we're standing
by to pressurize the ascent helium.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. You're go on that,
one at a time please.
ANTARES Got you, will do. Okay, there's number
1, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, stand by.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, you are go on the
2nd. Antares, this is Houston you are go for lift off this
pass, direct rendezvous, guidance control PNGS, over.
ANTARES Roger, go for lift off. Direct
rendezvous, guidance PNGS.
CAPCOM Roger, out.
PAO This is Apollo Control, we're now
15 minutes from lunar lift off. Everything looks good at this
time, and we've given the crew a go for a direct ascent
rendezvous with a nominal lift off time. Our lift off time,
142 hours 25 minutes 42 seconds.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. You can treat bats
2 and 4 for the checklist, over.
ANTARES Okay, here we go.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Both batteries 5 and 6
are looking good.
ANTARES Thank you.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 142 hours

16 minutes, and we're coming up now on 10 minutes until
lunar lift off. it's been relatively quiet here in the
control center, also relatively little communications with
Antares at this time. The powered ascent burn, scheduled to
last about 7 minutes 12 seconds. At the end of that burn
we should have achieved a velocity of about 55 hundred 43
feet per second. The electrical systems engineer, here in
the control center, for the lunar module reports that those
ascent batteries on the LM, which were a source of some
concern prior to the power descent and the landing look
good at this time. This is Apollo Control, now 5 minutes
from lunar lift off. Everything still looking very good
for that lift off and direct ascent rendezvous. At the time
of lift off Stu Roosa in Kitty Hawk should be about 67 nautical
miles behind the lunar module, and I have orbit insertions
on 7 minutes 12 seconds later. The command module will be
leading by about 135 nautical miles. Shortly before lift off
Shepard and Mitchell aboard the lunar module are scheduled
to make a VHF voice check with Roosa in the command module.
We're now coming up on 4 minutes until lunar lift off.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, I'm mark at 4 minutes,
stand by, mark 4 minutes.
ANTARES We're right with you.
CAP COM Roger up.
CAPCOM And Antares, Kitty Hawk is trying to
read you on VHF.
ANTARES Kitty Hawk, Antares, how do you read?
CAPCOM Antares, Houston, Kitty hawk is reading
you 3 by on VHF.
ANTARES Roger. We're not reading him.
CAPCOM Okay, we'll pass that to him.
ANTARES And Antares is counting down to 2
minutes. 3, 2, 1, mark. 2 minutes and counting.
CAP COM We concur.
ANTARES 400 plus 10,000. plus 10,000.
Hey Houston, our acteron is on, the A and B lights are on.

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MITCHELL Okay. 367 readout and - -

CAPCOM Roger. We confirm both systems on.
MITCHELL - - one.
MITCHELL There's our boy.
MITCHELL Reading you loud and clear, 45 seconds
and counting.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Hello, see you shortly.
MITCHELL Okay. DSKY is on time.
SHEPARD Have a nice cool one set up.
MITCHELL Okay. The abort stage is set.
Ascent engine is armed. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition.
MITCHELL What a lift off.
SHEPARD And lift off.
CAPCOM Roger. Ignition.
SHEPARD - - pitch over.
MITCHELL 10 seconds.
CAP COM Roger.
SHEPARD Okay, baby.
MITCHELL pitch overs good.
CAPCOM We confirm auto ignition.
MITCHELL That's affirmative. Auto ignition.
SHEPARD And here we go on across cats paw.
(Garble)
SHEPARD Bearing up good, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger. You're looking good from
down here, Al.
SHEPARD Coming up on 1 minute.
MITCHELL A1 -
SHEPARD 2, 1, Mark 1.
MITCHELL Mark 1. Little bit low and slow,
but PGNS are -
PAO FIDO says we look good, all sources.
MITCHELL 623. Okay. PGNS and AGS together.
SHEPARD Okay. Yaw is complete, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger.
MITCHELL Take a look at the target again.
5429313. Targeting is still good. Okay.
SHEPARD 02.
PAO Trajectory looks good. We're at
12,000 feet.
SHEPARD 3, 2, 1, Mark 2.
MITCHELL (garble) H is right on. PGNS right on.
PGNS and AGS are together.
SHEPARD Steering is good; PGNS looks good, Houston.
CAPCOM We copy, Al, and you're go from down here.
PAO Velocity 1100, altitude 1600 -
16,000 - -
'_ SHEPARD Tight as a drum.
PAO Coming up on 22, 000 feet. The
steerable antenna tracking very well.
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MITCHELL Okay. The steering is still good,

Houston, coming up on 3 minutes.
SHEPARD 3, 2, 1, Mark it.
MITCHELL Marked. 3 minutes. P supply is
good, H dot is good, H is - PGNS and AGS agree. Okay.
Ocillation in our RCS pressures, but I'm sure it's (garble).
CAPCOM Okay. RCS looks good from down
here, Ed.
SHEPARD Steady 31.
CAPCOM And your go from the ground at 3
and 1/2. Everything is nominal.
SHEPARD Okay, Bruce. Looks good here.
MITCHELL Mark, 4.
SHEPARD 4.
MITCHELL Fire is good, H dot is good, H is
good, AGS are right together.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. You're go from
the ground. Looking good.
SHEPARD Okay.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. We show all
sources, PGNS and AGS are in good agreement.
MITCHELL That's good.
CAPCOM Okay. 25 to go.
SHEPARD (garble) and the plane looks good.
MITCHELL That's good.
SHEPARD Okay. You can start your camera
if you want.
SHEPARD We will be on five at 12:30.
PAO Altitude 47,000 feet now. Velocity
reading 3500 feet per second.
SHEPARD And 553 to mark it.
MITCHELL 53. Fire is good, H dot is
good, H is good, PGNS and AGS agree.
PAO About 65 miles to go. FIDO says
we're looking real good.
MITCHELL Okay. Let's take one more at 6:30.
SHEPARD Ail right.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Let's take a
look at -
MITCHELL - - 6:30 is what you said.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD Right.
SHEPARD Take a look at 85 reference 500 for
a minute.
MITCHELL Okay.
SHEPARD (garble) 9 voice.
MITCHELL Okay. I'll stay with 500.
SHEPARD Okay. Very good.
MITCHELL You're looking good. There's 800.
f 750. 600. 550. 500.
SHEPARD (garble)
MITCHELL 350, 300, 250, 200, 150, 100, 80,
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MITCHELL 60, 50, 40, 30, 10. Shut down.

SHEPARD Okay. We've had a shutdown on the -
MITCHELL Roger.
SHEPARD (garble)
CAPCOM - trim the PGNS all axis.
MITCHELL And those residuals are good.
SHEPARD (garble) shut unbutton push key release.
MITCHELL Hit probe -
SHEPARD (garb le)
MITCHELL read your residuals. Minus .8.
SHEPARD Okay.
MITCHELL Pick it up when we sit down.
MITCHELL Bullseye Al, that looks good.
PAO FIDO says the burn looks good. We're
shooting for a 51 by 9 orbit.
SHEPARD M_nus .1, minus .4, plus .5.
CAPCOM Houston. We copy.
MITCHELL (garb le)
MITCHELL Say it again, Al. Minus .1, minus .4,
and Hold. Okay. Let's go to the checklist.
SHEPARD Okay. We can go ICDV.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. There will be
a tweak burn. It'll come up shortly.
MITCHELL Ro ge r.
PAO That tweak burn will touch up the
orbit to get us in thE; desired 51 by 9.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Tweak tig
1423651. Delta-V X minus 2.0, Y plus 5.0, Z minus 8.0 and
this is it the nominal yaw 30 attitude. Read back. Over.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Did you copy the
tweak burn. Over.
SHEPARD That's affirmative, Houston. We're
seting up for it now.
MITCHELL Roger. 1423651. Minus 2.0, plus
5.0, minus 8.0.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
MITCHELL 3651, Al. Getting AGS set up for you.
Which AG are you going to do first. Biggest one is Z minus Z.
Minus 8.
CAPCOM X, Z, Y, Ed. X, Z, Y. Over.
MITCHELL Do X. Z, Y. Al, they want X, Z, Y.
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ANTARES C1 20 seconds. That's minus 2. That is

2.0.
ANTARES Okay. Give it. B - if - minus 8, B
minus 8 left turn z. One, two Mark 2 4 5 turn 6 7 1 foot
more that's 79 that looks good. 471 out of plane is plus
5 right. 3 and 1/2, 4 and 1/2 that's great. Right there.
Hold it.
ANTARES Hey Houston, bridge complete.
CAPCOM Roger, out.
ANTARES It's dear old P47.
ANTARES Okay. banked.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. You're go for the
APS TPI. APS TPI. Over.
ANTARES Roger. Thank you.
PAO That tweakling over performed with the
reaction control system thrusters on the LM have put the
spacecraft in the proper position for the transfer phase
initiation and the direct descent rendezvous. We'll be
standing by for the report from the FIDO on initiation time
for the TPI burn and also the velocity required.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. How do you read?
ANTARES Loud and clear, Bruce. I'll lock up for
you - just we're so busy.
CAPCOM Aw Roger, reading you a second.
ANTARES We're locked up on the steerable.
CAPCOM Loud and clear, Ed.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. No state vector up-
dates are required. Over.
ANTARES Roger. Thank you.
CAPCOM And Stu reports he's having problems
locking on in VHF.
ANTARES Okay.
PAO This is Apollo Control, at 142 hours,
43 minutes and we're now about 12 minutes 30 seconds from
losing contact with the command module. We'll lose contact
with the LM as it goes behind the moon about one minute
earlier due to the fact that the LM is in a lower orbit
than the command module, Kitty Hawk.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. We believe
that the command module VHF ranging lock problem may be due
to conversation on the loop. Your conversation even over
the intercom within the LM is enough to break it up and
inhibit lock so maybe you can get Stu to give you a mark
when he's ready to throw the ranging recess switch and then
remain silent for about 20 seconds, both spacecrafts. Over.
ANTARES Roger. We understand. Give us a call
Stu, when you need it.
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PAO This is Apollo Control at 142 hours

46 minutes and we're now about 8 minutes from loss of
signal with the LM. Stu Roosa aboard the command module,
Kitty Hawk, now has gotten VHF lock up with the lunar
module and has ranging to the LM and the lunar module is
also getting range information on Kitty Hawk. The transfer
phase initiation maneuver at about 100 feet per second will
be performed while the spacecraft is behind the moon and
when we reacquire they should be beginning the breaking
phase on the direct approach to the command module and the
final portion of the rendezvous and we'll begin station
keeping as the spacecraft comes back around and into con-
tact with Mission Control.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. We've been
informed that all systems are looking good, in particular
batts 5 and 6 are normal and you're in good shape trajectory
wise flying around the corner. We've got 6 and 1/2 minutes
to LOS and we anticipate having a ground TPI solution for
you prior to LOS. Over.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. I'm locked by a bad
antenna breaker again.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston.
ANTARES Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. Request to AMP OMNI
and low bit rate.
ANTARES Okay.
ANTARES You have it.
CAPCOM And it looks like your present attitude
is blocking the steerable antenna from pointing at the earth.
ANTARES Maybe so but it's also popped a circuit
b re ake r.
CAPCOM Roger. If it runs into a stop, I believe
it will.
ANTARES It didn't. It popped just before it
went to the stop.
CAP COM Roger. Out .
PAO As you've heard in that las't exchange
with Ed Mitchell on Antares, we've had a dropout of the
LM steerable antenna. We're now using the OMNI antennas
on the lunar module. And at the present time, our data
here in Mission Control shows the two spacecrafts to be
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CAPCOM Antares Houston, COM check over.

ANTARES Loud and clear Houston. How me?
CAP COM Roger out.
CAPCOM Apollo 14 this is Houston. LM tpi,
ground solution, DELTA vx plus 63 feet per second, y plus 1,
z plus 67. I say again LM tpi, DELTA vx plus 63.0, y plus
1.0, z plus 67.0, Antares, over.
ANTARES Rog, copy, plus 63, plus 1 plus 67,
thank you.
CAPCOM Roger, out.
CAPCOM 10 seconds to LOS. Go get them see
you on the other side, Ed.
PAO We've had loss of contact now with ·
Antares. We'll be loosing contact with Kitty Hawk in
about 45 seconds. This is Apollo Control at 142 hours 59
minutes. We'll be reacquiring the lunar module, Antares in
about 43 minutes 40 seconds. We'll pick up the command module
a bit earlier, again because of the higher orbit that the
command module is in, reacquiring Kitty Hawk in about 42
minutes. By the time that we acquire, the crew will have
performed the transfer phase initiation burn. That will be
about 85 feet per second, performed with the ascent propulsion
system engine. It'll be a posigrade maneuver, and as we
reacquire the spacecraft, that will be on the line of sight
closing, preparing to do their breaking maneuvers, and shortly
after reacquiring, they should begin station keeping. At the
present time, our displays predict that the separation distance
between the 2 spacecraft is about 51 nautical miles, closing
at a rate of about 231 feet per second. At 143 hours this is
Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 143 hours 33

minutes and we're about 8 1/2 minutes now from reacquiring
the LM and CSM as they come around on the front side of the
moon. The Lunar Module should have performed the terminal
phase initiation manuever on the backside of the moon. This
manuever is - a fine computation for it is done onboard.
The figures given from the ground are used as a check and
a backup for the planned maneuver. It looked as if the burn
would have probably come out to around to around 85 feet per
second and would have been performed at about 143 hours 10
minutes ground elapsed time. When we reacquire, in about
7 minutes 45 seconds from now, Antares should be on its
final approach into the CSM on aline aside approach, and
nearing the breaking gaits, beginning to slow down. The
final docking of course, as on previous missions, will be
performed by the CSM, by Stu Roosa. That is primarily be-
cause of the visibility difficulties that the crew in the
lunar module has when the 2 vehicles close at very close
rates. And the plan is for Roosa to proceed with a normal
docking. If, at the time that the probe is inserted into
the drogue of the lunar module, we don't get an immediate
capture, Roosa will deactivate his stabilization control
system from the command module and the lunar module will
thrust to hold the probe firmly into the drogue in the hope
that if the capture latches on the probe are a bit slow
engaging that they will occur at this time. We would expect
that we would get a normal docking, based on the data that
has been analyzed from the previous successful docking fol-
lowing translunar injection. If, however, we do not get a
normal docking, we're prepared with several contingency pro-
cedures, which range from attempting to energize the neumatic
system that retracts the drogue or the probe rather, and
latching up with the primary docking latches. If this
doesn't work, we would be prepared to instruct the crew in
Jumpering an electrical connection so that they would put
electrical power onto the activate switch, a control for the
probe assembly, hoping to retract it that way. And the -
of course the final procedure would be to go extra vehicular
or an extra vehicular transfer. We're now 5 minutes 30 sec-
onds from reacquiring. We would like to mention, also at this
time that Apollo 12 Commander Charles Conrad will meet with
Newsmen in the main auditorium of the MSC News Center at
3:30 PM today to discuss Lunar Surface Operations on Apollo
14. That will be Astronaut Pete Conrad, in the MSC News
Center main auditorium at 3:30 PM today.
CAPCOM Madrid your prime both vehicles, ascension,
your backup, both vehicles.
MADRID Madrid copy.
ASCENSION Ascension copy.
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CAPCOM Houston, out.

PAO This is Apollo Control at 43 hours 41
minutes and we're now less then 45 seconds from reacquiring
the spacecraft as they come back on the frontside of the
moon. Shortly after reacquiring, we expect Stu Roosa in
Kitty Hawk to activate the television system there. We
have the lines up and we are prepared to receive the tele-
vision in Mission Control and see the final closing and
docking operation.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.
Antares, this is Houston. How do you read? Over.
ANTARES We read you loud and clear Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, Antares. How'd it go?
ANTARES Just about as nominal as they could be.
We had good TPI and midcourses of around 1.9 and 1.1 feet
per second (garble) give you the exact numbers if you want
them, but everything is about nominal.
CAPCOM We'd like the numbers for TPI.
KITTY HAWK Your locked up on the steerables, Houston.
CAPCOM Say again, Ed.
ANTARES Ed will give them to you.
KITTY HAWK Okay, the numbers for TPI, NOUN 81 plus
62.1 plus point 1 plus 63.1, burned on time and NOUN 6 is
00 plus .1
CAPCOM Roger. And say again about the steerable.
Kitty Hawk, Houston. Are you reading us now?
KITTY HAWK I'm reading you loud and clear.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. Could we have your TPI solution
please.
KITTY HAWK Stand by 1.
PAO Stu Roosa has the television active in the
command module. We got a brief picture here in the control
center and then it dropped out again. We'll stand by for
getting a good lockup on the television.
KITTY HAWK Houston, Kitty Hawk.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Kitty Haawk.
KITTY HAWK Okay on the VHF, I mean a sextant only
solution, I had a minus 67.4 plus 0.5 minus 69.2. I didn't
get the ranging to work. When our COMM got better after TPI
everythings worked out good.
CAPCOM Understand, you did get the VHF ranging
going after TPI?
KITTY HAWK That's affirmative.
CAPCOM Sounds good.
KITTY HAWK Well, Bruce. I was going to send you some
TV. I had it on standby and I went to transmit and I could
see the surface pretty good and all of a sudden it quit.

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CAPCOM Stand by on that, Stu, We can probably

get it to work again.
KITTY HAWK How do you configure down there?
CAPCOM Stu, this is Houston. I think that's a
ground commanded configuration problem. And as soon as
we're through dumping the backside tape, we'll give it back
to you.
KITTY HAWK Okay. What are you doing way down there
oh fearless one?
PAO Roosa's comment that the LM was way down
there is a pretty good indication that they have not begun
station keeping at this time and are still on the final
app ro a ch.
KITTY HAWK Should be at 1.52 or something like that.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston. We'd like you to
load the nominal LM weight and the DAP please, 5700.
KITTY HAWK Okay. I got a spot -
PAO We'd expect the line of sight, breaking
manuevers performed by the lunar module, to continue for
about another 5 minutes before they're in the position to
begin the station keeping. And we will be standing by for
completion of the data dump, dumping the data tapes, at
which time we'll be able to bring up the television.
KITTY HAWK The line of sight through the COAS looks
real good.
PAO And we're beginning to get some indications
of a television picture now.

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CAPCOM Okay Stu, we're getting a great TV signal

now .

KITTY HAWK Okay. I'll try a little zoom. I don't

know if you can pick him up yet or not.
CAPCOM Okay, Kitty, tell us roughly where he is
in the monitor, and give coordinates.
KITTY HAWK He's right on the top of B and C, on the
line in between them it looks like Bruce.
CAPCOM Roger. Is that B2 and 3.
KITTY HAWK Well, let me see. I can't see that far
over to the monitor. Let me take another look.
CAPCOM Oh, don't worry about it.
KITTY HAWK I'll look out the window here first.
CAPCOM Okay, we've got it now. Roger, Stu, we've
got him at the lefthand edge of our picture about 1/3 of
the way down from the top, growing bigger every second.
KITTY HAWK Okay. Roger. Looking mighty pretty.
No sweat. Okay, I think I'll just have a few pictures of
you here. You've lost a little weight since the last time
I saw you.
PAO The range at this point is less then 1/10
of a mile. The vehicles are closing at about 4 feet per
second. The poor quality of the television picture is due
to a weak signal strength. The communications engineer is
looking into it to see what can be done, perhaps on the
ground to improve the signal strength.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. The spaceship is about
100 feet, closing in a little more for the pictures of the
Service Module and Command Module.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. We've got you on television,
and it's looking beautiful.
KITTY HAWK Okay, any time you're ready Al, you -
ANTARES Okay, we've got you Stu, go ahead and
turn around, we'll photograph you.
KITTY HAWK Let me turn the TV off here.
CAPCOM Hey Stu, looking at the ascent stage of
the LM, it looks like there's something hanging loose from
the bottom of it, a piece of wire or insulation or something.
Any comment on that?
KITTY HAWK Yes, I saw that. I was going to wait till
we got in a little closer. Probably part of the separation
plane, I'm sure.
CAPCOM Yes, we concur on that.
KITTY HAWK Let me turn the TV out there before I
blast it into the sun on this picture now, Bruce.
CAPCOM Roge r.
CAPCOM And Stu, we'd like to confirm that you
got the LM weight of 5700 pounds loaded in the dap prior
to the docking.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
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ANTARES Okay, I see a smooth loop there.

KITTY HAWK That's no problem, Bruce. Cause I dock
and I'll go free and then I'll get all mine squared away,
but I'll load it in.
CAP COM Roger. Out.
ANTARES Okay. Stand by 1 here.
ANTARES Okay, I shall do a loop leader.
KITTY HAWK Okay, make it smooth. And around we go.
ANTARES Show us a little style. Oh, you look good.
KITTY HAWK There I was at 240 000 coming over the top.
ANTARES That's our home away from home.
CAPCOM Would you believe 360 0007
KITTY HAWK Yes.
ANTARES Okay, Houston. Kitty Hawk is doing an
extremely smooth loop. We're sitting at 70 feet watching
him go around. He looks very clean. He looks very clean
(garble)
PAO We would expect to get a television picture
back once Stu Roosa has completed manuevering in the command
module in the proper attitude for docking.
ANTARES Oh, you look clean, nice and clean, Stu.
Want to come in a little closer. It'll save you some gas?
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. When you get a chance
on panel 16, would you check the ASA and AEA circuit breakers.
We've lost data from the AEA only. Over.
ANTARES There both in.
CAP COM Thank you.
KITTY HAWK That close enough?
ANTARES Yes, that ought to do it.
KITTY HAWK Houston, what that is trailing is a little
bit of that foil on the bottom part of that tank area there.
CAPCOM Thank you Stu.
KITTY HAWK Looks like during separation, the foil -
that insulation got ripped, the other side is down tight,
and the side you're looking at there is ripped out pretty
badly.
CAPCOM Roger. Thank you Stu, and we got a real
good TV picture.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Request low
bit rate As OMNI. Over.
ANTARES You want low bit rate as OMNI?
I think we can come in much closer then that Al. Aren't
you going to do your ROLL? Okay. Yes. Okay, I'm starting
my roll.
ANTARES Houston, Antares. How do you read?
Houston, this is Antares. How do you read?
ANTARES Okay, why don't you just stop it there.
I need to translate data anyway.
CAPCOM And Kitty Hawk we show you a P47 for the
f docking. Go ahead Antares.
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CAPCOM Roger, Ed. We copy.

KITTY HAWK Okay, Houston. I have a -
CAPCOM Kitty HawR, Houston. Your GO for (garble)

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CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston.

CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. We'd like
to get the steerable off. Pitch 170 yaw plus 55 5 separate
and record that you and Kitty Hawk can not make contact
until we establish good telemetry. Over.
ANTARES Roger, Ed. Steerable OFF. Say again
(GARBLE)
CAPCOM Okay. Pitch for 170, yaw 55 Ed. Over.
ANTARES Say again.
ANTARES You think we're locked up. How do you
read?
CAPCOM Roger. Loud and clear, Ed and we have
high bit rate.
ANTARES Ok ay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. You're go
for the docking.
ANTARES Roger. We got you.
ANTARES Yeah. How about that.
ANTARES Say again.
ANTARES Okay, we capture.
CAP COM Beautiful. Normal docking.
ANTARES Okay. And we have a hard dock.
CAPCOM Beautiful. There's a big sigh of relief
being breathed here around here.
_- KITTY HAWK Ail over the world there is.
ANTARES You want to try it from up here.
CAPCOM This world and out of this world too.
ANTARES Let me clean up over here and I'll be -
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. When you have a moment
go to POO and DATA for us and we've got an uplink for you.
CAPCOM Good.
ANTARES Okay. You have us, Houston.
CAP COM Thank you.
ANTARES Houston, are you going to give me the
LM - command module weight?
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. Understand you want
the command module weight now?
ANTARES Whatever you have I'm ready to copy.
CAPCOM Okay. CSM is 34727 and the LM is 5103.
Over.
ANTARES Just a minute - 5103 34727.
CAPCOM That's correct, Ed.
CAPCOM And Kitty Hawk, Houston when you get
through with what you're doing there, Stu, I do have a SEP
pad for you.
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KITTY HAWK Okay. 34727, thank you.

CAP COM LM 5103.
KITTY HAWK Okay, and 05103.
CAP COM Roger, up.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. I have a LM impact
P-30 pad for you when you're free.
ANTARES Roger. Give me five seconds.
KITTY HAWK Well, I guess I better get to crackin
troops, I've got put - your 160 pounds of rocks some place.
ANTARES Yep. Soon as we get the tunnel open.
KITTY HAWK Rog. I'll be working on that in just
a second here I'll start equalizing.
KITTY HAWK Okay Antares, I'm going to be off the
air for about 3 minutes here.
ANTARES Okay Stu.
ANTARES Hey Bruce, go on your P-30 pad.
CAPCOM Say again, Ed.
ANTARES I'm ready to copy P-30 pad.
CAPCOM Okay. P-30 purpose good by LM. TIG
147541890. NOUN 81 minus 01820 plus 00390 plus all balls.
HA and MP are NA. DELTA V are 01861 115012176 minus 01819
plus 00390 minus 00060. Read back. Over.
ANTARES (garble) Impact P-30 pad. 147541890
minus 01820 plus 00390 plus all zeros. HA PNA 01861
115012176 minus 01819 plus 00390 minus 00060 in the pad.
CAPCOM Roger. And you've already got the LM
weight.
ANTARES That's affirmed.
CAPCOM Okay Ed. If you would, we'd like a few
words from you on the subject of the AGS. We've lost the
AGS downlink telemetry and sort of at a loss as to what it's
current status is. Could you spare a little time for that?
ANTARES Rog. It performed beautifully up until
the time you asked me to check circuit breakers. I looked
at the circuit breakers are okay. I tried to look at it
from a backup breaking gate about that time, found I could
not access it. Furthermore, the ball, the AGS ball is
still at 150 degrees pitch, zero yaw zero roll at - had it
been for some time. And I had no warnings. Ail the circuit
breakers were in but I cannot access it to give a cell test.
CAPCOM When was the last time you tried to access
it Ed?
CAP COM Successfully?
ANTARES Well, just now at - oh - about - oh
shortly before we hit the breaking gate.
CAP COM Roger.
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CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. We would like you

to - on panel 16, cycle the ASA and AE circuit breaker -
AEA circuit breaker if you would please?
ANTARES Okay. They're cycled.
ANTARES Further Ed to that last question Bruce.
It was somewhere around AOS but I don't remember exactly
where.
CAPCOM Rog, Ed. That's close enough.
ANTARES Good enough.
ANTARES I abandoned the AGS. Started setting
up the cameras for the docking about that point.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. And if you didn't see any
change we'd like you to take the AGS operate switch - the
AGS static switch and cycle it from operate stand by and
back to operate and if that doesn't do any good on panel
11, we'd like to close the Commander's AEA circuit breaker.
Over.
ANTARES Okay. That hasn't been any good. We'll
try the other one.
KITTY HAWK Okay. I'm back now.
ANTARES Hey, that doesn't seem to help either,
Bruce .
CAPCOM Okay. Which one was that?
ANTARES Any of them. I put in the Commander's
circuit breaker, its still has not gotten anywhere with it.
CAPCOM Okay. Lets skip the AGS and leave it
in its present situation and I've got a few items I'd like
to read off for return over and above the nominal return
items .
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. I'd like to read
you up some extra return items if you've got a piece of
paper around.

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SC Okay, I'm ready to copy.

CAPCOM Okay, item number 1, the 100 foot tether,
over.
SC Okay, we've got that one.
CAPCOM Number 2, the LEC waste tether combination,
over.
SC Okay .
CAPCOM Number 3, 30 foot tie down webbing, over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Item number 4.
SC Okay, now I'm cracking the hatch now.
CAPCOM We would like to bring back the
commanders hassleblad and recommend that that go in the ISA,
if you want to bring back the LMP hassleblad also that could
go in B1, but we need the commanders hassleblad, over.
SC We thought about bringing them both back,
but since you said not to we left one on the surface, but youtll
have the CDR's.
CAPCOM Roger, we copy. Item number 5, we
want both of the LMP's EVA gloves, over.
SC Okay, they're aboard.
CAPCOM And of course we're going to bring back
the docking probe. Now on stowage, the first 3 items, the
tethers and the webbing can go in the temporary stowage
bags in the command module. The Hassleblad and the ISA
which is normal, and your gloves can go in the PGA bag curl
up underneath the right hand couch in the temporary stowage
location.
SC Okay, we've already stowed most of this
stuff Bruce, the tether, the 100 foot teather is already in
the ISA, the LEC (garble) and so can the 30 foot tie down
webbing. The commanders Hassleblad we can put in the ISA,
the EVA gloves are already in the ISA.
CAPCOM Okay, stand by. Ed, this is Houston, over.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM We'd like to get the tether, especially
the 100 foot tether out of the ISA because you're going to
be bagging the ISA in a contamination bag and we plan on
using the 100 foot tether, the LEC waste tether and the
30 feet of tie down for securing the docking probe for reentry,
so if you can do it without impact, we'd like you to get
that stuff out before you put the ISA in the contamination bag.
All the other stowage is okay, over.
SC Okay, we'll see what we can do.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston, are you back on
the line, over.
KITTY HAWK That's affirmative.
CAPCOM Okay, I don't want to interrupt but when
- ever you're free I've got your sep pad.
APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/6/71 CST1447 GET144:24 472/2

KITTY HAWK Okay, why don't I take it now. I'm

waiting for a hatch check here.
CAPCOM Okay, let me know when you're ready.
KITTY HAWK Let her rip.
CAPCOM Okay, CSM sep, RCS, tig 146, 300000,
noun 81 minus 00010, y and z are all zips. Roll, 301, 355,
348, the rest of the pad is NA, remarks LM jettison time,
146, 25, 00, and they're all pitch and yaw for LM jettison
is the same as for sep, over.
KITTY HAWK Okay, sep pad 146 30 0000, wx minus
1.0 all zips, all zips, 301 355 34B, jettison 146 25 00 O0
301 355 348.
CAPCOM Roger.
ANTARES Okay, Bruce, I'm ready to copy any
pads you have for me.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston, I believe we're
up to date already on you.
ANTARES Okay, I misunderstood. I thought yon
had a call for me a minute ago.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston, we'd like to get
POO and ACCEPT if that's convenient with you and confirm all
the rotational hand control power direct switches off please.
KITTY HAWK Okay, you've got PO0 and ACCEPT and
direct off.
CAPCOM Roger, out.
ANTARES Stu, are the pressures equal to tunnel
yet?
KITTY HAWK That's affirmative, I'm about to
drop the hatch, and Ed, could you verify, or Al, the forward
dump valve to auto.
ANTARES That's verified, Stu.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
KITTY HAWK How dusty was it down there.
ANTARES We don't have a lot of dust in here,
but our suits are sure filthy.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston, the computer is
yours.
KITTY HAWK Okay.
CAPCOM Kitty Hawk, Houston, were you calling?
KITTY HAWK That's negative, Bruce.
CAP COM Roger, out.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston, 12 minutes to LOS.
ANTARES Okay, Bruce.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 144 hours 46
minutes. In about 7 and a half minutes we'll loose contact
with the spacecraft as they go behind the moon on the 32nd
revolution. For about the next hour or so all three crewmen
will be busily involved in getting a number of items cleaned and
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PAO ready for transport to the CSM where

they'll be stowed. Such items as the cameras, rock boxes
helment and gloves, and a number of items in the interim
stowage assembly. They also be bringing back the clothes
line tether arrangement used to haul items in and out of the
LM on the lunar surface, and will also stow the probe
assembly in the command module. This probe assembly normally
would be stowed in the LM prior to LM Jettison, but it will
be brought back so that engineers here on the ground will get
a chance to look at it and see what the problem was in those
early docking attempts following translunar injection. The
LM jettison is scheduled to occur at about 146 hours 24 minutes,
about 4 minutes later the CSM will perform a small separation
maneuver, and at 147 hours 53 minutes the lunar module
deorbit burn will be performed. This burn will be initiated
by remote control from a command sent from the guidance
oficers console here in the control center. Prior to leaving
the LM Shepard and Mitchell will verify that it's set up in
the proper configuration to maintain the desired attitudes
so that we can communicate with it to get those commands into
its guidance system, and they'll also punch in the targeted
burn information, which will be prepared by the Flight
Dynamics Officer and read up to them. We're now about 5 minutes,
45 seconds from loss of signal and Flight Director Milton
Windler is reviewing status of both spacecraft with his
flight controllers before we loose contact. Astronaut Pete
Conrad, Apollo 12 commander will meet with newsmen in the
large auditorium in the MSC news center at 3:30 PM today
to discuss lunar surface operations on Apollo 14. At 144 hours
50 minutes this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston with 3 minutes and
45 seconds to LOS. Both vehicles are GO on all systems.
We'll see you on the other side. Over.
SC Okay.
PAO This is Apollo Control. We've had loss
of signal now from both vehicles and we'll be reacquiring
at 145 hours 40 minutes and at that time the spacecraft,
Kitty Hawk will be on its 33rd revolution of the moon.
At 144 hours 55 minutes, this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control. Astronaut

Charles A. Conrad is scheduled to meet with newsmen at this
time in the main auditorium at the Manned Spacecraft Center
News Center. We'll take down the release line at this time
and record any conversations with the spacecraft when we
reacquire in about 38 minutes if that's necessary. At
145 hours, 3 minutes this is Apollo Control.

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PAO This is Apollo Control with 145 hours

41 minutes. We're standing by now for acquisition of the
LM and CSM. On this revolution, the two vehicles docked.
The crew aboard Antares, A1 Shepard and Ed Mitchell will
be verifying the jettison attitude, the same as the LM is
configured to maintain the proper attitude after jettison
so that controllers here on the ground can input the proper
information to the LM guidance system to initiate the
maneuver with - the lunar module that will cause it to
impact the lunar surface. They're also scheduled to get
out of their suits and transfer into the CSM. We'll stand
by now for any conversation with the spacecraft as soon as
we get good communications - at the moment are quite noisy
as we wait for antennas to get in the proper attitudes so
that we get a good solid lock on.
CAPCOM How do you raad. Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14. Apollo 14, this is Houston.
Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14. Apollo 14, this is Houston.
Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Apollo 14, this is Houston.
Ove r.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. How do you
read? Over.
PAO This is Apollo Control. We're continuing
to get quite a bit of noise on the communications circuit.
CAPCOM ... I'm right here - but I can't understand
what you're saying. Are you progressing in a (garble)
SC Houston, we're (garble) and if we have
anything to say here, we think you'll pick it up and we're
pressing along nicely.
CAPCOM Roger. For your information, although
I don't want to make this a formal flight plan update at
this time, after the TEI they'll be no lunar topo that is
no Hycon camera photos. Do plan on taking a - Hasselblad
shots and taking assessment of targets one and two but right
after your DAP load at 150 hours plus 32 minutes, you can
plan on initiating PTC and then initiating sleep. Over.
SC I don't believe that will be a hard one
to fill.
CAPCOM I didn't figure you would fight us on it.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Go ahead.
SC Okay Bruce. What did we ever do about
this close out of the LM. Just ignore the AGS, huh and
stay with the change and everything else the same?
CAPCOM Stand by, Ed.

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_' APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/6/71 1614 CST 145:51 GET 476/1

CAPCOM Stand by, Ed.

CAPCOM Antares, Ed, this is Houston. On the
configuration, you can Just leave the AGS in their current
configuration. No need to target it or fool around with it,
and we'll be talking to you as you progress through the close-
out. This does not constitute a GO for closeout. Over.
SC Roger, Roger. Understand.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. Over.
ANTARES Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. We'd like
you to go to the DAP loading procedure at the top of page
15 in your LM timeline book. We don't show the 12021 loaded
in the DAP. Over.
ANTARES That's affirm, Houston. I haven't
done that one. I deliberately held off on that one.
CAPCOM Roger. We're showing some RCS burns
that maybe aren't necessary.
ANTARES Okay, loading it now.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Go ahead.
SC ROger, Bruce. Ready for IVT the
Command MOdule.
CAPCOM Okay, stand by, and I'll try and get you
a GO.
SC Oh, Bruce. the thing we're short on is
getting the COMM on the figure wanted. I don't - did you
ever give me any steerable angles to start on?
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. You can go ahead-

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CAPCOM Okay, Ed, you can go ahead and

configure the comm at this time. The nominal values in the
flight plan, pitch minus 40, yaw plus 49 are valid, over.
ANTARES Okay, I'll use those.
ANTARES Houston, your steerable is beeped up
and on smooth.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed, the comm looks good to us and
now we need Batts 5 and 6 on both normal and back up
feed, over.
ANTARES Okay, (garble) here we go.
CAPCOM Antares, this is Houston. You're go
for final close out, good bye, over.
ANTARES Okay, so long see you on the other side.
CAP COM Roger, out.
SC Houston, this is 14.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston, over.
SC Okay, I'm bringing on the logic switches.
CAPCOM Roger, stand by for PYRO ARM.
PAO Roosa now arming the pyrotechnics
that'll be used in separating Antares from Kitty Hawk for
the final time.
SC (garble)
CAPCOM Roger, Stu, stand by.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. You are
go for PYRO ARM, over.
SC Okay, thank you.

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KITTY HAWK Houston, 14. I still have go for

jettison on time 146 plus 25?
CAPCOM Stand by, Stu.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. You
are go for a LM Jettison on time. The only thing we see
is P47 when you get down to it in the time line Just before
Jett. Over.
SC Okay. I got to get my PYROS on.
CAPCOM Say again about the PYROS on.
SC Oh, I was Just saying I was only
missing one thing. I said I got to get my PYROS on too.
CAPCOM Roger. We gave you a go for (garble)
SC (garble)
CAPCOM Roger. We don't mean to be backseat
driving.
SC That's alright.
PAO That was Stu Roosa confirming plans
to jettison the LM Antares at 146 hours, 25 minutes. We
don't have a precise time for the crew transfer to the
command module, however, Mitchell reported at 146 hours
that they were ready for the transfer into the command
module and at 146 hours, 4 minutes, we gave them a go to
close out the LM. Following the Jettison of the LM, which
will give the two vehicles the separation rate of about
a foot per second the CSM will perform a small 4 tenths of
a foot per second separation maneuver to increase the
separation distance.

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SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Go ahead.
SC Roger. Could you verify you could get
into the computer. How do you verify it?
CAPCOM That's the computer in the LM? Over.
SC (garble)
CAPCOM Roger, we have verified it.
SC Roger.
PAO Over - standing by now for a LM separa-
tion in about 15 seconds.
SC It worked that time.
PAO And we confirm final SEP here on the
ground.
SC And we break (garble) Antares.
CAP COM Roger, 14.
PAO Our LM control officer reports that the
LM came away nice and clean. It's holding altitudes well.
The LM deorbit burn is scheduled to occur at 147 hours
54 minutes 19 seconds. That'll be a 75 second RCS burn
imparting a total change in velocity of about lB6 feet per
second and leading to a lunar impact of the LM ascent stage
at about 148 hours 23 minutes that we'll get an update on
that after some initial tracking. The preliminary target
point is latitude 3.5 degrees south and longitude 19.27 de-
grees west.
SC Okay Houston, we're through with the
LM SEP BURN and whatever (garble)
CAPCOM Roger, we copy through with the SEP
burn and maneuvering.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. We have ap-

proximately 10 minutes to LOS. After you arrive at your
P52 attitude, we'll be ready to send you up a desired orienta-
tion uplink and have you noticed any dust floating around?
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Apollo 14, this is Houston.
SC Hello HouSton, do you read 14.
CAPCOM Roger, 14_
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston, 6 minutes and 30
seconds to LOS. How do you read? Over.
SC You're completely unreadable, Houston.
Every time you talk we drop the signal.
CAPCOM Roger. Stu, you're coming in pretty well,
now. We'd like to have you acquire us on high gain. Over.
SC Houston, if you're asking for POO and
ACCEPT, you have it.
CAPCOM Thank you. We also need the high gain.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. How do you read?
SC Houston, everytime you transmit our signal
strength goes down. Just right in synchronization with your
words.
CAPCOM Roger. Out.
SC Houston, 14.
SC Houston, if your wanting POO and ACCEPT,
you have it.
SC Houston, how do you read 147
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Uplink complete.
It's your computer at 147 plus 10 plus 00. We'd like you to
maneuver to ROLL 026, PITCH, 091, YAW, 000 for communications.
High gain will be pitch minus 10, YAW plus 183. I repeat
ROLL 026, PITCH 091, YAW 000, HIGH GAIN, PITCH minus 10,
YAW plus 183 and the time for that is 147 plus 10. The normal
time for the LTC photo pad maneuver, LOS. Over.
SC Roger. Verify the ROLL 026,
SC Verified.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 146 hours 53
minutes. As you've probably surmised from the amount of noise
on the communications circuits during the latter part of
that pass, we were having some problems getting a good lock
with the spacecraft. Stu Roosa reported at 1 point that
every time we would try to uplink voice communications trim,
then it would fade out in signal strength almost simultaneously
with that. We don't have an explanation at this time, but
toward the end of the pass, just before LOS the signal
strength apparently improved somewhat and the guidance officer
was able to uplink some command into the lunar module and
hopefully was able to get a new referent matrix, which is
used in preparation for the transearth injection maneuver
uplink to the CSM. On the next revolution, revolution 34,
we'll be completing the uplink of commands into the lunar
l_ module to initiate the preparation for iniating the deorbit
maneuver, which will cause the LM to impact on the lunar
surface at about 148 hours 23 minutes. At the end of the
34 revolution, and at the beginning of REV 35, the trans-
earth injection maneuver is scheduled. The Flight Dynamics
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PAO Officer at the present time is computing

the ignition time and burn duration and other information
needed by the crew to perform that maneuver. And that will
also be passed up at the beginning of the next revolution.
We're now 59 minutes 18 seconds away from the ignition for
the LM deorbit maneuver. And we'll be reacquiring the
command module, Kitty Hawk in about 43 minutes. At 146 hours
55 minutes this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, 147 hours,

36 minutes, ground elapsed time. Some 1 minute, 40 seconds
away from acquisition of Apollo 14. Coming around on the
34th lunar revolution for the Command Module. And count-
ing down toward the LM RCS burn, which will cause the
spacecraft deorbit and inpact the lunar surface. That
countdown clock now showing slightly over 17 minutes.
The lunar impact is now predicted to take place at 148 hours,
22 minutes, 19 seconds ground elapsed time. At latitude
3.527 south, by 19.152 west longitude the impact will be
at approximately 5, 506 feet per second. The spacecraft
weighing at that time about 5, 270 pounds. The flight
path will be a minus 4 degrees to the local horizontal or
the surface of the moon as it impacts, which should scratch
quite a gouge across the surface at such a flat angle. At
the time of the lunar module impact, Dr. David Dudley
Strangway of the Manned Spacecraft Center Lunar and Earth
Sciences Division will provide a commentary on the experiment
for the real time data from the moon. This will be in the
small briefing auditorium in the building one news center.
Dr. John R. Freeman of Rice University also will be present
to report on the detection of the LM ascent stage engine
exhaust by the superthermol ion detector at the Apollo 12
ALSEP, which is somewhat to the west of the present location.
Here comes 14 over the hill.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu.
SC Mark when they start.
CAPCOM Okay. I've got some pads here,
the TDI 34 and 35 pads.
SC Well, we're mighty interested in
the first one, anyway.
CAPCOM Okay. Let me know when you're ready
to write.
SC I have pen in hand, awaiting your
message.
CAPCOM Okay. TEI 34, SPS/G&N, 34720, minus
072 plus 008, 149, 16, 0430. Noun 81 plus 30133, plus 16674
minus 03403. Attitude 180000000. Noun 44, HANA, HP plus
00190, 34606, 228, 34366. Sextant star 11, 1249, 225.
Noun 61 minus 2703, minus 17151, 11604, 36252. GET for
05g, 216, 23, 33. GDC aline stars are Sirius and Rigel,
140, 020, 350. Ail H4 jets 12 seconds. Go ahead.
SC Okay, Gordon. TEI 34 pads, SPS/G&N,
34720 minus 072 plus 008, 149, 16, 0430 plus 30133 plus 16674
minus 03403, 180000000. HA NA plus 00190, 34606, 228, 34366,
11, 1249, 225. Noun 61 minus 2703, minus 17151, 11604,
36252, 21623, 33. Sirius and Rigel 140, 020, 350, 4 jet
12 seconds.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. Readback correct. I'm
ready the TDI 35.
-_ SC Go ahead
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CAPCOM TDI 35, SPS/G&N, the weight is

34720 minus 072 plus 008, 151, 16, 0294, plus 30977 plus
16331 minus 04682, 178, 358, 359. Ullage 4 jets - correction
4 jets 12 seconds. Go ahead.
SC Okay. TDI 35, SPS/G&N, 34720 minus
072 plus 008, 151, 16, 0294 plus 30977 plus 16331 minus
04682, 179, 358, 359, 4 jets 12 seconds.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. The readback is correct.
I have some more imformation for this upcoming photographs
with the 500 millimeter of the 13 S4B impact crater. Over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Okay. Give us PO0 and ACCEPT. We'll
give you a state vector and target load while we're getting
this.
SC Do you have it?
CAPCOM Okay. Information on the photo
pass, at 148:15 maneuver to roll 026, pitch 104, yaw 000.
We suggest you use magazine papa, the same 500 millimeter
coas procedures as before. Key start is 148:23:03. For
locating visually the target, we suggest you use the 0 phase
land mark map 7 and 8. To refresh your memory the impact
crater is on the northeastern rim of Landsberg B located
on a line from Landsberg. So these procedures we want
you to pitch at

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CAPCOM procedure wants you to pitch at C star

plus 1 minute and ignore the ORDEAL. Do not use the ORDEAL
numbers this is because of a misalinement due to the TEI
REFSMMAT. The pitch should work out to be a pure pilot
pitch. Over.
SC Okay. At 148 15 maneuver to 026 104000
use magazine frame, the same 500 millimeter procedures.
t C star to 148 2303 northeast rev of Landsburg - I know
the general area. I don't know how good an area this type
of photography covers though.
CAPCOM I can - I think the field of view is
probably noticed on your orbital maps there, if you want
to look it up. I think I looked the one time the 500
millimeter should just about catch all of Landsburg B.
SC Yeah. I though - I sort of got the
impression today Gordon that it might have been narrower
than that but that's fine. I know the general area to
photo.
SC I guess you want me to do that after
one minute pitch to 328 and quit, huh?
CAPCOM The answer to that is affirmative. I
have an up -
SC And as soon as we finish that we do the
VERB 49. As soon as we finish that then we go right into
VERB 49 maneuver to the fan burn attitude, right?
CAPCOM That's affirmative, Stu. I also have
a map update for rev 35.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. It's your computer now. We're
through with the uplink. And LOS time is 148 50 34. 180
time 149 15 29. AOS with TEI 149 26 49. AOS without TEI
149 36 45. Over.
SC Okay, I think the only one there - Give
me the - I don't need the 180 but I got with TEI AOS will
be 1492649 without. 1493645. Give me LOS again?
CAPCOM Okay. LOS 148 50 35. You copied the
AOSs okay.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. For your information there's
about 3 minutes - 2 minutes and 50 seconds to LM ignition.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Stu, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Stand by 1.
CAPCOM Okay Stu. We took a look at your
geometry when you're in this attitude prior to starting
the COAS maneuver. Turns out that your're probably going
to be able to see through the optics Antares hit the ground.
If you wish and you have the time, one of the LM crew there

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CAPCOM could select P24 and we've got the

numbers to set into NOUN 89 and we'll give you a impact
time. You may be able to see it hit.
SC Okay. P24 NOUN 89. Ready to copy.
CAPCOM Okay. Right now we may have an update
on this with - after they track it out to the burn but right
now minus 03527 minus 09576 and a plus all balls. Over.
SC Yeah I copy minus 03527 minus 09579
plus all zips.
CAPCOM Okay. That second register, last digit
is 6. Minus 09576.
SC Okay. Minus 09576 and what's the time
of impact?
CAPCOM Okay. Impact time will be 148 22 19.
This is about a minute and forty seconds prior to when
you'll start pitching for the COAS maneuver. Over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM If it's handy, and you want to try to
photograph it through the sextant, we'd suggest using
CEX at 24 frames per second 1/60th of a second shutter speed
and start it at 30 seconds prior to impact and let it run
through to 30 seconds after. Over.
SC Okay.
t CAPCOM And the LM is burning now.
SC Okay.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead.
SC Okay. Those other procedures call for
250 and F:ll. Is it going to be a little darker over
at Landsburg North? Do we want to change those settings?
CAPCOM Stand by Stu.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. We'd like you to use
F:ll 1/250th focus infinity. Over.
SC Okay. F:ll, 1/250th and infinity.
CAPCOM That's affirmative.
PAO This is Apollo Control about 17 minutes
away from lunar module impact. Again a reminder to newsmen
in the Houston News Center, Dr. David W. Strangway in the
MSC Lunar and Earth Science Divison will be in the small
briefing room in the news room, the news center accompanied
by Dr. John R. Freeman of Rice University who will also be
there to report on the detection of Apollo 14 lunar module
ascent stage engine exhaust by the super thermal ion detector
way over the Apollo 12 landing site. Apollo Control at
14806.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay. That NOUN 89 and the time of
impacts for Antares are good after looking at it after its
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CAPCOM burn and if you're going to - are you

going to be using the DAC on the sextant? If so, we'll
call a start and stop time to you.
SC That's negative.
CAP COM Okay.
CAPCOM And just one other thing we want to be
sure that we see P30 and P40 before your AOS. There
shouldn't be any problem with them before youz LOS.
SC Okay. We'll sure try.

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SC We'll just let you look at them early,

Gordon.
CAPCOM Roger, we're looking. P40 looks good
to US ·

SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM Stu, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM We've got about 9 and a half minutes
of LM impact and at the risk of insulting your intelligence,
we just wanted to remind you to, that if you do reselect P30
between now and the turn be sure to reload the noun 81's.
SC Okay, we won't reselect P30.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM We'd like to have the tape recorder
switch forward prior to starting your coas maneuver.
SC Yea, we'll give you a forward high
bit rate.
CAPCOM Okay. 4 minutes to impact, now. Impact
in 3 minutes.
PAO This is Apollo Control, about 3 minutes
away from lunar module impact, which now is less than 10
miles above the lunar surface. Present velocity 5,415 feet
per second.
CAPCOM Stu, for your information, trunion
should be about 41 degrees at impact, so it probably won't
clear the limit till just before impact. Apollo 14, Houston.
I get a change to the setting on the hasselblad, a last
minute change, over.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, they want it at s8 and 1127 for
the second, s8 and 1127, over.
PAO Antares now about 2 miles above the
surface continuing to come in at 5,490 feet per second. Less
than a minute to impact.
CAPCOM ... to impact.
PAO Loss of signal from the lunar module
antares.
CAPCOM Stu, 1 minute to T start on the 500
millimeter.
SC T start now, I believe.
CAPCOM You're right, my mistake. 14 Houston,
say again please.
SC We're unable to see the LM impact -
CAPCOM Roger, Al, unable.
CAPCOM 14, Houston, we'd like a frame count on
the hasselblad, with this last batch here, over.
SC Okay, stand by. Okay we went from 131 to
169, Gordon.
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CAPCOM Roger, 131 to 169 and for your information,

both the ALSEP seismometers ringing like mad.
CAPCOM 14, Houston, give us omni delta please.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. We have about 16 and a
half minutes till LOS. We'd like to see your burn attitude
and also get a look at C40 prior to losing you.
SC Okay, we can probably do that.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Would you put the tape recorder
switch to forward and then we'll take care of commanding
it for the upcoming LOS.
SC You have it.
CAP COM Roger.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. 9 minutes now until
LOS. We'd like to see you at burn attitude if possible
before you go LOS.
SC Ok ay.

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CAPCOM 14, Houston. For your information, in

about 5 seconds you'll be 30 minutes from ignition. I'll
give you a mark. Ready, mark.
SC Okay, thank you.
CAPCOM 14, Houston, P40 looks okay to us.
SC Thank you.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Two minutes to LOS.
SC Roger.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. One minute to LOS and we'll
see you on your way home.
SC Roger, Gordon.
PAO This is Apollo Control. We have had Loss
Of Signal as Apollo 14 went behind the moon on its final
revolution of the moon. With its successful TEI burn, Trans
Earth Injection, the spacecraft should come out on the eastern
edge of the moon at 149:2649 ground elapsed time. At the
present time in the Houston News Center, the maroon team of
flight directors, Milton Windler, accompanied by ALSEP's
Senior Engineer, Paul Nering, will hold a Change of Shift
Press Conference. At this time the circuit will be taken
down and come up again just prior to acquisition of signal
as Apollo 14 comes around on its beginning of its transearth
coast path. At 148 51 this is Apollo Control.

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/

PAO This is Apollo Control, 149 hours,

23 minutes ground elapsed time. 2 minutes, 54 seconds
until acquisition of signal assuming a nominal transearth
injection burn which should have taken place at 149:16
ground elapsed time, approximately 8 minutes ago. At the
time of the burn the command service module of Apollo 14
weighed 34, 720 pounds. The burn itself consumed more than
10, 000 pounds of SPS propellants which brought the gross
weight down to 24, 646 pounds. That divides out to about
68 pounds per second of propellant going out through the
20, 000 pound thrust SPS engine· The latest impact figures
from the Flight Dynamics Officer for the Lunar Module
ascent stage Antares, 3.420 south latitude, line 19.667
west longitude· At a ground elapsed time of 148 hours,
22 minutes, 25.4 seconds as the Antares struck the surface
the communications engineer here in Mission Control commented
that the LM's high gain antenna was sending out high bit
rate data right up to the last. Back to the propellant
used in the transearth injection burn, after the 10,000
pounds is used in this burn, which is the second largest
burn required of this engine, in a lunar mission, there's
1600 pounds of propellant left which is adequate for
weather avoidance transearth mid-course corrections. We're
still about 39 seconds away from acquisition. We'll bring
t- up the line a few moments before we have confirmation of
AOS. 7 seconds· Let's open the circuit and listen to the
air to ground. We've had AOS.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston· How do you
read?
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston·
SC Hello, Houston. Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. You're loud and clear.
SC Reading you loud and clear, Houston.
SC Okay, Gordo. We had a good burn.
Good burn. We're on the way home. Burn time was 1 second
long, 2 plus 29, residuals before trimming plus .6 plus .8,
minus .1. Residuals after trimming plus .2, plus .8, minus
· 1. Delta-VC minus 21. 1, 025. Oxygen 24. Unbalanced
decrease 40. Very smooth burn.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. That's good news.
SC You bet. We're like tourist with
the cameras right now.
CAPCOM Roge r.
CAPCOM Go ahead· Roger, Al.
PAO This is Apollo Control. At the
present time, the crew of Apollo 14 is making photographs of the
lunar surface using 500 millimeter lens on the hand-held
Hasselblad cameras· Apparently, the lunar topographic
camera which was planned for some high resolution photography
.__ on the going away portion here from the moon - -
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CAPCOM Houston. We have some flight plan

changes for you. The first of them, though, is not effective
until about an hour from now so any time anyone has some
free time, I'll read them up.
SC Okay, Gordon. We'll catch them
in a little bit, if you want. We're enjoying the view.
CAPCOM Roger, Sth.
PAO Apollo 14 velocity now 7462 feet
per second, 482 nautical miles above the surface of the moon
and continuing to increase as the trajectory loops out away
from the moon in a slingshot effect.
PAO The high resolution photography with
the highcon camera apparently has been scrubbed because of
the malfunction of this camera. This was scheduled at
150 hours 30 minutes and would have yielded some of the
highest resolution photography thus far of the lunar surface.
PAO This is Apollo Control. Gold Team
flight dynamics officer, Bill Stovall, has passed on to the
flight director an estimate of the present trajectory. The
vacuum perigee at earth on the present path of this trans-
earth injection burn would be 74 nautical miles.
SC Okay, Houston. 14 standing by for
your flight plan update.
CAPCOM Okay, Al. Let's see. Open the
page to 15030.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM We'd like you to do everything as
shown on up to the VERB 48 there at 150:35. And then
we've got another procedure to - for one last ditch try
with the highcon. The theory behind this is that in a
static attitude with the FMC turned on, even though the
shutter is malfunctioning, they think they can get an image
on the film and then compensate for any exposure - off nominal
exposure to the film by development afterwards. The proce-
dure is not too lengthy, but find some blank paper to write
it on there.
SC Gordo, are you really serious about
dragging up the highcon now. We're just getting ready to
go to sleep here, as soon as finish these hand-held pictures.
CAP COM Okay. If
SC Hey, Gordon a little - Hey, Gordon.
CAP COM Go ahead.
SC A little clarification on that. See,
We hadn't planned on it. We've got it all stowed and every-
thing all over it, since we hadn't planned on using. It's
pretty tough to get to now.
CAPCOM Okay. I was instructred to mention
it to you. If you had any feelings about it, well just
forget the whole things and that's what we'll do. Just scrub
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CAPCOM it:. So after you change the DAP

load there, we'd like you to do the procedures as shown an
hour later there at 151:30 go into PTC and pre-sleep and
you're clear to hit the sack after that.
SC Okay. 151:30 PTC pre-sleep and
rest period.
CAPCOM Right. I don't mean to say you
have to wait till 151:30 to do it. The procedures as shown
at that time. You can do those as soon as you're ready.
SC Oil, okay. Thanks we'll probably
do them a little sooner than that then.
CAPCOM If you'll give us POO and ACCEPT,
we'll give you a PTC REFSMMAT.

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SC Okay, you got it Gordon, POO and ACCEPT.

CAP COM Okay.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. At your convenience, we'd
like the NOUN 93 figures on that last P52 prior to TEI.
SC Stand by, 1.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Uplinks complete. It's your
computer.
SC Okay, we got it. Okay, Houston on the last
52, NOUN 71 2431 and on 5 all zeros. Again 93 plus 018 minus
091 plus 050. GET torque 1465825.
CAPCOM Okay, Al, we copy that.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 149 hours 59 min-
utes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 homeward bound, now
9801 nautical miles out from the moon. Velocity coming toward
earth is 6022 feet per second. Still up live on air-to-ground
until the crew goes to sleep for the night. This is Apollo
Control.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM We notice that you are manuevering to the
attitude listed after that P52 option 1, which might not
work for P52.
SC Okay, thank you.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Apollo 14, Houston.
Apollo 14, Houston. Apollo 14, Houston. 14, Houston. If
you read, you might the cage B mags, go to rate 2. 14, Houston.
If anybody reads you're dragging your B mags.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.

CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Hello, Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Roger, you're still there, huh?
SC Well, we don't know if you been trying
to call or not, but we've been hustling around on this storage,
here.
CAP COM Ro g.
SC And, do our rates look good enough for
spinup?
CAPCOM Stand by one, Stu. Stu, if you'll give
us PO0 and accept, we'll get a state vector before we spinup,
here.
SC That sounds good.
CAPCOM Also, I guess we're going to have one
for you to write down by hand.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM I don't have it yet. For you infor-
mation we got a - we got a monster mid-course 5 coming up
and TEI plus 17 of 1 foot per second.
SC Hey, that's good. TEI plus 17, huh?
CAP COS Ro g.
t SC You all sure do good work.
CAPCOM So do you guys. We thought you'd ali
gone to sleep on us up there.
SC Yeah, we were working on that, but we
didn't have any place to sleep, we're unindated, so we've
been scurring around trying to get things in some sort of order.
CAPCOM Roger. Well, we want to power down
your tired bodies, here, as soon as you can arrange it. We
have nothing at all programmed for about the next 12 hours.
You guys have been doing an outstanding job, here, in the
last couple of days and we appreciate it.
SC Okay, Deke, I'll pass that on. I'm
the only one on the loop right now.
CAPCOM Right. Stu, it's your computer.
I'll have that pad in a minute or two.
SC Okay, thank you.
CAPCOM Stu, on the sleep, we won't wake you
until - til an hour or so after the scheduled wakeup time
unless you're up sooner, over.
SC Alright, thank you.
CAPCOM And I got the state vector for you.
SC Okay, standby one. Okay, Gordon,
ready to copy.
CAPCOM Okay, it is a state vector 71. GET
of 151:15:00, index 21, and address 2 is 01501 00002 03742
line five there is 11325 76267 44423, line 10, 77055 42764
._ 13266 10307 70560, line 15 is 54223 73757 44252 06426, line
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CAP COM 21 32440. Over.

SC Okay, reading state vector verb 71
151:15:00, index 21 01501 00002 03742 11325 76267 44423
77055 42764 13266 10307 70560 54223 73757 44252 06426 32440.
CAPCOM Roger, your readback's correct. Stu,
this is Houston, computer is yours. The yaw jets just about
to fire, so we'll wait a little bit, here, on the PTC spinup.
Just want to be sure you have all your - your indumps complete
before - before you do it.
SC Okay. Say, why don't you hold off
on that for a little bit and we'll - we're not quite ready
to spin it up.
CAP COM Okay.
CAPCOM Hey, Stu, this is Houston, is your
clean happy home still clean? We haven't heard much comment
about any micro lunar samples floating around.
SC Yeah, it's amazingly clean, Deke.
Almost no dust at all. The suits were a little dirty, but
vacuumed off and we got almost zero in the command module.
CAPCOM Outstanding.
PAO This is Apollo Control. Stu Roosa
only one with a headset on aboard the spacecraft, is
presently setting up the spacecraft in the barbeque roll or
passive thermal control as it's called in preparation for
going to sleep for the night. Present altitude above the
Moon 6746 nautical miles, velocity 4806 feet per second.
We're going to leave the line up until the crew does sign
off for the evening. At 151 hours 39 minutes standing by
this is Apollo Control.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM You guys aren't worried about stowing
the probe at the present time are you?
SC No. No Dick, we're just getting a little
chow and getting squared away - sort of relaxing and looking
at the folder (garbled) so forth. No, we're in good shape.
CAPCOM Okay. Fine. Well, we got a nice exotic
procedure to read up to you some time in the next couple
of days on final stowage on that thing. And, we didn't
want you worrying about it.
SC No, we're ... we put it in a resting
place up in the tunnel. We figured that'd be pretty good,
till we got back.
CAP COM Ok ay.
SC And ready to reenter.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO This is Apollo Control. 152 hours 12 min-
utes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 now showing a height
above the Moon of 8149 nautical miles, velocity 4673 feet
per second. The crew presently is eating, and after they're
through with their meal they will call the Mission Control
Center here for the last minute preparations before the
sleep period, which may be extended to about 163 hours
_ elapsed time. They will establish the PTC, passive ther-
mal control or barbeque roll for the night. And, until
they sack out we'll leave the line up at 152 12. This is
Apollo Control.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Go ahead, Stu.
SC Okay, Gordon, we're ready to spin up
anytime the rates look good to you, and I have some onboard
readouts.
CAPCOM Okay. Well, they're taking a check on
it. They want to look at it a minute or two. Go ahead
with the readouts.
SC Okay. Yea, they may have some reads,
I just maybe want to wait a little bit but - Okay. Pad B
3740 pyro A 37.2 pyro B 37.2 RCS 60586060.
CAPCOM Okay. We got all that.
CAPCOM And, we'd like to remind you to be sure
when we get to PTC go on to start. To go to the ... get
the comm configured as shown in the checklist.
SC We'll do that, and as for crew status
we're all okay. No medication. And, you ready for E mod
dump ?
CAPCOM Not yet, we're getting configured.
SC Okay.

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CAPCOM We're ready for Verb 74.

SC Okay. Coming up.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead.
SC Okay, Gordon. Just to make sure we're
all together, you want to use the OMNI mode for com?
CAPCOM Affirmative.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Stu, would you be sure that that waste
management overboard drain is closed tight. We want to be
sure that this one takes so that we don't have to interrupt
your sleep. And, if it is, then you're go for spin off.
SC Okay.
PAO This is Apollo Control 152 hours 41 min-
utes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 now 9477 miles out
from the Moon, traveling at a velocity of 4587 feet per sec-
ond. Crew of Apollo 14 apparently have gone to bed for the
night, put out the cat, and the alarm clock set for 10 hours
17 minutes from now. We'll take down the air to ground circuit
at this time, record any future conversation during the
night on tape for delay playback. And, at 152 hours 42 min-
utes ground elapsed time this is Apollo Control.

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PAO ...53 hours 12 minutes ground elapsed time.

The crew of Apollo 14 apparently is asleep at this time.
Spacecraft now 10 824 nautical miles out from the moon on
the return leg home. Velocity now 4 519 feet per second.
Nine hours 47 minutes remaining in the sleep period.
Rather quiet here in the Control Center; some of the
flight controllers here on the gold team who were asleep
during this morning's second EVA are planning to view a
playback of the lunar television, here on the large color
hydafor background television projector in the control
room. And at 153 hours 13 minutes ground elapsed time,
this is Apollo Control.

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PAO This is Apollo Control 154 hours

12 minutes ground elapsed time. The crew of Apollo 14 still
asleep at this time. The spacecraft revolving slowly about
the longitudinal axis. Control mode longitudinal, stabilize
the current response of the spacecraft in all consistency.
8 hours 47 minutes remaining in the sleep period. The
distance now 13 457 from the moon. Velocity 4421 feet per
second. The spacecraft weight 24 627 pounds. And at this
time in the night, that's about all that can be said. At
154 hours 12 minutes ground elapsed time, this is Apollo
Control.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston, at

155 hours 12 minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 is
presently 16 000 nautical miles out from the moon, and
traveling at a velocity of 4354 feet per second. The crew
continues in it's - in their sleep period. Our clock in
Mission Control shows 7 hours 47 minutes until time of
wakeup. We've had a shift change in Mission Control. The
Black Team of flight controllers now aboard, very little
activity, very little conversation on the flight directors
loop over this past hour. We forecast much of the same
for the next hour but we will stand by and continue to
monitor. At 155 hours 13 minutes ground elapsed time, this
is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at

156 hours 12 minutes ground elapsed time. The crew of
Apollo 14 continuing in their sleep period. Our clock in
Mission Control shows 6 hours 48 minutes until scheduled
time of wakeup. Meanwhile, literally no conversation within
the control center, certainly a period of more relaxed at-
mosphere for the Orange flight control team compared to
the last two days. This is the team that worked during the
two lunar excursions or walks on the moon by crewmenbers
Shepard - A1 Shepard and Ed Mitchell. We're at 156 hours
13 minutes continuing to monitor and this is Apollo Control,
Houston.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston, 156 hours,
14 minutes ground elapsed time and at this time we show the
Apollo 14 spacecraft at a distance of 18 651 nautical miles
away from the moon travelling at velocity of 4303 feet per
second. This is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control in Houston at
157 hours and 12 minutes ground elapsed time. Our display
presently shows Apollo 14 at a distance of 21 093 nautical
miles on it's return trip from the moon and traveling at
a speed of 4 268 feet per second relative to the moon.
We've had no change in status since our last report.
Ail parameters remain normal. The crew of Apollo 14, A1
Shepard, Stu Roosa, Ed Mitchell, still sleeping. Our clock
in Mission Control shows 5 hours 47 minutes remaining until
their wake up call is to be placed. So at 157 hours 13 min-
utes ground elapsed time, this is Apollo Control Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at 158

hours 15 minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 returning
now to earth. We read on our displays a distance of
23 719 nautical miles away from the moon and travelin E at
a velocity of 4 238 feet per second. The spacecraft
weight presently 24 627 pounds, considerably lighter than
the weight that we saw at lift off or even prior to TEI,
at which time Antares no longer belonged to the stack.
Although you haven't heard him, our CAPCOM is Ron Evans.
Ron the backup command module pilot for Apollo 14 will
probably make the wake up call, some 4 hours and 44 min-
utes from this time. We're at 158 hours 16 minutes ground
elapsed time and this is Apollo Control Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at

159 hours 12 minutes ground elapsed time. Our display
presently shows Apollo 14 at a distance from the moon
of 26 123.6 nautical miles and traveling at a velocity of
4 219 feet per second. The sleep period for the crew of
Apollo 14 continues. We presently show 3 hours 47 minutes
until time of wake up. Literally no conversation over the
loops in Mission Control. Flight controllers are on a
standby situation, of course monitoring their various
displays, reading out parameters. Meanwhile we do have
some times, velocities, and distances for various milestone
events en route to the earth from the moon and we'll pass
those along now. Sphere crossing time, this being the
time that Apollo 14 will cross out of the lunar's sphere
of influence and into the earth's sphere of influence. The
ground elapsed time reading for this event 162 hours
19 minutes 8 seconds. At that time, Apollo 14 will be
at a distance of 184 793 nautical miles away from the
earth and at a distance of 33 821 nautical miles away
from the moon. Fourteen's velocity relative to earth will
be 3 462 feet per second; fourteen's velocity relative to
the moon at that time will be 4 173 feet per second. The
next event will be that point in time when the 2 velocity
references will match, the velocity relative to the earth
the velocity relative to the moon. The time of this event
ground elapsed time of 182 hours 3 minutes. At that time
Apollo 14 will be at a distance of 140 446 nautical miles
away from the earth and a distance of 82 765 nautical miles
out from the moon. The velocity matching speed will read
4 370 feet per second. The midpoint in terms of time,
reference here from time of the TEI burn cut off to entry,
will be at a ground elapsed time of 183 hours 10 minutes.
Fourteen will be at a distance of 137 581 nautical miles
away from earth and at 85 625 nautical miles out from the
moon. The midpoint in time velocity relative to the earth
will read 4 440 feet per second; velocity relative to the
moon 4 355 feet per second. The midpoint in terms of dis-
tance will occur at a ground elapsed time of 192 hours
39 minutes 45 seconds and at that point, the equal distance
reading will be 110 931 nautical miles and fourteen will
be traveling at a velocity of 5 216 feet per second relative
to the earth and 4 764 feet per second relative to the moon.
We're at 159 hours 18 minutes ground elapsed time and this
is Apollo Control Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at

160 hours 18 minutes ground elapsed time. Our displays in
Mission Control show Apollo 14 at a distance of 28 859 nau-
tical miles away from the moon and travelling at a velocity
of 4197 feet per second. We presently show 2 hours 41 minutes
until that time of crew wakeup. However, we are presently
monitoring medical data on Command Module Pliot Stu Roosa
which indicates to the surgeon that Roosa is presently awake.
However, relaxing in the cabin of his spacecraft. We're at
160 hours 20 minutes ground elapsed time and this is Apollo
Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at 161 hours

12 minutes ground elapsed time. We presently show Apollo 14
at a distance of 31 065 nautical miles away from the moon,
traveling at a velocity of 4185 feet per second. Our mission control
clock shows 1 hour and 47 minutes remaining until time of
crew wake up. Stu Roosa apparently dosing off again, our
medical monitoring indicates. Very quiet in mission control.
Literaly no conversation over the loops, and at this point
all parameters appear outstandingly normal. We're at 161
hours 13 minutes and this is Apollo Control Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2-7-71, 0835 CST, 162:12 GET, 499/1

PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at

162 hours, 12 minutes ground elapsed time. Our displays in
Mission Control presently show Apollo 14 at a distance of
33,532 nautical miles away from the moon, and traveling at
a velocity relative to the moon - 4174 feet per second.
Over the past hour in a discussion with orange team flight
director, Pete Frank, our retrofire officer Charles Dedrick
described the transearth injection burn as very good. Perhaps
the best ever. The flight path angle now reading minus
6.81 degrees, well within the corridor, retro reporting.
Accordingly, it has been definitely decided Apollo 14 will
not perform Midcourse Correction number 5. The current
ground elapsed time for entry into the Earth's atmosphere
now reads 216 hours, 27 minutes, 32 seconds. Also in this
report retro noted that the ground track has shifted west
by 68 nautical miles. The present aiming point coordinates
read 172 degrees, 38 minutes west. 27 degrees, 2 minutes
south. If this aim point continues to hold Apollo 14's
splashdown point would be 8 miles across the international
Dateline. At the aim point coordinates the international
Dateline runs down 172 degrees, 30 minutes west longitude.
Although A1 Shepard, Ed Mitchell, and Stu Roosa went to
sleep believing Tuesday was their landing day, Apollo 14
could very well splashdown 8 miles into Wednesday. Or if
Shepard's landing on the moon in Antares is an indicator,
who knows Apollo 14 may come down within 87 feet or less of
the international Dateline. We're at 162 hours, 15 minutes
ground elapsed time and this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/7/71,0928 CST,163:04 GET,MC500/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 163 hours

5 minutes. In Mission Control at this time our Flight
Director Milton Windler and the Maroon Team of Flight
Controllers are in the process of taking over from Pete
Frank and the Orange Team. And we're about four minutes
50 seconds away from the scheduled crew awakening time.
At the present time, Apollo 14 is traveling at a velocity of
4166 feet per second, and 35 709 nautical miles from the
moon. We'll stand by for the crew awakening, now in about
five minutes.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Reville,
reville, ease out and trace up.
SC Good morning, Bruce, how are you this
morning.
CAPCOM Sweepers, man your brooms, clean
sweepdown fore and aft.
SC The other sweepers are still asleep
around here.
CAPCOM Okay Ed. How are you all this morning?
MITCHELL Really great Bruce, really great,
how are things there?
CAPCOM Beautiful, everybody's relaxed down
here and anticipating your arrival on schedule.
MITCHELL Very good.
SC Good morning, Bruce.
CAPCOM Who's that? Stu?
MITCHELL Yeah, it's Roosa over there.
ROOSA Yeah man.
MITCHELL Hey Ed, if you feel like configuring
the high gain antenna for us, we'd like to set up in a react
mode but not select high gain yet. Over.
MITCHELL Okay.
CAPCOM Okay, first off we need the -
SC (garble)
CAPCOM Roger, we need a pitch of minus 40
and a yaw of plus 90. That's pitch minus 40, Yaw plus 90, set
in on the dials, Wide beam, manual track, make it wide beam
and react but do not select the high gain antenna until we
call you.
MITCHELL Okay, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger. And I guess we needed to have
the high gain in manual long enough for the antenna to go
to those angles then to react.
MITCHELL It's done.
CAPCOM Beautiful. 14, Houston. When you all
feel like discussing things? We've got oh - about five or
six items here, including a consumables update, and a short
update to the procedures on one of the inflight memos, and some
discussion on midcourses in general. Nothing very pressing
in fact, nothing pressing at all. We would like to get
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CAPCOM the P23 scheduled at 164 hours,

started within about half an hour, the nominal time. Over.
SC Yeah Bruce, I'd like to go ahead
and maybe start that one about now and then, P23 and then
get going.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. We'd
like you to select the high gain antenna at this time, and
Stu, we see that you've got a P52 to run prior to getting to the
P23. We suggest you go ahead and go through that and start the
P23, more or less at the nominal time.
SC Okay.
MITCHELL Adjust high gain.

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CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Did you call?

SC Yeah, that's affirmed. I want some
reacts, Bruce, the antenna's started driving around and
around. WOW½ Circles. I'm back on the omni's now.
CAPCOM Okay. We copy, Ed. Stand by.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. We'd
like to remain on omnis. You may stow the high gain antenna,
manual and wide at Pitch minus 52, Yaw 270. Over.
SC Roger. Manual and wide at minus 52
and 270.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC (garble)
SC Houston, Apollo 14 standing by for
the consumables update.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. The
consumables update for 162 hours follows: RCS total 48.8, quads
in order 48.9, 48.1, 49.6, 48.6; hydrogen 45.7, 45.0; oxygen
73.0, 70.2, 21.6. Over.
SC Houston -
CAPCOM Say it again, 14,
SC Okay. A readback of 162 hours:
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We're changing
- antennas, stand by, please.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/7/71 163:43 GET MC-502/1

CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston, how do you

read now, over?
ANTARES Loud and clear, go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger Ed. I didn't get your readback on
that consumables update, we switched on the antennas about
that time. Were you happy with what you copied?
ANTARES That's affirm, here I'll read it back to
you. The only ones in doubt is the 02 tank 3 and, first
decimal place, okay GET 162 O0 RCS 18.8 order of 48.9,
48.1, 49.6, 48.6; H2 45.7, 45.0; 02 73.0, 70.2, 21.
CAPCOM Roger, 21.6 on 02 tank 3, and when ever
it's convenient with you all, we would like to get that post
sleep status report and acknowledgment on the post wake up
stuff on 162.
ANTARES Roger, I'll have it for you in a minute.
CAPCOM Rogr, no rush.
CAPCOM 14 Houston, we are copying your torquing
angles.
ANTARES Okay, Bruce and I'm torquing at 1634837.
CAPCOM Roger Stu, and you can go on with the
P23 when ever it suits your convenience.
ANTARES Okay.
ANTARES Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead 14.
ANTARES Okay, we verify (GARBLE)
CAPCOM You're cutting out Ed.
ANTARES Ail of the items on the post sleep check
list have been completed. A1 had 7 hours sleep, Stu 6, Ed
7, and unfortunately the PRD is not available at the moment and
we will have to forget about the PRD.
CAPCOM All right here, we copy.
ANTARES Yea, and we've had no medication, we are
all in excellent - so Just tell the surgeon to set back in
his chair and have a cup of coffee, we're fine.
CAPCOM Okay, I'll see if the recovery coffee, or
the procedures coffee, network coffee pot is working here,
we'll get him a cup of coffee.
ANTARES Have one for me to.
CAPOCM I Just did Ed.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/7/71, 1018 CST, 163:55 GET 503/1

CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. On arrival

in the optics calibration attitude we'd like to get the high
gain antenna and wide beam width manual and we'll see flight
plan angles. Over.
SC Okay. We can handle that Bruce.
CAPCOM Roger Stu and could you also verify that
you're still on the secondary servo electronics power for
the high gain.
SC That's verified.
CAPCOM Okay.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 164 hours,
2 minutes. At the present time we're reading a velocity for
Apollo 14 of 3,516 feet per second and we now show the
spacecraft 181,300 nautical miles from earth. The flight
dynamics officer and the retro fire officer are currently
reviewing the status of a midcourse correction at the mid-
course correction 5 opportunity. That opportunity for the
first transearth midcourse correction occurs about 116 hours,
15 minutes and one of the things that the retro fire and
flight dynamics officers are considering is what effect the
high 02 flow rate test which will involve some venting of oxygen
will have on the trajectory and particularly on the flight
path angle at entry interface. At the present time, the retro
fire officer says that the angle at the entry interface
angle is within the corridor, however, if the oxygen venting
is determined to have the effect of moving it closer toward
the edge of the corridor, rather than towards the center of
the corridor there may be some rethought given to performing
midcourse correction 5. Those discussions are in process
at the present time and we will probably have a decision one
way or the next on midcourse correction 5 within about an hour.
Flow and convection procedures as called out in the back
of the flight plan for you.
SC Standby. GARBLE. Just a moment,
but -
CAPCOM Okay, well let's get that later. Let him
use it.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Just for your
information RCS status shows about 131 feet per second,
delta -v remaining and SPS is about 510 feet per second.
Over.
SC Okay, Bruce. Thank you.
CAPCOM And, looking ahead at the midcourse
situation here, we'll have a decision for you shortly on
whether we want to burn midcourse 5 or not. Right now its
magnitude looks lfke something on the order of a half to
three-quarters of a foot per second, with no midcourses at
all coming back. You're gamma is minus 6.97 degrees. If
we start making midcourses, 5 they say would be about
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CAPCOM a half to three-quarters six is on the

order of three-quarters of a foot per second and seven looks
like about 2.7 or something on that order reading out.
We'll keep you posted. We owe you some detail procedures
on probe stowage which will he up later on today. And, when
Stu gets through with the P23 we'd like to clarify the status
of his biomed harness. We didn't get any data from him
up until about 160 hours this morning and then it came in loud
and clear.
SC Okay. I think we can clarify that for
you.
SC I can verify the biomed harness is okay,
Bruce.
CAPCOM Okay. Was it switched on all the time or
did you get up and switch it on about 160.
SC You got it right.
CAPCOM Roger. Out.
CAPCOM And 14, this is Houston. I've got some
questions on the subject of the AGS again for Ed when he's
free and we've also got some news items if you're interested
in hearing the news.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston, Stu.

Over.
SC Go ahead Bruce.
CAPCOM Yeah, Stu. If you could leave your
noun 49 up there in the DSKY just little bit longer, we
could copy. We got the first one okay, we missed the last
one here.
SC Okay. The first one 21.2, and the
second one was 1.9.
CAPCOM Okay, thank you.
SC And Bruce? I want to verify that
the state vector I'm working on now is the - is the TEI
the state vector. Is that affirmative?
CAPCOM That's affirmative, Stu, and we'd
like to get medium beam width on the high gain.
SC Got it Bruce.
CAPCOM Thank you Ed. Okay, we got that
one Stu. Just about 5 or ten seconds is enough.
SC Okay.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 164 hours
24 minutes. Apollo 14 now 180 547 nautical miles from
earth and traveling at a velocity of 3528 feet per second.
Stu Roosa, on board the command module Kittyhawk, is at
this moment performing a mid course navigation exercise
down in program 23. Taking sightings and marks on a series
of stars. Entering these into the guidance computer which
is then integrated by the computer to improve the onboard
guidance systems knowledge of where it is. The flight
activities officer reports that this activity will probably
continue for about 30 minutes, 30 - 40 minutes.
SC Got it. Got it. Got it.

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CAPCOM And, Stu, this is Houston. We're

readying a check point down here, and consequently have no
data for a minute or two. We'll call you when we're back in
business, otherwise, we'd like you to keep the noun 49 for
this next star, Antares, showing until we call you. Over.
SC Okay. I can Just write them down
for you.
CAPCOM Say, Stu, you'd better hold off on
actually making the mark. We want to get the shaft and
turning angle off of the displays also.
SC Okay. I'll just stand by one no problem.
CAPCOM Okay, and we're back in business, Stu.
You can press on.
SC Well, that was good timing.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 164 hours
32 minutes. Our retrofire officer has Just recommended to
the flight director and - that we perform midcourse
correction number 5. The rationale for doing it at this
time, even though it is a very small midcourse - on the order
of 7 tenths of a foot per second, is that it appears that doing
a midcourse correction at the opportunity presented at midcourse
5 reduces the possibility that midcourses will be required
at the 6 and 7 opportunities. At the present time, the space-
craft is on a projectory which would give it an entry interface
angle of about 6.97 degress minus 6.97 degrees. This is within
the corridor. It is within slightly on the steep side and
one of the things the Flight Dynamics Officer and the Retrofire
Officer considered in making the decision was the effect of
the venting, particularly the venting associated -
CAPCOM - none. If you have a minute, we'd
like to get the high gain antenna pointing angles tweaked up
for maximum signal strength. We're showing about a pitch of
minus 60 and a yaw of 0 as being appropriate. Over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM You got it, Stu?
PAO An addition to minimizing the possibility
that we'll have to do a midcourse correction at the 6 and 7
opportunities performing the midcourse correction number 5,
which will be the first midcourse on the transearth leg of
the flight, puts the spacecraft closer towards the center of
the entry corridor and this maneuver will require about a
2 to 3 second burn on two of the RCS reaction control system
quads.
CAPCOM Got it Stu?
CAPCOM We've got it Stu.
SC We've got it Stu.
CAPCOM We've got it Stu.
PAO Stu Roo -

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PAO Stu Roosa is continuing to take marks on

star sightings as part of the midcourse correction - midcourse
navigation being performed onboard the spacecraft at this time
and we're observing those marks that he's taking and recording
them here on the ground. As BruceMcCandless, the CAPCOM,
gets the data recorded, he's advising Roosa that he's got
it, so that Roosa doesn't leave the data up any longer than
necessary down here and can proceed on with the next step.
We are planning to do midcourse correction number 5. That
maneuver occurs in the flight plan at about 166 hours, 15
minutes, it is not time critical particularly. However
at this time it looks as if it will be done pretty much
according to the flight plan. At the present time we show
Apollo 14 at 179 673 nautical miles from earth, and the
spacecraft's velocity of now 3542 feet per second. At
164 hours 50 minutes, this is Apollo Control Houston.
CAPCOM We've got that onealso, Stu.
CAPCOM Okay, we got it. Okay we got it.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston, we've
copied the last noun 49, value there. And for Stu's
information based on the sight he's taken on the first three
stars, we're showing that the program and the marks are
all working in excellent fashion within one signal of the
expected values. From the trench comes the information that
your state vector compared with their estimate without
any midcourse corrections, which show you arriving at
entry interphase four minutes earlier than the MSFN
vector at the present time. Over.
SC Okay, we'll see if we can't work on that
four minutes.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC And we're going to be playing around
here with the program a little bit.
CAPCOM Okay. And when you're through with that
and prior to starting your maneuver to the thermal attitude
we'd like to go through a normal acquisition procedure
on the high gain antenna, hopefully winding up in auto and
narrow beam width to verify it's tracking capabilities during
the maneuver. Over.
SC Okay Bruce, say again when you want to do this?
CAPCOM Roger. When Stu's through with his P23
and prior to starting the maneuver to thermal attitude.
You've got called out - oh, at about one sixty four fifty five.
VERB 49 maneuver to thermal attitude. Over.
SC Okay. Wilt do.
SC And Bruce, 14.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 165 hours
14 minutes. Capcom at this time is preparing to pass up
the information to the crew for midcourse correction number
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PAO five. At its present time Apollo 14

is 178 831 nautical miles from earth, at a velocity 3557
feet per second. The on board navigation performed by Stu
Roosa updating the spacecraft guidance system's knowledge
of where it is, is used as part of a backup procedure,
in the event that we were not able for some reason to use
the computed values for midcourse corrections. Determined
here on the ground. The crew would be able to compute
maneuvers based on the on board guidance system. And as
you heard in the conversation between Roosa and Capcom
Bruce McCandless, the onboard values are comparing quite
closely, with those that we have computed here on the ground.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/7/71 1138 CST 165:15 GET MC-507/1

CAPCOM 14 Houston, if you want to set there in

PO0 and ACCEPT for a minute, we've got the target load and
state vector update for you.
SC Okay, we're PO0 and ACCEPT. I guess we're
going to do midcourse 5, huh.
CAPCOM Roger, sorry about that. Yes we will burn
midcourse 5 as scheduled, and I've got the midcourse 5 pad
for you whenever you want to copy.
SC Okay, stand by one.
SC Houston, Apollo 14, ready to copy it.
CAPCOM Roger Ed. Midcourse correction number
5. RCS G and N. 2 4 5 6 1. Pitch and yaw trim in A.
Check 166145854 noun 81 plus 00007 minus ali balls minus
ail balls roll 092 330 009 HA is NA plus O0 189 00007 003
00007 section star 33 2563 135 four side star is NA minus
2703 minus 17262 11588 36251 216 28 03 GDC aline Sirius
and Rigel, 230 170 002 plus X 2 Jet Bravo and Delta. High
gain angles in this attitude pitch minus 90 yaw plus 206.
Read back over.
SC Give again the Jet (GARBLE)
CAPCOM Jet's Bravo and Delta, B and D over.
SC Okay. Okay, mid course 5 RCS G and N.
2 4 5 6 1. NA NA. At 116145854 plus 00007 minus ail
zip minus all zip. 092 330 009 NA plus 00 189 00007 003
00007 332563135 NA minus 2703 minus 17262 11588 36251 216
28 03. Sirius and Rigel. 230 170 002 plus X 2 jet B and
D. High gain antenna angle pitch minus 90 yaw 206.
CAPCOM Roger read back is correct and were you
aware that your now coming back on Wednesday instead of
Tuesday?
SC No we haven't considered that fact, but
I guess we'll make it up between the splashdown and Houston,
right.
CAPCOM Roger, Roger you. After the TEl burn, it
looks like you about 3 or 4 miles west of the jog in the
international date line, as it comes down through your
splash down area.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM 14, Houston, the computer is yours, you
can maneuver to the mid course correction 5 attitude with-
out going through the thermal-attitude, that wont be required,
and we would like to go through the normal react procedure
and the high gain antenna prior to starting the maneuver
and See if it tracks. Over.
SC Okay, will do.
CAPCOM And for Stu, we've got 2 minor corrections
to the procedures for the heat flow experiment as found in
the back of the flight plan.
SC I don't believe it. Stand by one.
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SC Okay, I have the procedures out Bruce.

CAPCOM Okay on the heat flow and convec, convect-
ion demonstration under step 2, zone low power on.
It currently reads 15 minutes, turns out that all thats
required here is 10 minutes, over.
SC That's easy, okay under step 2 zone low,
power on 10 minutes.
CAPCOM Roger, and down there under step 4, zone
high power on its now 10 minutes and you can reduce that
to 5 minutes.
SC Okay, 5 minutes under step 4.
CAPCOM Roger, and there's no problem involved
in these, its Just appears that the color changes in the
crystals will saturate at about this time, so rather than
using up more power we can Just shut it off at that point.
over.
SC Bruce remind you there for a minute, let
read you right and understand exactly what you want me to do,
(GARBLE) go ahead and lock on and react and medium or (GARBLE).
CAPCOM Negitive Ed. We want you to go through a
normal manual acquisition procedure winding up in auto and
narrow, over.
SC Okay, but I'll already on the high gain
right now so I (GARBLE)
SC Okay, then we're showing you minus 109
B D, so we must have lost you on the high gain there or you
pointed off as we started the maneuvers.
SC (GARB LE )
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, what we want you to do is to
go to auto and wide beam with and, aquire us on the antenna,
and then progressively narrow it down from wide to medium
to narrow, over.
SC Okay, thank you. Do you have it?
CAPCOM Beautiful. I guess this is a symantics
problem here Ed. The encos have been using the termenology
of standard acquisition to imply pointing the antenna towards
the earth manually, then going to auto and wide getting it
to lock up and on down into narrow beam to complete the
acquisition, over.
SC Rog, that's what I understand as a normal
acquisition, but I thought I heard the word react a couple
of times implying a position of the antenna, and I was
confused on that one.
CAPCOM Negative, that wasn't our intent.
SC Okay, Houston.
CAPCOM And Stu, this is Houston. We'd like to
remind you not to select P37 prior to the mid course cor-
rection burn now that we've loaded the data for your burn
from the ground, over.
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"- SC Okay.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. You reported to us earlier,
that the weight of the ISA as determined on the lunar sur-
face prior to liftoff was 50 lbs. If in your opinion
this weight has changed to greater than 55 lbs, as a result
of the lem return to CSM stowage, then we'll have to make
provisions for tying it down. We'd like to get your feel
for what the current weight on the ISA is, over.

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SC Roger Bruce, we'd say it weighs

exactly 54.9.
CAPCOM Okay Ed, we copy 54.9 for the ISA.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead 14.
SC The first case on this ISA remember
now there are a few program things that are listed in the
flight plan that went into it after it was weighed. Are
you taking that into account?
CAPCOM Roger, we got the weight at 50
pounds on the lunar surface and can add in, if you like
down here those things we were Just interested in getting
your feel for what it had all been put in and if so what the
weight increase would be.
SC Okay Bruce. The same shutter in
the flight plan to go into the ISA were added in as programed.
And any additional items are almost negligible in weight as
- certainly did not violate your five pound. (garble).
CAPCOM Okay, thank you Ed. And if you're
interested we've got the morning's news items here. Or
alternatively I've got some additional questions on the
guidance for Ed.
SC Let's take the news first, and then the
questions.
CAPCOM Roger. Okay 14, from Fra Mauro
base comes the word that ALSEP package number four continues
to function normally during the reporting period ending at
162 hours GET the C3 heater was turned off and a long period
calibration of the PSE was performed. From west Fra Mauro
comes the report that when Antares ordered in last night
the steerable antenna was still locked on sending back
high bit rate telemetry, in fine tradition. Anchorage,
Alaska.
SC It had to do something to redeem itself.
CAPCOM Anchorage, Alaska. An earthquake
measuring between 6.5 and 6.7 on the Ritcher scale occurred
near Adak in the Aelution Islands Saturday, but no damage
or injuries were reported. The seismagraphic station in Berkeley
California recorded the quake at 150 plnsl4 GET and
scientists said it occurred close to the earth's surface.
The Alaska State Patrol said the tremor was centered south
of Adak and was not sever enough to call for large wave
warnings. Stockholm. Italian and a Norwegian born Swede
landed at (garble) in 1909 North Pole Expedition of American
Explorer Admiral Robert E. Perry right down to fur garments
and sleighs, some of the Eskimo guides even claim to be
descendents of Perry's original Eskimo crew. Mobilee,
Missouri,
SC Need lots of luck on that one.
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CAPCOM Mobilee, Missouri, a radio station

in Mobilee has tried a number of times to place a telephone
call to Alan Shepard on the moon. One operator said "The
Moon? Really do you have a number and area code?" Another took
it in stride and said "Alright". The newsman asked how
long it would take and the operator replied she didn't know
and he was discouraged when after asking if he would wait
the operator replied" Okay." Many operators laughed but
one ended the fun with a rejoiner "Sir, there are no
connections for civilians to the moon at this time, we are
sorry." George C. Scott and Ali McGraw have been honored
SC And that was the call A1 was waiting
for too.
CAPCOM George C. Scott and Ali McGraw have
been honored as best actor and actress in the foreign
press association's 8th annual globe presentations in
Beverley Hills, California. Miss McGraw received her
award for her part in "Love Story". Scott was selected for
his part as General George Patton in "Patton". Houston -
at River Oaks Country Club Golf Pro Jack Arden was quoted
in this morning's paper as saying that "Al has got a pretty
good swing and could be a real good player if he worked at
it." Along that line in the other golf news, Arnold Palmer
Tom Shore and Dewitt Weaver are all tying for first place in
the Hawaiian Open, with scores of 204. That was after a third
round yesterday and a final round is to be played today.
SC The only way A1 can keep his arm
straight though is to wear the suit and that gets cumbersome
on a golf course.
CAPCOM Roger that. The Houston Astros have
passed the half way point in signing on their new players
for the 1971 season. Signed contraats have come in from
23 of the 43 players who are scheduled to see Spring training
action. Regulars, such as pitchers Don Wilson and Don
Griffin, catcher John Edwards and end fielders Dennis Mackey
and Bob Watson and out-fielder Norm Miller are already signed
up. Also the Astros have commitments from both their newest
acquisitions. From the Chicago Cubs in-fielder, Roger
Mestrer and catcher first baseman Jack Hyatt. New Mexico
Governor Bruce King and his predecessor David Cardiour
are in a dispute over who owns the moon rocks presented to
Cardiour by President Nixon. Cardiour's took them when he
left office December 31. King said he has asked the former
Governor to return them back because I think they belong to
the State. Charlotte Amalie Virgin Islands, the U.S.
Virgin Islands is planning a semi-ocean floor laboratory
Great Lamasha Bay, St. John. To provide a low-cost method
of charting the untracked Jungles on the world's oceans.
The habitat, a large tubular thin chamber cylinder will be modelled
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CAPCOM after the one used in the recent

technec program and be financed by the Virgin Islands
Government and private industry. The Navy says it's first
rescue mini-sub has shown it can locate a submarine trapped under
water, lock onto it and bring its crew to safety. The rescue will
prove itself in test at a depth of more than 150 feet off San
Clemente Island. The 50 foot sub located a metal structure represen-
ting a submarine locked a transfer hatch over, and brought
a man through. They've dubbed the vessel "the green
torpedo". On the basketball scene, UCLA put the skids on
USC in the big west coast basketball game last night.
An account from (garble) the Bruins beat the Trojans 64 to
60. The Houston Cougars had a real battle with Seattle
University at the Hoffheinz Pavillion last night. They
squeezed out a 93 to 92 win. And the southwest conference
action the Rice Owls dumped the Texas Tech Raiders by 80 to 64.
Rice smarting from a three game losing streak stopped the
Raiders three game winning streak. Tech is number - Tech
is a 4-2 for the season, Rice is a 3 and 3. In automobile
racing, A.J. Foyt showed his driving prowess by winning the
fall position for the big Daytona 500 on February 14.
Foyt wowed the crowd as he turned in a qualifying lap time
over the two and one half mile oval with a clocking of 182.7.
Defending star car champion Bobby Beseck was second with a
speed of 180.05 per hour. Foyt, who has never won the
Daytona 500 is the favorite now, with Isaac to win 200 000
dollar auto classic. Former U.S. Davis Cupper Arthur Ashe
defeated Clark Gretner of New York in a semi-finals of the
Ferrai invitational tennis tournament in Richmond, Virginia.
And that about wraps up the morning news. Over.
SC That's a very good run down Bruce,
very good. And why not give - let us hold off on the
answer on the ISA. For a minute. We'll run back over our check
out list. And reviewed the

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SC (garble) doing the same thing down there,

we'll get back together with you a little bit later in the day
on the good length.
CAPCOM Roger. There's certainly no rush
on it. We'd just like to know that prior to entry so that
we can determine whether it needs to be tied down or not and
if it effects the CG any.
SC Okay. We think the additional items
are about 5 pounds and then I'm going back over the checklist
and we'll give you a good entry later on.
CAPCOM Roger and when Ed feels in the mood
for it, I've got a couple more questions for the AGS.
SC (garble) Go ahead Bruce, I'm ready.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. When the trouble first
showed up, was there anything showing or was there anything
left showing in the DEDA and was it possible for you to clear
this display, if there was anything showing? Over.
SC That's negative. The first time I
noticed that there was a problem, was when you called my
attention to it, that, as I recall it, that we knew what the call
was but you asked about the, I guess the circuit breaker on
the DEDA or on the AGS. That was the first time I ever
realized that we had a problem. There was nothing showing
on the DSKY, and of course, I could not enter the DSKY or
clear it or anything else.
CAPCOM Okay. I guess that about sums it
up.
SC There is one comment, I noticed Just
before leaving the LM there appeared to be a very small crack
across the address register on the DEDA. Now, how long it
had been there or whether it was bumped after docking or when
it occurred, I have no idea. But there did appear to be a
crack in the inner glass on the address register.
CAPCOM Okay. Thank you.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 165 hours
45 minutes. The information passed up to the crew on that
series of transmissions for a midcourse correction number 5
called for a burn at 166 hours 14 minutes 58 seconds, that
will have a velocity change effect of 7 feet per second in
the plus extra action, which will be back toward the center
of the earth in the direction of travel of the spacecraft.
It will require a burn time of about 3 seconds, using two of
the reaction control system thrusters. At 2 p.m. this after-
noon central standard time, Dr. Brian J. O'Brien, the principal
investigator for the charged particle lunar environment experi-
ment on the Apollo 14 ALSEP and Dr. Gary Latham, principal
investigator for the passive seismic experiment will meet with
newsmen in the large auditorium of the MSC News Center. That
- will be at 2 pm this afternoon central standard time.
CAPCOM 14. This is Houston. On your waste
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CAPCOM water dump scheduled for 166 hours,

we'd like you to dump to 25 percent onboard indication. Over.
SC Roger. Waste water dump to 25 percent
onboard indication.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 165 hours
55 minutes. We're now a little less than 20 minutes away
from the scheduled ignition for a midcourse correction number 5.
A primary purpose of that maneuver will be to place the space-
craft a little closer to the middle of the entry corridor. It
is within the entry corridor at the present time. Without the
midcourse correction, the entry interface angle would be about
negative 6.97 degrees. The desired angle of entry interface
is 6.5 degrees, again negative. And this maneuver will be
aimed primarily towards putting the entry interface angle at
the desired 6 - negative 6-1/2 degrees. The burn will be
performed at 166 hours 14 minutes 58 seconds. It will be a
7 tenths foot per second maneuver using the reaction control
system thrusters burning for about 3 seconds on two of the
four quads. And at the present time, we show Apollo 14
177 361 nautical miles from earth, traveling at a velocity
of 3582 feet per second.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. For
systems record keeping purposes, if you have time, we'd like
you to run an EMS nobias check and give us the results on it.
SC Just so happens that we have that
number. Stand by.
SC Okay, minus 990 is the number.
CAPCOM Roger. We copy minus 990.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. We'd like to get this
waste water dump out of the way before the midcourse burn.
Ove r.
SC Roger. We'll start it right now.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We show oxygen
still flowing in the fuel cell purge.

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PAO This is Apollo Control. We're coming up now

on 1 minute until our midcourse correction maneuver. This
will be a seven-tenths of a foot per second burn using the
reaction control system thrusters on the spacecraft.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. One minute
until the burn we'd like to terminate the water dump at this
time and go ahead and enter on your maneuver there.
SC Okay, we'll be there.
CAPCOM Your slip take is okay 14.
SC We're going to just go ahead and burn
it on time.
CAPCOM Okay.
SC Okay, Houston, burn is complete.
CAPCOM Houston, roger, out.
PAO Flight dynamics and guidance officers
report that they are happy with that burn. Telemetry data
here on the ground showed that residuals in all three axes
were less than one-tenth of a foot per second. It'll be
several hours before we have sufficient tracking to determine
the precise effects of that midcourse correction, desired
effect would be to move the entry interface angle from
6.97 degrees to a minus 6.50 degrees putting the spacecraft
in the center of the entry corridor. In deciding to perform
the midcourse correction at the midcourse correction 5
opportunity the flight dynamics and retro fire officers
pointed out that it would minimize the possibility of having
to do midcourse corrections at the opportunities 6 and 7.
And the decision was made in part on that basis to go ahead
with the midcourse correction at seven-tenths of a
foot per second midcourse correction at this opportunity.
At -
CAPCOM Go ahead 14.
SC Okay, Bruce, I started this maneuver with
OPTICS CAL - I don't know if we'll have the high gain
there or not - do you want to do the uplink in here? I
kind of hate to stop the maneuver. Is OMNI Charlie going to
be alright for you for the uplink?
CAPCOM That's affirmative, Houston - 14.
SC Okay, thank you.
CAPCOM Apollo -
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Could you give us the
reading on the Delta V counter on the EMS at the end of your
burn again for systems tracking. Over.
SC That was 0.3 plus 0.3.
CAPCOM Roger, plus 0.3. Thank you.
PAO This is Apollo Control. Preliminary track-
ing from that midcourse correction maneuver shows that we've
moved the spacecraft a little closer towards the center of
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PAO the entry corridor we're now reading minus

6.63 degrees and we would expect that number to continue to
change as we gather more tracking information. Based on the
same preliminary information entry interface would occur at
216 hours, 27 minutes, 31 seconds which would give us a
splashdown time of approximately 216 hours, 53 minutes.
Again these times will change as we continue to gather more
tracking information, probably by relatively small amounts.
At 166 hours, 25 minutes we show Apollo 14 traveling at a
velocity of 3600 feet per second, now 176,357 nautical miles
from Earth.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Request

OMIN Charlie. Over.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay, Bruce are you ready for the uplink?
CAPCOM That's affirmative. We're ready to send
you up what will become the CSM state vector after we ship it over
and then there will be about a 2 minute delay while we get the
MSFN computed CSM state vector that goes in the LM slot out to
the side. Over.
SC Okay. We're POO and ACCEPT and standby at
your convenience.
CAPCOM Roger. Out.

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CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We're through

with the uplink. The computer is yours.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead, Bruce.
CAPCOM Say, Ed. We've got some modifications
to the high arch and flow tests procedures here, if - that is,
if you will advise us when you're ready to copy. Over.
SC Okay. Stand by.
CAPCOM Understand you're ready to copy, Ed.
Over.
SC No. Just a second.
SC Okay, Bruce. What page are you going to work
on?
CAPCOM Okay. If you look on page 3-245
of the flight plan, the one that starts at 168 hours.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Okay. There are three steps there
that are circuit breaker 02 isolation aux bat close, this is
panel 226; 02 tank 3 isolation valve closed momentarily and
02 tank 3 isolation valve talkback barber pole. We'd like
to move those three steps up to 167 hours. Over.
SC Okay. The three steps circuit breaker
02 isol aux bat closed; 02 tank 3 isol valve closed momentary,
and 02 tank 3 isol valve talkback barber pole. These are
set for 167 hours.
CAPCOM Roger. And also at 167 hours circuit
breaker oxygen tank 3 50-watt heaters open, 226. Over.
SC Okay. Say it again what you want from one.
CAPCOM Okay. Also at 167 hours we want to
open the circuit breaker for oxygen tank number 3 50-watt
heaters. That's CB 02 tank 3 50-watt heaters open on panel
226. Over.
SC Okay. You want the tank 3 oxygen
tank 3 50-watt heaters open. Roger.
CAPCOM That's affirmative. You may commence
the 02 high flow tests at your convenience following Stu's
completion of the P-23. Over.
SC I understand.
CAPCOM Item number 3. The new heater redline
temperature is 350 degrees Farenhite - that's 350 degrees
Farenhite, which corresponds to 3.6 - I'll say it again, 3.6
volts on the system test meter. Over.

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SC Bruce, say again (garbled) 350 degrees

redline, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, that's the red line on the
heater temperature. Over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM And that corresponds to 3.6 volts
on the system test meter.
SC Thank you. ,
CAPCOM And, Ed, for tank three, that's
position one Charlie, on the systems test meter.
SC Okay, thank you.
CAPCOM Okay, some general comments
The test should be terminated if communications is lost with
MSFN. Over.
SC Understand. Thank you. You mean other
than Just a drop out.
CAPCOM That's affirmative. If we lose communi-
cations for any extended period of time.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM And for your information, the minimum
cabin pressure that we are expecting is in the vicinity of
4.4 to 4.2 PSIA. However, if the cabin pressure falls
below 4.0 PSIA, you should terminate the test.
Over.
SC Okay. Understand you're expecting
4.2 to 4.4 cabin pressure, if it drops below 4.0 we're to
terminate the test.
CAPCOM Roger, and if you're unable to
terminate more rapidly than is required to keep the cabin
pressure Above 3.7, then bring the surge tank and repress
back on line to maintain cabin pressure. Over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Okay Ed, and on the systems test
meter. Make that position one bravo, for monitoring tank
three which is the one that you should be monitoring. Over.
SC Okay. One bravo, tank three.
CAPCOM And then here's a fairly long one.
If tank three heater temperature, or tank one exceeds 350
degrees fahrenheit, place the heater switch to off. I'll
go all the way through this once first. When the pressure
drops to 800 PSI, place heater switch to on. Monitor tank
pressure and heater temperature. Place heater switch to
off when pressure reaches 930 or heater temp reaches 350
whichever occurs first. Test will be terminated if heater
temp. reaches 350. Prior to tank pressure reaching 850,
in this mode of operation. And - I'll go back and start
again from the beginning on that one in a minute. Over.
SC Okay. Let's see if we can find a
way to codify it. (Garble) a little easier to understand.
CAPCOM Okay, condition number one. If the
heater temperature exceeds 350 degrees flip the heater switch to
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CAPCOM off. Over.

SC Okay. If the heater temp in tank 3
exceeds 350, heaters to off.
CAPCOM Okay. Under the assumption then
that you're up in a normal operating pressure range when this
happens, when the pressure drops -
SC Hey Bruce, hold up a minute.
CAPCOM Okay.
SC Hold up a minute. Let's - let Stu com-
plete this P23, and then we'll get back on this. I'm
interfering with him by working on the flight plan right now.
CAPCOM Okay, I'll tell you what. Just carry
out that stuff at 167 hours, then whenever you're ready to
press on with this, give us a yell and we'll go back through
the rest of these notes. Over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM 14, Ed. This is Houston. Since we've
already given you the instructions to terminate the test if
communications is lost, it might be more straigh forward
if we monitored the heater temps and pressures for you
down here and advised you of the action required if any off-
nominal action is required. Over.
SC Okay, that'll be fine.
CAPCOM Roger, you've got - you got all
of it up there now, and if for any reason you should have
to terminate why the procedures are over there on page 3-248
they are the nominal termination procedures.
SC Okay Bruce, will do.
CAPCOM Roger, out.

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CAPCOM 14 this is Houston. We'd like to initiate

charging on battery Bravo, over.
SC Okay, stand by.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 116, 167 hours
13 minutes. The crew on Apollo 14 at this time taking another
set of marks and sightings for midcourse navigation. When
this activity is completted, then they're scheduled to begin
the high oxygen flow rate test. In this test a dump valve
in the spacecraft will be opened to increase the oxygen flow
rate from the current level of about 1 tenth of a pound per
hour to about 6 lbs per hour. This is the sort of situation
that would be encountered on an EVA, and one of the purposes
of the test is to verify that oxygen flow rates, which could
be encountered in subsequent Apollo missions during EVA's, will
not exceed the delivery capibilities of the tanks. To determine
that the service module cryogenic oxygen tanks will be able
to deliver oxygen at a high flow rate, particularly later
in the missions when, later in the mission when quantities
in the tanks are down, and at the present time, the quanity
in ta_ k 3 which will be used to supply the high flow rate,
is down _o about 21 per cent. Apollo 14 at this time is
174 632 nautical miles from earth and the spacecraft velocity
3630 feet per second.

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CAPCOM Come on now.

SC Ail right go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM I was Just remarking at Stu's noun 49 value
there plus 1/10 zero.
SC Well, you're watching the world's leading
expert in P23.
CAPCOM Well, I don't know. Jack Swigert wrote a
paper on it.
SC We're aware of that also.
SC Comment still stands.
SC Yeah, that has nothing to do with Al's
comment, Bruce.
CAPCOM Okay, I'll pass it along.

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SC Bruce, you're also watching the

world's leading expert on going from CMC AUTO to free and back.
CAPCOM Roger. We copy that, Al.

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SC Houston, 14. We are applying power to the

Delt nozzle heater. 167 25 and we'll be doing the test
in about 30 minutes.
CAPCOM Roger, Houston, roger, out. 14, this is
Houston, we show that you're in high gain antenna coverage
area at the present time. We'd like you to acquire on a
high gain Pitch minus 5 yaw 250, over.
SC Okay, we're shooting for that now. We're
at Pitch minus 5 yaw 250.
CAPCOM Roger out.
SC Okay, you should have it now, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, Al, we've got you loud and clear.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 167 hours 38
minutes. At this time in the MSC news center in the main
auditorium Dr. Brian J. O'Brien, and Dr. Gary Latham, principal
investigators for ALSEP Experiments, will meet with news men to
answer questions about their respective experiments. Dr. O'Brien
is the principal investigator for the charged partical lunar
invironment experiment, and Dr. Latham is the principal inves-
tigator for the passive seismic experiment.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. I just wanted to say, that
I get a chance to say Hello on the network, you guys did a
great Job yesterday, and I think things are in beautiful shape
coasting home.
SC Well thank you, Thomas. Appreciate those
kind words. We're coming along well up here too right now.
CAPCOM Yeah, Stu's marks looking real good, and
we had a great team effort on that landing, we'll tell you
about it. In fact, I nearly lost all of my hair, would you
believe that.
SC No, that would be pretty hard to believe,
Tom.
CAPCOM Rog.
SC Now we're pressing Ed, with the flight plan
items here, and we're staying busy.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
SC Okay, back to our IFA weight problem.
CAPCOM We didn't know we had a problem, but go ahead.
SC Okay, I'm being Jumped on by both sources here,
it's not a problem, it was a question. The IFA contains the
50 lbs we measured on the surface, less the 100 foot tether
plus the 70 mm camera and magazine, plus the pair of EVA gloves,
plus the return rate ups on Deek's list.
CAPCOM Okay Ed, we've got that, and we'll work
the arithmetic on the weights from down here and keep you
advised, over.
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SC Thank you, sir.

CAPCOM Roger. Out.
SC There you go, Bruce.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. We copied that one for posterity.

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SC You got the last number?

CAPCOM Yeah, we got that one too Stu, but
you only get the first one framed and authenticated.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM You still on Delta Sagitaria?
SC That's negative, that was the last
mark on Antares.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 168 hours
2 minutes. The crew aboard Apollo 14 appears to have
completed the program 23 mid course navigation, we'll be
standing by now for them to begin the high oxygen flow rate
test. Essentially this test will involve opening a valve
on the spacecraft, increasing the oxygen flow rate from the
current level of about one tenth of a pound - one tenth of
a pound per hour, to about six pounds per hour. The pri-
mary purpose of the test will be to determine the ability of
the service module cryogenic oxygen system to deliver
oxygen at a high flow rate such as will be required during
in flight EVAs, and future Apollo missions. And particu-
larly when the oxygen level in the tanks is at a - a low
level. At the present time the oxygen tank three which will
be providing the source of oxygen for the high flow rate
test, the quantity is down to about 21 percent. At the
present time Apollo 14 is 172 918 nautical miles from
earth. The spacecraft velocity is 3662 feet per second.

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SC Houston, Apollo 14.

CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC We're starting the 02 test now the heaters
are going to AUTO. Opening up the flow valve.
SC (garble) we're standing by on the flow
valve (garble)
CAPCOM Okay. Understand heaters to AUTO and
you're standing by on the flow valve.
CAPCOM Have you got the REPRESS package valve
OFF?
SC Yeah. Changing that now.
SC Okay Houston. The plug is up; we're flow-
ing at 1680950.
CAP COM Roger, 14.
SC The screenhas been installed on the
adapter.
CAPCOM Roger, the same.
CAPCOM Apollo 14. Stu, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay. We continue to get praise of your
ability on the P23s based on your navigation, your idea of
your gamma angle at entry interface is minus 6.1 degrees.
The MSFN solution corrected for the midcourse 5 burn but
without any post midcourse tracking is 6.6 degrees. Over.
- SC Okay. I noticed I was comparing a VERB
(garble) there Bruce and I showed 625 miles or there
abouts prior to those last two sightings and then it was
down to, I don't know - I read some - after those. I think
the sightings on the moon is what really help bring it in
and there were a couple of large updates there I think that
really helped it.
CAPCOM Okay. That sounds like you're doing good
work.
SC Thank you.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. On telemetry, we're
showing a cabin pressure of 4.7 right now and wonder what
you've got?
SC That's about 4.8 what we've got, Bruce.
CAP COM Roger, out.
CAPCOM Okay 14, Houston. Now we're showing
the surge tank at 750 on our telemetry now.
SC As a matter of fact, we were just going
to call you on that. We have a bias on our gauge, that's
good, we'll stay with - we're going to start the test at
168 30 16829, I'm sorry, 1683000 - surge tank valve going on.
CAPCOM This is Houston, Roger, out.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 168 hours 32 min-
utes. We've been in this oxygen flow rate test now for
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PAO about 20 minutes. The spacecraft cabin

pressure is down to 4.5 pounds per square inch and appears
to be leveling off there. The test is scheduled to last
for about 3 and 1/2 hours. Also the Flight Dynamics Officer
and Return to Earth Officer have computed some additional
information on the result of the midcourse correction per-
formed at the MCC-5 opportunity based on the preliminary
tracking we would expect entry interface to occur at 216
hours 27 minutes 34 seconds with a splashdown at 216 hours
41 minutes 35 seconds and the preliminary splashdown
coordinates are 27 degrees 2 minutes south, 172 degrees
38 minutes west which is about 8 minutes west of the
international date line and would still at this time put
the splashdown, local time on Wednesday. Of course, the
Greenwich mean time for splashdown would remain the same. And
there's also a good possibility that with additional tracking
as the tracking vectors are updated with additional infor-
mation, that we'll find the splashdown point moving back
to the other side of the international date line and giving
us that Tuesday, local time splashdown. At the present time
we show Apollo 14 171 822 nautical miles from earth and
the spacecraft velocity 3682 feet per second. Flight Di-
rector Milton Windler just checking with his EECOM now
-- on the status of the spacecraft cabin pressure and EECOM
reports that it appears to be leveling off at that 4 and 1/2
pound per square inch pressure. At 168 hours 34 minutes,
this is Apollo Control.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 169 hours

2 minutes. Oxygen tank number 3 appears to be doing a
credible Job of maintaining a high flow rate. We're still
steady at 4.5 pounds per square inch cabin pressure. The
nominal, with a normal flow rate of about 1 tenth of a
pound per hour is up around 5 pounds per square inch. Once
we initiated the high flow rate opening a valve in the
spacecraft to increase the flow rate over board, the pressure
in the cabin drops to about 4.5 and it's been holding there
ever since. The test has been in progress now for about, a
little under 1 hour.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We'd like you to
zero the optics please.
SC Okay, stand by. Okay, you've got it.
CAPCOM Roger, thank you.
SC Go ahead.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 169 hours
33 minutes. Apollo 14 now traveling at a velocity of 3,722
feet per second_ and 169,688 nautical miles from earth. The
high oxygen flow rate test has been in progress now, for a
little over am hour and 20 minutes, and we're still showing
a stable cabin pressure at 4.5 pounds per square inch. The
oxygen flow rate tests are scheduled to continue for a total
of about 3 and one half hours, or up to about 171 hours, 10
minutes ground elapsed time. The test, however, was begun
at about 168 hours 9 minutes and could run a little bit beyond
the 171 hours. This is Apollo Control, the cabin pressure
is maintaining at about 4 and a half pounds per square inch,
however we do show a drop at this time in the manifold pressure
which supplies the cabin. This has been a gradual steady
decrease in the manifold pressure, and at this time the
ecom is evaluating whether or not to terminate the flow rate
test. Flight Director Milton Wendler has gotten the recommend-
ation that we will terminate the test at this time, and Capcom
Bruce McCandles is preparing to pass that recommendation to
the crew.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston, over.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We're showing an
02 manifold pressure of 8 pounds per square inch absolute, and
we'd like to terminate the 02 high flow test at this time.
Further procedures found in your flight plan opposite 171 hours
00 minutes GET, deleting the 10 minute step - deleting the
10 minute restriction in there, over.
SC Okay, at 171 hours we go through
termination procedures, got you.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO Our telemetry data shows that the crew
has put the surge tank on the line, part of the normal test
termination procedure and we should show the cabin pressure
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PAO start to come back up from 4.5 pounds

per square inch to something closer to the normal flow
rate of around 5 pounds per square inch.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We show the surge
tank on the line and the manifold pressure back up in the
normal operating range and we'd appreciate it if you'd advise
us when you have the oriface closed off, over.
SC Roger, it's closed off now.
CAPCOM Roger, thank you.
SC Bruce, what was the reason for
terminating the test? I didn't quite understand it.
CAPCOM Okay, the pressure in the 02 manifold
which normally is regulated 85 to 110 got down to 9 PSI a,
and the pressure in your water tank was falling off from
below its regulated range because of the pressure in the
manifold, and we Just thought it best to terminate the test
at this time and reexamine the data that we've got on the
plumming leading down to it and we'll be back to you with
some info on it later, over.
SC Okay, we understand, thank you.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Do you want us to stay in this attitude,
or go on to the thermal attitude?
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston, remain in the
present attitude until 171 plus 30 and then maneuver to the
thermal attitude, over.
SC Okay, and what about the isolating of
the tank? Do you want to go ahead with those 3 steps or do
you want me to hold off on those?
CAPCOM Stand by on that, Ed. We'll have the
answer for you in a minute.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Affirmative, press
on with the tank 3 isolation valve opening, over.
SC Roger.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 170 hours,

5 minutes. The spacecraft cabin pressure is back up now
to about 4.8 pounds per square inch. Continuing to increase
gradually towards the normal 5 to 6 pounds. The high 02
flow rate test which began at 168 hours, 9 minutes, and
50 seconds when A1 Shepard announced that the plug was out
or the valve had been opened to increase the flow rate
through the cabin from normal 1 tenth of a pound per square
inch that we had been seeing to that point to about 6 pounds
per square inch. And at 168 hours, 30 seconds the surge
tank pressure dropped down to about 750 pounds per square
inch, which is the criterian for beginning the 2 and 1/2
hour time on the flow rate. Normally the test would have
been concluded 2 and 1/2 hours after the surge tank pressure
had dropped to 750 pounds per square inch. However, the
test was terminated and at 169 hours, 38 minutes, 40 seconds
or after a little more than 1 hour, 8 minutes we finally
noticed that the manifold pressure, which supplies the
cabin, had dropped from the normal 85 pounds or so to about
8 or 9 pounds. The cabin pressure at all times stayed steady
at about 4 and 1/2 pounds, which is about what was expected.
At this time the preliminary indication is that the flow
rate may in fact have been greater than the system could
reasonably be expected to provide coupled with the dump
rate and use of the urine dump system by the crew is in fact,
the flow rate, which was demanded of the system was greater
than could reasonably be expected. The manifold pressure would
in fact drop, giving us the indication that we saw. The
cryogenic system throughout the period ofthe test that was
conducted did appear to be providing an adequate flow rate
to maintain cabin pressure at 4 and 1/2 pounds per square
inch. And there'll be additional engineering evaluation
of the detailed data that was collected during the test in
determining whether the test accomplished its objectives
or not despite the early termination. At the present time
Apollo 14 is 168, 405 nautical miles from earth. And the
velocity continuing to increase slowly. Now up to 3, 747 feet
per second.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead. Houston.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Back when you
all ran that P37 about 1 hour ago we took your state vector
and ran it through our computer here and we got excellent
agreement between the two solutions. We both showed a .9 foot
per second mid-course and the entry interface times were within
1 second of each other. The reduction here shows that the
measurement plane error in the star sighting themselves
was less than 3 arc minutes. So it's really looking beautiful.
SC 3 arc minutes, huh?
CAPCOM Right.
SC That's very good, Bruce. Thank you.
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CAPCOM And with respect to the 02 high flow

test, the feeling down here is that iow pressure in the
manifold was probably connected with some panel 251 activity
giving a higher flow rate. And if Stu's around we'd like
to discuss for a minute his plans on the demonstrations.
Over.
SC Okay. He's - Here he is now. We'll
put him on.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. We wanted to just get
a status report on the demos if you've been doing any work
on them on the way home, there, and see what your plans were
for the TV show this evening.
SC Okay. Why don't you give us about
an hours on that. I'm just in and out. We've been running
some of the metal composits, but that's nothing to do with
TV. Ail we're going to do there is just show the experiment
and talk a little about it and when you called I was putting
up the heat flow experiment. We're going to take a look
at that one and the liquid transfer and get a hand on it,
so I'll have some word in about an hour.
CAPCOM Okay. We're standing by for the
TV at the regular time and if you could tell us which ones
- of the metal casting that you've already run, why it might
be of interest to people down here. We caught number 4 on
the way out.
SC Yes. We've run 4, 5, 6, and 7 will
be the next one.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Go ahead. Over.
SC Just to clarify a point. We're still
planning on starting the TV show at 172:30, is that correct?
CAPCOM That's affirmative.
SC Okay. Thank you.

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CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Over.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay. We'd like to confirm that you
did in fact turn the heaters and oxygen tank number 1 OFF
for the continuation of our 02 low flow test here.
SC We're working on a 50 pound instrument
error on that. I think we're reading about 865 right now.
How do you look?
SC Okay. We're reading a little higher
down here. Got about 889 showing on the TM.
SC Okay. That's fine, we'll turn it off now.
CAPCOM Okay, Roger. And for Ed the folks in
Kings Inn Court wanted me to say Hi.
SC Understand you want Ed on the line.
CAPCOM No, just pass that on to him and you
might remind Stu to listen to his music.
SC Yeah. We - we're listening to the music.
CAPCOM Okay.
SC Houston, 14. This is Ed. You're calling.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. Go ahead. Over.
SC Roger, did you call me?
CAPCOM I just wanted to say that the folks in
Kings Inn Court said to say "Hello".
SC Thanks Bruce. Appreciate that.
_ CAPCOM They'll be watching during the TV demon-
stration here.
SC Very good. We've got the camera out right
now as a matter of fact.
CAPCOM Okay.
SC Give us it.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 170 hours
51 minutes. We're in the midst of a shift handover in
Mission Control at this time and Flight Director Gerry Griffin
coming on to replace Flight Director Milton Windler. The
Capsule Communicator on the coming shift will be astronaut
Cordon Fullerton. And at the present time, we show Apollo
14 traveling at a speed of 3777 feet per second, now 166 832
nautical miles from earth. There will be a Change of Shift
Press Briefing. We estimate that it will begin in the MSC
News Center in about 15 to 20 minutes.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Ed, if you have a couple of minutes we
have a short test we'd like to run on the high gain antenna
to answer the questions that the antenna people have and
try to tie down a couple of questions that are still in
their mind about it.
SC Okay.
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CAPCOM Okay. What we'd like you to do is set

the dials to PITCH of plus 25 and YAW plus 265 and then go
to MANUAL and wide and then switch to the primary high gain
servo electronics and try to make a normal reacquisition
on the primary electronics and hopefully if its working
we'll wind up once you acquire back up in AUTO and narrow.
If you have any problems and it won't work properly just
go back to secondary electronics and back essentially in
the mood you are in now. They want a one final check on
whether primary electronics had indeed failed or not. Over.
SC Okay.
SC Houston, 14.
CAP COM Go ahead.
SC Okay. It seems to have popped right
up very nicely this time.
CAPCOM That's in primary, right?
SC Yes sir.
CAPCOM Okay. We'd like to just stay in PRIMARY
then, please.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Okay Ed. That's really all they had to
ask you to do. If you have any sort of failure AUTO track
and PRIMARY then go back to secondary. Over.
_ SC Will go.
PAO This is Apollo Control. We're going to
take down the air to ground line at this time for the Change
of Shift Press Briefing now about to begin in Building 1
small briefing room. We'll record on tape any air to ground
communications that take place during the press conference
and bring the line up live after conclusion of the press
conference. At 171 20 ground elapsed time, this is Apollo
Control.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 171:38

ground elapsed time. We've got some accumulated tape during
the press conference, and we'll play catch up with the tape
and go live.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Yea, how's your health up there today?
SC Oh, we're just fine, Deke. Everybody's
in great shape. We had a little sleep last night. Everybody's
a little bit tired after 2 full days but we're fine now, and
we're making preparations to run the TV show here. We're
playing with the experiments a little bit ahead of time
to get organized, and we're just going along fine.
CAPCOM Outstanding, you guys did a beautiful
job in sound great.
CAPCOM We've got one -
SC Okay, thank you very much Deke.
CAPCOM We've got one quick question here. Wanted
to know how you feel at this point about doing that Q and A
with the press tomorrow.
SC Sounds good to us. No problems at all
with that.
CAPCOM Okay, real fine. Well we're looking -
_ SC We'll try to work out a time - We'll
try to work out a time somewhere in the timeline when it's
convenient for everybody, the people on the ground and for us
also.
CAPCOM Okay, well flight thinks about 195:30
looks like a good time from all respects down here.
SC About 195:30
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Stand by.
SC Looks pretty good to us Deke. That's
good spot in the time line from our point of view also.
CAPCOM Okay, real fine and they'd like to have
TV with that. That gives us good coverage out of Goldstone for
that.
SC Okay, we'll plan on that then.
CAPCOM Okay, great Al.
SC You sound pretty good yourself. How's
your sleep level these days?
CAPCOM Well, I gained on you last night. I
picked up about 12 hours.
SC Ho ho ho.
CAPCOM Talked to your bride today and saw her
yesterday. Everybody's doing great family wise.
SC That's good, thank you sir.
CAPCOM You bet.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, over.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM We'd like to have you go to the thermal
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CAPCOM as shown at 171:20 in the flight plan, over.

SC Wilco.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
SC The flight plan showing a narrow
dead band. Is a wide band dead band good enough right now?
CAPCOM A wide dead band will be good.
SC Roger, thank you.
PAO This is Apollo Control, 172:15 ground
elapsed time. Some 15 minutes away from the television trans-
mission of the inflight demonstrations from Apollo 14, which are
sort of a scientific show and tell. The zero gravity in
flight demonstrations involve several pieces of equipment,
time lapse photography, and other techniques, for investigation
of how weightlessness affects various types of fluids, gases.
Among these demonstrations are electrophoretic separation,
heat flow and convection, liquid transfer and composite
casting. In the electrophoretic separation demonstration
could lead ultimately to a method for processing and manufacturing
new vaccines and other biological preparations on manned space
stations. Only a small portion of the total time involved
in these demonstrations can be shown in the TV transmission
tonight, because many of the investigations take an hour or
more to completely run. The heat flow and convection demon-
stration is aimed at showing how various types of fluids and
gases will flow in weightlessness. This particular demonstration
will be photographed at 1 frame a second with the motion picture
camera in a time lapse technique. It will be photographed
for a total of an hour and 28 minutes. The liquid transfer
demonstration looks into the effects and benefits of having
baffles inside of tanks. In zero G the fluids tend to cling
to the sides of tanks and it is thought with adequate baffling
or slosh plates inside of tanks, this particular phenomenon
can be off set.
CAPCOM We' re ready for you to terminate the
charge on battery B.
SC Okay terminating B at this time.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO In the composite casting demonstration,
metal alloy with a very low melting point will be used to
get a handle on how materials, not only metals but composites
would chop fibers, or wire stiffning inside the composite
casting would behave from a manufacturing stand point. 18
sealed capsules containing these materials will be placed
in a heater and allowed to cool and brought back to earth
for examination. We're still up live on the Apollo 14 air
ground loop. About 10 minutes away now from the television.
At 172:20 this is Apollo Control.

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SC Houston, Apollo 14.

CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. We're getting
a very nice picture of Apollo 14's patch. Over.
SC Very good. How are you this after-
noon, Gordon?
CAPCOM Fine. The gold team's at your service
and standing by for your show.
SC Okay. We'd like to welcome you to
an afternoon with Apollo 14. A Sunday afternoon, by the
was, with Apollo 14. And we're going to present some
experiments for you. Our narrator for this afternoon will be
Stu Roosa and I guess he's about ready to go. Stu.
SC Okay, Houston. What we'll try to
do this afternoon is show you 4 of the experiments that
we're carrying onboard and even though we'd like to think
that they're a major breakthrough - essentially what these
are, are experiments to checkout not only the steering
involved in the zero g environment, but also the technical
problems that we may face in designing bigger and better
experiments for Skylab. Three of these experiments deal
primarily with convection or in our case lack of convection
we hope, during the zero-g. And now for the purists of you in
the audience that say we should be calling it zero-g, we'll
conceed to that and go ahead and call it zero-g anyway, just
for clarification and everybody knows what we are talking about.
Bu't really what we're talking about is a free ball situation
or the lack of weight. So, of course, on earth under a
one-g field when you heat something, air, soforth, why we say
air rises and this due the influence of gravity on the air that
becomes less dense and the cold air comes underneath it
and you have your convection patterns, which ever one it's
familiar with. Well, under our situation, we probably have
a lack of or we do have a lack of these convection patterns
and we're going to use this to show some experiments and
hopefully how in later missions that we can manufacture
products and perhaps medicines and soforth. And the first
one of these is the heat flow - it's a heat flow experiment
that we've got mounted over here, if Ed will put the camera
on it. And what we have here are various cells and maybe
A1 can point them out there, on the radial zone and inside
each one of these zones as outlined here is a heat sensitive
material and it will change colors as it's heated and they'll
not all change at the same time due to the substance that
sensor is made out of. However, these two are exactly the
same. And now under a g field if you had these two the
same and you heated them, well, of course, the hot air would
rise and let's say that you had this sitting on the table,
the one above it you would see a marked difference in the
heating patterns. Here under our weightless condition the
pattern should be the same, in other words, in these two
cells the heating should go out evenly on both sides. Now
you will see a difference on these two because the sensor
being a different material. So if A1 will throw on the switch,
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_-_ SC - - and we'll see some response from

this. It'll take about a minute and while we're waiting
for that we have essentially the same thing in a different
form across the top and we can only heat one at a time, so
we'll heat up this radial zone first. I think you'll have
a better chance of seeing this. And then maybe we'll throw -
heat this up and throw it on - put the TV camera on them
later. And while that's heating up, I'd like to show you
another one that we've got. Okay.
SC Houston. Color checkup. Has the
color in the picture now -
CAPCOM We're getting a pretty good picture,
Ed. But we're not noticing any difference in the crystals
and the circular heat flow crystals there.
SC - - so you wouldn't.
SC Over here, we've got a - another
experiment. Well, let's take another one of the convection
types. Let's take the metal castings there, Al. Okay.
A1 now's got another experiment which we call metal composites.
So we have 18 different samples. These samples are metal
and really what this experiment is is to get some data -
Okay, how's that picture now, Gordon. Can you see the
metal composite experiment?
CAPCOM Yes. Now, I have settled and we're
seeing it very well.
SC Okay. What we have are 18 of these
small canisters. Each one containing a different metal
and/or a mixture. And the purpose of this experiment is
to get some data on casting under our weightless or zero-g
conditions and here again, when you cast metals you heat
them and when they cool you have convection currents in them.
Hopefully, here in our laboratory we can heat these and cool
them. They will have even cooling and also another part
of this experiment is, some of the metals are mixed with
fibers and/or various other particles. And the theory here
to increase the strength of the casting with these fibers.
Now on earth under a lg field, this gets to be a rather
difficult process because during the cooling the fibers
settle out and you don't get a homogeneous mix and a cooling,
so you don't have equal strength. So what we do is, we
heat these up and then we run through various processes.
Some of them we shake, some of them we don't shake, and
then we cool them. We put them on a little heat sink here,
and we'll let it set and cool for a certain period of time
and then we'll change it, put in another casting, and press
ahead. There's really not much else to show on TV with
this one. It's - It takes quite a bit of time, by the
time we run through all the castings, but we just park it
up in the tunnel out of the way and when our kitchen timer
goes off, why, we'll either cool it or put in a new casting
and press ahead. And I see the - getting some action on
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SC - - the convection experiment over

here on the radial experiment and we're being real curious
Gordon, if you can pick this up and if we've got enough
light.
CAPCOM Yes, Stu. We can see a difference
particularly on the - as we're looking at it - upper left
quadrant of the radial - - window there.
SC Okay. Now, as I said before this
quadrangle will heat faster, so you'll see more of - a
faster color change. Now these two will also heat and these
are the two that really show our zero-g condition, because
these two will - and/or heating out the extended radial
distance out at the same rate. So, we're not getting any
help on either one of them from the convection currents.
And the fourth one is just now starting to pick up. And we'll
drop off from that one and just let it extend out a little
bit and we'll talk about another experiment we have that
also deals with convection.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. It's very apparent that
the upper right and lower left quadrants are heating equally.
That's a very good picture.
SC Okay. And we - we did run this
experiment on the ground - the fourth light, and it was -
it was very marked difference. It's quite impressive how
it working - -

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SC it's a very marked difference. It's

quite impressive now it's working.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC You do understand that this quadrant
down here is a higher temperature crystal. That's the
reason that it's not going out as fast as the one in the
upper left corner. It has nothing to do with the grava-
tational effect at all - with the higher temperature crystal
down here.
CAPCOM Roger, Al.
SC Okay now, Gordon. Our intrepid LMP
is holding another experiment and how's that picture look?
Can you get anything of Ed and the blue box here?
CAPCOM We're not getting it yet. It looks like
you're still getting the camera settled down. Now - Now
we're seeing it - that's right in the center now.
CAPCOM I think maybe if you stop the lens down
the little window is overexposed with respect to the rest of
the scene so change it - it's not much more than just a
bright light. That's looking real good now. I think that's
a good setting right there.
SC Okay Gordon. And what we have here is
an electrophoresis experiment and we're not going to run
this one on the TV camera. It's a one shot operation.
But on the left side here we've got three channels going
-- across this beauty and over on the left, in a chamber,
we have three different compounds containing organic
molecules. And what we're going to do is apply a voltage
to each one of these chambers and then open up the partition
between the chamber where the organic molecules are and
our channel going across. And the theory here being that
as you charge the molecules they will move out across this
channel. Now some molecules will take a better charge
than the other ones and they will move faster. Well, under
a gravity field, here again you have a convection current
and it tends to mix up the molecules - the heavier molecules
settle out to the bottom of the channel - they don't
make it all the way across and so forth. Ail the problems
involved with the convection again, so here hopefully,
the only variable will be the different type of molecule.
And we hope the molecules will then separate themselves
in bunches based on the assumption that all molecules of
the same kind you know are all been doing their physical
conditioning and will run as the same rate. So anyway,
the molecules will move across and hopefully will separate
them into bands. Now we've got three different types of
molecules here and one the simplest one - it's just a red
and blue dye and this phenomena will take place under
a gravity field and Just happens on the earth. And we
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SC work up in numbers up to quite heavy

molecules and these are the ones that we cannot do on earth
and we're trying to see if it's possible to do them here
under the zero-g and there are quite a few ramifications
to this if it really comes off and one of the most obvious
is in the field of medicine in making pure vaccines and so
forth. Now we don't expect this experiment to solve the
problems. We're trying to get a hack see if the theory is
correct and also to work out some of the engineering details
such as when you heat - apply this voltage you form a few
gas bubbles around it and so we have to have a little pump
that circulates the fluid in a very low rate and we want to
see if this works and if it disrupts the travel of the
molecules. So this we hope is the first step for bigger and
better experiments and eventually a truly manufacturing
process.
SC Ed, if you want to move on down closer
to that light for a few minutes we'll put you on the camera
and maybe your family can see what you've got hanging all
over your face.
SC We couldn't talk Ed into shaving this
morning.
SC Or yesterday morning either.
CAPCOM You might open up the lens slightly if
you're going to a less brightly lit object.
SC Are you trying to say Ed's not very bright,
Gordon?
CAPCOM I guess I won't comment on the interpreta-
tion there.
SC Okay.
SC I'm being conspired against.
SC Since I'm being conspired against, I'll
take the camer back.
SC Okay. We'll come back down on to one that
does not deal with the convection principle and that's the
transfer of liquid. If I can get out of the way here - is
that showing up, Gordon?
CAPCOM That's pretty good for centering, Stu.
Can we -
SC Okay. We're watching it.
CAPCOM That's looking pretty good. You might
move the camera down slightly now. It's in the lower part
of the screen. Okay. It's centered well - it was. Also
you might try peak on the camera. Might improve the
exposure, that was one suggestion from the background man.
SC Okay.
SC You have peak. How's it now? Peak and
F:8.

CAPCOM I think that'll work. You might open

it slightly, Ed. Open the F-stop slightly and I think
we'll have it.
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SC Okay. What we've got Gordon is of course

two tanks here and these have no baffles whatsoever and
we tried to transfer the liquid from one end to the other
and then back again and we ended up in about the condition
that you see here not being able to do much with it. And
I've got me a handy dandy pump which I'm going to mount on
here and this experiment is of course planning towards the
large space station refueling operations, transfer of fluids
on a space station - anytime you have a rather large complex
structure up here why you're going to have to be doing this
type operation and it's a first look at what type of baffles
we'll need and you'll see this on the other side. What I'd
like to show you is the difficulty you have when you're
trying to do it without any - without the aid of any baffles.
CAPCOM Stu, we see a couple of large bubbles
in each tank. Will you point out just which part there
is liquid and which part is the air space? Over.
SC Okay. The white portion you see is
the bubble and you should be able to see a green fluid around
the bubble. Can you see the green?
CAPCOM That's right. We can see where you're -
the parts that you're pointing out there. The colors are
our monitor here are not coming in true but that shouldn't
hurt the point of the experiment. Go ahead.
SC Okay. We'll now take - yeah - okay.
And we'll - Al's now working this pump and - okay. We can't
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SC Okay, we can't even get the bubbles to

change too much here. Okay, if you'll watch that, about all
you can succeed in doing when you pump with the pump is making
the large bubble in the center and the fluid has a tendency
to cling around to the outside edge due to the surface
tension. Now, this surface tension is quite important, and
that is what will make the baffles work as you see on the
other side. But right now, the only surface for the fluid
to cling to is right around the edge of the tank, and sure
enough, that's where it goes, with the bubble in the center.
It makes it very difficult if not impossible to work with.
CAPCOM Okay, that's very apparent from the picture
we're seeing now.
SC Okay, and a little bit on the hardware
here. We have a valve up here at the top that connects the
2 tanks through a tube here. Now, Ed, if you can get it down,
and we've got a valve on each - on the top of each tank here
in which the pump will either pump into this tank or suck
from that tank into this tank. The tubing here goes from
these valves through a little hand operated pump. So that's
the engineering behind it, and of course as you can see,
the liquid Just clings to the periphery of the tank due to
the surface pitch. We'll now switch the tank and show you
the operation using the baffle.
SC Okay, Roger. Switch and I'll put the camera
on Al, and let the world look at him. He did shave this
morning. It didn't help a bit.
CAPCOM Roger. We can see that none of you look
worse for the wear on the preceding 3 days activities.
SC No, we feel great up here, great shape.
CAPCOM Stu, a reminder, if you still have the
heat on the radial experiment, you might turn it off. It
might be overheating by this time.
SC You might swing on over. There's another
part of the experiment that we're not sure you'll be able
to see that we turned on - I don't know whether Ed can get
it on the camera or not, I'll push the top in. Okay, now
up here we have the, down here of course where we're heating
and extending out radiantly from a point here. Okay, up on
the top we're heating - stand by 1, here, we'll get the camera
rigged up. Okay, we've now switched to the zoned cells,
as they're called, and there again we have the different
crystals.
capcom Ed, can you refocus there. As you moved
in tight, we lost the focus and lost most of the detail of
that part of the experiment.
SC How's that, Gordon?
CAPCOM Okay, that's better. I think that range
is good. Just hold everything as it is.
SC Okay.
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SC Okay, Gordon. Now this is essentially the

same principle only a different type heating arrangement.
Here we're heating with a band in the center, and we have the
crystal in longitudinal strips running out from the center.
And you probably - I don't know if you can pick up the color
difference or not on these bands as they move out.
CAPCOM We can see a little bit of difference there,
but it's not readily apparent, but as you point it out, I be-
lieve we can see those zones moving out.
SC Okay, and that's it basically, now when we
actually do the experiment for data, we have a 16 millimeter
camera that sits out 1 foot and we turn it on and it takes a
picture and you go through a sequence here so it's a detailed
experiment in which we have the procedures as we run through
those and what we're doing here is just showing you the gross
features of the experiment and its typical operation. We're
not trying to show you exactly how we gather the data or
anything like that. And we're turning off the heat convection
experiment now.
CAPCO_ Roger.
SC Okay, how are we focused on the tanks now,
Gordon? StAnd by.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. That looks really good. I'm
just center it up slightly and we can see the liquid and the
baffles very clearly. Over.
SC _ Okay, just to point out that we've got 2
different_type baffles, I think you probably see the baffle,
on this s_de and over on this side there are 2 baffles running
up and with a little different feed in arrangment, on the
bottom of the baffle. Okay, now, I'll steady up the camera,
and A1 will supply some power on the pumps, and you'll see
the liquid now moving out and due to the surface tension
on the baffle, it clings to the baffles and comes out and
fills up the tank in an orderly fashion instead of going up
the side walls and leaving that large bubble right in the center.
CAPCOM That's a beautiful demonstration. It's
very clear from here.
SC Okay, good. Okay, we've got just about
all we're going to get out of the tank. Now, A1 will back
it up and we'll show you how the other set of baffles work.
And you'll note, the baffles not only aid on the fluid coming
into the tank, but also it makes for nice orderly discharge
on the other tank. Now you can see it coming into this tank
with here again, surface tension on the sidewalls and the
2 baffles and proceeding to fill the tank.
CAPCOM That's very clear, Stu. You might run it
back once more.
SC Okay, we'll give it to you again.
SC And I don't know if you can see it or not
Gordon, but when a bubble does come into the tank, it's
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SC broken up by the baffles and tends to

hang in pretty well. There, we jus_ saw one burst there,
if you happened to notice that.
CAPCOM Hey, we can see that very clearly.
SC Why don't you run it fast and show the
slosh if yo u can get it that fast.
SC Okay, we're going to increase the rate of
flow on this one.
CAP COM Okay.
SC Okay, now with the faster flow rate, you
don't quite have time for the bubbles to dissipate using the
baffles and we did pick up a few more bubbles. Gordon, to
really appreciate this you have to try -

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SC - - you're in a - to appreciate
this you had to have tried the other side. I'm afraid
that one didn't show up too well, because all we had was
the two bubbles in the center, but we can prove to you that
the pump was working, because it works on this side. But
it - it was just impossible to transfer any fluid after
we opened the valve the first time, it got fluid out of
one tank into the other one.
CAPCOM I think that's clear, Stu, now that
we see how well this side works. We can see that the -
without the baffles it's a pretty hopeless situation.
SC Rog.
SC Okay, Gordon. That's probably
about enough of liquid transfer. And I think we pretty well
covered the four experiments unless you've got some questions,
that I didn't make clear or that has come up during the
presentation.
CAPCOM One quick question. Did you have -
Have you tried the - on the heat flow convection experiment
the flow pattern part of it where you expected to see
Bernard cells, did that work out?
SC Yes. We tried that, Gordon, and
it didn't work out too good. Maybe while we've got the TV
here, we'll talk about that one and maybe you can get some
help and we'd like to try running it again. We ran every-
thing except the benard cells and Ed, could you put the
camera back over on the convection experiment, Ed.
SC What has been happening here in this
particular experiment, we have a krytox fluid that's suppose
to come out at three different locations along the base of
this cup. Can you see that cup from your view?
CAPCOM Yes. We're getting a very good
view of it.
SC This is the outline of the cup
right here. That's three very small holes down at the base
of the cup at its periphery and Krytox fluid flows in when
we work a little hand pump here. And it's suppose to spread
evenly over the bottom of this cup, which it does under lg.
The cup is a heating element and we - we're going to study
the rate of growth of the size of growth of the Bernard cells
in the Krytox fluid. Unfortunately, we're not sure
whether we have air in the fluid, too much air in the fluid
or not, but we're attempting to get the fluid to flow on the
base of the cup but under the circumstances, we find that we
don't have any luck and rather it comes up along the walls of
the cup adjacent to all three of the holes. And if you have
any experts down there, we'd like to talk about that a minute.
CAPCOM Have you tried to use an object
to move - to try force the fluid to spread on over the
surface by opening the lid on it and then trying to force it
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CAPCOM spread out evenly.

SC You mean physically spreading the
Krytox around, Gordon?
CAPCOM That's - that's right. That's
the question. We wondered if you tried that yet?
SC No. We didn't, you know, our
instructions there said if it didn't adhere to the surface
we were to close up the lid and go home. We tried it
three times and that amplify there, it comes out of the
hole, comes up the wall and then spreads between the
holes right on around the wall. It Just keeps packing up.
We - we're most anxious to try it again and we'll turn
her on and try spreading it across there.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. We don't intend to ask
you to try all this on TV, but our only suggestion would
be to maybe open it up and try to spread it across with
your finger or with a tissue or something like that, but
that seems to be the only idea to be offered.
SC Okay. Well, if you've got the
time, we'll turn on the Krytox here and let you watch it
come out.
CAPCOM Okay. We're - be glad to watch.
SC What I'm doing here is opening a
flow valve between the tank and Krytox and the liquid plate.
And over here we have a pump, which is actually when I turn
it in a clockwise direction. Perhaps you can already see that
we have fluid coming out right here. It's staying right
here in this crevice moving up the side walls. Can you
see that on the camera?
CAPCOM Yes. We can see that very clearly.
SC See, it's doing it almost the same
all the way around it. This is when it's spreading a little
further down the line, doesn't have quite as much fluid,
yet, but these two are spreading the same way. They're going
up the walls as much as they are coming out on the floor.
Now we'll get a finger in here and see what happens.
SC I believe we may be able to get
enough there to show you the formation of these Bernard cells.
CAPCOM Okay.
SC We have a thin layer here now. Let's
turn on some heat and see what happens.
CAPCOM Okay.
CAPCOM Ed, the comments - the camera man
there - we noticed a real improvement in the picture just
about a minute or two ago. If you did anything different
there remember what you did for future use.
SC We Just put it back on average from
the peak we had it on a little while ago.
CAPCOM Rog.
SC Yes. We can see some action here
probably in a couple of minutes, Gordon, when these form -
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SC - I think you saw them down at the

Cape, didn't you Gordon?
CAPCOM No. I didn't see those personally.
SC Okay. They're pretty impressive
and it breaks into the Bernard cell here.
SC I think we're having the formation
of some small cells, of course - -

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SC The small cells. The film we've put

out here so far is fairly thin. It's difficult to get the
vertical circular pattern set up.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM Stu, the experts here would like to
pass along the fact that it should take longer to get the
cell formation with a thin layer fluid than with a thick
layer.
SC Yes, we have a peculiar pattern in this
fluid, which you probably can't see, but the fluid which I
put in the center stayed there but there's a very thin layer
here indicating that it's gone out radially again and as you
can see we have some pretty good size fillants that stay right
on the outside of the cup, very much the same principle as
the circuit station that you saw in the experiment of the tank
without the baffles.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SC Well the cells are forming. You can see
small cells. You probably can't pick them up with the camera
because the cells are only approximately a sixteenth of an inch
in diameter right now. I think, yeah, if you hold on just a
minute we're going to see some pretty spectacular formation.
They're starting to form right now and get a little bit larger.
CAPCOM Ok ay.
SC Gordon, are you able to see the detail
of the cells?
CAPCOM Not really now, Ed. We see some texture
there in the fluid but it's hard to say that they're really
cells from here.
SC I think you'll be able to see them
distinctly in a minute. They're starting to get larger and
more active.
CAPCOM Okay now I, now we're seeing the cells
pretty well. They're becoming much more apparent now.
SC Improved common techniques again.
CAPCOM A1 do you recall how many total turns
you've put on the knob that pumps the Krytox out there, they
are curious Just what total quantity is in the cup at this
time.
SC Well, we have about 2 turns full right
now .

CAPCOM Roger.
SC Well, we do have some tiny cells here,
and we'll play with this one before we photograph it. In the
meantime you all might be thinking about that.
CAPCOM Roger, Al.
SC But we can definitely see these formation
of the same type of cells, although they're smaller than we
had down there. If we had some more fluid in there we could
get larger cells.
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CAPCOM Roger.
SC And Gordon, after the TV here, we'll
put the camera back up and take a picture of what we've got
here, just while it's there.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Okay, I guess that's about all of it from
our zero-g lab on Apollo 14. I think we're real pleased with
the experiments, and I want to compliment all of the PI's
on the work that they did. They came out extremely well,
they went just as advertised on the procedures, gave us no
trouble and they've been real enjoyable to work with and
hopefully, this is the beginning of bigger and better things
in the way of manufacturing processes and so forth in
space, and I believe A1 has got some words here.
SHEPARD I just wanted to say a couple of words
before we signed off tonight. What we've been talking about
among the three of us when we were setting up these experiments,
is the contribution this can make immediately and directly
into American lives and the lives of people around the world.
For example, if specifically, these manufacturies and processes
of metal turned out to be better in the space environment, or
the vaccines which are proposed to be developed in weightless
condition can be used effectively and immediately and certainly
this type of an operation in Skylab of the future can become
immediately beneficial to the peoples United States and the
peoples of the world. As a matter of fact, one of the things
we're talking about, and in connection with tremendous achieve-
ments of the space program so far that have contributed particu-
larly in the field of communication. For example right now, I'm
sure this broadcast is going directly over seas to millions
of people who are seeing it in their homes through satellite,
and I think many people have said that this improvement in
communication through the space satellite will certainly go
a long way in solving the problems of the world. Problems of
understanding between peoples of different nations and different
countries. We are reminded however, as we look at that shimmering
crescent, tonight, which is the earth on our way back that
there still is fighting going on, the three of us all have acquaint-
ences, friends, and even relatives in Viet Nam, we are reminded that
some of the people, some of the men who have gone to Viet Nam
have not returned, that are still being held there listed as
missing in action or as prisoners of war and it is our wish
tonight that we can in some way, contribute through our efforts
to the space program to promote a better understanding of peace
throughout the world and help to rectify these situations which
still exists, and with that thought, for Ed, and Stu, and myself,
I will say good night to you from Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Roger, Apollo 14, thank you very much
for the interesting and - thank you very much for the whole show,
we've enjoyed every minute. Good night.
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SPEAKER Inspiring was the word that Gordon was

looking for.
SC Okay, thank you.

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PAO This is Apollo Control 173 hours 25 minutes

ground elapsed time. The distance from earth now 161 112
nautical miles, velocity 3893 feet per second. Inflight
demonstrations complete as recently televised. Thecrew of
Apollo 14 now has gone back to the start of program 23,
cislunar navigation exercises using the spacecraft optics
or navigation sextant taking sightings and measurements on
several selected stars in the Apollo navigation star list,
measuring the included angle between the stars and the earth
far horizon as seen from 161 miles out. Still up and live on
air-ground. This is Apollo Control at 173 26
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM The only suggestion we can make on that
problem of the Bernard cell flow pattern experiment there is
that that rubber surface around the edge of the cup is supposed
to be treated so that the fluid won't adhere to it. Obviously
it's not working. The only suggestion that might work would
be to take a tissue and wipe that off real well and try to clean
it as well as possible and then try to put as thick a layer
as possible of krytox into the cup with your finger if necessary
and the thicker the better, evidently, for results - more
visible results. And a question for all the experiments.
We'd like a status on Just where you stand as far as taking
J- data and if on each of the 4, if you could give that to us,
the support people would like to know. Also, if you intend
to work on it tomorrow, they'll be here to answer any questions
or whether you're going to finish it all up tonight. Over.
SC I don't think we'll be able to get it all
completed tonight, Gordo. However, if you give us a call
when they're leaving, then we'll be able to tell you what
the completion factor is.
CAPCOM Okay, actuallly, they'll all stand by as
long as you wish. If you give us Just a status right now,
I think that's what they want. Have you taken any data on
the -
SC Okay, well as far as -
CAPCOM - on the electrophoresis yet, for instance.
SC Well, let's start with the metal composites,
as far as that's concerned, we had no problems with that and
we have completed, I think, 3 or 4 of those and we will press
right on with those all the way in. As far as the Heat Flow
is concerned, we have completed with the zone and the radial
flows and we'll try one more time on the krytox. We, I think,
only did this film on the fluid transfer. We have no questions
on that so no further support on that will be required. And we
have not made an attempt on the electrophoresis yet. We're
using that for demonstration for television only. That's
the only one that we would really need any support on at all.
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CAPCOM Okay, fine. I think that answers their

question.
SC We should be getting into the electrophoresis
after we finish this next P23.
CAPCOM Okay, thank you, Al.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead.
SC Gordon, is anybody concerned about a little
longer delay in going into PTC. I was looking ahead at these
3 constraint stars. We could cut those out - I'm not suggest-
ing it, but if we're concerned about the thermal aspect.
CAPCOM Stand by. We'll check on that.
CAPCOM Stu, we don't see, immediately anyway, any
particular rush to get into PTC so go ahead and complete the
P23 as shown and if we come up with something we'll call you
later. That's something that requires us to get into the
PTC sooner. I don't think there's going to be anything though.
Over.
SC Okay, I Just wanted to check with you.
We've been out awhile.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14. Apollo 14, Houston. Over.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay tank 3 heater is getting up above
the limit. It's 335 and climbing. We'd like to have you
turn tank 3 OFF and 1 and 2 to AUTO. That's the 02 heater.
SC Okay. 3 coming OFF. 1 and 2 to AUTO.
CAPCOM Thank you.
SC You got it.
CAPCOM Antares, Houston. We think that you
loaded 35 Rasalhague when you meant to load 33 Antares there.
Over.
SC Rog. Gordon, I copied that.
SC Okay. You're so right. I'm seeing
double here.
CAPCOM Big brother is watching.
SC And calm.
PAO This is Apollo Control. 174 15 ground
elapsed time. Spacecraft to earth distance now 159 215
nautical miles, velocity 3933 feet per second. Apollo 14
crew still at this time engaged in program 23 Cislunar
Navigation Exercises. And shortly we'll be setting up
PTC for the night - passive thermal control. Eat dinner
and go into a ten hour rest period. We'll leave the circuit
up t_ll such time as they sign off for the night and go
into that rest period at 174 15 ground elapsed time, this
is Apollo Control.
CAPCOM Stu, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Stu we've noticed - at least it looked
like it to us here that you took six marks on star number
5 rather than 3 on 5 and then 3 on six. Probably have to
do six over. Over.
SC Say that again, Gordon.
CAPCOM One of the backroom guys that was watch-
ing said that you did six marks on number 5 rather than
three on five and three on six. Is that the way it seemed
to you?
SC Okay, I'll do six.
SC He knew six would be a difficult star so
he practicing extra on 5.
SC Hey Gordon. The tough one is that
number 3. I don't know why - that's a tough star.
CAPCOM And we get it.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM For EECOM we noticed one on the last
heater cycle on 02 tank 3 that the temperature went up
pretty fast. We'd Just like to verify that the 50 watt
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CAPCOM heater breaker is out. That's on panel

226. That's on tank 3.
SC You want to go to tank 3.
CAPCOM As you would like to know where it was
when you look at it - we think it was out. Wetd like to
verify that and we'd like you to leave it out if it is out.
SC The breaker was in - it's now out and
we'll take a look at our flight plan and see where that was
suppose to happen.
CAPCOM Okay Al. I think it was a realtime read-
out. It wasn't on my shift but that's indication i get
right now that it was a real time read up to you from the
DTO.
SC Okay. We must have missed it. Sorry.
CAPCOM No problem.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, over.

SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Al, we have a fairly lengthy procedure
for stowing the probe for entry. We thought it might be a
good idea to try to summarize it quickly to you now so that
you can think about it somewhat. We're picking out a time
tomorrow to accomplish this. We think that it should be no
problem to finish it in about an hour and it looks like maybe
the crew exercise period scheduled at 190 hours might be a
good time, so what we'd like to do is get Stu on the horn
and summarize the whole procedure. Just quickly so you can
think about it, and then when it comes - when you get ready
to do it, rather than - it would take as long to write down
all these directions as it would to do the stowage, so we
could just real time read the steps to you one at a time as you
accomplish it, and it may be easier than trying to copy it
all down. Over.
SC Okay, it sounds fine. As a matter of
fact we're discussing that a few minutes ago. If you'll
hold on just a sec we'll put Stu on the air.
CAPCOM Okay.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Roger, this is Houston.
SC Rog, I think we're all on the air.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. I'm not intending for you
to either write this all down, or to remember it all. We'd
just like to give it to you once through quickly, so you can
think about it and we'll do it in detail tomorrow, when we
get around to doing it for real. The first thing, is the
stowage for the decontamination bags that ordinarly go on
Al0 and Al3. Then they want to modify that to stow the one
that has 30 pounds in it, and put that one on Al3, using
the existing tie down rings. But the one that has 20 pounds
rather than putting it on Al0, we want to put it on AS, and
use the D rings on A8 in essentially the same manner, the
normal manner of strapping it down. On top of that one, we
want to take the CMP suit and helmet and put it in a sleeping
bag and then use the LM webbing and lash it down on top of
the 20 pound decontamination bag on AS, and this should, all
tie down there to allow a minimum 4 inch clearance for the
couch for couch stroking. Are you with me so far?
SC Rog.
CAPCOM Okay, now for the probe storrage. We
start by going through Al0, and remove anything you think you
might need later. We can't identify anything in there that
will be needed later but you want to take a check,
because once we get the probe lash down on top of that, it
will be pretty tough to get back in there. Then go to A5 and
remove the head rest pads and put them on the couches. Take
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CAPCOM the heel clips and ropes, there should

be 5 ropes in there and stow them temporarily. From the right
hand side of A5, take the cushion and all the equipment
that's in that cushion and put it in food box Bi, and from
A6, take the 2 LIOH cans from A6 and put them in the left hand
side of A5. Take the TV equipment that's in A6, wrap the
TV monitor in a constant wear garmet and put all of the Tv
equipment into Bi also. Okay, now take the ropes, take 1
of the ropes that you removed from A5 and double it, and then
tie it to footpad on A6, the footpad that's in the corner, it'd
be the plus y, plus Z foot pad on A6, and take 3 other ropes
and tie 1 end of each of those 3 ropes, we won't double those
ropes, tie 1 end of each of those 3 to the same point, that
being the other foot pad near the wall on A6, it'd be the
plus y minus z foot pad. Okay, now we go to the probe and
take 2 flight data file books and tape them to the base end
of the probe, the end with the capture latch release handle.
The probe now will be placed with 1 of the pitch arms, those
are the large arms that normally contact the face of the
drogue, one of those pitch arms down toward the aft bulk head
between A6 and AiO. The apex of the probe pointing in the
minus y direction and the base end of the probe with the
flight data file books taped on them touching the right hand
_ equipment bay. Is that clear more or less the position that
it'll be stowed in? Over.
SC Yea, it's real clear Gordon. You're
doing a great job.
CAPCOM Okay, then there'll be 6 points that
the probe will be resting on. I won't go into all of those
but will identify those as we go, and determine where, with
a pencil or something, mark where these points are, and
remove the probe from that location, and on 3 of those positions
we'll have to shim them up. One of these contact points will
be shimmed with a sleeping bag on top of which we'll put one
of the rendezvous window shades and on top of that a flight
data file book. One of the other contact points will be
shimmed with a flight data book and the third point will
probably take a couple of flight data books to fill up the
gap. Once we get the shims in place, we'll put the probe
back down, and check that all 6 contact points are indeed
making contact, and then we go through a fairly, on about 5
steps of rope tieing. I won't go into the details, but we've
got it all figured out where each rope coming from the A6 foot
pads goes to on the probe and then back down to various other
places, essentially lashing the whole thing down between points
on A6 and Al0. And as a final step, using tools that we've got
for you from the tool kit, tools that we have identified,
we'll take apart one of the suport arms, will remove the bolt
that holds that support arm to the shock strut, and
f-- then tie the loose support arm to the probe with the last rope
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CAPCOM to keep it from flopping around. This

takes that support arm out of the couch stroke envelope. And
that'll do it. How's that, clear as mud?
SC No, that's pretty clear, Gordon. When
we got to that part about all the rope tieing, you know I
thought I sure am glad I'm flying with 2 sailors, you know
they can handle that no sweat.
SC That's what you call abundantly clear.
It sounds like you've put a lot of effort in to that one.
SC I was just wondering how many new
hires it took to figure all that out in 2 days.
CAPCOM That has a few man hours spent on it.
What I intend to do is go over tomorrow and do it all myself
in the mock up, and then I'll probably sub Bruce sometime, if
we end up at that same time in the shift tomorrow that we
suggested around 195 hours I'll be back here filling in
anyway and I can go through the gory details with you as you
do it, if that sounds good to you.
SC That's great Gordon. We sure appreciate
all the effort you're going through here and it's -

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/7/71 22:04CST 175:40GET 532/1

SC Gordon. We sure appreciate

all the efforts you're going to here and it sounds like
you've got it well in hand then. That was pretty clear.
Real clear the first time through and will you giving us
the details, it shouldn't be any sweat. In fact, I bet
we could hack it right now.
CAP COM Okay. Very good.
CAPCOM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Would you verify that you did
change the lithium hydroxide canisters called for at
174 hours.
SC Naturally.
SC Absolutely.
CAPCOM Okay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM If you're all finished with your
overboard dumps up there your rates look good for starting
the spin up and we would like you to configure the high gain
in the - coast to sleep mode as shown in the systems checklist.
We'd like you to use option one under that, which is with
the high gain operation as shown there rather than OMNI
operation. We want to watch the high gain awhile and then
before you go to sleep we'll try to go back to OMNI. Over.
SC Okay, Gordon. Fine. I'll bring
it up that way.
SC Okay. We'll spin up with V2, D2.
CAP COM Roger.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 176 hours,
18 minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 now 154, 455 nauti-
cal miles out from earth approaching at a velocity of
4, 037 feet per second. The crew of Apollo 14 apparently
preparing for the 10 hour sleep period and there having
been no communications from the crew in the last several
minutes, we will take the circuit down at this time and
play back on a delayed basis any subsequent conversation
prior to sleep, if there is any. At 176:19 ground elapsed
time, this is Apollo Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/7/71 176:46 GET 533/1

PAO This is Apollo Control 176:46 ground

elapsed time. Spacecraft communicator Gordon Fullerton is
giving the crew their last go to bed instructions on the
communications, which antenna to use, and so on. And, we've
accumulated short amount of tape, and we'll catch up live
here. Let's roll the tape.
CAPCOM (garbled) any time you are. We'd like
you to secure the high gain in pitch minus 52 and yaw 270
and manual on wide, and then the other switches as shown
on the checklist. Over.
SC Okay. Will do that, thank you.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM Sounds like you're having a party up
there.
SC That's the only ingredients we have for
a party, though.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. EECOM has informed
us that unless we get these onboard readouts before you go
to sleep we're going to have to return to Earth as soon as
possible.
SC Ail right.
SC Well, if we thought it would have helped
we'd just be quiet.
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay, Gordon. The onboard readout
follows bat C 37 volts, pyro bat A 37.3, pyro bat uc 37.3,
RCS A 58 B 55 C 57 D go and standby for the rest of it.
CAPCOM Houston.
SC 14. We have no medication to report. The
crew is doing fine.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Thank you.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/7/71 23:27CST 177:04GET MC-534/1

CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, over.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM We're at a good angle now for an E MOD
dump, if you'd like to give it to us.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM And that about completes all the things
that we had to pass up before you go to sleep. We want you
to finish the rest of the presleep check list and wish you
a good night.
SC Okay, here it comes and good night to you.
SC Did you get my last (garble)
CAPCOM Negative, say again, Ed.
SC Okay, the E MOD dump is on the way and good
night to you.
CAPCOM You planning to raise the cabin
pressure now, or wait a while?
SC Oh, we'll wait a while, we're not
quite ready to go to sleep, yet.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/7/71 177:18 G.E.T. 535/1

PAO This is Apollo Control. Apollo 14 now

established in a barbeque roll, passive thermal control
mode. They reported that the crew is in fine shape; no
medication has been taken today. Gave their onboard read-
outs and battery voltage readings and quantities remaining
in the service module reaction control system propellant
tanks. And it isn't likely that they'll call back to con-
trol center again tonight before going to bed. So at
177 hours 22 minutes ground elapsed time, this is Apollo
Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/8/71, 0:35 CST, 178:12 GET, 536/1

PAO This is Apollo Control 178 hours

12 minutes ground elapsed time. The crew apparently asleep
at this time. The spacecraft distance from the earth 149 950
nautical miles, velocity 4138 feet per second. Spacecraft
weight 24 559 pounds. First indication here on the present
trajectory for a time of entry interface are 400 000 feet.
This time will fluctuate in the next two days as we get nearer
to entry but the initial time shown here in the space digitals
computation display shows that time to be 216 hours 27 minutes
31 seconds. Entry velocity 36 170 feet per second, at an
entry angle of minus 6.63 degrees. But as mentioned before
these numbers will all shift back and forth especially after
any further midcourse corrections. Rather quiet here in the
control room. Members of Pete Frank's Orange Team of flight
controllers are beginning to drift in, takeover console for
a shift handover less than an hour from now. And at 178 hours
13 minutes ground elapsed time, this is Apollo Control.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/8/71 179:12 GET 537/i

PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at 179 hours

12 minutes ground elapsed time. The crew of Apollo 14 are
presently in a rest period. Meanwhile, in Mission Control
we've had a hand over of flight control teams. The Orange
Team headed by Flight Director Pete Frank now on board. Our
Capsule Communicator for this shift is Apollo 13 astronaut
Fred Haise. Realistically, we do not expect Haise to have
verbal contact with the crew, but he will be in a stand by
mode throughout the morning. And, momentarily Flight Director
Pete Frank will be going around the room posting each of his
consoles as to our status. And at 179 hours 13 minutes,
this is Apollo Control Houston.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. Ground elapsed
time 179 hours 14 minutes. Apollo 14 is presently 147 447
nautical miles away from Earth, and traveling at a velocity
of 4197 feet per second. This is Apollo Control Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/8/71 180:12 G.E.T. 538/1

PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at

180 hours 12 minutes ground elapsed time. Our displays
in Mission Control presently show Apollo 14 at a distance
of 145 076 nautical miles away from the earth and traveling
at a velocity of 4 253 feet per second. Meanwhile in the
Mission Control Center, relative quiet, it could be described
as a quiet business-like atmosphere, very little conversa-
tion going on over the flight director's loop. However,
over the past hour flight director Pete Frank has been
talking to his recovery support room, receiving an update
on our end of mission status. The prime recovery vessel,
the New Orleans, is presently at a position of 22 degrees
40 minutes south, 171 degrees 20 minutes west. This places
the vessel approximately 5 degrees north, at the present
time, of the prime landing area. The present end of mission
coordinates that we're reading out are 27 degrees 2 minutes
south, 172 degrees 37 minutes west. The end of mission
weather forecast at this time appears quite favorable, showing
a cloud coverage of 2 000 feet scattered, broken. Visibility
10 miles, winds 12 knots from 100 degrees, wave heights
4 feet. We're at lg0 hours 14 minutes, continuing to moni-
tor, this is Apollo Control Houston.

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 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/8/71 3:35CST 181:12GET MC-539/1

PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at

181 hours and 12 minutes ground elapsed time. We presently
show Apollo 14 at a distance of 142 587 nautical miles
away from the Earth. And traveling at a speed of 4314 feet
per second. The crew of Apollo 14 continues in their rest -
in it's rest period. We've had no contact with the crew
during the past hour. Our capsule communicator, Fred Haise,
has been engaged in quiet discussions with flight director,
Pete Frank, on various aspects of the mission, the more
active parts of the mission. Meanwhile, we do show that
we will reach that point in time where the velocities
relative to the Earth and Moon will match. This should
occur at ground elapsed time of 182 hours 3 minutes. And
that matching velocity should read 4370 feet per second.
We're at 181 hours 13 minutes ground elapsed time and this
is Apollo Control Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/8/71, 4:35 CST, 182:12 GET, 540/1

PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston,

at 182 hours 12 minutes ground elapsed time. We now show
Apollo 14 at a distance of 140 059 nautical miles away from
the Earth travelling at a velocity of 4377 feet per second.
Meanwhile, in the Mission Control Center our wakeup clock
has started to countdown. We show 3 hours 47 minutes from
time of waking up the crew of Apollo 14. Other activity
is quite subdued. Members of our flight control team are
presently watching a replay of last night's television
transmission now being displayed on one of the large screens
in the Mission Control Center. We're at 182 hours 13 minutes
ground elapsed time and this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/8/71 183:12 GET 541/1

PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at 183 hours

12 minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 now at a distance
of 137 506 nautical miles away from Earth, traveling at a
velocity of now of 442 feet per second. Apollo 14 passed its'
half way point in time 2 minutes ago. This being the time
from transearth injection burn shutdown to entry. Our clock
at this reference point showed Apollo 14 at a ground elapsed
time of 133 hours 10 minutes, a distance away from Earth at
137 591 nautical miles, and a velocity relative to Earth
4440 feet per second. Our wakeup clock in Mission Control
shows that we have 2 hours 46 minutes before the crew of
Apollo 14, A1 Shepard, Stu Roosa, and Ed Mitchell are awakened.
At 183 hours 14 minutes, this is Apollo Control Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/8/71, 5:46 CST, 183:23 GET, 542/1

PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston,

at 183 hours 23 minutes now ground elapsed time. Apollo 14
presently 137 033 nautical miles away from Earth. And
traveling at a speed of 4454 feet per second. We have
a correction to make to our previous announcement that
halfway point in time at time from TEI shutdown to entry
was reached at 183 hours 10 minutes ground elapsed time
rather than 133 hours 10 minutes as previously reported.
We're at 183 hours 24 minutes and this is Apollo Control,
Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/8/71 184:12 GET 543/1

PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at 184 hours

12 minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 is now 134 907
nautical miles away from Earth, velocity now reading 4510
feet per second. The crew continuing in their rest period.
Our clock at Mission Control showing now 1 hour 47 minutes
until time of wakeup. At present the requirement for a
midcourse correction six appears to be not a strong one, and
the possibility of this maneuver at this time appears
unlikely. We would presently show midcourse correction six
is performed at a ground elapse time of a 194 hours 23 minutes,
and with a Delta-V of .9 feet per second. We're at 184 hours
13 minutes ground elapsed time, and this is Apollo Control
Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/8/71,0735 CST, 185:12 GET,MC544/1

PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at

185 hours 12 minutes ground elapsed time. Our digital
displays presently show Apollo 14 at a distance of 132 261
nautical miles away from the earth. And they're traveling
at a speed of 4580 feet per second. It's 47 minutes until
the scheduled time for crew wake up. Apollo 13 astronaut
Fred Haise is our Capsule Communicator. We presently show
the spacecraft weight of 24 559 pounds, all systems aboard
Apollo 14 have been performing as advertised. All aspects
of the return flight thus far look very good. We're at
185 hours 13 minutes ground elapsed time and this is
Apollo Control Houston.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/8/71 0822 CST 185:59 GET MC545/1

PAO This is Apollo Control Houston. 185 hours

59 minutes ground elapsed time. We presently show Apollo 14
at a distance of 130 166 nautical miles away from earth,
traveling at a speed of 4637 feet per second. In the mission
control center CAPCOM Fred Haise should be placing a wake-up
call to the Apollo 14 crew shortly. We'll keep our line
open and continue to await that call. At 185 hours 59 minutes,
this is Apollo Control Houston, standing by.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2-8-71, 0824 CST, 186:01 GET, 546/1

CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.

PAO Apollo Control Houston. 186 hours,
3 minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 now 129,959 nautical
miles out from Earth. The present velocity shows 46411 I-eet
per second. Standing by this is Apollo Control, Houston.
CAPCOM Come on in Apollo 14, Houston.
PAO That's Fred Haise placing that call.
SC Apollo 14, go ahead, Fredo.
PAO And Ed Mitchell responding.
CAPCOM It's pretty chilly down here. How's it
up there?
SC Oh, very comfortable. 71 degrees in the
cabin. What do you mean by chilly? Is it freezing?
CAPCOM Al, let's see this little report I've got
here. It says that it's supposed to go down to 28 degrees.
SC Man, have you moved Houston to the North
Pole already?
CAPCOM Yeah. There's also a pretty good breeze
blowing which doesn't help.
SC Got the old chill factor down a little bit,
huh?
CAPCOM Yeah.
SC Better hold on a minute. Let me see if
I can wake the rest
of these guys up.
CAPCOM Okay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14 now 129,777 nautical miles out
from Earth, at a ground elapsed time of 186 hours, 8 minutes.
SC Now there's some grumbling going on over
here about getting up, Fred, but I think they'll be around in
a _imute.
CAPCOM Okay. I suggest that maybe we let you
keep your bankers hours but the flight brought up the point
that tomorrow morning you can't afford to sleep in late so if
you're going to get thejob done and get back in so we've
got to get you back on schedule today.
SC Okay. Very good. I'll get some of these
chores done and I'll be back with you in a few minutes,
Fredo.
CAPCOM Okay.
PAO We're standing by for further communica-
tions with the crew of Apollo 14. Ed Mitchell responded
apparently A1 Shepard, Stu Roosa still asleep but they should
be awake very shortly. We're at 186 hours, 10 minutes ground
elapsed time and Apollo 14 at a distance of 129,669 nautical
miles away from the Earth, velocity 4651 feet per second.
This is Apollo Control, Houston.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.

SC Houston, 14. Go ahead.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. I wonder if you could
verify, Ed, that the tank 3, 50-watt heater breaker on 226
is OPEN.
SC Fredo, (garble)
CAP COM Ok ay.

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 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/8/71,0851 CST,186:28 GET,MC548/1

PAO Apollo Control Houston 186 hours

28 minutes ground elapsed time. Looking at our displays,
we see that Apollo 14 has started computer program number
52. This is a platform alignment. Apparently the crew
already started some of the early aspects of today's flight
plan. We're at 186 hours 29 minutes and we show Apollo 14
at a distance of 128 821 nautical miles at a velocity of
4675 feet per second. Apollo Control Houston.
CAPCOM How do you read now, Ed?
SC Loud and clear, Fredo.
CAPCOM Okay, since we got that tank 3 back in
the line, we Just wanted to verify that the tank three, 50 watt
heater breaker on 226 is still open.
SC That's verified, it's still open.
CAPCOM Very good.
SC It's still a mystery aa to how it got closed
yesterday.
CAPCOM You've Just got nimble toes
maybe.
SC This is quite possible.
CAPCOM And we have the noun 93s.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead 14.
SC Fredo, let me give you our post sleep
-- report.
CAPCOM Okay.
SC Okay, we each had four hours sleep,
PRD for A1 is 16059. PRD for Ed, 07057 and Stu didn't have
one, it's broken.
CAPCOM Okay, we copy.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/8/71 0919CST 186:56GET MC549/1

PAO This is Apollo Control Houston. 186 hours

59 minutes ground elapsed time. We've had no conversation with t_e
crew of Apollo 14 for awhile, very possibly the crew having
their morning meal. We're now showing Apollo 14 at a distance
of 127 459 nautical miles, and traveling at a speed of 4713
feet per second. Standing by, continuing to monitor, this is
Apollo Control Houston.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead 14.
SC I've been giving you a confounded medical
report every day, how's your pulse this morning?
CAPCOM Pretty slow about right now Ed.
SC Okay, you're alive and well and no medication,
huh.
SC Yea, I'm on a different flight plan than
you are. I'm just fixing to get to my sleep period.
SC I see, okay.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2-8-71, 0923 CST, 187:00 GET, 550/1

PAO That was Fred Haise responding to Ed

Mitchell's comment. Fred Haise has served as the CAPCOM on
the orange shift team of flight controllers. We're in the
process of having a handover at Mission Control. With the
maroon team headed by Flight Director Milt Windler, coming
aboard. We're at 187 hours ground elapsed time and this is
Apollo Control, Houston.
CAPCOM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead Fredo.
CAPCOM Okay, A1 I wonder if you could set your
two high gain knobs to PITCH minus 40, and YAW 90,
SC That's 40, 90. You have it.
CAPCOM Okay. And, Ed, I wonder if we can get
you to put the switch to NARROW and REACT.
SC NARROW and REACT, you have it.
CAPCOM Roger. Okay, and Ed we're just going
to sit here a little while. And they want to look at
it and make sure it doesn't drift off before we proceed
any further.
SC Okay.
SC Houston, Apollo 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Fred let me have a copy of the comsumables
update.
CAPCOM Okay. It's GET of 186 hours. Your RCS
total - standby one. Okay, Ed, RCS total 46.2, QUAD A 47.0,
B, 43.7, C 47.1 and DELTA 46.9. H2 tanks 138.1, 236.9,
02 tank 167.0 and number 2 68.6 and number 3 is 15.2.
SC Okay. Readback at GET 18600,
RCS total 46.2, QUADS 47.0, 43.7, 47.1, 46.9. Hydrogen
38.1, 36.9, oxygen 67.0 68.6, 50.2.
CAPCOM Okay. Good readback.
CAPCOM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead Fredo.
CAPCOM Okay, looks like that high gain has drifted
would you select MANUAL and when it's back to your preset
knob settings there go back to REACT for us and then select
high gain and we'll command it done.
SC Got that.
SC Okay, have you got it.
CAP COM Okay it.
SC GARBLE.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 187 hours

34 minutes. Our shift change has been completed in Mission
Control. Flight director on this shift is Milton Windler,
and the capsule communicator is astronaut Bruce McCandless.
Apollo 14 at this time is 125 865 nautical miles from Earth.
The spacecraft velocity, 4760 feet per second.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Over.
SC Good morning, Bruce. The EMF entry
check passed okay.
CAPCOM Very good, Stu.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM If you could give us a status report
on the progress of the inflight memos, especially any that
you consider that you've completed, we can release some of
the supporting personnel. Over.
SC Okay. I guess we need to talk about
that we completed the heat flow and convection experiment
all the way, never did really get too many good results on our
bernard cells, but we got some - we finished the - essentially
we're finished with all the inflight experiments with the
exception of the metal composites and we're pressing along
through those. And I guess we - we don't require any more
support.
CAPCOM Okay. Thank you, 14.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead Houston, 14.
CAPCOM 14, our current feeling is that midcourse
correction number 6 will probably not be required, however, we'll
give you a definite decision on that later on as we get a little
bit more tracking. And we have a procedure for further investi-
gation into the light flash phenomena which we'd like to get
your feelings on. If we don't burn midcourse 6, we're looking
at scheduling a period of something on the order of an hour
starting at about 193 45 or 193 50 for this light flash investi-
gation and we're wondering how that fits into your onboard schedule.
Over.
SC Stand by one. Okay, Bruce, if we do
skip midcourse 6, why that will be all right. We'll take that
time for the light flash.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. Out.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/8/71,101S CST,187:55 GET,MC552/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 188 hours

5 minutes. Apollo 14 at this time 124 404 nautical miles
from earth, and spacecraft velocity up to 4800 feet per
second. Primary activities for the crew today will be,
a series of star sighting navigation checks that they'll
be running with their onboard guidance system, using the
onboard sextant to sight and mark on selective stars. This
information is integrated by the computer to update the
guidance system's knowledge of the spacecraft's position and
velocity, and is used as a back-up to the ground computed
numbers for midcourse corrections and for entry. Also
today, the crew will be stowing the probe assembly which was
brought back for engineering analysis. They'll begin
stowing the probe at about one hundred and ninety hours
and the flight activities officer estimate that this will
require about an hours time. The crew is also scheduled
to hold a televised press conference from the spacecraft
at 195 hours 7 minutes, which is 5:30 p.m. Central Standard
time. They also reported that they have virtually finished
the in-flight demonstrations, I believe Stu Roosa said they
had finished with all but the metal composites.

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 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/8/71 1034CST 188:llGET MC553/1

_ CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston, over.

SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM 14, when you pass out of the region of OMNI
DELTA coverage, we will ground command you over to the High
Gain antenna. At this point however, you will be in a region
where reflections from the spacecraft make acquisition marginal,
and if we, the antenna is not automatically acquired by the time
that you get to the calibration attitude, we would like you to
take over and commence a normal acquisition at the optic CAL
attitude for us over.
SC Okay, we'll do that.
CAPCOM Roger out.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead 14.
SC Hey, Bruce, do you want us to go OMNI DELTA
now? You know we are on High Gain now.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston.
SC (GARBLE)
CAPCOM We're controlling your antenna configuration
from the ground here, Just leave the configuration onboard as
is, over.
SC Okay.

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CAPCOM 14, Houston. We seem to have acquired a

good signal strength. How do you read. Over.
SC Loud and clear, Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Roger. Out.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM 14 for Stu we're receiving a, I guess you
could call it, a carrier from his biomed but we're getting
neither the EKG nor the respiration trace and we wonder if
the harness connectors to the to the signal conditioners
are properly mated up. Over.
SC Understand that, Bruce I'll check that.
CAPCOM Roger. Out.
SC GARBLE.
CAPCOM Okay, thank you Stu.
SC Houston, 14, how does the rest of the crew
look with biomeds?
CAPCOM 14 this is Houston. Al, you look 4.0 on the
biomed. We're not receiving Ed's right now. It looks like
he's either turned off or totally disconnected. Over.
SC Well, he's not on the air right now, hut
assuming how he looked last time we saw him yesterday
GARBLE.
CAPCOM Yeah. The surgeon's telling me -
SC GARBLE.
CAPCOM Surgeon's telling me you all look in great
shape and he wasn't concerned about anything he just wanted
to find out what the problem was there because he was getting
something that indicated the signal conditioners and all
that were hooked up and the TM was turned on but we weren't
getting a signal through on top of the carrier there. Over.
SC Okay. Well Ed and I did some
GARBLE problems earlier and I just wondered how we were
looking now. Thank you.
CAPCOM Roger. Out.
SC Houston, 14. How does the downlink look
to you now?
CAPCOM In what respect, Al, biomed? Over.
SC Negative. TM.
CAPCOM Ail right. Looking beautiful to us.
SC Okay, we're proceeding. We didn't want you
to miss the world's - expert on 23 here.
CAPCOM Oh, we won't and you can tell Stu I made
a hard copy of his zero zero noun 49 yesterday. We'll pre-
sent it to him framed with suitable ceremony.
SC Very good. You missed some others
while you were gone somewhere else.
CAPCOM No, I was here when he made the second
one too, but you don't get a framed certificate for each
one.
SC Oh, okay.

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CAPCOM Okay, we copy that one, Stu. Over.

SC Roger, Apparently you haven't
really taken a look at what 49 should he after long periods
of testing. I think we've got to expect that sort of thing,
particularly on the first mark.
CAPCOM Roger, out.
CAPCOM 14, Houston, the analysis of your
first mark there is that that's within about 1-1/2 sigma
and indeed what we expect on the first mark after a period
of time such as this. Over.
SC Roger, out.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 189 hours
04 minutes, Apollo 14 now 121 665 nautical miles from earth,
a spacecraft velocity 4882 feet per second. Aboard the space-
craft at the present time Stu Roosa is in the midst of per-
forming a series of star sightings as part of the midcourse
navigation, that activity scheduled to continue for another
15 to 20 minutes. At the present time, we do not expect
midcourse correction 6 to be performed. The retro fire
return to earth officer reported that he considers the
chances of doing that maneuver Just about zero. However,
the final decision won't be made probably for another hour
or two anyway, and at the present time our tracking data
shows that the entry interface angle, which these midcourse
corrections are primarily designed to control, is negative
6.63 degrees. Nominal is 6.5, so we are very close to the
normal preferred entry interface angle and it's also normal
to expect these numbers to change somewhat with additional
tracking as the spacecraft moves closer to earth. We have
also seen no change in the time of entry interface, 216 hours
27 minutes 31 seconds, and that is essentially the same num-
ber we have been reading since yesterday after midcourse
correction 5 was performed. Splashdown occurs approximately
14 minutes after entry interface or about 216 hours 41 min-
utes .

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CAPCOM 14, this is Houston.

SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger. On our telemetry, it looks
like you accepted an update this last time on star 4, and our
recommendation is that the updates from the first three stars
be used for navigation updating and the last ones, 4, 5, and
6, Just for your own benefit in testing out the P-23 techniques,
but not updating the state vector. Over.
SC Okay, sorry about that Bruce.
CAPCOM Also, 14, we've noticed the cabin
pressure go up slightly here, over some period of time and
we're wondering if you changed the cabin configuration any.
You're up to about 5.7 on our telemetry. Over.
SC l{ouston. We've been testing out a
couple of the oxygen masks for a while this morning and that
may have done it. We'll keep an eye on it.
CAPCOM Roger. It's certainly no problem,
you just had the E-comms a little confused here.
SC Well, perhaps the problem was here.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/8/71,1202 CST,189:39 GET,557/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 189 hours

43 minutes. The crew has completed the mid course navigation
down in program 23 at this time and they'll be setting the
spacecraft up in the passive thermal control mode, rotating
the spacecraft slowly about its longitudinal axis at the rate
of about three revolutions per hour, to maintain the proper
thermal control, in drifting flight. At this time we show
Apollo 14 119 775 nautical miles from earth and the velocity
moving up now closer to the 5000 foot per second mark,
now reading 4940 feet per second.
MADRID Madrid COMM TECH OMNI one, Madrid.
COMM TECH Madrid COMM TECH, Houston, COMM TECH,
voice check. How do you read?
MADRID Roger, read you five by.
COMM TECH Roger, read you the same.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston, we show
that you're damped out sufficiently to start the spin up at
this time. Over.
SC Okay Houston, we will do that
briefly, thank you.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead.
SC Got a little something for you.
(music from "Camelot")
SC Very good, (garble) tail end of that one.
CAPCOM I appreciate you thinking about me
Al.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston, we'd
like to terminate battery Alpha charging at this time.
Over.
SC Roger. (more music from "Camelot")
PAO That sounded like a smattering of
"Camelot" coming to us from the spacecraft. The small
portable tape recorders carried by the crew. And at the
present time we show Apollo 14 118 703 nautical miles from
earth, traveling at a speed of 4973 feet per second.
SC Does this copy? (music)

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CAPCOM 14, this is Houston, over.

SC Go ahead Houston.
CAPCOM 14, we're still working on these
docking probe procedures, and we'll give you a call later
on today when we get them finalized. Over.
SC Okey Doke, Bruce, that will be fine.
CAPCOM And, for our information, can you
tell us whether the contingency lunar sample decontamination
bag is available in the command module or whether you Jettisoned
that with the LM? Over.
SC Bruce, I'm not sure we can answer
that without doing some looking around. It may be here,
or we may have used it. Just a minute.
CAPCOM Okay, well we don't need an answer
immediately, we're considering using this bag if it's available
to go over the head of the docking probe in order to protect
it from any salt spray after splash down. Over.
SC Okay, we'll try and get an answer
for you.
CAPCOM Thank you.
CAPCOM Al, 14, this is Houston. On our last
request wont be required, we've got two other bag candidates
that we've identified and we can use one of them. Over.
SC That will be fine if they didn't
go tothe same place as the contigency sample bag.
CAPCOM No, we're talking about is one
- of the temporary stowage bags with the - the purse assembly
up at the top cut off, or the bag in which the hoses for the
liquid transfer demo are stowed. Over.
SC Okay. We've got another little - another
opener for you. I can see a shaving kit - razor bag sitting here,
or the exerciser bag, should be about the same size and work
very well.
CAPCOM I'm getting some headshakes down here
Ed, says those bags wont fit over the head of the probe.
SC Neither of them? Doesn't matter to us.
We'll put anything over it you like.
CAPCOM Okay, we can go and try those out
on the mockup we had not tried to fit those two bags
that you mentioned. Would you believe that we know that
the temporary stowage bag, or the liquid transfer demo
hose bags will fit. We'll get back to you.
SC That's fine - either one of those
will be great.
CAPCOM We'll get back to you later on with
the finalized procedure. Thank you.
SC Okay.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 190 hours

59 minutes. It's been very quiet, both in the control center
and aboard the spacecraft, for the past hour or so. Our crew
will be coming up shortly on an eat period. Now this will be
their noon meal, or lunch, and following that they will be
scheduled to do a fuel cell purge and will be maintaining
passive thermal control aboard the spacecraft, rotating the
vehicle at the rate of about 3 revolutions per hour to main-
tain the proper temperature control. The return-to-earth
officer is in the process of computing what's called another
vector - computing another - taking another look at the data
and computing another trajectory vector to determine whether
or not midcourse correction 6 will be required, however, his
last report to the flight director was that it was - that the
possibilities or the chances of doing that midcourse correction
were virtually zero, and we expect that we will have a firm
decision to that effect before too much longer. At the present
time, Apollo 14 is 116 100 nautical miles and the velocity has
gone over the 5000 foot per second mark now - 5054 feet per
second. Coming up at about 192 hours 40 minutes - 192 39 45,
to be more precise - Apollo 14 will have completed half of
its transearth leg of the journey and at that time will be
about 110 931 nautical miles from both the earth and the moon.
- CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.
SC Houston, 14. Go ahead.
CAPCOM In looking at your flight plan activities
for this afternoon, since we are still holding on the final probe
stowage procedures, we're wondering how you feel about doing
some of the light flash stuff during the next hour here. Over.
SC I thought we recently discussed that
as a replacement for the midcourse.
CAPCOM We did, however, we're now looking at
the possibility of getting the probe tied down roughly in this
time period instead. And one of the items that we're going to
use, or planning to use in tying down the probe is a rendezvous
window shade, and it would be hard to get good dark adaptation
inside after using the window shade as a shim. Over.
SC It would also be hard to sleep this
evening after using the rendezvous window shade as a shim.
CAPCOM Roger, 14, but looking ahead in the
timeline for the activities coming up tomorrow, that is, after
your sleep period this evening, it looks like you're going to
be relatively busy, and we'd like to allocate about an hour
or maybe even a little more to getting the probe configured
and properly tied down in its position, and I guess - we've
been looking for a good place to fit that in and we don't see
an obvious slot in tomorrow's flight plan, although we could
take another look at rearranging things somewhat. Over.
SC Oh, I completely agree. I think we
_ ought to get the probe stowed today and forget about it. Hold
on just a minute and we'll look at the flight plan.
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CAPCOM There's a possibility we could rig

some sort of a temporary window shade that might not give you
complete blackness, but it could be, say taped in place and
would make it dark enough inside for sleeping. Over.
SC Well, perhaps possibly put the window
shade in place under the probe, get the (garble) on it and remove
it tonight and then put it then put it back in tomorrow as the
last step and put it down with grey tape.
CAPCOM As I say, Al, we haven't got the final
procedures bought off on it yet, but looking at the interim one
here the present location of it would be underneath a bulb from
the flight data file and on top of a sleeping bag down on
the aft heat shield with the probe strapped down pretty tightly
against it using the window cover to spread out the force from
one of the pitch arms so that it doesn't concentrate excessively
on tile aft heatshield, so that if you get it tied down very
securely it may be difficult to get that window shade in and
out after tying it down. Over.
SC Okay. Well, how's about looking at
something else in place of the window shade, because we'd like
to get a good night's sleep tonight if we can.
CAPCOM Okay. We'll look at it.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. Back to our original
- question under the assumption that we are not yet ready to
start stowing the probe, would you all be agreeable to trying
some of this light flash observation at the present time, or
after you finish eating. Over.
SC Okay. We'll go ahead and do it now,
if you'd like.
CAPCOM Okay.
SC Houston, do we want to use any PSE
to the voice loop or how do you want us to report this. Over.
CAPCOM Roger. You might as well use the
voice loop if you just send it down under the assumption that
we're on good comm here.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Okay, the objectives stated for this
period of observations are first off to confirm that it is not
necessary to be dark adapted to see the flashes. Secondly, to
collect the real time data on the times of occurrence as of
different types of flash, and lastly to determine if there's
any other sensory effect associated with this phenomena. Over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM You're requested to - you're requested
to become thoroughly light adapted, that is by looking at a
flash light then relax, start the dark adaptation procedure,
and report and describe flashes as they occur.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/8/71,1331 CST,191:12 GET,560/1

CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston, how do you read now?

SC Okay Bruce, we lost you right after
you started talking about the procedure.
CAPCOM Okay, you should configure the cabin
so that you can indeed start dark adaptation procedure.
And in starting that procedure, you are asked to become thoroughly
light adapted as by looking at a flashlight or floodlight,
then relax, start dark adaptation and report and describe
flashes as they occur. Marking the time of the occurrence
of the flash takes priority over detailed description.
One of you should continue observation dark adapted as long
as possible, the others should expose themselves to light
again after about 25 minutes. We'll give you a cue on that,
and repeat the experiment for another ten minutes, on as
many cycles as you feel you have time for in order to
increase our probability of getting flash observations during
the early portion of the dark adaptation transient. We'd
also like to hear from you commentary on any other unusual
physical sensations, such as tingling or apparent sounds
of unusual character like ringing in the ears and so forth.
Over.
SC How did all that get into it?
CAPCOM Al, it's what our investigators
decided he's interested in. Over.
SC Having these things aren't timebombs
going off in your head you know.
SC Okay. Just being facetious, Bruce, we'll
cooperate.
CAPCOM Okay. And along those lines he's
looking for following data on the flashes, the type of flash,
i.e. star streak, nova, etc. brightness, the location in
your visual field, color if any, and whether it's possible
to distinguish in which eye the flash seems to occur in.
Over.
SC Okay, we understand.
CAPCOM And let us know when you start dark
adaptation and we'll time it for you. Over.
SC Okay, we're (garble) put the shades in now.
CAPCOM And Just for reference, we're
playing back the video tapes of last evening's in-flight
demonstration TV show for about the fifth time down here.
I think you're going to be a best seller.
SC Oh really, glad to hear it.
SC Okay Houston, let's review what we
intend to do here. Just a second. Okay, we have all three
on now and we're going - we have the window shades in and
cabin lights are currently on. At T zero all three of us
shine a flashlight in our eyes, turn out all the lights. And
that's the start of the sequence. Stu and I will recycle about
once every ten minutes, Ed keeps going as long as he can stay
awake. That
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_' SC correct?
CAPCOM 14 Houston. That's correct. Except
that on the first batch we'd like to keep you all in the
dark adaptation procedure for about 25 minutes and then
two of you start recycling at ten minute intervals. Over.
SC Understand you want all three for 25 minutes?
CAPCOM That's affirmative.
SC And then all three re-cycling?
CAPCOM Negative. One crewman whom can
determine amongst you, should, when you start the dark
adaptation procedure continue in the dark adapted condition
until the termination of the experiment. The other two of
you should do this light adaptation again after 25 minutes
and then re-cycle on a ten minute basis. Over.
SC Okay, well, it looks to me like
we'll probably have time for one 25 minute cycle, and that's
probably about it. We have a P52 coming up here at 192:10.
CAPCOM Roger, we see that in the flight
plan.
SC Okay. Alright all three of us will go for
25 minutes, Ed will continue on and we'll discuss how the
other two will go from there.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Give me one minute to get the flashlights
ready, we'll give you a mark here in about 40 seconds. Okay,
.-_ T zero will be 191000. Here we go.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. Minus one second -
SC Okay, it's mark. Okay, it's ali
dark.

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_- CAPCOM Yea, 14 this is Houston. Nothing heard

for 16 minutes over.
SC That's correct. Not only correct, but
unusual Bruce.
CAPCOM Run that one by again
SC It's almost unbelievable Bruce.
CAPCOM Run that one by again Ed.
SC I say it's unusual, I think most of us
see him long before now.
SC Well, if we don't see anything by 20
minutes, I suggest we terminating and try to give you some
more qualitative information during tonights sleep period.
SC Okay, mark a faint star left eye, at
10 o'clock.
CAPCOM Roger, faint star west eye at 10 o'clock.
SC Okay, mark vertical trace right on it.
CAP COM Roger, Al.
SC 9 o'clock, 9 o' clock.
SC High left to the lower right.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Have a color on any of these?
SC What again.
CAPCOM Do you have a color on these?
SC These have both been white so far.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Houston, we all have a consensus that
- we've never seen anything thats colored.
CAP COM Roger out.
SC Mark, is a cloud at 12 o' clock high left
eye.
CAP COM Roger Ed.
SC Mark, right eye, 8 o'clock low, single
flash.
CAP COM Roger Al.
CAPCOM Hows the redheaded cosmic ray detector
doing?
SC He's sleeping, I think.
SC It must not be my time for stars.
SC He's down in the LEV. He's sheilded by
the map base.

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SC Mark, 10 o'clock about level and a

double star.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed.
SC Left eye and believe it or not it
has kind of a bluish tint to it.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed.
SC Al, it looks more like a blue diamond
quite the blue kind.
SC Roger, Ed. MARK left, eye sync flash
9:00 o'clock. 4

CAPCOM Roger, Al.

SC Burnt streak, left eye 12:00 o'clock low
and was going from the bottom towards the top.
CAPCOM Apollo 14 this is Houston, 23 minutes and
34 seconds into the test and at 25 minutes we would like
Ed and Ed only to shine a flashlight in his eyes long enough
to ruin his dark adaptation and then start the dark adapta-
tion procedure again. We'd like to be sure that you don't
shine the flashlight in anybody elses eyes.
SC Well, they'll just have to close their
eyes then, I guess.
CAPCOM Okay, I'll give you a hack in 25 minutes.
SC Lower that signal in my left eye, should
I just dark out that one?
CAPCOM Mark low at 6:00 o'clock and with a double
flash in left eye.
SC Roger.
CAPCOM Ail right, Ed, let's not go halfway , let's
do the whole job, you're going to layup both your eyeballs
and we're 24 minutes, 50 seconds and counting.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Mark 25 minutes and let us know when you
turn the light back out.
SC Okay, the light is out.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed.
SC I can't see anything for days after that
one .
SC Mark right eye at - it'd be the 3 o'clock
low and it was a streak right to left.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. That was about 51 seconds when
you go over there.
SC Yeah, I had a mark right in the
middle of that conversation, left eye, 12 o'clock, high
signal flash.
CAPCOM Roger, Al.
SC Mark cloud 12 o'clock high, both eyes.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
SC I prefer the same from that mark.
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SC Mark, left eye streaked from 6 o'clock to

the center - going up.
CAPCOM Roger, Al.
SC Mark streaked left eye.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Going left to lower right. Mark right
eye, 4 o'lock pretty much on the periphery first flash.
CAP CUM Roger.
SC MARK. Right eye no GARBLE, right in the
middle .
PAO This is Apollo Control. The crew
has been observing light flashes for an experimental observa-
tion that began about 30 minutes ago and is scheduled to
continue for about another 30 minutes reporting - observing
of reporting observable light flashes which have been
atributed to cosmic rays. As they give a mark, experimenters
in the science support room here in the control center note
the time of it and a few seconds later the crewman describes
the observation of the type and location as it was viewed in
the eye and so far we've heard from Shepard and Mitchell.
I haven't detected any reports from Command Module Pilot,
Stu Roosa.
SC Mark, right eye 11 o'clock on the
peripheral restraint flash.
CAP CUM Roger, Al.
SC Mark right eye about 5 o'clock,
halfway up flash. GARBLE.
SC Left eye too cloud.
SC Mark right eye 3 o'clock flash on
the periphery.
CAPCOM Roger Stu, Roger Ed, Roger Stu.
SC Mark flash right eye 2.9.
SC Mark 7 o'clock flash on the periphery
SC Simultaneous with Stu, A1 at a
lightning behind cloud and low right eye. Mark right eye.
SC Mark right eye, 4 o'clock.
SC Here's a periphery of a faint nova.
CAPCOM Roger, Al.
SC Mark, flash right eye GARBLE.
CAPCOM Say again that last part of that
Ed, you hurried up.
SC GARBLE when I had a cloud at
11 o'clock. Mark left eye nine o'clock, top and bottom.
CAP CUM Ro ge r, A1.
CAPCOM Ed, this is Houston. We'd like you
to repeat the exposure of your eyeballs to light cycle and
start readapting again. We want Stu and A1 to continue in
the dark adapted condition. Over.
SC Okay, how much longer do you project this
to run, Bruce?
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CAPCOM Say again, Al.

SC Mark right eye.
SC I wonder what Ed did with the flash-
light.
SC How much longer you think you're
going to be running this test?
CAPCOM A total of about 10 minutes more and
then we'll come out and Stu can start the P52 and we'll be
back in business.
SC Okay, sounds good.
CAPCOM Roger. Currently I've got 191 plus
57 or 13 minutes until a block in the flight plan for start-
ing the P52 so I think we're still in good shape.
SC Okay, Mark Bruce, I'm starting my
adaptation again.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed.

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SC Mark right eye streak, center going out

three o'clock.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu.
SC Mark Nova, right eye at three o'clock.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed.
SC Mark flash, five o'clock about half
way out.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu.
SC Mark left eye, twelve o'clock high flash,
mark Nova, right eye low. (Garble) Low.
CAPCOM Okay, we got those in.
SC The documentation on spacecraft,
orientation. A1 is in the left couch looking up and Ed
is in the right couch looking up and Stu's in the LEB facing
Mecca.
CAPCOM Understand. Stu is in the LEB facing
the nay bace?
SC To each his own.
SC No. I'm floating in the LEB, Bruce,
but I'm looking toward plus X.
CAPCOM Roger, we couldn't find Mecca on the
stowage list there.
SC Mark flash right eye at twelve
o'clock. Level.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed.
SC Mark streak, right eye, from upper
right to the center.
CAPCOM Roger Ed.
SC Mark right eye, 8 o'clock, flash.
CAPCOM Roger, Al.
SC Mark flash, right eye three o'clock.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed, and 14, this is Houston.
We have a query here. Wondering how long in terms of
angular measurement those streaks are? Over.
CAPCOM I should say apparent angular measure-
ment.
SC Mine are - Mine have been about
half an eyeball in diameter.
SC Mark, double shot in the right eye
ten o'clock and seven o'clock.
CAPCOM Roger Ed and Roger, Al.
SC Mark, double shot in the right eye, ten
o'clock and center.
SC Flash at the same time, right eye at two
o'clock.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Mark streak right on the periphery at
3 o'clock left eye going vertical. About on the top.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu.
SC Mark a flash, (garble) eye, 2 o'clock.
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SC Mark a bright flash, right eye,

one o'clock high.

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SC Mark, flash, at 4 o'clock, about half way

out, right eye.
CAP COM Roger Stu.
SC Mark dem flash at right eye center.
CAPCOM Roger Al.
SC Mark, flash, 2 o'clock on the (GARBLE)
right eye.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston, we're going
to terminate the light flash investigation at this time.
We would like to convey our appreciation to all three of
you for cooperating in the investigation. The investigators
are very happy with the data that you have given them and I
think they will be able to get something significant out of
it over.
SC Mark flash at 1 o'clock on the (GARBLE)
CAPCOM Roger, 14, we can -
SC Okay, Bruce.
CAPCOM Terminate the experiment, and proceed with
the P52, Stu.
SC Okay, and Bruce I'd just like to make a
comment, I don't know whether it's my position down in LEV
or why, but even with those up in the couches that's not
near as many flashes as I've seen in other times.
SC Yea, and I was going to remark Bruce, that
most of the times when I've observed them, have been after
sleep. Generaly I get to fall asleep as fast when we turn
in that there's not time to observe them, but they always seem
very bright, much brighter than right now, than they were
this pass. I don't know whether more numerous, perhaps more
numerous but always brighter than they were today.
CAPCOM Roger, we copy that Ed. Thank you.
SC Did you get Stu. He concurs on that.
SC Yea, I said on the intercomm that I
agree to that also Bruce. Like last night I was laying
there and there were just you know Just big bright ones all
over the place, and these seemed like were a little subdued
compared to that.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Well let's see, that should put us at about
104 per cent completion of the flight plan items.
CAPCOM I'll run that one by the FAL and see what
he has got to say.
CAPCOM 14, a brief update on things. We have
cancelled midcourse correction number 6 at this time. Based
on our tracking. The preliminary estimates are that midcourse
7 will not be required, however, we wont be able to make that
decision with certainty until tomorrow. Based on MSFN
tracking, your GAMA at entry interface, is minus 6.35 degrees.
Based on your onboard navigated state vector, it's minus 6.68.
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CAPCOM so we're showing very good agreement there.

SC Say the MSFN angle again, Bruce.
CAPCOM Roger Stu, the MSFN angle is minus 6.35.
The angle derived from your onboard navigated state vector is
minus 6.68, over.
SC Okay. this should come together as the
marka continue shouldn't it?
CAPCOM That's our expectations, Stu.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu, we've got them, and looking
good.
SC Okay. Okay, Bruce, and we'll torque at
192 14 25.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. Run that time by again please.
SC 192 14 25.
CAP COM Roger.

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PA() This is Apollo Control at ]92 hours

18 minutes. Apollo 14 now 112 226 nautical miles from earth
traveling at a speed of 5180 filet per second or Just a little
bit under 1 mile per second. At 3 pm today in the news center
auditorium, there will be an Apollo 14 science briefing. Those
participating will be Lee R. $cherer, NASA's Director of Apollo
Lunar Exploration; Dr. Gene M. Simmons, the Manned Spacecraft
Center's Chief Scientist; Dr. Paul W. Gast, Chief of the Manned
Spacecraft Center's Lunar Planetary Sciences Division; Dr.
Robin Brett, Chief of the Geochemistry Branch at the Manned
Spacecraft Center; Dr. Gordon Swann of the U.S. Geological
Survey, who is a principal investigator on Apollo 14 for lunar
field geology experiment. This briefing, again, at 3 pm
in the MSC auditorium - the main auditorium in building 1.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 192 hours
46 minutes. A press conference on Apollo 14 Lunar Science
is scheduled to begin at this time in the MSC building number
1 main auditorium. We'll switch to that press conference
now and record Apollo 14 air to ground for play back follow-
ing the press conference.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 193 hours,

46 minutes. During the press conference we accumulated
about 3 to 4 minutes of taped conversation. We'll be
prepared to play that back. The primary activity aboard
the spacecraft during the press conference involved
Program 23, mid-course navigational sightings using the
spacecraft sextant and we'll play back the tape at this
time before continuing to stand by live.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAP COM Stand by.
SC Apollo 14. Did you call?
CAPCOM Roger, 14. This is Houston. We
would like you to go to an attitude for thermal control,
not PTC, and maintain that attitude until the beginning of
the TV coverage for the press conference and right attitude
is roll 262, pitch 090, yaw 000. Over.
SC Roger. 262, 090, 000.
CAP COM Roger.
SC I got that.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Request you
terminate the waste water dump now in progress. Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.
SC Shepard is turning it off now.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. When you can
give us PO0 and ACCEPT we have a state vector and a clock
update for you. Over.

SC (garble)
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. You're very weak.
SC Well, how now. Maybe it works
better if I talk into the mike. We're POO and ACCEPT.
CAPCOM Now it comes through ail clear.
CAPCOM And for your information, Stu, based
on your last set of P23s, your navigated state vector has
a gamma at entry enterphase of minus 6.74, misfin solution
of minus 6.35 remains unchanges. Over.
SC Well, didn't sound like it helped
as much.
CAPCOM Well, you might be right, who knows.
SC Say, Bruce. Observe the high gain
starting to oscillate. What would you like to do with it?
CAPCOM Yes, they tell me that you don't
normally go with that now. We'll get you something to do
with the high gain.
SC If we're on OMNI Delta it's news
to me.
CAPCOM Stand by, please.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We've uplinked
commanded you to OMNI Delta. We'd like you to park the
r high gain antenna at pitch minus 52, yaw 270. Over.
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SC Willco.
CAPCOM And I have a brief flight plan update
for you when you're ready to copy.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay. Do not go into PTC until
a GET of 198 plus 45. Over.
SC Okay. Do not go to PTC until
198 plus 45.
CAPCOM Okay. At 194 plus 50 a VERB 49
maneuver to the TV attitude which is roll 325, 090, O- O.
In that attitude, high gain antenna pitch plus 32, yaw 270.
Over.
SC Okay. 194 plus 50, VERB 49 to TV
attitude 325, 090, 000, with a high gain angles at 32 and
270.
CAPCOM Roger. And the TV pass is scheduled
from 195 plus 07 through 195 plus 37. Over.
SC Understand TV 195:07 through 195:37.
CAPCOM Readback correct. That completes
the flight plan update and th_ computer is yours. Over.
SC Okay, BruiSe. The computer is mine
and how about me going to wide deadband here while we're
sitting here and until after the TV show.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. We concur. And I'll
h ave a
SC Okay.
CAPCOM - - an entry pad here for you shortly.
And then we'll be ready to start in on the great probe
storage exercise.
SC Ail right.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. I have
an entry pad and a CSM state vector pad for you. Over.
SC Okay. Stand by.
SC We're ready to copy the entry pad,
Bruce.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. Mid-Pacific entry pad,
roll 000, 154, 000, 216, 10, 47, 267 minus 2702, 17264,
max G 061, 36170, 635, 11350, 36251, on RT 216, 27, 47,
0029, NOUN 69 is NA 30, 400, 0210, 0018, 0336, 0803, sextant
star 30, 3543, 307, Boresite star up 211, left 28, up
lift vector comet 1. Use non-exit EMS pattern, 2 moon
check attitude, moon at left of window, roll 000, pitch 182,
yaw 000. Number 3, moon set GET 216 plus 25 plus 15.
Number 4, RET - - 6 plus 25. Main deploy 8 plus 51. Landing
13 plus 48. Number 5, constant G entry is roll right, right
6 GDC aline, Sirius and Rigel, 322, 325, 018. Number 7 - -

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CAPCOM 018, number 7, the attitude .05G and the

GDC aline on both. Assume a P52 nominal alinement, option 2
using the RRT time of 216 plus 27 plus 47. Read back. Over.
SC Okay, Bruce. I think the only thing I
missed was the Boresite star angles. I have a up 2-11 and
a left something.
CAPCOM Okay, left 2.8. Over.
SC Okay, midpack 000154000 2.6 1047267 minus
2702 minus 1726406136170 63511350 36251 21627470029. NA
equal 0 is 400 0210 0018 06 0803 000 3543 307, zero hyka up
211, left 28, state vector up. And use 9x VMF pattern,
moon check attitude is ROLL 000, PITCH 183, YAW 000. (garble)
left (garble) RET F90 K is 6 plus 25. The MAINS is 8 plus
51, the banding is 13 plus 48. On the constant G, Reentry it's
ROLL right, GDC aline stars are Sirius and Rigel angles are
332 325018 and the moon set and moon check times, I believe he
said P52 using option 3 option 2 and RRT time of 216747.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Your readback is
correct. The attitudes that I was referencing you were the
.05G attitude and the GDC aline angles. Your statements
regarding moonset and all that, however, are also correct.
Over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM And Stuart, I've got a CSM state vector
pad if you're ready to copy.
SC Stand by, please.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. I'm ready with the
P27 state vector pad now.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Okay. It's a verb 71, the index is 21,
and here we go on line 02, 01501000017456362354 10577 102424
line 10 03452 14667 00467 37210 73721 line 15 60164 75626
44713 10452 21000. Read back. Over.
SC Okay, Bruce. Before I start, give me a
time on this.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. It's GET of 200 hours even
that's 200 plus 00 plus 00. Over.
SC Okay. State vector verb 71 to 200 hfs on
the money, index 21 01501. How do you read, Bruce?
CAPCOM Okay. I was reading you before and I have
my volume all the way turned up here now so I really read
you Stu.
SC Oh, okay. I just realized that my mike
had slipped right. I'll start on 02 0150100 0017456362354
105771022403452 1466700467 37210 73721 60164 75626 44713
10452 21000.
CAPCOM Roger, 14. Readback is correct.
SC Okay, thank you Bruce.
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CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We're ready to go on

the probe storage at the present time. However, it was our
intent to give you about 1/2 hour of free time prior to com-
mencing the TV pass for the press conference to let you get
configured in whatever mode you want up there. So, we've
got a couple of break points in this procedure, and if you
concur, we could start into this and give it about 30 minutes
worth and then knock it off for the TV show. Over.
SC Roger. Read you.
SC Yes, about all we have to do for the TV
show is to get the camera set up and actually, Stu and I will
be stowing the probe and Ed could be setting up the camera.
So we can work simultaneously.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC (garble)
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. As a preliminary to
the probe storage proper, we'd like to review a few storage
items before entry with you. Over.
SC Can you hear.
SC Okay, go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, you might get up a little closer -
SC We can do all this in real time now, we
don't have to rush now, is that right?
CAPCOM That's correct. The first few steps will
be probably informational rather then anything else and then
we'll get into the realtime stuff.
CAP COM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM It is our understanding that you have 2
decontamination bags at the present time, one weighing about
20 pounds and one weighing about 30 pounds. The 30 pound
decontamination bag and contents should be stowed on top of
locker alpha 13 for reentry, using the existing tie down
rings . Over.
SC Stand by 1, a minute Bruce.
CAP COM Roger.
SC Give us about 5 minutes Bruce and we'll
have the AiO in shapefor you here. Stand by.
CAPCOM Okay, now before you do too much with the
Al0 situation, it's our understanding that you currently have
a 20 pound bag on top of a 10 and we're going to ask you to
move that over to the top of A8 for entry, and of course,
once you latch this down on top of A8

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_-_ CAPCOM and of course once you latch

this down on top of 88, which is not necessary to do right
now, your locking your inflight demo, the composite casting
into place there and you want to be sure and get as far
through that as it is your intention to do prior to latch-
ing down A 80. Over.
SC Okay. We understand that.
SC Okay, Bruce. Now, let's go back
to the bag that you want on Al3. Make sure that I've got
that one.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. We want the 30 pound
decontamination bag on top of Al3 for entry. It is not
necessary to lash this down at the present time unless you
desire. Over.
SC Okay. We'll put the 30 pounder
on top of Al3 and we'll lash it down at our convenience.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC And I guess we're ready to press
on when you are, Bruce.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu, then we're going to have
the 20 pound decontamination bag on top of A8 for entry
and again it's not necessary to lash this down yet. Over.
SC Okay. 20 pounder on A8.
CAPCOM Next, it's intended to stow the
IV pressure garment assembly, that is yours, with its
helmet in a sleeping bag on top of the 28 on top of the
20 pound bag on AS. Use LM webbing and the D rings on the
container for tie downs. Once again this can be delayed.
Over.
SC Okay. And we'll put my suit, helmet,
gloves in a sleeping bag and tie it on top of the 28 pounder
on A8.
CAPCOM Roger. Then after that's all through
you need to verify a nominal 4 inch clearance to the couch.
Over.
SC Okay. 4 inch clearance to the couch.
CAPCOM Okay. We need you in real time here
to go through locker Alpha 10 and remove anything that may
be needed later on in the flight prior to entry, such as
70 mil magazines for his hold camera or whatever you feel
you' 11 require. Over.
SC Okay. Stand by one.
CAPCOM And Stu, one item that we'd like
you to remove from AIO at this time is the bag that contains
the hoses for the liquid transfer demonstration. Over.
CAPCOM And that's just a bag because we're
going to place the bag over the probe head later on and
tape it in place, so you want to leave the hoses in it if
you can.
SC Okay. That clarifies that.
SC Okay, Bruce. Al0 is secured to our
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SC satis faction.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. And now in locker Alpha
5, we'd like you to remove the headrest pads and install
them on the couches. Over.
SC Okay. It worked.
CAPCOM Also the heel clips and 5 ropes,
while you're down there temporarily.
SC Okay. Okay, Bruce. That's accomplished.
CAPCOM Okay. You've got the heel clips and
the ropes and the head rest pads out and installed on the
couch. Okay.
SC (garble)
CAPCOM Roger. And we want everything
else removed from the right hand side of A5, that is the
cushion and added equipment that is in there and stow that
in BRAVO 1 the main food locker. Over.
SC It worked.
SC Okay, Bruce. A5 is all clean.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. Now, we'd like you to
remove the two lithium hydroxide canisters from Alpha 6 and
place them in the left hand side of Alpha 5. Over.
SC It worked.
CAPCOM And while you're over there in
Alpha 6 you might as well get all the rest of the stuff,
the TV equipment out of it.
SC Okay.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay. Now, you want the cushion
out of the right side of A6. Is that affirmative? Or
just the TV gear?
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. Not required that you
take the cushion out of the right hand side of - or out
of A6. We do want the TV gear out. Ultimately, we're
going to stow the TV equipment from Alpha 6 in the Bravo 1
food locker with the monitor wrapped in a constant wear
garmet, but since we're coming up on the press conference,
you want to keep it out for operation at the present time.
Over.
SC Okay. So we now have A6 completely
empty except for the cushion in the right side.
CAPCOM That's affirmative and Alpha 5 ought
to have two lithium hydroxide canisters in the left hand
side of it and the right hand side of it ought to be completely
empty. Over.
SC Okay. We are in that configuration.
CAPCOM Roger. Now we need somebody that
is qualified to tie knots.
SC Okay. As I said before, we've got
two sailors.
CAPCOM Okay. We want you to double one of
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CAPCOM the sleep restraint ropes and to tie

it to the plus Y plus Z foot pad on the aft bulkhead belonging
to Alpha 6. As a preliminary you should remove the urine
bag from under Alpha 6 to allow you to get under there
with one hand. You can put a hand underneath and a hand
around the slide door at panel 250 and this is the plus
Y plus Z - ward foot pad of Alpha 6 and it's the one that
is closest to panel 250 down there in the corner. Over.
SC Okay. So we should take the bag
completely out from underneath, right?
CAPCOM Roger. You can restow that back
in there after you get the rope tied on, but it makes
access a lot easier in itself for this step.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM And you want to tie the knot using
as little of the line as is convenient, probably a bowline or
something like that to - the thing is going to come up to
tie around part of the probe.
SC In work.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Okay. Do you want this thing outside
the foot pad or inside the foot pad?
CAPCOM Okay. We'd like it trending through
the space between the Alpha 6 locker and the waste management
panel, so I guess it would - that would probably be outside.
SC On the loose end of this line do
you want a bight or do you want Just the bitter ends.
CAPCOM On the loose end of it Al, which
is really a double end as I assume you're tieing it on there
is no particular requirements. You're just going to tie
the doubled up piece of line around a part of the probe
later on. Over.
SC Okay.
SC Okay, Bruce. That step is completed.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. Then we want you to
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CAPCOM Roger, Stu. Then we want you to

take 3 ropes that you've removed from A5 there and tie
one end of all three either collectively or one at a time
to the A6 at bulkhead footpad, that's in the plus Y minus Z
direction. That's the one on the box there that's - it's
closer to the side hatch than the one you Just tied the
one doubled up rope around. Over.
SC Okay. You want 3 ropes. The ends
tied around that one. That's four.
CAPCOM That's correct. You're going to
come off of there with effectively a triple strand of line
the full length. Over.
SC Okay, Bruce. We've got we've got
three more snakes on the loose.
CAPCOM Okay. Now that you've got the
additional snakes tied to Alpha 6, you can put the urine
bag back underneath it unless you anticipate needing this
assembly prior to entry.
SC Okay. We'll put it back underneath
it.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Okay. Let's press
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. Now, we'd like to move
over to the probe and ensure that the probe umbilical power
connectors are connected to the shorting forks and that the
probe is fully folded. Over.
SC Okay. I'll verify that.
CAPCOM Is that an in work or an accomplished
SC Well, I verified those steps, but
we're going to have to stand by right now, here. We're
going to have to get the probe down out of the tunnel.
CAP COM Okay.
SC Okay. We have the probe.
CAPCOM Okay, let's go, 21 Nancy there, if
you'll verify that the probe connectors are connected to
the shorting plugs and that the probe is fully folded.
SC Well, the umbilicals are connected
to the shorting plugs and I don't know if there's something
then that's fully folded, you know, the probe's folded up
as you bring it out of the tunnel.
CAPCOM Okay, and Stu.
SC I haven't done anything other than
Just a normal probe removal.
CAPCOM Yes, you might check to make sure
that the - oh Teflon block there on the side is against the
rachet housing on the arm there that engages into the
tunnel.
SC Okay.
SC Bruce, are you waiting on us?
CAPCOM Affirmative.
SC Okay. We're ready to go. The probe
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SC is folded _;
CAPCOM Okay. We'd like you to take two
of the nominal 8 and 1/2 by 11 size flight data file books
and tape them to the face where the capture latch release
handle under the probe. We've got tape in R6 and it's
your option as to which books you use, probably the CSM
rescue book and the CMP solo book or the lunar land mark
map - would be good candidates.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM And just by way of information when
we get this stowed, these books are going to come to rest
against the right hand equipment bay panel down there to
the right of 251.
SC Okay.
SC Okay. We have the CSM lunar land
mark map book, which is about 5/8 of an inch thick. Is
that satisfactory?
CAPCOM Roger. That should be satisfactory
by itself.
SC Okay, Bruce· We have a book in
hand and ready to go.
CAPCOM Okay. You want to place that
across the base end of the probe assembly there across the
capture latch release handle a_d this is going to be the
padding that distributes the load a little bit from the
base end of the probe assembly onto the paneling down
there in the right hand equipment bay, hatchwise from
panel 252, so you Just want to tape it across the base there
so that it'll be sure and stay in position. Over.
SC Okay.
SC Okay, Bruce. The book is taped to
the base of the probe.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. And what we'd like
you to do next is to place a bag over the probe head and
the latest information shows that that liquid transfer
demo hose bag probably will not fit and therefore you can
stow that either in Bravo 1 or back in Alpha 10, your option.
And we're recommending that you take an unused temporary
stowage bag, that is one that's not currently in use, and
cut the mechanism off the top of the temporary stowage bag
place that over the probe head and tape it in place. Over.
CAPCOM What we're trying to do here is
protect the mechanism in the probe head against possible
salt water or salt spray splashing in during the recovery.
Over.
SC Okay. We're Just looking around
and the temporary stowage bags are all filled at the moment.
Hold on.
CAPCOM And 14, Houston. Since you don't
have anything else to do right now, why we'd like you to
r press on to the TV attitude, 325, 090, and 000, and acquire
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CAPCOM on the high gain when you get there.

Over.
SC Okay. 325, 090, 0 - 90.
CAPCOM 325, 090, and 000.
SC Okay. We on the way.
SC No disregards now.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay, Bruce. We've got this bag
that the hatch - the hatch - window bracket for the camera,
you know, they used on the 0 phase and we asked to stand by -
70 millimeter camera hatch window adapter bag and it's big
enough to go over the probe head. We Just sweat it a little
bit.
CAPCOM Beautiful Stu. If you can get that
over and tape it down so that you have a water - salt water
spray protection on the probe head, that's all we need. Over.
SC Okay. We' 11 do that.

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CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. How are you reading

me now? Over.
SC No COMM.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 194 hours 15 min-
utes ground elapsed time. The crew of Apollo 14 now swiveling
the high gain antenna around for a lock on with the Earth. In
this case it'll be the Goldstone station Just coming into ac-
quisition at this time. Fairly low elevation angle. Prepar-
ing for the television pass to begin in about 7 minutes. This
particular television pass will be a Space Press Conference.
Fourteen questions have been submitted by newsmen covering
the Apollo 14 Mission. They will be read up to the crew by
Spacecraft Communicator Gordon Fullerton, who is Just at this
moment taking over the Capcom console. As a matter of fact,
the TV pass starts right at the shift handover when Jerry
Griffins team of Flight Controllers, the Gold Team, takes over
from the outgoing maroon team headed up by Milt Windler. Still
a lot of noise on the circuit as we wait for the high gain
antenna to acquire and get a solid lock on. We'll leave the
circuit up live at this time and follow the communications and
the subsequent television.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Apollo 14. How do you read?
Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Apollo 14. How do you read?
Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Apollo 14. How do you read?
Over.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Apollo 14. This is Houston

request OMNI Charlie. Request OMNI Charlie in the blind. Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Request
OMNI Charlie, OMNI Charlie in the blind. Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Apollo 14, this is Houston.
Request OMNI Charlie in the blind. Over.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Apollo 14, this is Houston.
How do you read? Over.
SC We read you loud and clear.
CAPCOM Roger, 14_ Now we'd like to stow the
probe temporarily in some convenient location and prepare
for the press conference and I'll turn it over to Gordon
here.
SC I took your downlink down.
CAPCOM Roger. We've got a beautiful picture
here.
SC Be ready to go any time.
CAPCOM Okay Al. The questions that you'll be
asked at this news conference have been submitted by newsmen
here at the Manned Spacecraft Center who have been covering
the flight.
SC Gordo.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Al.
SC Could you hold on just a minute. We'll
get in position to answer the questions.
CAPCOM All right. Fine. Just let us - when -
let us know when you're ready.
CAPCOM And for your information, we're getting
a very good picture -
SC Are you getting a picture now?
CAPCOM That's affirmative. Good picture. Ail
three of you in there.
CAPCOM The questions that you'll be asked at
this news conference have been submitted here at the Manned
Spacecraft Center by newsmen who have been covering the flight.
Some of the questions they raised have been answered in your
communications with Mission Control but the public, at large,
has not necessarily heard them in order to specify by them.
First of all for A1 and Ed. Cone Crater, first of all
for A1 and Ed. Cone Crater was your major objective on
your second moon walk. You almost made the rim. How close
do you think you got and do you believe you collected
enough rocks and samples to accomplish the purpose of your
mission?
SHEPARD I think so. Let me take the first part
of it with respect to how close we got. I think we were
within perhaps 100__ or less of the rim and certainly
in a boulder field that was right there associated with
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SHEPERD the boulders in the rim.

MITCHELL I agree with Al. I think we were in 100 -
150 yards and I think the majority of the type rocks - that you
find at the rim were in the boulder field that we were
working and although it was a disappointment. Just as its
been a challenge not to get up there I think we accomplished
the scientific objectives that we looked for.
CAPCOM It is hard for us to get a feel for what
it was like in a large boulder field. Was it a forest of
big rocks higher than you? Could you see any distance?
Over.
SHEPERD The rocks that we were in - ranging them
different sizes. They ranged up to 10 or 12 feet in height
above us so at times we were behind rocks that were taller
than we were. As far as stability concerned, Ed, do you
want comment on that?
MITCHELL Ah yes. We just had a great deal of
trouble moving around the rocks. We didn't even have trouble
moving the MET around the rocks except we did have to dodge
them - of course had to be a bit more careful with the MET
than walking without it. Our major problem however, was
the undulating terrain where you simply couldn't see more
than 100 to 150 yards away from you and see landmarks.
Consequently we're never quite sure what landmark would
appear when you topped the next ridge and we were very sur-
prised when we topped the ridge - approach the ridge which
we thought to be the rim of Cone Crater to find there was
another one beyond it and that was the beginning of the real
problem.
CAPCOM The next question is tell us about your
problems of fatigue, orientation and visibility and apply
them if you will to the longer 7 hour moon walks planned
for Apollo 15.
SHEPERD Well, I guess we didn't realize that we
had problems of fatigue and visibility. As far as we were
concerned our only problem was the amount of time alotted
for the excursion. We - I don't exactly know what our
heart rates were. Obviously they were higher than the normal
sitting rate but we still were not operating at maximum
capacity of our backpacks for cooling nor were we operating
for extended periods of time at high heart rates. To us it
was just a matter of working against the clock. I think
that we had the capability to go longer from the stand-
point of fatigue - I don't believe that we were disoriented
or lost at any time at all either.
MITCHELL I agree with Al. If my previous venture
mislead you it was only a matter of context because giving
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MITCHELL a few minutes to look around we figured

out where we were but trying to do it rapidly made it dif-
ficult and as A1 says, time was our major factor. Given
another 30 or 40 minutes I think we could have reached the
top of Cone Crater, covered all of our objectives and get
back in good fashion.
SHEPERD Well let me add one thing here. I think
if we had wanted to reach the top of the crater and did
nothing else that we could have done that within the time
period allotted but I think that this method in which we
reverted to that of collecting rocks from a point not quite
near the top of the crater provided a lot more geologically
and gave us a better cross section of the rocks in the area
and therefore a better chance of getting rocks ejected
from imbrium than had we gone to the crater and back and
not collected as many rocks.
CAPCOM The next question is for Stu Roosa.
Stu. What did you see of the lunar module from orbit?
ROOSA Okay. The first pass that I made on
the landmark tracking, I picked the LM up with no problem.
It Just showed up as a white spot obviously something
foreign to the lunar surface reflecting light but the ringer
was the long shadow put out. The first day I tracked it,
why the sun angle was still pretty iow and you could see
the shadow coming out and the shadow and the reflection
cinched it as the LM. Now you couldn't see a shape of the
LM as such but - with no doubt, the LM was there. And on
the next day as I was doing landmark tracking, it was not
on the schedule to track the LM again, however, I had a
landmark just prior to the Fra Mauro region and one after it
and I was in forma - the right attitude for landmark tracking
so I looked for the LM again - apparently this time without
any trouble - the shadow had diminished to almost nothing - -

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ROOSA to landmark Just prior to the Fra Mauro

region and one after it, and I was in the right attitude for
landmark tracking so I looked for the LM again and found it
this time without any trouble, the shadow had diminished to
almost nothing, or it was very small, but here again, then
I could see the glint coming off the ALSEP. At this time
the ALSEP had been deployed so I could see the glint coming
off it, and I checked with Ron Evans later and told him what
I thought it was and he agreed that that was the ALSEP loca-
tion.
CAPCOM The next question is also for you, Stu. A
top priority for you is taking detailed pictures of the
Descartes Crater as a possibl_ landing site for a later mission.
Since your big camera was broken, do you think you got enough
high resolution photos?
ROOSA Well, I guess I'd say yes. We made 3 passes
and - with the 500 millimeter, using what we call the COAS
maneuver or you PITCH and keep the camera on the Descarte landing
site and this way you get a real good stereo. And I guess
we'll have to develop the pictures and see how they are, but
I'd say the answer to that is probably yes, but I really can't
answer it completely at this time.
CAPCOM Was there a docking problem, and battery
problem, abort switch problem and a problem with the landing
radar? How concerned were you about not making a successful
landing or a safe return?
MITCHELL This is Ed. I never doubted it for a min-
ute we were going to make it.
guess always
the operation of the equipment. That's what we're up here
for to assure that it operates to the best of our ability
as as ROOSA
well as it's designed
Well, I to function
we're all the concerned
time. We're
about
always concerned about that and we still are - I still have a
little bit of this voice left to go, and we're still concerned
about a safe return. I think that anyones that's involved
in this kind of a business of a research line, has to be
._c_oncerned until the flights totally over.
--_ MITCHELL I'd like o - to make one other comment too
about the question about the news pictures of Descartes. The
photographic technique which we used is essentially the
same as Apollo 12 used which took the pictures of the area
in which it landed. We feel that was successful.
CAPCOM The next question "Other crews had trouble
with dust. How did that affect you on landing, on the surface,
and on the way back?"
SHEPARD Well, let me take the landing part, and
I'll give Ed the surface part and I'll let Stu handle the
way back part. As far as the landing was concerned, there
was less dust than I figured, and I think that was generally
born out as we progressed through our EVA, but the dust
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SHEPARD started forming, I think, approxi-

mtely 100 feet above the surface, maybe 150. It was a thin
layer, as we've seen before, but was less dense than I expected.
And it did not interfere with my vision or capability to land
at all. Now, do you want to talk about how it was on the
surface, Ed?
MITCHELL I think it was substantially as previous
crews have reported it, as far as working on the surface is
concerned. It's a nuisance. The material is soft. It
clings very readily to equipment, to suits, and it's a nuis-
ance, but surprisingly, we didn't find that we had too much
of it in the LM with us in the evening starting on the first
night nor did we feel we carried too much of it back in with
us after the second EVA. Except for the fact that it had
impregnated the top of the suits and was on most other pieces
of cloth. However, it came off of the metal very readily and
that didn't cause any problem. I think it was more of a
nuisance then anything else.
ROOSA Okay, as far as - after the docking and
on the way back, the dust problem's really been non existant.
They - of course A1 and Ed took their suits off in the LM
and then we have a vacumm cleaner in the command module, in
which I passed over, and they vacuumed the suits. And I
passed over several bags in which they put all of the equip-
ment that they brought from the lunar surface, into these
bags. They have zippers on them and so forth to keep the
fine dust in. So I took each one of their suits and put
it in a special suit bag that we have in here and another
bag that they came back across and by holding a little posi-
tive pressure in the command module, we've had very little
dust, and absolutely no problem at all.
SHEPARD I might Just add, too, that we certainly
have benefited from the lessons of earlier flights in this
respect. I think the problem, particularly on Apollo 12
showed us how to handle the dust problem and I think that
we have most of the answers now solved.
CAPCOM Now we'd like you tell us about the rocks
you're bring back. How big are they? How big are they?
What is their texture, color and did they crumble? And
compare them with the rocks on Apollo 11 and 12.
SHEPARD Well, I tell you. We've been so busy we
really haven't looked at the rocks. Stu's going to see if
he can find one for us now. But while he is digging to com-
ment on that particular question, of course we don't have the
equipment here to analyze these rocks from the standpoint of
mineral content and how they compare with the various mineral
percentages with those brought back, but with respect to size.
We didn't have a dust problem

J-
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SHEPARD until Just now. With respect to size, I

think the largest one we brought back was about a foot fn
its diameter, and the large rocks we've brought back were
not crumbly. Some of the rock specimens, the smaller hand
samples, which we collected, were in fact, crumbly, but the
large rocks we brought back, I think we have 4 or 5 rel_ttv-_y
large rocks. And these are not of the crumbling type. I
think we Just - we're faced with a different sort of a prob-
lem which just now has been created. I think we'll have to
hold on showing you a rock until we get back.
CAP COM Ok ay.
ROOSA I don't want to get a rock out.
CAPCOM The next question is for A1 Shepard. Was
the terrain in the landing area different from what you ex-
pected and describe your reaction to landing on a slope.
SHEPARD No, with respect to the general terrain,
it was exactly as we had expected. As a matter of fact,
as soon as the vehicle pitched over in the final stages of
the landing approach, and we were able to recognize where
we were and could control the spacecraft accordingly, we were
essentially right on target, and we landed essentially right on
target. I had originally plan_ed to land a little bit to the
south of the designated spot within a couple hundred yards because
I thought it was smoother there. It turned out that there
-- really was no smooth place in the general area of the land-
ing site. As far as slope was concerned, there was something
like 7 degrees slope, and it didn't give us any problem at
all. The LM landed very softly, gently. No tendency for
it to topple over, and it stayed there steady as a rock for
the duration of the stay.
CAPCOM This next question is for each of you. As
Space Pilots, what is your dominant professional impression
of the flight?
ROOSA Well, I guess any comment like that - the
answer that I'd give would be that to me it's gone - it's
been very gratifying and I think it's been a challenge. I
think each one of us has certainly had the chance to use his
abilities as a research pilot and a scientist, and I think
it's gone real well up to this point. And before we elaborate
too much on a post mission conference, I'd rather wait till
after reentry.
MITCHELL I think Stu's put it very well. The small
things we've had to encounter that were unexpected have been
handled very well by the entire team

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ED - - have been handled very well

by the entire team. I think everyone on the team functioned
very well, certainly from our point of view. And all the
major objectives that we went after were accomplished, at
least well backed up so that we accomplished the per se
or not. In my opinion, the mission was, to this point,
quite a success. And I expect the re-entry to be quite
a success.
SHEPARD I would only add to these comments
that we're basically sensible people. That we're involved
in a program of developing and promoting technology. Apollo
12 is only one step in the space technology. I feel that
Apollo 12 - Apollo 14, I should say has been a resounding
success and I don't really think that we've been able to
assess at this stage what the contributions will be, but
I can intuitively tell from what we've done, what we've
seen on the surface that we're bringing back a lot of imforma-
tion photographically and geologically, that we've left
stations and other stations on the moon sending back informa-
tion for scientific purposes and I think that generally
speaking, that it was a smashing success.
CAPCOM Again, for each of you. What event
in the flight touched you most emotionally?
SHEPARD Well, I think the big emotion for
me is yet to come, and that's getting both feet on the
carrier.
ROOSA Okay, I'd say up to - there's been
a lot of rather tremendous sights on the mission so far and
entry will be another one, but I guess the first look at
the moon after you - after you burn LOI and in the darkness
and you come around, pitch to an attitude where you can
see the moon and it's there below you at about 60 miles and
it looks like about 200 feet. And your first impression
of its body is a rather tremendous thing.
MITCHELL I think Stu's sight is my number 2 and
my number 1 impact is when we pitched over and there was
Cone Crater right out the window. It was very impressive.
CAPCOM You have not talked to your wives
and families since you left Cape Kennedy, is there anything
that you would like to say to them now? We'll make sure
they hear about it.
SHEPARD Well, thank you. I'm sure you all
have done a wonderful Job of keeping them posted particularly
with the communications and everything and I guess perhaps
they're probably as well informed of the flight as we
are ourselves, but (garble) don't know. We're all very well,
very happy, and say hello and we'll look forward to seeing
them in a few days. Ed.
MITCHELL - - nothing much after that at all.
ROOSA No, No. We'll be in touch.
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-- CAPCOM The next question is for Al. Would

you give us your personal feelings about the differences
between the rides on Freedom 7 a decade ago and Apollo 147
SHEPARD One big _tep. It's very difficult
to - of course as the question implies, discuss the technical
differences between the two flights. And standpoint of
personal differences, I think that for those days, that
the Mercury Redstone flight was Just as much of an individual
challenge as has been Apollo 14. I think, of course, the
machinery are different, but the men with whom we worked,
the individuals that helped us along, are pretty much the
same and therefore the emotions are pretty much the same.
They both were a great thrill for me, there's no question
about that.
CAPCOM The final question is also for Al.
You became the first Lunar Golfer with your little 6 iron.
How many golf balls did you hit, how far did they go, and
did you make the green?
SHEPARD Well, you saw the whole action on
television. I missed the first one. The second one went
perhaps a couple of hundred yards and the third one perhaps
about 400 yards, which was not bad for a 6 iron.
MITCHELL Let me add, there wasn't any greens
in site.
SHEPARD There were no green rocks, there
were no green rocks.
CAPCOM Thank you very much. We've certainly
enjoyed every minute of your commentary and this concludes
the list of questions that we have for you. Thanks again.
SHEPARD Thank you and we'll look forward
to seeing you shortly.
MITCHELL That's affirmative.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM This attitude will be a good one to
hold through the P52, over.
SC Okay, is it also a good attitude for
probe storage?
CAPCOM It's also a good attitude for probe
storage?
SC How was the quality of the picture on
that television transmission, Houston?
CAPCOM It was a very good picture, in fact
our estimate is that it was as good as it's been at any
time during the flight.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. When ever you're
ready we'll press on with the probe storage, and at this
time you can go ahead and take the TV monitor, the monitor
cable, power cable, cable bracket and stow all that in the
bravo 1, wrapping the monitor in a CWG, over.
SC Okay, in work.
SC Okay, Houston, we're - we have the
monitor and cable and brackets in B 1 and we're Just touching
up the cover for the probe vent right now, be back with you
shortly.
- CAPCOM Roger, we're standing by.
SC Say Houston, I think we have the
probe head pretty well protected with that (garble) and I
think we're ready to press on.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. The next step
is an initial fitting of the probe into its stowage location.
We'd like you to place the probe between the A6 and AiO
lockers with a pitch arm down towards the Aft bulk head between
A6 and Al0, and the apex, that is the probe head towards
Al2, the base end of the probe with the flight data file book
on it should be touching the right hand equipment bay panel.
The probe should be oriented so that the yellow support arm
touches the top or plus x side of the A6 locker, and it should
be resting on 5 points which I'll read off to you after you
get its position, over.
SC Hey Bruce.
CAPCOM Go ahead Stu, you're very weak.
SC Hey Bruce you said the hatch - what's
the orientation of the hatches -
CAPCOM Okay, the yellow one is on the top
side, or the plus x side of the A6 locker and then there's
a pitch arm pointed down toward the aft bulk head between
A6 and Al0, over.
SC Okay, tell us how it's supposed to
look now.
CAPCOM Okay, it should be resting on 5 points.
--- The probe head should be on the Al0 locker, or somewhere above it.
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SC Okay.
CAPCOM There should be a support arm touching
the plus Y side of the AiO locker.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM The yellow support arm should be
touching the top or plus x side of A6.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM The base of the probe, with the flight
data file lunar land mark book should be firmly up against
the right hand equipment bay wall. Over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM And there should be a sharp strip
touching the plus y edge of the AiO locker, over.
SC Okay, Bruce it doesn't look like we
can have the installation strap touching A6, and the shock
strap touching the top of AiO at the same time.
CAPCOM Okay, in the next step, we're going
to shim at 5 locations, and 1 of the places where we're going
to shim is underneath the yellow support arm on top of A6,
so if it's very close to the top th_t'll be satisfactory.
SC Okay, I think we see your point. This
means that you actually do not have a shock strap touching
the aft bulk head.
CAPCOM That's affirmative the shock strap
is not touching Aft bulk head.
SC Or at least the cable line which is
on top of the Aft bulk head at this point.
CAPCOM Roger, I think it's the pitch arm
you're referring to and that's correct it is not comming into
contact with the Aft bulk head yet, over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Al, we should have the shock strut which
is attached to the support arm for insulation of the probe
assembly in the hatch resting on the plus y edge of the AiO
locker, over.
SC Okay, Bruce, the way we've got this
probe now, it's making contact with the probe hand on AiO and
it's up against the side bulk head and then the support strap
that goes down to the support arm is on, is touching AiO, those
are the only 3 points right now that we have any contact. Now
does that sound like we're in the right spot?
CAPCOM Roger it does. What you're calling the
support arm is what we've been calling the shock strut, over.
SC Okay, to make sure we have our semanitcs
right, we've got support arms and pitch beams, is that right?
CAPCOM Roger, we've got support arms and pitch
arms, or pitch beams and the support arms are connected to the
little shock straps, over.
SC Okay, so I think we're now in the position
your describing, and we have a space between the LO installation
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SC strud and A6, and a space between the

pitch arm and the top of alo.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM Okay, now then we want you to locate
on the command module the following locations where we intend
to place shims. First is on the aft bulk head, underneath
the pitch arm that is thrusting down towards the aft bulk head
but is not in contact with it. At this location we intend
to put in a bumper. It will not be a solid shim but it
will serve to spread out any force should the pitch arm
come into contact with the Aft bulk head, over. We'll put
one flight data file book that you do not require for entry
down there and, when we refer to flight data file books here,
you can of course use LM books as well es command module books,
it's your preference, over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Okay. The next location is on the right
hand, or plus y side of Al0, where the support arm comes close
to touching on the side of the Al0 locker or where it may
actually touch depending on the precise location you've got
there. We'd like a thin flight data file book in that place.
SC Yeah, we figure it'll be about 2 inches
of padding there, but we see the point you're talking about.
CAPCOM We're talking about the face of the
f
Al0 locker that's over toward the right hand equipment bay
paneling. Are you talking about the same place?
SC Right, plus y side.
CAPCOM Roger. Okay it sounds like we've got
the right location there. Another place is where the probe
head touches Al0 and where the pitch arm comes over Al0. We'd
like to shim up on both those locations.
SC Okay.

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CAPCOM at both those locations.

SC Okay, we've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 locations.
CAPCOM Okay and the fifth location, of course,
is where the yellow support arm passes over the top of A6.
In all of those locations, except the first one, that is the
aft bulkhead underneath the pitch arm, we'd like to shim with
unused publications such that the probe is firmly in contact
with the underlying structure. And you may recall earlier
this afternoon that I referred to use of the sleeping bag
and window shade cover on the aft bulkhead, we've modified
that stowage, and deleted the requirement for the window
shade so you can use them for a good nights sleep. Over.
SC Very good. We understand.
CAPCOM Okay, at this Juncture, if you have thc
contents of the shims in mind and the locations in place.
Go ahead and remove the probe and tape the shims in place
with the tape you have from R6. Over.
CAPCOM And as you go along. We'd be interested
in knowing which books go in which location. Over.
SC Okay. Would you also like to know which
page they're opened?
CAPCOM Negative. That doesn't matter. And you
can delete our request for books.
SC Okay. Thank you.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay, Bruce. I Just want to make sure
that we've got it clarified. Tell me again what you mean
when you say the probe is fully folded.
CAPCOM Stand by a minute. We're coming up on
a site handover. I'll give you a call as soon as we reacquire.
Over.
SC Okay.
PAO This is Apollo Control.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. If you'll look at the yellow
installation arm. About half way down its length, if the probe
is fully collapsed, then this arm should be bearing against
a teflon block that's part of the ratchet handle housing,
there. Over.
SC Okay. The teflon block is not bearing
against that. It's against the ratchet pawl, I believe is
what it's going to come in contact with. So how do I get
it there?
CAPCOM Okay, you've got about, probably 1 or 2
clicks left on the ratchet, and you should be able to ex-
tend it there by the normal procedures. I'll give you a
talk through if you like.
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SC Okay, stand by 1.
SC Hey, Stu, aren't you glad you got a couple
knot tying swabbies onboard for this Job?
SC Yes. How about that.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. How are you coming?
Over.
SC Well, we're getting close now. We have '
the probe fully folded, and we're in the shimming process.
CAPCOM Roger.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston, stand by

for a mark on 100 000 miles from the earth. Over.
SC Ok ay.
CAPCOM Stand by.
CAPCOM Mark 100 000 miles.
SC Beautiful, beautiful. Getting closer
all the time.
SC Okay. We're all in shape and ready for
the next step, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, the next step is to put the probe
back in place and verify that it contacts the shims as
required and the other hard points. Over.
SC Okay. We verify that.
CAP COM Okay.
CAPCOM Using the double rope from the A6 anchor
tie that to the apex of the pitch arm which points in the
plus X direction making the rope as tight as possible.
SC Okay. That's complete.
CAPCOM Okay with the three rope combination
from the other foot pad on A6 we want you to tie that also
to the apex of the plus X pitch arm cinching it up tightly
and try not to use too much line in this knot because it's
going to go on from there down to the tied down point in the
side of AIO directly beneath it. Over.
CAPCOM But don't tie it to Al0 -
SC Okay, I think.
SC Just a loop to the fitting up against
that tip of the apex and pitch arm should do it, huh?
CAPCOM Okay, a loop with maybe a 1/2 inch in it
or something like that.
SC Ail righty.
CAPCOM And if Ed or Stu could get out the tools
foxtrot whiskey and one we'll be ready for the next step
when you're ready.
SC Okay Bruce. Now we're running that rope
across through the hook on the outboard side of AS. Is
that - or is it the one on Al0?
CAPCOM No. It's going to be going to Al0 but
before you tie it down there, we'd like to disassemble one
of the support arm shock strut assemblies at one point. Over.
SC Okay. We'll be standing by to tie down -
soon as we get the tool kit up.
CAPCOM That it?
SC Houston, what tools do you think we need
now?

CAPCOM Foxtrot, the crescent wrench, whiskey,

the racket driver and one which is a socket. Over.
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f--

CAPCOM Now what we're planning on doing is on the

support arm that points in the - diagonically in the plus X
minus Z direction, we want you to remove the bolt at the
Joint between the support arm and the shock strut with FW
and 1 and then you're going to put the bolt back in the hole
of the support arm reinstalling that finger tight on that.
Over.
SC Okay. Well that's in work.
CAPCOM And of course the reason for doing this
is to get it out of the couch stroke envelope.
SC Rog.
SC Did you say you want the bolt - put that
back in the shock strut?
CAPCOM That's affirmative.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. Make that in the
support arm part. Over.
SC Okay.
SC Okay, that is done.
CAPCOM Okay. Now using some of the LM webbing,
we'd like you to tie the support arm and the shock strut
against the body of the probe to keep it from flapping. Over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. We'd like
to get oxygen tank 3 heaters to OFF now. L, 2, AUTO. Over.
SC 3 OFF, 1 and 2 AUTO. Okay.
CAPCOM Roger, that's 1 and 2 AUTO. Over.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Confirm oxygen tank 3
heaters OFF. Over.
SC Okay. We've got oxygen tank heater
number 3 OFF. O-F-F. We have oxygen tank heaters number
1 and number 2 AUTO. A-U-T-O.
CAPCOM Roger, 14.
SC Okay, Houston. That step is complete now.
The webbing has been used to tie down the support arm.
CAPCOM Roger. Understand you've got the sup-
port arm and the shock strut tied down against the probe
and the bolts back in the hole, the support arm, and are
ready to press on with the lashing down. Over.
SC Rog. I suppose the next step is to
tighten up the line going down to the Al0 island.
SC Okay. That triple rope combination
that came from A6 and was looped or tied around the apex
of the plus X pointing pitch arm, then goes down to the
plus Z plus Y D ring on the A-10 locker tied there, and
then up to the apex of the pitch arm which points in the
minus Z direction and from there it's going to go down to
the minus Z plus Y D-ring on Al0. Would you take that a
step at a time if you like.
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SC Okay. This is the first rope you're

talking about now that comes up to the apex into the pitch
arm - Then goes down through the tie down and Al0.
CAP COM Right.
SC (Garble)
CAPCOM And then it comes up to the apex of the
pitch arm which points in the minus Z direction and then back
down to the other tie ring on the side of AiO. You're going
to wind up with a rope that would look sort of M shaped when
viewed from the side. Over.
SC Okay. Rope number one is tied in M as
in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
CAFCOM Roger, Al. And that rope number one is
the triple rope combination. Is that correct?
SC That's the first of the (garble) agree-
ments.
CAPCOM Say again, please.
SC That's _he first party of the tri part
tied agreements.
CAPCOM Okay. Then the other two parties have
to follow suit also. Over.
SC Okay. Ail three follow same path, huh?
CAPCOM That's affirmative.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. If one of you is
free we'd like to start the VERB 49 maneuver to the optic
calibration attitude now. Over.
SC Okay, Houston. We'll get it going.
PAO This is Apollo Control 196 hours, 43
minutes ground elapsed time. At the front of the Mission
Control room here is a bouquet of red roses sitting on a
table beneath the U.S. flag which is mounted on a replica
of the lunar surface flagstaff and on the wall next to it,
a replica of the Apollo 11 lunar module plaque "We came in
peace for all mankind". This bouquet of roses has become
a tradition during missions starting back with Apollo 8, the
roses have been delivered - sent some time during the mission
and there's always a card with a brief message and signed
by a young lady named Cindy Diane - last name unknown from
Montreal, Canada. The Apollo 14 bouquet of roses was de-
livered about an hour ago to the Control Room and accepted
by Flight Director Gerry Griffin. The crew of Apollo 14
still lashing down the probe assembly and the cabin so it
won't rattle around during entry. Spacecraft now 98 306
nautical miles out from earth. Velocity continuing to build
up 5682 feet per second. Still up and live on Apollo 14

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PAO - - still up and live on Apollo 14

air to ground communications. This is Apollo Control.
SC Okay, Houston. That's complete
we have a triple pass now as described (garble).
CAPCOM Okay. Now taking the fifth and last
rope, we'd like you to double it and tie one end of it to
the minus Z plus Y footpad of the A5 locker. You'll then
loop it around the probe head and tie it to the minus Y plus
Z D ring on Al0. Over.
SC Okay.
SC Do you want this doubled or singled?
CAPCOM That'll be a double strand. You
can Just double the rope up and you can tie the bight of
it around the minus Z plus Y footpad of A5 and go on with
the double strand from there.
SC Okay. Very good.
SC Okay, Houston. That step's complete.
CAPCOM Okay, 14. That brings us to the
end of the famous Apollo 14 probe storage for the re-entry
procedure. Who did the least work on stowing this? We'd
like a quality control inspection, please.
SC Everybody did 33 and 1/3 percent.
You'll have to call 21 Nancy in on this.
CAPCOM Roger. 21 Nancy. And the only
outstanding items from this afternoons efforts then are
the final tieing down of the 30 pound decontamination bag
with contents on top of Al3, the 20 pound bag on top of
AB and the CMP's PGA was helmet on top of the 20 pound bag
and then verifying 4 inches of clearance under the couch.
We'll check with you on that tomorrow.
SC Okay. We've got that.
CAPCOM Okay. That takes care of tieing
down and I'm going to hand over to Gordon here and you
can press on with the optics calibration and the - I guess
you've got to get the P - the optics calibration and flight
plan as normal. Over.
SC Okay. Thank you very much. We're -
that's a good storage procedure, it's tight as can be here.
SC We ought not to have any problems at all.
CAPCOM And you're in a suitable attitude
to run the P52 also which you probably ought to do prior to
starting in the P23. Over.
SC Rog.
CAPCOM Al, this is Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Al, if you have time, take about
a couple of minutes here, because I have a fairly lengthy
question here reguarding a circuit breaker configuration
yesterday during the DTO. Is this a good time to do it?
SC Okay. I'm not saying that we can
remember, but give us the question and we'll take a wack at it.
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CAPCOM Okay. At the start of the high

flow portion of the DTO, Bruce was on and he read up to
you the Poly 02 tag 3 50 watt circuit breaker, heater circuit
breaker. And you rogered and we checked the transcript,
but this call was made about an hour prior to actually
starting the high flow and then later after I came on
during the low flow part of the DTO, I called you went on
a tank three heater cycle, the heater temp hit the upper
limit and we asked for the heater switch off. We asked
you to check and you confirmed that the tag 3 50 watt breaker
was in and you must have missed it earlier. The problem
is that the engineers are analysing the data from the whole
DTO and not sure where the circuit breaker was during the
entire period of the DTO and it really doesn't matter whether
the circuit breaker was in or out as long as we know where
it was during the test. Can you tell us the history of
the position of the breaker during the high flow portion -
was it ever pulled prior to my call on the temperature going
at a limit and if so when was it pulled and when did it get
put back in? Over.
SC Okay. This is Ed. I probably have
the story better than anybody and I'm not sure I have it.
It was pulled when it was called to be pulled and A1 and
I both remember that and it was noticed that it was back
in shortly before you called and ask about it. I was over -
oh, when I did the 02 - when I closed the 02 iso off the
battery switch, I saw at that time that the 51 heater was
in and I vagely remembered it should be out and yet it was
in and that's when it was noticed. When it went in, I don't
know. It was definitely pulled on call and I was surprised
to find it back in and I reconfigured after the test, and
you called us shortly after that.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. If you'd stand by a
minute, I'll see if they have any further questions to
clarify.
CAPCOM Ed. Since we really have no further
specific questions, Just - unless you could maybe make a best
guess as to whether that breaker was in or out during the
high flow portion of the DTO.
SC Well, we started the high flow por-
tion shortly after the time it was full, did we not?
CAPCOM I think I checked on that and they
figure it was about an hour actually of time gap in there.
SC Alright. Just a minute. We're talking
here.
SC Let us take a look at the flight
plan here and see if I can refresh my memory a little bit.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Don't spend an excessive
amount of time on it, but if you think you can remember any-
think more about it we'd appreciate it.
r SC Houston, Apollo 14.
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CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.

SC Okay, Gordon, in reviewing the -
all the events that seemed to have taken place as per
flight plan about that time, it was open as the first item
at 167 hours, I believe. (garble) as far as I can tell no one
was in that particular area or had any work in that area to
tell when we terminated the test an hour or so later. And my
best guess as to which probably closed inadvertently by myself
or by one of the other two guys probably by myself about
the time that we were starting the circuit breakers for
the end of the test. I noticed it at that point, but I don't
actually know when it was closed.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. I think that's - that's
good for our purposes. Thank you.
SC Okay.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, Ed.
SC Now that _;e're talking about it, it
is suppose to be open, now, is it not?
CAPCOM That's affirmative, Ed. And your
previous estimate of the timeline there on the circuit
breaker tags up real well with the data the engineers are
pretty sure that that's exactly what happened.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM If you have your flight plan still
in hand, I've got a short update for page 270.
SC Stand by.

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SC Okay, go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, on the sixth or seventh line down
from the top, where it gives the darkside photo attitude
of 122, 270 and O. Change 122 to 125. And the high gain
angles that follow are still okay. Over.
SC Okay, 125 and minus 59 and 90.
CAPCOM That's affirmative. And then when the
rates, when you damp the rates there, as for PTC procedure,
we'll give you a GO when the rates are good for taking the
photos.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM That's it. Thank You.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Go ahead.
SC Because of our bug with the probe, it
appears as though - what we're going to do on this 23 is
to skip the constraint stars and Just mark on the first 3,
and then go directly from there to the darkside attitude.
I still expect to be maybe 10 or 15 minutes late on that.
Does that pose any problem to you all if we do that way?
CAPCOM Stand by 1, Al.
CAPCOM That sounds like a good plan to us, Al.
And there is no real time criticality on the earthside dim-
line photography. Over.
-- SC Okay. Good enough. We'll do it that
way then.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM The analyst for the P23 would like to
see you to shoot star number 4 also. Just the 1 star of
the 3 constraint stars. They're using that as a trend
star and this permits them to tie the data between the
other P23's and to this one a little better. There's no
problem being late with the darkside photography. Over.
SC Okay. Sounds good.
PAO This is Apollo Control. 195 42 ground
elapsed time. Very little conversation coming down from
the spacecraft at the present time. The crew is involved
in the earth darkside dimlight photography. 95 019 miles
out from the earth approaching at a velocity of 5816 feet
per second. Live and listening on air-to-ground. This
is Apollo Control.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Ed, if you'll pass along to Stu. We
noticed earlier today that he incorporated into the state
vector the sightings on the constraint stars on earlier
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CAPCOM batches. We'd like to ask that he not

incorporate his fourth star tonight into the state vector.
Over.
SC Okay.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu. Go ahead.
SC Okay, Gordon. These backup alinements
over here at 198. As far as I know there's no DTO or any-
thing else associated with those. They were Just put in
because I wanted to try those. Why don't you talk it over
and consider about deleting those.
capcom Okay, I'll check on that.
CAPCOM Stu, this is Houston. It's strictly your
choice. Over.
SC Okay. I think I'll delete those this
evening. It'll put us Just about back on time for the
rest period.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. I have a short update
to the dimlight information.
SC Stand by 1.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston. The update I have
directs the inflow to be loaded in the P22 there. Over.
Okay, just under the landmark coordinates, change the
longitude over to from minus 17.5 to minus 25.000. Over.
SC Okay. Longitude over to minus 25.000.
CAPCOM That's affirmative.
CAPCOM Stu, this is Houston. G&C reports or
rates look good. Take those photos when you get to them.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Stu, Houston. A reminder to disable all
the Jets.
SC Roger, Gordon. You know I'm looking at
this attitude we are right over a big trunnion, and it looks
like there's a lot of glare. I suppose the sextant will be
alright. It shoots by it, but I was wondering why the attitude
was such where we had this large trunnion?
CAPCOM Stand by. I'll have to get an answer
on that one.
SC I'll go ahead and shoot it, but it's so
far over that I can't really see any of the earth crescent
through the telescope.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM Stu, in answer to your question. Stand by.
CAPCOM Stu, in answer to your question, the at-
titude is designed for some maximum shading from the sun
on the optics, if possible. And we wonder if you have looked
through the sextant to verify that they are boresighted on
the earths darkside. Over.
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SC Well, yes it is. We still got that same

scattered light problem, which we discussed on the way out,
but it's off the terminator, sure enough, so if everybody is
agreeable, we'll shoot it here.
CAPCOM That's affirmative. They concur. They
expected some scattered light and they'd like to go ahead
and take the pictures as shown in the flight plan.
SC Okay.
SC Houston, 14. We've completed darkside
photography now. We're going to start PTC.
CAPCOM Roger, Al. And one item on - for the
Surgeon here. He noticed after the probe stowage exercise,
your EKG data and Ed's CPN data degraded to useless actually.
We'd like you to check your external leads and Ed to check
his EPN leads and also where Ed's leads go into the trans-
mitter box.
SC Okay.
SC Okay, Gordo.

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SC How does the CDR look now, Houston?

CAPCOM Al, yours looks good now.
SC Okay, one of my leads has a stripped
thread so, it may or may not hold. Just keep me advised and
I'll tighten up from time to time.
CAPCOM Okay, thank you.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead.
SC Hey Gordon, I don't want to make a
big point out of it, but I Just got an education on this P23
here. I've been noticing you know, except for when we shot the
burn and we dropped that difference between the vectors down to
about 30 miles, it's been running rather consistently, 50
to 55 to 60. Do the P23 specialists, is that the way they think
it should be working?
CAPCOM Stand by, we'll get you an answer.
Stu, the answer to the question is yes. That's the way they
think it ought to work.
SC Okay, very good.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead.
SC Okay, would you like to copy the command
module RCS samples?
CAPCOM Rog, go ahead.
SC Okay, systems test meter reading 5C
4.6, 5dog 4.6 6 malfunctions 4.4, 6 bravo 4.6, 6 charlie,
4.5 6 dog 4.5.
CAPCOM Okay, Stu, we got all of those.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM We're at a good attitude. We're also
configured to take the presleep e mod at any time.
SC Okay, we'll spin up here shortly and
we'll give you a 74 right now.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC You've got it.
CAPCOM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM The attitude I was referring to is for
getting the dump. I think that we'd Just like to remind you
to be sure to complete most of your dumps before spinning up.
There's no hurry to go into PTC if you want to Just sit in
that attitude, there's no thermal problems, over.
SC Oh okay, I misunderstood you.

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PAO This is Apollo Control. 199:55 ground

elapsed time. 10 hour sleep period - Beg your pardon. 8 hour
sleep period scheduled to begin at 200 hours. The crew should
be in the evening meal at this time, pass their onboard read-
outs, set up PTC. They actually should have set up the other
spinup for PTC prior to this time. However, there will be
some final adjustments to be made in conjunction with the
ground to make sure it settles down to the proper rotation
rate. The spacecraft is now 87 414 nautical miles out from
Earth, approaching ever increasing velocity, now 6142 feet
per second. This will increase to 36 170 at - by the time
they reach 400 000 feet tomorrow afternoon. At 199 hours
56 minutes still alive and well on air-ground, this is
Apollo Control.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM 14, this is gold flight. Before
you guys sign off for tonight, on behalf of all the guys
on the gold team that have worked during this mission, we
want to tip our hat to you for a super Job and we're looking
forward to you getting back here to the ranch and we'll
talk about it over a cool one.
SC We thank you, Gerry. Al's not on
the loop right now. We'll pass that on to him. But we sure
appreciate the support. Yall really do good work.
CAPCOM Well, thank you very much. We enjoyed
it.
SC Gerry, your guys really did a super
Job on PDI day. That was wonderful.
CAPCOM Yes. We'll have to get together
with the LM guys. Of course, they've already secured in
their operation. But I agree with you. They and all their
support people really hung in there and got up the answers
that we needed.
SC They sure did. It was a great show.
SC Hey, hang loose for a minute Gerry.
Al's getting on a headset here.
SC Gerry.
CAP COM Go ahead.
SC You caught me right in the middle
of a drink of cocoa.
CAPCOM Sorry about that.
SC Yall about to leave right now, huh?
CAPCOM Well, we'll be on for a few more
hours, but this is our last shift and then the orange team
is going to pick it up and you'll have maroon for entry.
SC Well, we'll be talking to you indirectly
in a few days. I sure do want to thank you for that superb
' job you did for us. Especially down there around those low
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SC altitudes. Everything went real

fine and we appreciate your persistence that I know you had
in getting that Job done right. It's a hell of a thrill for us
to work with, you, Ger.
CAPCOM Yes. We had a real ball at it. We'll
be looking forward to getting that cool one when you get back
here.
SC Sounds good, Gerry. Give our thanks
to all the troups.
CAP COM Okay. Will go.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Go ahead.
SC Houston, do you read? 14.
CAPCOM Rog. You're loud and clear now, Stu.
SC Okay. Do our rates still look good
enough for spinup?
CAPCOM That's affirmative. Rates are GO.
SC Oops. I just felt a thruster fire.
Maybe we'll Just set here for a minute. You take a look at
it.
CAPCOM That was a roll Jets. It shouldn't
hurt anything.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM And on the comm you can go straight
to OMNI mode. And the checklist here, select OMNI Bravo
and mark the high gain at minus 52 pitch and plus 270 yaw.
Over.
SC Okay, Gordon. We'll do it.
CAPCOM A couple of other items before we
bid you goodnight. Your - Ed, your CPN has showed no change
so far if you've had any chance to look at it. And we'd
like to suggest you CPN data.
SC Okay. (garbled)'
CAPCOM The other procedure we'd like to
suggest upon awakening in the morning that will improve your
L over D slightly. We'd like to ask you to close the portable
tank inlet valve and that will divert the water you use after
you wake up to the waste tank and let the portable tank de-
crease which will give us a hair better L over D and I guess
every little bit helps. Over.
SC Okay. We understand.
CAPCOM Okay. That's to be done in the morning
not now.

SC Rog. Understand.
CAPCOM And of course, it will - -
SC Gordon, have you heard Ed. Have you
heard an L over D figure being kicked around, Gordon?
r CAPCOM Let me get one for you, Stu.
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CAPCOM If you turn that tank valve off

just before you start using water for breakfast, you should
end up with an L over D Just shy of .28. Over.
SC Okay. Copy .28 if we do the water
bit.
CAPCOM Okay. And I think the only thing
remaining is the onboard readout. Standing by any time.
SC Okay. Bat C is 37.0, 57.3, 37.3.
Get the RCS in a second. 58 for quad delta, 57 quad Charlie,
55 quad Baker, and 59 quad able.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. We copy all those.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/8/71, GET 200:40, CST 23:01, 581/1

PAO This is Apollo Control at 200 hours

40 minutes ground elapsed time. With that last exchange
of onboard readouts, apparently the crew has closed up shop
for the evening. The communications engineer reports to
the flight director that the crew has shut off the voice
switch and the communications system aboard the spacecraft.
So, apparently, they plan no more calls back to mission
control tonight. The spacecraft is now 84,754 nautical
miles out, approaching at a velocity of 6,265 feet per sec-
ond. We'll take down the air-to-ground circuit at this time.
At 200 hours 41 minutes ground elapsed time, this is Apollo
Control.

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14 MISSION COMMENTARY 2/_/71 23:44CST 201:21GET MC-582/1

PAO This is Apollo Control 201 hours 21

minutes ground elapsed time. No word from the spacecraft
in the last hour. They've shut down their transmitter
switch and are settled down in passive thermal control or
barbeque roll for the night. Here in the control room
workmen are respacing the plaques from previous missions
along the upper right wall in the control room in prepara-
tion for tomorrows spashdown when it's a tradition for the
flight director to climb up a tall step ladder and hang the
plaque from the mission Jus_ completed. And right now
Apollo 14 is 82 236 nautical miles out from Earth approaching
at a velocity of 6387 feet per second. And at 201 hours
22 minutes ground elapsed time, this is Apollo Control.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 202 hours 12 min-

utes ground elapsed time. According to the Flight surgeon
the crew of Apollo 14 is soundly asleep at this time. An-
ticipating a shift handover in about an hour here in the
Control Center to the Orange Team of flight controllers
headed up by Pete Frank. Apollo 14 79 109 nautical miles
out from Earth. Velocity increasing, now 6545 feet per sec-
ond. 202 hours 12 minutes ground elapsed time, this is
Apollo Control out.

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at 203 hours

12 minutes ground elapsed time. Our displays at Mission
Control presently show Apollo 14 at a distance of 75 308
nautical miles away from the earth and now traveling at a
velocity of 6 749 feet per second. The crew of Apollo 14
of course, in their rest period as they have been for some
time. Meanwhile in Mission Control, the orange team of
flight controllers are now manning their positions. Flight
director Pete Frank, presently going around the room at this
time checking on status with each member of his flight con-
trol team. The atmosphere at this time in the control center
is quiet, subdued and planning ahead for the entry activities,
now some 13 hours 14 minutes away. We're at 203 hours and
13 minutes ground elapsed time and this is Apollo Control
Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at

204 hours 12 minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 is
presently 71 370 nautical miles away from the Earth and
traveling at a speed of 6974.6 feet per second. The crew
of Apollo 14 continuing with their rest period. Our clock
shows 3 hours 47 minutes remaining. Meanwhile, the report
from weather on what may be expected in the primary recovery
area is particularly comforting. We show cloud cover of
2000 feet scattered to broken, 10 miles visibility, winds
from an easterly direction 100 degrees at a velocity of
17 knots, sea state of 4 feet - 4 foot waves, On our entry
plots we show a range from entry to splash of 1220 nautical
miles and witb a predicted point of splash at 172 degrees
39 minutes west, 27 degrees 1 minute south. We're at 2
hours - 204 hours 13 minutes ground elapsed time and this
is Apollo Control Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston, at

205 hours 12 minutes ground elapsed time. Our display
in mission control presently shows the spacecraft, Apollo 14,
at a distance of 67,278 nautical miles out from Earth, and
now traveling at a speed of 7,225 feet per second. Very.
little activity in the mission control center during the
past hour. In addition to monitoring Apollo 14 spacecraft
systems, members of the orange flight control team also had
the opportunity to watch a rerun of last night's televised
crew news conference from space. We're at 205 minutes
13 minutes ground elapsed time, and out clock shows 2 hours
47 minutes from time of crew wake-up. This is Apollo Con-
trol, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at 206 hours

12 minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 now at a distance
of 63 068 nautical miles away from the Earth, now traveling
at a velocity of 7508 feet per second. We show 1 hours 47 min-
utes until time of crew wakeup. Ten hours 15 minutes until
time of reentry into the Earths' atmosphere. We're presently
logging an entry interface time of 216 hours 27 minutes
47 seconds. From entry on in in terms of retro elapse time
of preliminary numbers now showing on one of our displays
at the console, we show reaching 05g at plus 29 seconds.
Blackout should begin shortly before that at plus 18 seconds.
Blackout ending at 3 minutes 36 seconds. Droque deployment,
drogue shoot deployment at 8 hours - or 8 minutes 3 seconds.
Main shoot deployment 8 minutes 51 seconds. And, this would
give a landing for Apollo 14 at 13 minutes 48 seconds. These
numbers, of course, will be refined and updated as Apollo 14
continues on its path toward the Earth. We're at 206 hours
14 minutes ground elapsed time, and this is Apollo Control
Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston, at 207

hours 14 minutes ground elapsed time. We're some 45 minutes
away now according to our clock from that time at which the
crew of Apollo 14 will be wakened - awakened. Meanwhile,
in the Mission Control Center, a decision has not yet been
made as to whether or not midcourse correction number 7 will
be performed. Flight director Pete Frank expects this deci-
sion to be made at about 210 hours ground elapsed time. About
7 hours ago the science staff support room in the Mission
Control Center observed and recorded some activity on the
passive seismic instruments for the Apollo 12 and 14 experi-
ments. We presently show Apollo 14 at a distance of 58 444
nautical miles away from Earth and traveling at a velocity
of 7845 feet per second. We're at 207 hours 15 minutes ground
elapsed time and this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control Houston at 207 hours

and 59 minutes ground elapsed time. We presently show
Apollo 14 at a distance of 55 100 nautical miles away from
the earth and traveling now at a speed of 8 113 feet per
second. The crew of Apollo 14 should be receiving their
wake up call shortly. Our CAPCOM for today or for this
shift is Astronaut Fred Haise. Haise will be the individual
in the Control Center making that call. At 208 hours ground
elapsed time, standing by continuing to monitor, this is
Apollo Control Houston.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Houston.
SC This is Apollo 14. Good morning, Fred-O.
CAPCOM Good morning, Ed. Down the home stretch
show you're about 55 grand out now. I got a few things here
for you if you got a flight plan handy.
SC Okay. Let me get some lights on first,
Fred.
CAP COM Ok ay.
PAO That's Ed Mitchell who responded to the
call.
SC Okay, Fred-O, go ahead with your updates.
CAPCOM Okay, first we got a consummables update;
g.e.t, of 208 hours; 44.0, quad A 44.9, B 41.0, C 45.7,
and D 44.4. H2 tank 01, 30.7 and two, 29.2. 02 tank one 63.3
two, 65.0 3 is 10.9 and why don't you go ahead with that
readback, if you want, Ed, first.
SC Okay. 208.09 44 on totals; quads, 44.9,
41 0, 45 7, 44 4. Hydrogen one, 30.7, two 29.2. Oxygen one, 63.3
two, 65.0 and 10.9.
CAP COM Okay. Standby one.
CAPCOM Okay, 14, how do you read now? We had to
get the (garble) off the line.
SC Okay . (garble)
CAPCOM Yeh, you're good now. Right to the left
of the consummables update block, there's a VERB 29 maneuver
to the optics cal attitude to at about 208 30 and your
high gain angles there should be PITCH minus 73, and the YAW
number there should be 102.
SC Okay. That's corrected, thank you. 102.
CAPCOM Okay, and let's see, we'd like the potty
tank inlet valve to CLOSE so we can get a little more water
into the waste tank.
SC Okay, I'll do that right now.
CAPCOM And, 14, Houston. You still on?
SC That's affirm and the potty tank's closed
off.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, let's see they'd like here the
readout that you have there on the onboard PITCH and YAW's
X-band meters.
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CAPCOM And also the dials.

SC Okay, at this moment you mean?
CAPCOM That's affirm, Ed.
SC It looks like at this moment they're at
160 and 360. The thumb wheels are sitting at minus 52 and
270.
CAPCOM Okay, sounds good.
PAO Apollo Control Houston 208 hours and 9 min-
utes ground elapsed time. Our readout on the onboard com-
puter shows that Apollo 14 is now having a platform, computer
platform alinement underway per the flight plan. We presently
show 14 at a distance of 64 247 nautical miles away from
the earth traveling -
SC Go ahead, Fred.
CAPCOM Okay, we've got that number 3 tank down
low enough so here after Just in case you're wondering
we'll keep tanks OP tanks 1 and 2 in AUTO and we'll leave
tank number 3 OFF.
SC Okay. That's my current configuration
and I understand it will stay that way.
CAPCOM Roger, Ed. And we've got the torque angles
okay.
SC Okay.
PAO 208 hours, 11 minutes -
SC 14, one other note here they missed - says
they missed getting a presleep medication report and from that I
assume you didn't have any medication as such is that correct?
SC That's a good assumption.
CAPCOM Okay. 14 I've got one other thing which
concerns verifying where you've got some stowage and it's
not too time critical so if you want to go ahead and get
cleaned up first and Just give me a call when you want to
talk about that.
SC Okay. Got anything else outstanding
we owe you, Fredo?
CAPCOM No, I think we've got everything taken
care of except finding out for sure where you got all the
bags .
SC Well okay, right now we don't have them
all, but we don't have them all stowed but we know exactly
where we're going to put them and we'll be starting that
before long.
CAPCOM Okay.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston, 208 hours,
13 minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 now traveling
8202 feet per second, now at a distance of 54,028 nautical
miles away from the Earth. We'll stand by continuing to monitor.

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SC Houston, 14. Fredo, did you get the

NOUN 93's pertaining to the (garble)?
CAPCOM That's affirmed 14. We got those.
SC Okay, and the time, we are using is
281105.
CAPCOM Roger. 28, 11:05.
SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay. Post sleep report. On sleep
A1 and Stu have 4 hours each. I had 6. The PRD, A1 is 16062,
Ed is 07060.
CAPCOM Okay. Copied sleep report, or post
sleep report 4 4 and 6 hours. You get the 6 and I copied
the other notices (garble).
SC Rog. Now there's one on the headset,
tOO.

PAO That's Ed Mitchell reporting that

A1 Shepard, Stu Roosa both have a 4-hour sleep while he got
6 hours sleep.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Ed, tell Stu I watched the press
conference and I hope he didn't let all the lunar fines out
there.
SC He did a pret%y good job on letting
part of them.
CAPCOM Yeah, I could see that.
SC We've got it all picked up now though.
CAPCOM Okay.
SC We don't have any dust in there Fred,
you can see that.
CAPCOM And, 14, Houston. We'd like the high
gain cranked up when you get out of bed.
SC Okay, Fredo, I'll stand by one.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston, at 208 hours
and 28 minutes. A read out of Apollo 14's computer shows it
in program 23. Stu Roosa -
SC Got her, Fredo.
CAPCOM Okay. Thank you.
PAO Stu Roosa apparently performing the
cislunar navigation program, that's his midcourse navigation.
208 hours and 29 minutes Apollo 14 52 756 nautical miles away
from earth, velocity 8314 feet per second. 208 hours 33 minutes
ground elapsed time, taking a look at the onboard display key
board, Apollo 14 continuing in program 23, doing midcourse
navigation by incorporation of the star/earth and star/moon
optical measurements. 208 hours 34 minutes, 52 375 nautical
miles away from earth, Apollo 14 traveling at 8347 feet per
second. This is Apollo Control, Houston.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston, 209 hours
_- 03 minutes ground elapsed time. We presently show Apollo 14
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PAO at 50 014 nautical miles away from

the earth, traveling at a speed of 8564 feet per second. We've
had no conversation with the crew of Apollo 14 recently. However,
our ground displays of the onboard computer show that program 23,
the midcourse navigation program_ is still in progress. We're at
209 hours 04 minutes. This is Apollo Control, Houston.
CAPCOM Not bad, Stu.
SC Well, I'm not sure whether it's good
or bad, Fred. I think we probably need some updates. That
doesn't help me much.
CAPCOM A1 Day, Al, Dave here says you're looking
pretty close, or maybe it's like the old saying even the blind
squirrel find a nut now and then.
SC Say, you're Just all heart this morning,
Fredo.
PAO That's our CAPCOM, Fred Haise, critiquing
the -
CAPCOM Over confidence.
PAO - critiquing the midcourse navigation
program. The Dave referred to is Dave Reed here in Mission
Control. Dave is a Flight Dynamics officer.
CAPCOM And, Stu, Dave wonders if you want to
proceed from here maybe and look at the Delta V's in P-37 and
he'll compare with you.
SC Okay. We might try thet depending
on the time here; still a little stowage I want to get on.
CAPCOM Okay.
PAO Stu Roosa aboard Apollo 14 as command
module pilot. He has been performing the P-23 into the computer.
We're at 209 hours 09 minutes ground elapsed time. Apollo 14
49 541 nautical miles away from the earth, traveling now at a
speed of 8611 feet per second. This is Apollo Control, Houston.

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CAPCOM 14, Houston.

SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Hey, Just thought Stu would be
interested, after last sets of marks there, we have a
scanner now down to about .05 degrees, and altitude against
stars about four tenths of a mile.
SC Stu will get a little bit better
on the marks.
PAO Apollo - Apollo Control Houston.
209 hours 34 minutes ground elapsed time. We presently
show 14 at a distance of 47 493 nautical miles away from
the earth. Velocity now reading 8813 feet per second.
At present we are looking for a decision or GO/NO GO for the
midcourse correction number seven. At 209 hours - 210 hours
30 minutes, ground elapsed time. This is Apollo Control
Houston.

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SC Houston, 14.
CAPCOM Go ahead 14.
SC Fred-O, we're starting into getting these
bags stowed in here. You said you had a storage update for
us. (GARBLE) can we have it.
CAPCOM I'm not sure it's an update Ed. You may
have already gotten the word, but there was a conflict in
a note that retro had on one of them, and it indicated that maybe
you had put it in a different spot. And
SC I don't know which one you're referring
to, but go ahead and let's hear it.
CAPCOM Okay, I'll just read, theres only 3 items,
3 items, and one says that the 30 lb bag will be put on Al3.
The 20 lb bag on A8 and Stu's suit with the helmet and a
sleeping bag will be on top of the, also on top of A8.
SC Okay, stand by just a minute. Fred-0 we
were putting the 20 pounder on A8 with the suit on top of it,
now is that the way you want it now?
CAPCOM That's correct.
SC Okay, that's the way we are going.
CAPCOM Very good.
CAPCOM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, Ed. Would you verify the H2 fans
off.
SC Stand by Fred-0. Okay, they're off now.
CAP COM Roger, Ed.
CAPCOM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead Fred-0.
CAPCOM Okay, ya'll can crank the carousel up
there anytime, and before you do, we'd like you to check
the S-band pitch nob at minus 40 yaw at 90, react and we'd
like the medium beam right now.
SC Okay, you want minus 40 90 react and we're ready
to spin up.
CAPCOM Okay, and that was medium beam with that.
SC Rog, medium beam with it.
PAO Apollo Control Houston. 210 hours 5 minutes
ground elapsed time. Apollo 14 now 44 832 nautical miles
away from the earth. Now traveling at a speed of 9000 - 9100 feet
per second. In his last conversation with Apollo 14, Fred
Haise advised Ed Mitchell the lunar module pilot that Apollo
14 could proceed with their manuever to a passive thermal
control latitude. We are at 210 hours 6 minutes ground elapsed
time continuing to monitor. This is Apollo Control Houston.

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COMM TECH Honeysuckle COMM TECH, Houston COMM TECH,

NET 1.
HONEYSUCKLE Honeysuckle.
COMM TECH Roger. You loud and clear, how me?
HONEYSUCKLE Loud and clear also.
COMM TECH Thank you.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at
210 hours, 24 minutes ground elapsed time. At present we
show Apollo 14 43,200 nautical miles away from Earth, velocity
now reads 9276 feet per second.
CAPCOM 14, Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, we won't be needing MCC-7.
SC Roger, said no MCC-7, no MC-7, thank you
Fredo.
PAO Apollo Control, Houston. That was CAPCOM
Fred Haise advising Apollo 14 that Midcourse Correction 7
will not be required. We're presently looking at entry
angle of 6.38 degrees. The present coordinants for splash
27. - 27 degrees .02 minutes South, 172 degrees, 40 minutes
West. Velocity at time of entry interface is presently
seen as 36,170 feet per second and range to go from entry
interface, 1225 nautical miles. The MAX G expected,
6-1/4. We're at 210 hours, 36 minutes ground elapsed time.
We now show Apollo 14 at 42,302 nautical miles from Earth
and traveling at a velocity of 9391 feet per second. This
is Apollo Control, Houston.

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SC Houston, Apollo 14.

CAPCOM Go ahead, 14.
SC Okay. Let me give you the command
module RCS ejector valve tips.
CAPCOM Okay, go ahead, Ed.
SC Okay, this one is the test meter 5 Charlie
4.4, 5 Delta 5.1, 6 Alpha 4.5, Bravo 4.4, Koko 4.4, and Delta 4.5.
CAPCOM Okay, we've got them, Ed.
PAO This is Apollo Control, Houston at
210 hours 47 minutes ground elapsed time. We presently show
Apollo 14 at a distance of 41 209 nautical miles away from
earth and traveling at a velocity of 9512 feet per second.
At 1402 Greenwich mean time, it was the first observation of
the Mission Control Center was made of what later turned out
to be the effects of the Los Angeles earthquake. Stations at
Honeysuckle, Hawaii, Guam, and Carnarvon had communications
affected. We lost various combinations of voice and data
circuit for periods ranging from 1 minute to as much as
5 minutes. However, by using data from alternate stations,
and the alternate stations in this case, Honeysuckle and
Carnarvon, the Mission Control Center was never without full
capability. These circuits have been either cleared or
rerouted by the telephone company and Mission Control Center,
Houston is now in normal capability. We are at 210 hours 48 minutes
and this is Apollo Control, Houston.

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PAO This is Apollo Control at 210 hours

58 minutes. In Mission Control at this time we're completing
the shift handover. Flight Director Milton Windler and his
Maroon Team of Flight Controllers is replacing the Orange
Team headed by Flight Director, Pete Frank. At the
present time Flight Director is reviewing the mission status
with each of his flight controllers, that's before coming
on shift this morning. The Maroon Team met in one of the
staff support rooms here to review all of the procedures
which will be followed during entry both for a normal entry
into a number of contingency situations which could con-
ceivably arise, and at the present time Apollo 14 is
40 126 nautical miles from earth. The velocity of the
spacecraft up now to 9647 feet per second. There will be
no change of shift briefing this morning.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 211 hours
10 minutes. Our Flight Director, Milton Windler has
completed his status review with flight controllers here in the
control center, and everything appears to be in good shape.
for today's entry. The network controller reports that
the - all of our ground length circuits around Los Angeles
have been by-passed, we are - we do have alternates circuits
around Los Angeles and at the present time I have full
primary capabilities and the network controller reports
that we do have some loss of back-up circuits but that all
of our prime circuits are functioning at this time. A
midcourse correction seven has been dropped there will
be no midcourse correction at - at midcourse opportunity
which was to have occurred about 213 hours 27 minutes. This
will give the crew a bit of added time will also allow us to get
some of the update to them a bit earlier. Normally, until
the last updates such as landing coordinate, and so on, are not
passed up until after we've obtained some tracking following that
midcourse correction. Without performing the mid course,
of course the Flight Dynamics Officer, Return-to-Earth
Officers, tracking data does not have to be updated, and
they'll be able to get such things as the entry pass up
to the crew a bit earlier than normal. We're currently
showing Apollo 14 at an altitude of 38 936 nautical miles
The velocity up now to 9800 feet per second.

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SC Houston, Apollo 14
CAPCOM Go ahead 14, over.
SC Hello Bruce. Say, I thought I'd try to
make the surgeon happy for the last 4 or 5 hours in the
flight. Have him check my biomed now please.
CAPCOM Roger Ed, Understand you would like a
biomed earnest integrity and telemetry check, over.
SC That's affrimative.
CAPCOM Okay, we'll get them going on it.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. The surgeon
reports they have good data on all crewmen, with the exception
of Ed's respiration rate. The ZPN censors are still not
getting through on telemetry, however, don't worry about
it at this time. They are happy with what they have got
and medically you are go for entry, over.
SC Okay, well, I just replaced one censor
that had come lose and I thought maybe that was the one causing
the problem.
CAPCOM Okay, right now we're not getting your
respiration rate. Which one did you -
SC Okay, stand by Just a minute.
CAPCOM Which one did you replace Ed?
SC Actually I replaced the top outer, not
on the stern, the one to the right.
CAPCOM Okay, understand the upper one on the
right side of your chest, not on the stern over.
SC That's affirm. Stand by on the respiration
here, and let me see if I can press them and get them coming
in. Yea, you tell them to watch it now.
CAPCOM Okay, they're watching. Ail right.
CAPCOM And 14, this is Houston, when you select
OMNI Charlie, would you give us a call so that we can send
you command reset over.
SC Okay, I was just getting ready to do that
when you called. It's going in now.
CAPCOM Roger, thank you.
CAPCOM 14, Ed, this is Houston, over.
SC Go ahead Houston.
CAPCOM We have seen no change in your in feeding
memograph. We suspect that it may be a problem in the signal
conditioner, and the surgeons thank you for you efferts in
attempting to restore the actuarial leads but suggest that you
just leave it as is for entry, and not bother with it
any further, over.
SC Okay, I was pulling and tugging and I am con-
vinced the sensors and harness is okay, Bruce, so I agree with
you, it must be some where down stream.
CAPCOM Roger, the feeling is that it's probly in the
signal conditioner.
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SC Okay, tell them not to worry, I'll hold

my breath and then they'll know what the rate is.
CAPCOM Say, that sounds like a pretty good plan.
Give us a mark when you start holding and then we'll time from
there.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM either that, or the surgeons say that if you
give us a mark when you start holding your breath, we'll
give you a mark when the EKG goes flat, over.
SC That's a fair enough exchange.
CAPCOM 14, Houston, the information that you that
you sent us down on the systems test meter leaves us to
cancel the command module RCS predeed, as you probably
surmised by now. We Just wanted to make sure we were both
on the same frequency, over.
SC Okay, we concur. Thank you Bruce, over.
CAPCOM 14, Stu, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Roger, in looking that you Noun 49 values, we're
scratching our heads on the magnitude of the DELTA R and
DELTA V updates. Would you verify that the first star you
were in fact, using the far horizon, and on this one you
are using the near horizon, over.
SC That's affirmative. I worried about that
to at the size of them, Bruce, and I verify that this one
for sure on the near horizon, and you know I'm 99 per cent
certain on the other one. I really didn't, I reshot and
got that same large update, and thought it was pretty good,
but I didn't see them taper down like they should have. I'm
mistified also.
CAPCOM Okay, over. Not meaning to, to trend
backseat drive, we're trying to figure it out for you also,
and we wanted to confirm that before we went too much further,
over.
SC Okay.

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CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston, I have your

reentry pad whenever you're ready to copy. Over.
SC Okay, Houston. Ready to copy.
CAPCOM Ail right. Roger. And would you confirm
that star 23 was loaded in P23 this time, it looked like 22
as it went by us.
SC Roger, it was 22, Bruce. I went back on
to check that first star again, and I'm afraid that is the
trouble I shot the wrong horizon on the star 22. And, Bruce,
would you suggest that I shoot that over again? See if we
can take that error out.
CAPCOM Stu, this is Houston. Go ahead and shoot
star 22 over again and we'll have some more detail word for
you on the sequence after that in a minute.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM And after reshooting star 22, Stu, you can
press on to star 23, and there's no need to redo 64. Over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM And, Ed, if you're ready, I've got the
entry pad.
SC Okay. Let's copy.
CAPCOM Roger. Entry, mid Pacific area, ROLL at
.05G, 000 154, 000 216 1047 267 minus 2702 minus 17265,
MAX G, 062 36170 639 11402 36251 our RT 216 2747 0029,
NOUN 69 is NA DO 400 0209 0018 0333 0807, Sextant star,
30 3543 307, Borsight star, Nuhydra, up 211, left 28, uplift
vector, comments. 1, use nonexit EMS pattern. 2, moon check,
moon in left of window. ROLL 000 182 000. 3, moonset GET 216
plus 25 plus 15. RET of 90,000 feet, 6 plus 29 main
deploy 8 plus 54, landing 13 plus 52. Constant G entry is
ROLL right. GDC aline 322 325 018 and for your information
the MSFN values of gamma at entry interface are minus 6.39
comparing with the navigated value prior to this last set of
P23's of minus 6.42. The MSFN vacuum perigee 20.6. Your
onboard vacuum perigee 20.1. And back under GDC aline it's
Sirius and Rigel for the stars. Readback. Over.
SC Okay, Bruce, we have a mid Pac landing at
0 - ROLL, PITCH and YAW, 000 154 000 216 1047 267 minus
2702 minus 17265, max G to 062 36170 639 11402 36251 216
2747 0029, D sub 0 is 400 0209 0018 0333 0807, Sextant star,
30 354.3 307, Nuhydra, up 211, left 28, lift vector up,
use nonexit EMS pattern. Okay, for the moon check attitude,
it's at the left of the window, should he at ROLL 000 182
000 and moon data is at 216 25 15. RRG of 90K 629, main entry
54 landing 1352. For Constant G ROLL right. GDC aline
stars are Sirius and Rigel, in angles of 322 325 018. The
MSFN entry gamma is minus 6.39. My onboard camera 6.42.
H sub B is 20.6 and 20.1.
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CAPCOM Roger, 14. Readback correct. Out.

SC (GARBLE)
PAO This is Apollo Control at 211 hours,
54 minutes. At present time aboard Apollo 14 Command Module
Pilot, Stu Roosa, is involved in midcourse navigation
activity. Roosa is basically sighting the fixed line of sight
of the spacecraft sextant on the Earth's horizon and center-
ing the selected star in the movable line of sight of the
sextant over the Earth's horizon and then taking a mark on
this. The computer automatically reads the time and the
angle between the star and the horizon, using this information
to update the onboard knowledge of the spacecraft position
and velocity. And, as you heard, in that last exchange
between CAPCOM Bruce Mc Candless and Roosa prior to beginning
this last set of navigation marks, the onboard readings were
agreeing very closely with the ground computed values for
such things as the angle of entry interface and the time of
altitude of vacuum perigee. We've also passed up a pre-
liminary set of numbers for entry to the crew. This will be
updated probably about 1 hour prior to entry. We've seen
very small changes in these numbers. A time of entry inter-
face has remained unchanged, 216 hours, 27 minutes, 47 sec-
onds. There have been some minor changes of a few seconds
in some of the postentry events beginning a blackout and
now occurs at the same time 216 hours, 28 minutes, 5 sec-
onds. The end of blackout is 3 seconds earlier than the
previous number, it's now 216 hours, 31 minutes, 20 seconds.
Prior to the end of blackout, the spacecraft will enter the
region of maximum G forces; this will be a maximum G of
about 6.2. It will occur at about 216 hours, 29 minutes.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM After you have finished with this P23,
Stu, we will uplift to you a new MSFN state vector for the
CSM and load it into the LM state vector slot and leave it
there until time to uplink you our final MSFN state vector
which will come about - come after your last set of P23.

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'-- CAPCOM P23s, and for your information, in

the event that we should have communications problems, the
CSM state vector that we read up to you in the pad yester-
day would be acceptable for conducting an entry. Over.
SC Okay.
PAO Some of our additional times in
the entry sequence continuing on for drogue deploy at 216
hours 35 minutes 54 seconds, and deployment of the main
parachute at 216 hours 34 - 36 minutes, 216 hours, 36 min-
utes 41 seconds, and flight change also on the splash down
time. We're now showing 216 hours 41 minutes 39 seconds.
And that splashdown time is showing a change of only about
4 seconds. We've now got splashdown occurring about 4
seconds later than on the previous set of numbers passed up
to the crew. And we expect that these numbers will continue
to change by small amounts in the information passed up to
the crew one hour prior to entry which will be more than
likely be the last update, we'll probably see some few
seconds of change in these numbers. The angular entry
interface is also showing a small change with added tracking,
and it seems to be shifting more toward the center of the
entry corridor. Since our last reading, that angle has
changed by only one, one hundredth of a degree, by now
reading negative six point three nine degrees of entry
interface. The exact sum of the entry corridor would be
6.5 and the return-to-earth officer feels that the 6.39
is more than adequate. At 212 hours the Apollo 14 is
traveling at a speed now of IO 454 feet per second. Nearly
two miles per second. And the spacecraft altitude 34 323
nautical miles from earth. And at this time our large
ten by twenty display board in the front of the control
center is beginning to show the effects of the ever-
increasing gravity on the spacecraft trajectory ground track.
Beginning to curve southward now, it will eventually loop
back on itself, sweeping up beneath Australia to the mid
Pacific landing point south of Samoa. The recovery people
report that the prime recovery ship, New Orleans is on
station steaming around the recovery area, and then in a
little more than one hour the first of two ARIA, Apollo
range instrumented aircraft will leave from Samoa to be on
station in the recovery area about one hundred miles north of
the ground track. The weather in the recovery area is good,
we have a wind of about 18 knots, out of the southeast, and
wave heights of about five feet.
SC Houston.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM After Stu finishes his marks on this
last star, we'd like him to standby for a possible rerun
of star 22, in the present attitude and configuration, we
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CAPCOM also have to do a ground tracking
station handover here, and we'll do that after he finishes
marking on this star and advise you. Over.
SC Understand.

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'- CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. If you will

give us POO and ACCEPT, we'd like to uplink to you a new
CSM state vector for the LM slot, the desired orientation
and entry (garble). Over.
SC You've got it.
CAPCOM Okay.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We are finished
with the uplink. The computer is yours. Our recommendation
on the P23 sightings is that you return to star 22 and take
additional marks until you're satisfied with the magnitude
of the Delta-R - Delta-V updates, or until we start running
shy on time. It looks now like we can slip the initial P52
you have scheduled at 212 hours down to about 213 hours since
we have cancelled midcourse 7. Over.
SC Okay, Bruce, Just keep shooting Star 22
only.
CAPCOM That's affirmative. The marks that
you took that drove the state vector out, were those derived
from Star 22 and I'm informed that the fastest way to bring
your state vectors back in would be to put in compensatory
marks from the same general direction. Over.
SC Okay. We'll give it a go.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We show your
computed value of vacuum perigee coming down into agreement
with the MSFN value at the rate of about 2 miles or so
r per mark on star 22. Over.
SC Yeah, Bruce. The way I figure it,
I've got about 16 marks to go.
CAPCOM Well, we were going to say 10 marks
to go, but we thought you'd figure we were being sarcastic.
SC No, I'm looking at verb 83 and she's
coming down about, well it was 30 miles down about 25 miles
a mark. You know I could have already been through if I had
a recycle on this program.
CAPCOM Okay, I'll tell the (garbled) boys
about that.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 212 hours
48 minutes and we're now about 3 hours 53 minutes from
splashdown, Apollo 14 traveling at a velocity now of 11 298
feet per second, 29 422 nautical miles from earth. Stu
Roosa, aboard Apollo 14, is still involved in midcourse
navigation using the onboard sextant and computer. At one
point you heard a conversation between Roosa and Spacecraft
Communicator Bruce McCandless referring to the fact that
Roosa's marks taken at the time of the sighting appeared to
be bringing the onboard readings into closer agreement with
those we' have here on the ground. At one point the difference
between the onboard and the ground readings was extremely
close. In taking the last set of marks, using, in this
particular set of readings, a series of stars and the lunar
far horizon, Roosa reported that he apparently on one star
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PAO sighted along the near horizon of

the moon rather than the far horizon, giving him an unusually
large difference on that particular star. In his update
the process now is to go back and remark on the same star
a number of times to get the readings in agreement. The on-
board navigation is used as a backup and would be available
to the crew in the event we lost communications at some
point in the return leg of the journey from the moon and were
unable to pass to them the ground computed values which will
be used as the prime source for entry. And among the readings
that we're watching, as Roosa continues to take marks and
bring his onboard state vector in closer agreement with the
ground computed one, is the onboard measurement of the
height of vacuum perigee. This is the computed altitude at
which the spacecraft would pass earth if earth had no
atmosphere, and of course what actually happens is that the
earth's atmosphere captures the vehicle and slows it down
for entry and parachute deployment. Without an atmosphere
the computed value would show that the spacecraft would pass
about 20 nautical miles from the surface of the earth and
this is one of the figures that when the wrong lunar horizon
was used onboard that we saw a change. It jumped up to about
80 nautical miles and it's coming down now with additional
marks on the proper horizon to about 35 and we presume eventually
will drop back down to a very close agreement with the 20 that
we are computing here on the ground. Again repeating, this
procedure is used as a backup in the event that communications
did not permit us to give the ground computed numbers to the
crew, and of course we've already gotten a preliminary
set of numbers in for the entry and these would be adequate
in the event that we were not able to give them the final
pad, which will come probably about one hour prior to entry.
At 212 hours 52 minutes, this is Apollo Control Houston
standing by.

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f CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Stu, we're showing your calculations
of vacuum purge, you're coming down only about one mile
from MARK at the present time, we've got about 21 miles
for the MSFN solution and about 53 for yours. We
suggest that you terminate the P23 marking routines at this
time and then press on for the flight plan. Over.
SC Okay, sounds like a good one.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. We copy your torquing
angles.
SC Okay, and torquing is 212 5850.
I suggest you give them a call on the (garble)
SC And -
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Before tor-
quing to the entry REFSMMAT we recommend SCS and check your
limit cycle switch on please. Over.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Apollo
14, this is Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay 14, we hadn't planned on any sort
of a complete or comprehensive news cast this morning, on your
way to reentry, guess we figured you'd probably get a pretty
good briefing after splashdown. There is one item I'd like
to read up to you though, if you have a minute.
SC Okay, go ahead with that, and we'd
also be interested in what the weather is in the recovery
area when you finish.
CAPCOM Okay. The recovery area, the weather
is about 1500 or 2000 scattered, higher broken, winds from
100 degrees at 15 knots, the waves are - are two sets,
you've got a batch of two foot waves with a two second
period, and super-imposed on them you have some four foot
waves with a three second period and in general it looks pretty
good Ed. Get some more details for you if you're interested. Over.
SC Well, that's pretty good, unless it
changes from that measurably, it sounds like there's nothing
bad at all.
CAPCOM Right. We'll have an update for
you on the weather as you get closer to interface. This one
is dateline Los Angeles. A powerful earthquake hit Southern
California at 8:01 Central Standard Time today, causing two
reported deaths, numerous injuries and cracked buildings and
highways. The Jolting tremor was felt over at least 350
miles from Fresno to below the Mexican border. The damage
was worse in Los Angeles and its heavily populated San
Fernando Valley. The center of the shock reported at 17
miles north of the valley in the rugged San Gabriel
mountains. Major damage is reported in the two closest
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CAPCOM towns of Newhall and Saugus 35 miles

northwest of downtown L.A. The magnitude of the shock was
rated at between 6 and 6.5 on the Ritcher scale, which
rates major quakes at 7 or more. It was the strongest
quake in Los Angeles area since the 1952 trembler at Tehachapi
to the north which had the magnitude of 7.2 and was strongly
felt in L.A. It killed 13 persons. The San Francisco
earthquake was 8.25. Over.
SC Looks like San Amdreas is kicking
up again.

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_- PAO This is Apollo Control at 213 hours 42

minutes. It's been relatively quiet here in mission control
with everything progressing smoothly towards splashdown in
about 3 hours. At the present time Apollo 14 is up to a
velocity of 12 587 feet per second. And Apollo 14 now has
23 530 nautical miles to go. During the last hour before
entry, we'll see a dramatic increase in the spacecraft
velocity as the number Jumps from about 18 000 feet per
second to about 36 000 feet per second and at entry inter-
face, we will expect the velocity to be reading about 36 170
feet per second. The guidance officer reported a short while
ago that the crew now has the spacecraft in the proper
attitude for the final set of star sightings, midcourse
navigation, and we expect they'll probably be doing this
a little bit ahead of the flight plan due to the fact that
the final midcourse correction, midcourse correction 7 has
been deleeted. Apollo 15 crewmen, commander Day Scott,
command module pilot A1 Worden, and lunar module pilot
Jim Irwin, in pressure suit assemblies will show news men
and photographers equipment and experiments that will be
flown on their flight later this year. The showing is
scheduled to be held tomorrow, February 10, from 10 to 11
am in the Manned Spacecraft Center building number 5.
Equipment on display will include a full size Apollo 15
lunar module mock-up, the 1 G lunar roving vehicle, and
all the equipment associated with it. Also all the lunar
surface gear, including the Apollo lunar surface experiment
package, or ALSEP, the sample return contains, crew tools
and associated equipment. They will also have the Apollo
service module SIMBAY mock-up, along with the experiments
which are in that bay. The gamma ray spectrometer, mass
spectrometer, Alpha X-ray spectrometer, the sub satellites,
the pan-camera, and the maping camera. During the deminstra-
tion the crew will be wearing their space suits minus the
portable life support system, or back packs, and minus
the helmets, but these items will be displayed in the area.
That's the Apollo 15 crew, and again the showing will be
tomorrow, February 10, at 10 to 11 am in building number 5
at the Manned Spacecraft Center.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. Whenever it is
convenient with you, we would like to press on with the logic
sequence check, and get that out of the way. And I understand
that this 212 alarm is expected, as a consequence of the CMC
self check.
SC Roger, we'll give you a buzz when we're
ready to move out.
CAPCOM Roger.

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'-- SC Houston, the logic sequence is checked,

we're standing by for seq logic on.
CAPCOM Let's stand by, please, 14.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We show that the
logic power is oN. at the present time. Over.
SC That's affirmative -
SC We're standing by at the present time.
SC We're standing by on the step seq logic
2 on up.
CAPCOM Okay. That's what we show as already
having been accomplished. What is the position of your seq
logic switches? Over.
SC Okay, they are on up. That was the
computer, here. _kay, we're standing by for a call.
CAPCOM Roger. Ed, your system is in a good
configuration. Do not arm the pyros at this time, however,
you would be go if you had desired to. Over.
SC Roger.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 214 hours
11 minutes. We're now 2 hours 31 minutes away from
splashdown. Everything is progressing smoothly at this time.
Apollo 14 traveling at a velocity of 13 529 feet per second,
and the spacecraft now 20 127 nautical miles from earth. Again,
to go over the events during and Just before the entry sequence,
entry interface occurs at 216 hours 27 minutes 47 seconds.
_- We expect that number could possibly change by a matter of
a few seconds. The Flight Dynamics and return-to-earth
officers have completed their final computations on entry,
however, we would expect the change would be quite small.
Again, the entry time 216 hours 27 minutes 47 seconds. Fifteen
minutes prior to ghat the crew will Jettison the service module,
and they will do this by yawing the spacecraft 45 degrees and
then Jettisoning. This is to minimize any change of recontact
of the two modules of the spacecraft during entry, we'll then
return to the entry attitude and at 216 hours 28 minutes
05 seconds, or about 18 seconds after entry, they'll enter
blackout. Blackout will last until 3 minutes 33 seconds
after entry, and in the period of blackout at about 1 minute
25 seconds following entry, they'll experience maximum g forces,
the max g load about 6.2. The drogue parachutes are scheduled
to deploy at 216 hours 35 minutes 54 seconds, and about
47 seconds later, the three main chutes will come out. That
will be at 216 hours 36 minutes 41 seconds, with splashdown
scheduled to occur at 216 hours 41 minutes 39 seconds. And
the latest splash coordinants. And again, no change in these
since yesterday, _ill be 27 degrees 2 minutes south 172 degrees
40 minutes west, which will put the splashdown point some
10 miles west of the international date line. The recovery
ship New Orleans is on station at this time and will be
supplemented by five recovery helicopters, two rescue aircraft
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f PAO C-130's, and also two Apollo range

instrumented aircraft standing by about 100 nautical miles
north of the ground track. Again, repeating an earlier
announcement, Apollo 15 crewmen, Commander Dave Scott, command
module pilot, A1 Wardin, and lunar module pilot Jim Irwin,
and pressure garment assemblies will show newsmen and photog-
raphers equipment and experiments that will flown on their
flight later this year. The showing will be held tomorrow,
February 10, from 10 to 11 am at building 5 at the Manned
Spacecraft Center. Equipment on display will include a full-
size Apollo 15 lunar module mockup, the 1-g lunar loading
vehicle, and all the equipment associated with it, and also
will be all of the lunar service gear, including the Apollo
lunar surface experiment package, the sample return containers,
crew tools and associated equipment, and the equipment in the
Apollo service module send bay mockup which includes the
gamma ray spectrometer, mass spectrometer, alpha ray spectrometer,
a subsattelite, the pan camera, and the mapping camera. The
crew will be suited, they will be minus the portable life
support systems for backpacks and helmets. These items will
be displayed in the area. Again that is at 10 am in building
5 at the Manned Spacecraft Center tomorrow, February 10. At
214 hours 15 minutes, Apollo 14 is 19 608 nautical miles from
earth, velocity 13 698 feet per second.

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 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/9/71, 1238 CST, 214:15 GET, 603/1

SC 8 minutes
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. How do you
read? Over.
SC Loud and clear, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, reading you the same.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 214 hours
37 minutes. At the present time the crew on Apollo 14
is making the final alignment of their guidance platform.
The stable number of the platform that will be used
to attitude references on board the spacecraft during
entry, and in the next hour and 50 minutes before they
begin entry, the crew will be running an entry check,
configuring their reaction control system, and running some
checks on that system. They'll also be checking the
entry monitoring system, and will then maneuver to a horizon
check attitude prior to Jettisoning the service module. The
service module Jettison will come about 15 minutes prior
to entry. They will then maneuver back to entry attitude
and a final position for earth entry. Entry to occur
at ground elapsed time of 216 hours 27 minutes 47 seconds
splashdown at 216 hours 41 minutes 39 seconds. At this
time Apollo 14 is 16 671 nautical miles from earth.
The velocity increasing evermore rapidly up now to 14 731
feet per second.
CAPCOM Torquing angles look good there Stu.
_- SC Okay. Okay Houston, we'll be
torquing at 2.43845.
CAPCOM Roger, Al.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2-9-71, 1304 CST, 214:41 GET, 604/1

CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over. Apollo

14, this is Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger 14, we'd like to conduct the VHF
simplex alpha check at this time if one of you can support it.
Over.
SC This is Apollo 14 on the VHF alpha, do you
read?
CAPCOM Okay, Ed, we're reading you loud with a
little bit of garble. I understand you've turned off your
S-band TR and you are coming at us, VHF alpha is that
correct? Over.
SC VHF coming at you final that time
and came out VHF alpha.
CAPCOM Roger, standing by.
SC Houston, Apollo 14, how do you read VHF
alpha?
CAPCOM Oh, loud and clear. VHF alpha Ed, how
me?
SC You can cut it down a little bit, Bruce
to readable.
CAPCOM Okay, we're still over an hour - more
likely about an hour and 10 mintues out from the finally
nominally conducted check and chart is showing you
about 17,000 miles out so I think it's a pretty good check.
Over.
SC (GARBLE)
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.
SC Go ahead Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, if you're interested I have an
update on the weather for you. Over.
SC Ail right. Standby. Okay go ahead with
your weather update.
PAO Roger, at your planned landing area the
general condition is good. You've got 2,000 feet scattered,
high broken and ten mile visibility. The wind is 120 degrees
at 15. Wave height is 4 feet of the southerly swell 4 feet.
The altimeter is 3006 or minus 128 foot pressure altitude.
GMT computed for your landing is 2105 on the 9th, sunrise
was at 1715 in the night. Sunset at 0 620 O0 on the
tenth, that's for your G&N target point and over at the
constant G target point there is really no significant
change between the order of the two places. Your recovery
forces standing by are the landing platform helicopter,
New Orleans, which is 5 miles from target point. Swim 1 and
2 SH3 helicopters in the vicinity of the target point and
the ship Pontchatoula at the backup target point, it's an
AO oiler. Other support, you've got photo 1 and relay 1 and SH3
helicopters in the vicinity of the target point that are
providing photo and voice coverage and Samoa Rescue 1 and
2, HC 130's that are about 45 nauts away. Over.
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SC Okay, Houston. I believe I got all of

f that and I hope to be in contact with the New Orleans very
soon.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC And Houston, 14, the EMS checks out real
fine.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu. Copy EMS entry check com-
plete.
SC Tested.
CAPCOM 14 this is Houston, if you could give us
POO in ACCEPT we have your final state vector uplink for
you. Over.
SC Okay. Bruce, you've got it.
CAPCOM Roger.
CAPCOM 14, Houston we're through with the com-
puter, the uplinks in and you've got a MSFN state vector
in both slots. Over.
SC Rog. Thank you Bruce.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 215 hours,
11 minutes. A flight dynamics officer reported a short
while ago that he had completed his final computations on
spacecraft position and velocity. These are the numbers
used by the return to Earth officer and his final computations
of the entry and post entry event and we'll be passing those
numbers up to the crew here in a matter of minutes. At the
present Apollo 14 is 16,924 - rather traveling at a velocity
of 16,924 feet per second and now 11,985 nautical miles
from Earth. Weather in the recovery area remains good and
we're moving steadily and smoothly towards entry in 1 hour,
15 minutes, 40 seconds with splashdown in approximately
1 hour, 30 minutes.

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APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2/9/71, 1335 CST 215:12 GET 605/1

CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.

SC Go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay, 14. I've got some changes to
your entry pad. Over.
SC Okay, go ahead, Houston.
CAPCOM Okay. Under NOUN 60, gamma at 400 000
feet should be minus - should be 6.37 vice 6.39. I say
again, 6.37. Over.
SC Understand, 6.37.
CAPCOM EMS range to go should be 11381. Over.
SC EMS range to go 11381.
CAPCOM Okay, time of V Circ is going to be
0210. Over.
SC V circ 0210.
CAPCOM Time for ending blackout 0335. Over.
SC End of blackout at 0335.
CAPCOM Drogues 0805. Over.
SC Drogues 0805.
CAPCOM 90 000 feet 6 plus 28, mains 8 plus 53,
and landing 13 plus 51. That's knock one second off each
of the last three. Over.
SC Understand, one second off the last three.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Houston, 14. We are planning on activat-
ing the RCS's on minus one hour.
CAPCOM Say again, 14.
SC We're planning on activating the command
module RCS at about minus one hour.
CAPCOM Roger, we copy.
SC Okay, Houston, the logic is on and we're
standing by for a GO for pyro.
CAPCOM Roger, we see the logic ON and stand by,
please.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. You are GO
for pyro arm.
SC Rog 14, and we got both rings pressurized
here.
CAPCOM Roger, 14.
CAPCOM Okay, both rings look good from down, 14.
SC Jolly good.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 215 hours
30 minutes. We're getting our final status checks in
Mission Control now for entry, Apollo 14 traveling at
18 740 feet per second, 9276 nautical miles from earth.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Ail your
systems are looking good from down here and we're in great
shape for the entry. The carrier is 5 miles off the target
point, so you can go ahead and land right at the target
point. Over.
SC They're up (garbled). Hope they get a
good picture over.
SC Thank you for your kind words. Every
thing looks good up here.
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SC We are pressing on.

r SC Houston, stand by for a thruster test
ring 2.
CAPCOM Roger, we're standing by, Ed.
CAPCOM Okay, ring 2 looks good to us.
SC Okay.
PAO The crew at this time is performing the
final status checks of the reaction control system thrusters.
Shortly they will begin checking the logic and pyrotechnic
devices used in separating the service module and in de-
ploying their spacecraft parachutes.
SC Okay, Houston, they are both good to us.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston. We concur, both
rings checked out good on the ground here, and we'd like to
hold to the timeline in the entry checklist as far as getting
the batteries on on the remainder of the events. Over.
SC Okay, hold on the batteries then.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO This is Apollo Control at 215 hours
37 minutes. We're coming up now on 51 minutes until entry.
The final data passed to the crew shows entry interface to
occur at 216 hours 27 minutes 47 seconds and that's no
change from our previous figure. A couple of other figures
have changed by a matter of one or two seconds. We will
begin blackout at 216 hours 28 minutes 05 seconds or 18
seconds following entry interface. The blackout period will
end 3 minutes 35 seconds following entry and at 8 minutes
5 seconds after entry we predict the drogue parachutes will
be deployed. These are the two parachutes 16-1/2 foot
diameter used to provide initial stabilization and breaking
of the spacecraft in the earth's atmosphere, and at 8 min-
utes 53 seconds following entry the main parachutes will
deploy with a splashdown predicted for 13 minutes 51 seconds
following entry, at a ground elapsed time of 216 hours 41
minutes 38 seconds, and our predicted splash coordinants
also remaining virtually unchanged, 27 degrees 1 minute
south, 172 degrees 39 minutes west, which would be about
9 miles west of the international dateline, and local time
would put the splash down on Wednesday, although of course
in terms of Greenwich mean time or central standard time
this splashdown time is unchanged. The spacecraft velocity
approaching now the 20 000 foot per second mark and con-
tinuing to increase evermore rapidly, heading towards a
velocity at entry of 36 170 feet per secomd. We're now
7892 nautical miles from earth.

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r PAO This is Apollo Control at 215 hours 57

minutes. We're coming up now 30 minutes until entry, and
in the next few minutes the crew aboard Apollo 14 will be
bringing their entry batteries on line, in preparation for
separation of the service module in about 15 minutes. Of
course when the service module separates the fuel cells,
which are the primary source of electrial power during the
bulk of the mission are also seperated. Batteries are used
from that point on during entry. The crew will also be
using, or be checking out the sequential and pyrotecnics
systems used in deploying their spacecraft parachutes,
before going to separation attitude and separating the
service module and then finially back into the entry attitude
Apollo 14's velocity is now 2 000, 23 770 feet per second
and we're 456B nautical miles away from earth. Ecomm now
reports the batteries are all on line. The recovery support
room here in Mission Control reports that the prime recovery
ship is on station and ail support aircraft, the 5 helicopters
and 4 fixed-wing aircraft, are airborne and on station at
this time.
CAPCOM 14, for you information, Somoa rescue 1 and
2 are on station and helicopters are in the air.
SC Sounds good, Bruce.

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 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY,2/9/71,1427 CST,216:04 GET,607/1

'-' PAO This is Apollo Control at 216 hours

5 minutes, we're getting a bit of noise on the circuit.
As the crew maneuvers the spacecraft to the horizon check
attitude. Checking the attitude prior to separation of
the service module, and that about to occur in about 7
minutes. Apollo 14's velocity has now climbed to 24 042
feet per second, and the spacecraft is now 4393 nautical
miles from earth. 21 minutes 45 seconds now until entry
interface with splashdown to come in about 35 minutes 30
seconds. This is Apollo Control at 216 hours 10 minutes
we're now coming up on about three minutes to service
module separation. Spacecraft velocity is 24 042 feet per
second and we'll see that velocity increase by about
12 000 feet per second in the next seventeen minutes. At
entry interface we should be reading about 36 170 feet per
second, and at entry the spacecraft will be about 1138
nautical miles from the splashdown point. Guidance officer
reports the spacecraft is maneuvering now to the separation
attitude, we'll standby for that event, scheduled to occur
within the next minute or so. Spacecraft now in separation
attitude yawed 45 degrees, from the normal entry attitude.
This is to minimize any chance of recontact with the
service module after separation.
SC Houston, (garble) standing by for fire one.
CAPCOM Go for fire one.
SC Okay, we have separation, Houston.
CAPCOM Roger.
PAO A1 Shepard confirming that the
service module has separated from the command module.
They'll now reorient into the reentry attitude. And at this
time - at this time we show Apollo 14 4393 nautical miles
from earth, 24 042 feet per second velocity. This is
Apollo Control at 216 hours 18 minutes, we're now reading
the on-board display. The numbers that the crew is reading
for entry velocity and range to go, and the computer
shows them to be traveling at a velocity of 31 955 feet
per second, continuing to increase. 4000 miles from splashdown.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, this is Houston. Over.
HOUSTON CONTACT Honeysuckle contact, Houston
contact, net one contact.
HONEYSUCKLE Loud and clear.
HOUSTON CONTACT Roger, same here Honeysuckle.
HONEYSUCKLE Roger.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Apollo 14, this is Houston.
Say again, you're very weak. Over.
SC Okay Houston, we have had good
separation, we're back in plane, following the horizon down.
Over.
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_- CAPCOM Roger, we dopy you now loud and clear.

SC Okay.
CAPCOM And you're looking very good from
down here 14.
SC Okay, everything's fine up here.
PAO Apollo 14 now 3200 miles from the
splash point, velocity 33 805 feet per second. This is
Apollo Control 4 minutes 45 seconds from entry and it's
grown unusually quiet here in the control center. On board
the spacecraft crew now reading 2800 miles until splashdown.
Their velocity shows 34 465 feet per second.
CAPCOM 14, this is Houston, we show you
at 98.4 Amp hours left on the water and 56 hours endurance.
Over.
SC Okay, 98.4 and 56. Thank you.
CAPCOM Roger.
SC (garble) Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, Stu.
SC Yeah, that was the real moonglow.
CAPCOM Right about on time.
PAO This is Apollo Control -
CAPCOM And this is Houston, through Aria
2, how do you read? Over.
SC Loud and clear Houston.
CAPCOM Roger, reading you the same 14.
(garble)
CAPCOM Roger.
SC Our thanks to the Aria troops for the
memento they sent before launch.
CAPCOM Okay, I'll pass it on to the rest of -

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 APOLLO 14 MISSION COMMENTARY, 2-9-71, 1450 CST 216 27 GET, 608/1

_-- SC I'm sure some of them are monitoring

the loop.
PAO This conversation coming to us through
one of the Apollo range instrumented aircraft. Our velocity
now showing 36 000 feet per second, 1500 miles from splashdown
and we're 24 seconds from entry. We're now at the entry point
and in about 18 seconds we should have blackout. That will
last until about 3 minutes 35 seconds after entry.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, it's about 8 seconds to
beginning of blackout we'll talk to you when you come out the
other side. Over.
SC Okay, Bruce. Sounds good.
?? It's 2 seconds, now.
PAO And our retro office has Just predicted
that the target point will also be the splash point. We're
coming up now on about 30 seconds until max g - maximum g
force of about 6.2 g's. We're now at 1 minute 20 seconds
after entry, about - coming up now on the maximum g forces -
6.2 g's at this time. And we're about 2 minutes from end
of blackout. Our return-to-earth officer has Just estimated
that blackout will end about 1 second prior to the predicted
time, at an elapsed time of 3 minutes 34 seconds after entry.
That will be about 15 seconds from now. And we should have
come out of blackout. We'll stand by for reestablishment of
communications through the Apollo range instrumented aircraft.
CAPCOM McCandless is putting in a call to the crew now.

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_-- CAPCOM We've still not acquired signal through

the ARIA aircraft. Retro says our last data looked very
good. It should be right on the splash point.
CAPCOM Apollo 14, Apollo 14, this is Houston
through ARIA 3 how do you read? Over.
SC L4 , go ahead.
CAPCOM Okay, 14, you're coming in loud and a
little bit of noise through ARIA 3. How did it go?
SC Pretty good here, we (garble)
SC Things are looking good, Bruce. CMS - CMC
checking real well.
CAPCOM Good show, Stu, on television looks
like a beautiful day out there in the recovery area.
CAPCOM 14, Houston. Samoa rescue 1 has S-band
lock with you. Over.
SC Thank you.
SC We have 30 seconds before (GARBLE).
PAO We're now 7-1/2 minutes from splash, about
2 minutes - 1-1/2 minutes rather from drogue deploy.
CAPCOM Okay, 6 plus 2A 14. GARBLE.
SC Setting up -
CAPCOM Roger.
SC (Garble) Okay in NOUN 57 I read 2704,
17269 2704 17269 (garble)
CAPCOM Okay, we copy that 14. You're looking
real good.
SC And the altimeters off the peg, as in 50
chambers.
CAPCOM Roger, passing 50.
PAO Those numbers read by A1 Shepard indicate
the spacecraft guidance system targeted for a precise splash-
down. We should have drogue deploy shortly.
SC Drogues are out.
CAPCOM Okay, 14, copy drogue deploy and we'll
turn you over to the recovery forces now. Have a happy
landing.
SC Thank you.
PAO Standing by now for the 3 - 83 foot diameter
ring sail main chutes to come out.
RECOVERY New Orleans.
RECOVERY 2 BRISBANE.
SPEAKER Relay group.
RECOVERY i (GARBLE) relay (GARBLE).
RECOVERy 2 North was 130 from the ship -

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'_ AIR BOSS - - from the ship approximately 5 miles.

Line 2 relay on station over head. (garble) Roger (garble)
RECOVERY Apollo 14, Apollo 14, this is recovery,
recovery, over.
(garble)
SC Roger Apollo.
RECOVERY Apollo 14, Apollo 14, this is recovery,
recovery, over.
SC This is 14, we're hearing, reading you
loud and clear.
SC I read you loud and clear, recovery.
RECOVERY Apollo 14, Apollo 14, this is recovery,
recovery, recovery. We uphold you visually, reactivate
recovery beacon, out.
SC Roger.
RECOVERY Recovery, New Orleans requests astronauts
post report from Apollo 14, over.
RECOVERY Right, there, we would like - -
RECOVERY Apollo 14, Apollo 14, this is recovery,
ove r.
AIR BOSS (garble) all three chutes look good,
appear to be (garble)
SC Apollo Roger.
RECOVERY Apollo, this is recovery. Do you have
any pointtransmission?
SC Negative, negative. Apollo 14, Apollo 14
auto over.
RECOVERY (garble)
RECOVERY Apollo 14, this is recovery over.
SC (garble)
(garble)
(garble)
RECOVERY Photo Roger.
SC and (garble) 1 4 8 radio at 4 and 1 half.
RECOVERY Roger, we hold you on radar.
SC Roger.
RECOVERY Apollo 14, Apollo 14, New Orleans over.
SC This is 14, read you loud and clear.
RECOVERY Roger, request crew status and position.
SC The crew is fine. We have completed the
dump and the purge. We've run the check list and everybody's
in good shape.
RECOVERY Roger, request position.
RECOVERY Apollo 14, New Orleans request computer
read out.
SC Okay, Roger. We're 27 01 and 17266 2701
17266.
RECOVERY We copy.
SC And passing (garble)
RECOVERY Roger.
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SC (garble)
RECOVERY Roger.
SC (garble)
RECOVERY Stand by to splash off (garble)
RECOVERY New Orleans, welcome home.
SC Thank you sir. We're stable one and
everyones in good shape.
RECOVERY roger.
SC Two chutes detatched, one apparently is
draped over the command module.
RECOVERY Rog. I think that's correct. We can
see it through our window.
SC And auto's off plus one note.
AIR BOSS Read you Apollo.
SC Plus 2R3 and that's a midnight wrap-up.
AIR BOSS Rog. 1 2 (garble)

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PHOTO And Photo coming up with second smoke

drop (garbled) two moving up for grappling for the main chutes.
RECOVERY Photo from Recovery. If you can get
through, request a crew condition after splashdown.
RECOVERY Roger, Apollo 14 report your crew con-
dition. Over.
SC We're in good shape in here.
PHOTO Roger, did you copy, Recovery?
RECOVERY Negative, we got him very weak.
PHOTO Roger, they're in good shape.
SWIM THREE This is Swim Three. You're getting a
little harsh. You've got the radar picture of hhe command
module.
PHOTO ONE Photo one, one open (garbled) one chute.
They've got the (garbled) operation on the main chute
command module stable 1 riding easy on the seastate. Over.
PHOTO ONE New Orleans, Photo.
RECOVERY Roger, go ahead.
PHOTO ONE Roger, request permission to put
swimmers in water when (garbled) Over.
RECOVERY Permission granted.
PHOTO ONE Rog.
PHOTO ONE And our grappling hook appears to be
i_bedded in one chute.
- PHOTO ONE And Photo has visual on VHF antennas
command module flashing light appears to be off.
PAO Swim One helicopter, piloted by
Commander Paul K. Hine of Alhambra, California, has re-
quested permission to put its swimmers in the water.
PHOTO Swim Two from Photo. One main chute, I
believe, is too deep to get. The other one is remaining
on the command module (garbled). Recommend you deploy swimmers.
PHOTO Swim two, Roger. (garbled)
RECOVERY Roger, you have permission to drop
your swimmers in. Recommend dropping two swimmers due
to the shroud lines and problems associated with that.
SPEAKER (garbled) standby position.
PHOTO Roger, request you look up wind for the
swim one.
SWIM ONE Roger.
PAO Swim one requesting permission to
drop two swimmers at this time to handle the parachute
shroud lines which are in the water.
SWIM ONE Swimmer's in the water and has his
thumbs up.
SWIM ONE Swimmers approaching the command
module.

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RECOVERY Swimmer has moved around the command

module and has attached the sea anchor and is swimming up
wind.
RECOVERY Apollo Recovery near by there.
PAO It appears that at least one of the
three main parachute shroud lines did not detach from the
command module; we can still see it attached. Normally
those lines would be disconnected primarily to prevent the
main parachutes from pulling the spacecraft into the Apex
down or upside down attitude, but it does appear to be holding
well in the stable one right side up attitude.
RECOVERY The anchor is extended to the full length
aboard Apollo and is being deployed.
RECOVERY Main anchor appears to be deployed.
Swimmer is returning to the command module now.
PAO And the swimmer reports that the
sea anchor has been deployed; he'll be returning to the
spacecraft.
RECOVERY Swimmer is back at the command module.
Has come on the command module go ahead.
SC Negative; we have the information.
RECOVERY Swimmer is checking over to the
command module swimming around it.
PAO Prior to attempting to attach the
flotation collar, the procedure will be to cut the shroud
lines separating the parachute from the spacecraft.
RECOVERY Number 2 swimmer is cutting the
shroud lines to the main parachilte. And the swimmer has cut
about half the shroud lines to the main chute. Appears to
be one remaining shroud.
PAO Swimmer now cutting the shroud lines
attaching the parachute to the spacecraft. One shroud line
still remaining.
RECOVERY Frogmen swimming back around to the
down wind side of the command module. Frogman is signaling
for a swimmer to (garble) for him. Swimmer two is in ready
to position. Frogman 2 moving up for recovery. The swimmers
are (garble) the flotation collar. There's only one flotation.
Number two (garble) are ready for (garble). Flotation collar
is at the command module. Got one (garble) collars. Bungy cord
is being extended around the command module.
PAO The swimmer is now putting stretchable
bungy cord around the base of the spacecraft prior to attaching
the flotation collar.
RECOVERY He has it extended around the command
module.

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_- SC Bruce, would you get the collar baggers

to help us.
SC And what was the reaccess, rechecking
the GARBLE.
SC GARBLE.
SPEAKER All right. Roger. Up.
SPEAKER Okay.
SPEAKER Flotation collar baggers to help them.
SC Recovery, Apollo 14.
RECOVERY This is Recovery reading. Apollo 14,
go ahead.
SC GARBLE I don't see any reason to inflate
our bags. Do you agree?
RECOVERY This is Recovery. I agree. GARBLE you're
waiting in the water and the collar should be on in about
11 minutes.
SC Sounds great. We'll keep them in.
RECOVERY Roger.
RECOVERY The flotation collar is approximately
half way round the command module.
RECOVERY And the flotation collar is being extended
completely around the command module.
RECOVERY The flotation collar did hang up somewhat.
on the shroud lines hanging down, however the swimmers are
untangling those areas.
RECOVERY Garble.
RECOVERY New Orleans go ahead.
RECOVERY Roger, request that the command module
does not inflate flotation bags, would you check with the
capsule to make sure it's all right, over.
SC This is A1 let's go ahead, D, RAT.
RECOVERY Roger.
SC This is 14, we read too. We do not
intend, do not intend to inflate our bags.
SPEAKER The flotation collar is completely around
the command module and GARBLE.
RECOVERY Flotation collar appears to be attached,
the swimmers are checking for equal spacing.
PAO The swimmers in the water now are from
the swim 2 helicopter, piloted by Lieutenant Commander
Thomas C. Bartholomew of South Bend, Indiana.
RECOVERY Flotation collar appears to be fully
inflated.
PAO And we heard that report. The collar
appears now fully inflated.
RECOVERY Swimmers are checking installation and
checking flotation collar support straps.
RECOVERY One swimmer is climbing aboard the
flotation collar. GARBLE.

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_'- SWIM Apollo 14, how do you read me?

SC Go ahead.
SPEAKER Roger, did you get a good fuel dump as
far as you can tell?
SC That's affirmative. We got the complete
burn to complete dump.
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SPEAKI_R Recovery, Roger. Apollo 14, NEW ORLEANS.

SPEAKER (Garble)
CAPCOM Apollo 14, NEW ORLEANS.

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fr

SPEAKER Stand by one

SPEAKER Roger, what's verification of ship
you have on VOV closure.
SC Okay, we'll get it for you right now.
SPEAKER Roger.
SPEAKER And the swimmer is (garble)
SPEAKER Reading, that's right.
SPEAKER With the coder, we're departing REAR
position with the SL.
SPEAKER (garble) Recovery, Roger.
SPEAKER The first swimmer's in the water.
PAO The three swimmers in the
water, now deploying a raft which they'll back off to a
distance from the command module while the decontamination
swimmer is deployed, and he will decontaminate the space-
craft area after the crew is - has gotten out, and he'll
also hand in through the open hatch to them the masks that
they will wear. The breathing masks, then the clean flight
suits that they will don inside the spacecraft.
SPEAKER The egress raft appears to be open.
SPEAKER The egress raft is being attached to the
floatation collar.
PAO The raft currently being attached
to the floatation collar is the crew egress raft. This is
the raft that the crew will get into after the hatch is
open.
SPEAKER Egress raft has been attached to floatation
collar. The egress raft has been attached to the floatation
collar.
SPEAKER (garbled)
SPEAKER One raft
SPEAKER (garbled)
SPEAKER Approaches the command module.
SPEAKER Photo north.
SPEAKER And one raft is in the water, ready
for (garble)
SPEAKER Roger. Can you confirm that all 3
canopys, that we can tow away and the empty shroud line
that are dangling.
SPEAKER We'll try to, that is affirmative. That is
affirmative.
SPEAKER One has been cut away, only one which is
remaining (garble)
SPEAKER Roger.
SPEAKER (garbled)
SPEAKER And they are moving into position. Over.
SPEAKER There is one chute was hooker with the
grappling hook. (Garble)
PAO The three swimmers, Lt. Junior grade
Michael L. Slager, Reno, Navada, Yeoman Third Class Rudy R. Davis
_ of Piketon, Ohio and Gunner's Mate Third Class, Larry F. Faller
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PAO of Reading, Pennsylvania, will get

into the second raft now, and await the arrival of the
decontamination swimmer.
SPEAKER (garble) can get at least one up.
SPEAKER The swimmer will remove the cover hatch
(garble)
SPEAKER Want them.
SPEAKER The swimmer is at command module with the
(garbled) line. Over.
SPEAKER The swimmer's line is hanging attached to
the egress raft.
SPEAKER Swimmer is returning to the egress raft.
SPEAKER One (garbled) is in line for
recovery (garble) ready position..
SPEAKER The egress raft is being moved up wind
from the command module.
SPEAKER Swimmer is in the egress raft.

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SPEAKER (garbled)
SPEAKER And Swimmers circling to (garbled),
Recovery, for the (garble) decontamination. Recovery is
recording a ready position.
SPEAKER Swimmer One is (garbled)
SPEAKER Recovery approaching the spacecraft.
Decontamination swimmer is in the water with the thumbs up.
Recovery moving out in (garbled) to ready position. Decon-
tamination swimmer is in the (garbled)
SPEAKER Recovery positioning for approach to
decontamination gear.
SPEAKER (Garble)
RECOVERY Photo, say again.
PHOTO (garbled) Apollo 14, the probe (garbled)
is going out now.
SPEAKER Roger (garbled)
SPEAKER (garbled) decontamination equipment..
SPEAKER (garb le d)
SPEAKER (garb led)
PHOTO And Recovery, we're approaching - swimmer
has the decontamination equipment (garbled) is approaching
to hook up the chutes (garbled)
SPEAKER (garbled)
SPEAKER (garbled) approaching the swimmer
SPEAKER (garbled) on the water, The decontamina-
tion (garbled)
SPEAKER Decontamination (garbled) command module.
SPEAKER The decontamination equipment has been
removed from the rescue net.
SPEAKER (garbled) The rescue net is being returned -
returned to (garble)
SPEAKER Swimmers are putting on their swim gear.
SPEAKER (garbled)
SPEAKER Swimmers are continuing to put on their
diving gear.

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SPEAKER GARBLE.
SPEAKER GARBLE underwater and GARBLE examinations
coming off easier.
SPEAKER 45 GARBLE.
SPEAKER 45 GARBLE to the command module.
SPEAKER GARBLE.
SPEAKER GARBLE the command module.
SPEAKER The swimmer is at the command module and
GARBLE.
SPEAKER Give them the MOD container. Do they
want this color?
SPEAKER The contamination equipment has been moved
from the LM GARBLE of the GARBLE.
SPEAKER Garble. The decontamination swimmer is
visually checking the astronaut through the hatch.
SPEAKER GARBLE.
SPEAKER Underwater recovery is now in decontamina-
tion.
SWIMMER Swimmer now GARBLE going into GARBLE.
CAPCOM GARBLE.
SC Okay.
CAPCOM Decontamination swimmer is removing the
decontamination equipment bags.
SC GARBLE.
CAPCOM Go ahead.
SPEAKER Are the hatches being open. Is the
decontamination equipment GARBLE.
SPEAKER GARBLE.
CAPCOM The swimmers are now waiting on the Astro-
nauts to complete their clean off area drill. GARBLE.

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SPEAKER (garble).
PAO The communications with the crew and
the description of recovery activities are coming to us from
Commander William E. Walker, the pilot of the prime recovery
helicopter.
RECOVERY The astronauts are still putting on
their decontamination suits. (garble) Roger. Report the
crew are (garble)
SPEAKER Roger.
RECOVERY The hatch is being reopened. (garble)
We visually sighted the (garble) slight angle that was (garble)
the command module (garble) and it was between 1/4 mile and
one mile (garble). And the firs astronaut is outside the
command module and has a (garble A second astronaut is in
egress now.

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SPEAKER and the third astronaut has exited from

the command module, and is in the egress raft.
SPEAKER The decontamination swimmer is closing the
hatch to the command module. (garble) in the raft with the
astronauts. And the swimmer is rushing it's way to the recovery.
The swimmer is departing the ray of position. And the
rescue net is coming out of the aircraft. The recovery
approaching the command module. The rescue net is approaching
the egress raft. The rescue net has been down in the water.
And recovery is approaching the egress raft. The
command module is being blown up on it's (garble). The
rescue net is approaching the decontamination swimmer, and
he has it. The rescue net is on the egress raft. (garble)
complete now, the first astronaut, and I believe, it's astronaut
Roosa is aboard the rescue net.
AIR BOSS Recovery helicopter reporting astronaut
Roosa aboard the recovery net.
SPEAKER Next astronaut on his way up. The recovery
moving up, and it is astronaut Roosa. That's confirmed, he's
on his way up. Astronaut Roosa is half way into recovery
hatch. Astronaut Roosa is on deck, and he is safely aboard
recovery. Recovery positioning for second pick-up. The
rescue mat is out of the hatch, and recovery is approaching
the command module. The rescue net is approaching the egress
raft, and the rescue net has been dropped in the water.
The decontamination swimmer has the net, and placing it on
the egress raft. The ancor has been placed in the rescue
net, and the second astronaut is aboard. The astronaut is
on his way up, and it's astronaut Mitchell. He's approximately
half way up.
SPEAKER Astronaut Ed Mitchell

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t PAO Ed Mitchell reported the second

crewman on the way up to the recovery helicopter.
HELICOPTER I Astronaut Mitchell is approaching the
hatch to (garble)
HELICOPTER I The rescue net is in the hatch.
Astronaut Mitchell is safely aboard recovery.
HELICOPTER I Recovery repositioning. Prepare to
push. Recovery approaching for another pickup.
HELICOPTER I Recovery approaching the Command
Module.
HELICOPTER I Rescue net is in the water, has been
(garble)
HELICOPTER And the rescue net is approaching the
egress raft.
HELICOPTER I Contamination swimmer has the rescue
net aboard the egress raft.
HELO I The anchor has been placed aside and
Astronaut Shepard is aboard, the rescue net.
SPEAKER The net is about half way.
HELO I Shepard is on the way up. Recovery
is moving out from raft. Astronaut Shepard is (garble).
Astronaut Shepard is approaching the hatch. Astronaut
Shepard is safely aboard recovery.
SPEAKER (Garble)
SPEAKER Roger. Request you resume your
original position.
HELICOPTER I New Orleans Recovery, Astronauts
aboard and in o.k. condition.
RECOVERY New Orleans, Roger.
SPEAKER Photo switchback.
CAPCOM Okay.
HELICOPTER I And New Orleans, Recovery, (garble).
SPEAKER Tower (garble)
SPEAKER (garble)

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PAO This is Apollo Control. The prime

recovery ship reported its estimate on the splashdown
coordinates agreed almost precisely with the onboard
spacecraft readout, 27 degrees 2 minutes south, 172 degrees
40 minutes west. That splashdown occurred at 216 hours
42 minutes.
PAO And as the helicopter touched down on
the deck we have a delighted crowd in Mission Control
here applauding. Shortly the cigars will be lighted up as
the crew steps out onto the deck of the recovery ship, the
helicopter landing platform NEW ORLEANS.

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PAO The helicopter now being towed to

the elevator to be taken below deck for the crew to egress
and enter the mobile quarantine facility.
RECOVERY At this part of the operation wont
be rushed because even if seas are relatively smooth as
today, the ship does pitch and roll a bit and there's
always some small danger of an aircraft that does not have
choc blocks around its wheels and still being able to go towards
the edge of the carrier. Extra care is taken. Now you see the
helicopter being headed out onto the platform of this large
elevator that will take it below deck. This carrier
the "New Orleans" is probably less than 600 feet long
about half the length of the largest carriers afloat.
Also, relatively light, about 18 000 tons and its draft,
that is the distance it settles into the water, is about 30
feet or so. There you see a shot from hangar deck. The deck
to which the helicopter will soon be lowered and there's part
of the ceremony being made ready now for the eventual arrival
of the recovery helicopter. (music). And there you hear
a navy band below deck, striking up in honor of the
astronauts.
(music)
PAO The traditional cigars are being lighted
up now by mission control by all the people who supported the
mission from the staff support rooms around the periphery of
the control center, pour in on the floor here, ready for the
crew to step out from the helicopter.
RECOVERY Slowly the recovery helicopter is
wheeled back off that elevator and into the large, sort
of gymnasium size area in the center of this ship that
is the hangar deck. It is here on this deck that NASA
has established the mobile quarantine facility for the
astronauts, they will spend two days in there, while the
ship steams northward toward the island of American Samoa.
Of course, from there the astronauts go on by plane to
Houston. But, both on the ship and on the plane they will
be staying in a sort of a modified trailer arrangement
called a mobile quarantine facility.

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RECOVERY One NASA doctor went into the mobile

quarantine facility here on ship last Thursday evening. That
was so he wouldn't get some last minute earthly illness from
someone onboard the recovery ship transfer those earth
germs to the astronauts while he's checking them out for
possible moon germs. Now the recovery helicopter is just
about back in the right spot for the astronauts to be allowed
out of the helicopter and down these stairs and these are
historic stairs, though they may not appear to be. Those
stairs have felt the tread of every man who's ever walked on
the surface of the moon. The hatch opening now, and here they
come. The Apollo 14 astronauts. Waving, obviously glad to
be back; glad it's over. Looking forward to getting all the
way home once again. Posing for pictures now, Alan Shepard,
Ed Mitchell, and Stewart Roosa. (Applause). The NASA
physician entering the quarantine facilities with them and
the NASA physiologist outside decontaminating the area by
spreading his special disinfectant along the area along which
they have walked. The NASA doctor in the mobile quarantine
facility will spend about 3-1/2 hours checking over each
of the astronauts later today. He conducted physicals on
them shortly before their mission and he'll compare the data.
The Captain of the ship, Robert Moore.
MOORE Gentlemen, on behalf of officers
and crew of the ship and on behalf of all America, welcome
back to Earth and especially welcome back to the U.S.S. New
Orleans. To give thanks for your safe return our chaplain
will now offer prayer.
CHAPLAIN Oh, Lord God, your blessings of safety
to astronauts Shepard, Roosa, and Mitchell and success of
their mission stirs world-wide gratitude and rejoicing. Bless
the success of our technical progress to the enrichment of
our souls. Grant our leaders and society as a whole the wisdom
to translate the knowledge gained from this great creative
experience into the service of all mankind and to the honor
of your holy name. Amen.
MOORE Thank you Chaplain Fred Hill. It's
now my pleasure to present Admiral Hayward in charge of the
Task Foce 130, your recovery force. Admiral Hayward.
HAYWARD Hello, Al.
SHEPARD Tom, how are you doing?
HAYWARD Stu, Ed.
MITCHELL Hello.
HAYWARD Behind you, hanging from the overhead
in a position that unfortunately you can't see at the present
time, is a massive banner that stretches almost completely
across the width of the hanger deck. And it probably stands
15 feet long and says, "All American welcomes Apollo 14 astro-
nauts, Shepard, Roosa, Mitchell." And these words, brief as
they are, represents the deep feelings of all the people who
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HAYWARD have made up your recovery team.

We are Just tremendously impressed with the proceeding that
this entire Apollo 14 mission has been carried out and
tremendously impressed with how precise this successful
splashdown recovery has gone. Your accomplishments and exploits
over the last week and a half have reexcited men everywhere
around the world and they have reaffirmed that men can still
perform miracles if they will pull together in the same
direction. And we're Just tremendously impressed. What you
have done has proven once more that men have the skill and
the technical capability and the courage, the initiative,
the stamina, and is willing to take risks, many of which he
cannot even fully define in his search for new horizons to
conquer and particularly in his peaceful conquests of our
universe. I can assure you that nobody - nobody has a greater
pride in what you have done, or is more elated in your being
back here than the hundreds of people who have made up your
recovery team. The men of the United States Navy, United
States Air Force, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
the many civilians that are here representing industry and
the companies of our great country, we all collectively are
tremendously proud and honored to have been provided the
opportunity by you to play a small part in this just imminently
successful mission and we applaud the magnificence in the way
you have pulled it off and we salute you as fellow Americans.
Now I'd like to introduce to you a man whom you all know,
Major General Stevenson, who is director of operations from
the office of Manned Space Flight NASA Headquarters in
Washington. General Stevenson.

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SPEAKER Gentlemen, on behalf of NASA, the Office

of Manned Space Flight, and I'm sure I speak for the astro-
nauts, I want to express appreciation for the recovery job
that was done by the New Orleans, captain and crew and the
officers and men of the helicopter squadron 6. In the bus-
iness we're in, where there is little room for error, it is
obvious that their emphasis on excellence in achievement
made them worthy of a part of the Apollo team. A1 and Ed
and Stu, you've had a long trip to the moon. You overcame
some major difficulties, you had a lot of nagging minor
problems and you whipped all of them and you brought off
a huge success for the mission. I want to tell you that
the program and the country was never more sorely in need
of a successful mission, the one that your brought off. I
wonder if the three of you would - you'll probably be asked
1000 times about all the problems that went wrong. How
about telling about your most exciting moments and most
rewarding moments on your way to the moon.
SHEPARD Okay, let me start out. General Stevenson,
thank you very much for your comment, and Tom, thanks a lot
for your kind words. It sure is nice to be back home again.
We appreciate the pickup, Captain Moore. Appreciate your
kind words. We're glad to see the mayor of Houston here
aand some other distinguished guests, and let me reecho your
._ words about that fantastic recovery. We were still trying
to get ready to get out when the boys were ready to have us.
I don't think we've had a recovery as - handled as efficiently
and as speedily and indeed as quick as that one. We've just
tickled with it and we appreciate it very much. Of course,
we did come kind of close to the target area, but that may
be incidental. We have had a terrific flight, as the gen-
eral points out. It's been just completely super all the
way around. We've had a lot of problems - had some problems,
but I don't think there is any question about the fact that
for me the most thrilling moment is right now, not only
because we're back from a trip to the moon, but also be-
cause I'm back home. Ed.
MITCHELL I think A1 has said all that can be and
need be said, but I would like to repe_t the thanks to
Admiral Hayward and Captain Moore, and General Stevenson
for your very kind words. I think we ]Lave had a very
successful trip. We all enjoyed it immensely. We had a good
time doing it and it was worth all those little moments of
doubt, when the problems arose, just t_. conquer them and be
back and I would like to thank this recovery team for a
beautiful recovery and especially might as well bring in our
MOCR team that's done such a good Job of getting us here in
the first place. Thank you, gentlemen.
ROOSA After all the sentiments, my own personal
thanks to everybody involved in the recovery. You know, in
_,- the last 9 days I've seen some rather fantastic sights, but
I guess right up among the top of them is the sight of this
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ROOSA carrier today, when we looked out that

window of the hatch.
SHEPARD That's pretty good for an Air Force man.
ROOSA Yes, and speaking from an Air Force type,
it's a real priviledge to fly Navy and we thank all of you.
SPEAKER Well to take you back a couple of days.
Did the surface of the moon look like about what they
had briefed you on before you took off on the mission or
were there some changes from you had expected?
SHEPARD Well, actually from the standpoint of plan-
form of the target area, General, it looked exactly what
we had been practicing with. As soon as the vehicle pitched
over for the final stages of the approach, I think Ed and I
both simultaneously recognized the target area and recognized
that the guidance and steering and trajectory were right - right
in there on the target area. I had originally planned to
land a little bit south of the targeted point because the
maps and the the relief contours showed that to be a little
more level, a little more smooth. But in fact it did not
appear to be appropriate so we shifted a couple of hundred
feet to the north and landed in an area that was smoother.
It was on a little slope but after we got out and looked
around we realized there really wasn't any level ground around
there, so I think that we landed in a good spot and we
._ certainly had a lot of good rocks to collect while we were
there.
SPEAKER Was the trip up Cone Crater rougher or
rockier than you had anticipated?
SHEPARD I think it Just took us longer. We had
no difficulty at any time, either in navigating around the
larger rocks, the boulders, and going up the slope, not only
withthe vehicle, but also without it, and we took the
vehicle all the way with us all the way up. We had no
problems in navigating. It's Just that there were so many
interesting things to do it Just took us so long to get
there. It was just a matter of running out of time. We
had a planned time to come back in, as you know, and it was
Just a matter of not having enough time to do all the things
we wanted.
SPEAKER Al, today you were the last man out of
the command module. You were also the first American in
space. You have been the earliest and the latest, one of
the shortest and qualifying for one of the longest, certainly
the shortest and there are some of your friends here that
say you can't harken back that far, but how about giving us
a comparison between the first Mercury mission and the one
you just came back from.
SHEPARD Well, General, frankly I'm not really a
student of history, and as you pointed out it was a long time
ago, and it was a great ride. This last one was a great ride,
f- too. Also, fortunately, it will not be the last ride.
There will be other flights going - space flights going to
the moon and space laboratories and shuttles and so on, but
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'_ SHEPARD this was a great thrill, there is no

question about it. I would like to say that I've worked
with a lot of very talented people in my life, a lot of
very dedicated people, but never have I worked with two
more talented and dedicated people than I've got in here
with me right now. Ed and Stu I think did a tremendous
job, not only in the training program but also during the
flight. Their dilegence and their hard work certainly
contributed to the success of the mission to a tremendous
degree and I want to take this opportunity to publicly
thank them for doing a fantastic job.
MITCHELL Well, thank you Al. We had a great
leader to work with and that helped a lot.
SPEAKER If I could say again that we welcome
you back. I've got to return to the bridge to recover
your spacecraft, but Admiral continue, and Admir__al has a
few questions about - one of our lookouts spotted that
coming down and we found it on the flight deck, so maybe
you can explain to the Admiral about that.
SPEAKER I don't care what anybody says, it's
got to be the longest six iron in the world.
SPEAKER I understand it doesn't hook or slice
up there. Is that right?
SHEPARD No, straight as a dye.
SPEAKER We hope to have the President on the
line to you in the next few minutes, also, later on perhaps
we'll get your wives and families on the telephone with
you.
SHEPARD That will be fine, Tom, thank you.
SPEAKER I'd like to ask Stu a question. I've
often wonder what the Lone Ranger's feeling like as he's
going around the moon up there all by himself with people
on both sides, but there you are, alone.
ROOSA Well, actually I was so busy that you
really didn't have time to consider the fact that you're
by yourself and I'd also spent so many hours in the simula-
tor by myself that I think I was well prepared for it and
by the time I got to the end of that first day in lunar
orbit I was well tired and trying to get as much sleep, how
little it was, before the next day that I really didn't
have time to think - to dwell too much on being alone. I've
always liked to fly by myself anyway. I've always considered
more than one seat in an air plane too many so I think I
was well suited for that.
SPEAKER You mean these guys were heckling you
throughout the flight?
SHEPARD Listen, he had his own special music we
wouldn't let him play when we were onboard so he had
something to do while we were gone.
ROOSA Yeah, I had to get by myself to play
my music.
-" SPEAKER Maybe you can't answer this because I
know you do have so many restrictions on what NASA wants
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SPEAKER you to discuss before a complete debrief,

but probably the only major diversion from what you all call
a nominal flight was the initial docking effort as you left
the earth orbit and started on your way to the moon. Did
you have any real concern that you were or weren't going to
lick the problem and maybe have to abort?
SHEPARD Well, there was certainly some concern
there, Tom, not only on our part but on the part of the
people in Houston who were wrestling with the problem also.
We had several - well, at least two alternatives I can think
of that were not tried, levels of degree of difficulty per-
haps beyond what we finally did. I don't think that really
at any time that any of us ever thought that we wouldn't
be able to get the two vehicles together, even if we had
to open the hatches and go pressurized and reach out and
pull them in.
SPEAKER Great. Most of the peole here have been
at sea for a few days and unfortunately weren't able to
watch on television any of the exploits, although we did
get film aboard that showed the liftoff, and I know that
the crew would very much appreciate -

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HAYWARD - - the crew would very much appreciate

hearing perhaps Ed you could tell us what was the most Impres-
sive thing as you, made you moon walk out there. What, what
really struck you the most.
MITCHELL I don't think anyone could every be prepared
admirial. Either by prior discription or photograph with the
starkness, the desolation, at the same time the magnificance
of the landscapes that you see as you step out on the surface.
The sky as opposed to the beautiful blue we have here, is
cold black, with no atmosphere it's absolutely black. As
compared with a very sharp horizon which is brown, or gray,
depending on the lighting at the particular moment, and it
is so clear, and it is so stark, and the shadows are so sharp,
not, not soften by atmosphere at any way. That it is probably
the most stark stark scene and desolution one can immagine,
and yet completely magnificant. And there are very, it is
very hard to fine the words that would express that same
feeling because pictures certainly do not do it.
SPEAKER What do you think of Apollo 15, you leave
some work up there for them to do?
MITCHELL Man, theres alot of work on that moon to
do admirial. We need a, a lot of work.
SHEPARD A lot of rocks still left up there.
HAYWARD Well, when you got to Cone crater, did you
run out of ti_, or would it had been the problem of getting to
"-- the top.
MITCHELL No, the top was too far away. There was
just not enough time to do it. We could have spend more
time at every stop we made, and we had to rush on and mission
control was urging us on, and there were so many craters to
look at, so many rocks we could have picked up. We could
have gone further up Cone and around Cone and we had to
hurry to come lopping back down the hill with out even getting
to Cone crater, really the rim of it.
SHEPARD Yea, there were some
fantastic sights up there and there was no question about that
the boulders all looked diffenent than any boulders you've ever
seen and the colors looked different as Ed pointed out, it's
really very stark black sky, but I think that the crux
of the matter is that we collected rocks from very close to
the top of the crater and I'm sure that we've got some that were
thrown out from that particular crater, which of course was the
objective. They didn't necessarily have to come right from
the rim, as long as they came from the crater. So, I feel
that from that standpoint, that we were entirely successful
on that particular part of the Job.
HAYWARD We had a lot of thrills during this thing
down here, I'll tell you during the recovery it was something
to watch, we were able to pick you up, visuialy a long period
of time before the main chutes deployed, and saw you come on
down on the droge chute and the pop the main chute, and I don't
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j_

HAYWARD - - supose I'm one to spectulate on close

you were, but it seems to me you broke the record with out
much doubt about dropping down on target. You were dead
ahead of the ship, and it was Just no problem. I don't
know if you could see the photo helicopter which was just
along side of you when you were up still above the lower
cloud deck probably 5 thousand feet and following you all
the way down. It was a tremendous recovery and you were
right smack on target and a great Job.
SHEPARD With out even measuring it, Admiral, we'll
believe it was a new record.
MITCHELL Yea, we'll take you word for it Tom.
SHEPARD Mayor Welch, we're glad to see you here
today. Appreciate you coming out. Bringing your greetings
from the city of Houston, we hope to be back in Just a couple
of days.
HAYWARD The skipper of the helio squadran is
here some place, where is he, Bill. Well, I guess he
ducked, no here he comes. Thought you might like to see
the guy whose got these young fellows all charged up.
Al, you and I don't remenber that the helicopter pilots
can be as charged up as fighter pilots, but this bunch
is, and they really do a great job.
SPEAKER Do you feel like saying something.
_- SHEPARD Yea, I really appreciate that pick up,
that was smooth.
SPEAKER Thank you very much captain, it certainly
was a pleasure for our squadran to participate in this
event in the space program, and it certainly was a thrill
in my life time to be on the receiving end of your trajectory
in here.
SPEAKER It's pretty obviously, pretty obviously
thrills very well. It was a very smooth operation.
SPEAKER Well, we had some good instructors. I
think they've got it down pat now. We'd be very happy to
do it any time.
SPEAKER Thank you.
HAYWARD I think we will go ahead and conclude this
ceremony. The call hasn't come in yet, and I know the
doctors are anxious to get on with the probing and the
problems that you've got to put up with.
MITCHELL Keep talking John, keep talking.
HAYWARD Well, I do want to tell you how good it
is to have you back here. We all Just tremendously elated
over the whole thing and we really ought to say again,
that the entire country owes you a great debt of graditude,
and the admiration of what you have done, and particularly
for showing that free men can still dare to dream and go
ahead and fulfill their dreams. And you've done it in the
sight of the whold world, and we're just fantasticy proud of
,_ what you've done. We'll see you tomorrow.
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SPEAKER - and so all those days of practice

by the ships crew, the helicopter pilots, navy swimmers,
and NASA officials paid off. After the carrier picks up
the command module, which it will be doing in Just a few
minutes, it goes on to American Samoa and on that island
the astroanuts board that awaiting Jet plane and then they
will be on the last leg of their Journey home to Houston.
Tony Sargent aboard the carrier New Orleans.

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