APOLLO 10

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by  Travis Shelton

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INTRODUCTION
This is the transcription of the Apollo 10 ft_ghterew co_nunications
as recorded on the command module (CM) data storage equipment (DSE), and
subsequently transmitted (dumped) to Manned Space Flight Network stations.
Magnetic tapes ccntaining dumped voice and onboard-recorded ground elapsed
time (GET) were forwarded to the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston,
Texas. Transcription of these tapes was managed by David M. Goldenbaum,
Test Division, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, to whom questions regard-
ing this docume]_ should be referred.
The Apollo 10 mission was flown May 18 to May 26, 1969_
Communicators in the text are identified as follows:
_. Command module:
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· CDR Commander Thomas P. Stafford
CMP Command module pilot John W. Young
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LMP Lunar mod_le pilot Eugene A. Cernan
SC Unidentifiable cre_uember
Mission Control Center:
CC Capsule communicator (CAP C0MM)
Remote sites:
AB Airboss (Recovery aircraft)
CT Communications technician (COMM TECH)
P1 Photographic helicopter 1
R2, R3 Recovery 2, 3 (Recovery helicopters)
In the text, a series_of three dots (...) is used to designate
i those portions of the cor,_nunications which could not be transcribed be-
cause of garbl_nM. One dash (-) is used to indicate a speaker's pause
or a self-interruption. Two dashes (- -) are used to indicate an inter-
ruptionby another speaker or a point at which a recording was abruptly
terminated.
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DAY 1
00 00 09 24 CMP Yes, it did go out. I think it's all the way out.
00 00 09 26 CC We confirm your guidance, and your S-IVB looks good, 10.
00 00 09 29 CDR Roger.
00 00 09 32 IA{P Charlie, lots of stuff out the window on staging -
We're catching up and passing it now.
00 00 09 36 CC Okay.
00 00 09 39 CDR Okay. The guidance looks right on with the onboard
Jet, Charlie.
· ' 00 00 09 42 CC Roger. We confirm that. Looking great here.
You're looking beautiful.
00 00 09 46 CMP Okay. We've got an eighth of a g, old buddy.
oo oo 09 47 L_P (Cough)
00 O0 09 48 CDR An eighth of a g ...
00 00 09 50 LMP Look at how fast those clouds are.
00 00 09 53 CMP ... at 149 ...
00 00 10 02 CC 10, Houston. At 10 minutes, you're GO.
00 00 10 04 CDH Roger; 10 minutes, GO. Onboard's good.
00 00 10 06 LMP Tom, we got everything here so far.
00 00 l0 08 CMP ... in a 102.... right on out.
00 00 l0 13 CDR I Just can't get over the vibrations ...
00 00 l0 17 I_P Yes, after that first-stage staging, man, it - -
00 00 10 21 CC Apollo 10, Houston. Predicted S-IVB cut-off; 11 plus 47.
00 00 l0 25 CDR That's ll plus 47.
00 00 l0 28 _,_ ... Come on, baby.;keep going ... Right on the line.
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O0 00 l0 49 CDR ... and ready to go.
O0 O0 l0 51 CM_P ... R_ght on the line, now.
O0 O0 l0 54 CDR ...
O0 O0 l0 57 I24P Isn't that something?
O0 O0 10 58 CMP ...
O0 O0 l0 59 _ Isn't that something?
O0 O0 ll O1 CMP Now, ...
O000 ll 02 CDR Il minutes, and ... - -
O0 O0 ll 03 CC ... lO, you're looking ...
O0 00 11 08 CDR Sure is right on the li_e ...
O0 00 11 10 CC 10, Houston. At 11:10; you're looking good.
00 O0 11 13 CDR Roger, Charlie. The guidance is beautiful.
O0 O0 11 24 CMP Row'd you like that?
O0 Ob 43 54 LMP Could have been - Hell, it was close to the launch;
it could'ye been air pressure from the ground in there.
00 O0 44 O1 CMP Okay, you can close it.
O0 00 44 03 IMP Closed. Okay, 21.5. Should be like zero.
I O0 O0 44 10 CMP Okay, now what do you want to look at?
O0 O0 4414 _ ...
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' O0 O0 44 26 _4P Why don't you take these and ...? Okay?
! O0 O0 44 30 CMP Yes; Just a second.
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O0 O0 44 38 CDR COAS looks ...
i O0 O0 44 45 CMP Okay, everything - looks alright. Okay, I've got
Mars in there now, son of a gun ...
O0 00 45 03 LMP What's our chances on ... into the water?
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O0 O0 45 07 CMP Gene, how's _his?
O000 45 09 CDR How - how come these bastards gave ns th_s star
chart with no (laughter) Velero?
O0 00 45 15 CMP ...
O0 O0 45 18 CDR You want this whole package, John?
O0 O0 45 20 CMP Yes.
O0 O0 45 24 CDR Eere are these breakers, these light things - ...
O0 O0 45 31 LMP John, can you read your ...?
O0 00 45 33 CMP Maybe I can.
OO O0 45 34 CDR John, do you want this back?
O0 O0 45 35 CMP Yes - no, I don't want that. No, I don't want any
of that shit (laughter). God - we had to take it.
I don't want it, give it to - give it to - -
O0 O0 45 h_ CDR ,.. keep that light on.
O0 O0 45 47 CMP Tou don't want that on.
O0 O0 45 48 CDR You don't want the Moishe Dayan patch?
O0 O0 45 50 CMl° No, I don't ... (laughter) ... the walls.
O0 O0 46 O1 CDR I'm going to set that other one up in ORB rate and
align that GDC to the IMU and get all that good
stuff done.
O0 O0 46 13 CMP You want me to ... all those closed for you?
O0 O0 46 21 CDR Do you need the star chart, John? You don't need
that there, do you?
O0 00 46 24 _ No. Got to take the launch guards off the end.
O0 O0 _6 29 CDR You want to stick them in this - in here, or where
you want to put them?
O0 O0 46 30 CMP No, I'll put them down here in A-5. There's a
whole separate spot down there to stow all that crap.
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00 00 46 36 CDR Okay. Here's this one.
00 00 46 39 CMP Okay. Have you got your cards out for TLI? 1
00 00 46 45 CDR They're already ap, babe.
00 00 46 46 CMP Okay. And that flight plan is out to everybody's i
satisfaction?
00 00 46 57 CDR Well, gee, I don't - -
00 00 46 58 CMP Everybody have all the pages they need?
O0 00 46 59 CDR Where's the flight plan? I don't have the flight
plan. !
00 00 47 01 CMP Flight plan we need. It's in R-12.
00 00 47 05 LMP You sure? i
00 00 47 06 CMP Yes. It better be, or it's all (laughter).
00 00 47 09 CDR Oh, shit!
00 00 47 l0 CMP The MAL procedures are in there, and ...
00 00 47 21 LMP (Laughter) I swear to God, that burn effect - You
know what caused that? The damn hose.
OO 00 47 34 CMP Things ought to be_ cooling down in here a little
bit more.
O0 00 47 37 LMP It doesn't happen; then you've got stuff down in
the box that Just sits there.
00 00 47 50 LMP Now, you want to get into panel 382 back in there?
00 00 47 58 CDR Let's see. I need the ORDEA.L ...
O0 00 48 01 LMP Well, I - ! ... - I get it ... no sweat.
O0 00 48 04 C14F ,.. piece of cake. Well, I don't know if I can
get that ... give it a go.
O0 00 48 11 CDR Let me stick this underneath you, Gene-o.
O0 O0 48 13 I24P Ha! Yes, guess I can get it.
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O0 O0 48 15 CDR Okay.
O0 O0 48 16 CMP No sweat. That ain't it.
O0 O0 48 20 CDR It's down below, there .... you want that camera
bracket out ...?
00 00 h8 26 CMP Yes.
O0 00 48 27 CDR ...
O0 O0 48 31 CMP Here you go.
O0 00 48 33 CDR ... it, John. Therets a camera bracket right up
in the ...
OO O0 48 37 CMl° The next one?
O0 O0 48 38 CDR Yes, ...
00 00 48 47 CMP I've got it.
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O0 00 48 48 CDR You've got it?
00 00 48 49 CMP Okay, ... I can't ...
00 00 49 02 CDR ,,,
O0 00 49 04 CMP ,,.
00 00 49 06 CDR ... all this freaking ...
O0 O0 49 13 LMP You got the ... flow valve open?
00 00 h9 14 CDR Yes.
O0 O0 49 16 IMP _e had enough water boiling on launch, John.
00 O0 49 19 CMP We didn't have no water boiling?
O0 O0 49 22 IMP ... should be operating right now.
O0 O0 49 29 CMP I thought it was the water boiler that ...
00 00 49 31 LMP It is the water boiler ....
0o 00 49 39 c_P ...
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OO oo 49 45 CMP Got that.
O0 O0 49 46 CDR ... 183.
O0 O0 _9 _8 CMP ... torquing angle ... realign ... realign the PTC
... attitude reference check?
O000 50 04 IN3 Yes.
O000 50 05 CMP You done all them other things? Gene-o?
O0 O0 50 08 LMP ...
O0 O0 50 19 CDR ...
O0 O0 50 24 CMP Gene-o? ...
O000 50 25 CDR ... (laughter) ...
O000 50 50 CMP Shit! ... temperature ...
-- O0 O0 50 54 CDR ...
O0 O0 50 59 IMP Did you get this GDC ALIGN, Tom? Gob any drift
to record?
O0 00 51 03 CDR No.
O0 O0 51 04 _ BMAG, RATE 2?
O0 O0 51 05 CDR BMAG, RATE 2.
00 OO 51 06 LMP COAS is GO?
O0 O0 51 07 CDR Completely done.
O0 00 51 08 LMP COAS TUNNEL LIGHTING, MAIN B, CLOSED? Circuit
breaker panel 226, John? COAS TUNNEL LIGHTING,
MAIN B?
00 O0 51 27 _ Got to get a flashlight ... MAIN B, COAS TUNNEL
LIGHTING circuit breaker. MAIN B, coming CLOSED.
00 O0 51 30 CDR No, it's OPEN, John.
O0 O0 51 33 CMP It's CLOF;EDnow.
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O0 O0 51 35 LMP Okay, where's the sequence cemlera? ... Tom.
O0 00 51 37 CDR ...
O0 O0 51 40 I;4P Do you want the sequence camera?
O0 O0 51 42 CMP No.
00 O0 51 45 _ How about the sequence camera? ...
00 00 51 55 %MP Okay, mount ORDEAL, all ECS redundant component
cheeks less main regulator check ... Just went
through all these things.
00 00 52 0] CDR ...
00 00 52 09 IlqP Okay, SECONDARY COOLANT LOOP? Open coolant panel,
coolant panel required, EVAPORATOR WATER CONTROL,
SECONDARY valve, AUTO?
O0 O0 52 28 C_4P How about our ...?
00 O0 52 30 U_P You want the sequence camera?
00 O0 52 33 C%4P Yes, we got some ... we need to get.
00 O0 52 38 IMP Okay, how about going down °..?
00 O0 52 40 CMP Oh, I guess ...
00 00 52 41 CC Apollo 10, Houston through Carnarvon. Standing by.
00 00 52 _5 CDR Houston, ... We're going through our ECS checklist
·.. everything looks good.
00 00 52 53 CC Tom, sounds real great.
00 00 52 56 CDR Roger. We got the - wc could read you all the way
through Tananarive, but evidently you couldn't read
us - COM}4 back here until the last. We got the
heater off at exactly 15 minutes, the propellant
valve was shut, the logic was off and the break
open.
00 O0 53 11 CC We copy, Tom.
00 00 53 14 I2,_P Okay - -
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O0 00 53 16 CMP You want the COOLANT CONTROL PANEL, OPEN; huh?
O0 O0 53 17 LMP Yes. That's what it says - it's required.
EVAPORATOR WATE/{ COLTTROL, SECONDARY valve, AUTO.
O0 O0 53 21 CMP Wait a second, wait a second. I think we launched
with the goddam thing.
O0 O0 53 24 _ pr°bably did.
O0 O0 53 27 CMP ... I'll tell you what I'm going to do with this ...
O0 O0 53 31 LMP Hey, wait - -
O0 O0 53 32 CMP Itm Just going to close one valve - one ...
O0 O0 53 38 IMP Hey, we know that secondary loop works, babe. We're
not going to worry about that. I ...
O0 00 53 43 CMP ... How do you know the water control valve came on?
O0 O0 53 48 I34P Okay, let's go - Well, we don't, but it - -
O0 O0 53 51 CMF It had to be. Okay, the secondary mode control -
SECONDARY A_fAPORATOR ... valves in AUTO ....
PRIMARY ... bypass on the SECONDARY ...
00 O0 54 02 I24P I Just got to make sure ...
00 O0 54 10 CMP Okay, you are - you are - -
00 O0 51;12 INP We've already acclnr_ulated some ... stuff, and I got ...
O0 O0 54 17 CMP ,.,
00 O0 54 23 I/4P Well, ... spacecraft they flew ...
00 00 54 28 CDR .., voice check. We're over Carnarvon ....
O000 5_ 40 ClvfP .,. goes back up here?
O0 O0 54 42 CDR ..,
O0 O0 51;52 CDR Houston, Apollo 10. Did you get our torquing angles
on the IMU realign?
O0 O0 _;;58 CC Roger, Tom; you wcrc pretty weak. What I copied
was minus 0.12, plus O.34, and minus 0.76.
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