Page 32 - Apollo 11 News Today

>> okay. were all yours. roger. >> communications are somewhat scratchy. columbia and eagle now reunited to become apollo 11 again. >> apollo 11, houston, got minute and a half to los. looking great. been a mighty fine day. >> boy, youre not kidding. >> armstrong and aldrin transferring back to the command module and mike collins. >> houston, this is columbia reading you loud and clear. were all three back inside. the hatch is installed. were running a pressure check. everything is going well. >...

Switching power frequency. power frequency. >> hornet, understand. completed the decontamination in the command module. >> the elevator will take recovery one down to the hangar deck and where the crew will enter the mobile quarantine facility. this control center becoming jammed with people. ive never seen this many people in the control center at one time before. the apollo 11 plaque has been hung in the mission control center. a replica of the crew patch. [ applause ] [ applause ] and the fla...

Vehicle at this time. 40 seconds away from the apollo 11 lift off. all the second stage tanks now pressurized. 35 seconds and counting. we are still go with apollo 11. 30 seconds and counting. astronauts report it feels good. t minus 25 seconds. 20 seconds and counting. t minus 15 seconds. guidance is internal. 12, 11, 10, 9 -- ignition sequence starts.

Batteries, the next time we go in will be at the 50-second mark with the batteries. they will remain on internal power during the flight. 14 minutes 30 seconds and counting. all still going well with the countdown at this time. for a status report, we will now switch to mission control, houston. >> this is apollo mission control. flight director cliff charlesworths team is on station in the mission control room ready to assume the control of this flight at tower clearance. >> coming up on auto...

Wed like to take a look at it when it comes up on the screen. >> roger. >> good morning, houston. >> roger, 11. good morning. your systems are looking good from down here. >> looks good up here too. >> deke slayton, director of flight crew operation and two members of the backup crew have joined the console. >> apollo 11, this is houston. over. >> roger. go ahead, houston. apollo 11. >> 11, this is houston. >> weve lost respiration rate on the telemetry. >> okay. mike, we had a request that you ...

You have arrived. >> apollo 11, houston to arrive. >> were looking for you. >> apollo 11, houston to arrive. >> apollo 11, houston through arrive four. >> okay, captain. one last call. im going to have to give up.

>> damn good, ill tell you. >> talking to yourself up there after ten rounds or so. >> no, its a happy home up there. it would be nice to have 100 million americans up here. >> rog, they were with you in spirit anyway. at least that many. >> thank you, sir. apollo 11, houston, all your systems look real good to us. >> we would like you to jettison eagle. go for power on. go for a jettison. >> okay. >> there she goes. it was a good one. >> roger dodger. we got eagle looking good. its holding cabi...

And if it is, its the place were coming home to. no matter where you travel, its always nice to get home. >> we concur. well be happy to have you back. apollo 11 now 94,961 nautical miles from earth. re-entry is scheduled to begin 18 hours 18 minutes and 12 seconds. >> flight, bruce, did you ever let you go get a cup of coffee when we were over on the back >> things have been going pretty smoothly down here. hes really not that hard to get along with. >> he must be mellowing. >> weve only got ...

Performed on the back side of the moon at the beginning of the 31st revolution. we will reacquire the spacecraft on the other side of the moon. >> apollo 11, houston, youre looking good, going over the hill. go sic em. >> thank you. were good. >> stand by. for ollie. ollie? ♪ >> man, that feels like a g, doesnt it? >> one minute. standard pressure is holding right on 100. >> gimbal looks good.

>> apollo 11, this is houston. at 10 minutes, you are go. >> and roger, 11, go. >> we are go. confirm go. >> apollo 11, this is houston. you are confirmed go for orbit. >> roger. >> we have a report on the launch heart rates from the flight surgeon. commander neil armstrong, 110. command module pilot, mike collins, 99. lunar module pilot buzz aldrin, 88. >> moving across the atlantic towards africa and on the next revolution the spacecraft will be accelerating to the required speed to get it int...