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Apollo Control, Houston, 2 minutes 50 seconds from time of L.O.S. now |
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Our distance away from the Moon: 460 nautical miles |
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Velocity: 74-17 feet per second |
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Here in Mission Control we're standing by |
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There's uh certainly a great deal of anxiety at this moment |
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We acquire at 36 minutes, so |
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So at 68 hours 55 minutes, continuing to monitor |
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This is Apollo Control |
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So at this time we're gonna stand by and continue to monitor the loops here in Mission Control |
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For our 'go'/'no-go' decision |
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1 minute 30 seconds away now from Loss Of Signal |
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Our distance away from the Moon now 401 nautical miles |
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Velocity reading: 75-35 |
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As we continue with this flight of Apollo 8 |
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Apollo 8, Houston, 1 minute to L.O.S., all systems go |
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Our flight control team in Mission Control here has examined the data and it looks good |
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So we have a combined crew-ground decision |
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We are 'go' for lunar orbit insertion 1 |
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Apollo 8, 10 seconds to go, you're 'go' all the way |
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[Transmission from Apollo 8 crew] |
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We've had, uh, Loss Of Signal with Apollo 8 |
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At 68 hours 58 minutes 45 seconds |
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We will watch with continuing interest the A.O.S. clock here in Mission Control |
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They're travelling over the back side of the Moon now |
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Our velocity reading here: 7-7-7-7 feet per second |
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Now we're in the [?] of the longest wait |
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Continuing to monitor, this is Apollo Control, Houston |
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Apollo Control, Houston, we've acquired signal but no voice contact yet |
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We're standing by |
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We're looking at engine data and it looks good |
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Tank pressure's looking good |
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Apollo 8, Apollo 8, this is Houston, Houston over |
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[Transmission from Apollo 8 crew] |
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Right, we've got it, we've got it |
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Apollo 8 now in lunar orbit, there's a cheer in this room |
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This is Apollo Control, Houston, switching now to the voice of Jim Lovell |
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[Transmission from Apollo 8 crew] |
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The unmanned lunar spacecraft traversed the moon perhaps over 10,000 times |
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But this is the first that a man aboard reported to his compatriots here on Earth |