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cc Oh. it's only about 3 more minutes.
But that'. no big problem. We can get it latar if - whenever
you get out and get comfortable.
CDR Okay.
PAO Loss of siRnal through Hawaii . Reacqui-
sition through Goldstone, California less than 2 minutes
from now. Reaction control systems aboard the service module
workinR perfectly. All four of those quads were fired
over Hawaii. Guidance officer here Is very pleased - flight
controller very pleased too. That means after 3 months of
inactivity the CSK is still working perfectly . We'll hold
the line up through Goldstone.
CC Skylab, Houston. AOS Goldstone 7 minutes.
And we're getting ready to command the vehicle to TACS only
here. So you aigbt see it drift around a little bit. And
we'll also be putting in the indock gains.
enR Okay. And I'm ready to cQ PY whatever
you've got to say, there.
ce Okay. I guess. just to cover ourselves
one item we were thinking about was the contingency case
in case the capture latches fail to disengage In undocking.
What we were going to recommend is that we go ahead and
just get off by doing a docking ring step. And if you
see no proble. with that, I'll tell you how we recommend
slipping that into your procedures .
ce Okay. You want to do a docking ring step
If we don't get off the capture latches.
CC That's affirm .
CDR Okay. Go ahead.
ec Okay. The backup procedure that's in
your eSM 8yst~s checklist on page 2-13.
eDR Okay. Page 2T13.
ce Okay. What wetd lIke you to do is to go
ahead and follow that, except after the little start box
if no probe retract portion.
CDR I'll tell you what. Let me get that
checklist (garble)
ce Oh. Okay. Yes. I would like for you
to have that.
CDR Okay.
CDR Okay. Go ahead.
ec Okay. One item before you start writing
there. We will be over a site when you're - when you're
undocking. So what we would like you to do is, before you
get into th.is sequence we will go through with a quick logic
sequence check. And we'll do that one verbally. But If we
go into here, when you go through the retract probe portion.
you~ll get down to the little start box. After that - after
the little start box if therets no retract, we want to have you do
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panel 2 docking ring step 2 on up. And then go ahead and

complete that procedure up to, but not Includln~ the command
module KDA tunnel pressure 1nte~rlty check .
CDR Okay. Panel 2, dock ring step 2 on
up. And that's right after if no retract.
CC Yes, sir.
ee All, basically, it's doina Jer is that
we would go ah.ad and arm the busses and go ahead and
retract the probe to get you back in 80 we won't be just
hanRinR there on the end of it when you separate off the thing
and then jettison up the docking ring and then just
clean up 80me switchea.
CDR Okay.
CC Okay. Another ite., just a8 a matter
of information. Throu.gh the shaping burn and through . - for the
retroburn, retrofire through 0.5 gs, your horizon will be dark.
So there shouldn't be any problem with confusion of the ter-
minator at all. The terminator will not be in view in any of it.
CDR Okay. Good. We've got a nice Moon,
which help. find horizon, too.
CC Very good.

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CC And -
CDR That's good for night (garble) too.
CC Roger that. I've done forgotten how to
do that.
ce One other item here Is - 18 PLT busy rl~ht
now? I was going to put one -
PLT Okay Crip.
CC Okay. We're gotng to recommend - normall y .
1 think we have you have the DC indicator switch in BAT C
for reentry. We're going to recommend due to the circuit breaker
problem we had previously that we monitor BAT BUS A 1f - if
you concur with that.
PLT I concur.
CC Okay. If - 1f you've got the entry
checklist handy, It's on page !4-9 of the - and that is, of
course, the updated pages that we - section that we're working
with there.
PLT Stand by 1.
PLT Okay. I have the entry book open to 4-9.
CC Okay. On the right-hand side , down at the
bottom where it has the seperation checklist, the first line
item there is De indication BAT e and that's where we recommend
that you go ahead and select the BAT BUS A position.
PLT Okay. That's complete.
ce Okay. Very good and this is just a verbal
here that we're pretty tight on DSC time and we'd just like you
to operate the DSC as close a8 possible to the checklist for
entry .
PLT Okay .
ec And that's really about all the items I
had to chat with you about at this time. We're about 30
seconds from LOS and we'll have you again in 4 minutes through
Bermuda at 14:14.
CDR Okay. I think we'll get this house
cleaned up a little bit with our suits off and have a bite to
eat.
CC Sounds good.
CC Skylab, Houston. We're AOS throu~h
Bermuda for 7 minutes.
PLT Roger. Crip.
CC And I copy that Jer's busy getting out
of his suit now.
PLT That's affirm.
ce Okeydoke .
CC Skylab, Houston . Is anybody in a
position to take a look at ball 1 right now. We're interested
to see if the attitude error needles are peRged .
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CC We're seeing -
PLT Stand by 1.
CC We're seeing big attitude errors down
here and that's what we're asking for.
PtT Yea, Crip. We do have large errors.
CC Okay, Bill. Can you check there over on
panel - panel 1 1f you could see it whether the FDA 1 SELECT
1n 1/2 and SOURCE 1s eKe?
PLT Stand by 1.
PLT That's affirmative. We are.
ce And ATT SET switch 1s in CDC.
PLT Stand by.
PLT Negative. Stand by 1. Crip.
CC Okeydoke.
PLT It'a in CMe.
CC No, I mean ATT SET switch the one just to
the right of 1t there, 1s it in CDC?
PLT Okay. I'm having to relay all that.
Stand by 1.
CC Sorry about that.
PLT It's in GDC, Crip.
CC Okeydoke . We copy. Let U8 think about
it for a minute.
CC Skylab, Houston. We are about 1 minute
from LOS. Then we'll have you again in a couple of minutes
through Canary at 14:24. And no need to acknowledge it right
now but one other item you might check on (garble) the large
errors are peRRed at attitud e error needle, is on panel 7 to
insure that the FDAI/GPI POWER switch i8 in BOTH.
PLT Okay.
PLT Okay, Crip. That's verified.
CC Copy. Verified.
PAO This is Sky lab Control at 14 hours 22
minutes Greenwich mean time. Bermuda's had loss of siRnal.
The Canary Island station will pick up the space station 1n
about 15 seconds .

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TIME, 03:59 COT, 85:08:59 GMT
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cc Skylab, Houston; we are AOS onea more.

We got you for about 15 minutes through Canary.
PLT Roger. Crip.
CC Bill. can I just clarify one thing. We
would 8S8ume that from what we've seen right now that the
err needles on ball 1 should be pegged versus just large. Is that
what you were telling us while ago?
PLT They are pegged; that's correct.
CC Okay, fine.
CC Skylab. HoustOD; just something to keep
you busy while you're trying to get out of your 8uita and
getting ready to eat. To check out those err needles we
would recommend in your mal book to go through GNC number 2
which Is on page 1-5.
PLT GNC number 2. 1-5.
ec Rog.
CC Skylab. HoustOD; 8S a matter of information
we have no data at this t1me and- it's a ground problem only.
CC Skylab, Houston ; as a matter of information
only, ve do not have any data on the ground here, it's a
problem ve got here at the ground other than the spacecraft.
PLT Roger, Crip.
CC Skylab, Houston; ve are 1 minute from LOS .
Next station contact is going to be Carnarvon at 15:07. 15:07 .
CC 30 minutes avay .
PLT Roger, 15:07.
PAO This is Skylab Control. The Ascension
station has loss of 8ignal. Next acqui8ition through Carnarvon
at 9 hours 42 minutes Greenwich mean time about 26 minutes
from nov. The mission operations computer is down at the
moment and no telemetry vas processed durinR this last pa s s.
And the displays here in the Control Center are inoperable
at the moment while the computer's down. Expect to have that
computer back in operation in a couple of minutes. At 9 hours
16 minutes Greenwich mean time, this is Skylab Control.

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5L-IV MC-2952/1
Time: 04:40 COT. 85:09:40 GMT
2/8/74

PAD This is Sky lab Control at 9 hours

40 minutes Greenwich mean time. Sky!ab coming up on acqui-
sition throu~h Carnarvon and Honeysuckle. Moat of this
pass will be through Honeysuckle. Low elevation at
Carnarvon. Starting to get some displays back here in the
Mission Control center now. Computer is up and clear now
ready for operation.
CC Skylab, Houston. We're with you
through Carnarvon for 10 minutes.
CDR Roger. Bob.
ee Jer, did you get
CDR Now we're going through GNC malfunction
number 2. And we end up in box number 16, the best 1 can
tell .
CC Copy box 15.
CC Or 16.
CDR Roger. 16.
CC Copy.
CDR What happened is, 1 did a VERB 33
and entered the three numbers the 2.5, 3.33 and 3.33 . And they
just - the error needles go to the ri~ht place. And
then I went back and I loaded NOUN 22 to be equal to NOUN 20.
And my error needles did not Zero out.
cnR Okay. The err needles are 100kinR
good now. I have loaded the undock DAP. And it's beginning
to look a little better.
ec Okay. Copy right now. We're - The
error needles are working properly. Is that correct?
CDR Okay. Let me just make one more check
now. I'll compare NOUN 20 with 22 again. I've Rot a
VERB 62 in it.
eDR Okay, Bob. It looks normal to us
now.
CC Okeydoke.
CC Jer, did you guys manage to get out
of your suits, get squared away and start having some chow?
CDR Well, we didn't have any chow. We
wanted to play with this problem first and make sure we
were in good shape.
CC Rog .
ce Okeydoke.
CC Skylab, Houston. We're 1 minute from
LOS. Hawaii in 14 minutes at 15:30, 15:30.
CDR Roger, Crip.
PAO This is Apollo - Skylab Control at
9 hours 53 minutes Greenwich mean time. Honeysuckle has
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loss of 8ignal. The nezt station 1s Hawaii in 11-1/2 min-

utes. Computer 18 back up and workln~ here in the His.ion
Control Center. All displays are back up and telemetry
1s being processed. At 9 hours 54 .toutea Greenwich mean time,
this 1s Skylab Control.

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SL-IV MC2953/1
Till': 05:04 CDT, 85:10:04 GMT
2/817 4
PAO This 1s Sky lab Control at 10 hours 4
minutes Greenwich mean t1m.. Trackln~ station at Hawaii 1s
about to acquire Skylab.
CC Skylab, Houston. AOS Hawaii, 9 minutes.
CnR Roger, Houston.
CC CDR, Houston. You got a moment to chat
here?
CDR Go ahead, Bob.
ec Rog. One of the thinRs that ve are looking
at here now regarding those attitude error needles earlier was
that there 1s a program note on eKe that say8 following a
coarse align, it is possible that the error registers would
not be initialized properly and one of the ways of doing i t
is by loading the undock DAP which it looks like exactly what
happened.
ena One of the vays of fixing 1s to load the
undock DAP?
CC That's correct.
CDR Okay. Well, that's what happened then
because I dida coarse align way back when. I think it was
on a P-52 option 1.
CC Now that way back when was about yesterday -
But - I bet there's several iterations, Jer.
CC And CDR ) Houston. Just to make sure we've
checked over everithing. we would like to go &head and get a
VORB 74 and so we ~an do an E-mod and look over the inside
of the computer.
CnR Okay. Want it right now?
CC That's aJfirm.
CDR You have it.
CDR (Garble)
CC Skylab. Houston. We are 1 minute from LOS.
Next station contact in 4 minutes through Goldstone at 15:42 .
15:42.
CDR Roger) Bob.
PAO This 1s Sky1ab Control. Sky lab has moved
out of range of Hawaii. Goldstone will pick up space station
in about 2 minutes .
CDR Bob, I'm going to go ahead and load P-30
for the separation burn.
CC Okeydoke and we've got you here for about
6 minutes through Goldstone.
cc Skylab t Houston. We are 1 minute from LOS.
Next station contact. 4-1/2 minutes, Bermuda at 15:51 and you
are GO for undockinp,.
CDR Roger. Crip.
CC PLT. Houston. ~e are not copying sny
blomed data on you. You might check your suit plugs.
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2/8/74
PLT Roger .
PAO This 18 Sky lab Control at 10 hours 24
minutes Greenwich mean time. Goldetone has 1088 of signal.
Bermuda will acquire in 2-1/2 minutea. The crew has a GO
for undocking. 10 minutes from now over the Bermuda station.
Undocking scheduled at 10 hours 34 minutes Greenwich mean
time . We'll stand by for the Bermuda pass. Should start in
about 2 minutes.
CC Skylab. Houston. AOS Bermuda for 11
minutes .
CDR Roger, Crip. We're all ready to go.
CC Rag. Say good-bye for us; she's been a
good bird.
CDR Roger. Sure has.
CC And for the PLT. we've got good data now.
Thank you. sir.
PLT Roger, Crip.
CC Bill. can you tell, U8 what corrected the
problem. please?
PLT I didn't have it hooked up.
CC Copy.
PLT Crip. you with us?
CC Yes, sir. Still got you for 3 more minutes.
PLT Okay. We're undocked. We released the
cap - the dockinR extender release a little bit too soon.
It caught on the capture latches, had to release them and thrust
our way off.
CC Okay. Copy.
CC Okay guys. We're 1 minute from LOS .
Ascension in 7 minutes at 16:08, 16:08.
CDR Roger, Crip.
PAO This is Skylab Control. Bermuda has loss
of signal. Next station is Ascension Island in 5 minutes.
Command service modules are undocked. Commander Jerry Carr
reporting a capture latch hung up durin~ that sequence and he was
required to thrust to get away. However, this activity did not
seem to disturb the Saturn workshop. No TACS firings were
observed during the undocking and the report 1s the vehicle
is stable. 158 minimum impulse burns of the thruster attitude
control system was used up to undockin~. The work s h o p atti t ude
has been controlled by TACS for some time now . Each minimum
impluse burn equivalent t o 5 pound-seconds nitr o gen gas. Cr e w
will now start a flyaround of the workshop phot o graphing the
space station for the final time. After completin g this
final inspection, the crew will slow the Apollo c ommand
service module by a few mile s sn h o ur.

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TIME: 05:40 CDT, 85:10:40 GMT
2/8/74

PAD After completing this final inspection

the crew will slow the Apollo command and service module by
a few miles an hour and drop behind the orbiting laboratory,
eventually passing beneath i t . At 6:33 a.m. central dayl1~ht
time, just under an hour from now, the bi~ main en~ine of
the Apollo vehicle. the service propulaion system, will be
fired for 12 seconds pushing the CSH into an eg~-8haped
orbit that brln~s - brin~8 i t within 104 miles of the Earth .
This 1s the shaping maneuver. Space station It8e1f will
remain in an orbit about 275 miles above the Earth where
it Is expected to orbit until sometime in the 1980's. The
main engine will be fired again at 9:36 a.m. central daylight
tlme as the spacecraft passes southwest of Saigon . This is
the deorbit burn and by slowing down about 125 miles an
hour the CSM will reenter the atmosphere. Splashdown still
scheduled for 10:17 a.m. central daylight time 170 miles
southwest of San Diego. Weather conditions in that area
are satisfactory for recovery. Partly cloudy skies . l5-mile-
an-hour winds, and 3- to 5-foot seas are expected as the
U.S.S . New Orleans waits the return of America's record-
setting space crew . About a minute and a half away from
Ascension now, we'll stand by .
CC Skylab, Houston; AOS Ascension for 11 minutes.
SPT Hello, Crip.
CC Hello , Edward .
SPT I'll tell you, this vehicle sure looks
like it~s been worked over.
ec Oh. it's been worked in, I know that.
SPT A lot of tender loving care has gone into
the exterior of this thing .
ce Yes. sir.
ee And. for CDR's information, we're convinced
there's no problem with the computer in the software regarding
the error needle, so you're free to use that as you - as you
desire.
eDR Okay, Crip ~ thank you.
CDR We got one fold in the sail. erip, that
has apparently opened up recently, and it's a whole lot
lighter color, a lot whiter than all the rest of the folds
in the accordian pleats in the sail.
ec Copy.
PAO This is Skylab Control. So far the
flyaround has not appeared to disturb the Saturn workshop
attitude. Crew is on schedule with the flyaround. Flight
Director Neil Hutchinson is directing the Saturn workshop
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activities, Phtl Shaffer 1s the Plight Director for the
command and service module.
SPT Crip, you can lee two colors in the sail,
that's the a811 underneath. One where i t was originally covered by
the one on top, and then the one on top pulled away a little
bit. it's got two shades of brown, one very dark, and one's
just about a light tan.
ce Roger. copy. That's on the parasol, right?
SPT That's right.
SPT tt's been a go~d home. Crip .
CC Yeah, sounds like it ; you guys occupied
it long enough.
CC Skylab. HoustoD; everything's looking
good here. You are GO for the SEP maneuver.
CDR Roger, Crip.
SPT Hey, Crip, you can tell Al Bean snd guys
that they did. great job putting that ss11 up; it's very
symmetric.
CC Very good, I'm sure they'll appreciate
the warda on their good work . Certainly helped to have it
out there to keep you comfortable.
SPT Yeah, there's only one little spot that's
not too well covered, and unfortunately it was ri~ht by my
sleep com partment.
CC Yeah, they arran ~ ed that specifically for you,
Ed.
SPT I believe it .
SPT The only thing to look forward t o , Crip,
1. a bigp.er and better one.
CC Roger, that .
CC Okay, we're 1 minute from LOS. Next station
contact ia through Carnarvon in 24 minutes at 16 : 41. 16:41.
See you there.
SP! Roger, see you ther e .
SPT It's been a real useful mac hine, Crip, hate
to think we t re the last guys to use it.
ec Yes, yes, well, it certainl y - certainly di d
a good job . Served its purpose .
CC Along with some real fine gu ys running it
for us up there, we appreciate al l the good work.
SPT That's the whole NASA team that did that .
PAO Thi s is Skylab Co ntr o l ! Sky lab moved out
of ran g e of the Ascension station. Ne xt acquisition is
Carnarvon in 21~1/2 minutes. The fly ar o und o f the workshop
is endin~ at this time. And in about 4 minutes at 11 hour s
Greenwi c h mea n tim e . the y 'l l perform the sepa r ation maneuver
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with the command and service module. Present orbit for

both the workshop and the CSK i . 283 by 269 atatute mllea
or 453 by 430 kilometers. Separation maneuver 1. 5 feet
per second u81n~ the reaction control system of the service
module, 12-aecond burn. Resulting orbit 1s expected to
be 283 by 267 statute miles lowerln~ perigee by 2 ml1ea or
about 453 by 427 kilometers. This burn takes place outside
of trackinR station . gpacecraft viII be about 400 miles
southwest of Cape Town, South Africa at the t1me of the
maneuver . At 10 hours 57 minutes Greenwich mean t1me, this
is Skylab Coritrol.

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SL-IV ~C -2955/1
Time : 06:16 COT, 85:11:16 GMT
2/8/74

PAO This is Sky lab Control at 11 tiours

16 minutes Greenwich mean time. Skylab coming up on
acquisition through Carnarvon for a lO-minute pass. We'll
get a report at this station on the separation maneuver.
CC Skylab, Houston. We're AOS Csrnarvon
8 minutes .
PLT Roger, Crip .
CC Okeydoke . And if you get a chance, we
would appreciate a sep burn status.
CDR Roger, Crip. The sep burn was on time.
And the yaw was 3 degrees rather than 1 de~ree . And that
was it. There were no residuals.
CC Copy. Sounds good .
CC Skylab, Houston. You are GO for the
shap ing burn . And, incidentally , you have had that little
note on the top of 44, that sunset times are not co rrect on it.
Sunset com ing up here will be at 16 : 50 . And over Guam,
after we get the shaping burn out of the road, if we can
we'd like to get the logic sequencer checks in. And the
c he c klist f or that is at the top of 4-5.
CDR All right, sir. We'll be ready.
CC Okeydoke.
CC CDR, Houston . We show the error
needle s peg~ed at this time. A VERB 61 should g ive you
the G&N erro r needle.
CDR Okay .
CC We are 1 minute from LO S. Next stati on
co ntact is through Guam in 4-1/2 minut e s at 16 :5 5. 16 : 55 .
CDR You still with us, Crip?
CC That's a ffirm.
CDR Lo oks like BAT A mi~ht be actin~
up again .
CC Copy.
CDR I put BAT C on.
CC We th i n k it may b e be cause we did
not charge BAT A. We (garble) co ntact goi n~ over
hill.
PAO This is Skylab Control . Carnarvon
has 10s8 of signal. Next stati o n is Guam in 3 minute s .
The separation - or t h e shaping maneuver will occ ur over
the Guam s tation. This is a se rvice propulsion system
burn. the main comm and and service module's en ~ i n e. Burn ti me
12 seconds. Chan~e in velocity 279 feet per secon d.
We e xp ect the resulting o r bit to be 267 b y 104 sta tut e mile s
o r 428 by 166 kilometers. Just be fo re 1 08s of sl~ n al . Jerry
Carr reported it looked like battery A was acting up again
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say8 that his iustruMentation Itill shows good contact

through that circul~ breaker that Va. the subject of
troubleshooting a few days ago and that he believea
what the commander 1 y1ng 1. because battery A
has not been ch.r~ed. About a minute aWay from Gua .
We'll stand by. A shaping maneuver ignition t1me 1s
11 hours 32 minutes 54 seconds Greenwich mean t1me. We're
now at 11 hours 30 minutes Greenwich aean time.

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SL-IV MC2956/1
Time: 06:30 COT, 85:11:30 GMT
2/8/74

CC Skylab, Houston. We're AOS Guam. 8

minutes.
PAO The atation at Guam i8 having problems
acquiring the CSH.
CC Skylab. Houston. We are with you through
Guam for 7 minutes.
CC Skylab, Houston. We're looking at the
residuals. W~'d like - like to get the DELTA-V 1f we could.
The counter. that Is .
CDR Okay. The counter 18 reading 14.8 at
40 plus 45 seconds after the burn. I gave you the time because
of the DELTA-V bias. Okay. It's here down 44's.
CC CDR. Houston. Jer . when you can get to i t .
we are ready for the logic sequence of checks procedure on
the top of 4-5.
CDR Roger, Crip.
PAO This 18 Skylab Control. The shaping
maneuver appears to have been a ~ood one. We did not have
data in the Control Center during the burn due to the problem
Guam had in lo c king up with the command service module.
CDR Okay. Houston, this is Sky!ab. We're
ready to throw the CEX logic on.
CC You're GO.
CDR They're on.
CC Okay. Let us take a look at it .
CDR Okay. Standing by.
CC Skylab, Houston. Looks good here. You
are GO for POWER ON as required.
CDR Roger, Crip. Thank you.
CC We got about 3-1/2 more minutes and we'd
like to hear a little bit more about the BAT A problem if you
got time.
PLT Okay, Crip. With a putting main BUS
tying BAT AlB on, I -did not Ret an appreciable rise in current.
It may be right . It may have not - not have enough capacity to
show. But I didn't want to take any chances, so I went ahead
and then punched BAT e on and we burned that in confiRuration
with BAT BUS A power by BAT A and BAT C.breakers anyway, a nd in
BAT BUS B powered by BAT B.
CC Copy .
CC PLT, Houston. Bill, are you stl11 in
configuration such that you've got BAT e on BAT BUS A or did
you return and put BAT A on?
PLT I returned to the original configuration -
the nominal configuration.
ec Thank you, sir.
CC PLI, Houston. Let us check it out. Woul d
you throw the Ale motor switch on up?
CC (Garble), right.
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PLT Okay. Ale 1s golng to go on now. And I

did get a small rise in current that time but it still reads
on zero just off a full scale low. It looks like it is working.
CC Okay. Welre about 40 seconds from LOS.
Next station contact in 24 minutes through MILA at 17:28,
17:28.
PLT And Crip. if you're happy. I'll go ahead
and turn that switch back off again.
CC You're CO to do that.
PLT Roger. , Going off now.
ee Okay. Bill. We show it's about 2 amps
here and we think that BAT A is fine.
PLT Okay.. Thank you.
PAD This i8 Skylab Control. Guam has 1088 of
signal. The next station will be the Merritt Island, Florida
station in 22-1/2 minutes with overlapping coverage through
Bermuda. The Goldstone station will be devoted to the Saturn
workshop on this pass over the United States and will not
acquire the command and 8ervice modules. The next maneuver schedule
is the deorbit burn. retrofire. at 14 hours 36 minutes Green-
wich mean time. The present time 1s 11 hours 42 minutes
Greenwich mean time and this 1s Skylab Control.

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5L-IV MC2957/1
TIME: 06:55 CDT , 85:11:55 GMT
2 / 8/74

PAO this 1s Sky lab Control at 11 hours S5 minutes

Greenwich mean time. Saturn workshop 1s approachlri~ acquisition
throu,h Goldstone . The crew in tha command and service modules
about 8 minutes away from Merritt Island acquisition. While
the three space veterans circle the Earth 1n the Apollo
spacecraft flight control~er8 here on the ground have beRun
extensive tests on the Saturn workshop . During the remainder
of the day and until about 2 p . m. central dayl1Rht t1me
tomorrow the workshop will be 8ubjected to tests that werenlt
possible while the Skylab was atlll in use. Some tests began
earlier this week, and the first results held 80me surprises for
eORineera here on the ground. A battery capacity teat run
on power conditioning group number 6, one of the large electrical
storage batteries powered by the orbital workahop solar wing
s howed the battery capable of storing 33-1/2 ampere hours.
Since the battery was rated at 33 ampere houra before launch,
engineers were expecting it to have a reduced capacity, probably
about 26 amp hours. The PCG, first of the eight to be tested,
is performing better now than it was rated to perform 9
months ago. Tests of several other batteries among the 18
charger battery regulator modules powered by the four-bladed
solar array on the Apollo telescope mount was also uade this
past week. Their CBRMs alao surpassed predictions, averaging
about 15 percent better than had been expected from partial
test runs during the second and third manned flights. At
one time the reduced storage capacity of the CBRHs concerned
fli~ht controllers because limited energy supply could have
forced shortened Earth resources surveys. Althou~h the batteries
which are rated at 20 amp hours have dropped to an estimated
12 amp hours had dropped to an estimated 12 amp hours during
the second manned flight about 25 cent - percent below expected
levels. the tests completed this week showed little change
over the past 5 months. The average capacity seen on these
early tests was about 10-1/2 amp hours. Today with the Skylab
astronauts in the command module and traveling in a separate
orbit now from the space station the Saturn workshop can begin
1n earnest. The first major test beginning here shortly at
Goldstone, the number I control moment gyroscope will be powered
up for the first time since it failed 11 weeks ago . On November
23, f o llowing the third Skylab crew's first space walk, Mission
Control's guidance officer saw temperatures ri se to 186 degree s
Fahrenheit and cut power to the large wheel . Without one of
three g y rosco p es the 84-da y flight seemed in danger of an early
end, but the two remaining g yroscopes held up beautifully
despite nearly three dozen stress periods during which control
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of the nitrogen ga. supply which Va. 8 possible " backup to the
more perclse gyroscope control required long hours of plannioR
by the Skylab crew. This morning that long rested CMG
number 1 will be given a test that if tried earlier might
have forced an early end to the now assured 84-day mission.
At - at this tlm., 12 hours GMT, the space station's venting
doors will be opened and the oxygen/nitrogen ataosphere will
be released into the emptiness of apace. The crew turned
the g system8 off yesterday, and the preSSure wa. already
dropping below 5 pounds per square inch before the crew
left. About 11 hour. will be required to drop the pressure to
0 . 5 psi, half a pound, ' after w~lch the venting will be
stopped. In time the remaining atmosphere is expected to
leak slowly into space through . microscopic passages in the
walls and connecting portions of the laboratory. The ventin~
is required to keep leakage from pushing the apace station
out of what is called the gravity gradient position. Fli~ht
controllers hope to leave the dead space station in a stable
attitude so ventinR, which could cause it to tumble. must
be reduced to a mini.um. Although the apace station can
never again be reinhabited, a selection of materials has
been left in the dockin. module in case some future visit
might be made . Like tests today and tomorrow the revisit
bag will aid engineers in the future design of space vehicles.
Crew ' s 2-1/2 minutes away from Merritt Island. So far we're
getting the same kind of currents on CMG number 1 that we
saw at the time it was ahut down. There are no other signs
of failure at this moment. We - we have no wheel speed
indicator on CMG number 1.

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SL-IV MC-2958/1
Time: 07:02 COT. 85:12:02 GMT
2/8/74

PAO This Is Skylab Control. The experts

here on the ground don't expect to have any results of
this CHG number 1 test for a considerable length of time.
They expect to see the high amps that they are now seeing
for a neveral - another ~~veral hours as they spin up that
gyro.
ce Skylab, Houston. We're AOS through MILA.
We've got you for about 8 minutes .
CDR Roger. Crip .
CC One item for Bill. If - we think there's
no problem at all with that battery A. hut if you have any
doubts when you're comln~ up for this next burn. you have
a GO to go ahead and put PYRO BAT A on BAT BUS A.
PLT Understand.
CC Roger. And, of course. if you did that
then anything that was called out to 'do. BAT A, go ahead and -
Go ahead and do it the PYRO BAT A.
CC Heard you - Heard you guys thou~ht
that - got quite a kick from SPS when you were doin~
rendezvous. How does it feel after you've been up there for
about 84 days.
CDR It's a real grabber .
CC Got your attention. huh?
CDR Yes, indeed.
CC Keeping you up-to-date with what's
goin~ on with your ex-home. We have now commanded CMG I
on. And we're sitting here looking at it. We're not
sure really what's happeninJt. though.
CDR Is it spinning up?
CC Can't really tell at this particular
po in t .
CDR Yes. We knew we had lost the tachometer
on i t . So we haven't really got that. We're just having
to watch the wheel currents.
CDR From the ground now.
ee Say. again.
CDR It looks like we're going to scrape
the ground we're getting 80 low.
ce Aha, you've been use to flying up
there pretty hi~h.
CDR Almost looks like we're lookin~ out
the cockpit of a T-38.
CC Roger . I've forgotten what that looks
like. also.
CC Skylab. Houston. We are 1 minute
from LO S. Next station conta c t will be through Carnarvon
in 42 minutes. That's at 18:16. And j ust a matter of
information, your next senset time will be 18 : 21.
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cnR Thank you, Crip. Talk to you then

ce ROR.
ec And, a .atter of intereat , you're
5 minutea from perigee, atill g01nR down. So per1gee's
runnin~ riRht around 90 miles here.
SPT Better suck up our landing gear , I
Ruess.
CC (Laughter) Roger.
cnR Boy" the ground really moves a lot
faster down this low.
CC Roger that.
PAO This is Skylab Control . Bermuda ha.
108s of .iRnal . Next acquisition through the Carnarvon
station In 39 minutea . The crew heading toward perigee
in this new orbit aince the ahaping .aneuver , remarking
o n how low they aeem. Perigee 1a about 9~ 'miles nautical.
And thatfa about 104 atatute milea or 166 kilometera But,
to the crew, who haa been in a much higher orbit for the
l.at 3 montha, that .eema pretty low . At 12 hours
13 minut Greenwich mean tl.e, thia i. Skyl.b Control.

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SL-IV MC2959/1
Time: 07:51 CDT, 85:12:51 GMT
2/8/74

PAO This 1s S~ylab Control at 12 hours 51

minutes Greenwich mean time. Spacecraft 1s about to be
acquired at CarnarvoD"Australia station.
CC Skylab, Houston. AOS Carnarvon for 7
minutes .
CDR Roger, Crip.
CC Rog. We'd be interested in hearing the
results of the SCS BMAG 2 drift check and also P52 if you've
got it in.
CDR Haven't done BHAG 2. Stand by. I'll
get you BMAG 1. Okay. NOUN 20, 14.03, 130.70 and 0.89.
On the thumb wheels, it waS 16.8, 132.4 and 2.1. delta-T was
32 minutes.
CC Could you read us X roll again , please?
CDR Read what again?
CC Read roll.
CDR Okay. Roll was - NOUN 20 was 14.03 and
on the thumb wheel, it was 16.8.
CC Okay. We got i t . Thank you.
CDR Roger.
CDR Crip', do you want me to go ahead and do
a BRAG check On 1 8S well?
CC No, that's not required.
CDR Okay.
CC Did you get a P52 in?
CDR Sure did. Stand by. I'll get you that.
CC Okeydoke. Appreciate i t .
SPT Oh, negative , Crip. You've all ready got
that P52. We're going to get one at this next night period.
CC Rog, rog.
ee Skylab, Houston. I can give you a little
update on the weather. As I told you earlier, it's really
looking good out there. Clouds - got a high cirrus broken
layer and visibility's 10 miles, wind is out of the north-
northeast at 10 knots, got I-foot waves on 3-foot swells.
Temperature's about 59 degrees .
CDR Hey, that's good landlubber weather there.
ec Rog. It's always ' nice 1n southern California.
CC Skylab, Houston. We're 1 minute from
LOS. See you at Guam in 7-1/2 minutes at 18:30, 18:30 .
CDR Roger, Crip.
CC And we see your 52 in progress .
PAO T.h is is Sky1ab Control. Carnarvon has
loss of signal. Next station is Guam in 5 minutes. At
13 hours Greenwich mean time , this 1s Sky lab Control.
PAO This is Sky1ab Control at 13 hours 4 minutes
Greenwich mean time . Skylab coming up on acquisition through
Guam
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ee Skylab, Houaton. We're AOS through

Guam for 6 minute. and ve w the re.ult. of the P52 80 we
won't need that.
8PT Roger, Crip.
CC And 1f you've gotten around to looking at
it yet. w. would be intereated to know whether eM Res preheat's
going to be required.
SPT Okay. Stand by, Crip. We're working 80mathing
here and we'll sat back to you.
ee Okay.
CDR Okay, Crip. No preheat 1s required.
CC Copy that.
ce Skylab. BOUlton. We are 1 minute from
LOS. Next station contact in 20 minutes throu~h Goldstone
at 18:55. And ve'll be atanding by for the command module
ReS activation at the States and I'll a110 have a naw entry pad
for you there.
SPT Okay. Crip.
ee W. copy you're at ill in PR!E and you're
drifting out of attitude atarting T20. you mi~ht want to go to CHe
AUTO.
SPT Thank you. Crip.
PAO Thi. 1. Skylab Control. Guam ha. 1088
of siRnal. Acquiaition through Goldstone ln 18 minutea. At
13 houra 13 .1nutes Greenwlch .ean time. this 1. Skylab
Control.

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Ti : 08:55 CDT, 85:13:55 CMT
2/8/74

PAO This 1a S~yl.b Control at 13 hours

55 minut;. Gr .llvich m.an tta. . We're cOllina up on the
final track1nl atation paa. of this . i loD, the tracking
ship Venluard . Stand by for that .
CC Skylab, Houston. AOS the Vanguard.
W.'ve lot you for about 3 ainutea.
CDR Roser, Crip . You got any updates to
our NOUN 47 and 48?
CC No updates. What you've lot 18 good .
Regarding the 81 - -
CDR Okay.
ec - - Resarding the situation on the
eo.mand aodule ReS leak that we reported to you earlier.
it ia atill leaking and what we would 11ke for you to do
1. to go ahead and co ' in uaing rins 1. That'. the cur-
rent conflauration you're in, that switch 18 atill closed,
the one which we had. you close rlier. Command aodule Res
propellant 2 . And you can 80 ahead and leave t he jet select
configuration a. you've lot it per noraal .
eDa Okay . Leave the jet 8elect up for -
.et up for ring 2 and jU8t 'leave the propellant 8witch OFF.
ee That'. affirm. And - I guess, right
now we're not aure whether it's propellant or the helium
coming down . We show that ,t his heliua will be depleted in
about 1 hour . You can monitor your helium . ource pressure
and manifold presaure . If the source become less than mani-
fold. that tell. you that you do have blow-down c apability,
and th.t i helium le.k . And if you need - need to select
it well i t ' . there available to you.
CDR Ok.y. Do you w.nt u. to test out both
ring. when ve get into the ReS checkout ?
ee Negative . Ring I only.
eDR Okay.
ec Also, right .fter the retroburn we're
going to h.ve you in an ARIA p . At that time we
would appreciate getting a readout on your helium source
and manifold pressurea.
ec For ring 2.
CDR Okay . We' r e t08.ing f e w more ic e
crystala now.
CC Copy that. And alao when we go LOS
here, we'd appreciate it if Bill would go ah e ad and sele c t
OMNI DELTA so we can be c on f igured for the ARIA pass.
CDR Cop y . OMNI DELTA.
PLT Okay , Crip.
CC We ar e 1 minute from LOS. Should s e e
you on the ARIA in about 37 minutes.
CDR Ok ay. Se. y ou the r e .
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2/8/74

CC Could you read the ring 2 helium source

pressure, please?
CDR Okay, it's about 3450.
SPT Hov's that look to you, Crip? Have you
Been the change?
CC Yeah. it looks like a slow leak in it.
But i t has b~owdovn capability.
CC Skylab. Houston; we reeommend you turn
the eM ResPROPELLANT 2 switch OFP right now.
CDR Okay, it's OPF.
ee Skylab. Hou8ton; we are 1 minute from LOS.
Next station contact in 14-1/2 minutes through the Vanguard
at 19:20. 19 : 20 .
CDR Roger.
PAO This 1s Skylab Control; Merritt Island
station has 1088 of signal. Next acquisition will be
through the tracking ship Vanguard. A very short pass at
the Vanguard, about 2-1/2 minutes. The Vanguard will be the
last tracking station through which we can receive real time
telemetry prior to reentry. skylab has - and the crew haa
completed the laat orbital pass over the United States. There
will be an ARIA aircraft - tracking aircraft, in the area of
the retrofire burn through which voice communicationa can be
relayed and the ARIA can record telemetry but cannot relay
telemetry. Possibility of a leak in the command module reaction
control system ring number 2. The best possibility now 1s that
it ia a helium leak at the source. Helium pressure was noted
dropping. However, the possibility does reDain that it
could be a propellant leak, it's a slow leak. Propellant
leak would also cause the helium pressure to go down. They'll
take another look at that at Vanguard. At 13 hours 46 minutes
Greenwich mean time, this 1s Sky lab Control.

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