Apollo 11 - Touchdown and Radio Transcript

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Author:britoca
Published:2008-05-09 23:37:45

102:45:02 (HHH:MM:SS since mission start) Duke: 60 seconds (of fuel left before t' 'Bingo' call). Ya scallywag! 102:45:04 Aldrin: (Velocity) light's on. 102:45:08 Aldrin: 60 feet, down 2 1/2. Arrr! (Pause) 2 forward. 2 forward. That's good. 102:45:17 Aldrin: 40 feet, down 2 1/2. Pickin' up some dust. 102:45:21 Aldrin: 30 feet, 2 1/2 down. Arrr! (Garbled) shadow. Aye aye! 102:45:25 Aldrin: 4 forward. Begad! 4 forward. Driftin' t' t' right a little. 20 feet, down a half. 102:45:31 Duke: 30 seconds (until t' 'Bingo' call). Avast! 102:45:32 Aldrin: Driftin' forward just a little bit; that's good. (Garbled) (Pause) 102:45:40 Aldrin: Contact Light. 102:45:43 Armstrong (on-board, inaudible): Shutdown 102:45:44 Aldrin: Okay. Engine Stop. Avast, me proud beauty! 102:45:45 Aldrin: ACA out o' Detent. 102:45:46 Armstrong: Out o' Detent. Blimey! Auto. 102:45:47 Aldrin: Mode Control, both Auto. Descent Engine Command Override, matey, Off. Engine Arm, me hearties, Off. Begad! 413 is in. 102:45:57 Duke: We copy you down, Eagle. 102:45:58 Armstrong (on-board): Engine arm is off. (Pause) Houston, Tranquility Base here. Ahoy! T' Eagle has landed. Begad! 102:46:06 Duke: (Momentarily tongue-tied) Roger, me hearties, Twan...(correctin' himself) Tranquility. We copy you on t' ground. You got a bunch o' guys about t' turn blue. We're breathin' again. Begad! Thanks a lot. Ya scallywag! 102:46:16 Aldrin: Thank you.

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