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Time: 07:59 CST 00:13:59 GMT

11/16/73
CC MARK. 1 Oravo.
CDR Roger. 1 nravo.
CC Houston. You arc feet wet and everything
is looking real noed.
CDR Copy, feet wet.
PAO MARK. 1 minu~e 12 seconds. That CAllout
from capcom, nick "'ruly says that Skylab now capable of
water landing. t minute 18 seconds. Skylab passino "'hrough
period of maximwn aerodynamic oressure now. HARR. 1 minute
30 seconds, 9 nautical miles in altitude. 1 minute 35 seconds
passed through max q. Skylab still flying steady and stable
on all eight engines .
CDR EOS Auto off, Houston.
CC Roger, Jp.rry. Stand by for mode I .Charlie.
MARK. 1l ode 1 Charlie.
CDR Roger, Hode 1 rharlie.
PAO MARK. One minute 54 seconds. Status
check in Hission r.,=,ntrol by Flight nirector Phil Shaffer.
Go/No Go for staging_ Giv~n ~ r~ for staginq.
CC Skylab, Houston. You.' re looking good.
You're GO for staging_
CDR Roger.
PAO MARK. 2 minutes 4 seconds. Coming
up now for engine shut down and staging. Skylab now 22 nautical
miles in altitude, 21 nautical miles down range.
CDR Inboard's at 11. .
CC Roger.
CDR N outboard's at 21.
PAO Engine shut down.
PAO S4B has ignited. Two minutes 35 seconds.
36 nautical miles.
CC Sky lab. Houston. The thrust looks good
on S-IVB.
CDR Roger. Looks good here too.
PAO Two minutes 42 seconds. Staging on time.
Carr, Gibson, Pogue now riding on ~ good second stage engine.
Coming up now on launch escape tower jettison. 43 nautical
miles in altitude.
CDR (garble).
CC Roger, C~rr and Gibson. You're mode 2.
PAO Three minutes and 5 seconds. The launch
escape tower now ejected its crew safety rule no longer required.
MARK. Three minutes 15 seconds, 53 nautical miles in altitude,
92 nautical miles down range.
CDR Smooth as glass, Houston.
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Time. 07:57 CST 00:13:59 GMT
ll/16/73
CC Roger. We had a beautiful picture on
TV all the way. It looks real good.
PAO MARK. Three minutes 34 seconds. Commander
Jerry Carr reporting to Dick Truly the flight is smooth as
glass. !-1eanwhile the first stage in launch escape tower is
falling away now heading for their own final splash, Skylab
splashdown. Status check in Mission Control by Flight Director
Phil Shaffer for 4 minutes. f-lARK. Three minutes 52 seconds,
65 nautical miles in altitude.
CC Skylab, Houston. You're GO at 4 minutes.
CDR Roger, lIouston. It looks good here.
PAO MARK. Four minutes 10 seconds, 70 nautical
miles in altitude, 160 nautical miles down range for Skylab.
Carr, Gibson, Pogue now at 72 nautical miles in altitude
. Skylab continuing to climb moving out well beyond the Earth's
atmosphere. We now s~ow a velocity reading of 9864 feet per
second. Data continuing to look: very good here in the rUssion
Control Center. r-mRK. Four minutes 35 seconds. MARK. Four
minutes 40 seconds, 77 nautical miles in altitude, 201 nautical
miles down range. Skylab onboard performance continuing smooth.
Onboard readings show Carr, Gibson, Pogue with their computer
and program 11, the Ea~th orbit insertion program ticking off
their own altitude and velocities. Eighty nautical miles in
altitude.
CC Houston, you're GO in 5 minutes. You're
right on the money.
CDR Roger, IIouston. Looks good.
PAO MARK. Five minutes 5 seconds. Dick
Truly advising Skylab right on the I'1Oney. l'le now show a
velocity reading 11157 feet per second. HARK. 5 Elinutes
20 seconds. Data and 11i8sion Control right on target. Sl':.ylab's
climbed orbii-. c;Jninn exactly to script thusfar. 84 nautical
miles in altitude, 270 nautical miles down range. Velocity
now read ina l1AOl #ep.t: per second. nARK. Five minntes and
40 seconds. Skylab's climb for altitude essentially complete.
Movinq out now for down range distancA ~nn 'e1ocity. We now
show 86 nautical miles in altitude, 313 nautic~l miles down
range. Coming up now in 6 minutes.
~c Skylab, Houston, you're GO at 6 minutes.
CDR Roger, Houston.
PAO MARK. Six minutes 10 seconds. Skylab
now 88 nautical miles in altitude. 560 nautical miles down range.
Carr. Gibson. Pogue now flyinq almost parallel to the Atlantic
below in the heads down position. nisplays show a down range
distance of 382 nautical miles now. MARK. Six minutes 40 seconds.
CDR (garble) Houston.
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Time. 07.59 CST 00.13.59 GMT
11/16/73
CC Roger, we're watching them.
PAO Bermuda has acquired reports procedures.
Coming up now in 1 minutes.
CC Sky1ab, Houston, GO at 1 minutes.
PAO MARK. 7 minutes 10 seconds.
CC Ilouston, we see 4 good gi.Jnbal motors and
good trims.
CDR Roger, Houston.
PAD MARK. 7 minutes 20 seconds. Skylab
velocity building up now. Now reading 16543 feet per second.
Carr, Gibson, Pogue traveling almost parallel to the east coast
of the United states now. Skylab-IV now 540 nautical miles down
range, 88 nautical miles in altitude . MARK. 7 minutes 40 seconds.
Time to go for S-IVB shutdown in 2 minutes.
PAO Status check in IUasion Control. Go/No Go
for 8 minutes.
CC Skylab, Houston. Go in 8 minutes.
CDR Okay.
PAO MARK. Eight minutes 8 seconds. A good
propellant and utilization shift says booster systems engineer.
Given a change fuel and oxidizer ratio for more efficient engine
performance in space. MARK, 8 minutes and 20 seconds, 87
nautical miles in altitude, 679 nautical miles down range now.
Velocity now reading 20062 feet per second. MARK, 8 minutes
30 seconds, 86 nautical miles in altitude, 730 nautical miles
down range now. A status check il) !-lission Control Center
Go/ No Go for passage over Europe. Skylab given a go for
paSSAge over Europe. Range safety concurs with Flight Direc-
tor Phil Shaffer
CDR Houston, we're looking good in 9. minutes.
CC Roger, concur. You're GO in 9 minutes.
We're predicting cut off at 9 plus 37.
CDR Copy, 937.
PAO Predicted time of shutdown 9 minutes .
37 seconds.
CC - - building. Stand by for mode 4 capability.
MARK. Mode 4 capability.
CDR Roger, mode 4.
PAO MARK, 9 minutes 28 seconds. That mode 4
callup from Capcom Dick Truly says Skylab can reach orbit now
on spacecraft power only. Standing by now for S-IVB shutdown.
CDR Cut off at 37.
CC Roger.
PAO Mark, 9 minutes 45 seconds. Shutdown
on time. Standing by for preliminary orbital numbers now
from Sky lab.
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CDR Okay, Houston, we're looking 120.7 by
83.3.
CC Roqer.
PAO Mark, 10 minutes 5 seconds. That is
120.7 nautical miles by 83 nautical miles reports 5kylab-IV
trom their onboard computer readings. A good orbit for the
third Skylab crew. Assuming a good rendezvous and mission.
They can, become the first crew in history to be launched one
year and splash down the riel\t.
cc Confirm, you're GO orbit," You,' re looking
real good.
CDR Roger. Looks 9rea~. , Houston.
PLT Good smooth ride, Houston.
CC Roqer.
CDR Coming at you, 5kylab. .
PAO Mark, 10 minutes 40 seconds. 11e heard
an elated 5kylab-IV crew talking to Capcom Dick Truly.
CC Everything looks ' real good. yOu're GO
for a nominal separation sequence. And be advised we're about
a minute trom LOS . Bermuda. We'll drop out a couple of minutes,
and I'll give you a call at ARIA.
CDR Okay, Houston. 50 long.
CDR This is really great, Dick.
CC Roq. I envy you.
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Time: 08:12 COT, 01:14:12 GIT
11/16/73
CDR Y.s. 1-.his is really great. Dick.
CC Roger. I envy you.
PAO Skyll'lb Control, Houston. 12 minutes,
25 seconds. The Sky lab-IV now in orbit. Preliminary onboard
reading of the orbit -From Skylab-IV showed a 120.7 "'autical
mile by 83 nautical mile orbit.
CC S"kylab, Houston throuqh MIA. How . do
you read?
CDR (qarble)
CC Roger, Jerry" ~le I re hearing a lot of
baCKground noise also, but we're standinn by.
PAO Skylah Control, Houston. 14 minutes
ground-elapsed time now. t~e have acquisition with Skylab IV
through an ARIA aircraft. At this noint, communications -
CDR Now I'm already ~hrough the (aarble).
Our (garble) pressures ~re stabilized. Turning psi off the (garble)
and 16 - 16 psi fuel.
CC Roger. Thank vou.
PAO Communications through ARIA a bit choppy.
cc Sky lab, Houston. ne advised '-/e're unable
to get telemetry through the A.nI1\. lilt this time and - but I'ITl
still standinq by here on voice for the next 4 minutes.
CDR Okay, Houston.
PAO Skylab Control, Houston. 15 minutes
ground elapsed ~i~. A preliminary time of separatinn
maneuver. It's 24 minutes, 59 seconds with a Delta-V of
3 feet per second.
PAO Sky lab Control, Houston. 15 minutes
ground elapsed time. Still voice capability through ARIA
with Skylab-IV. Madrid acquisition in some 3-1/2 minutes.
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SL-IV HC-14/1
THIE: 08:18 CST, 01,14:18 r.ET
11/16/73
PAO Sky lab control, Houston. Seventeen
minutes ground elapsed time. Preliminary radar tracking
now from the Mission r:ontrol Center shows ,Skylab "Ji th
an orbit of 124.8 nautical miles by B3~5 nautical ~iles;
right on the money_
ee Skylab, Houston . In about 15 seconds
we're going to drop out from ARIA. I'll give you a call
about 1 min,..te from now at f1adrid.
CARR Okay, HOllston.
PAD Sky lab control, Houston, at 20
minutes 30 seconds ground elapsed time. Skylab now under
acquisition through Hadrid tracking station.
PAO Data in Mission Control shows Sky lab
maneuvering for a proper separation sequence now, 21 minutes
ground elapsed time.
cc. Skylah, Houston at Hadrid. HQW do
you read?
CARR Roger, Houston, loud and clear. The
burst just coming into sight.
CC Roger. Are we (":.0 for the maneuver?
CARR That's ~ffirmative; qo ahead.
CC Okay, and I've got two pads for you.
The first one is page I-Alpha of the Rendezvous Book. It's
the backup GDC align pad.
CARR Okay, stand by.
CARR The flaw panels are all open, the
deployment looks normal.
CC Roger, thank you.
CARR Can we hold off on that pad, Houston?
We got to do a few loadings here.
CC Roger, Skylab. \'le're about a minute
from LOS. ARIA comes up at 52. If somebody has the
launch book out at these - correction, it's on page I-Alpha
of the Rendezvous Book. If you get a chance I'll read it
up to you. And, Skylab, Houston. \'lhen' you go LOS Iladrid
request omni Delta, that ' ll help us out \'1ith the ARIA
pass coming up at 52.
CARR noger. Omni Delta. I'm on page
1-h1ph4 and ready to copy.
CC Okay, here we go. Stars 11, 12, 1007,
0184, 0211. Over.
CARR Nould you read that again? I \'Ia5
looking at the wrong box, Dick.
CC Okay. Stars - -
CARR Which - which box are you reading?
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TIME: 08:18 CST, 01114:18 GET
11/16/73
CC This is backup GDC align pad.
CARR Okay, just read the whole thing "over
real q:uick.
CC Okay. 11/12, 1007, 0184, 0211, over.
CARR Roger. 11/12, 1007, 0184 , 0211.
CC Good readback. Turn to page 5-Alpha,
maybe I can get the launch rendezvous realgn pad up to
you also.

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SL-IV ":-15/1
TIME. 08.25 CST, 01.14.25 GET
11/16/'73
PAO Skylab control, Houston, 24 minutes
qround elapsed time. Skylab-IV has n"" had loss of signal
through Madrid. We presently show a tracking- here in the
Mission Control Center. Skylab in a very good orbit. The
present orbitel reedings are 124.8 nautical miles by 83.5
nautical miles. Skylab-IV represents this countries. 30th
manned flight. This includes 6 Mercury missions, 10 Gemini
missions, 11 Apollo missions, and this being the t hird
manned Skylab mi88ion. We n"" switch to the Kennedy Launch
COntrol for an announcement. ' .
SPEAKER The following is a message from the
President of the United States; .Richard Nixon, which he
sent to the crew fo11""ing launch. Final manned flight
of the Skylab program should brinq to a close the single
most productive program in the history of man's quest
for kn""ledge about himself and his world.. The crew of
Skylab win mark in space the 16th anniversi ty of the
United States first faultering step tOOfard the heavens.
From the launch of a 30-pound space satellite, ''Ie have
progressed to exploration of . the lIDon in order to determine
Earth's place iJl the universe. And now "Ie are movinq to
determine and perhaps to assert man's role in the universe.
Ae we are grateful for the success ' of our .previous ventures
into space and as we look to the success of that which is
imminent, let us never take for granted the skill and
courage and devotion of those who labor in behave of the
U.S. Space Program. While Qur sense of startle wonder
at reachinq the fron~i.Ts of space may have diminished with
familiarity, let "Hilt ye~ pause t" reflect upon what we have
done, asking God's ble88i~q upon our effort and God's grace
upon those who br"vel~' pla~A " their lives at the service
of peace for all mankin~. "'"ha~ " concludes the messaqe.
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jSL-IV MC16/1
Time. 08.27 COT, 01.14.27 G/IT
11/16/73
PAD Skylab Control, Houston. 27 minutes
ground elapsed time. 011r next acquisition with Skylab will
be in approximately 75 minutes; this being through an ARIA
aircraft. 27 minutes. nET, this is Skylab Control, IIouston.
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SL-IV MC17/1
Time: 08:52 COT, 01:14:52G!!T
11/16/73

PAD SJ:.ylab Control, Houston. 51 minutes

Ground Elapsed Time. Skylab-IV, now in it's first revolution
around the Earth.. '-le' 11 stand by now and keep the line open
for possible voice acquisition ,'lith Skylab through the ARIA
aircraft. Sky lab presently passing -over ~e Indian Ocean.
CC Sky lab. H"":uston through ARIA. 110\-' do
you read?
CDR Houston, (garble)
CC Skylab, Houston. Let's try again on
transmitting. \'JAtre through ARIA. "I1ow do you read?
CDR Hello, Houston. Houston. i ~ s ARIA
weak but clear.
CC Roger, Jerry. I also he~-' ~~U weak, but
clear. That first transmission was ~ut out and ''Ie were in-
terested in your SEP burn status and also how the purge burn
went.
CDR Roger. The seoar~ion burn was on time
and worked out, just fine.. \'l e had a little anomaly on the
separation. No big thinq. In quad primary propellant, quad
Charlie went barberpole and in the secondary, quad Alfa and
Bravo went barberpoled. Ne've reset them back to gray and
everything's in good shape. And right "at the moment, we're
in a P52 option 2. We're going to try to get that tied up here. "
CC Roger. Roger, Jerry, copy. And how
about the first burns, how did they go?
CDR First burns went fine. In fact, I gave
it a good solid 2 seconds on each one.
ec Skylab, Houston. Since you're doing the
P52 option 2 now, I will not read up this launch rendezvous
realign pad that I fail to get up at l~adrid. And if you have "tine
and have any data for us on the P52's or any of the other checks
here at ARIA, give me a call. l'le've still qot you for several
minutes.
PAO Sky lab control, Houston. S6 rninutes
Ground Elapsed Time. Still under acquisition "ith Sky1ab-IV
through ARIA. Iqe now show an orbit for Sky1ab-IV of 125.8
nautical miles by 84 nautical miles. The quads referred to
were the service module RCS quads. Jerry Carr reported that
during the separation sequence, that they - three of the quads,
one in the primary, two in the secondary, had barberpoled.
However, all three quads were reopened. A minor anomaly,
which occurred during a very successful separation sequence.
Preliminary number show our first phasing burn, the NC-lbburn is
scheduled to take place at 2 hours, 21 minutes, 58 seconds
with a Delta-V of 33.8 feet per second and this should provide
a resulting orbit of 125.8 nautical miles by 101.4 nautical miles.
These are preliminary numbers and will be refined and updated
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Time: 08:52 COT 01:14:52 GMT
11/16/73
by the Flight Dynamics Officer here in the IHssion Control
Center. We show a Ground Elapsed Time now of 57 minutes.
CDR Houston, Skylab. I "fm going to (garble)
CC Roger, Jerry. Go ahead. You are weak
but I'm ready to copy_
CDR Okay. Detecting for option 3. Stars, 04
and 14, NOUN 05, all zips, NOUN 93, plus 00.03 - . -
CC Skylab, Houston . You cut out. \,le're
about 45 seconds from ARIA, LOS. I'll call you at Texas at
1 plus 32 and get the P52 information. Out.
PAO Skylab Control, Houston. One hour, 3
minutes Ground Elapsed Time. Out of range now with ARIA.
Next station to acquir~ Skylab IV ' will be Texas in 29 minutes".
One hour, 3 minutes GET, this is Skyl.ab Con~rol, Houston.

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 SL-IV "C18/1
TII1E: 09.32 CST, 01.15:32 GET
11/16/73
PAO Skylab Con~r"l, Houston at 1 hour
31 minutes around elapserl i~e. S~a"~in9 by now for
. acquisit-ion with Skylab IV throngh ""exas track.ing statinn.
Less than a minute aw~y now from acquisition throuQh Texas.
CC Skylab, Houston, at TexAs for 5 minu~es.
CDR Hello, Houston, Sr.ylab. We're reading
you loud and clear.
CC Roger, Jerry. And 1 didn't copy any
of that P52 informat.ion. It's on page .1-2, I'd like to get
that. And then 1 've got an nCl preliminary pad.
COR Okay, I've got two P52's and a COAS
line of sight to read to you.
ce Standby for a second.
CDR Alright first. 852 is option 3, stars
04 and 14, the noun 05's were all zips, the noun 93 was
plus, all balls 37, all balls and minus all balls 211,
torque time was 00492500. The option two for the P52 - -
CC COR, Houston.
CDR Go shead.
CC Roger, we'd like to qet you in T52
so we can downlink the REFS~mAT and then keep on reading.
CDR Okay. Okay, YQ.u 're in it.
CC Okay, and I'm ready to copy_
CDR Okay, the option 2 was the same two
stars, 04 and 14. Noun 05 was all balls, noun 93 plus
00422 minus 00290 plus 00027. Torquing time 00561300.
CC Okay, and go ahead with the COAS
line of determination.
CDR Okay, the COAS line of sight was
35993, 57156.
CC Okay, Jerry 1 got it. And turn a couple
of pages, I've got a preliminary Mel pad for you.
CDR Ready to copy, Dick.
CC Okay, noun 95, 002, 215800, plus 0340,
plus 4 balls, minus 0160, 179, 011, 002, 0253, 0002, weight
32813, trims plus 116 plus 064; star check 042856150. Go
go
ahead.
CDR Okay, Houston, 002215800 plus 0340,
all balls, minus 0160, 179, 011, 002, 0253, 0002, the
weight 32813, plus 116, plus 064, star check 042856150.
CC Roger, good readback. I have two
remarks, Jerry. First is there's no plane change required
today. And a second, there'll be a dark horizon on the
38 degree window mark at ignition. And Sky lab , !louston. We
have the REFSMMAT. You can qo back to P20.
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TIME: 09.32 CST, 01:15:32 GET
11/16/73
CDR Roger.
CC Skylab, Houston. 00 you have a tracker
light showing on the a DSKY?
CDR That's affirmative, Houston.
CC Roger, thank you. And have you done the
EMS DELTA-Vs and no bias check or - - Over.
CDR Yes, sir, we have. The Delta-V check
after 10 seconds it stopped at minus 21.8, that's in good
shape. The no bias check , was 97.9.
CC Roger, 97.9. We're going LOS' shortly
here at Texas. I'll give you a call at Madrid about 13
minutes from now.
CDR Okay, Dick, just a quick word. The'
secondary glycol loop check, I couldn't get any steam pressure
on the evaporator. I discontinued the check, and that's
on page 3-5.
CC Roger, thank you.
PAC Skylab Control, Houston at 1 hour 39 ' minutes
ground elapsed time. Sky lab IV has now passed out of acquisition
range. Next station to acquire will be !-Iadrid in approximately
12-1/2 minutes. Meanwhile we've received a report from the
surgeon on heart rates at ti.me of lift-off. At the moment
of lift-off Commander Jerry Carr's heart rate read 104,
Science Pilot Ed Gibson's read 98, and Pilot Dill Pogue 111.
Maximum hear trates during power flight experienced by all
three ranged between 115 and 116. We're now at 1 hour
30 minus - 39 minutes ground elapsed time. This is Skylab
control, Houston.
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SL_IV MC-19/1
T1me: 09:51 CST 01:15:51 ~~
11/16/73
Pl\O Skylab Control, Houston at 1 hour
50 minutes ground e1asped time. Sky1ab-IV now approachinq
acquisition less than a minute away from acquisition now
throuqh nadrid trackinq station. The preliminary llCl pad
reads as follows: Two hours 21 minutes 58 seconds ground
elapsed time for the maneuver with a Delta V of 37.6 feet
per second, a burn time of 2 seconds . We'll stand by now
and keep the line open for contact between Capcom Dick Truly
here in the niBsion Control Center and the crew of Skylab~IV.
CC Skylab, Houston at l1aclrid for . 5 minutes.
CDR Hello, Houston, Skylab loud and clear.
On this tracker light situation, we've gone' into G&N malfunction
number 10. And we came out in box number 4. Charlie and
registe r number 1 in box number 3 and read the number 2.
CC Roqer.
CC Sky1ab, lIouston. In block 6, did you
move the optic 0 switch out of 0 and back: to 0 or did you
just leave it there?
CDR Ne moved it out for 15 seconds and then
back in again.
CC OJ~ay, thank you. While "le're thinking
about this, I have qot a final llCI pad for y'ou paqe 1-5.
And we would like accept so we can qive you a vector.
CDR Okay, you've got accept.
CC Roger. Are you Inn'!' ! " .. -t the HC-l pad?
con Ready to copy.
CC Roger . Therp. -re only two changes, so
I will just read you the changes to saVp. so~e time. The noun
22 pitch should read 013. And thp. A~a~ chAck, I'll qive you
the new star check information. It is s fol10\'I S: star 04
2884, 151. Over.
COR ' Okay. And the new pitch angle Nom~ 22 is 013.
The star data is 04?'OR.4. 15.1.
CC Roger. And when \V'e get some more tine,
it is not a big hurry, "le'll have some quostions on the secondary
glycol loop. There is one switch we would like to get thrown
on panel 2. It' s the secon~ary coolant loop pump switch to off.
PLT That's already been done.
CC Okay, thank you very much.
PLT Dick, what we were doing there, Ed and
I "ere p1ayinq with the system a little bit. l1e got the thinq
to hold a good steam pressure by manually selecting the adapt
reset switch and holding it. nut we could not qet the evap
temp down. However, we stopped working on that \'1hen we had
the other problem, and then I powered it down just about the
time we were having AOS.
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Time: 09:51 CST 01:15:51 r~~
11/16/73
CC Roger, understand.
CDR Okay, and Dick, I have got the GDC/Ir>ru
comparison results for you.
CC Roqer, ready to copy. Go ahead.
CDR Okay NOUN 20s are 19063; 16146, 35948,
the tumbwheels are 119.7 I 162.7, 3~9. 5, ' and the Delta Twas
40000. .
CC Roger copy. Thank you' very much. now
is everybody liking zero 9 today?
COR I'll tell you, it's neat, Dick. It's
really neat.
PLT It's a great world.
CDR You've got three happy rookies up here.
ce Great.
SPT We can't hardly take our eyes away from
the window, there are nose smears all over the windows.
CC Roger. Sounds like fun. \'le' re about to
have a keyhole here at Madrid, probably about 45 . seconds.
I may drop out . I'll give you a call when we're out of the
keyhole.
CDR Okay, are you through the (garble)?
CC Not yet.
CDR Roger, gOing to block.
CC Roqer.
CC Skylab, HOllston, we've looked at the
bird. You're GO for that NC-l burn.
CDR Roger, thank you.
CC Skylab, Houston one more question. When
you went through the mal and you went to block 6 in the mal
did the tracker light ever go out?
CDR NegAtive, Houston.
CC Okay.
CDR l'lhen we get time after nC-l we ought to
try it again.
CC Okay. One more question. Did you hit
. the reset in block 6.
COR Negative.. l'le - or that is affirmative.
l1e did hi t the reset a little later.
CC Okay, fine. lie're going to be LOS here
at l>1adrid in about 25 seconds. ARIA comes up at 2 plus 26.
CDR Okay.
PLT Okay, Dick, let me give you a couple of
words on the RCS checkout. We've qot numbers for the
helium type pressures Alfa Bravo Charlie of 3950, Delta was
4000 (garble) was 4050, and the CM helium manifold was 107
like we had on the pad.
CC Okay, good. I've got that.
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Time. 09:51 CST 01:15.51 GMT
11/16/13
PAO Skylab Control Jlouston, 1 hour 57 minutes
ground elapsed time. ''Ielve had loss of siqnal now with Skylab-IV
through nadrid. Next acquis'ition will be through an ARIA
aircraft in approximately 28 minutes. . During that last pass
Skylab-IV was given a GO for the first phasing burn, the NC-l
burn now scheduled to take place at 2 hours 21 minutes 59 s .e conds
ground elapsed time. And during our discussions "lith the crew,
Jerry Carr, Ed Gibson, Bill Pogue, the crew was going through
some ~lfunction or troubleshooting procedures associated with
~e OCDU, the optics coupling display unit. This is part of the
guidance and navigation system, which provides coordinated
. data from ~e G&" equipment. I~e're at l hour 58 minutes
ground elapsed tiMe and this is Skylab Control, Houston.
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 Sr.-IV MC20/l
TIME: 10:06 CS.T , 01:16:06 GET
11/16/73
PAO This is Skylab Control, Houston at
2 hours 5 minutes 9round elapsed time. We have an announce-
ment to make . There will be a news conference with the
three wives of the Skylab IV astronauts at 1 p.m. eastern
standard time today. I repeat, 1 p.m. eastern "standard
time today at the Holiday Inn, Coca Beach, Florida. That's
at 1 p.m. eastern time, Holiday Inn, Coca Beach, Florida.
This is Skylab Control, Houston .
END OF TAPE

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 SL-IV ~IC21/l
Time: 10:26 COT, 01:16:26 GMT
11/16/73
PAO This is Sky lab Control, Houston at 2
hours, 25 minutes Ground Elapsed Time. We're standing by
now for acquisition with Skylah-IV through ARIA. AC~lisition
is scheduled for less thn a minute 8'-Iay now. At the time
we pick up Skylah IV, r~-l maneuver should have been completed,
changing the orbit. And when we last spoke with the crew
aboard Sky lab IV. the crew was in the process of sorting out
A program "larm on the coupling display uriit fail. At this
point .. ,~ ~nn' t know if this was brouqht about through in-
strument:ations, ".lhich hardware . or sof~ware; and depending nn
what the nature of the pr oblem is, \ole' 11 bring about whal;. the
workout - the work around solution might be.
ron - - (aarble)
PAO In any case, the guidance and naviqation
problem -
CC Skylah, Houston in ARIA for 7 minutes.
Standing by for your NC-l burn status report.
CDR Okay, Skylab, Read you loud and clear.
CC Rnqer and we're standinq for your HC"':l
status "'eport.
rDR Houston, the burn was on time. The Delta-VC
was minus 10.4. The attitude was from the pad and \'19 worked the
pads down to 81, 42. 1.2 and o ~nd that was one heck of a
kick in the pants.
rc 'P'-.ger, Jerry. I liid not copy your HOUN 85.
Would you say those .a gain, please?
CDR Okay. Right now I'm going ~o repeat the
prior pass. Thp. burn was on time Delta-V Charlie - minus 10.4.
Attitude nominal. NOUN 85, 1.2, plus 0.2, 000.
ce Roger. Copied. And Jerry, another
question - lIow did the P-52 option 3 no?
con Okay. Uent real well. 1'11 read that
to you.
CC Okay, qo ahead.
CDR (garble) Rtars number 02 and 04. noUN
OS, was all balls. No, 093 plus, all balls, 45. 11inus
all balls, 2 minus all balls, 15, (aarble), torque 02, 08, 47,00.
ec Roger. Nould you say again, please.
HOUN 93, yankee. OVer. .
eDR Understand you want nOUN 93 Yankee minus
00028.
CC Roger, Jerry. I qat it. Thank you very
much.
CDR Okay. Boy, that burner is a real kick in
the pants.
CC Roger. Sounds like tun.
'-- -
CDR (Garhle) tracker light problem is now off too.
after we did that P-52, tracker light went out. Everything
seems to be copacetic.

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 SL-IVMC2l!2
Time. 10.26 CDT. 01.16.26 GMT
11/16/73

ce Roger, Jerry. That's real good.

CC CDR, Houston.
CDR Go ahead, Houston .
CC Roger. About a rev ago or 80, you read me
the EMS Delta-V check Tesult and you read me a 97.9. We're
assuming that you started the test at minus 100 and it ended
I up at minus 97.9. Would you confirm " that "please, sir?
CDR That's affirmative, Dick.
CC Okay. Jerry. Thank you.
CC Skylab, Houston. ''Ie Ire 1 minute. from
LOS at ARIA. I'll call you at Goldstone at 3.02.
r.OR Roger, Houston. So long.
CC Roger. .
PAO Skylab Control, Houston at 2 hours,
34 minutes Ground Elapsed Time. Out of acquisition range
now with Skylab IV throuqh the ARIA aircraft. The next
station to acquire will be Goldstone in approximately
27-1/2 ~inutes. We heard on this pass over ARIA, Commander
Jerry Carr describe the first phasing burn also the guidance
and navigation problem involving the optics coupling display
unit. Turns out to be an instrumentation problem in the
'- system. In any case, the problem has gone away. It surmised
here that the worst situation that could develop now that the
symptoms are known, would be a failure "of the failure detection
system of the system. tole' r~ 2 hours, 35 minutes Ground Elapse
~ime. " Standing by at 27 from this time, we should have
acquisition again with Skylab IV through Goldstone. This
is Skylab Control, " Houston.
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SL-IV MC22/l
TII'.E. 11.01 CST, 01.17.01 GIT
11/16/73

PAO Skylab Control, Houston 3 hours ground

elapsed time. About 2 minutes away now from reacquiring
Skylab IV through Goldstone. \"Ie presently show SJ:y lab I V
in an orbit of 125 . 8 nautical miles by 102.4 nautical ~iles.
During this stateside pass ''Ie expect a preliminary maneuver
pad on NC2, the second phasing burn to be passed up to th~
. crew of Sky lab IV. The present time for that maneuver,
4 hours 34 minutes 56 s econds ground elapsed time, with a
Delta-V of 153 feet per second", burn duration of 7 seconds.
The resulting orbit should be 213 nautical rrtlIes by 102.6
nautical miles. Ann looking beyond the second . phasing burn
some very perliminary numbers that are now being displayed
in the Control Center for the follow on man,.,'1Vers are as
follows. Nrc, the corrective combination schednled 5 hours
20 minutes 6 seconds ground elapsed tiInA, with a Delta-"
nf 208 feet per second, resulting orbit 221 nautical niles
by 2 1 3.1 nautical miles. nSR, the coeliptic maneuver,
5 hours 57 minutes 7 seconds Delta-V. 26.8 feet per second,
resulting orbit 228.1 nautical miles by 222.2 nautical miles.
TPI or termin-l phase initiation scheduled ~t at 6 hours
48 minutes 59 seconds around elapspd ~ime, Oelta-V 20.6 feet
per second resultin" orbit. .
cc - - Goldstone for 6 minutes.
CDR Hello, Hon~~on.. SkylJllb loud and clear.
CC Roger . Request accept and we'll load
a gyro drift condensation for . the X axis for you~ And
I've got a preliminary !~C2 pad, page 1-10.
CDR Okay, you got ~~r.ept, I'll be ready to
copy in a sec.
CC All righty.
PAO Resulting orbit on TPI . should be 233
nautical miles by 227 nautical miles.
CC Okay, noun 28, 004, 34, 5600, plus 1525,
plus 4 balls, plus 4 balls, 180, 167, 001, 1389, 0007, 11eight
32687, trims plus 116, plus 062. Go ahead.
CDR Okay, Dick. 004, 34, 5"6 00, " plus 1525
all zips, all zips, 180. 167, 001. 1389, 0007, weight 32687,
plus 116, plus 062.
CC ~oger, and I got a couple of notes here
for this one. This burn will be a single bank SPS burn.
The horizon will be on the 13, that's 13, degree window mark
at ignition. And for your information, the Delta-VC that's
in this pad has already been compensated for the 5, 50
you don't have to do anything about that.
CDR Okay, copy. One bank horizonal - horizon,
and the 13 degree window mark (garble)

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SL-IV MC22/2
TIME: 11:01 CST, 01:17:01 GUT
11/16/73
CC Roger. A couple of other things for you
Jer. In the checklist that's 3 hours and 45 minutes there's
a little place in there that says try to get the VHF
acquisition, but you're going to be over a thousand miles
away from ~he sws at that time, so don't expect to get it
there. And I've got a question for you on the optics. Going
back to the P52 that you did just prior to the nCl burn,
do you remember when during the alignment sequence the
tracker light went out? OVer.
CDR Sure, Dick, I'm sorry, I didn't catch
it.
CC Roger, Skylab. You can go back to block.
And here'S the question. During the P52 prior to Nel,
when during the - when during the alignment sequence did
the tracker light go out?
CDR Houston, Skylab. I'm sorry, I just
didn't see exactly when it went out . I was busy doing
a lot of writing and everything and I didn't see the
tracker light go out.
CC Okay, no problem. Thank you.
CDR Not until we had torqued that - it that
I noticed the light was out.
CC Roger.
CDR Okay, and Itouston we're looking at
an 024 right now, a point 8.
CC Roger.
CC Roger, ECOM says that's pretty no~inal.
CDR Okay, thanks.
CC Skylab, Houston. For your information
on that 02 flow, due to the cabin 02 enrichment procedures
that you're gOing through, it may increase, and as a matter
of fact, it might increase enough to give you a master
alarm . But if it does there's no problem with that.
CDR Okay, Houston. We sort of had a hunch
that was the reason for the flow.
CC Roger. And we're about I minute from
LOS, Goldstone. Madrid at 3 plus 24.
CDR Roger, Dick. See you then.
CC Roger.
PAO Skylab Control, Houston. Three hours
8 minutes ground elapsed time. l'l e've had loss of signal
through Goldstone now with Skylab IV. The next station
to acquire will be Hadrid in approximately 16 minutes.
This is Skylab Control, HOllston.
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 SL-IV 11C-23/1
Time, 11,25 CST 01.17.25 GMT
11/16/73
PAO Skylab rnntrol Houston ;t,t 3 hours 24 min-
utes ground elapsed time. About a minute away now From acqui-
sition of Sky lab-IV through ~~drid and Canary Islands tracking
station. We'll stand by and keep the line open for that
pass.
PAO We have acquisition t~rou9h Canary now,
receiving data.
CC Skylab, Houston. Canary for 4 minutes.
We need accept and we'll uplink .you a state tracker.
PLT Roger, going to accept, Dick.
CC Roger. And I do have a note here to
help yOU. out in the event later on today that tracking light
problem comes up again, you might jot down what we would
recommend you do in ~hat CAse.
PLT You have accept.
CC Roger.
CC And - -
CDR Ready to copy.
r.C Okay. In the ~vent the tracker light
comes on again, what we would like you to do is go back to
GNC mal number 10 and do step 9. While the - and we want you
to do that step while ~he trackinq light is on. If you end
up coming out of step 9 and back in block 7, then you can
continue ops normal. However, if you end up in block 13
and conclude that that the OCDU is failed, what we'd like you to do
is use the ~ptic frozen procedures in the rendezvous book
on page 7-1 with one modification. The first step of those
procedures says optic power off, weld like you to replace tha~
with optic 0 to O. Over.
PLT Stand by one.
CC Okay.
PLT Okay Dick, the way I've got it here if
we get the tracker light on again, we'll go back to the optics
malfunction procedure number 10 at step - and do step 9 while
the tracker light is on. If we come out of box 9 to box 7
then continue in the nominal mode. If we come out of box 9
to box 13, then we use optics frozen procedures starting on
71 accept we will not turn optics power off we will qo to
optics power o.
ee That I s exactly right. liell, on that
last one, what we want you to do the first step on page 7-1
is we want you to put the optics 0 switch to O. 0 the optics.
And do not turn the PD"'er off.
PLT Okay, understand. Use optics - go to optics
o and do not turn the power off.
ee Roger. And we're about 45 seconds from
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Time: 11:25 CST 01,17,25 GIT
11/16/73

LOS. Honeysuckle is going to come up at 4 . plus 06. And be

advised that we have turned on the tracking light, and the
VHF transponder on the Sti'S and she is waiting for you.
PLT Thank you sir.
CC Roger, and you can go back to block.
PLT Okay, going back to block.
CC Okay, see you at Honeysuckle.
PLT Okay, Dick. Thank you.
PAD Sky!ab Control Hous~on. That \'las Pilot
Bill Pogue talking to Capcom Dick Truly here in the rUssian
Control Center. tle I re at 3 hours 29 minutes ground elapsed
time.
PAC Skylab Control Houston, 3 hours 29 minutes
GET. We have had loss of signal with Skylab through Canary.
And this is Skylab Control Houston.

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'-- SL-IV r~C24/1
Time: 12:05 CDT, 01:18:05 GUT
11/16/73
PAO This is Skylab Control, Houston at 4
hours, 4 minutes Ground Elapse Time. Skylab IV is now
approaching acquisition through Iloneysuckle tracking station,
Australia. Approximately 1-1/2 minutes away from reacquiring
Sky lab IV. On this Honeysuckle pass, Skylab IV \1 il1 be given
a GO/NO-GO for the second phasing maneuver. This presently
schedulec1 "- to occur at 4 hours, 34 minutes, 56 seconds.
Right at .t he start of Goldstone acquisition on this revolution.
The nC-2 burn should be 153.1 feet per second. The resulting
orbit shbuld read 212.7 nautical miles by 102.5 nautical niles.
Looking ahead on the next two maneuvers, the Nee maneuver, correc-
tive combination maneuver is now scheduled for 5 hours,
20 minutes, 6 seconds with a Delta-V of 208.1 feet per
second with a resulting orbit of 221.9 nautical miles by
212.7 nautical miles. The nsn maneuver, the next to be
scheduled, this being the coelliptic maneuver, is presently
budgeted for 5 hours, 57 Minutes, 6 seconds. Thc nelta-V ()f
26.2 feet per second and a resulting orbit of 227.8 nautical
miles by 222.3 nautical miles. 1"1e' 11 stand hy now for
acquisition of Sky lab IV through Honeysuckle. Flight Director
Phil Shaffer, has ehosen to say the GO NO-~~ status of - for
l1C-2 during the Hawaii pass that starts about 9 ninutes hef.ore
the scheduled tiJ'le of thc burn. He'll stand hy nm., for
contact.
CC Houston, Honeysuckle for 5 minutes.
CDR nella, Houston. Skvl-b loud and clear.
CC Roger. I've got some - numbers t.o be changed
on your ;lC-2 pad, page 1-10.
CDR Ol:ay. Go ahe~r1.
CC Okay. There are four numbers that are
changed on the ~inRl Dad. The first one is noun 31, nelta-V;{
should read plu!'; 1532. nOUN 81 Delta-VZ should read 1""'\ 1 us 0025.
NOUN 22 pi" "'. should read 166 and Pelta-Ve should read 1397.
Go ahead.
CDR O);ay, copied. limn.! 01, De1ta-VX. plus
1532. Delta-VY all zips . nelta VZ, plus 00211. uoun 22 ;tOLL.
166. De1ta-V Charlie, 139.7.
CC Negative, Jerry. On the HOlm 22, the ROT..L
renai ns the sane at 180 and thP. PITCH should read 166. Over.
CDR Okay. That's riqht. I got it copied in
the \'Irong place.
CC Okay.
c on nick, \-{e have not taken any narks for
NC-2. He spent a lot of tiNe getting out of our suits and
getting things all organized and ,,e 're just getting Do little bite
to eat. So I think we'11 forego the - the SHS tracking and try
to I get lunch over \-lith so \'1e'11 be hot ~ trot after NC-2.
5L-IV 11C24/2
Time: 12:05 COT, 01:10:05 G1T
11/16/73

ec noger. Sounds like ~ QOod idea. I'n

like to get - also have Nee and NSR preliminary pads for you,
but fi"rst, I'd like to get the P-52 results that are - should
be listed on page 1-8.
CDR Okay. p-52 looked real good and '-Ie used
stars 2 and 4. NOUN 05 was all zips. " "I"le just had another
02 FLOl'I HIGH. Okay. nOUN 93, plus all balls 39. ' /linus
all halls 42; minus all balls 32. Torquing tiMe was 03:48,
all zips.
CC Q};ay. Real fine. If you'll turn over
to page 1-11, I've got a preliI"'linary nee pad for you.
CDR Okay. Go ahead.
CC Roger. lIOlm 11, 005, 20, 0600 plus 20Cl.
1linus 0073, plus 0006. 180, 347, 000, 1934, 0010. l'Ieight,
32195, tri~, plus 117, plus 055. Go ahead.
CDR Okay. I copied 00520, 0600, plus 2081
minus 0073, plus 0006. 180, 347, DOD, 1934, 0010. The
weight, 32195, plus 117, plus 055.
ee Roger. That'll be a fuel bank - an SPS
burn. Ne got about 1 minute to LOS. I've got a NSR pad
for you. Page 1-12.
CDR Okay. Go ahead.
ec Roger. Plus, 0255, plus 0061, plus 4
balls. 180, 203, 015, 0125, 00, 01, NA, nA, Height:
31538; trims, plus 118, plus 046. Go ahead.
CDR Okay. Plus, 0255, plus 0061, all zips,
180, 203, 015, 0125, 0001, NA, UA. The \-,eight: 31538,
plus 118, plus 046. .
ce Roger. Good read back and I'll call you
at Hawaii at 4 plus 25.
CDR Okay, see you then.
PAO This is Skylab Control, Houston at 4
hours, 12 minutes Ground r.lapse Time. We've had loss of
sign~l through Honeysuckle. The next station to acquire will
be Jlawaii in approximately 12 minutes.

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 SL-IV nC25/1
TIlm: 12,25 CST, 01: 18: 25 GMT
11/16/73

PAO This is Sky lab Control, Houston at

4 hours 24 minutes ground elapsed time. Skylab I V is now
approaching contact through Hawaii. Less than a minute
away now from aC<'Iuisition through Hawaii. During this
Hawaiian pass Flight Director, Phil Shaffer has askes has
his flight control team to take a good look at all the
systems before giving a GO/NO (':00 on the second phasing
maneuver. This maneuver, r,K:2, is scheduled to take place
at 4 hours 34 minutes 56 seconds, and should raise the
apogee from 125.8 nautical miles up to 212.7 nautical milese
We'll standby now for acquisition of Skylah IV through
Hawaii. NOt., receiving data through Ha",aii.
PAD Displays of the onboard computer shmis
the computer in program 40, the SPS proqram.
CC Skylab, Houston, Hawaii for 4 minutes.
CDR Hello, lIf""Iuston, Skylab ; loud and clear.
\'J e're prepping for ~ h .....n.
r.C Roger, all the controllers have looked
at t heir data t"lnd lnoks real good. You're (";,() for the burn.
CDR Okay.
""c Skylab, Houston. One rtinute to LOS,
Goldstone at d ~lus 35.
CDR Roger, see you there.
CC Okay.
PAO Sky lab "'nntrol, Hons ton d hours 31 minutes
ground e1apsen "ime. The next station to acquire \.,0111 be
Goldstnne in approximately 4-1/ 2 minutes.
PAD skylab '""ntrol, Houston 4 hou~s 35 minutes
ground elapsed ~iMe. Less than ~ minute now from reacquiring
Skylab "hrough Goldstone.
CC Sky lab , Boust""n f r;n1dstone for 3 1'I1.inutes.
CDR Be with you in a secon~, Houston.
CC Okay.
CDR Okay, Houston, Skylab. The burn \"lent
""n time. Delta-V Charlie was ~inus 11.2. ~he Attitude
was nominal, noun ASs were minus .2, olus .1, minus .7.
We b urned 'the Dad noun 81, the final countdo\m 81 WAS
within a tenth of a foot per second in X. The ~h~er
pressure was 93 percent.
CC Roger. rDR1 copy.
CDR Okay, and we don't think we got tape
recordinq on that burn.
CC Roger.
CC CDR, Houston. For your information,
we commanded the tapp. recorder on "tt 1I",>/ai1 and it did
record the burn.
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THIE: 12.25 CST, 01:18:25 r'/\T
11/16/73

rOR Okay, Qood deal; thanks.

CC Roger.
CDR Skylah, Bouston. l'le're "bout 45 seconds
from LOS; Canary at 4 ~lus 55.
CDR Okay, 4 plus 55. Little side note here.
tle been turning on the nAlta-V counter while we're closinq
the direct ullage circuit breakers and ''Ie qet a tenth of .
a foot per second upon closina each - each breaker is now
stable.
~C Roger: copy.
PAa Skylab Control, Houston at 4 hours
39 minutes qround elapsed time. Skylab IV has now passed
out of station contact with Goldstone. The next station
to acquire will be Canary Island in approximately 15-1/2 ~inutes.
During that pass Commander Jerry Carr ~eporting successful
completion of the second phasing burn. The burn was accomplished
on time. At 4 hours 40 minutes GET and this is Skylab Control,
Houston.
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SL-IV MC-26/1
Time: 12: 55 CST 01: 18.55 GIrr
11/16/73
PAO This is Skylab Control Houston at
4 hours 54 minutes ground elapsed time. Less than a minute
away now from acquisition of Skylab-IV through Canary. The
next maneuver to take place is the Nee or the corrective
combination maneuver. This now scheduled for 5 hours 20 minutes
3 seconds with a Delta V of 208.1 feet per second. Durn
duration for this maneuver 10 seconds. This maneuver should
raise the perigee to approximately 212 nautical miles.
Standing by now for acquisition through Canary. This i8
Skylab Control Houston.
CC Skylab, Houston, Canary for 7 minutes.
CDR Hello Houston, Skylab loud and clear
CC Roger. We're ready to swap quad Charlie
to the PSM. And we were wondering if you've had VHFs acquisi-
tion yet.
PLT Negative. We haven't even tried it
because we figured we're too far out of range.
CDR We'll set up real quick and do it.
CC Rag. t'lell, we're not real sure if you
can get an acquisition now at any rate, just wanted to ask
and swap quad Charlie to the PSl>l please.
PLT Okay, that's in work, and we'll give
the VHF ranging a whack.
CC Okay.
CC Skylab, Houston. You're range from the
SWS now is about 230 miles.
CDR Okay.
PAO Dick Truly advising the Commander Jerry
Carr there are approximately 230 nautical miles from the work-
shop. Guidnace Officer here in Uission Control Center indicates
that they have locked on to the workshop, presnetly receiving
ranging data.
COR We have got VHF Houston, 209.2.
CC Roger.
PAO Skylab Control, Houston, 4 hours S9 minutes
ground elapsed time.
CC For your information, we're going to command
on the csn spectrometer.
CDR Okay.
PAO Four hours 59 minutes ground elapsed ti~e.
Commander Jerry Carr reporting a range of 209.2 n~utical ~iles
away form the workshop now.
CC Skylab, Jloustnn. W""'re about a minute
from LOS Canary. We're qoinq to drop out for about a minute
or so and I'll give you a call at Ascensinn.
PLT Roger.
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.Time: 12:55 CST Ol:18:~5 r..,f1T
'-- 11/16/73

PAC S~ylab Control Houston 5 hours 4 minutes

ground elapsed time. Standing by now for acquisitio~ t-hrough
Ascension
Co;: . Sky lab, Houston Ascension for 4 minutes.
And I've got ,. final Nee -pad for you, page 1-11.
COr: Stand by one, Dick.
ee Q):ay.
PLT . S~and by just ~ second, nick.
ee All righty.
PLT Rng, T'rn on paqe 1-11, qo.
ee Ok.ay, starting ,.,1 th 911, 005, 20, 0362,
plUB 2091. ~inus 0090, plus 0075, 180.145, 359, 1946, 0010.
Go ahead.
PLT Roger, read back. nee final 005, 20, 0362,
plus 2091, minus 0090, plus 0075; 180, 345, 359, 194.6, 0010.
plus 055. Negative. Delete that last one.
CC R""Qer, Bill. I copy_ And if you \'lil1
turn the page, ~hat \V'as a good read ba~k. Turn the page t.o
page 1-12 ywe've qat a final usn pad for you.
PLT Rag, ready to copy_
ee Okay, 981 plus 0237 plus 0054, plus 0048,
183, 192, 014, 0110, 0001, UA, riA. c;.. ahead.
PLT Roger, read hack. nSR final plus
0237 plus 0054 plus 0048, 183, 192, 014, 0210, 0001, UA, !lA.
CC Rnger Bill Good read hack on both pads.
Thank you.
SPT Roq.
ee And Skylah, Hnuston we've looked at the
systems and you're qO for the burn.
CREW Roger, Thank you.
ce Skylab, Houston. He're 1 minute to LOS.
I'll call you at Carnarvon at 5 plus 36.
CDR Roger, HOllston.
PAD This is Sky lab Control HOllston at 5 hours
10 minutes around elapsed time. Out of station contact now
with Sky lab-IV through Ascension. The next station to ~cquire
will be Carnarvon in approximately 26-1/2 minutes. During
that pass the crew of Skylab-IV was given a GO for the nee
maneuver, the corrective combination burn and now scheduled
for 5 hours 20 minutes 3 seconds, \-{hieh should provide a resulting
orbit of 221.9 nautical miles by 212.7 nautical miles. Five
hours 10 minutes Greem"ich mean time, this is Skylab Control
Houston.
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 SL-IV lIe27/l
TUIE. 13.36 eST, 01:19.36 r,wr
11/16/73
PAO This is Skylab Control, Houston at
5 hours 35 minutes ground elapsed tine. Approaching
acquisition now ,.,ith Skylah through Carnarvon. About a
minute and a half away now from reacquiring the crew of
Skylab IV. And during this pass '/e should get a hurn
status report on the corrective combination burn. Also
the final I'tSR pad which has been passed up, the coeliiptic
burn, should take place at 5 hours 57 minutes 4 seconds
ground elapsed time ,,,ith a nelta V of 24.8 feet per second,
and a burn duration of 1 second. t'le'li stand by now for
acquisition through Carnarvon apprOXimately 1 minute away.
CC Skylab, Houston, Carnarvon for 3 minutes.
CDR Hello, Houston, Skylab. Read you loud
and clear. Be with you in a second with a burn report.
ee Okay, standing by.
CDR Okay, Houston. The burning was on time,
the Delta vc was minus 12.8; the attitude was nominal;
the residuals were minus 0.1 plus 0.1 and minus 0.1. The
NOUN 81's that we burned were plus 2082, minus 0075, plus
0059.
CC Roger, Jerry. Thank you very much,
sounds good.
CC Sky lah, Houston. \'1e' re 1 minute from
LOS, we're going to drop out for about a minute and I'll
call you at Honeysuckle.
'- CDR Roger, Houston.
CC Skylab, Houston. Ne'd like to swap
quad Alfa to the PSH.
CDR Roger, quad Alfa to the PS~'.
CC Thank you.
CC Skylab, Houston; Honeysuckle for
4 minutes.
CDR Hi, Dick, read you loud and clear. N'e' ve
had VHF since about 5 plus 25 or so, right after the burn
and Ed's got our chart solution going.
ce Very good.
CC Skylab, Houston; we've looked at the
burn and you're GO for the USR burn. A coup~e of notes
for you. Ne' ve clumped the dump voice for some things
you put on the tape and a little of it was kind of low
and a little bit garbled. You might get a little bit
closer to the mike when you're putting something on it
for U~ to retrieve later. And also if somebody wants to
read me the NOUN AI' 5 for the upcoming nsn burn, it might
give us a little more time later.
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TIME. 13.36 CST, 01.19.36 Gf~
11/16/73
CDR Be right with you, Dick.
CC Okay, we still got a couple of minutes
here at Honeysuckle.
CDR Okay, Houston. The NOUN 81' s for USR
are plue 24.7, plus 1.2, anrl plus 4.4. And we'll see if
that 7.2 changes on final call.
CC Okay, thank you.
ce Skylab, Houston. We're about a minute
from LOS. I'll t'!1111 yOU " at Hawaii at about 05!59. And if
we get good data at H~waii lind after the burn, if it's okay
with you, we'd like ~n n~ ~~e"d and get the logic sequence
checks out of the way there.
CDR Okay.
CC See you there.
CDR See you there, Dick.
PAO Skylab Control, ilouston at 5 houT's
46 minutes grou~~ ~lapsed time. Skylab IV has now passed
out of range throllPh u,..np.ysuckle. The next station to
be in contact with Sky1ab IV will be lIawaii in approximately
12-1/2 minutes. During that pass the crew of Sky1ab IV
Jerry Cllrr, Ed Gibson, nill Pogue, were given a GO for
the NSR maneuver, the coelliptlc maneuver which is scheduled
to occur at 5 hours 57 minutes 4 seconds ground elapsed time.
Approximately 11 minutes from this time. Five hours
47 minutes GET, this is Skylab Control, Houston.
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 SL-IV /IC28/1
Time: 13:59 COT, 01:19:59 GUT
11/16/73
PAO This is Sky lab Control, Houston at 5
'- hours, 58 minutes ground elapsed time. Skylab IV now approaching .
\
acquisi tion through Ilawaii, less than a minute away now from
acquiring Skylah IV through Hawaii. Our tracking for the pass
several minutes, shows Sky lab IV in an orbit of 227.4 nautical
miles by 222.2 nautical miles. This is should he what
we would expect to see as we acquire over Hawaii. '!'he IlSR
maneuver was scheduled to be performed at 5 hours, 57 minutes,
6 seconds. Standing by now for acquisition, this is Skylab
Control, Houston.
CC Skylab, Houston. AOS Hawaii for 8 minutes.
CDR Roger, Houston. nsn burn was on time.
Delta-V Charlie was minus 13.7. FOAl "las nominal, the
trims were 00 and minus .2. The Delta-V that we hurned
out 81 \-Ias plus 24.7, plus 6.9, plus 4.4 and our chart solution
was right with it.
CC Roger, CDR. Thank you.
ce Skylab, Houston. We've still got about
7 minutes here in IIawaii and our data is locked up good. If
you'd like to do the logic sequence check that we're \'1atching
and you're clear to do it down through 6 logic, bl0 of them
on up and it's listed at about 6 hours, and 25 minutes from
in the checklist.
CDR Okay. Coming at you.
CC Roger.
CDR Okay. Six logic switches are all up.
CC Roger.
CC Skylab, Houston. The systems look real
good. You're GO from power on as required.
CDR Roger. Okay.
CDR "Okay, Houston. We got in such a rush at
the new marks, we might possibly have gotten one mark in
before the VERB 32, ENTER.
ce Roger, understand.
CDR Okay.
CC Skylah, Houston. tie're I minute from LOS
Hawaii. 1'11 call you 5 mnutes from nm"l at C"70ldstone.
CDR Roger, Houston. And a reading for the
tracker light is VHF drop out for a moment.
CC Roger. Understand.
PAO Skylab Control, Houston at 6 hours, 8 min-
utes ground elapsed time. Ne've had a loss of sil)"nal now with
Skylab IV through Hawaii. The next station to acquire will
be Goldstone in approximately 3 minutes. 6 hours, 8 minutes
GET, this is Skylab Control, Houston.
T::Hn OF Tl\PF.
"--. .. . . SL-!V MC29/1
TWF.: 14:09 CST, 01:20:09 r.MT
11/16/13
PAO This is Skylab Control coming up on
acquisition through the statesirle pass AOS Goldstone. By
AOS Bermuda weshould have a tine of burn for the next
maneuver in the rendezvous sequence \>'hich will he passed
up to the ere"'. Standing by for resumption of air-to-graunel
communications over the stateside stations, at 6 hours
11 ninutes, Skylab Control.
CC Skylab, Houston; nolrlstone for 5 niriutes.
con Roger. Hello, Houston.
CC Hello there.
CC Skyl1\b, Houston. \'lc're 1 minute frOM
LOS~ Bermuda comes up about 5 minutes from now and I plan
to have a pre.liminary TPI pad to read to you at AOS at
Bermuda. you might be prepared for that. And one more piece
of information, in order to be conservative tonay since
the hiah Deta angle - \iC' re 'Toing to put the Sl-15 in T1\CS
only for nocking. And lye' re noing to command that the
Carnarvon pass prior to docking. So you may see some 'l'Ar.S
firinq, it's nothing ~o he concerned about. Over.
r.OR Okay, Dick. Thanks.
CC Roger.
PAC This is Sky lab r.ontrol. LCfi Goldstone
and about 2-1/2 ninutes ~o "cquisition thronqh nerrnuda again.
The ranqe of ~racking fro~ the Texas and J~ s tations
some,!hat ~o the south in latitude from Goldstone "'nci
Bermuda. Do not reach far enough north to trac)~ Gkylab
as it passes along the Canadian bordAr in it's northern
most part of the trajectory. The ,.,at;ning claxon
just sounded here to ""ernind flight controllers that vel re
within' l:1inutes of reacquisition of :lignal. l\ml as
ClI,p cot-m nick Truly mentioned, ,m should have a prelininary
advisory on the maneuver teIlTlinal phase initiation ~'hich
is one nf t .he I!'Iajor final maneuvers in the rendezvous sequence
which should he about ~ half hour from nmy if the original
time line holds. A minute and 10 seconds to acquisition
Dermuda standing by 5kylab rnntrol.

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SL-IV Me-30/1
Time, 14,20 CST 01,20,20 GMT
11/16/73
PAO Skylab Control, we have data again from
the command service module of Sky lab-IV through Bermuda.
cc Skylab, Houston, we're AOS Bermuda for
10 minutes. The pad is in work, I'll give .you a holler when
it's in front of me.
PLT Roger, Houston.
CC Skylab, Houston, I've got a preliminary
TPI pad for you page 1-14 when it's convenient for you to
copy_ We've still got about 7 minutes left here at Bermuda.
PLT Okay, I've got a recycle cooking, so go
ahead and I'll copy.
CC Okay, starting with NOUN 37, 006, 46,
0453 plus 190 plus 007 minus 086 plus 20954 plus 00703 plus
01006, 0065, 0001, 359, 039, 000, 27, 134, weight 31455, trims
plus 118 plus 044. Go ahead.
PLT Roger. 006, 46, 0453 plus 190 plus
007 minus 086 plus 20954 plus 00703, plus 01006, 0065,
0001, 359, 039,000, 27, 134, wieght 3ei55 plus 118 plus 044.
CC Roger. Good read back. Thank you.
PLT Okay, and you're looking in my second
recycle, Houston.
CC Roger, we see it. .
CC And CDR, Houston for your information
the docking attitude pad - the nominal one that's
printed in the checklist is good. I have no update.
CDR Okay, thanks. That's good news.
cc Skylab, Houston, we're 30 seconds from
LOS, the Ascension comes up at 06:37, we're going to do our best
to be prepared to read you a final TPI pad at AOS Ascension_.
PLT Okay, Houston.
CC Roger.
PAO This is Skylab ControlJ apparently we
bave had loss of signal through Bermuda. Five minutes away
from re-acquisition of Sky lab IV command serv'ce module.
through the tracking station at Ascension Island. During
that pass over Bermuda, there was a - somewhat of a blizzard
of numbers goi ng up and being read back on the up-coming
TPI burn. About 16 minutes from now, 14 minutes from now,
that is, the numbers read up show a ignition time of 6 minutes,
46 seconds, I beg your pardon, 6 hours, 46 minutes and 4 seconds,
ground elapsed time. Very brief burp on the service propulsion
system engine, of .9 seconds for a velocity change of
20.9 feet per second producing an orbit after that maneuver,
measuring 233 nautical miles by 227.3. Heanwhile the second
stage of the Skylah IV launch vehicle, the SIva stage has
probable impacted in the Central Pacific, between Kwajalein
and the Marshall Islands and r-!idway Island. There's been
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TIME: 14:20 CST 01:20:20 GMT
11/16/73
no electronic sign of that vehicle in quite some time since
about five hours and twenty minutes ground elapsed time and
that's pins down the estimate of the Central Pacific splash-down
or impact. This will refined in future hours if we hear any more
about it we will relay on. Three minutes now away from
reacquisition at Ascension Island. We'll leave the circuit
up air-ground, the air-ground circuit up live for this remaining
2-1/2 minutes. The terminal phase initiation maneuver -
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SL IV MC31/1
Time. 14.34 CST 01.20,34 GET
11/16/73
PAO We'll leave the circuit up air ground.
The air ground circuit up live for this remaining 2 1/2 minutes.
The terminal phase initiation maneuver will be between stations
between Ascension and acquisition Carnarvon Australia tracking
station. As CAP COMM Dick Truly mentioned to the crew in his
LOS call at Bermuda. The final numbers refined maneuver table
will be passed up to the crew over this Ascension station.
It may change a few seconds from what was read up earlier.
Warning claxon has gone off in the control room less than
2 minutes away from acquisition at Ascension Island. We're
standing by at 6:35 green - ground elapsed time, in the mission
of Sky lab IV.
CC Skylab, Houston we're AOS Ascension for
8 minutes.
CDR Ready to copy, go ahead.
CC Roger. It turns out that you won't have
to. We're going to stick with our preliminary TPI pad. And be
advised we've been watching your computations for your solution.
And we kind of think that your TIC time may be a little bit
better than ours.
CDR Okay we'll go with this solution. By the
way the chart is right in with us too.
CCR Roger. Very good. And also be advised
we've commanded the docking lights are on and the SWS is
just waiting for you there.
CDR R0ger.
CDR (garble)
CC Skylab, Houston. The bird looks real
good, your go for the TPI burn.
SPT Roger, Dick. Thanks.
CC Skylab, Houston we're 45 seconds from
LOS, Carnarvon at 7:10. See you after the burn.
sPT Okay.
CDR Okay.
CDR (Garble)
PAO This is Skylab Control 6 hours 48 minutes
ground elapsed time. Loss of signal from Skylab IV command
service module through Ascension Island tracking station.
And at this moment the final maneuver or rendezvous should
be taking place in the TPI, terminal phase initiation. It
was decided to go with the onboard solution that 6 plus 48
instead of the ground solution some 2 minutes earlier. We
should have a burn status report from the crew as we come
up on Carnarvon, Australia in 20 minutes at 6 hours 49 minutes
ground elapsed time, Skylab Control.
END OF TAPE
SL-IV MC32/1
Time: 15:10 CST, 01:21:10 GMT
11/16/73
PAO This is Skylab Control 7 hours 8 minutes
ground elaspeddtime of the mission of Skylab IV. Acquisition
through the Carnarvon Australia tracking station upcoming
in a minute and 8 seconds. At the last station, Ascension
Island the trailing distance of the command service module
from the Sky lab space station was about 22 nautical ~iles
the final maneuver in the rendezvous sequence terminal
phase, or breaking will take place just about LOS, loss
of signal through Carnarvon and they should be station
keeping by the ti~e we pick up at Guam Island brief gap
between Carnarvon and Guam. Some 14 seconds now away from
acquisition at Carnarvon. We'll stand hy to see how the
most recent maneuver -
cc Carnarvon for 10 minutes.
SPT Roger, Houston. We'll talk to you in
just a minute and tell you how things are going.
CC Okay, real fine. We don't need a burn
status from you from TPI, we saw it just as you were going
over the hill, standing by.
SPT Okay.
SPT Did you get a chance to see my TPM 2
solution?
CC That's affirm we did see it.
SPT Okay, the polar plot shows us riding
just a tad high on the line not bad.
CC Okay.
SPT And so I went with the computer solution
because it's small and the short solution on the first one
was pretty close and the second we're just running behind.
CC Roger, understand.
CC Skylab, Houston when you get a chance
request quad Bravo to the psn.
SPT Okay, Houston.
CC CDR, Houston, just for your infor~ation
and something that you might like to keep in mind between here
and docking both Pete and Al during their breaking phases
saw some hot (garble) tents during breaking, so you might see the
same thing and not be alarmed if you see it.
CDR Okay, HOllston. We'll - we understand
that and we're also seeing a lot of sparks and stuff flying out
ahead of us as she's holding attitude here. You can really
see the firings.
CC Roger.
CC And Sky lab, Houston the TACS is in attitude -
the SWS is TACS ATT HOLD and the tracking lights are off.
CDR Okay, we see it. She looks pretty as
a picture.
SL-IV MC32/2
Time: 15:10 CST, 01:21:10 ~IT
11/16/73

CC . Skylab, Houston we're 1 minute from

LOS at Carnarvon. We're going to drop out about 3 minutes
between here and Guam.
CDR Roger.
CC And Skylab, we're prepared to switch
quad Delta to the PSM.
CDR Okay, Houston.
SL-IV MC-33/1
TIME: 15:22 CST, 01:21:22 GMT
11/16/73
CC Sky lab, Houston, Guam for 10 minutes.
CDR Roger, Houston, loud and clear, we're
about quarter of a mile out.
CC Roger Jerr and let us know when your
station keep's in place.
CDR Wileo.
SPT Okay, Dick, while we're moving over
toward the plus X-axis we're about a hundred feet out now,
.we're just getting in line. We're looking over" the vehicle,
what we can see of it. And the MDA has a fair amount of
discoloration to it. It appears to be a light gold. I can
also see - one point of the OWS which originally was qold
has been discolored quite a bit, we can see red and green
also on it. That and one part of the OWS, we should have seen
covered up by the solar panel - the solar shield put up.
ec Roger Ed, thank you and be advised we' re
to command in the VHF transponder, OFF.
SPT Roger.
SPT Now we can see the TACS firing off vectors -
going off especially as we were coming in firing towards the vehicle,
they go right off after a short delay time, and after we fired.
CC Roger.
SPT Other than that Dick, it's a good looking
home.
CC Skylab, Houston, say again please.
SPT Other than those few points, it IS a good
looking home ..
CC Roger, just waiting for you.
CDR Okay, Houston, we're station-keeping now.
CC Roger and both the workshop and the
Command Module look good, you're go for docking when you like
to.
CDR Okay, Houston ..
CC Sky lab, Houston, when you come AOS Goldstone,
if you are hard docked, and you can hive us a confirmation
of that, we're going to go ahead and change to the docked gains
and APCS and also do that attitude manuver I was talking to
you on the phone the other night - the other day Jerry to get
NuZ squared away ..
CDR Okay.
CDR And Dick, we also got a SH. Res light,
it looks like the temperture ia just up above. 205 ..
CC Roger, we confirm that number, thank you ..
CDR Thatfiqure, SM RCS-8 same termerature ..
CC Roger.
8PT Also Dick, there's a sort of discoloration
in that cord which they use to put on the last solar shield ..
CC Roger.
SL-IV MC33/2c----
TIME. 15.22 CST, 01.21.22 GMT
11/16/73
CC Skylab, Houston, we're one minute from
LOS Guam, Goldstone at 7:49.
SPT Roger Houston, weill see you then.
ce Roger Ed, I'm glad you were telling me
all those things about the discoloration, I wasn't sure you
were still on board hadn't heard from you in so long.
PAO This is Skylab Control, apparently we
have had lost of signal through the Guam Island tracking station
14 minutes to acqusition Goldstone. And a stateside pass on
revolution five and six, end of five, beginning of number six.
Ed Gibson commented that through the window of the Command Module
he could see discoloration in the cord or actually sort of like
a stay line that braces the solar shield that was placed up
by the Sky lab III crew over the workahop. Back in 13 minutes
for stateside pass at seven hours, 35 minutes ground elaspe
time. Skylab Control.
WDOFTME
SL -IV HC34/1
Time: 15: 49 CST, 01: 21: 49 GlIT
11/16/73

PAO This is Skylab Control ground elapsed

time 7 hours 48 minutes after docking or LOS of th~ state-
side pass we will shift to the Greenwich mean time or zulu
time reference. And ' abandon the ground elapsed time or phase
elapsed time, which is counting from lift-off of Skylab IV.
We're 30 seconds away from acquisition at Goldstone and
hopefully we will have word from the crew that they have
successfully docked with the space station. : We have data
now on the conunand service module. \,1e' 11 stand by for
resumption of communication.
CC Sky lab, Houston at Goldstone. IIow do
you read?
COR Roger, Houston, Skylab we moved in made
contact qot our barber pole and did not ,c apture.
CC Roger, CDR. CPR, Houston, so far have
you tried it only once?
CDR We trieQ to shove it in one more time and
it didn't work. So we've backed out now and we're station
keeping again.
CC Roger.
CC Skylab, Houston, our recommendation
right now is hit extend release on up for about 5 seconds
and then try it again.
CDR Okay.
PLT And Dick you want the switch back to
retract?
CC Say, again please?
PLT You want the extent release 8Witch hack
iito retract?
CC That's affirmative.
PLT Okay, we're looking at two grays and we'll
try it again.
CC Okay.
CDR Houston, how much daylight have we got
left?
CC About 21 minutes.
CDR Okay.
CC For your information we still have about
14 minutes prior to LOS here at stateside and about 21
more minutes ot daylight.
CDR Roger.
CDR We gave it a pretty good shove Houston.
It look like it might have had to do same maneuvering~
CC Roger, understand ann you had no joy, is
that correct?
CDR That's affirmative. We're station keeping
now and getting ready get started again. This will be
our second try from out here.
 SL-IV MC34/2
Time: 15: 49 CST. 01: 21149 GMT
11/16/73
CC Okay I have you turned to the" system's
checklist page 2-1 Jerry if not you might get it out and
take a look there.
CDR Okay.
CC And CDR, HOllston, one more point of
clarification have you - have you attempted docking again
since AOS here once?
CDR Negative.
CC Roger, understand. Okay.
CDR lie've just been moving out very slowly.
CC Okay, real fine just let us know how it
goes and 'somebody may be taking a look at that page because
that's what we're going to be asking you to go to if necessary.
CDR Okay.
CDR Okay, Houston we're starting in again,
now.
CC Roger.
CDR We got capture, Houston.
ec Roger.
CDR We got a hard dock Houston.
CC Roger, hard dock. Welcome aboard.
CDR Wh - - glad to be here.
CC Roger.
CDR Great to be home.
CC Roger, and be advised we're commanding the
dock gains to the APCS and the SWS.
CDR Roger.
CC And Skylab, Houston, be advised sihce we
want to go real slow with the commands and we only have about
6 minutes left here to LOS. We probably will delay the
maneuver to correct the NuZ over.
CDR Roger, Houston.
CC Skylab, Houston, as a reminder we're not
sure whether or not you did the verb 93 enter that's listed
at about 7 hours and 32 minutes, you might be sure and do that
so we - you can avoid getting alarm later on.
CDR We'll do it Houston.
CC Roger.
"CC Sky lab, Houston, we still have 4 minutes
here ADS time. And you're about 10 minutes from sunset, stars
2 and 4 look good to us when you get around to the P52.
CDR Roger, stars 2 and 4. You know nick, I
think what happened is I just hit it too easy.
CC Roger, Jerry.
CDR Could you imagine that coming from a Harine?
CC Say again please Jerry.
CDR Could you image that coming from a Marine?
"- ."
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. Time: 15:49 CST, 01:21:49 GMT
11/16/73
CC (Laughter) Well as a matter of fact
all day I've been wanting to tell you that Jerry that you
just - just sound just like Jack Lousma on the air-to-ground
and I didn't realize y'all had such standardization going.
CDR I try to think of everything.
CC Roq. Well, just in case when you do
qet around in the che~kli8t, to getting the probe out, be.
sure and take a real good looK at it.
CDR Wilco.
CC Skylab, Houston, for your information
we're not in AT'!' HOLD DIG mode and we're on the way to
solar inertial.
CDR Roger.
CC Sky lab, Houston, we're about 1 minute
from LOS at Bermuda. You'll be switching Qver from phase
elapsed time to GMT so I'm going to start giving you your
AOS and LOS times in GMT. And Carnarvon ~s up at 22149
GMT.
CDR Roger. 22:49.
CC That's affirm.
CC And the time now is 22 hours 8 minutes
and 15 seconds.
CDR Roger.
,-. CC And Skylab, Houston one more - one more
reminder; make sure that you wait until you're well into
daylight - until you do the PSO to give the vehicle plenty
time to get back into solar inertial.
CDR Ah, you mean well into nighttime?
CC Negative. Well into daylight, that was
for PSO, PSO. .
CDR Oh , Roger, PSO.
CC Roger.
PAO This is Sky lab Control, loss of signal
the Bermuda Island tracking station. 'l e I I I miss Ascension
on this revolution and pick up Carnarvon in 39 minutes.
Successful docking at 04:01 Central time. After three
attempts, two of which were made out of the Pacific before
acquisition through Goldstone and the continental United
States tracking stations, but the third attempt was
successful. Jerry Carr reported sucessful capture latches at
4:01, and a few seconds later reported they had a hard dock.
The remain - the remainder of the main latch is tripping.
He surmised that he was attempting to dock too easy without really
charging into the docking ring on the space station. 38
minutes to tracking station Carnarvon. Returning at that
~ime at 22:10 - 22:11 Greenwich mean time . Skylab Control.

END OF TAPE
SL-IV MC-35/1
TIME. 16.48 CST, 01:22.48 GMT
11/16/73
PAa This is Skylab Control, one ~nute to
acqnsition of signal through Carnarvon, Australia tracking
station, for the final time tonight. Here in Mission Control
handover between the two flight directors on each shift is
underway. Phil Shaffer and Don Puddy handing over to
Neil Hutchinson And Chuck. Lewis. l'le're estimating a change-
of shift briefing with the CSH flight director Phil Shaffer
at about 5: 15 in the Building 1 briefing room, the Houston
news center. Also the flight controllers here in the
Control Center are prepared to support activating the
workshop tonight, should the crew decide to do so, it's their
option. But in any case, the people here in the 1-118910n Control
Center are prepared to follow through the activation of the
workshop, stepping ahead somewhat from the flight
plan which cause for activation to begin tomorrow after the
first sleep period.
ee - For 7minutes.
CDR Hello Houston, Skylab, loud and clear,
fot a PS2 data for you.
ce Okay, before you give it to me Jerry,
let me describe to you what we're going to be doing with
regard to commanding the SWS and then we can get on it.
CDR Okay.
CC l~at we're going to do here at Carnarvon
is go to ATT HOLD CMG and then enter a 13 degree maneuver -
a fine maneuver with a TAU of 10 minutes and then when we
get up to Guam and the maneuver is completed, ''Ie' re going to
initialize the strap down and go back to solar inertial
Over.
CDR Okay, Dick.
CC Okay, we are gOing to go ahead and
proceed with that so why don't you go ahead and give me the
PS2 results.
CDR Okay, Dick the stars were number 2
and number 4. The (garble) NOUN S's were all zips, NOUN 93 plus
all zips 3, 4. One - (garble) zero GET.
CC CDR, Houston.
CDR (Garble) 24 Zulu.
CC CDR, Houston, we're dropping out. Stand by 1,
please.
CC Skylab, Jtouston, we dropped out there
while you were reading it, the last they got was the first
NOUN 93 plus of 00034, I didn't get any of the rest, Say again,
please.
CDR Okay, the second one was minus 00116,
the third one was minus 00079 the torque time was 08:23,
GET, or 22:24 Zulu.
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11/16/73

CC Okay, Jerry, thank you.

CDR Okay, I wonder can you give us the time
hack GMT so that we can get our mission ~imer set right off.
CC I'll sure do it. I'll give you a time
hack at 22 hours and 52 minutes and that's just about 20 seconds
from now.
CC That'll be 22 hours and 52 minutes.
CC Okay, stand by for a mark, stand by.
CC MARK. 22:52.
CDR Okay, I'm counting up now five, six, sev~n,
eight, nine, ten.
CC Roger, you're counting 1 second behind us,
right now I've got 22:52, 20121.
CDR Okay.
CC And, CDR, Houston do you have any P50,
results yet and I've got a couple of questions for you, while
it's fresh on your mind for the docking probe.
CDR Okay, nothinggon P50. t'le haven' t got
around to it. We're kind of cleaning house. Go ahead with
your comments.
CC Okay, one thing on the P50, Jerry, we want to
make sure you hold off and don't do that until we're squared away
back in solar inertial.
CDR Could you give me a good time for it and
I'll do it then.
CC Okay, we'll let you know when we get to
Guam, when we're squared away.
CDR Riqht.
CC Okay, two real quick questions and they
have to do with the docking attempt that you made prior
to getting AOS with us at Goldstone. In between the first
and the second unsuccessful docking attempt, did you put
the extend RELEASE switch on up to re-cock the catcher latches?
over.
CDR That's negative, we did not.
CC Okay, did you do any other thinq that was
different on the second unsuccessful attempt.
CDR Negative, on the second unsucessful
attempt, negative.
CC Okay, fine. Thank you very much Jer.
CDR l'lell we thought about recocking them,
Dick but we decided well we'll give one try this way and
see what happens, then we back out and figure on redocking
and running it again.
CC Roger, understand. We j~st wanted to make
sure, I imagine you're probably right on your guess as what the
matter was but we just want to make sure while it's fresh on
SL-IV MC-3S/3
TIME: . 16:48 CST, 01:22:48 GMT
11/16/73
mind that we understand everything that went on.
CDR Right.
CC Okay.
CC One more question on the subject of the
docking Jerry, we'd like to verify, or did you verify that the
talkback was gray, prior to the first docking attempt.
CDR That's affirmative, Dick. We saw it
go barber pole and we were rejoicing that we were captured
and then we were dismayed to see us backing off.
ee Understand.
CDR That second time Dick, there was no
doubt that we were captured because we got a little bit of
backlash, we hit it and the workshop moved away and then
came back and hit us again and we knew we were at the end
of the probe.
CC Roger.
CDR Or maybe I should say that we bounced
back.
CC Roger.
CC Skylab, Houston, 1 minute to LOS,
Guam at 23:03.
CDR Okay, see you then Dick.
CRE\,l Eight minutes.
PAO This is Sky1ab Control. Loss of Signal
through Carnarvon. Revolution number 2,690 for Sky1ab Space
Station. And the end of number 6 for Sky1ab IV Command Service
t-lodu1e. We have a gap here between Carnarvon and the next
station which is Guam. And this will be the final Guam pass
of the evening, or afternoon. Some 5 minutes re~aining till
AOS, Guam. To repeat Flight Director Phil Shaffer will be in
the Houston News Center briefing room at about 5:15 plus or minus a few
minutes, to go over the first flight controller shift of the
mission. Four minutes and fifty to acquisition Guam at
22:58 Greenwich mean time and standing by, Skylab Control.
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SL-IV MC36/1
Time: 16:58 CST, 01:22:58 GMT
11/16/73
PAO This is Skylab Control about 5 seconds
away from reacquisition of Skylab space station at Guam.
Standing . by.
CC Skylab, Houston Guam for 6 minutes.
CDR Hello, Honston loud and clear.
CC Roqer, we're continuing our maneuvering
plans we're init - initializing a strapdowns and going
back to solar interial.
CDR Okay.
COR Houston, we've started the charge o~
battery A and we noticed the voltage was 33 volts when we
started.
CC Roger, Jerry, thank you and Jerry if you
got a couple of minutes we'd like to talk to you ~out your
request that you made the other day about going into the
workshop tonight. We spent a gOod bit of today with the .
activation people in here going throug~ the books and we -
they also Gary Dorey and the guys looked at it over the
past few days, and as you might suspect the more we looked
at it it sort of grows like topsy we do have a plan tllat
you could use if you elected to go into the workshop tonight
but it has wbat we think pre - are sarne pretty severe
disadvantages. Basically, it requires the minumum number
of things that we think would be prudent and safe to qet
accomplished this evening, essentially eats up the entire
amount of time between now and - and bedtime with - and
the reason that kind of worries us is that it leaves absolutely
no slop in case you run into some funny which would end up
extending the day. So ou~ recommendation to you is to stay
in the command module this evening go through the checklist
as it is, and peer out the window this first evening and
then get up bright and early in the morning and hit it with
all the right guys here. OVer.
CDR Okay, Dick we'll do it.
CC Roger. Thank you.
cc Skylab, Houston, we've got a suggestion
a s when you mi~ht fit in the PSO. The vehicle should be
motion fr e e between times of 23:20 Zulu and 23 : 39 Zulu.
Over.
CDR Okay. 23:20 and 23:39.
CC H.eger.
CC Sky lab, Bouston, we're about 1 minute
from LOS here at Guam. Goldstone comes up at 23:27 and
most of us rendezvous team guys are leaving including me
and I'm ~oin9 to hand over to Rill Thornton here but it
sure has been a fun day and you ~uys really did a great
job today and ,,,e're looking forward to working with you for
the next 3 months on orbit. .
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11/16/73
CDR Thanks a lot Dick. And you guys have
been great too.
CC Roger.
SPT Well done. We - We'll be talking to
you in the future.
CC Okeydoke.
PAO This is Skylab Control, loss of signal
through Guam Island tracking statIon. 16 minutes to
acquisition Goldstone and stateside passl picking up the
tracking ship at - that tracking ship Vanguard off the
coast of South America. CAP Cor.nl Dick Truly passed up a
recommendation that the crew stay in the command modul~
tonight and not begin activation of the workshop which
Jerry Carr had suggested several days ago. Carr agreed with
this recommendation, however the activation team was on
standby, in case the crew chose their other option to begin
activation tonight instead of tomorroW after a sleep period.
Flight Director Phil Shaffer will appear in ~e Houston .
News room for a Change-of-shift-press conference within the
next 5 or 10 minutes in the small briefing room. Any air
to ground communications during that press conference will
be taped for delay playback at the close of the press
conference. Shaffer is known in the Fligh.t Control circles
as large flight.. 23:12 Greenwich mean time hack in 14
minutes for Goldstone perhaps unless the press conference
has begun in which case the stateside pass will be delayed.
23:12, Skylab Control out.
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mc-37/l
Time: 18:03 CST, 02:00:03 mIT
ll/16/73
PhO This is Sky lab Control,' 00: 03 Greenwich
mean time. Some 15 minutes of air to ground across the
states and the Vanguard tracking station that was recorded
during the just completed change-of-shift briefing has
been squeezed down to about 7 minutes, of tape through the
voice actuated method. We're an hour away from next station
pass through Goldstone and Texas at this time we'll play
back the accumulated tape recorded during the change-of-
shift press conference.
CC Sky lab, Houston. AOS 14 minutes.
CDR Hello Bill, read you loud and clear.
CC Hew're you doing up there?
CDR We're doing ' great.
cc Did Ed Gibson finally believe he's
arrived?
CDR No, he's still wagging his head and
wondering how he got here. Acutally we all are.
CC Jley, you people look great this morning
you were kind of slow getting to 40,000 but you sure took
off after that.
CDR Sure felt good where we were Bill.
CC Skylab, Houston could you give u~ what
you recorded for NOUN 231
CDR Okay, Bill. Ne did the P50 at 23: 22
and the NOUN 23s are 14451, 18005, 0001, correction 00001.
CC Ne copy that.
CDR Okay, we're going to get started on
the tunnel pressure and integrity check now.
CC Copy.
CDR Houston, we've completed the pressure
integrity on the hatch in the tunnel and . we're ready to
remove the hatch.
CC We copy that.
CC Skylab, I minute LOS. Vanguard at
23:52.
CDR Roger Houston, talk to you then.
SPT \~e got hhe hatch out nill.
CC We copy that.
CC Skylab, Houston, A05 8 minutes.
CDR Hello, Houston, Skylab we got the
hatch out and we found all of the latches secure with the
exception of number 1. The latch handle did not - was not
tight it pulled back quite a ways. So I re-cocked and
fired off latch 1 and ,it's down snug and we got 12 good
latches.
CC tie copy that.
CDR We looked over the drogue Bill, and
there's one crease in it I'm not sure whether we did it or
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11/16/73
that was done before we got here, but there's a pretty
good dent in it and one scratch but for the most part the
drogue is pretty smooth, pretty clean.
ec eopy that also.
PLT By the way Dill, the docking index
angle is plus 0.7 degrees.
ee We copy plus 0.7.
CC PLT, Houston.
PLT Go ahead, Houston.
ee If you're free i you could give us
some additional words on the secondary coolant loop problem
that you had earlier any detail that you could add would
be appreciated.
PLT Okay, let us think about it a little
bit and we'll put something together for you. And meanwhile
we're putting the hatch in.
ee We copy.
PLT Okay, Bill when we tried to do the
secondary coolant loop check that's in the launch check
list, you know right after insertion we went through the
checklist properly and evaporator did not \'Tork properly
in that the steam pressure repeatedly weny to full
scaled low after we went to automatic control. That is
when we MOved to switch to the evaporator positioned the
secondary coolant loop to the evaporator position. Okay
we tried that twice and I attempted to - to manually
modulate that sw - secondary coolant loop evap reset
switch by going to the reset switch - reset position and
partially closing off the back pressure valve and I was
able to sustain a steam 'pressure of about 0.15, 0.16 some-
where along there however, the evap outempt never did
come down we gave it about 10 or 15 minutes: we got
busy with other things and we went ahead and deactivated
the secondary coolant loop as per procedures at the
end of the procedure and we've not done anything else with
it since.
ee We copy that Bill.
PLT Okay.
CC Yes, we copy that.
PLT Rag.
CC skylab! we'll be LOS in 1 minute.
We'll have you aga~n on a CONUS pass over Goldstone
at 01.04 following this we'll have the evening report
over Vanguard at 01:30, and the med conference over Hawaii
at 02:38.
CDR Roger, stand b - say it again, please?
We'll write those times down.
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Time. 18:03 CST, 02:00,03 GMT
11/16/73
CDR All riqht we'll be cominq up with a
CONUS pass over Goldstone at 01z04, with the evening
report over Vanguard at Ol:30 "and the med conference over
Hawaii at 02:38.
CDR Okay, Bill I qat that.
PAD This is Skylab Control, that complete~
playback of the accumulated tape from Goldstone and Texas
and Vanguard tracking stations. Recorded during the ~hange
of-shift-hriefin9. 'Next station Goldstone again in 52 .
minutes at 00:11 Greenwich mean time. Skylab Control.
END OF TAPE
 SL-IV MC38/1
. Time: 19:03 CST, 02:.01:03 GMT
11/16/73

PAD This is Skylab Control, 57 seconds to

acquistion at Goldstone for the final stateside pass of
the evening, Greenwich mean time 1:03 at the upcoming
tracking ship Vanguard pass after this stateside pass will
be the evening status report and the following station pass
o~er Hawaii at 02:38 Greenwich mean time will be the
medical conference a summary of which will be read, after
the flignt surgeon or flight crew physician he's called
these days has his daily conference with the crew, sho_uld
be getting acquisition now through Goldstone with space
statidn Skylab. Standing by at 01;04 Zulu.
CC Skylab, Houston. AOS for 12 minutes.
CDR l1e110, Houston, Skylab read you loud
and clear.
CC And Skylab we'd like for you do to
something for us.
CDR Go ahead.
CC On the secondary glycol loop we would
like for you to repeat that check that's in - that's L3-5
item 13, we think there may have been an unsiffieient water
servicing the last time also if you can do it now we would
be able to track it on the TM, and it'll give us something
to work with. .
PLT Okay, Bill stand by we'll get the
checklist.
CDR Hey, Bill this is Jerry.
CC Go ahead, Jerry.
CDR Okay, what'd you say we have our
evening status report at some later pass. We haven't even
gotten started eating yet. It's going to take a while
while we fiddle around in here, so why don't we have our
status report as some later time?
CC Okay, stand by just a minute Jerry and
we'll see what we can do.
CDR Quite frankly we haven't had much
time to eat during the rendezvous and we're trying to
catch up now, it's going to take more time than we've got
I think.
PLT Okay, Bill we're going to give it a go
now. "'e got the pump running on ACl.
CC Okay, we copy that and if you would
like we can without changing the go to sleep time, you
can do the evening status report at Vanguard at 03:06,
if that's acceptable to you.
CDR Yes sir, that'll be fine, 03:06 over
Vanquard.
CC That's correct.
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Time. 19:03 CST, 02:01:03 GUT
11/16/73
~ PLT Okay, we're now pegged high in the steam
pressure meter and we're going secondary coolant loop to
evap.
CC Copy.
PLT Okay, Dill it's starting down at a pretty
rapid rate no'....
CC Copy.
PLT We're at 0.1.
PLT And Bill it's not quite full scale low
it's reading 0.06.
CC Copy.
PLT Showing some signs of life now Bill,
we got it coming up to around 0.08, and our glycol evap
OUT TEMP is coming down it's now going to 63.
CC And \ole copy.
PLT We expect from the past history of
testing Dill, that thing's 901n9 to take a quite a little
while to stabilize out, maybe a good 10 to 15 Minutes.
CC All right, we'll be watching here.
PLT Bill , I wish you were here, this is the
only way to fly.
CC (Lau~hter) you wish I were there.
You look pretty good blasting off, that ,",as a beauty this
morning.
CDR Yeah, sure did do that thing well.
PLT You know nill something that ,Terry and
I have been noticing is the backside of the Ant that's the
minus eZside of it. Is discolored, it's gold to dark brown,
or light brown in some (garble) tm-RE TRYING TO FIGUnE
OUT WHY THAT IS SINCE THE Sun or UV never really gets to it. It's a
darker color than what we've got on the side of the AnI.
CC Is it the white paint itself that's
discolored there have been by the way other comments of
course on this.
PLT It's the white paint that's disc olored
the big - the flat back to the ATlI which is perpendicular
to the Z-axis.
CC Yes , that's previous comments on it.
CC Is it such that you can scrape a little
bit off on one of your EVAs?
PLT I think if \-Ie gotover there with
so~ethin9 that was relatively sharp not very sharp, ran a
piece of tape, we might be able to pull off some of it. l'n
not sure that's the easiest place to get to though.
cc - - what I was thinking.
PLT However, it's right down there hy the
right adjacent to the shorting plug which \'1e were going to
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put on and we have worked out that procedure in the water.
PLT nill, how long you folks intend to
leave the water hoiler on?
CC We'll give you a call ,in another 2 or
3 minutes to turn it off we wanted to get as much as we
could of - while we have TU coverage.
PLT Okay.
CC Skylab, you can terminate the secondary
loop check. It looks as if it's now working_
PLT Okay, Houston.
CC And we'11 be LOS in 1 minute. We'11
have you again at Vanguard at 01:30 and bon apetit.
CDR Roger.
PAO ' This is Skylab Control, loss of signal
for the final stateside pass of the evening_ 10 minutes
away from acquisition again, tracking ship Vanguard.
Sky lab IV Commander Jerry Carr asked to delay the evening
status report to a later time have been scheduled on the
upcoming Vanguard pass at 01:30 Greenwich mean time, but
he said that the crew had gotten a little behind the time-
line particularly in "t heir meals and they haven' t even
begun their evening meal at thae time. So the medical
conference stays where it would have heen scheduled at
02: 38 Greenwich mean time over Hawaii next - next rev.
And the evening status report delayed one full revolution
until the next Vanguard pass a"f ter this one at 03: 06.
Nine minutes away from Vanguard at 01: 18 Greenwich mean
time, Skylab Control.
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SL-IV MC-39/l
TIME. 19.27 CST, 02.01.27 GMT
11/16/73
PAD This is Sky lab Control; 01:27, Greenwich
mean time. 50 seconds away from acqusition through tracking
ship Vanguard. As the Camnand Service l-lodule. for Skylab IV
begins it's 'seventh revolution. hnd space station Skylab
begins revolution 2,692 ~round the earth. Up, live and
listening for resumption of conununication through Vanguard.
Sky lab Control. .
cc Sky lab , Houston, ADS e.ight minutes.
SPT Hello Bill.
CC Yeah, Ed.
CC Skylab Houston.
SPT Go ahead", Houston.
CC We noticed that B~T A, battery A is off.
Did you terminate the charge on that?
SPT That's affirmative, we terminated the
charge on it, it had 39 volts on it.
CC Copied.
CC (garble)
CC We're going to be LOS in 50 seconds,
there will be a medical conference over Hawaii at 02:38.
8PT Roger Bill, talk to you then.
ce Roger.
PAO This is Skylab Control. LOS Vanguard
and the next live pass for space station Skylab will be
Vanquard again in an hour and 26 minutes. Crew Surgeon
Dr. Paul Buchanan will talk to the crew in the evening
medical confere~ce in about 58 minutes over Hawaii. And
the evening status report has been shifted to the following
Vanguard pass and that should be the final communication
with the crew in the eveping. Before they begin their
sleep period. Wetll be back for Vanguard in an hour and
26 minutes at 01:40 Greenwich mean time. Skylab Control.
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SL-IV MC40/l
Time: 21:

SL-IV HC40/l
Time: 21:05 CST, 02:03:05 GMT
11/16/73
PAO This i. Skylab Control, 03:05 Greenwich
mean time. Some 50 seconds away from acquisition for the
tracking ship Vanguard and the final pass of tlle evening
before the .crew p~ters the first sleep period in space of
Skylab IV. Unless for some reason the crew decirles to stay
up later. Coming up here at ~e Vanguard the evening status
report from the crew on food, water consumption, general
crew status, crew medical conference with the crew surgeon.
CC AOS for 10 minutes.
CDR nella, Houston Skylab loud and clear.
cc Skylab, we have several items for you.
CDR Okay, do you want the evening report
first or last?
CC Let's take that last. The first item
is for H2 reconfiguration on panel 2, H2 heaters 1 to OFF.
H2 heaters 2 to AUTO. Verify.
CDR Okay, Dick - I - okay Dill you qot l to
OFF and 2 is verified at AUTO. "
CC That's affirm. And then on n2 "f ans 1
is OFF and the second fans are in AUTO to verify also.
CDR Reg. H2 fans 1 is OFF and 2zis AUTO.
CC That's affirm. We want you before -qoing
to sleep to initiate battery B charging. We'd like for you
to do that now.
CDR Okay.
CC And in the - they would like to control
the charging cycle from the ground on the ~asis of current
actual charging (garble) integrated charging (garble. It turns
out that voltage becomes (garble) to some high value near
the end of the c::harge it is not a reliable inHouston, we'll ge"t started on
B charge and understand you'll call the shots on it from
now on.
CC That's affirm. And we want you to verify
that you did the cst-t, Res propellant reconfiguration?
CDR That's verified Bill, we did do that.
CC Okay, and the last thing do you want a
wake-up call tomorrow morning?
CDR Yeah, affirmative.
CC And we're standing by for the eveninq
report.
COR Okay, on the evening report. Nater
drinks: for the CDR: 8, for the SPT : 32, for the PLT: 8.
Medication: CDR: one scop/Oex, one promethazine ephedrine;
for the SPT : one seop/Oex, one promethazine ephedrine; for
the PLT: three promethazine ephedrine. Rehydratable water delyas:
CDR is plus 1.51 SPT is plus 0.5; PLT is plu$ "I.O. No salt used"
on any of the three" and for the CDR a deviation; the items not eaten
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were turkey and rice soup, and coffee times two. The CDR
had an extra today and he ate the PLT's stra"lberries by
mistake at lunch. The SPT has no deviations. The PLT,
had no strawberries for lunch and has not eaten meal C.
Cc We copy that.
PLT And Bill, the folks on ED63 might be
pleased to know that we got their plants hanging in the
window, drinking up some sunshine.
CC Okay, we'll pass the word along there
should be plenty of it up there. By the way don't feel
bad about eating the food you can always blame it on the
cat.
CC Skylab, we're going LOS in about a
minute. We'll be seeing you tomorrow. Looks like every-
thing got off to ' a great start here today.
CDR Roger, Houston. Talk to you in the
morning Houston.
PAO This is Sky lab Control; loss of signal
through the Vanguard. r.. ikely there \Olill be no further
convnunication with the crew tonight. N'ext station 56 minutes
will be the Hawaii station, meanwhile the just completed
medical conference over Hawaii between the crew and the
crew Buregon, Dr. Jerry 1I0rdinsky has produced the following
summary; the Skylab IV crew initiated their mission with
an overall satisfactory adjustment to zero gravity all
crew members were on an anti-motion sickness medication
regimen prescribed preflight . The crew members consumed
the bulk of their lunches commenting on however, the
difficulty of completing the me als due to the busy
schedule. Shortly after docking, the Pilot Dill Pogue
developed nausea this is been controlled by a maximum
immobilization and by the prescription of an additional
anti-motion sickness medication. As a consequence of the
preceding, the Pilot has deferred his supper for the night.
It is important to note that both the Commander and the
science Pilot, that is Jerry Carr and Ed Gibson have to
continue to remain motion sickness free and were able to
eat supper without difficulty. All three crewmen commented
on the typical head fullness on entry into zero gravity.
Tomorrow the crew intends to proceed with the nominally
planned activation timeline. That completes Dr. Hordinsky's
evening status report on the crew health. And at 03:19
Greenwich mean time signing off until 6 a.m. tomorrow
at crew wake-up this is Skylab Control.
END OF TAPE