i ll try to get a rock in here. that looks beautiful from here, neil. it has a stark beauty all its own. it s like much of the high desert of the united states. it s different but it s very pretty out here. is that in the pocket? yeah, push down. got it? no, it s not all the way in. push it. there you go. sample is in the pocket. i oxygen is 81%. i have no flags, and i m in minimum flow. okay, i got the camera going at one frame a second. you ready for me to come out? just stand by a second. i ll move this from the hand rail. how far am i? okay, you re right at the end of the porch. okay. now i want to back up and partially close the hatch. making sure not to lock it on my way out. good thought. that s our home for the next couple hours. we want to take good care of it.
we have it in the override close position to see if it will get better. it seems to be getting worse. it s on camera 18. camera 18, you could see the men working on the hydrogen leak. once the technicians depart, we will send hydrogen again through the system to assure that the leak has been corrected. the astronauts now coming up toward the pad itself as the crew of several technicians at the 200 foot level proceed to tighten some bolts around a leaking valve. the astronaut team, which has just arrived at the pad, the transfer van now backing up toward the elevator. in a matter of five minutes or so, we will be ready for the spacecraft commander neil armstrong to come across at the 320 foot level. that s our status at 2 hours 43 minutes 47 seconds and counting. this is launch control.
we see 651. we have a happy home. there s plenty of room for the three of us. apollo 11 is presently 131 nautical miles from earth. the spacecraft slowly rotates to maintain thermal balance. looks like we ve got a good pt going. it s good night from the white team, over. okay. see you tomorrow. thank you for everything. good morning, apollo 11. good morning, houston. apollo 11. yeah, i ve got the world in my window for a change. sounds like one of these rotating restaurants. let s hand over to the white team here. we are going to crawl in lem shortly. we are receiving live tv. interior view of the command module looking up into the lem hatch area. coming down. we are about to open the hatch now. buzz aldrin has apparently carried the camera into the lem with him. the vehicle is surprisingly very clean. a moment ago we had a good shot of the two helmets and now behind we have the aca. that s the position. we will be putting the camera in after the ini
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on the camera. roger. camera has been activated. test, mtc. the swing arm camera is on. msg. copy. go. the crew is approaching. this is saturn launch control. we just passed the 2 hour 21 minute mark in our countdown. we are proceeding at this time. 320 foot level, all three astronauts now aboard the spacecraft. a few minutes ago astronaut buzz aldrin took the center seat to join neil armstrong on the left and mike collings on the right. these are the positions they will fly at liftoff. 120 feet down, the work continues on a leaky valve. 200 foot level. the technicians still hard at work tightening bolts around that valve at this time. how do you read?