12 minutes to launch
 

B-52:	11 minutes now.
Rushworth:	Precool is off.
NASA 1:	Rog. Bob, would you verify that the IMC is in the manual OFF position?
Rushworth:	Affirmative, it is. If it wasn't, we wouldn't have any film left.
NASA 1:	That's what Ron was worried about. 003, come right 2° again to 029 and its all right to turn at 8 minutes.
B-52:	Roger, calling 10 minutes now.
Rushworth:	APU cooling switch is normal. Both blowers and BLN2 on. Pressure cooling on now.
NASA 1:	Roger, Bob.
Rushworth:	All my inertial gages and attitude gages look good. Cabin source is 3500.
NASA 1:	Roger.
Rushworth:	Helium shutoff valve is open. Data is on. APU's on now.
NASA 1:	Roger.
B-52:	9 minutes.
Chase:	.......... looks OK. Lower one looks OK.
Rushworth:	#l is slowly coming down, #2 is reading about 3450. Generators reset. Engine reset. Hydraulic pressure check OK. Voltage is about 200 each side. Controls working OK, flaps coming down now, Don?
B-52:	8 minutes, starting turn.
Rushworth:	Flaps up. Data off. Mixing chambers, #1 bouncing around, #2 is -50. Up-down circuit breakers are in.
Chase:	..........
Rushworth:	Roger. a is holding about almost 2° in this turn and sideslip is about 1° out.
NASA 1:	Roger, Bob. Pretty poor turn.
Rushworth:	Aux cabin pressure switch is on.
NASA 1:	Rog.
B-52:	7 minutes.
Rushworth:	Platform internal, Butch?
Butchart:	OK.
Rushworth:	Platform internal. Fire extinguisher auto. ASAS is armed. Going for the SAS check.
NASA 1:	Roger. Will you shallow your turn a little bit, 003?
B-52:	Roger.
Rushworth:	SAS check was good. LO-high indicating setting. ASAS is on. Blood pressure is on.
NASA 1:	Roger.
B-52:	6 minutes.
NASA 1:	Continue your normal turn, 003, we're going to cut out a little bit of time on you here.
B-52:	Roger.
NASA 1:	Let's call that 5 minutes now.
B-52:	Roger, 5 minutes. I'll wait for your call on 4.
Rushworth:	Going to X-15 oxygen at 2900 pounds.
NASA 1:	Roger, Bob.
Rushworth:	Cabin altitude 35 5.
NASA 1:	Roger. Butch, standby on 85 E.
Butchart:	OK, do you want me to cross .......... now?
NASA 1:	Negative. Mark it, Butch.
Butchart:	Mark.
NASA 1:	We'd like a heading of 212 for the inbound.
B-52:	212.
Rushworth:	Is that 4 minutes yet?
NASA 1:	4 minutes now.
Rushworth:	Roger 4 minutes. .......... Butch mark.
NASA 1:	Affirmative on 85.
Rushworth:	Get it, Butch?
Butchart:	I think so.
Rushworth:	Data on - calibrate. Tank handle pressurize.
NASA 1:	We'd like 209 inbound, 003.
B-52:	Roger 209.
Rushworth:	Ammonia locked at 46, lox at 40. Data off. 2 jettison switches to jettison. Intercom switch going off. Ready for radio check now, Milt?
NASA 1:	Roger, Bob. On 286.8, how do you read?
Rushworth:	Loud and clear.
NASA 1:	Mark it Butch.
Rushworth:	Another mark, Butch.
B-52:	3 minutes now.
Rushworth:	My velocity and attitudes look good. APU bearing temperature right now, #1 is 65, #2 is jumping all over the place.
NASA 1:	Looks good. Someone is holding a mic switch down.
B-52:	2 minutes.
Rushworth:	Data is on. Tape to 15. Push to test ball nose, and calibrate. b is about 1° needle left and a is about 2-2 1/2°.
NASA 1:	Roger, Bob. At 1 minute you will be 1-1/2 left.
Rushworth:	1-1/2 left? Understand I will be to the left of track?
NASA 1:	Neg, you will be to the right of track.
Rushworth:	Roger.
B-52:	Taking up ........
Rushworth:	Let me know when we're there.
NASA 1:	1 minute now and do you have cine camera pulse?
Rushworth:	Cine camera pulse.
B-52:	1 minute. Launch master on.
Rushworth:	Let me know when we're on heading.
NASA 1:	He's on heading now, Bob.
Rushworth:	OK, prime. Ignition ready light is on. Precool is on. Igniter is on. Am I still going to be a mile and a half off?
NASA 1:	Affirmative.
Rushworth:	OK. Pump.
Chase:	OK.
Rushworth:	Manifolds are good, pressures are good. Ready to launch. 3-2-1 launch.
Chase:	Good light!
Rushworth:	I hear you talking, Milt, but I don't see a light yet.
NASA 1:	Rog, Bob, we have indication of a light down here and check your heading and have you got a green light?
Rushworth:	I haven't seen it yet.
NASA 1:	Come right 1° and you should be on theta.
Rushworth:	Roger.
NASA 1:	Lets go manual Able.
Rushworth:	Roger, the light is working in automatic.
NASA 1:	And your pushover should be now.
Rushworth:	Roger.
NASA 1:	On track, on profile, going through 70,000. And we would like a little right rudder.
Rushworth:	Roger.
NASA 1:	You're looking real good, standby for speed brakes now.
Rushworth:	Roger.
NASA 1:	Profile looks very good. Standby for shutdown. 80, 81, shutdown.
Rushworth:	I shutdown at 5650.
NASA 1:	Roger, and you're 10 miles from Nellis and still Able.
Rushworth:	Roger, the camera is working. Sorry about that, Milt! Show 109.
NASA 1:	Nellis now.
Rushworth:	Roger, I had 109 pounds.
NASA 1:	Come right 1° and watch your altitude here, don't come down too fast. Let's pull the brakes in now.
Rushworth:	I'm 5300 and 100,000, is that wrong?
NASA 1:	Standby. Come right 2° and hold it, you're 5 miles from Pahrump. Still Able and you're over Pahrump.
Rushworth:	Roger, the camera is working in automatic, give me an altitude, Milt. Give me an altitude, Milt.
NASA 1:	Rog, we have 83 now.
Rushworth:	Roger. What's the speed look like?
NASA 1:	About 4.7, Bob, about 4700. You're low on profile, you might pick it up a little bit.
Rushworth:	OK.
NASA 1:	Why don't you go ahead and level off and we'll drive it on in from here.
Rushworth:	OK, I'm showing 82,000 right now.
NASA 1:	Rog. You're reading about 10,000 feet high.
Rushworth:	I think its just catching up .......
NASA 1:	OK, Bob, you're 40 miles now and 4100 fps and we have you about 73,000. Come left 2° now, Bob, and what's your altitude reading now?
Rushworth:	Altitude 77 now. 2750.
NASA 1:	All right, lets go manual, Bob, and go manual Baker. You Just passed 20 miles to PK.
Rushworth:	OK, manual Baker.
NASA 1:	We have 35 on velocity.
Rushworth:	Say again.
NASA 1:	That was 35, 3200 now on velocity and you're 10 miles from PK.
Rushworth:	Roger.
NASA 1:	And we have you at 63,000. You're over PK now, and go Charlie.
Rushworth:	Charlie.
NASA 1:	Come left 2°.
Rushworth:	Roger.
NASA 1:	You are manual Charlie?
Rushworth:	Manual Charlie.
NASA 1:	We're 10 miles from Cuddeback and go Dog.
Rushworth:	Roger, going Dog.
NASA 1:	You can come down a little bit, looks like you're coming down. We have you coming through about 57,000 now.
Rushworth:	57,000?
NASA 1:	That's affirmative. Cuddeback now and you can go Off.
Rushworth:	Roger, I'm in Dog.
NASA 1:	Roger, we want to go Off to see if we can get some automatic.
Rushworth:	Its off.
NASA 1:	OK, now you can level it out. You're 20 miles out, we have you coming through 50,000 now. We have 1.9 for velocity, how does that compare? Bob, what are you reading on velocity?
Rushworth:	Velocity coming through 16 right now.
NASA 1:	We agree.
Rushworth:	15 on the pressure.
NASA 1:	Roger.
Rushworth:	I'm at 43,000 feet, if the chase is in position, I'll go ahead and jettison.
Chase:	OK, go ahead, Bob.
Rushworth:	I'm not quite to the highway yet.
NASA 1:	Rog, Bob, we have you about 5 miles north of hi key and coming through about 42,000 now. OK, got engine master off?
Rushworth:	Just about over North Base, Joe, what's your position?
Chase:	I'm just a little bit to the West.
Rushworth:	OK, I see one up there at high altitude, is that you?
Chase:	Say again your altitude, Bob.
Rushworth:	Indicating 36 right now.
Chase:	OK.
Rushworth:	That must be you I have in site. You're coming in, keep turning.
Chase:	I got you, Bob. OK, just under you.
NASA 1:	Bob, you got engine master off and check your flap circuit breakers?
Rushworth:	Roger.
NASA 1:	We have you coming through 20,000 now and you can go back to pressurize and will you set the flares, NASA 9?
Rushworth:	What kind of a maneuver was that?
Chase:	OK, flaps.
Rushworth:	Rog, flaps coming now. Gear.
Chase:	Flaps are down and gear is down. About 5 feet, 3, 2, touch, beauty!!
NASA 1:	Bob, you got that right roll input in?
Rushworth:	Saw those fire trucks coming and me turning towards them.
NASA 1:	OK, go right or left, either one.
Rushworth:	Had a right hard stick in and I turned right all the way across the second runway.
NASA 1:	OK, Bob. Like to remind you to leave the APU's on after rollout.
Rushworth:	Right. Speed brakes are out. Sources, fox #1 and #2 zero. 1800. Control 570. Inertial 47,000 going up. Velocity about 200. Rate of climb about 120. Heading is 192. Mixing chambers are same. Cabin source 2100. APUs, 26 on #l, 2850 on #2. APU bearing OK. Blood pressure going off.