Knight: |
Both
BCS on. |
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B-52: |
11
minutes. |
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NASA
1: |
Rog. |
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Knight: |
Rog.
Precool is off, Bill. |
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NASA
1: |
Rog,
Pete. |
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B-52: |
10
minutes, heading 034. |
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Knight: |
APU
cooling is normal. Both blowers BLN2. Pressure cooling coming on. Inertial
gages, I got about 12,000 altitude, -100 fps H dot and attitudes look good,
heading is 034°. Cabin source is about 3300. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger. |
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Russel: |
Reading
about 819 on doppler velocity. |
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Knight: |
Rog,
I got about 800. |
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Russel: |
Vertical
velocity climbs -- 10 scale is a -7. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger.
Say again the quantity that is -7, Jack? |
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B-52: |
Just
passed 9 minutes. |
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Knight: |
Helium
valve is open. Are we cleared to start the APU's, #2 first? Bill, are we
ready for #2 APU? |
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NASA
1: |
Rog,
Pete, do you have your helium shutoff valve open? |
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Knight: |
Rog,
it is open. |
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NASA
1: |
Rog,
ready on #2. |
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B-52: |
NASA
1, will you call 8 minutes? |
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NASA
1: |
We'll
call it. |
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Knight: |
Rog,
I got good hydraulics on #2. Clear for #l? |
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NASA
1: |
Rog,
clear on #1. 8 minutes now. |
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Knight: |
Rog. |
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NASA
1: |
Start
your turn. |
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B-52: |
Roger. |
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Knight: |
Reset
the generators. Engine is reset. Hydraulic pressures look good. Electrical
power looks good, 200 on both. Flaps coming down, Woody. |
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|
Chase: |
Rog,
coming down, look good. |
|
|
Knight: |
Flaps
coming up. |
|
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Chase: |
Rog,
real nice. Flaps look good. |
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|
Knight: |
OK. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Check
your flap circuit breaker. |
|
|
Knight: |
Both
circuit breakers are in. |
|
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NASA
1: |
Rog.
We 're already through 8 minutes, Pete, go ahead with page 10. |
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|
Knight: |
Rog.
Mixing chamber temperatures are -40 and about -50 on #2. |
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B-52: |
7
minutes. |
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Knight: |
a
is +2° and b
is about 1-3/4° needle left. |
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NASA
1: |
Rog
And we're through 7 minutes. |
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Knight: |
Rog.
Aux cabin pressure switch is coming on. Ready for platform internal? |
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|
Russel: |
Yes. |
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NASA
1: |
Rog,
Pete. |
|
|
Knight: |
Platform
internal. Fire extinguisher is auto. Alternate SAS is off. |
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|
NASA
1: |
Roger. |
|
|
Knight: |
How
are we on time, Bill? |
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NASA
1: |
About
6-l/2 minutes, Pete. |
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Knight: |
Rog.
I'll go ahead with the SAS check now. |
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NASA
1: |
Go. |
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B-52: |
6
minutes. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger.
Jack Russell, you called some parameter was reading 7, say what quantity
that is? |
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Russel: |
Vertical
velocity is now reading -4. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger,
vertical velocity now -4. |
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Knight: |
And
SAS check is complete, ASAS is armed. Got Hi Lo Hi. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger,
Pete. |
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Knight: |
We'll
check the roll BCS now. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Rog. |
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|
Knight: |
And
the stabilizer position, Woody? |
|
|
Chase: |
Trim
is zero. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog.
Got about 44,000 inertial altitude, just negative on the H dot, about 810
or 812 on the velocity. |
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B-52: |
Just
passed 5 minutes. |
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Knight: |
X-15
oxygen about 2800. |
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NASA
1: |
008,
ease off on the turn just a little bit please. |
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|
B-52: |
Roger. |
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NASA
1: |
We'll
call the 4 minute point. |
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B-52: |
Roger. |
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Knight: |
Selected
X-15 oxygen. Cabin altitude is 36,000. |
|
|
Russel: |
LOX
topoff is complete. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Pete,
will you check your face plate heat on. |
|
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Knight: |
Rog,
face plate heat is on low. |
|
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NASA
1: |
Roger. |
|
|
Russel: |
Stable
platform in specs, except for vertical velocity. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Roger,
Jack Russell. 008, roll out on 220. |
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B-52: |
Roger,
220. |
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|
NASA
1: |
Standby
for the 4 minute call. 4 minutes now. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog.
Data on, calibrate. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Roger. |
|
|
Knight: |
Tank
handle pressurize. |
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|
Russel: |
NASA
1, vertical velocity zero on ........... |
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|
NASA
1: |
Roger. |
|
|
Russel: |
And
you want me to lock G pot at this time? |
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|
Knight: |
Tank
pressures look good, about 49 on ammonia and 51 on LOX. LOX inlet about
51. Going to jettison, are you ready, Chase l? |
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Chase: |
Ready.
Good jettison. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog.
Data coming off. |
|
|
Chase: |
Stop
jettisoning. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog.
3 jettison switches in jettison. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
008,
come 2° right. |
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|
B-52: |
Roger,
2° right. |
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|
Knight: |
Intercom
off, how do you read on X-15 radio? |
|
|
NASA
1: |
You're
loud and clear, Pete, do you have all 3 jettison switches to jettison? |
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|
Knight: |
All
3 switches are in jettison. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Roger,
and will you run through inertials quick for us? |
|
|
Knight: |
45,000
on inertial altitude, zero on H dot and about 650 on speed. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Roger.
Come 2° more right, 008. |
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|
B-52: |
Roger,
2° more right. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
And
we're about 2 minutes and 20 seconds now. |
|
|
Knight: |
Roger.
APU bearing temps are 100 and about 90 on #2. Door pressure 1900. Push
to test on the experiment. |
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|
NASA
1: |
Rog,
Pete. 2 minutes now. |
|
|
Knight: |
Roger.
Testing the ball nose. Ball nose looks good. Got about 1-1/2° a
and about 1-3/4° left needle on b. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
OK,
we're in good shape here, Pete, and NASA 1 will count down to 1 minute.
008, come 2° more right and back to launch heading at 1 minute. |
|
|
B-52: |
Roger. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Standby
for 1 minute, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, hack. |
|
|
Knight: |
Roger,
I got it. Data is on, tape on. Calibrate. Prime. Prime looks good, precool
and igniter idle are on. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Roger. |
|
|
Knight: |
Pump
idle is coming on. Igniter ready light. Manifolds look good, 2nd stage
igniter. Ready to launch. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Looks
good here, Pete. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog,
3, 2, 1 launch. |
|
|
Chase: |
Good
light. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Your
a
looks good, Pete. Check your throttle. And lets try to come 5° right
on the heading. Standby for theta. Heading looks good. Coming up on 80,000
now. Pete, come down about 1° on theta. Track looks very good. We can
see your theta correction. Standby for shutdown. Track looks very good,
profile looks good also, Pete. Coming up on 180,000. Check b
zero. Heading vernier to delta psi. |
|
|
Knight: |
Vernier
to delta psi. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Rog.
Coming up on 200,000, RAS on, Pete. Track looks very good. Coming up on
220, experiment on. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Track
looks very good, Pete. |
|
|
Knight: |
Experiment
is on. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Rog.
Have you over the top at 240,000, Pete. Heading looks very good and profile
is good. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog.
Doors closed. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Rog.
You're back through 220, Pete, check your experiment off. RAS off. Speed
brakes to 20°. Have you back through 200,000, delta psi to standby.
Check your a.
OK, let's steady out the a
where we want it, Pete. a
looks good. Back through 150,000 now. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Track
looks very good, Pete. You're just slightly warm on energy. Just very slightly.
Very good track, very good profile. Coming through 70,000 now, Pete, standby
for H dot. Good looking H dot, Pete. Let's bring the speed brakes full
out, Pete, and keep her coming downhill. |
|
|
Knight: |
Coming
down. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Keep
her coming down. We have you over Cuddeback now at 62,000 at 3.3 Mach.
Keep her coming down. Do you have the field in site? Have you coming through
2.8. OK, you're coming down hill good now. |
|
|
Knight: |
Give
me an altitude? |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Engine
master off. |
|
|
Knight: |
Master
off. What's my altitude, Bill? |
|
|
NASA
1: |
We
have you 52,000 and you're just coming through Mach 2. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog. |
|
|
Chase: |
Tally
ho. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
OK,
you can bring your brakes in, Pete, if you like. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
And
we have you 10 north now. Coming through 40,000. You can break your H dot
now. Chase 4, are you ready for jettison? |
|
|
Chase: |
Roger.
I got him. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Roger,
you can go to jettison anytime, Pete. |
|
|
Knight: |
Jettisoning. |
|
|
Chase: |
Still
jettisoning, Pete. |
|
|
Knight: |
Altitude,
Jerry? |
|
|
NASA
1: |
We
have you coming subsonic, Pete, watch your a.
We have you over the highway, Pete, about 35,000. |
|
|
Chase: |
32,000
Pete. Check your flap, squat, stick kicker. .......... extend, master off. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog,
got them off. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
And
will you stop jettisoning on peroxide, Pete? |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog,
stop jettisoning. Altitude? |
|
|
Chase: |
25,
Pete. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog. |
|
|
Chase: |
15,
12, come up a little |
|
|
Knight: |
......... |
|
|
Chase: |
Got
it. Nose down. Your main, nose gear is coming out, it's down. 10, 5, 4,
3, 2, 1, push, pull, real good, Pete. |
|
|
Knight: |
Ball
looks good, about 174°. Velocity is about 600 fps. Altitude is climbing,
+400 fps. X-15 oxygen is about 2000. Hydraulic pressures are all good.
Peroxide tank is good. Bearing temperatures, mixing chambers are good.
Fox is down to zero. #1 and #2 is about 600. APU's are about 1900 on #1,
2200 on #2. Cabin source is 2000. Door source is about 1600. |