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CSM Operations Checklist - Index

Page © 2019 by W. David Woods, Kenneth D. MacTaggart and Frank O'Brien. All rights reserved.

The CSM Operations Checklist presented here was derived from scans of Mike Collins' flown checklist, currently in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum (Catalog number A19850133000). All of the annotations are on the original. These images are presented with permission of the Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum subject to its terms of use policy.

Cue Cards

• Cover
• Inside cover with notes on interesting pictures selected in the LRL
• Cue Card - TD&E
• Rear of TD&E Cue Card
• Cue Card - SPS Burns
• Cue Card - SPS Burns (continued)
• Cue Card - Lunar Activities and Camera Settings
• "Ye Ole Lunar Scratch Pad"
• Cue Card - Program 22 Details
• Rear of P22 Cue Card
• Cue Card - Entry PAD
• Rear of Entry PAD Cue Card

Flight Table of Contents

• FTC-1 - Contents page 1
• FTC-2 - Contents page 2
• FTC-3 - Contents page 3
• FTC-4 - Contents page 4
• FTC-5/6 - Contents page 5/6

Section 1. Reference Data

Section 2. G&N General

• F2-1 - CMC Power Up Procedure - IMU Power Up Procedure - P06-CMC Power Down Program
• F2-2 - Optics Dust Cover Jett - Optics Power Up Procedure - P06 - Optics Power Down - IMU Power Down Procedure - CMC Self Check
• F2-3 - Measurement & Loading of PIPA Bias - Flag Word Set/Reset
• F2-4 - Binary-to-Octal Conversion - Octal-to-Decimal Conversion
• F2-5 - Review Data in Erasable Memory - To Change Data in Erasable Memory - P22 Raw Data Readout
• F2-6 - Monitor of Input/Output Channels - Load Output Channels - Pitch Orbit Rate Maneuver
• F2-7 - RCS DAP ATT DBD Increase
• F2-8 - G&N Recovery Procedures
• F2-9 - Rapid IMU Realign
• F2-10 - VHF RNG DSKY Display
• F2-10A - Changing Landing Site REFSMMAT for Out of Plane Burns

Section 3. Navigation

• F3-1 - P17-TPI Search - P20-Rendezvous Navigation
• F3-2 - P20-Rendezvous Navigation (continued)
• F3-3 - P21-Ground Track Determination
• F3-4 - P22-Orbital Navigation
• F3-5 - P22-Orbital Navigation (continued)
• F3-6 - P23-Optics Calibration
• F3-7 - P23-Cislunar Midcourse Nav Measurement
• F3-8 - P23-Cislunar Midcourse Nav Measurement (continued)
• F3-9 - P27-CMC Update
• F3-10 - P27-CMC Update (continued)

Section 4. Prethrust

• F4-1 - P30-External Delta-V - P31-General Lambert Prethrust
• F4-2 - P32-CSI Prethrust
• F4-3 - P33-CDH Prethrust
• F4-4 - P34-TPI Prethrust (P74 LM)
• F4-5 - P34-TPI Prethrust (P74 LM) (continued)
• F4-6 - P35-TPM Prethrust (P75 LM)
• F4-7 - P37-Return to Earth Program, Corridor Control
• F4-8 - P37-Return to Earth Program, Corridor Control (continued)
• F4-9 - P37-Return to Earth Program, Longitude Control
• F4-10 - P37-Return to Earth Program, Longitude Control (continued)
• F4-11/12 - P37-Return to Earth Program, Longitude Control (continued)
• F4-12A - (Graph) Delta-V_O versus Delta Longitude, K=0.04 to 0.004
• F4-12B - (Graph) Delta-V_O versus Delta Longitude, K=0.4 to 0.04
• F4-12C - (Form) P37 Block Data
• F4-12D - (Form) P37 Block Data
• F4-13 - P38-SOR Targeting (P78 LM)
• F4-14 - P39-Stable Orbit Mid (P79 LM)

Section 5. Thrusting

• F5-1 - P40-SPS Thrusting
• F5-2 - P40-SPS Thrusting (continued)
• F5-3 - P40-SPS Thrusting (continued)
• F5-4 - P40-SPS Thrusting (continued)
• F5-5 - P40-SPS Thrusting (continued)
• F5-6 - P40-SPS Thrusting (continued)
• F5-7 - P41-RCS Thrusting
• F5-8 - P41-RCS Thrusting (continued)
• F5-9 - P41-RCS Thrusting (continued)
• F5-10 - P41-RCS Thrusting (continued)
• F5-11/12 - P47- Thrust Monitor Program

Section 6. Alignments

• F6-1 - P51-IMU Orientation
• F6-2 - P52-IMU Realign
• F6-3 - P52-IMU Realign (continued)
• F6-4 - P53-Backup IMU Orient Determination
• F6-5 - P54-Backup IMU Realign
• F6-6 - P54-Backup IMU Realign (continued)
• F6-7 - P54-Backup IMU Realign (continued)
• F6-8 - Star Charts
• F6-8A - Star Charts
• F6-8B - Star Charts
• F6-9 - Planet Vectors (Venus)
• F6-10 - Planet Vectors (Mars, Jupiter & Saturn)

Section 7. Targeting

• F7-1 - P72-LM CSI Targeting
• F7-2 - P72-LM CSI Targeting (continued)
• F7-3 - P73-LM CDH Targeting
• F7-4 - P73-LM CDH Targeting (continued)
• F7-5/6 - P76-Target Delta-V

Section 8. Extended Verbs

• F8-1 - V35-DSKY Condition Light Test - V41 N91 Coarse Align OCDUs
• F8-2 - V41-N20 Coarse Align ICDUs - V42-Gyro Torquing
• F8-3 - V48-DAP Activation - V48-DAP Data Load Procedure
• F8-4 - V49-Crew Defined Maneuver - V55-CMC Time Update - V64-Hi Gain Antenna Pointing
• F8-5 - V67-W-Matrix Error Display - V74-CMC Downlink - V82-Orbital Parameter Display
• F8-6 - V83-Rndz Parameters Display #1 - V85-Rndz Parameters Display #2 - V87-Set VHF Range Flag
• F8-7 - V89-Rendezvous Final Attitude - V90-Out-Of-Plane Display
• F8-8 - V91-Compute Banksum - V93-Enable W-Matrix Initialization

Section 9. SCS General

• F9-1 - SCS Power Up - SCS Power Down
• F9-2 - GDC Alignment to IMU Gimbal Angles - SCS Attitude Reference Comparison - Backup GDC Alignment (IMU Failed)
• F9-3 - Backup GDC & IMU Alignment (CMC Failed)
• F9-4 - In-Plane GDC Alignment - PGNS ORDEAL Initialization
• F9-5 - SCS ORDEAL Initialization - COAS LOS Determination
• F9-6 - Passive Thermal Control (G&N)
• F9-7 - Passive Thermal Control (G&N) (continued)
• F9-8 - Passive Thermal Control (SCS)
• F9-9 - Terminate PTC - CMC/LGC Clock Sync/T_Ephem Update
• F9-10 - Docked IMU Align

Section 10. Systems Management

• F10-1 - Propulsion System
• F10-2 - EPS System
• F10-3 - EPS System (continued)
• F10-4 - ECS Periodic Verification
• F10-5 - ECS Periodic Verification (continued)
• F10-6 - ECS Periodic Verification (continued)
• F10-7 - ECS Periodic Verification (continued)
• F10-8 - ECS Periodic Verification (continued)
• F10-9 - ECS Periodic Verification (continued)
• F10-10 - ECS Periodic Verification (continued)
• F10-11 - ECS Periodic Verification (continued)
• F10-12 - ECS Periodic Verification (continued)
• F10-13 - ECS Periodic Verification (continued)
• F10-14 - ECS Periodic Verification (continued)
• F10-15 - ECS Periodic Verification (continued)
• F10-16 - Telecomm Procedures
• F10-17 - (Graph) High-Gain Antenna Scan and Warning Limit
• F10-18 - Antenna positions
• F10-19 - Telecomm Procedures (continued)
• F10-20 - Telecomm Procedures (continued)
• F10-21 - Telecomm Procedures (continued)
• F10-22 - Telecomm Procedures (continued)
• F10-23/24 - Telecomm Procedures (continued)
• Comms sketch by Collins
• F10-25 - RCS Engine, Vent, and Radiator Location
• F10-26 - Systems Data

Section 11. LM Interface

• F11-1 - IVT to LM for First Entry - IVT to LM for Final Entry
• F11-2 - Tunnel Hatch Removal
• F11-3 - Probe Removal
• F11-4 - Drogue Removal - Crew Transfer to LM - Crew Transfer to CSM - Remove LM Umbilicals (Final) - Install Drogue
• F11-5 - Install Probe - Preload Probe - Hatch Installation
• F11-6 - Hatch Integrity Check - Malfunction List
• F11-7 - Malfunction List (continued)
• F11-8 - Malfunction List (continued)
• F11-9 - CSM Docking
• F11-10 - LM Jettison
• F11-11 - LM Jettison (continued)
• F11-12 - LM Jettison (continued)

(No Section 12)

Section 13. LOI Aborts

• F13-1 - LOI 15 Min SPS
• F13-2 - LOI 15 Min SPS (continued)
• F13-3/4 - LOI 15 Min SPS (continued)
• F13-5/6 - (Graph) Nominal LOI 15 Minute Abort CSM/LM

Section 14. Flight Emergency Procedures

• F14-1 - Fire/Smoke in CM (Crew Suited)
• F14-2 - Fire/Smoke in CM (Crew Unsuited)
• F14-3 - Contamination in CM
• F14-4 - Contamination in Suit - C&W/Malfunction Indicators
• F14-5 - C&W/Malfunction Indicators (continued)
• F14-6 - C&W/Malfunction Indicators (continued)
• F14-7 - Emergency Power Down
• F14-8 - Bus Loss Reconfiguration
• F14-9 - Bus Loss Reconfiguration (continued)
• F14-10 - Bus Loss Reconfiguration (continued)
• F14-11 - Bus Loss Reconfiguration (continued)
• F14-12 - Bus Loss Reconfiguration (continued)
• F14-13 - Loss of Two Fuel Cells
• F14-14 - Non-Dioded/Non-Switchable Loads
• F14-15 - Non-Dioded/Non-Switchable Loads (continued)
• F14-16 - Non-Dioded/Non-Switchable Loads (continued)

Miscellaneous

• CDR Exercise Log
• CMP Exercise Log
• LMP Exercise Log
• Food Log
• Crew Log
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (with cartoon)
• Crew Log (with cartoon)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Crew Log (continued)
• Back Cover (including film notes)

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