Ground
Elapsed
Time
(dd hh mm
ss)
( hh:mm:ss) |
Flight
Day
EST (hh mm) |
Notes
|
00 09 16 39
09:16:39
|
FD 0
EST 2019
|
Capcom says that,
because the
CMP is asleep, he shouldn't be bothered. "No EKG
on CMP or LMP
"tonight".
|
00 13 08 00
13:08:00
|
FD 0
EST 0008
|
CapCom asks if LMP can
check
the water control valve "without disturbing our
sleeping CMP?"
|
00 14 46 10
14:46:10
|
FD 0
EST 0148
|
LMP reports CDR has "a
pretty
bad head cold", took 2 aspirin, and "has been blowing
his nose pretty
much all day long." At 00 15 22 34 CapCom says
he should take an
Actifed (decongestant)
|
00 15 55 38
15:55:38
|
FD 0
EST 0258
|
CDR 'goodnight'
|
00 16 22 00
16:22:00
|
FD 0
EST 0324
|
First CMP comm since
his rest
period. Houston wants a check of the CMPs Biomed
harness, "we're
not getting anything."
|
00 16 53 39
16:53:39
|
FD 0
EST 0356
|
CMP reports he had "6
hours of
sack time, of which 4 hours was pretty decent
sleep. I would have
slept a little better except that I am not used to
going to bed at 6
o'clock local time for me. I think in a day or
two I will adjust
to the cycle."
|
00 22 20 15
22:20:15
|
FD 0
EST 0922
|
First LMP comm since
his rest
period. They are about to do a burn, which
suggests they've been
awake for a while. First CDR comm 2 minutes
after LMP's
|
01 00 59 54
24:59:54
|
FD 1
EST 1202
|
CDR reports he did take
an
Actifed before his rest period and asks if he should
have
another. CapCom reports "Dr. Berry says,
'Yes'."
|
01 07 25 46
31:25:46
|
FD 1
EST 1829
|
CapCom asks about the
CDR's
cold and meds. CDR replies, "My mucus is much
thicker, and I
think I probably should continue on Actifed and use
aspirin when I go
to sleep at night." When asked, he says he had
taken his
temperature and had no fever. Also, no mucus in
the lungs; no
coughing. CDR asks how often he should take the
Actifed. Once per
8 hours; up to 2 aspirin every 4 hours if needed.
|
01 08 54 52
32:54:52
|
FD 1
EST 1957
|
CDR's Biomed now
working. Last CMP comm before his rest period.
|
01 13 05 52
37:05:52
|
FD 1
EST 0008
|
Slayton asks if the
sleep
cycle should be adjusted to get them more rest.
CDR says, "We are
getting kind of pooped ....Donn is sleeping now, and
he needed the sleep
more than we did." CDR wants to wait another day
before
considering changes to the sleep cycle.
|
01 13 35 53
37:35:53
|
FD 1
EST 0038
|
Stafford asks if CDR
wants to
consider having all three crewmen sleep at the same
time. CDR
says, "I don't think I'd be afraid to do it on another
flight, but
we're kind of reluctant right now." Houston
asks, "How are the
sleeping bags working out?" CDR replies, "Not so
hot," and
indicates that the couches are preferable to the
bags. Houston
urges CDR to think about longer rest periods.
|
01 15 23 15
39:23:15
|
FD 1
EST 0225
|
Last LMP/CDR comm
before rest
period.
|
01 15 46 56
39:46:56
|
FD 1
EST 0249
|
CMP reports CDR took
one
Actifed and two aspirin. LMP took one Actifed
because he "has
just got
a little stuffy head cold". CMP reports "I had
two good solid 7
hours of very good sleep and (am) feeling great. |
01 17 39 44
41:39:44
|
FD 1
EST 0441
|
CMP (not LMP as in raw
transcript) and CapCom discuss best time to do a water
dump so as not
to disturb the CDR and LMP from sleep. CMP
says, "They're
already asleep and, the way we've got it rigged, it
won't disturb
either one of them."
|
01 22 25 29
46:25:29
|
FD 1
EST 0927
|
First LMP comm after
his rest
period. Reports the urine dump system is working
" pretty
doggoned good".
|
01 23 45 26
47:45:26
|
FD 1
EST 1047
|
Houston asks about
sleep,
meds, etc. LMP took one Actifed, "my nose was
slightly stuffy
last night, but it didn't give me any problem while
sleeping. I
feel fine this morning. I feel in good
shape." Reports that
the CDR "seems to be getting a lot better, too."
CMP reports "I
got 7 solid hours of sleep last night; and Walt just
had about six, and
he's up. And Wally's still asleep." LMP
says, "I feel very
strongly on the sleeping bit. The sleeping bag is not
as good to have
(as?) the shoulder harness and lap belt to strap you
down against
something, and I think we all feel kinda that
way...Other than that, I
think it is rather amazing how well and how quickly we
all (have) been
able to adjust to IVA (IntraVehicular
Activity)." Comments, too,
about food and exercise.
|
02 02 17 00
50:17:00
|
FD 2
EST 1319
|
First CDR comm after
his rest
period.
|
02 05 13 26
53:13:26
|
FD 2
EST 1615
|
Last CMP comm before
his rest
period.
|
02 06 49 33
54:49:33
|
FD 2
EST 1752
|
Discussion of amount of
food they're
eating. Also discuss their use of the
Exer-Genie. CDR's "cold is improving
considerably". Wants to know if they need to add
cholorine to the
drinking water. Told "yes" two hours later.
|
02 12 58 19
60:58:19
|
FD 2
EST 0000
|
Houston not getting a
Biomed
downlink from the LMP. CDR tells Houston that
"we're getting down
to keeping only one man on watch at a time, and that's
going to answer
a lot. He's not sleeping, just milling around,
staring (out the
windows at Earth?), and housekeeping." He seems
to be implying
they disconnected his Biomed cable. They get the
LMP reconnected.
|
02 14 01 29
62:01:29
|
FD 2
EST 0103
|
First CMP comm after
his rest
period. May have been awake since momentary loss of AC
buses and
related master alarm light at 61 hours 5 minutes (EST
0003).
|
02 14 09 42
62:09:42
|
FD 2
EST 0111
|
Last CDR comm before
his rest
period. CMP reports 20 minutes later that the CDR and
LMP "are sacking
out, so I'll be minding the store in the meantime."
|
02 20 36 24
68:36:24
|
FD 2
EST 0738
|
Houston wants to look
at the
CDR Biomed. CMP says the CDR is still asleep and
doesn't have his
Biomed hooked up.
|
02 21 25 43
69:25:43
|
FD 2
EST 0828
|
First LMP comm after
his rest
period. First CDR comm about 40 minutes later.
|
03 00 36 50
72:36:50
|
FD 3
EST 1139
|
While working out a
comm/data
problem with Houston, the CDR asks, "Do I have time to
blow my
nose?" Still has some cold symptoms.
|
03 01 08 09
73:08:09
|
FD 3
EST 1210
|
Houston reads only one
biomed
and are currently getting the LMP's data. The
problem with the
CDR's biomed is that "the lead's too short" and it
comes apart when
exercising or sleeping.
|
03 03 05 33
75:05:33
|
FD 3
EST 1405
|
CDR wants permission to
skip
today's addition of chlorine to the drinking water. "I
couldn't eat the
last part of my meal yesterday 'cause I didn't want to
put that water
in it." "A lift-off agreement was that if it
tasted bad, we'd
stop; we're just proposing to knock off 1 day."
An hour later,
Houston agrees to the proposal and will ask for
reports on water taste.
|
03 03 47 31
75:47:31
|
FD 3
EST 1451
|
Last CMP comm before
his rest
period. Reports below he went to sleep about EST
1600. |
03 10 30 30
82:30:30
|
FD 3
EST 2132
|
CDR: ... adjust our
sleep
cycle here. This 5 and 1/2 hours is not too
appealing with burn 3
already out of the way ... We would like to add an
hour and a half to
each of our sleep cycles." Doesn't get a firm
response from
CapCom.
|
03 11 55 03
83:55:03
|
FD 3
EST 2257
|
Last LMP comm before
rest
period. "We'll be changing crews".
|
03 12 18 03
84:18:03
|
FD 3
EST 2320
|
CMP reports, "I had a
good
night's rest. Wally and Walt are sacking out
now."
|
03 13 23 02
85:23:02
|
FD 3
EST 0025
|
CMP: "When Wally went
to
sleep, which was about 84 hours (EST 2300), he took
two aspirins and 20
(water gun?) clicks of water; and when I went to sleep
about 77 hours
(EST1600), I took two aspirin and an Actifed and 20
clicks of water."
|
03 18 39 28
90:39:28
|
FD 3
EST 0541
|
First LMP/CDR comm
after their
rest period. CDR comments "I gather you were in
kind of a hurry
to get us to work down there today ... I suggest
somebody for tomorrow
get to work on the sleep plan. You've cut us out
of an hour's
sleep already ... And three have colds. I asked
for an hour and a
half (extra?) sleep for each of us last night, and
that apparently was
ignored." Ten minutes later CapCom replies,
"When I came on, the
time line showed the Commander's and LMP's sleep cycle
extended to 91
hours. Is that the way you understood it?"
CMP
agrees. It is currently about 90:50.
Apparently, the ground
was premature in calling for a radiator test.
Schirra gets testy
and tells Houston to sort out the sleep plan: "How
about giving us a
chance to get some sleep?" About a half hour
later, CapCom says
"we're setting up for a 10-hour sleep cycle for
tonight." The
crew says that's too long. CDR:"We'll go for
eight tonight, and
that will be plenty." Capcom agrees without
discussion.
|
03 22 48 56
94:48:56
|
FD 3
EST 0951
|
CDR: "We're going to
need an
update on the sleep cycle here. We can't let
Donn go to sleep for
the next hour (because of a planned TV pass.)" A
few minutes
later, CapCom says "on the sleep cycle there, we have
96 (hours) to 116
blocked out for a crew sleep cycle. This can be
used in any way
that the crew sees fit for sleeping
arrangements." CDR:"Very
good" 96 hours is 04 00 00 00.
|
04 11 30 19
107:30:19
|
FD 4
EST 2232
|
CD: "We're going to
break up
and get Donn on watch shortly.
|
04 12 24 25
108:24:25
|
FD 4
EST 2326
|
CMP: " I just had a
good,
solid, 8 hours sleep and feel pretty good. I've
got a miserable
head cold but, other than that, everything's going
fine ... My only
concern right now is what's going to happen to my ears
when we re-enter
but I hope by then I'll get over it some."
|
04 12 25 34
108:25:34
|
FD 4
EST 2327
|
A mention of voice
quality on
the DSE, which they are dumping to the ground.
|
04 13 02 22
109:02:22
|
FD 4
EST 0004
|
CapCom asks for
assessment of
best place to sleep. CMP: "We're still sleeping under
the couchs in
space, and that seems to work out best. We've
tried free floating
and tried keeping strapped down in the sleeping bags,
and the latter
seems to be better off. I think you can also
sleep in the couches
if you're strapped down, I guess, but it there's more
than one person
-- You're kind of in the way. The only problem with
sleeping under the
couch - at least on the right side; I haven't checked
the left, but I
know on the right - (is that) it tends to get hotter
under there for
some reason; not hot, but a little warmer than the
rest of the
spacecraft. I don't think there's much air
circulation."
They haven't bothered to cover the windows.
|
04 17 05 01
113:05:01
|
FD 4
EST 0407
|
CapCom: "Wally and
Walt's
sleep period lasts until 116 plus 00 hours.
|
05 11 10 57
131:10:57
|
FD 5
EST 2213
|
CapCom asks for a
rundown of
crew health, meds, and sleep. LMP "had another Actifed
the night before
last. That makes two I've had. My ears are
getting more
difficult to clear than they have been.
Sometimes I can clear
one; and sometimes I can't. I feel very good
otherwise. I'm
a little bit concerned about the lack of any nose
drops such as
Neosynephrin on board, and it seems to me if we had
something like
that, we'd be able to at least make a stab and let my
ears get cleared
for re-entry." (Probably the LMP rather than CMP
as indicated in
the raw transcript) "I got, oh, about 7 hours of sleep
which was very
sound sleep: the best I've got coming up here, I
guess." CDR: "I
think we've all been averaging good sleep
lately. Donn's been
sleeping much better. He was the one who was way
behind on
sleep. And because we switched his day - to go
to bed at night at
4 o'clock (4 p.m. or 1600 EST), which is pretty
clever for
anybody to try. And he is finally acclimated to
that schedule.
All three of us have various forms of cold. Mine
is still a head
cold, and that's my problem. I'm off pills these
days. What
do the doctors have in mind for head clearing on
re-entry?"
CapCom says one Actifed each. The crew doesn't
expect that to
work and thinks they'll re-enter with their helmets
off.
|
05 11 16 35
131:16:35
|
FD 5
EST 2219
|
CapCom says the
surgeons are
recommending one more Actifed "prior to sleep tonight,
if you feel
necessary."LMP doesn't think it will help and points
out that they have
a limited supply.
|
05 12 09 03
132:09:03
|
FD 5
EST 2311
|
Assuming the early
transmission attributed to the CMP was actually the
LMP; first CMP
transmission after his rest period. He reports
that their
thermometer won't register more than 94F, "So we don't
know if we've
got a fever or not." A couple of minutes later
he reports that "I
just woke up. I got a good solid 8 hours sleep; and
Walt and Wally are
both in the sack." At 132, CDR and LMP each had
two
aspirin. "I haven't taken any medicine
lately." CapCom
requests the center position (LMP) on the BioMed
Switch. Switch
positions, for this flight at least, are right (CDR),
center (LMP),
left (CMP).
|
05 20 03 28
140:03:28
|
FD 5
EST 0705
|
CMP wants to understand
the
rationale for a sextant star count at 127 (147?)
hours, since they
already done a star count with the telescope and this
one would eat
into his sleep period. He suggests that, if
Houston really wants
it "Walt can do it."
|
05 20 39 51
140:39:51
|
FD 5
EST 0742
|
First LMP comm after
his rest
period. CDR shortly after.
|
05 21 14 19
141:14:19
|
FD 5
EST 0816
|
TV broadcast that
includes
some discussion of the sleep stations and shows the
CMP in a sleeping
bag. On Spacecraft Films 2005, 2-DVD Apollo 7
compilation, video is
unavailable until 141:18:07, which is before the
discussion of sleeping
arrangements. The image quality available to
Spacecraft Films in
2005 is poor, but some aspects of using a sleeping bag
under a couch
can be discerned. They sleep under one of the
couches with the
sleeping bag restrained by straps but, otherwise,
free-floating.
|
06 10 12 28
154:12:28
|
FD 6
EST 2114
|
First CMP comm after
his rest
period. He says the CDR and LMP each took two
aspirin before
starting their sleep. CMP "got about 5 hours
sleep last night,
which seems like enough. We still have head
colds. My ears
are starting to clear up somewhat, but I still got
pretty stuffy
sinuses. Wally and Walt are still are still
complaining of
stopped-up ears and head." CMP took no meds
other than reported
aspirin. "We decided to save the Actifed till
the last day or so."
|
06 15 03 10
159:03:10
|
FD 6
EST 0205
|
CMP: "I've got two
sleeping
beauties and a sound sleep." CapCom asks about his
sleep: "Oh, it was
pretty good. Not quite as good as the night
before."
|
06 19 27 22
163:27:22
|
FD 6
EST 0629
|
LMP had 6 1/2 to 7
hours
sleep. CDR 4 1/2 hours of good sleep.
|
07 07 38 37
175:38:37
|
FD 7
EST 1841
|
CMP : "First of all,
starting
last night, when I went to sleep about 168 hours, log
me ... two
aspirin and one Lomatil. The LMP ... wishes to
announce that he
is now pure in sleep with clean skivvies on. The CDR
wished to announce
that he has his backup upbacks on, also."
|
07 11 47 41
179:47:41
|
FD 7
EST 2250
|
CMP is concerned at a
TV
broadcast scheduled in his next sleep period. "I don't
care to have
those guys walking around while I"m trying to
sleep." A half hour
later, CapCom tells him they are going to move the TV
to one orbit
earlier. TV on at 189:02 with preps starting at
188:00. CMP
has removed his Biomed harness because one of the
leads is hot.
|
07 15 06 32
183:06:32
|
FD 7
EST 0209
|
First LMP comm after
sleep.
|
07 19 27 27
187:27:27
|
FD 7
EST 0629
|
CDR: "We haven't had
much luck
with this revised sleep schedule ... We're not having
much luck with
our sleep ... I think we'll still have a good
show for you
tonight though, Bill ... We have just finished
rehearsing."
Also a discussion about a prior crew recommendation
for a shirtsleeve
re-entry. CDR "I just got a real kleenex full."
|
07 21 12 27
189:12:27
|
FD 7
EST 0814
|
TV show ends. CDR
says
the writing and acting would have been better if
they'd had more sleep.
|
08 06 25 42
198:25:42
|
FD 8
EST 1728
|
First CMP comm after
sleep. "Log me 7 hours of very fine sound
sleep."
|
08 11 28 51
203:28:51
|
FD 8
EST 2231
|
CapCom is giving some
time
line changes and recommends all three of them
move their sleep
periods "back two hours".
|
08 11 58 57
203:58:57
|
FD 8
EST 2301
|
CapCom: Donn, when
Wally and
Walt wake-up, have them remove their Biomed harnesses
and stow
carefully for postflight malfunction analysis."
|
08 13 01 47
205:01:47
|
FD 8
EST 0004
|
First CDR comm after
sleep.
|
08 22 40 27
214:40:27
|
FD 8
EST 0942
|
CDR: Jack, I would like
you to
call Frank Borman and inform him he better go over his
total flight
plan from liftoff in real time and check his time line
out for sleep,
work cycles, and for food periods ... And not too
soon." Meaning, I
think, now would be a good time start going through
it.
|
09 00 13 20
216:13:20
|
FD 9
EST 1115
|
Discussion between
Slayton and
Schirra about re-entry. Wear suit for leg
protection, helmet for
head protection, but no gloves so they can remove
helmets below 50,000
feet if necessary for clearing ears. Schirra not
ready to decide.
|
09 00 47 52
216:47:52
|
FD 9
EST 1150
|
CapCom reads upcoming
sleep
cycle. "CMP sleep cycle from 216 through
225. CDR and LMP
from 225 to 234.
|
09 12 10 10
228:10:10
|
FD 9
EST 2312
|
CapCom requests CMP
status. CMP: "I'm still holding up. Had a
real good night's
sleep - a good 8 hours, I guess - and my cold seems
better; at least,
I'm not blowing my nose as much, and my ears stay
clear more than - a
greater proportion of the time than they were
earlier." Reports that
the CDR and LMP colds haven't improved
noticeably. CMP took one
Lomatil before going to sleep.
|
10 14 24 56
254:24:56
|
FD 10
EST 0127
|
CMP: Wally and Walt are
still
asleep. I've got some of the spacecraft stowed -
that that I
could get without disturbing them - and I'm going to
be putting my suit
on here pretty shortly."
|
10 18 22 05
258:22:05
|
FD 10
EST 0524
|
CDR "I might add that
we all
feel very good and chipper up here. We all got a
lot of good
sleep; We're well hydrated and had a lot of
food." We've decided
to land without helmets." Slayton: "The only
thing we're
concerned about is the landing (meaning
splashdown). We wouldn't
care less about the re-entry. But it's your
neck, and I hope you
don't break it." CDR: "Thank you, babe."
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