Apollo 12 Video Stills Library
Corrected Transcript Copyright © 1995 by
Eric M. Jones.
All rights reserved.
Last revised 27 September 2002.
Images captured by Mick Hyde.
EVA1
Down the ladder
- 115:19:14
- We've got a TV. (Pause) No Pete Conrad as yet.
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- 115:20:17
- The end of the LEC is visible in the TV picture.
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- 115:21:15
- More of the LEC appears in TV picture as Pete pays it out over the porch rail.
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- 115:21:29
- In the TV, Pete's feet appear at the top of the picture...
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- 115:21:58
- You're coming into the picture now, Pete.
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- 115:22:06
- Pete coming down to the pad.
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- 115:22:16
- Pete on the pad.
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- 115:22:16
- Pete getting ready to step off the pad.
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- 115:22:22
- Pete stepping off the pad.
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- 115:22:24
- Pete walked off-camera to the right ...
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- 115:23:30
- Pete comes back into view.
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- 115:29:04
- The contingency sampler comes into view.
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- 115:29:09
- Pete has come back to the MESA, carrying the contingency sampler in his right hand.
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- 115:29:28
- We have a good shot of you there (on the TV), Pete.
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- 115:30:20
- Look at all those good things in this MESA. Things that I've seen before.
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- 115:35:36
- The ice crystals are not visible in the grainy TV picture.
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- 115:37:14
- Pete comes around to the end of the MESA closest to the ladder to get the contingency sample.
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- 115:37:14
- Pete removes the handle and puts it out of the way on the MESA and, just at the right edge of the field-of-view, seems to be closing the bag.
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- 115:40:46
- In the TV, we see Pete move around to his right, with the ETB hanging by the LEC in front of the ladder.
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- 115:41:21
- The ETB comes into view.
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- 115:43:31
- The LEC moves.
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- 115:43:59
- The TV camera rotates 180 degrees after Pete removes one or more locking pins.
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- 115:44:16
- Pete re-appears and stands close to the bottom of the ladder...
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- 115:44:43
- Pete in shadow, pulling the LEC easily, hand over hand.
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- 115:51:29
- Al's right boot appears in the TV picture. Like Pete, he is coming down the ladder cautiously. Pete is taking pictures while he is talking to Houston.
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- 115:51:53
- Al hops down to the footpad. Unlike Pete, he does not let his hands slide down the outer rails as he slowly drops to the surface.
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- 115:52:02
- Al turns to his left so that he faces Pete for a formal portrait, keeping his right hand on the ladder. Because he has his gold visor down, we cannot see his face.
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- 115:52:52
- Pete crosses the TV picture, going around the ladder to the south and moving much more quickly than he did early in the EVA.
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- 115:53:42
- Al comes into the TV picture from south of the ladder strut. Although we can't see his legs, he is moving fairly slowly and is obviously still walking flat-footed. He has been on the surface for less than 2 minutes.
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- 115:54:26
- Al, can you find the Earth? Where's the Earth? Oh, there it is. I can see it. Hello there, Earth.
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- 115:56:48
- Al is back at the MESA. We can see the TV cable wave around in the picture as he pulls the cable out.
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- 115:58:24
- As Al takes the TV off the MESA, we get brief views of his suit and various pieces of the spacecraft.
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- 115:58:28
- A view of the surface as Al moves the camera.
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- 115:58:28
- Another brief view of the Lunar surface during Al's camera move.
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- 115:58:41
- Here is the TV. And it's pointing toward the Sun. That's bad. Point it here a minute.
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- 115:59:47
- Al, we have a pretty bright image on the TV; ...
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