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Corrected Transcript Copyright © 1995 by Eric M. Jones.
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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. (Go to text)

115:20:17
The end of the LEC is visible in the TV picture. (Go to text)

115:21:15
More of the LEC appears in TV picture as Pete pays it out over the porch rail. (Go to text)

115:21:29
In the TV, Pete's feet appear at the top of the picture... (Go to text)

115:21:58
You're coming into the picture now, Pete. (Go to text)

115:22:06
Pete coming down to the pad. (Go to text)

115:22:16
Pete on the pad. (Go to text)

115:22:16
Pete getting ready to step off the pad. (Go to text)

115:22:22
Pete stepping off the pad. (Go to text)

115:22:24
Pete walked off-camera to the right ... (Go to text)

115:23:30
Pete comes back into view. (Go to text)

115:29:04
The contingency sampler comes into view. (Go to text)

115:29:09
Pete has come back to the MESA, carrying the contingency sampler in his right hand. (Go to text)

115:29:28
We have a good shot of you there (on the TV), Pete. (Go to text)

115:30:20
Look at all those good things in this MESA. Things that I've seen before. (Go to text)

115:35:36
The ice crystals are not visible in the grainy TV picture. (Go to text)

115:37:14
Pete comes around to the end of the MESA closest to the ladder to get the contingency sample. (Go to text)

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. (Go to text)

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. (Go to text)

115:41:21
The ETB comes into view. (Go to text)

115:43:31
The LEC moves. (Go to text)

115:43:59
The TV camera rotates 180 degrees after Pete removes one or more locking pins. (Go to text)

115:44:16
Pete re-appears and stands close to the bottom of the ladder... (Go to text)

115:44:43
Pete in shadow, pulling the LEC easily, hand over hand. (Go to text)

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. (Go to text)

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. (Go to text)

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. (Go to text)

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. (Go to text)

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. (Go to text)

115:54:26
Al, can you find the Earth? Where's the Earth? Oh, there it is. I can see it. Hello there, Earth. (Go to text)

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. (Go to text)

115:58:24
As Al takes the TV off the MESA, we get brief views of his suit and various pieces of the spacecraft. (Go to text)

115:58:28
A view of the surface as Al moves the camera. (Go to text)

115:58:28
Another brief view of the Lunar surface during Al's camera move. (Go to text)

115:58:41
Here is the TV. And it's pointing toward the Sun. That's bad. Point it here a minute. (Go to text)

115:59:47
Al, we have a pretty bright image on the TV; ... (Go to text)

 

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