Capricorn One Page #2

LANDING MODULE O.I. SHUTDOWN.

O.I., SHUTDOWN COMPLETE.

CAPRICORN ONE, YOU SHOULD HAVE

FULL C.M. INTERNAL POWER.

ROGER, HOUSTON.

WE HAVE INTERNAL POWER.

VEHICLE FINAL STATUS CHECK.

BEGIN STATUS CHECK.

T.L.R. PRESSURE READING IS 45.2

ROGER, HOUSTON.

ROGER, CAPRICORN, WE COPY.

BRU, WOULD YOU AND YOUR MEN,

PLEASE, FOLLOW ME?

HEY, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

THERE'S NO TIME TO EXPLAIN.

PLEASE, FOLLOW ME.

ARE YOU NUTS?

I SAID THERE'S NO TIME TO EXPLAIN!

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!

PLEASE, FOLLOW ME, NOW!

THIS IS PAUL CUNNINGHAM,

CAPRICORN CONTROL.

THE SPACE VEHICLE FINAL CHECKS

HAVE BEEN COMPLETED

AND THE ACCESS ARM IS SWINGING

INTO A FINAL RETRACT POSITION.

THE DESTRUCT SYSTEMS

ARE NOW FULLY ARMED.

T.L.R. PRESSURE READING IS 45.2.

ROGER, HOUSTON, 45.2.

THE FLIGHT CREW HAS COMPLETED THE

LAUNCH VEHICLE RANGE SAFETY CHECKS.

T MINUS 50 SECS. THE LAUNCH VEHICLE

WILL BE ON FULL INTERNAL POWER,

THAT BEGINS THE ACTUAL

LAUNCH SEQUENCE.

THE WEATHER IS REPORTED GOOD.

SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 10.000 FEET.

ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO.

ALL LIGHTS ARE GREEN.

WE'RE AT T MINUS 3 MINS. 6 SECS.,

MARK.

AN OFFICER HAS GIVEN A GO TO BEGIN

THE FIRING AUTOMATIC SEQUENCE.

FROM NOW UNTIL T MINUS 50 SECS,

THAT SYSTEM IS PRE-SET.

INITIAL STAGE THRUSTER CHECK IS NORMAL.

WE'RE COMING UP ON

T MINUS 1 MIN. 30 SECS.

THE FINAL RANGE SAFETY CHECKS

ARE COMPLETED.

THE LAUNCH SAFETY OFFICER

REPORTS ALL SYSTEMS

ARE NORMAL AND WE ARE GO

AT THIS TIME.

THE LAUNCH ESCAPE TOWER IS NOW

FULLY ARMED.

IN THE EVENT OF AN ABORT,

THE TOWER WILL CARRY THE COMMAND

MODULE AWAY FROM THE LAUNCH VEHICLE

AND WILL ACTIVATE A SYSTEM OF

CONTROL SHIFT AT 10.000 FEET.

THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTS ALL GUIDANCE

AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS

FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

THE RANGE SAFETY OFFICER REPORTS

ALTERNATING SYSTEMS ARE OPERATING.

THIS IS CAPRICORN CONTROL.

IT'S THAT BIG TALL WHITE THING OVER THERE.

YOU CAN'T MISS IT.

THIS IS PAUL CUNNINGHAM,

CAPRICORN CONTROL.

WE'RE AT T MINUS 1 MIN.

AND STILL COUNTING.

ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO.

ALL LIGHTS ARE GREEN.

WE SHOULD HAVE LAUNCH VEHICLE

POWER TRANSFER RIGHT ABOUT NOW.

ROGER, HOUSTON, WE READ

NOMINAL A.L.C.S.

ROGER, CAPITAIN.

WE'RE AT T MINUS 30 SECS.

AT THE PRESENT TIME, ALL SYSTEMS

ARE GO. ALL LIGHTS ARE GREEN.

GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO BE

A LITTLE WHILE.

YOU AND YOUR MEN MIGHT BE MORE

COMFORTABLE IN THESE.

WE'RE AT T MINUS 18 SECS.

FROM LIFT-OFF.

WE'RE T MINUS 15 SECS.

T MINUS 10 SECS., NINE, EIGH WE HAVE IGNITION.

SIX, FIVE WE HAVE OUTBOARD

ENGINES.

THREE WE HAVE INBOARD ENGINES.

ONE, ZERO.

WE HAVE A LAUNCH COMMIT. WE HAVE

A LIFT-OFF AT 35 MINS. AFTER THE HOUR.

ROGER. WE ARE STARTING YAW.

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