Tape 5/3 CC Roger. They look like fluid of some sort? CMP Not to me. They look like pieces of something. CC Roger. CMP They're very bright. CC Jack, we'd like OMNI Charlie. CMP Bob, for the most part, these fragments are not - or are tumbling at a very slow rate. I tried a couple of pictures of them - different settings. You may get an idea of what, at least, the patterns look like. CC Roger. I've got you. We're all ears on these frag ments. Do you think you can figure out what they might be? CMP Well, you know I - I don't know. There are a num ber of possibilities. If you had some kind of a - I got the impression maybe they were curved a little bit, as if they might be - off the side of the S-IVB. And that's a wild guess CDR Okay. RCS LOGIC is ... - - CMP - - ice chunks, possibly. Or maybe there's paint coming off of it. 00 03 37 34 cc Roger. I noticed on one trip up the elevator last weak near one of the flags. I thought it was on the S-II, but it might have been on the S-IVB. Looked like it was peeling. Maybe that's what you've got. 00 03 37 45 cc And the S-IVB maneuver is complete. 00 03 37 46 LMP in 1 minute. CDR Okay. We'll set the old clock. CMP Okay. And the - with the maneuver complete, the fragment field is essentially static, except for very slight tumbling within the fragments.
Vision Description (EN)
Body page from Apollo 17 mission transcript (Tape 5/3) documenting radio communications between Mission Control (Capcom Bob) and Command Module Pilot Jack concerning bright fragments observed in space. The astronauts debate the fragments' origin and composition, proposing they could be ice chunks, paint flaking from the S-IVB or S-II rocket stages, or other debris. Multiple passages are highlighted in yellow throughout, indicating marked sections. Timestamps span mission elapsed time 00:03:37:34 through 00:03:37:46. Page contains only text with no classification markings, formal redactions, or signatures.
Descrição Vision (PT-BR)
Página de corpo de transcrição da missão Apollo 17 (Tape 5/3) documentando comunicações de rádio entre o Controle de Missão (Capcom Bob) e o Piloto do Módulo de Comando Jack discutindo fragmentos brilhantes observados no espaço. Os astronautas debatem a origem e composição dos fragmentos, propondo que poderiam ser pedaços de gelo, tinta descascando dos estágios S-IVB ou S-II do foguete, ou outros detritos. Múltiplas passagens estão destacadas em amarelo ao longo da página, indicando seções marcadas. Os códigos de tempo cobrem o tempo de missão decorrido de 00:03:37:34 até 00:03:37:46. A página contém apenas texto sem marcações de classificação, redações formais ou assinaturas.