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This is Volume 1 of NASA's Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing, dated July 31, 1969. The Mission Operations Branch of the Flight Crew Support Division at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston prepared it, and it was originally classified Confidential. In it Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins go phase by phase through suiting, launch, powered flight, Earth orbit and lunar surface activities. They comment on suit fit, vibration, checklists, lunar dust, footing and poor sleeping conditions in the lunar module. A section titled Visual Sightings appears in the table of contents.
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# CONFIDENTIAL ## 5.19 DOCKING ## COLLINS Docking, as in the simulator, was very easy. I did have a slight roll misalignment. I knew I had a slight roll misalignment, but everything else was lined up. Rather than diddle with it and make a last-minute correction, I just accepted it. It turned out later to be 2 degrees in the tunnel. ## ALDRIN ## 5.20 PHOTOGRAPHY DURING TRANSPOSITION AND DOCKING We used the 16-mm camera. We used the settings that were listed in the checklist. We'll just have to look at how the film turned out before we can say too much more about that. I did use a fair amount of film and I think the pictures should come out reasonably well. ## 5.21 CSM HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS DURING DOCKING ## COLLINS Absolutely normal. I docked in CMC, AUTO, narrow deadband with a 2-deg/sec rate. I went to CMC, FREE, at contact. Docking alignment was fine. ## 5.23 ADEQUACY OF SUNLIGHT ## COLLINS More than adequate. There was plenty of sunlight. CSM docking lights were not required. The COAS reticle brightness, even with that filter removed, was still quite dim at # CONFIDENTIAL
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