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Apollo 16 Sleep Notes

Copyright © 2007 by the Editors of Working on the Moon.
Last revised 18 April 2008.
Rest Period
 Description
 Start
 End
 CDR
 CMP
 LMP
 Notes
1
 TLC, all 3 crew
 14:54:44
 23:04:37
 7
 6, waking up about once per hour
 5, probably from the  excitement of his first flight
 CDR and CMP, at least, were asleep at the call. CDR's sleep was his "best ever in spaceflight (Gemini III, Gemini X, Apollo 10)
2
 TLC, all 3 crew 39:19:33
 45:59:11
 7
 6
 7
 Crew call to Houston
3
 TLC, all 3 crew 59:23:20
 66:17:32
 6 1/2, outstanding
 5, good
 6, good
 Crew call to Houston
4
 LO, all 3 crew 82:08:24
 91:25:41
 No report
 No report No report
5LO
 CMP in LO
 110:00:40
 117:53:30
 -
 6 1/2, best sleep since I've been here
 -
 Landing delay of 6 hours forced flight plan changes
5 LS
 LM crew on LS
 107:53:51
 115:49:37
 7 1/2 good
 -
 6 1/2 - 7, took a Seconal
 Crew call to Houston at 112:32:45 because of an RCS anomoly.  Crew morning call to Houston; they were awakened by a site handover.
6 LO
 CMP in LO 132:40:08
 141:26:11
 -
 6 1/2
 -
6 LS
 LM crew on LS 131:23:57
 139:09:01
 7 1/4
 -
 7, slept like a baby.  Felt cold at one point and put on his sleeping bag. Took a Seconal.
 Crew call to Houston.  Charlie wants to know how much sleep the Doc thinks he had.  The reply is 6 hours. "I was going to say 7."
7 LO
 CMP in LO
 156:03:24 163:49:43
 -
 7
 -
7 LS
 LM crew on LS
 154:43:07
 162:38:32
 7 (Before making his report, asked the Docs to say how much he'd had.  6 1/2 - 7)
 -
 7
 Call from Houston; they were asleep
8
 LO, all 3 crew
 181:35:50
 188:18:14
 7 good 5 1/2 good 7 good They were asleep when Houston called.
9
 TEC, all 3 crew 203:59:04
 212:44:37
 6 3/4 good
 7 good
 7 good
10
 TEC, all 3 crew 228:03:00
 235:37:16
 7
 6 1/2
 6 1/2
11
 TEC, all 3 crew
 251:27:53
 249:15:18
 7
 6
 7
 Charlie's biomed shows that he woke from a deep sleep when Houston called




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