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Apollo 17 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
 08:59:31
 15:02:57
 3
 3
 4
2
 TLC, all 3 crew 25:26:26
 33:00:38
 6 1/2 good
 7 1/2 very good
 5 1/2 to 6 good
3
 TLC, all 3 crew 48:36:12
 56:35:43
 7 1/2 good
 8 very good
 7 1/2 very good
4
 TLC, all 3 crew 71:07:15
 78:50:09
 5 good
 7 restless
 7 1/2 very good Crew call to Houston;  Ron asks for the surgeons opinion about his sleep: first hour restless with periods throughout the night, but logged 7 hours of sleep
5
 LO, all 3 crew 95:07:27
 103:07:28
 6 1/2 good
 5 1/2 good
 7 1/4 very good
 Ron said he had some trouble getting to sleep and woke early
6LO
 CMP in LO
 120:53:36
 128:43:33
 -
 6 good
 -
6 LS
 LM crew on LS
 125:35:32
 134:16:39
 6 pretty good
 -
 6 intermittent but generally good
 Jack called Houston at 126:22:37 to say "we're asleep", which presumably means they are in the hammocks
7 LO
 CMP in LO 143:46:00
 152:01:17
 -
 6 1/2 good
 -
 Ron says, "I slept with my lightweight headset on last night, so (I) didn't have to have that (Snoopy) cap on." Mentions that he "took a bath and changed my underwear, and all those good things."  Ron asks how his sleeping heart rate compared with his pre-flight data; surgeon says low-60s or high-50s preflight and  about 10 beats per minute lower in flight.  Ron also discusses his experience with sleep restraints and sleeping bags thus far in the flight.  Also some psychological issues in adapting to sleep in zero g.
7 LS
 LM crew on LS 149:46:16
 157:45:04
 3 good, 3 intermittent
 -
 6 good
 CapCom says says they should stay on the timeline; "We'd like to get out on time."  They are currently an hour behind.
8 LO
 CMP in LO
 168:16:24
 177:05:02
 -
 6 intermittent
 -
 Ron woke up 2 or 3 hours after going to sleep and was awkae for about an hour befroe sleep again. "Oh, and I was jsut itching like a son of a gun." It was his forearms "from the wrist back to the elbow" that was itching
8 LS
 LM crew on LS
 172:40:55
 180:49:59
 5 good
 -
 "my usual 6"
 Crew call to Houston
9
 LO, all 3 crew
 196:05:01
 204:57:10
 7 very good
 6 1/2 as catnaps, some "a couple hours long"
 6 goodf
 At 189:20:00, Ron reports  "we only have about six more sleeping pills left, or seven, or something"
10
 LO, all 3 crew 217:46:55
 225:30:51
 5 very good
  5 pretty good "once I got to sleep"
 5

TEC, all 3 crew 240:28:47
 247:50:01
 5 fair
 6 good
 6 good

TEC, all 3 crew 265:35:12
 272:20:01
 5 fair
 6 intermittent
 5 fair

TEC, all 3 crew
 288:00:53
 295:20:02
 5 fair
 6 good
 7 good




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