Spacelog Mercury 6

Roger. Hello Cap Com, Friendship Seven. How are things going?

Hello, Muchea Cap Com, Muchea Cap Com, Friendship Seven. Over.

Hello, Muchea Cap Com, Muchea Cap Com. Over.

How me? Over.

Friendship Seven, Muchea Cap Com. How now? Over.

Muchea Cap Com: Friendship Seven. Loud and clear. How me?

Roger. You are coming through rather weak. Do you want to switch to UHF? Over.

Roger. Switching to UHF.

Friendship Seven, Muchea Cap Com, how do you read? Over.

Roger, Muchea. Loud and clear, how me? Over.

Hello, Muchea, Friendship Seven. Loud and clear, how me? Over.

Muchea Cap Com. Give us 30-minute report.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven. 30-minute report: ASCS is major item, still not operating properly. I am on fly-by-wire at present time. I have no low thrust to the right fly-by-wire. Over.

Roger, understand no low right thruster on fly-by-wire.

That is affirmative. Got it?

We would like to send you a Z and R Cal sometime during your 30-minute report. …

Roger. Fine.

You want to start down the 30-minute report there?

This is Friendship Seven. In 45 more seconds I would like to have you send a message for me, please. Over.

I want you to send a message to the Director, to the Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington. Tell him I have my 4 hours required flight time in for the month and request flight chit be established for me. Over.

Roger. Will do.

Think they'll pay it?

I don't know. Gonna find out.

Roger. Is this flying time or rocket time?

Lighter than air, buddy.

Rog.

We're sending you a Z and R Cal, hear.

Very well.

Coming now.

Are you going to start down on this procedure, or this 30-minute stuff?

Yes, all the fuse switches are still in the same position, Gordo. I haven't changed any of those. Squib is armed, Auto Retrojettison is off. I am on fly-by-wire, auto, and gyro normal. All “T” handles are in. The sequence panel is normal except for Landing Bag in the off position. The attitude indicator has been rather erratic, they drift very rapidly sometimes. Especially when I maneuver myself and then come back onto ASCS. It seems they have been thrown way off at that time.

Roger.

My retrograde time 04 plus 32 plus 38 for capsule time which corrects for I second error in this clock.

On that, MCC recommends you change that to 04 32 37 shortly after you get done with these others.

Roger. Okay, cabin pressure is still holding at 5.5. It's been there ever since we left. 90 [percent] on cabin temp, relative humidity is back up again now to about 36 [percent], coolant quantity is down a little bit too, we may have had a small water leak some place since we have that much increase in humidity, cause it was down around 20 [percent]. Our coolant quantity, though, is down around 62 [percent] now. The suit temperature is 70 [degrees] inlet; cabin suit pressure is 5.8. Steam temperature is 4 point, is 48 [degrees]. Oxygen is 60-90 [percent]. Amps are 24, ASCS is 11, about 115 now. Fan, is 110. Over.

Roger. All your switches outboard?

That's affirmative. On the right side, everything is outboard except the fuel quantity warning light which is on. I have that switch inboard to cut the audio.

The only 2 switch fuses in the center off position, on the right, are Retro Jettison and Retro Manual. Over.

Roger. Comfort control settings?

Control settings on the water?

Rog.

Water on, on cabin temperature is setting number 2. Setting on the suit temp is beyond the 1.7 mark. I repeat, beyond the 1.7 mark which is the maximum setting.

Roger. I understand. What is your opinion on the gyro problem, John?

Well, I don't know. I want to start lining up just as carefully as I can here in a minute and see whether the scanners will pick it up and correct it in so that we have a good retrofire attitude. If it is not, I'll aline it myself. Over.

Roger. Do you have your three Dog, Easy, and Hotel times from Indian Ocean Ship?

Yes I did. I got these okay.

And, now I gave you the recommended change in the retro clock to 04 32 37. On your retro, using ASCS, you'll be using high torque thrusters for retrofire mode there. What do you say about retroing by ASCS and backing up by fly-by-wire?

Well-well, you can't, you couldn't do it on ASCS and fly-by-wire. You mean on manual.

No, I meant you could go ASCS by fly-by-wire and back it up on manual proportional.

I'm in fly-by-wire now.

This is Friendship Seven. I am going to as near orbit attitude as I can establish here on the dark side.

Friendship Seven, Woomera Cap Com. We have contact UHF and TM solid.

Roger, Woomera, loud and clear.

Fuel is 52-45 [percent], oxygen is 60-90 [percent], amps 25. Over.

Hello, Wommera, did you receive? Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. Surgeon recommends that if you haven't eaten that you eat in the near future.

This is Friendship Seven. Negative. I did not eat on that last round because of, I was busy with the ASCS problem. Over.

Friendship Seven, let's have your fuel readings. Over.

Say again, Woonera.

Let's have your fuel readings. Over.

Roger. Fuel readings are 50-45 [percent], correction 52-45 [percent], over.

Roger,… temperature. Over.

Say again please. Over.

Friendship Seven, you are fading … temperature. Over.

Roger, steam temperature is 49-49 [degrees]. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven.

This is Friendship Seven. Turning more water on on that one, see if I can cool it down a little more.

This is Friendship Seven. Turned around, yawed 180 [degrees] to see the sunrise here, and also to see these little, these little gadgets here that I don't know what they are.

They do not seem to be coming from the capsule at all. There are too many of them. They're all spread out all over the place; it looks like they're some of them might be miles away.

This is Com Tech, Canton Com Tech. Do you read? Over.

Go ahead, Canton.

Com Tech, Roger, read you loud and clear. Friendship Seven, this is Canton Com Tech, you are weak but readable. Standby for Cap Com.

Roger.

This is Canton Cap Com. Over.

Canton Cap Com, standby I'll give you a report in a minute here. I'm maneuvering back into retro attitude.

Friendship Seven, this is Canton Cap Com. We are not receiving your transmissions and we have not lost your contact. Over.

Roger, Canton. I was busy maneuvering here. I did not give you your report yet, was getting lights set up and trying to stow everything for retro fire. I have 45-45 [percent] on fuel, oxygen is 60-90 [percent], amps is 23. My retrograde time is still set at 04 plus 32 plus 38. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. Canton standing by.

Roger.

This is Friendship Seven, Canton. I am getting in in orbit attitude so I can cage and uncage the gyros again. They're off again. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven.

Request you notify Cape.

Friendship Seven, this Cap Com. I did not read your last transmission. Would you repeat please?

Roger, Canton. Please notify Cape that I am indicating a roll 10° right, yaw 10° right, and pitch a plus 15 [degrees] when I'm in orbit attitude on the window and the scope. Over.

Friendship Seven, Hawaii Com Tech. How do you read? Over.

Loud and clear, Hawaii Com Tech. How me?

Roger. Reading you loud and clear on HF.

Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Caging gyros and uncaging.

Hawaii Com Tech, Cap Com, this is Friendship Seven. Fuel 43-45 [percent], oxygen is 60-90 [percent], amps is 23. Over.

Hello, Hawaii Com Tech. Do you receive? Over.

Friendship Seven, ttawaii Com Tech. Roger. Transfer frmn HF, would you go to UHF? Over.

Roger. Going UHF.

Friendship Seven, do you read on UHF? Over.

Roger, read UHF loud and clear.

Friendship Seven, Hawaii Cap Com. Reading you loud and clear on UHF.

Friendship Seven, we have been reading an indication on the ground of segment 51, which is Landing Bag Deploy. We suspect this is a erroneous signal. However, Cape would like, you to check this by putting the Landing Bag switch in auto position, and see if you get a light. Do you concur with this? Over.