John Glenn

Okay. If that's what they recommend, we'll go ahead and try it. Are you ready for it now?

CAPCOM

Yes, when you're ready.

John Glenn

Roger. Negative, in automatic position did not get a light and I'm back in off position now. Over.

CAPCOM

Roger, that's fine. In this case, we'll go ahead, and the reentry sequence will be normal.

John Glenn

Roger, reentry sequence will be normal.

CAPCOM

Friendship Seven, have you completed your pre-retro check list?

John Glenn

This is Friendship Seven. Going to pre-re, check list at present time.

CAPCOM

Roger. I'll standby.

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CAPCOM

Friendship Seven, Hawaii Cap Com.

John Glenn

Go ahead, Hawaii.

CAPCOM

Have you completed pre-retro check list at this time?

John Glenn

That's affirmative. I'm just now completing it.

CAPCOM

Roger. Can you comment again on this, the attitude system with respect to the, respect to the visual reference, how you feel about this at this time?

John Glenn

Well, it's into, it's in and out of orientation mode right now and is wasting fuel, in yaw. I may have to cut it in yaw, I don't know. It appears to be correcting, though, at the present time or maybe the scanners are correcting it okay now.

CAPCOM

Roger, what mode are you in now?

John Glenn

I'm in ASCS, automatic.

CAPCOM

Did you understand the Cape would like you to change your clock by one second, to 04 32 37?

John Glenn

Negative. I'll change it right now.

John Glenn

Okay. Time is now 04 32 and 37.

CAPCOM

We confirm with TM readout.

CAPCOM

Everything looks good on the ground. The inverter temperatures are a little high; 225° on the 150, 212° on the 250. Everything else looks pretty good.

CAPCOM

Surgeon would like to know ff you're still comfortable.

John Glenn

Roger, I'm in very good shape. I'll go through exercise bit in just a minute here, as soon as I get done with check list.

John Glenn

Okay, going through light test. Okay, checks okay.

John Glenn

Okay, 5 minutes to retrograde, light is on.

CAPCOM

Rog, 5 minutes to retrograde, light on.

CAPCOM

TM is breaking up now. Friendship Seven, would you like a G.m.t. time hack?

CAPCOM

On my mark G.m.t. will be 19 plus 15 plus 45—MARK.

CAPCOM

GET on my mark will be 04 plus 2. …

John Glenn

Say again capsule elapsed time please. Over.

CAPCOM

Give you a new hack. On my mark it will be 04 plus 28 plus 35, six seconds.

John Glenn

Roger. Let me give you a hack and figure a new retrograde time from the Cape. My time from launch will read 04 plus 28 plus 45 on my mark. Standby, 2, 3, 4, MARK.

CAPCOM

Friendship Seven, Hawaii Cap Com. You were breaking up at the last, I could not read your time hack.

John Glenn

Roger, this is Friendship Seven. I'll give you another time hack at 04 plus 29 plus 10. Standby, 7, 8, 9, MARK.

John Glenn

Hawaii, did you receive? Over.

John Glenn

Hello Hawaii, did you receive?

John Glenn

Hello California, Friendship Seven. Over.

John Glenn

Hello California Cap Com, Friendship Seven. Over.

John Glenn

Hello California Cap Com. Friendship Seven. Over.

CAPCOM

Friendship Seven, this is California Cap Com. Read you loud and clear, how me?

John Glenn

California Cap Com, Friendship Seven, UHF. Do you receive now? Over.

John Glenn

Hello California Cap Com, Friendship Seven, UHF. Over.

CAPCOM

Friendship Seven, California Cap Com. How do you read? Over.

John Glenn

This is Friendship Seven. Loud and clear. How me? Over.

John Glenn

Hello California Cap Com, Friendship Seven. Over.