Spacelog Mercury 6

3, 2, 1, 0

Roger. The clock is operating. We're underway.

Hear loud and clear.

Roger. We're programing in roll okay.

Little bumpy along about here.

Roger.

Standby for 20 seconds.

Roger.

2 — 1, mark.

Roger. Backup clock is started.

Fuel 102-101 [percent], oxygen 78-100 [percent], amps 27.

Roger. Loud and clear. Flight path is good, 69 [degrees].

Roger. Checks okay. Mine was 70 [degrees] on your mark.

Have some vibration area coming up here now.

Roger. Reading you loud and clear.

Roger. Coming into high Q a little bit; and a little contrail went by the window or something there.

Roger.

Fuel 102-101 [percent], oxygen 78-101 [percent], amps 24. Still okay.

We're smoothing out some now, getting out of the vibration area.

Roger. You're through max. Q. Your flight path is. …

Roger. Feels good, through max. Q and smoothing out real fine.

Cabin pressure coming down by 7.0 okay; flight very smooth now.

Roger. Have had some oscillations, but they seem to be damping out okay now.

Coming up on two minutes, and fuel is 102-101 [percent], oxygen 78 102 [percent]. The g's are building to 6.

Roger. Reading you loud and clear. Flight path looked good. Pitch 25 [degrees] Standby for.

Roger. BECO, back to 1 1/2 g's. The tower fired; could not see the tower go. I saw the smoke go by the window.

Roger. We confirm staging on TM.

Roger.

Still have about 1 1/2 g's. Programming. Over.

There the tower went right then. Have the tower in sight way out. Could see the tower go. Jettison tower is green.

Roger.

1 1/2 g's.

Roger, Seven. Still reading you loud and clear. Flight path looks good.

Roger. Auto Retrojettison is off; Emergency Retrojettison Fuse switch, off; Retrojettison Fuse switch, off.

UHF/DF to normal.

Flight path looks good; steering is good.

Roger. Understand everything looks good; g's starting to build again a little bit.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, Bermuda has you.

Roger. Bermuda standby. This is Friendship Seven. Fuel 103-101 [percent], oxygen 78-100 [percent]. All voltages above 25, amps 26

Roger. Still reading you loud and clear. Flight path is very good. Pitch, -3 [degrees].

Roger.

My pitch checks a -7 [degrees] on your -3 [degrees].

Roger, Seven.

Friendship Seven. Fuel 103-101 [percent], oxygen 78-100 ]percent], amps 25, cabin pressure holding at 5.8.

Roger. Reading you loud and clear. Seven, Cape is Go; we're standing by for you.

Roger. Cape is Go and I am Go. Capsule is in good shape. Fuel 103-102 [percent], oxygen 78-100 [percent], cabin pressure holding steady at 5.8, amps is 26. All systems are Go.