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.

Sky looking very dark outside.

Cabin pressure is holding at 6.1 okay.

Roger. Cabin pressure holding at 6.1.

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.

Hello, Canary, Friend Seven. Repeat please. Over.

What is your space, spacecraft station, status report?

This is Friendship Seven. Standby. I'm getting out some equipment. Over.

Hello, Canary, Friendship Seven, switching to UHF. Over.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, Canary Cap Com. Say, again.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, Canary Cap Com. Read you.

Hello, Canary, Friendship Seven on UHF. How now? Over.

I read you loud and clear.

Roger, understand loud and clear. I read you much better also, than I did on HF. Over.

Same here.

This is Friendship Seven, Everything is going fine.

Getting, getting some of the equipment together. Over.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven. What is your spacecraft status report? Over.

Roger. Standby, Will give status report. I am in orbit attitude for your tracking. Status report, follows: Fuses all number one except Tower Sep number two. Emergency Retrosequence, Emergency Retrojettison, and Emergency Drogue are in the center-off position, Squib is Armed. Auto Retrojettison is off. ASCS is normal, auto, gyro normal. All “T” handles are in the “in”-position. Retro Delay is normal. Cabin Lights are on both. Photo Lights are still on. Telemetry Low Frequency is on. Rescue Aids are on automatic. Ah, Jettison Tower, and Sep Capsule lights are out. The pressure regulator is still in the “in”-position. Launch control is on. All sequence panel positions are normal except Landing Bag is off. Are you receiving? Over.

Understand. We have telemetry solid.

Roger, you have telemetry solid

Control fuel is 90-98 [percent], I repeat, 90-98 [percent].

Automatic fuel is 90 [percent], 98 [percent].

That is affirmative. Attitude: roll 0 [degrees], yaw 2 [degrees] right, pitch —33 [degrees]. Rates are all indicating zero. I am on ASCS at present time. The clock is still set for time to ret, for retrograde time of 04 plus 32 plus 28. I have retrograde times okay from Bermuda. Cabin pressure holding steady at 5.7. Cabin air 90 [degrees]. Relative humidity, 30 [percent]. Coolant quantity is 68 [percent]. Suit environment is 65. Suit pressure is indicating 5.8. Steam temperature 60 [degrees] on the suit. I am very comfortable. However, I do not want to turn it down just yet. Primary oxygen is 78 [percent]; secondary, 102 [percent]. Main bus is 24. Number one is 25, 25, 25. Standby one is 26; Standby two is 25; Isolated, 29, and back on main. Ammeter is indicating 23. ASCS is 112. Fans are 112. Over.

I understand, I understand your retrosequence time is 04 32 28. Over.

That is affirmative. That's what's set in the clock. The horizon is a brilliant, a brilliant blue. There, I have the mainland in sight at present time coming tip on the scope, and have Canaries in sight out through the window and picked them up on the scope just before I saw them out of the window. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. This is Canary CapCom. Repeat blood pressure check, repeat blood pressure check.

Roger, repeating blood pressure check now. Starting, pumping up.

This is Friendship Seven. Have beautiful view of the African Coast, both in the scope, and out the window. Out the window is by far the best view.

Part of the Canaries was hidden by clouds.

Roger, I read you. We're getting the blood pressure now.

Roger, Friendship Seven.

Friendship Seven this is Canary CapCom. Your, your medical status is green; it looks okay.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven. What is blood pressure? Over.

Standby.

Friendship Seven. Your blood pressure is 120 over 80, repeat 120 over 80.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, this is Canary CapCom. Your 150 volt-amp inverter is 175°, and holding.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

Your 250 volt-amp inverter temperature is 150 [degrees], and holding.

Friendship Seven. Roger.

Your auto fuel line temperature is 70°, your manual fuel line temperature is 100°.

Say again fuel temperatures. Over.