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John Glenn
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Roger. The capsule is turning around and I can see the booster during turnaround just a couple of hundred yards behind me. It was beautiful.
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CAPCOM
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Roger, Seven. You have a go, at least 7 orbits.
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John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. Can see clear back; a big cloud pattern way back across towards the Cape. Beautiful sight.
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John Glenn
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Roger. Understand next transmission, Bermuda. Capsule did damp okay and turned around. Scope has extended, okay. Taking off the filter I had on it before launch.
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John Glenn
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Roger. Landing Bag was already off. I got it first and reported it. Retromanual is off, and we're all set. This is very comfortable at Zero-g. I have nothing but very fine feeling. It just feels very normal and very good.
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CAPCOM
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Negative, don't reset the clock. Your V over VR is unity, your apogee altitude is 138 [nautical miles] and are you starting your control systems check?
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John Glenn
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Roger. As soon as we get done with this transmission. I understand am I cleared to control systems check.
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John Glenn
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Not yet, everything appears to be going okay. Am now on the yaw part of the check. Going off right on schedule.
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John Glenn
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Roger, Bermuda, still read you loud and clear. Still completing control check. Having no problem at all so far.
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John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. Working just like clockwork on the control check, and it went through just about like the Procedures Trainer runs. It's very smooth and I checked. …
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John Glenn
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Hello, Bermuda, Hello, Bermuda CapCom. Friendship Seven reads you loud and clear. Hello, Bermuda, Friendship Seven. How me?
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Canary, Friendship Seven. Roger. Control check complete. Capsule in ASCS and holding. I have booster in sight out the window. It's probably about 1 mile away and going down under my position and a little bit to my left. Over.
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John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. Everything is still Go. Capsule is in fine shape. Holding pressure at 5.8. Over.
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John Glenn
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Roger. This is Friendship Seven. Control systems cheek was perfect. Control systems checks perfect, Over.
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John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. Standby. I'm getting out some equipment. Over.
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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.
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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.
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John Glenn
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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.
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Roger, Friendship Seven. This is Canary CapCom. Repeat blood pressure check, repeat blood pressure check.
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John Glenn
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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.
Spoken on Feb. 20, 1962, 2:53 p.m. UTC (62 years, 8 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet
