Spacelog Mercury 6

Friendship Seven. Standby for retrosequence times.

Roger. Ready to copy.

Roger. 1B, 00 17 50.

Roger. 1 Bravo is 00 plus 17 plus 50.

End of orbit, 01 28 54.

Roger, 01 plus 28 plus 54.

Roger, end of mission is 04 32 47.

Roger. 04 plus 32 plus 47. Do I have okay for resetting clock? Over.

Negative, don't reset the clock. Your V over V_R is unity, your apogee altitude is 138 [nautical miles] and are you starting your control systems check?

Roger. As soon as we get done with this transmission. I understand am I cleared to control systems check.

Roger. Starting controls check.

Starting controls check.

Your attitudes look okay here.

Friendship Seven. Anything to report on control systems checks.

Not yet, everything appears to be going okay. Am now on the yaw part of the check. Going off right on schedule.

Very good, very good.

Control so far is excellent. Very good, no problems at all so far on control.

Roger.

Aux Damp pulls it right in every time. No problems.

Very good.

Friendship Seven, Bermuda. Do you still read?

Roger, Bermuda, still read you loud and clear. Still completing control check. Having no problem at all so far.

Roger, you're still loud and clear.

Roger.

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. …

On UHF, if you read, go to HF.

Roger. Going.

Friendship Seven, Bermuda CapCom on HF.

Hello, Hello, Bermuda. Receive you loud and clear; how me?

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, Bermuda CapCom on HF.

Hello, Bermuda, Hello, Bermuda CapCom. Friendship Seven reads you loud and clear. Hello, Bermuda, Friendship Seven. How me?

Friendship Seven, this Bermuda CapCom on HF.

Hello, Bermuda CapCom, this is Friendship Seven. Read you loud and clear; how me?

Hello, Canary, Friendship Seven. Over.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Canary CapCom. Read you loud and clear. Over.

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.

This is Friendship Seven. Everything is still Go. Capsule is in fine shape. Holding pressure at 5.8. Over.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Canary Cap Com. Do you read? Over.

Hello, Canary Cap Com, loud and clear on HF. How me? Over.

I read you loud and clear. Would you give me your fuel on your control systems check.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven. Control systems cheek was perfect. Control systems checks perfect, Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven, understand control systems check was perfect.

That's affirmative.

Friendship Seven, this Canary Cap Com. Could you get started with your station report? Over.

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.

Negative, your auto fuel line temperature was 70°, 70°.

Roger, very good.

100°.

Roger.

This is Friendship Seven standing by. I am slightly behind on my checklist at present time. Will get caught up.

Roger, this is Canary CapCom standing by.

This is Friendship Seven still on ASCS. I can see dust storms down there blowing across the desert, a lot of dust; it's difficult to see the ground in some areas. Over.

Seven, you are fading; how me? Over.

Friendship Seven, this is Kano Cap Com, I read you loud and clear. How do you read me? Over.

Roger, Kano, loud and clear; how me?

Roger, loud and clear. What is your status? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. My status is excellent. I feel fine. Over.

Roger. I monitored part of your conversation over Canary and heard your comments on the weather over Africa. Will you give us status report? Over.

Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Fuel, 90-98 [percent]. Oxygen, 78-100 [percent]. Cabin pressure holding 5.6 at the present time. Have very little dirt floating around in the capsule, just a little bit and preferring to take xylose pill at present time. Unsealing the, going to unseal the faceplate. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. Your exhaust temperature please. Over.

Say again. Standby one, taking xylose.

Friendship Seven, this is Kano Cap Com. Can you give us the reading on your exhaust temperature?

Say again, Kano. Over.

Reading on your exhaust temperature.

Roger. Steam temperature is 59 [degrees]. Over.

Roger. Friendship Seven. We have TM solid. If you want, we will standby while you do your yaw maneuver and check your systems.

Roger. Friendship Seven. I am taking xylose pill now.

Roger, Friendship Seven, understand.

This is Friendship Seven, going to, UHF low for cheek. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven.

Hello, Kano. Friendship Seven. UHF Low; how now? Over.

Friendship Seven, this is Kano Cap Com. Say again.

This is Friendship Seven on UHF Low. How do you receive me? Over.

Friendship Seven, this is Kano. Read you loud and clear.

Roger, Kano, going back to UHF Hi. Over.

Roger.

We have a temperature of 189° on your 150 volt inverter and 150° your 250 volt inverter.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven on UHF Hi again. Understand inverter temperatures.

Roger, Friendship Seven. We will standby while you do your yaw maneuver. Over.

Roger, this is Friendship Seven, starting in yaw maneuver. I'm about 40 seconds late on that one. Starting yaw maneuver at present time. Over.

Roger, understand.

Going to manual control.

Correction, going to fly-by-wire. Over.

Roger, understand on fly-by-wire for yaw maneuver.

That's affirmative.

This is Friendship Seven, having no trouble controlling on fly-by-wire. Drift is coming around at about 1° per second, and holding attitude okay in other axes. Over.

Roger. Check drift at 1° per second and holding attitude okay all axes, I have your retrosequence time for Area 1 Charlie.

Standby. Will get it later; I'm in the middle of yaw maneuver at present time. Over.

Standing by.

This is Friendship Seven at 60° right yaw, and holding temporarily. Over.

Roger. 60° right yaw and holding.

Attitudes all well within limits. I have no problem holding attitude with fly-by-wire at all. Very easy. Over.

Roger, check fly-by-wire is very easy. Our telemetry checks all your systems out okay. Are you ready for retrosequence time?

Negative, not yet. I'll pick it up possibly at next station if I lose contact with you. I'm still on manual control here on fly-by-wire. Over.

Understand.

This is Friendship Seven, returning on fly-by-wire to orbit attitude. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven, I check your returning to orbit attitude.

Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Out the window, can see some fires down on the ground, long smoke trails right on the edge of the desert. Over.

Roger. We've had dusty weather here, and as far as we can see, a lot of this part of Africa is covered with dust.

That's just exactly the way it looks from up here, too.

Roger. You want to stand by for retrosequence time, Area 1 Charlie?

Roger. Going back on ASCS. Yaw check okay. Can pick up yaw fairly well in the scope. It's a little different display than I had really anticipated, but it checks okay, and I can pick up yaw. I have to be about 5° or so in yaw before I really start picking it up. Over.

Seven, you are fading rapidly. I will broadcast this time in the blind for Area 1 Charlie, 00 32 12, 00 32 12.

00 32 22. Is that affirm? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. Hello, Zanzibar, Friendship Seven. Do you receive? Over.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Com Tech transmitting on HF, UHF, do you copy? Over.

Roger, Zanzibar Com Tech, read you loud and clear. Control fuel is 90 98 [percent] cabin pressure, 5.6 and holding; oxygen, 75-100 [percent]. Over.

This is Friendship Seven in the blind for recording. Much of eastern Africa is covered by clouds, sort of wispy high cirrus looking clouds. Cannot see too much down there except the cloud decks themselves. Catch a sight of the ground underneath once in a while.

Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Cap Com, reading you loud and clear.

Roger, Zanzibar.

Message from IOS Cap Com, that he will not release balloon flare this orbit. Will fire parachute flares instead. Did you copy? Over.

Roger, this is Friendship Seven, understand.

Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Cap Com. We have solid telemetry contact, report your status. Over.

Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Fuel 90-98 [percent], cabin pressure 55 and holding, oxygen 75-100 [percent], amps 24. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Cap Com. Proceed with 30-minute report. Over.

Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Standby one.

This is Friendship Seven, blood pressure.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Surgeon Zanzibar. You've got a good blood pressure trace. It shows the systolic and diastolic, if there's no necessity to repeat, you do not need to.

Roger, this is Friendship Seven, going through exercise.

This is Friendship Seven. Exercise completed, repeating blood pressure.

Friendship Seven, this Surgeon Zanzibar. Your blood pressure was 136 over 80 before exercise. We have good electrocardiographic trace during the time of exercise and you are now in a good level coming down on your blood pressure. Over.

Roger, this is Friendship Seven.

Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Surgeon. Blood pressure 136 systolic after exercise, recording well and coming down now to just under 90 for diastolic. Both traces are of excellent quality. Your electro-cardiogram is excellent also. Everything on the dials indicates excellent aeromedical status. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. Running through 30-minute check,