Spacelog Mercury 6

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. 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.