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           John Glenn John Glenn
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      This is Friendship Seven standing by. I am slightly behind on my checklist at present time. Will get caught up. 
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           John Glenn John Glenn
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      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. 
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           CAPCOM CAPCOM
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      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. 
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           John Glenn John Glenn
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      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. 
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           CAPCOM CAPCOM
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      Friendship Seven, this is Kano Cap Com. Can you give us the reading on your exhaust temperature? 
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           CAPCOM CAPCOM
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      Roger. Friendship Seven. We have TM solid. If you want, we will standby while you do your yaw maneuver and check your systems. 
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           John Glenn John Glenn
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      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. 
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           John Glenn John Glenn
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      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. 
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           CAPCOM CAPCOM
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      Roger. Check drift at 1° per second and holding attitude okay all axes, I have your retrosequence time for Area 1 Charlie. Expand selection up Expand selection down Close
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           John Glenn John Glenn
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      Attitudes all well within limits. I have no problem holding attitude with fly-by-wire at all. Very easy. Over. 
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           CAPCOM CAPCOM
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      Roger, check fly-by-wire is very easy. Our telemetry checks all your systems out okay. Are you ready for retrosequence time? 
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           John Glenn John Glenn
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      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. 
Spoken on Feb. 20, 1962, 3:13 p.m. UTC (63 years, 8 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet