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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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CAPCOM
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Roger. 60° right yaw and holding.
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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
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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
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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, 3:14 p.m. UTC (62 years, 6 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet