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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Indian Cap Com. Do you have any feelings from weightlessness? Over.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Negative, I feel fine so far. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, understand.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Turning suit water to increase position. I am still running steam temperature of about 60 [degrees.] Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, understand.
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John Glenn: I am now on suit temperature setting of 1.7. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, understand. What is your control mode? Over.
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John Glenn: Control mode is ASCS automatic. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, understand.
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John Glenn: Roger. The night side is light enough; I can even see the horizon okay out through the periscope. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Over.
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John Glenn: Friendship Seven, Roger.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Indiana CapCom. We now have IOS. Over.
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John Glenn: Roger, understand IOS.
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CAPCOM: Your voice transmissions are starting to fade very badly. Over.
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John Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven.
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CAPCOM: … clear, IOS Cap Com. Out.
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John Glenn: Roger.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven, broadcasting in the blind. Wait a minute. Friendship Seven, broadcasting in the blind, making observations on night outside. There seems to be a high layer way up above the horizon; much higher than anything I saw on the daylight side. The stars seem to go through it and then go on down toward the real horizon. It would appear to be possibly some 7 or 8 degrees wide. I can see the clouds down below it; then a dark band, then a lighter band that the stars shine right through as they come down toward the horizon. I can identify Aries and Triangulum.
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Comm Tech: Friendship Seven, Muchea Com Tech. We read you. Would you.
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John Glenn: Hello, Muchea Com Tech. This is Friendship Seven, reading you loud and clear. How me?
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CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Muchea Cap Com. How me? Over.
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John Glenn: Roger. How are you doing Gordo? We're doing real fine up here. Everything is going very well. Over.
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CAPCOM: John, you sound good.
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John Glenn: Roger. Control fuel is 90-100 [percent], oxygen is 75-100 [percent], amps are 22, all systems are still go. Having no problems at all. Control system operating fine. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Do you have any star or weather or landmark observations as yet? Over.
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John Glenn: Roger. I was just making some to the recorder. The only unusual thing I have noticed is a rather high, what would appear to be a haze layer up some 7 or 8 degrees above the horizon on the night side. The stars I can see through it as they go down toward the real horizon, but it is a very visible single band or layer pretty well up above the normal horizon. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, very interesting.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I had a lot of cloud cover coming off of Africa. It has thinned out considerably now and although I can't definitely see the ocean, there is a lot of moonlight here that does reflect off what clouds there are. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger. You had an excellent cutoff, John. Your velocity was 8 feet per second low. V over V_R, 1.0002. Can you confirm your retrosequence 1 Easy, Foxtrot, and Hotel from Indian Ocean Ship? Over.
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John Glenn: That is affirmative. I did.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Your yaw check over ATS was good. Your yaw when you were on fly-by-wire over IOS was excellent.
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John Glenn: Roger.
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CAPCOM: Are we clear to send you a Z and R Cal? Over.
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John Glenn: Roger.
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CAPCOM: Z Cal coming through now.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Shortly you may observe some lights down there. You want to take a check on that to your right? Over.
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John Glenn: Roger. I'm all set to see if I can't get them in sight.
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CAPCOM: Roger. You do have your visor closed at this time. Over.
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John Glenn: This is affirmative. I had it open for a little while; it's closed now. Cabin pressure is holding in good shape. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, Z Cal is off. R Cal is coming through now.
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John Glenn: Roger.
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CAPCOM: Any symptoms of vertigo or nausea at all? Over.
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John Glenn: Negative, no symptoms whatsoever. I feel fine. Over.
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CAPCOM: Very well.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Your 150 VA inverter is 180°. Looks like it's doing pretty well.
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John Glenn: Roger. Looks like it is holding up fine.
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CAPCOM: R Cal is off.
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John Glenn: Roger.
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John Glenn: That was sure a short day.

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