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John Glenn
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This has been going on since about 1 plus 15. Over. Just after I remarked about the sunset. I looked back up and looked out the window, and all the little swirl of particles was going by. Over.
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John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. This is Friendship Seven, broadcasting in the blind again on HF.
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John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven, broadcasting in the blind. Sunrise has come up behind in the periscope. It was brilliant in the scope, a brilliant red as it approached the horizon and came up; and just as the—as I looked back up out the window, I had literally thousands of small, luminous particles swirling around the capsule and going away from me at maybe 3 to 5 miles per hour. Now that I am out in the bright sun, they seem to have disappeared. It was just as the sun was coming up. I can still see just a few of them now, even though the sun is up some 20° above the horizon.
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Comm Tech
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Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven. This is Guaymas Com Tech, Guaymas Com Tech, transmitting on HF-UHF. Do you read? Over.
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John Glenn
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Hello, Guaymas Com Tech, Guaymas Com Tech. This is Friendship Seven. Receive your HF loud and clear. How me? Over.
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CAPCOM
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Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven. This is Guaymas Cap Com. You're little garbled right now, but understandable. What is, what is your status? Over.
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John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven on HF. My status is excellent. Everything is going according to plan. Control fuel is 90-100 [percent], oxygen is 72-101 [percent], amps 22. Over.
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John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. Oxygen is 72-101 [percent]. Over.
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… 110. Your main inverter temperatures are rising slightly, but everything is okay now. Over.
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John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. I still have some of these very small particles coming around the capsule. Over.
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John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. Just as the sun came up, there were some brilliantly-lighted particles that looked luminous, that were swirling around the capsule. I don't have any in sight right now; I did have a couple just a moment ago, when I made the transmission to you. Over.
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John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. For the record, number, the number two film that I'm putting in the camera is the number four roll.
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CAPCOM
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Friendship Seven. Guaymas Cap Com. We have about 3 minutes yet before we acquire telemetry. I'll give you, I'll give you your retrosequence times for Areas 2 Alpha, Golf, Hotel. Area 2 Alpha is 01 36 38.
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John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. Standby. I'm not ready to copy yet; I'm changing film in the camera. Over.
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John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven, going back and using the number 2 roll if I can get hold of it.
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John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven, I was making a transmission for the record here on what film I was loading. Over.
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John Glenn
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Hello, Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Loud and clear with you also. Are we still go from Control Center? Over.
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John Glenn
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Roger. Friendship Seven. All systems are go in the capsule. I still have some of these little particles coming around the capsule occasionally here. I can see them against the dark sky even on the day side. Over.
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CAPCOM
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Area 2 Alpha 01 36 38. Area Golf 03 00 41.
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Friendship Seven, Guaymas. If you have a chance, could you give us a blood pressure check? Over.
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John Glenn
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Roger. Friendship Seven. Will give blood pressure check. I still have some of these particles that I cannot identify coming around the capsule occasionally. Over.
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John Glenn
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Very small, I would indicate they are on the order of 16th of an inch or smaller. They drift by the window and I can see them against the dark sky. Just at sunrise there were literally thousands of them. It looked just like a myriad of stars. Over.
Spoken on Feb. 20, 1962, 4:09 p.m. UTC (62 years, 8 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet