Spacelog Mercury 6

Understand your auto fuel is 80 [percent], your manual fuel is 100 [percent], Main O₂ is 69 [percent], secondary O₂ is 100 [percent]. Over.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven.

Friendship Seven, would you take a deep breath?

Roger. Friendship Seven. Deep breath.

That's good.

This is Friendship Seven. Have Cape Verde Islands in sight to my left. Over.

Roger, I understand.

Friendship Seven, your medical status is excellent.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

This is Friendship Seven. The sun coming through the window is very warm where it hits the suit. I get quite a bit of heat from it.

Are you going through the day horizon check?

This is Friendship Seven. Negative, not at present time. I am going to start into a yaw right very shortly. Over.

Roger, I understand.

This is Friendship Seven. Correction: will do day horizon check now.

Roger. Standing by.

Friendship Seven, coming up to 14°.

When are you coming up?

… coming up. …

Say again. You're very garbled. This is Friendship Seven.

Roger. We have you at 3° on the ground on TM readouts.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

We have you about 14 [degrees].

This is Friendship Seven. I have no problem at all controlling on the horizon. Over.

Roger, understand you have no problem at all controlling with the horizon.

That's affirmative.

This is Friendship Seven.

Friendship Seven, I read you.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is ATS Cap Com. Over.

Hello, ATS Cap Com. Loud and clear; how me?

Roger, Friendship Seven. You are loud and clear, also.

This is Friendship Seven. My troubles in yaw appear to have largely reversed.

Friendship Seven, we just lost. …

Roger. Troubles appear to have reversed. Over.

That is affirmative. At one time, I had no left low thrust in yaw, now that one is working, and I now have no low right thrust in yaw. Over.

Roger, no right yaw, low thrust. Over.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven. Starting 180° yaw right. Over.

Roger. Starting 180° yaw light. Standing by, go ahead.

MARK 50° .

This is Friendship Seven. Say again.

My mark was on 50 degrees.

Roger.

MARK, a hundred.

Roger.

This is Friendship Seven. Have yawed 165 [degrees], holding orbit attitude in roll and pitch. Over.

Roger, I confirm, confirm your values. Over.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

This is Friendship Seven, holding 180° in yaw. Over.