Mercury 6 transcript starting at 00 01 50 25 on Spacelog

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CAPCOM: Understand your auto fuel is 80 [percent], your manual fuel is 100 [percent], Main O₂ is 69 [percent], secondary O₂ is 100 [percent]. Over.
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John Glenn: Roger. This is Friendship Seven.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, would you take a deep breath?
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John Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven. Deep breath.
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CAPCOM: That's good.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Have Cape Verde Islands in sight to my left. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, I understand.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, your medical status is excellent.
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John Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven.
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John Glenn: 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.
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CAPCOM: Roger, I understand
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, are you going through your day horizon check?
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Say again.
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CAPCOM: Are you going through the day horizon check?
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Negative, not at present time. I am going to start into a yaw right very shortly. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, I understand.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Correction: will do day horizon check now.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Standing by.
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John Glenn: Friendship Seven, coming up to 14°.
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CAPCOM: When are you coming up?
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CAPCOM: … coming up. …
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John Glenn: Say again. You're very garbled. This is Friendship Seven.
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CAPCOM: Roger. We have you at 3° on the ground on TM readouts.
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John Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven.
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CAPCOM: We have you about 14 [degrees].
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I have no problem at all controlling on the horizon. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, understand you have no problem at all controlling with the horizon.
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John Glenn: That's affirmative.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, I read you.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is ATS Cap Com. Over.
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John Glenn: Hello, ATS Cap Com. Loud and clear; how me?
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CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. You are loud and clear, also.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. My troubles in yaw appear to have largely reversed.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, we just lost. …
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CAPCOM: Roger. Troubles appear to have reversed. Over.
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John Glenn: 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.
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CAPCOM: Roger, no right yaw, low thrust. Over.
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John Glenn: Roger. This is Friendship Seven. Starting 180° yaw right. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Starting 180° yaw light. Standing by, go ahead.
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CAPCOM: MARK 50° .
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Say again.
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CAPCOM: My mark was on 50 degrees.
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John Glenn: Roger.
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CAPCOM: MARK, a hundred.
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John Glenn: Roger.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Have yawed 165 [degrees], holding orbit attitude in roll and pitch. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, I confirm, confirm your values. Over.
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John Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven, holding 180° in yaw. Over.

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