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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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CAPCOM: Roger, holding 180° in yaw.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven.
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CAPCOM: Go ahead, Friendship Seven.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I like this attitude very much, so you can see where you're going. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, say you liked your attitude? Over.
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John Glenn: Say again, please. Over.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is ATS Cap Com, suggest you. … Over.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I have a loose bolt floating around inside the periscope.
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CAPCOM: Did not read, did not read. Say again, say again.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven, yawing back to orbit attitude. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, coming back to orbit attitude. Over.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Kano Cap Com, standing by.
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John Glenn: Hello, Kano. Roger. Hear you loud and clear.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Kano. Any time you're ready, we'd like your status report. We hear you loud and clear, also.
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John Glenn: Roger, Kano. This is Friendship Seven. I am presently returning to orbit attitude from 180° yaw check. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. We marked that your part of the transmission pretty clearly over ATS, and understand you like the old attitude.
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John Glenn: Negative, I like the forward-facing attitude much better. Like,. …
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CAPCOM: But, how is your status, and your station report?
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. My status is good. Control fuel is 76-100 [percent]; oxygen, 68-100 [percent]; amps, 25. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. We are monitoring your inverters. Your 150-volt inverter 200°, your 250, 180°-180°.
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John Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, we have telemetry solid and check all your systems out okay. We will remind you to start pre-darkside check list as soon as you lose contact with us.
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John Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven, back in orbit attitude. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, understand back in orbit attitude.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. That's affirm.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I now have control in low thrust to the left. I do not have control in low right thrust. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Confirm you have control in low thrust to the left, but no control in low thrust to right.
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John Glenn: That is affirmative. Friendship Seven.
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CAPCOM: We will inform MCC. Have you any other comments or queries?
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John Glenn: Negative. Friendship Seven. I'm in orbit attitude. I'll try and go back on ASCS and see if it works. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Will stand by.
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John Glenn: Roger.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. The capsule appears. …
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, your last transmission was interrupted.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. The capsule appears to be holding in ASCS okay, but I believe we are off in yaw. Do you confirm? Over.
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CAPCOM: Standby.
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CAPCOM: Our signal shows you are sitting at zero in yaw.
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John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I'm going to depart from flight plan for a moment and try and work this out a little better here, we are drifting in yaw. I am cutting automatic yaw off. And, and will control manually in yaw temporarily. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, we still confirm you are holding in yaw, at, as last TM check.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Kano Cap Com. I do not think I can read you, handing over to Zanzibar.
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John Glenn: Roger, this is Friendship Seven.
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Comm Tech: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven this is Zanzibar Com Tech, transmitting on HF UHF. Do you read? Over.
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John Glenn: Roger, Zanzibar. Friendship Seven.
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Comm Tech: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Com Tech, transmitting on HF UHF. DO you read? Over.
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John Glenn: Roger Zanzibar. Read you loud and clear; how me? Over.
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John Glenn: Zanzibar Com Tech, this is Friendship Seven. Over.
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John Glenn: Zanzibar Com Tech.
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Comm Tech: Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Com Tech transmitting on HF UHF. Do you read? Over.
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John Glenn: Roger, Zanzibar. Friendship Seven. Hear you loud and clear; how me?

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