Spacelog Mercury 6

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.

Roger, holding 180° in yaw.

This is Friendship Seven.

Go ahead, Friendship Seven.

This is Friendship Seven. I like this attitude very much, so you can see where you're going. Over.

Roger, say you liked your attitude? Over.

Say again, please. Over.

Friendship Seven, this is ATS Cap Com, suggest you. … Over.

This is Friendship Seven. I have a loose bolt floating around inside the periscope.

Did not read, did not read. Say again, say again.

This is Friendship Seven, yawing back to orbit attitude. Over.

Roger, coming back to orbit attitude. Over.

Friendship Seven, this is Kano Cap Com, standing by.

Hello, Kano. Roger. Hear you loud and clear.

Friendship Seven, this is Kano. Any time you're ready, we'd like your status report. We hear you loud and clear, also.

Roger, Kano. This is Friendship Seven. I am presently returning to orbit attitude from 180° yaw check. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. We marked that your part of the transmission pretty clearly over ATS, and understand you like the old attitude.

Negative, I like the forward-facing attitude much better. Like,. …

But, how is your status, and your station report?

This is Friendship Seven. My status is good. Control fuel is 76-100 [percent]; oxygen, 68-100 [percent]; amps, 25. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. We are monitoring your inverters. Your 150-volt inverter 200°, your 250, 180°-180°.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

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.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

This is Friendship Seven, back in orbit attitude. Over.

Roger, understand back in orbit attitude.

This is Friendship Seven. That's affirm.

This is Friendship Seven. I now have control in low thrust to the left. I do not have control in low right thrust. Over.

Roger. Confirm you have control in low thrust to the left, but no control in low thrust to right.

That is affirmative. Friendship Seven.

We will inform MCC. Have you any other comments or queries?

Negative. Friendship Seven. I'm in orbit attitude. I'll try and go back on ASCS and see if it works. Over.

Roger. Will stand by.

Roger.

This is Friendship Seven. The capsule appears. …

Friendship Seven, your last transmission was interrupted.

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.

Standby.

Our signal shows you are sitting at zero in yaw.

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.

Roger, we still confirm you are holding in yaw, at, as last TM check.

Friendship Seven, this is Kano Cap Com. I do not think I can read you, handing over to Zanzibar.

Roger, this is Friendship Seven.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven this is Zanzibar Com Tech, transmitting on HF UHF. Do you read? Over.

Roger, Zanzibar. Friendship Seven.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Com Tech, transmitting on HF UHF. DO you read? Over.

Roger Zanzibar. Read you loud and clear; how me? Over.

Zanzibar Com Tech, this is Friendship Seven. Over.

Zanzibar Com Tech.

Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Com Tech transmitting on HF UHF. Do you read? Over.

Roger, Zanzibar. Friendship Seven. Hear you loud and clear; how me?

Zanzibar this is Friendship Seven. Do you receive? Over.

Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Cap Com, reading you weak but readable. We have solid telemetry contact. Report your status. Over.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven. My status: I am on ASCS, it is not holding all the time. My trouble in yaw has reversed. During the first part of the flight, when I had trouble over the west coast of the United States, I had a problem with the yaw, with no low thrust to the left; now I have thrust in that direction but do not have low thrust to the right. When the capsule drifts out in that area, it hits high thrust and drops into orientation mode, temporarily. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. This is Zanzibar Cap Com. Continue with your 30-minute report. Over.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven. Thirty-minute report follows: Head movements cause no nausea or no bad feelings at all. I am surprised that I can look as close to the sun as I can; the sun is shining directly on my face at present time, and all I have to do is to shade my eyes with my eyebrow. All fuse switches are still as previously reported on left panel. ASCS Mode Select is normal, auto, gyro normal: Squib is armed, Auto Retrojettison is off. All “T” handles are in except manual and I have it pulled so that I can immediately go to manual as a backup in case the ASCS malfunctions further. The Rescue Aids are normal. Landing bag is off. All other sequence panel items are in normal position. Control fuel is 68-100 [percent], repeat, 68-100. EPI is indicating my approximate position. Time from launch is 02 plus 06 plus 30 MARK. Retrograde time for [area] H is still set for 04 plus 32 plus 28. I would like to know if Canaveral wants me to reset that into the clock. Over.

To reset the correct time on the clock. Over.

Standby one, Friendship Seven.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Cap Com. We don't have word from Canaveral instructing us to instruct you to change the clock at this time.

Roger, Roger.

Friendship Seven, continue with 30-minute report.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven. Thirty-minute report continues. Cabin pressure is 5.6 and holding. Cabin temperature is 95 [degrees] and dropping slowly. The relative humidity is 20 [percent], coolant quantity is 67 [percent], and suit environment temperature is 68 [degrees], pressure is 5.8. Steam temperature is 47 [degrees], and I'm turning that down a little bit more now. Oxygen is 68-100 percent; amps, 22; voltages: main 24, 25, 25, 25; standby one, 25, 25. Cabin excess water light is on, turning that one down. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. Continue.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

Standby one, I need to reorient the capsule. We're getting too far out. Over.

Roger.

This is Friendship Seven. Sun, I want to make a mark here when the sun goes down. Sun is on the horizon at the present time, a brilliant blue out from each side of it. And I'll give a mark at the last. The sun is going out of sighs. Ready now, MARK (2:09:06). There's a brilliant blue out on each side of the sun, horizon to horizon almost. I can see a thunderstorm down below me somewhere, and lightning.

And I am not night adapted right now, so I cannot see any of the zodiacal light.

Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Cap Com. Contingency time for Area 2 Delta, 02 38 31 Did you copy? Over.

Say again, contingency area time. Over.

02 38 31. Over

02 38 31, Roger.

Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Cap Com. Please comment an reach accuracy and visual acuity. Over.

Right, visual acuity is good. I have no problem reading the charts, no problem with the astigmatism at all. I am having no trouble at all holding attitudes either. I'm still on fly-by-wire. I'm on normal ASCS but I'm backing it up with manual at present time. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. We have intermittent pitch ignore.

The inverter temperatures are 205° for fans inverted 190° for ASCS inverter. We are losing telemetry contact. Stand by to contact IOS, Zan.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

This is Friendship Seven, Zanzibar. Does Cape recommend any action on inverters? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. Have a lot of lightning under me at the present time.

This is Friendship Seven. I still have very bright light along the horizon; orange at the bottom, yellowish layer, then blue, then very dark on top.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Indian Com Tech on HF and UHF How read? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. I read you okay, Indian Com Tech. This is Friendship Seven. I am on straight manual control at present time. I have 92 percent fuel. Over on, on manual, auto fuel is at 64 [percent]. Over.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Indian Cap Com. You are fading in and out. Say again your fuel positions. Over.

This is Friendship Seven. Standby one.

Roger standing by.

This is Friendship Seven. Capsule dropped into orientation mode again on ASCS. I took it over manually and am reorienting at present time. Over.

Roger, understand you're reorienting in manual. Over.

Right, it dropped into orientation mode. I have fuel quantity warning light on in automatic. I'm okay at present time. Have capsule under control and using manual. Over.

Roger, understand. Will you give me a list of your consumables, please? Over.

Roger. Standby one.

This is Friendship Seven. Fuel, 62-90 [percent]; oxygen, 68-100 [percent]; amps, 20. Over.

Roger, Roger. You're coming in loud and clear, loud and clear. Over.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven. I have good night horizon check, can control okay on night horizon.

Roger, understand.

Friendship Seven. this Indian Cap Com. Can you see any constellations and identify them? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. Affirmative. I'm pitching up at present time to try and identify some of them. At capsule attitude in orbit, you can't see very much of the sky. Over.

Roger, understand.

Friendship Seven, this is Indian Cap Com. Are you prepared to copy your retrosequence time? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. Standby one.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, this is Indian Cap Com. Be advised we have flare ignition. Over.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven. Do not have it in sight; cloud cover solid underneath. Over.

Roger, understand.

This is Friendship Seven. IOS, do you have any indication of fuel temperatures? Over.

Standby one.

Friendship Seven, this is Indian Cap Com. We read 95° on auto fuel temp, 95° on manual fuel temp. Standby one.

Roger.

We read 65° on manual fuel temp. Over.

Roger, understand 65° on manual fuel temp.

That is affirmative. We have message from MCC for you to keep your Landing Bag switch in off position, Landing Bag switch in off position. Over.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven.

Roger. Are you prepared to copy retrosequence times? Over.

Standby one.

Okay. Friendship Seven. …

Roger. Do you have Area 2 Delta time, Area 2 Delta? Over.

Friendship Seven. Negative.

Roger. Area 2 Delta time is 2 hours, 38 minutes, 31 seconds. I say again, 2 hours, 38 minutes, 31 seconds. Over.

Roger. Friendship Seven. 2 plus 38 plus 31.

Roger. Area 2 Echo is 2 hours plus 48 minutes plus 59 seconds.

Say,

48 minutes, plus 59 seconds. Over.

2 hours plus 48 minutes plus 59 seconds for 2 Echo.

Roger. End of orbit area Golf is 3 hours plus 00 minutes plus 39 seconds, I say again, 3 hours plus 00 minutes plus 39 seconds. Over.

Roger, 03 plus 00 plus 39 seconds.

Roger, that is affirmative.

Friendship Seven, this is Indian Cap Com. Have you noticed any constellations yet? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. Negative. I have some problems here with ASCS. My attitudes are not matching what I see out the window. I've been paying pretty close attention to that; I've not been identifying stars. Over.

Roger, understand.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Do you read?

Hello, Muchea Com Tech, Friendship Seven. Over.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Have your telemetry. Muchea Com Tech. Do you read?

Hello, Muchea Com Tech. Friendship Seven. Read you loud and clear; how me?

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Do you read? Over.

Hello, Muchea Com Tech, Friendship Seven. I read you loud and clear; how me?

Muchea Com Tech, Friendship Seven. Holding attitude on Orion. Over.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech, calling on HF and UHF. Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Do you read?

Hello Muchea, hello Muchea. Friendship Seven on HF. Over.

Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Do you read?

Roger, Muchea. Friendship Seven. Read you loud and clear; how me?

Friendship Seven, would you say again?

This is Friendship Seven, Muchea. I read you loud and clear. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. I'm reading you loud and clear on HF. Over.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, Muchea Cap Com. How me? Over.

Roger, Muchea Cap Com. Loud and clear. Fuel, 62-85 [percent]; oxygen, 65-100 [percent]; amps, 22. Over.

Roger. I did not get your fuel. Would you give that … to us again? Over.

Roger, fuel is 60-85 [percent]. Over.

Friendship Seven, how do you read us on UHF? Over.

Roger. Loud and clear; I am still on HF. Over.

Friendship 7, Muchea Cap Com. Recommend you go UHF. Over.

Roger, going to UHF.

Friendship Seven, Muchea Cap Com. How now? Over.

Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Cap Com. How are read now? Over.

Hello, Muchea. Friendship Seven. Read you loud and clear; how me?

Loud and clear. You were coming in slightly garbled. Could you give us your fuel, oxygen and amps? Over.

Roger. Fuel, 60-85 [percent]; oxygen, 65-100 [percent]; amps, 22. Over.

Roger. Exhaust temperature?

Exhaust temperature 50 [degrees]. Over.

Roger. Are you in fly-by-wire?

Negative, I am on manual at present time. I'm down to 60 [percent] on automatic fuel, so I cut it off and I'm on manual at present time. Over.

Roger. How is your yaw thruster problem? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. I am getting some erratic indications in all axes. When I align everything on orbit attitude by the instruments I am considerably off where I should be. I'm rolled some 20° to the right; I'm also yawed to the right a little bit. Over.

Roger, understand. Are you satisfied with the fly-by-wire and manual proportional systems? Over.

Fly-by-wire is not functioning in yaw low right. Over.

Roger, low yaw right.

That's affirmative. When I first had trouble with it, it was malfunctioning in low yaw left, and now low yaw left is operating okay, but low yaw right is not operating. Over.

Roger. Have you tried caging your gyros and re-erecting them. What do you think about this? Over.

Negative, have not yet. I want to get an alignment as soon as I get back in daylight and do just exactly that. I think my, I'm probably not—my scanners are probably not working right. Over.

Roger. Will you confirm the Landing Bag switch is in the off position? Over.

That is affirmative. Landing Bag switch is in the center off position.

You haven't had any banging noises or anything of this type at higher rates?

Negative.

They wanted this answer. Do you have your retrosequence times 2 Dog, Easy, and Golf from Indian Ocean Ship?

Standby one. Yes, 2 Easy, and Golf, yes, I do have those.

Roger.

Do you have any, are you ready for Z and R Cal? Over.

Affirmative, go ahead.

Cal coming through.

Any comments on weightlessness, etc.

Negative, I have no ill effects whatsoever. I don't even really notice it now. I'm just, very comfortable.

Fine.

I have the constellation of Orion up here in the window now. I'm holding a position on it.

Roger, good. Your 150 VA is 200 [degrees]; your 250 VA is 190 [degrees]. Over.

Roger.

R Cal, coming now.

Friendship Seven, Muchea Cap Com. Do you still have high, both high thrusters in fly-by-wire? Over.

That's affirmative, I do.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, Woomera Cap Com. We have contact, TM solid and UHF solid. Over.

Roger, Woomera.

Friendship Seven, are you ready to go ahead with this 30-minute report? Over.

Negative, not just at the moment. Stand by.

Roger, Friendship Seven.

Friendship Seven, Muchea. Just a reminder to take your exercise after the blood pressure. Over, Woomera.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, Woomera Cap Com. Do you read? Over.

Go ahead, Woomera.

The Cape advises that you conduct this horizon check and cage the gyros, before California.

Say again, please, Woomera, did not understand.

Cape advises that you conduct this horizon check, and cage the gyros before California contact. Over.

Roger, understand before California contact.

Roger. Would like to confirm your control systems status, fly-by-wire low yaw right is inoperative.

That's affirmative.

Good in all axes. Over.

That is affirmative

Can you give status on your ASCS system? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. ASCS started out operating, it would drop into orientation mode in yaw and that would throw the other axes out. It was doing this for a while it world drift off slowly, yaw right and there would be no correction until it went out about 20° . Then it would come rapidly back across and correct itself from a 20° right attitude, would come back across to a left attitude in orientation mode. This continued for a while. I took control, that was right after Guaymas. By the time I had gone over Africa the condition had just reversed, had just reversed. The same thing, only the other direction. Over.

Roger, I understand.