Spacelog Mercury 6

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.