Spacelog Mercury 6

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.

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.