- John Glenn
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Roger. This is Friendship Seven. Do not have it in sight; cloud cover solid underneath. Over.
- CAPCOM
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Friendship Seven, this is Indian Cap Com. We read 95° on auto fuel temp, 95° on manual fuel temp. Standby one.
- CAPCOM
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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.
- CAPCOM
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Roger. Area 2 Delta time is 2 hours, 38 minutes, 31 seconds. I say again, 2 hours, 38 minutes, 31 seconds. Over.
- CAPCOM
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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.
- John Glenn
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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.
- Comm Tech
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Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Do you read?
- Comm Tech
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Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Have your telemetry. Muchea Com Tech. Do you read?
- CAPCOM
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Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Do you read? Over.
- CAPCOM
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Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech, calling on HF and UHF. Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Do you read?
- CAPCOM
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Friendship Seven, Muchea Cap Com. How me? Over.
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Roger, Muchea Cap Com. Loud and clear. Fuel, 62-85 [percent]; oxygen, 65-100 [percent]; amps, 22. Over.
- CAPCOM
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Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Cap Com. How are read now? Over.
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Loud and clear. You were coming in slightly garbled. Could you give us your fuel, oxygen and amps? Over.
- John Glenn
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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.
- John Glenn
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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.
- CAPCOM
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Roger, understand. Are you satisfied with the fly-by-wire and manual proportional systems? Over.
- John Glenn
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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.
- CAPCOM
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Roger. Have you tried caging your gyros and re-erecting them. What do you think about this? Over.
- John Glenn
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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.
- CAPCOM
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They wanted this answer. Do you have your retrosequence times 2 Dog, Easy, and Golf from Indian Ocean Ship?
- John Glenn
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Negative, I have no ill effects whatsoever. I don't even really notice it now. I'm just, very comfortable.
- John Glenn
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I have the constellation of Orion up here in the window now. I'm holding a position on it.
- CAPCOM
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Friendship Seven, Muchea Cap Com. Do you still have high, both high thrusters in fly-by-wire? Over.
- CAPCOM
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Friendship Seven, Muchea. Just a reminder to take your exercise after the blood pressure. Over, Woomera.
- CAPCOM
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Cape advises that you conduct this horizon check, and cage the gyros before California contact. Over.
Spoken on Feb. 20, 1962, 5:11 p.m. UTC (62 years, 7 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet