Spacelog Mercury 6

Surgeon requests a blood pressure readout if convenient at this time.

Roger 47 [degrees].

Correction, Roger, blood pressure, 47 [degrees] on steam temp, blood pressure on.

This is Friendship Seven. I have a pretty good run here on, on yaw check. I believe my yaw is pretty accurate. Roll is off by about 20° to the right at present time.

Roger, Friendship Seven. Roll is off by 20° to the right; yaw looks pretty good. Hawaii. Over.

That's affirmative.

Friendship Seven, Hawaii Cap Com. MCC confirms that they are GO at the present time for third orbit.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

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

Roger, Hawaii. Loud and clear, how me?

Are you ready to copy?

Friendship Seven. Go ahead.

This is Friendship Seven. I have a better alignment now on the day side, I believe, on these, on the attitude. I will probably cage and uncage gyros again. Over.

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

Roger, California Com Tech. Read you loud and clear. How me? Over.

Hello, California Com Tech. Friendship Seven. How me? Over.

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

Roger, California Com Tech. Friendship Seven. How me? Over.

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

Hello, California Com Tech. Friendship Seven. Loud and clear; how me?

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

Hello, California Com Tech. Friendship Seven. Loud and clear; how me?

Friendship Seven, California Cap Com. Read you loud and clear, John.

Say again. You came in garbled that time. This is Friendship Seven.

Friendship Seven, this is California Cap Com. We read you loud and clear; how me?

Roger. Receiving you much better now, Wally. Very good. Fuel is 62-62 [percent], oxygen 62-95 [percent], amps are 25. All systems are still go. I have had some erratic ASCS operation. I caged and uncaged on the night side and it appears to be working fairly well now although I was drifting again in roll a moment ago. It appears to have corrected itself in roll, however, without me caging again now. Over.

Good, John. We have a go all the way on this. I'd like to give you your inverter temperatures. Your fans are 215 [degrees], your ASCS 198 [degrees]. We're not going to do anything about them. Looks real good.

Okay, fine.

Will you give me your attitudes and we'll check those with ground.

Roger. I'll go back into orbit attitude, drifting toward it at present time. Do you have TM solid now? Over.

Good here.

Roger. Roll is 5 [degrees] left, yaw 3 [degrees] right, pitch — 32 [degrees], right now.

Roger, have your readings.

John, we check almost right on the button with your attitudes within 2°.

Roger. I appear to have a little bit of drift in the scope yet though.

Roger. You probably don't have a good reference yet, do you?

It's rather, it's more difficult to pick up drift than I thought it would be. Your best drift really is to look out the window and try and get something moving away from you out the window.

Roger, I've got you there.

You understand that your capsule elapsed time is running about a second slow compared to GET.

No, I did not; I was not aware of that on the elapsed time.

Roger. This will affect your sequence time. I'll give you 3 Alpha if you're ready to copy.

Standby.

Roger, ready to copy 3 Alpha.

Roger. 3 Alpha corrected for the second error will be 03 plus 11 plus 26. Over.

Roger, 03 11 26.

You have your end-of-orbit time, and that has not changed and I believe you have Area Golf also.

That's affirmative. I have Golf at 03 plus 00 plus 39 and Hotel at 04 plus 32 plus 40.

That is correct. You can correct your Area Golf by subtracting one second and subtract one second from Hotel.

Roger. Understand for my retrosequence for end-of-mission is 04 plus 32 plus 39. Is that affirm?

Hello, Canaveral Com Tech. Friendship Seven. Loud and clear; how me?

Roger, Friendship Seven. This is Canaveral Com Tech. Copy you loud and clear, also. Standby for Cap Com please.

Roger.

Hello, Cap Com. Friendship Seven. Fuel is 62-60 [percent]; oxygen is 62-95 [percent]; amps 23. Over.

Friendship Seven, reading you loud and clear. I'll give you the 3 Bravo Time, 03 22 26. Over.

Roger, 03 22 26, for 3 Bravo. Is that affirm?

… 3 Charlie 03 40 18. Over.

Roger, 03 40 18 for 3 Charlie.

That is correct. At this time change your retro setting manually to 04 32 38. Over.

Roger, 04 plus 32 plus 38.

Roger, retrograde time is reset to 04 plus 32 plus 38. Over.

Roger, Seven. We recommend for the third orbit that you use gyros as you desire either normal or free so that in the event prior to retrofire on the third orbit that the scanners and ASCS do not program properly you may use your gyros in the free position for attitude reference. Over.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven. I have a fair, pretty good line-up now on the gyros, I believe. The check that I made on the night side was okay but they drifted off again, apparently rather rapidly in fact. I got another check on it and they seem to have corrected back pretty good now. I did not have to cage them again. Over.

Roger, Seven, we understand. The only problem is that you may not have enough light time prior yo retrofire.

Roger.

Let the gyros work in the free position if you desire. Over.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

Also, Seven, we recommend that you allow the capsule to drift on manual control in order to conserve fuel. Over.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

Seven, this is Cape. Standby for Z Cal.

Roger.

R Cal.

Cal off.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, this Bermuda Cap Com. We read you loud and clear.

Roger, Bermuda. Hear you loud and clear also.

Seven, this is Cape. Over.

Go ahead, Cape.

Correct your 3 Bravo time to 03 22 22. Over.

Roger, 03 22 22 for 3 Bravo.

Well, Seven, I'm having trouble, the seconds should be 32. Over.

Roger, 03 22 32.

Good Show.

Roger. Roger.

Hello Bermuda. Friendship Seven. It's over to you. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. We have nothing for you, you're in good shape.

Roger, this is Friendship Seven. I have the Cape in sight down there. It looks real fine from up here.

Rog. Rog.

As you know.

Yea, verily, Sonny.

This is Friendship Seven, Flor-, I can see the whole state of Florida just laid out like on a map. Beautiful.

Very good.

Even from this position out here, I can still see clear back to the Mississippi Delta.

This is Friendship Seven, checking down in Area Hotel on the weather and it looks good down that way. Looks like we'll have no problem on recovery.

Very good. We'll see you in Grand Turk.

Yes, Sir.

In fact, I can see clear down, see all the islands clear down that whole chain from up here, … I can see way beyond them and area Hotel looks excellent for recovery.

Friendship Seven, Bermuda Cap Com.

Go ahead, Bermuda.