Spacelog Mercury 6

Canaveral Com Tech. How do you copy? Over.

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, 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.