- Flight Surgeon
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This is Canary surgeon. Are you having any nausea, or have you experienced any nausea at all during the entire flight?
- John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. Negative. I have felt perfectly normal during the whole flight. I feel fine. Over.
- SY
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The systems on the ground look fairly normal at this time. The temperatures are a little bit on the high side but there's nothing critical showing up. The latest reports show that the inverters are about 200 [degrees] and 210 [degrees]; this does not seem to be critical. They should be holding all this level. Do you understand?
- Comm Tech
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Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Atlantic Ship Cap, Com Tech. How do you read? Over.
- Comm Tech
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Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Atlantic Ship Com Tech. We read you weak but broken, weak but broken.
- CAPCOM
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Friendship Seven, this is ATS Cap Com. How do you read me? Over. And what mode are you on for communications? Over.
- John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. I'm on HF at present time, on HF. I'll shift to UHF— is, if you're in solid contact. Over.
- CAPCOM
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Friendship Seven, this is ATS Cap Com. Read only the last part of your transmission. Say again, please.
- John Glenn
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Atlantic Ship, This is Friendship Seven. Wish you would pass to Cape. I let the capsule drift around to the 180° position and I am having to reorient at present time. When Iain all lined with the horizon and the periscope, my attitude indications now are way off. My roll indicates 30° right; my yaw indicates 35 [degrees] right; and pitch indicates plus 40 [degrees]; I repeat plus 40 [degrees] when I am in orbit attitude. Over.
- CAPCOM
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Roger, Friendship Seven. I read you a little broken. You have discrepancies in attitudes of 30° right in roll, 35 [degrees] right in yaw and plus 40 [degrees] in pitch. Confirm, please. Over.
- John Glenn
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That is affirmative. I am realigning the capsule at present time and wilt cage and uncage the gyros before I go on the dark side. Over.
- John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven, ATS. Do you receive?
Expand selection up Contract selection down Close - John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. Gyros are back on normal, going back to orbit attitude and will try ASCS. Over.
- CAPCOM
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Roger. Standing by.
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Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Com Tech, transmitting on HF UHF. Do you read? Over.
- John Glenn
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Hello, Zanzibar Com Tech. Zanzibar Com Tech, Friendship Seven. Receive you weak but readable. How me? Over.
- Comm Tech
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Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Com Tech transmitting HF UHF. You're weak and garbled, weak and garbled. Do not copy. Over.
- John Glenn
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Roger. Friendship Seven. I receive you rather garbled, also. My condition is good. Fuel 5, correction, fuel 64-48 [percent]; oxygen 52-92 [percent]. Over.
- CAPCOM
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(ATS) Friendship Seven, this is ATS Cap Com. I'm reading you very clear, very clear. Could you give me the reason for the errors in your attitudes, please?
Spoken on Feb. 20, 1962, 6:16 p.m. UTC (62 years, 8 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet