- CAPCOM
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Affirmative. Area 3 Echo, Area 3 Echo is 4 hours, 22 minutes, 12 seconds. I say again; 4 hours, 22 minutes, 12 seconds. Over.
- CAPCOM
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Roger. Area Hotel is 4 hours, 32 minutes, 37 seconds. Say it again; 4 hours, 32 minutes 37 seconds. Over.
- John Glenn
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Roger. 04 plus 32 plus 38. I have correction, plus 37; I have 38 set on my retrosequence because of error in my clock of 1 second. Over.
- John Glenn
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One second error, that is affirm. Request you confirm with Cape that I have 04 plus 32 plus 38 as correct retrograde time. Over.
- John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. The ASCS is drifting again. I'm indicating 25° right in yaw. Over.
- John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. I have almost continuous cloud cover under me as far as I can see in every direction. Over.
- Flight Surgeon
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This is the surgeon here. Have you switched to secondary oxygen for any reason during this hop? Over.
- John Glenn
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Negative. I don't quite understand the decrease in secondary either unless it's the bottles are beginning to cool down, but they shouldn't cool that much.
- John Glenn
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Roger. This is Friendship Seven. This thing is slipping in and out of orientation mode and wasting fuel at present time. I'm just going to try and hold it on orbit attitude manually. Over. Or on fly-by-wire. Over.
- John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. Checking different control modes on fly-by-wire. I have no low thrust to the right. Over.
- John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. Pitching up for star observation.
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This is Friendship Seven. Affirmative. I have Orion right in the middle of the window at present time and makes a good one to hold attitude on. I have, I am using it as horizon reference at the moment.
- John Glenn
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Hello, Muchea Com Tech. Loud and clear. Standby one. I'm right in the middle of operation here.
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Hello, Muchea Com Tech, Muchea Com Tech. Roger. Friendship Seven. Loud and clear. How me?
Spoken on Feb. 20, 1962, 6:40 p.m. UTC (62 years, 9 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet