Spacelog Mercury 6

Friendship Seven. Go ahead.

Roger. Area 3 Delta, Area 3 Delta is 4 hours, 12 minutes, 32 seconds.

Roger.

Area 3 Delta is 04 plus 12 plus 32. Is that affirm?

Affirmative. Area 3 Echo, Area 3 Echo is 4 hours, 22 minutes, 12 seconds. I say again; 4 hours, 22 minutes, 12 seconds. Over.

Roger. Area 3 Echo is 04 plus 22 plus 12.

Roger. Area Hotel is 4 hours, 32 minutes, 37 seconds. Say it again; 4 hours, 32 minutes 37 seconds. Over.

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.

That is affirmative. We assume you have an error in your clock. Over.

One second error, that is affirm. Request you confirm with Cape that I have 04 plus 32 plus 38 as correct retrograde time. Over.

Roger. That's affirmative.

This is Friendship Seven. The ASCS is drifting again. I'm indicating 25° right in yaw. Over.

Roger, understand.

This is Friendship Seven. I have almost continuous cloud cover under me as far as I can see in every direction. Over.

Roger, understand.

Friendship Seven, this is Indian Cap Com. Surgeon would like to talk to you. Over.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven.

This is the surgeon here. Have you switched to secondary oxygen for any reason during this hop? Over.

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.

We're reading 90 [percent] on the TM. How about you?

I am reading 90 [percent] also.

Somewhere about 65 [percent]. This is Indian Surgeon. Out.

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.

Roger. Manually by fly-by-wire. Over.

Roger.

This is Friendship Seven. Checking different control modes on fly-by-wire. I have no low thrust to the right. Over.

Roger, understand no low thrust to the right.

Roger.

I do have low thrust in all other axes. Over.

Roger, understand.

This is Friendship Seven. Pitching up for star observation.

Roger. Report anything you see. Over.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, this is Indian Cap Com. Are you able to see anything? Over.

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.

Roger, Friendship Seven. You are 3 by 3. Go ahead to Cap Com.