- John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. I am going to as near orbit attitude as I can establish here on the dark side.
- CAPCOM
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Roger, Friendship Seven. Surgeon recommends that if you haven't eaten that you eat in the near future.
- John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. Negative. I did not eat on that last round because of, I was busy with the ASCS problem. Over.
- John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. Turning more water on on that one, see if I can cool it down a little more.
- John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. I can notice a little crackling on fly-by-wire switches when I operate fly-by-wire; it comes in on the head set.
- John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven. Turned around, yawed 180 [degrees] to see the sunrise here, and also to see these little, these little gadgets here that I don't know what they are.
- John Glenn
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They do not seem to be coming from the capsule at all. There are too many of them. They're all spread out all over the place; it looks like they're some of them might be miles away.
- Comm Tech
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Com Tech, Roger, read you loud and clear. Friendship Seven, this is Canton Com Tech, you are weak but readable. Standby for Cap Com.
- John Glenn
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Canton Cap Com, standby I'll give you a report in a minute here. I'm maneuvering back into retro attitude.
- CAPCOM
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Friendship Seven, this is Canton Cap Com. We are not receiving your transmissions and we have not lost your contact. Over.
- John Glenn
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Roger, Canton. I was busy maneuvering here. I did not give you your report yet, was getting lights set up and trying to stow everything for retro fire. I have 45-45 [percent] on fuel, oxygen is 60-90 [percent], amps is 23. My retrograde time is still set at 04 plus 32 plus 38. Over.
Expand selection up Contract selection down Close - CAPCOM
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Roger, Friendship Seven. Canton standing by.
Expand selection down Contract selection up - John Glenn
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This is Friendship Seven, Canton. I am getting in in orbit attitude so I can cage and uncage the gyros again. They're off again. Over.
- CAPCOM
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Friendship Seven, this Cap Com. I did not read your last transmission. Would you repeat please?
- John Glenn
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Roger, Canton. Please notify Cape that I am indicating a roll 10° right, yaw 10° right, and pitch a plus 15 [degrees] when I'm in orbit attitude on the window and the scope. Over.
- John Glenn
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Hawaii Com Tech, Cap Com, this is Friendship Seven. Fuel 43-45 [percent], oxygen is 60-90 [percent], amps is 23. Over.
- CAPCOM
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Friendship Seven, we have been reading an indication on the ground of segment 51, which is Landing Bag Deploy. We suspect this is a erroneous signal. However, Cape would like, you to check this by putting the Landing Bag switch in auto position, and see if you get a light. Do you concur with this? Over.
Spoken on Feb. 20, 1962, 7:05 p.m. UTC (62 years, 8 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet