Spacelog Mercury 6

This is Friendship Seven. Going to fly-by-wire. I'm down to about 15 percent on manual.

Roger. You're going to use fly-by-wire for reentry and we recommend that you do the best you can to keep a zero angle during reentry. Over.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

This is Friendship Seven. I'm on fly-by-wire, back it up with manual. Over.

Roger, understand.

Seven, this is Cape. The weather in the recovery area is excellent, 3-foot waves, only one-tenth cloud coverage, 10 miles visibility.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

Seven, this is Cape. Over.

Go ahead, Cape, you're ground, you are going out.

We recommend that you. …

This is Friendship Seven. I think the pack just let go.

This is Friendship Seven. A real fireball outside.

Hello, Cape. Friendship Seven. Over.

Hello, Cape. Friendship Seven. Over.

Hello, Cape. Friendship Seven. Do you receive? Over.

Hello, Cape. Friendship Seven. Do you receive? Over.

… How do you read? Over.

Loud and clear; how me?

Roger, reading you loud and clear. How are you doing?

Oh, pretty good.

Roger.

… Over.

Roger.

This is Cape, estimating 04 50. Over.

Roger, 04 50.

Okay, we're through the peak g now.

Seven, this is Cape. What's your general condition? Are you feeling pretty well?

My condition is good, but that was a real fireball, boy.

I had great chunks of that retropack breaking off all the way through.

Very good; it did break off, is that correct?

Roger. Altimeter off the peg indicating 80,000.

Roger, reading you loud and clear.

Roger.

Seven, this is Cape. You're … will be within 1 mile of the up-range destroyer. Recovery weather is very good. Over.

Roger, understand. 55,000, standby, MARK.

I'm getting all kinds of contrails and stuff outside out here.

Roger. Say again your altitude, please. You were broken up.

45,000.

Rocking quite a bit. I may still have some of that pack on. I can't damp it either.

… post reentry check list. Over.

Friendship Seven. Going to drogue early. Rocking fairly, drogue came out.

Drogue is out.

Roger, drogue came out at 30,000, at about a 90° yaw.

Roger, is the drogue holding all right?

Roger, the drogue looks good.

Roger.

Scope did not come out.

… check list.

Roger, pumping the scope out.