Spacelog Mercury 8

Have some Echo sighting data for you if you're interested.

Yeah, I'd like to hear about it.

In the second orbit over Zanzibar, time 15 23 Zulu. Azimuth should be 2.30 (degrees), elevation 83.25 (degrees).

Roger, we'll see if we can take a peek at it.

Our recommendation is that you decrease suit valve to position 3 and observe dome temperature for 15 minutes. If this doesn't help, then go back to 7.

Deke, I finally got a grasp on this thing. I'm beginning to feel a little cooler. And the suit inlet temperature is now down to 76 (degrees). Over.

Roger, understand you would prefer to maintain a status quo, is that correct?

No, I've been sneaking up on this thing for almost a whole orbit.

Roger.

Do you understand?

Roger.

Cape Cap Com, Sigma Seven.

Go ahead.

I really do feel I am getting cooler. The suit inlet is now about 75 to 76 (degrees), so I am making progress. Over.

Roger, understand. You are getting a slight decrease.

That is affirmative. I would rather not throw in the sponge on the settings I have so far.

Roger, understand. You would prefer to let it stabilize a while longer.

Right. I'm going to go back to some more yaw checks.

Going to fly-by-wire low.

Fly-by-wire low.

Roger.

Sigma Seven, Cap Com.

Go ahead, Deke.

Bermuda again shows high thruster action on switch over to fly-by-wire.

I'm positive I'm not getting it, because if—I'd be leaping all over—I'd be leaping all over the sky if I were getting highs at this point. I haven't used more than, oh, 1/2 degree per second.

Sigma Seven, Cap Com.

Go ahead Deke.

Go ahead Cape Cap Com.

Roger, you are fading. We are about at LOS. Flight would still prefer that you consider going to position 3 after evaluating 8 a while longer.

Roger. Understand.

Roger. I'm now getting into attitude. Standby for 0 (degrees) yaw, and pitch and roll. This will be—.

Yaw is now approximately 0 at this time—MARK. ^T. I will look—about 4 degrees left. Correcting in pitch, yaw is okay, going to go back to ASCS to get gyros straightened out, gyros are normal at this time. I'm setting up into the tight pattern.

Sigma Seven this is Canary Com Tech, transmitting UHF/HF. Do you read? Over.

Hello, Canary Com Tech, this is Sigma Seven. I read you loud and clear. How me? Over.

Roger, Sigma Seven, this is Canary Cap Com, reading you loud and clear. We'd like to get some temperature readings from you. Cabin suit and cabin dome and suit dome. Over.

Okay, I'll give you a readout. Suit dome is 80 (degrees), suit inlet temperature is 75 (degrees), cabin dome is 41 (degrees), cabin temperature is 97 (degrees), suit coolant setting is 8, cabin is 3. I will follow . . ..

Do you feel that these settings now are giving you adequate cooling.

Roger. I copied.

I am now going to setting number 3 on the suit temperature control.

Roger.

At 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Roger. What is your present control mode?

I am in ASCS.I have completed yaw checks with the window, I am going to try some yaw checks with the periscope at this time.

Roger.

Switching to fly-by-wire low, gyros free.

I can definitely see a yaw pattern in the window, in the periscope, in the reticle. The window itself is satisfactory at (-) 34 degrees, I've covered the gyro and am now coming back to the left to remove yaw.

Roger. Did you, how far did you have to come back on yaw?