Spacelog Mercury 8

I am not there yet. I'd say about 25 to 30 degrees, I'm stopping yaw at this time. The periscope checks with the window and the reticle and I'm going to give a mark shortly, to try to get all the rates stopped. I am just about in retroattitude now, and yaw looks real clean. I'm going to pull off and look. It's about 1 degree of yaw, to the right—MARK.^T. Okay, I'm satisfied with that kind of day yaw check. That was done in retroattitude. I had a real good cloud layer, that was what was the cue.

Roger. How do you feel about systems at the present time now?

All systems are green except for the suit cooling and it definitely is—the dome temperature is going up at this time. I'm going to go back on ASCS for a while and hack out a network.

Roger.

I will not go to ASCS. Ah, by the way, how about taking a look at my high thrusters. Have you seen any high thruster action at all?

Standby.

I shouldn't have had any at all.

Wally, did you already switch to ASCS?

Negative. I have not switched.

Do it now.

Say again.

Go ahead and switch.

I'm going—have I had any high thruster action so far?

Negative.

Okay, that's good. I'm still in fly-by-wire low, standby switching now, flop. I'm going—.

Say again.

No high thrusters.

Okay, good deal going, gyros normal.

Roger, that is affirmative.

I have completed my day yaw checks. I am very satisfied with the technique of taking care of roll as I . . .

Sigma Seven, Sigma Seven this is . . .. Do you read? Over.

This is Sigma Seven. I had to give up on this lower temperature. Everything's going up.

Okay, I'll report that to the Cape.

I'm going to set in to number . . ..

Sigma Seven this is Kano Com Tech, transmitting on UHF/HF, do you read?

Roger, Kano. I read you loud and clear. How me?

. . . read you here. Report . . . setting number.

Okay. I've set it back to 7.5.

Roger. I copied 7.5.

The suit dome went up to 82 degrees.

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

Could you read me, Canaries?

Hello Kano, hello Kano.

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

Kano, I read you loud and clear. How me? Over.

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

Kano this is Sigma Seven. Read you loud and clear. How me? Over.

Roger, Seven, I read you weak but readable. Standby this frequency for . . ..

Okay.

Sigma Seven, . . . how do you read?

I read you loud and clear. I wonder whether Canary's got my last on the suit system. I've got 82 degrees on the dome and went back up to a setting of 7.5 on the coolant valve. Over.

Sigma Seven, Kano Cap Com.

Go ahead, Kano.

Kano Cap Com, Sigma Seven, go ahead.

Hello, hello Kano Cap Com, Sigma Seven. Over.

Kano, Cap Com this is Sigma Seven. Go ahead.

Sigma Seven, Kano Cap Com . . ..

Kano Cap Com, this is Sigma seven, go ahead.

Sigma Seven, we don't read you.

Kano, this is Sigma Seven. Over.

Hello, Kano Cap Com. Sigma Seven. Over.

Roger, Sigma Seven. I have not read your transmissions. Over.

Roger. I had to switch to HF at this time, and am in VOX at this time. HF. How do you read?

Negative, Seven. Would you say again?

I'm on VOX—correct, I am going to push-to-talk on HF. Do you read me now?

Roger. I read you better now.

Okay. Do you want some suit stuff?

Roger. How is your suit doing?

Okay. I've already caught the dome temperature. Went up to about 82 (degrees). I've got it back to 81 (degrees). The suit inlet went up to 80 (degrees). I've got it back to 78 (degrees). I am back at the setting of almost 7.5 on the suit set selector. I'm going to setting number 8 at this time.

Understand. You are going to number 8 on suit setting.

That is correct.

Would you say again your suit temperature.

Suit temperature at this time is dropping slowly. It is now 77 (degrees).

You're rising?

Negative. It is dropping—lowering.

What is your dome temperature?

It is coming down. It is now 81, 81 (degrees).

Roger, I copied.

Okay, I think we got locks on it by going higher in settings.

Say again. You were garbled.

I think we have the situation under control.

I am now in ASCS, gyros normal, maneuver off, all systems green. I am green.

Roger. Understand. Auto retro.

That is affirmative.

Our telemetry shows pitch attitude of 25 (degrees) negative and our scanner shows 36 (degrees) negative.

Roger, your scanner is correct. I am indicating 36 (degrees) negative that it checks with the window.

Sigma Seven.

Go ahead. Go ahead.

Standby for a (contingency recovery area) 2 Charlie retro time,

Sigma Seven. Kano Cap Com.

Go ahead. I'm ready to copy.

Sigma Seven, do you read?

I read. Go ahead, Kano.

Sigma Seven.

Kano, this is Sigma Seven. Go ahead.

This Kano Cap Com transmitting in the blind, Sigma Seven. 2 Charlie time is 02 04 30.

This is Sigma Seven. Roger. 02 04 30, for 2 Charlie.

Sigma Seven, come in, please.

This is Sigma Seven. I read you loud and clear. How me?

I read you now. Did you get my 2 Charlie time?

Roger. 02 04 30.

Would you say it back to me.

Roger. 02 04 30.

That is Roger.

How is your suit temperature now, Seven?

It is now coming down to about 76 (degrees) and the dome is 80 (degrees). We're going in the right direction.

Is your cabin temperature holding?

Cabin temperature is under control. It is 95 (degrees). 95.