Spacelog Mercury 8

That's correct. It moved that fast.

(Good.)^G

We are about to have LOS here at Woomera.

Roger.

Anything else for the Cape?

Negative. Everything's going along fine here.

Roger.

At 4 11, it is 1 15 on the star chart computer, . . ..

. . ..

I have Jupiter off on the right side, right corner of the window.

. . . Altair

. . ..

Don't tell me this compass is working? I should talk more. What I have been doing, I have been getting the standard source of light out. At this point, for the capsule, for my face because I am looking straight up at the compass is really rolling in the plane of the roll axis. I have a North pointing toward my right elbow. The compass definitely takes a swing when I moved

The compass is too much affected by the attitude instruments and gyros behind them. That's why I can't bring it to close to them. I am holding it just about halfway between the instrument panel and my face and in reference to a line halfway between the glove box and the pack. At the CE time of 4 18, it is pointing directly at the forward hatch clamp line. It seems that this is the restraining pin link for the hatch. I guess they can stow that for future reference.

. . . get rid of that for awhile.

Selecting reentry attitude.

Always surprising when you finally see some object and the rate really shows up.

I am stopping the capsule in reentry attitude. Taking roll out. Yaw is zero; roll is coming out. I want to acquire this, and then watch it. Roll looks good. Pitch is coming in; yaw is coming in. Rates and attitude are good, . . . ASCS a little low thruster tweek and very nice. I will warm up the T_r-10, gyros for their benefit. And starting to get some light on the scope, just barely.

I have a feeling I am off in pitch, but I think it is that damn horizon air glow line. Makes you think it's higher than it is. I still have the feeling though that I am pitched down about 10 degrees further than I want to be. If we are that close, we will let the scanner work on the problem.

Now we are indicating retroattitude. We are fairly close to it. So the scanners are torquing it up about 5 degrees I'd say.

Sigma Seven. Hawaii Cap Com.

Roger. Hawaii Cap Com this is Sigma Seven. How do you read?

We are reading you okay now. How about giving a short report?

Okay, good. I am in ASCS; retroattitude; gyros are normal; the maneuver switch is off. I am warming up the T_r-10 bypass for the rate gyros. I still have fly-by-wire low selected. All quantities and systems are green. I am green.

Roger. Could you give me your cabin dome temperature, and cabin temperature, and valve setting.

Roger. The suit dome is 68 (degrees). The cabin dome is 48 (degrees). The suit setting is 7.5. The cabin setting is 3. Over.

Roger. Give me your cabin temperature, suit temperature, and inverter setting.

Okay. Cabin temperature is 92 (degrees), and I'll give you inverters. Stand by.—Main inverter is, 250 inverter is about 143 (degrees). The 150 is 102 (degrees). Standby is about 115 (degrees).

Wally, I cut you out there. Give me your water valve setting on your inverter.

On the inverter it is 4.

Roger.

That seems to work pretty well so far for the whole flight, Gus.

Okay fine. Cape feels you are in good shape Wally, and so I have good news. They give you a go for 6 orbits.

Hallelujah.

They request you stay in retroattitude, and go ahead and prepare for retro like you would normally.

I understand.

And remain in retroattitude until you pass your (recovery area) retro 3-1 time.

I understand.

And then proceed with your flight plan.

Okay, Gus. I will see you out there shortly.

Roger.

These attitudes look honest as can be, Gus.

Roger.

How do the scanners check out with you?

You're looking real good down here, Wally. We can see nothing wrong.

Good deal. I use the moon and then later on Jupiter to line up some of the other stars. A little too dim to bet on every time.

Roger.