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Sigma Seven, Sigma Seven. Auto One. Do you read?
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Wally Schirra
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This is Sigma Seven on VOX record only. I have reestablished auto mode in normal with no high thruster action. At this point I have 85 percent auto, 90 percent manual. And I feel, now that I am on ASCS, I can do some experiments where before I was not able to. I will now pitch the capsule down on fly-by-wire low. First I will check to see—if I turn on my beacons, nobody down here can get to me on those. At 6 hours and 25 minutes—if anybody has a beacon in South America they deserve to hear it. Beacons are on, for a good 3 amps. Opening visor to wipe off chin, and I think I'll take a drink of water.
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Wally Schirra
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Closing visor. Okay. Let's take a look and see where we are. At this point we made a dosimeter check. I will pitch down on fly-by-wire to reentry attitude. Now let's give it a manual proportional go this time.
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Wally Schirra
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In manual proportional, with manual lever pulled out, and having selected rate command. I'm slowly but surely coming into retroattitude. All axes are working very well. Setting up in roll. Getting yaw rates, pow, pow. And I want this to count—I'm going to go back to fly-by-wire low.
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Wally Schirra
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That was stupid. Now we go to fly-by-wire low. I had a case of double authority and really flotched it. But better conserve our fuel. It's much too easy to get into double authority, even with the tremendous logic you have working on all these systems. The pitch is in; yaw is in; selecting reentry attitude; roll is in; going to ASCS, reentry now. And she's in.
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Wally Schirra
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Okay. I think we can change backs, and get some weather bureau pictures if it's possible. Shoot up the rest—the rest of these, just lightly. That's A 10 at 6+30 hours, and 11 is coming up, and 6+30 hours with a cloud bank off to the left. Okay. I'll get the plate back on, and save this at A. Take the plate back out again, zap. Okay. That's wound up, A 12 to go.
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Wally Schirra
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The capsule at this point is, at 6 hours and 31 minutes, it is under chimp configuration. I've used manual proportional to a great degree. I now have 79 (percent) in manual (fuel) and 81 (percent) auto. Let's see how we stand. Ah, 81, 80 auto, 71 manual.
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Wally Schirra
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That's clever.—Weather bureau back is finally out. First shot not worth using, so I'll change that.—Okay. We got slider out. Weather filter in, if I can get it. This side toward lens. There, we got a filter in. I'm going to shoot at ASA 64.
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Wally Schirra
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Take a light value at 06 35 minutes, and that light value is 13 for 64 ASA. Very good. Fairly bright, . . . I'll give her 13, and we'll punch off a couple quickies because of the first bad one. First shot taken at 6 35 25.
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Wally Schirra
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Capsule is in perfect attitude. Ideal shots for weather bureau. Think I even put on finder at this time. Shooting black and white of the clouds.
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Wally Schirra
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In the white. Ready to shoot at 6 -06 37 07. That was an oblique. Shot number 3. I'll take shot number 4 almost as straight down as I can sight. Beyond a little bit of shadow as we approach sunset. Okay, that was 6 37 34.
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Wally Schirra
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That's capsule elapsed time. At 6 38 we will copy the manual intermediate report and I can do that at this time.
Spoken on Oct. 3, 1962, 6:38 p.m. UTC (63 years, 4 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet