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Al Shepard (CAPCOM)
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And you're very close to reentry attitude.
And you're very close to reentry attitude.
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Wally Schirra
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Roger. I'm in reentry attitude now.
Roger. I'm in reentry attitude now.
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Wally Schirra
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That is correct.…
That is correct. I want to see if the reentry logic was in.
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Wally Schirra
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I'm now in reentry attitude.…
I'm now in reentry attitude. Standing by to go into automatic mode. Fly-by-wire tracks absolutely beautifully, just as it worked in the trainer. Very positive results from using the procedures trainer. There is no doubt about it, time does pass rather rapidly. Going back to automatic mode. I got pitch down signal, just a slight low thruster, and everything seems to be all right. This probably was a slight error in the corrected readout. I was right on, I believe, in all three axes. The capsule logic is working very well, and is tracking very well in reentry.
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Wally Schirra
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Closing visor. Okay.…
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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Roger.…
Roger. I am a little sloppy on the roll as you may see. No strain. I'm going to put her right into ASCS when I get up here. Okay. She's in reentry as far as roll goes. Okay. The scope is coming in. I'm on the gyros.
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Wally Schirra
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In manual proportional,…
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. 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…
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Wally Schirra
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At 08 hours and 10 minutes.…
At 08 hours and 10 minutes. Going to pitch up to reentry attitude shortly. No reason to keep glove box open at this time. Have to get the standard source of light, I may be able to get it. Put that away in a hurry. That'll stay there. That is the yaw cover. Everything else is ready.
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Wally Schirra
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Roger. I am in ASCS auto at this time;…
Roger. I am in ASCS auto at this time; in reentry attitude; the gyros are normal; maneuver is off; all systems are green. Auto fuel is 89 (percent), manual is 90 (percent). My temperatures at this point are very comfortable. The suit inlet is 62 (degrees), the dome is 69 (degrees). I believe I am all set to power down. Over.
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Wally Schirra
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Okay, as you know,…
Okay, as you know, the control mode is set up for drifting. The mode selected is normal, auto, gyros caged. I've selected reentry attitude. I'm of course in fly-by-wire low. The maneuver switch is off. I'll give you the fuel quantities and oxygen. Just to check yours against mine. I still have 89 (percent) auto and 90 (percent) manual.
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Wally Schirra
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On the powering up. I went to gyros normal,…
On the powering up. I went to gyros normal, finally, after getting gyros set at approximately three zeros with the maneuver off. There was no high thruster transition. Then, when I set up for three zeros, I did get a high thruster transition in the reentry select attitude. However, this is probably due to the no rate gyro run up case.
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Wally Schirra
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I will check my time as 1 plus 06 plus 50 seconds…
I will check my time as 1 plus 06 plus 50 seconds when I went into reentry attitude. The stars are very easy to see. I see quite a few, but am bothered by a considerable amount of red light. I, now, am going to devote some attention to the suit circuit for a minute or so. Then prepare to go back into retro attitude for Canton.
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Wally Schirra
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Closed face plate. Opened it momentarily,…
Closed face plate. Opened it momentarily, merely to wipe my nose, and try to clear a lens, which I cannot do. Reentry select. Camera is stowed. I will now extinct the standard light source - and cannot move the cabin light on the starboard side; therefore, I will extinct it as a continual reference. There, it is now extinct, at 3.3. Cabin source extincted at 3.3 at 08 hours 15 minutes and 35 seconds CET.
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Wally Schirra
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I am stopping the capsule in reentry attitude.…
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 Tr-10, gyros for their benefit. And starting to get some light on the scope, just barely.
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Wally Schirra
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Roger, Scott. I am in drifting flight,…
Roger, Scott. I am in drifting flight, but I have powered up the ASCS a-c bus. It has come on the line very well. I will power up the beacons later. The control mode selected is fly-by-wire although I'm not controlling in it. The auto switch is auto, gyros switch is still caged. The reentry attitude is selected, maneuver is off. The quantities are all in the green. Suit temperature is about 60 (degrees). I'm quite comfortable with it. Electrical is green and a-c is green.
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Wally Schirra
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That was at B-2. Coming up on B-3.…
That was at B-2. Coming up on B-3. Pitch down at this time to approximately 10 degrees. The roll error that developed during the period where we had the scanners off has disappeared. At this point, I am going to increase the suit flow to approximately- just a tad to increase the cooling for reentry. See if I can bring it down a little bit more. There is almost perfect attitude. Yaw is good. Pitch is down a little steep. It's definite that the yaw reticle is not good for night work.
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Wally Schirra
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Attitudes are controlling very well.…
Attitudes are controlling very well. Seems to be plenty of manual fuel. I'm still at 72 percent. Definitely has the cyclic rate in pitch at this point. Yaw is fairly stiff; g is building up. Capsule is quite stable. There is a green flow - and looks like orange streaks every once in a while. RSCS is doing very well on reentry. Rather unusual slow roll. Building up to 2g's. I have plenty of fuel in rate command. Seeing sparkles coming by now. A definite green glow, like a limeade; g's building up. Oscillations are very good at this point. About 3g.