Spacelog Mercury 7

5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.

I feel the lift-off. The clock has started.

Roger. [Cape Canaveral]

Loud and clear, Gus.

Roger, Aurora seven, stand by for—the time hack.

Roger.

Little bit of shaking, pretty smooth.

3, 2, 1, mark.

Roger, the backup clock has started.

Roger, Aurora Seven.

Clear blue sky; 32 seconds; 9,000 [feet], fuel and oxygen steady; cabin pressure 15.1 [psia]; and dropping. A little rough through max q, and 1 minute.

Roger. You're looking good from here.

Okay, 25 amps and the power is good.

Roger. You're looking good.

Mark, 1 minute. Cabin pressure is on schedule; fuel and oxygen are steady, 24 amps; all the power is good.

Roger. Pitch is 56 [degrees]. You look—

Roger. My pitch looks good, it's smoothing down a little bit now. I feel the pitch program starting over.

Roger.

The sky is getting quite black at 01 30—-elapsed. Fuel and oxygen is steady, cabin pressure is leveling off at 6.2 [psia], 22 amps and the power is still good, one cps sway in yaw.

Roger. Understand. Pitch is 37 [degree]. You look real good.

Stand by.

Roger. There is BECO on time, and—

Ah, Roger. Understand BECO.

Roger, I felt staging. Do you confirm?

Staging?

Do you confirm staging?

Aurora Seven, we confirm staging.

Roger, g peaked at 6.3.

The tower is way out. It's gone. The light is green. Going over the BECO check now.

Roger, Aurora Seven.

BECO check is complete

Roger. Understand complete. Is that correct?

That is. Roger.

At 3 minutes. Fuel and oxygen are still steady; cabin is holding 5.8 [psia]. Power still looks good; my status is good.

Periscope is out, and . . . .