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CAPCOM
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Okay, if you're ready, I'll give you the emergency voice check. We will turn off UHF and HF transmitters for this so that you will not have to change volume.
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Scott Carpenter
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Roger. Muchea Cap Com. Loud and clear. Tell Jerry and Gus and Lewis and—everybody else there, that I worked with “hello.” John Whittler, if you see him, tell him to saddle Butch up. Break, break. Is your cloud cover such that I can expect [to] see light—or flares at Woomera? Over.
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CAPCOM
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Roger. The cloud coverage here is 3,000 [nautical miles] overcast stratus, and we think you'll probably see them through the clouds. Woomera is clear.
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Scott Carpenter
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Roger. And—go ahead and send it. I'll—you'll be interested to know that I have no moon, now. The horizon is clearly visible from my present position; that's at 00 54 44 elapsed. I believe the horizon on the dark side with no moon is very good for pitch and roll. The stars are adequate for yaw in, maybe 2 minutes of tracking. Over.
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Scott Carpenter
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Roger. I'll try that. Going all the way off and back up a little bit lower than where I was.
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Scott Carpenter
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Well, that's a result of an increase in flow lately. I would think that—I'll try increasing rather than decreasing.
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CAPCOM
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Roger. This is Woomera. This is Woomera Cap Com. Reading you loud and clear. How me?
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CAPCOM
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This is Muchea Cap Com. They will not be contacting you for another 3 minutes.
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Scott Carpenter
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Roger. Go ahead, Deke. Just trying to get the word on the flare.
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CAPCOM
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Roger. Understand. I'll give you the settings, correction, the attitudes for the first flare at this time. It would be plus 80 [degrees] yaw, minus 80 [degrees] in pitch.
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CAPCOM
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Roger. Okay. The Cape now advises to keep the suit setting where it was since it's coming down.
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Scott Carpenter
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Roger. I—for your information, I have increased it just slightly. My readings now are 7 [psia] and 7 [psia] on suit and cabin. What are my inverter temperatures and thruster line temperatures, Deke? Are they okay?
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CAPCOM
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Rog. We are losing you. We are losing you on air-ground. Would you care to contact Woomera at this time?
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Scott Carpenter
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Roger, Woomera. Reading you loud and clear, also. I'd like readout on my inverter temperatures—and mark on your flare. Over.
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CAPCOM
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Roger. We're going to have the flare in approximately 2 minutes. We'll give you a readout on your temperatures.
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CAPCOM
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Roger. Understand. All systems okay. We have your temperatures. Your 150 inverter, 152 [degrees]. Your 250 inverter, 167 [degrees]. Do you copy? Over.
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CAPCOM
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We're going to have the flares. All four of them go at approximately 00 [plus] 58 plus 30. We do have an eight by eight coverage.
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CAPCOM
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This is Woomera Cap Com, Seven. Surgeon reports all systems look good down here. And Systems reports everything okay on his panel.
Spoken on May 24, 1962, 1:37 p.m. UTC (62 years, 6 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet