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Scott Carpenter
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I have some lights on the ground underneath me. Stand by, I'll try to identify them.
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Scott Carpenter
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Roger. My control mode is fly-by-wire, gyros are free, and the maneuver switch is off. Fuel reads 75-85 [percent], oxygen 88 and 100 [percent]. Wait till I pick a washer out of the air. And everything is very good. Over.
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Scott Carpenter
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Roger. Suit temperature is now 70 [degrees]. Suit temperature is 70 [degrees]. Steam exhaust is 70 [degrees]. The cabin exhaust is 80 [degrees].
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Roger. Do you confirm—do you have your—back down to the black scribe mark?
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That is negative. I have then both set on seven at this time and—an increase in setting resulted in a decrease—in suit temperature. I think I'd like to try—try them at this setting a little while longer. Over.
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Scott Carpenter
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Gyros are caged. I have about a 2-degree-per-second yaw rate. All gyros are zero. I have Corvus directly above me. I'm yawing over the top. I feel that my attitude is—the line of sight is nearly—nearly vertical.
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Scott Carpenter
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I am in VOX record only now. The time is 01 04 00 elapsed. I'm searching the star charts.
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Scott Carpenter
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The finish on the star chart is so shiny that—it's impossible to read because of reflection.
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Scott Carpenter
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Attitudes are of no concern to me whatsoever. I know I'm drifting freely. The moon crossed the window not too long ago.
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Scott Carpenter
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Let's see, now what can—I am at this moment rocking my arms back and forth and I can make this show up in the roll, yaw, and pitch needle. By moving my torso, I can make the pitch rate needle move up to 1 degree per second. Roll is, needle, rate needle is very sensitive to this. Yaw is also. Let's see, am going to open the visor at this time. Have a few crumbs of food floating around in the capsule.
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At 01 06 106—-at 1 minute, 1 hour and 7 minutes elapsed, I'm going above the scale to approximately 8 on cabin and suit.
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Scott Carpenter
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Hello, hello, Canton Com Tech, Canton Com Tech, Aurora Seven. Weak but readable. Go ahead.
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Scott Carpenter
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Canton Com Tech, Aurora Seven. Loud and clear. How do you read Aurora Seven on HF? Over.
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Scott Carpenter
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Roger. I've been reading you for some time. I've tried to contact you on HF with no success. My status is good; the capsule status is good; control mode is fly-by-wire; gyros caged; maneuver is off. The fuel reads 74-85 [percent]. Oxygen is 87-100 [percent]. The cabin temperature is a bit high at 104 [degrees]. The suit—steam vent temperature is 70 [degrees], and cabin is 80 [degrees], but I believe they're coming down. Over.
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Scott Carpenter
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I am beginning to pick up what I believe is a—yeah, it's very definitely a cloud pattern equally low.
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I am—let's see, Canton, do you have the exact sunrise time for the first orbit? Over.
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I have a sunrise time of 1 plus 21 plus 00.
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Did you—could you comment on whether you are comfortable or not—would you . . . a 102 [degrees] on body temperature.
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Scott Carpenter
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No, I don't believe that's correct. My visor was open; it is now closed. I can't imagine I'm that hot. I'm quite comfortable, but sweating some.
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Roger. Can you confirm then that the faceplate is closed, and will be closed for the pass over Guaymas.
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Scott Carpenter
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That is correct, George. I'll leave the faceplate closed. I have had one piece of the inflight food. It's crumbling badly and I hate to get it all over, and I have had about four swallows of water at that time.
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You wish to start your comment now on the haze layer—there was the . . . pitch, and at the same time confirm that the flight plan is on schedule.
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Scott Carpenter
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Roger. I cannot confirm that the flight plan is completely on schedule. At sunset I was unable to see a separate haze layer—the same—height above the horizon that John reported. I'll watch closely at sunrise and see if I can pick it up. Over.
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Scott Carpenter
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I am in VOX record now. I heard Hawaii calling, ha ha, Hawaii calling. I will go to transmit directly, and see if we can pick up Hawaii.
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Hello, Hawaii Com Tech, Hawaii Com Tech, Aurora Seven. Loud and clear. How do you read HF? Over.
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Scott Carpenter
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All right. My—I am at 01 19 02. Have been several times completely disoriented. There, I have Cassiopeia directly in the window and am yawing around for the sunrise—photographs. The sky is quite light in the east.
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Astronaut Carpenter stated that the disorientation was with respect to the earth, and this occurred only when no visual reference was available. However, he remained oriented with respect to the spacecraft. See footnote 4.
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Scott Carpenter
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Excess cabin-water light came on at that time. I'll have to go back all the way down and off. Suit is—still high. The cabin-water gage is reading—plus 9, which is hard to believe.
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Scott Carpenter
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My temperature, my body temperature doesn't feel . . . feel bad at all. My suit—yes, my suit temperature is down now, also.
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Scott Carpenter
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I have the particles. I was facing away from the sun at sunrise and I did not see the particles—just—just yawing about—180 degrees, I was able to pick up—at this.—Stand by, I think I see more.
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Yes, there was one, random motions—some even appeared to be going ahead. There's one outside. Almost like a light snowflake particle caught in an eddy. They are not glowing with their own light at this time.
Spoken on May 24, 1962, 1:46 p.m. UTC (62 years, 5 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet