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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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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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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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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.
- Scott Carpenter
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I am going to drifting flight at this time. Over.
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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.
- 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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The finish on the star chart is so shiny that—it's impossible to read because of reflection.
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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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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.
- Scott Carpenter
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Hello, hello, Canton Com Tech, Canton Com Tech, Aurora Seven. Weak but readable. Go ahead.
Spoken on May 24, 1962, 1:47 p.m. UTC (62 years, 5 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet