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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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Scott Carpenter
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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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CAPCOM
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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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CAPCOM
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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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CAPCOM
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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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Scott Carpenter
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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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Scott Carpenter
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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.
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Scott Carpenter
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Roger, Guaymas, loud and clear. My control mode is now fly-by-wire; gyros are caged, I'm in— maneuver is off. I'll go to automatic mode directly. My status good; the capsule status is good. The fuel is 69-69 [percent], oxygen is 88-100 [percent]. The cabin steam vent has gone to plus 10, I believe that's a bad gage reading, and suit temperature steam vent is coming down slowly, now reading 68 [degrees]. Over.
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Roger. My body comfort is good. I am tracking now a very small particle, one isolated particle, about—there is another, very small, could be a light snowflake.
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CAPCOM
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Roger. We're reading—we're having a—a bad body temperature reading on you, 102.4 [degrees], probably erroneous.
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Scott Carpenter
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I can't believe it. My suit temperature shows 60 [degrees] and I feel quite comfortable. I'm sure I would be sweating more than this if my temperature were 102 [degrees].
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CAPCOM
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Roger. It looks like we have a go for the second orbit as everything appears all right for you.
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CAPCOM
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You start to conserve your fuel a bit and maybe, perhaps, use a little more of your manual fuel.
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Scott Carpenter
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Half covered with clouds, and—and the other half is dry. Will you pass on—this message for me, Gordo, to all the troops at Guaymas?
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Scott Carpenter
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Hola, amigos, felicitaciones a Mexico y especialmente a mi amigos de Guaymas. Desde el espacio exterior, su pais esta cubierto con numbes—and es—also—se muy bello. Aqui el tiempo esta muy bueno. Buena suerte desde Auror Siete.
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Translation: Hello, friends, greetings to Mexico and especially to my friends of Guaymas. From outer space, your country is covered with clouds and is very beautiful. Here the weather is very good. Good luck from Aurora Seven.
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Roger, 2 Alpha time is 01 36 13, with a G.M.T. of 14 21 30. That takes into account your clock error.
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Scott Carpenter
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Roger. Standing by for the . . . my mark on the radar test over White Sands.
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Scott Carpenter
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No, I'll have to get in a better attitude for you first, Gus. It'll mean nothing this way, I mean Coop.
Spoken on May 24, 1962, 1:58 p.m. UTC (62 years, 5 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet