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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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Scott Carpenter
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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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CAPCOM
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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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CAPCOM
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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.
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Scott Carpenter
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That's negative. I'm afraid I'm not going to make it, Gordo, unless I get the attitudes—down close.
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Scott Carpenter
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Okay, Gus, my status is good; my control mode is fly-by-wire; the gyros are still caged; maneuver is off. Fuel is 62 and 68 [percent]. A little ahead on fuel consumption; fuel quantity light is on; the excess cabin-water light is on. I'll try and get auto mode here directly.
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Scott Carpenter
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Roger. Suit steam is 69 [degrees] and cabin is plus 11. That dropped down very suddenly when the excess cabin-water light came on. I think I'm going to—increase . . . I'll try to increase suit-water flow one more time. If that doesn't work I'll drop—down—to closed and start over again.
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Scott Carpenter
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Okay. Cabin water going back. I'll start now at two. This is 20 degrees below launch value.
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CAPCOM
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Okay. I'm going to give you an R cal.
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CAPCOM
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Roger. Everything looks good down here, except for your fuel usage; you better watch that a little bit.
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Scott Carpenter
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Balloon deploy, now. The balloon is out and off. I, I see it way out, but it—I think now it is way out, and drifting steadily away. I don't see the line. I don't see that any attempt was made to inflate the thing. It's just drifting off.
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Scott Carpenter
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I have only the rectangular shape tumbling at this point about 200 yards back, barely visible; and now wait, here is a line. That was the cover, the balloon is out.
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Scott Carpenter
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The balloon is partially inflated. It's not tight. I've lost it at this moment. Wait one, I'll give you a better reading shortly.
Spoken on May 24, 1962, 2:14 p.m. UTC (62 years, 5 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet