- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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].
- 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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You start to conserve your fuel a bit and maybe, perhaps, use a little more of your manual fuel.
- 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?
- 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.
- Scott Carpenter
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Roger.
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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.
- 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, 2:16 p.m. UTC (62 years, 4 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet