Spacelog Mercury 7

Very good. Are you going to start your balloon test?

The balloon is out. I don't see any reason for not leaving it on through the dark side, and I just saw a particle going by at about 2 or 3 feet per second.

Roger, understand. According to flight plan, you're supposed to go to FBW about now, and he says you're on auto mode and I wondered if you plan to go through with this. Over.

That is negative. I think that the fact that I'm low on fuel dictates that I stay on auto as long as the fuel consumption on automatic is not excessive. Over.

Roger, Aurora Seven. Congratulations on your trip so far and I'm glad everything has gone …

Thank you very much.

I now have the wide, blue horizon band. It looks to be, at this time Capsule elapsed 02 0700, to be about the diameter underneath the sun. It seems to be the same thickness underneath the sun as the sun's diameter. North and south it becomes less distinct and lighter. It extends up farther from the horizon.

Roger, Aurora Seven. That's a hard one to pronounce, anything that we can do for you …

Negative. I think everything is going quite well.

Roger, We'll be waiting. Out.

Roger. See you next time.

Aurora Seven, this is Indian Ocean Ship. Over.

Roger, Indian Cap Com. Loud and clear. How me?

Roger. Loud and clear. We have had transmitter trouble on your previous run. We just got a message from the Cape . . . to conserve fuel. I monitored part of your transmission to Zanzibar and understand . . . the situation.

That is Roger.

Do you have retrosequence times for 2 Delta, 2 Echo and Golf?

That is negative. I have the nominals.

Roger. 2 Delta and 2 Echo are still nominal. Area Golf is 03 00 29, 03 00 29.

Roger. 03 00 29.

Roger, Aurora Seven, I read you loud and clear. Do you have any comments for the . . . Ocean?

That is Roger. I believe we may have some automatic mode difficulty. Let me cheek fly-by-wire a minute.

All thrusters are okay.

Roger.

However, the gyros do not seem to be indicating properly.

Roger.

And that is not correct either. The gyros are . . . are okay; but on ASCS standby. It may be an orientation problem. I'll orient visually and . . . see if that will help out the ASCS problem.

Aurora Seven from Indian Cap Com. Your blood pressure on your . . . fairly high and you are supposed to, if possible, give a blood pressure over Indian Ocean Ship.

Roger. I've put blood pressure up on the air already. Over.

Say again, Aurora.

Blood pressure is on the air now.

Roger.

Blood pressure is coming through fine.

Your blood pressure is coming through fine.

Roger.

Aurora Seven, this is Indian Cap Com. We have lost telemetry contact. How do you read me? Over.

Roger. Still reading you okay.

. . . report to Cape you have checked fly-by-wire and all thrusters are okay. Is there anything else?

That is negative. Except this problem with steam vent temperature. I'm going—I'll open the visor a minute; that'll cool—it seems cooler with the visor open.

Roger. Did you take xylose?

That is negative. I will do so now.

Roger.

Aurora Seven, confirm you've checked fly-by-wire and all thrusters okay.

Roger. Fly-by-wire is checked; all thrusters are okay.

Roger.

Aurora Seven, Indian Ocean Cap Com. I do not read your transmission.

Roger. Indian Cap Com, Aurora Seven.

I am over the dark side now. The moonrise has not occurred and although I still see the lighted area from the setting sun behind us.

Now, I do have the haze layer at this time. It seems to be brighter than—it's good to open the cabin, open the visor.

The reticle now extincts at about 5.6.

Hello, Muchea Cap Com. Aurora Seven. Loud and clear. How me?

Read you loud and clear also. What's your status?

Roger. My status is good; control mode is fly-by-wire; gyros normal; maneuver off. Fuel is 45-6-70 [percent], that's 45-70 [percent], and oxygen is 84-100 [percent]. I have only one minor problem, and that is my inability to get the suit steam vent temperature down, Deke.

Roger What's it running now?

Well, I'm reading 70 [degrees]. I'm really a little at a loss as to how to get it down, my suit—-water valve is set now past the marks. This doesn't seem to being it down, and neither does putting it . . . negative. That's wrong. The cabin was past the marks. The suit temperature is at prelaunch value of about four. I'm going to go to a setting of plus 6 at this time and see if that will bring it down below 70 [degrees]. Over.

Okay. Fine. We're indicating 84 [degrees] suit which is a bit high.

Roger My gage shows 7, 76 [degrees] on the suit.

Rog.

Okay. Let me give you a couple of retrotimes here. You have a 2 Dog nominal; Gold is 03 . . . 29; Hotel 04 32 26.

Roger Understand 26.

We're including your clock is still one second slow.

Roger.

G.m.t. hack of 15 10 42—-mark.

Roger. I'm right on and so is the backup.

Roger. Would you send us a blood pressure, please?

Starting. Roger. Starting now.

What mode of communications are you using at this time?

I am on UHF high, Deke.

Fine. Roger. Would you try using your mike button once instead of your VOX. See how this comes in.

Roger Soon as I get through the blood pressure. I can do it now.

This is using the push to talk. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. How now?

I see no difference. They're identical.

Roger: is the modulation pretty good?

Very good.

Roger

Capsule stability, Deke, is very, very, good. I've noticed that I can put in a 1-degree-per-second rate on the needle just by moving heads and arms,—my head and arms. Over.

Very good, excellent. For your information, there will be no flares at Woomera on this pass, since the cloud cover won't allow you to see them anyway.

Roger. I was unsuccessful last pass.

Okay, I'm going to send you a Z cal at this time.

Roger

Mark!

Z cal is coming off.

Roger.

On with R cal.

Roger.

Blood pressure stop.

Blood pressure stop. Okay, we're going to oscillate R cal a couple of times here in attempt to reset our temperature problem.

Roger.