Spacelog Mercury 7

Roger. How about water?

I had taken four swallows at approximately this time last orbit. As soon as I get the suit temperature pegged a little bit, I'll open the visor and have some more water. Over.

Roger. You are still coming in very loud and clear.

Roger.

. . . out at this time.

For the record now—

One of the labels for a fuse switch has slipped out, and sideways, and has tied the adjoining fuse switch together with it. This happened to emergency-main and reserve-deploy fuse switches.

I caged the gyros. They are too critical. I will try and navigate on the dark side without the gyros.

The fuse switch should be glued in better so that turning off one fuse does not turn off the adjoining one.

I guess I'd better try to get that xylose pill out. I hate to do this.

Oh yes. There is the xylose pill. It didn't melt. All the rest of the stuff in here did melt.

Hello, Canton Com Tech. Aurora Seven reads you loud and clear. How me?

This is Canton Cap Com. Read you loud and clear. Could you begin your short report, please?

Roger, George. My control mode is manual. The gyros are caged, maneuver is off. Fuel is 45 and 64 [percent], a little ahead of schedule. Oxygen reads 82-100 [percent]. Steam vent temperature in the suit is dropping slightly. It's a little below 70 [degrees]. Cabin is 4.6 [psia]. Suit temperature has dropped to about 71 [degrees] now. All the power is good, and here is a blood pressure. Over.

Okay, standing by for blood pressure.

We are receiving the blood-pressure check. Over.

Roger.

Do you plan on eating as called for by … Over.

I did have the visor open a short time ago for the xylose pill. All of the rest of the food that I have aboard has either crumbled or melted. It's unusable in its present state so I think the xylose pill will constitute my last zero g meal. However, the first one, before the food crumbled, was quite easy. It's no problem to eat this bite-size food—in a weightless state. I also drank some water at that time, which was no problem.

Roger. I take it, from what you said then, that you have confirmed that your faceplate is closed for the decision on the third orbit.

That is correct. My faceplate is closed. Also, what is the trend of my cabin pressure on the ground? Over.

Stand by, please.

We are checking on your request there, Scott. Could you hit that button again? We lost your EKG.

Oh, you want blood pressure or EKG?

No, we lost the EKG. Possibly you could press on those sensors. Okay, Surgeon informs me that the EKG is now returning. Your other question, cabin pressure is staying at 5.1 [psia] approximately.

Roger. No change in reading since launch. Is that correct?

Negative on that. It's gone from 5.8 [psia] at launch to approximately 5.1 [psia] in very, very gradual descending trend.

Roger. My cabin pressure indicator is reading 4.8 [psia] at this time.

Roger, I have no comment on this, just that the trend appears to be good here on the ground.

Roger.

Do you have any specific comments on your balloon experiments; for example, the best color contrast with the

Yes, I would say the day-glow orange is the best.

Roger. For your information, the second sunrise should be expected in approximately 3 to 4 minutes.

Roger, thank you.

Everything continues to look very good here on the ground. I've got a reading here on the ground for cabin pressure. This is for your information, is 4.8 [psia]. Now, this does take the trend that has been set up considerably. The suit pressure comes in at 4.9 [psia].

Roger.

We find now that the the O2 partial pressure is fluctuating slightly, and the—hanging around 4.2 [psia].

Did you ?

O2 partial pressure is fluctuating—4.2 [psia]—Over.

Roger, copied, George, thank you.

As I said before, everything looks very good here. Surgeon is after me here for you to try another blood pressure. Is this convenient?

Negative. I won't be able to hold still for it now. I've got the sunrise to worry about.

Okay. Roger. We have no further queries. If you have any comments we'll be listening down here.

Negative. I have a beautiful sunrise through the window. I'll record it so you can see it.

Aurora Seven, Aurora Seven, Hawaii Com Tech. How do you read me? Over.

Roger, Hawaii, Aurora Seven. Loud and clear. How me?

Aurora Seven, this is Cap Com. Can you give me a short report, please.

Roger. My control mode is manual; gyros caged; maneuver off. Stand by one. My status is good and the capsule status is good. I want to get some pictures of the sunrise. Over.

Roger. Give me the short report first.

Roger. Fuel is 45-62 [percent]. Over.

Roger. 45 and 62 [percent].

Roger.

Aurora Seven. Did you drink over Canton; did you drink any water over Canton?