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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].
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We find now that the the O2 partial pressure is fluctuating slightly, and the—hanging around 4.2 [psia].
- CAPCOM
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As I said before, everything looks very good here. Surgeon is after me here for you to try another blood pressure. Is this convenient?
- Scott Carpenter
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Negative. I won't be able to hold still for it now. I've got the sunrise to worry about.
- CAPCOM
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Okay. Roger. We have no further queries. If you have any comments we'll be listening down here.
- Scott Carpenter
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Negative. I have a beautiful sunrise through the window. I'll record it so you can see it.
- Scott Carpenter
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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.
- Scott Carpenter
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That is right. I have reported it, and I believe I reported it a long time ago. It is covered with tape at the moment.
- CAPCOM
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Aurora Seven, Aurora Seven, Cap Com. Cape Flight advises me that we—that they expected the cabin to do such.
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Aurora Seven. This is Cap Com. Would like for you to return to gyros normal and see what kind of indication we have; whether or not your window view agrees with your gyros.
- Scott Carpenter
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I have some more of the white particles in view below the capsule. They appear to be traveling exactly my speed. There is one drifting off. It's going faster than I am as a matter of fact.
- Scott Carpenter
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I haven't seen the great numbers of these particles, but I've seen a few of them. Their motion is random; they look exactly like snowflakes to me.
- Scott Carpenter
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There were some more of those—little particles. They definitely look like snowflakes this time.
- Scott Carpenter
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Roger. Blood pressure—start—now. I have the balloon—now—pretty steadily below me, not oscillating. And go to gyros normal. Gyros normal now.
Spoken on May 24, 1962, 3:33 p.m. UTC (62 years, 6 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet