Spacelog Mercury 7

Aurora Seven, do you read? Over.

Go ahead, Indian Cap Com.

Our medical monitor says that we are reading your respiration. I believe this is almost the first time it's come across.

That's very good. I guarantee I'm breathing.

Roger. Understand.

The eye patch is in place, this time.

Going to record—record only at this time.

At 3 hours and 48 minutes and 51 seconds elapsed, I'm taking a good swig of water. It's pretty cool this time. Stretching my legs a tad. It's quite dark. I'm in drifting flight. Oh, boy! It feels good to get that leg stretched out. That one and the right one too.

I drank an awful lot of water and I'm still thirsty. As a matter of fact, I think there— there is a leak in the urinal, I'm sure.

Okay, line touch.

Don't let me forget about the shiny finish on the star chart. It makes it very hard to read.

At 3 53.

I'm using the photometer now—to try and get—a reading. I saw a com—no, it's the balloon that I see, still drifting aimlessly, lighted by moonlight at this time.

None of the colors are—particularly visible. I think—

Excess cabin water light is on at this time, 03 56 24. Am going to turn it down just a tad— so it will be just about where the suit is. I would say, let's see, from that, that it jumped down to freezing.

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

Coming in loud and clear.

Roger. Deke, my control mode is manual; gyros are caged; the maneuver switch is off. My fuel reads 45 and 42 [percent]; the oxygen is reading 76 and 100 [percent]; steam vent temperatures are 68 [degrees] on the suit and I just got excess cabin water light; the needle dropped down to 20. Reset cabin water at about 6 and in this capsule it seems optimum settings are right between 6 and 7. Outside of that, all things, all systems are good. And blood pressure is starting now.

Roger. Okay, starting blood pressure.

The visor has been open for some time, I've been taking some readings on stars through the haze layer with the photometer. The visor is coming closed now.

Roger. Understand visor coming closed.

I'll give you retro time for end of mission and would like to have you set the clock to this at this time.

Roger.

32 34

Understand, 04 32 34.

Good.

Okay. It's going into the clock now—whoop.

We indicate 35.

I do, too. I overshot. Stand by.

That's probably close enough for government work.

For you, to the second.

Roger. Still you indicate 1 second slow on g.e.t.; we indicate you on, on retrotime.

Roger. I am reading 04 32 34.

Okay, blood pressure start, now. That was 60 cycles in 30 seconds on the exerciser.

60 cycles in 30 seconds.

Did you by any chance try T/M keying over the Cape on your last pass?

I think I may have to mark time for tensiometer reading on the balloon.

Very good.

Understand you still have the balloon with you. It's possible if you go to deploy position and back to release, you can—

Roger. I've tried that a number of times, Deke. I just can't get rid of it.

Okay. Well, she'll probably come into your face on retrofire; but I'm sure you'll lose it shortly after that.

Yeah, I figure. I hope so.

Okay, for your information, cloud—is five-tenths and it's only one-eighth to the north over Port Moresby; so if you see some lights up in that area, we'd like to know about it.

Roger, I'll let you know.

Could you give us a c.e.t, hack, please.