- Scott Carpenter
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I'm alining my attitudes. Everything is fine. I have part of the stowage checklist taken care of at this time.
- CAPCOM
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Aurora Seven, can we get on with the checklist? We have approximately 3 minutes left of contact.
- Scott Carpenter
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Roger. Go ahead with the checklist. I'm coming to retroattitude now and my control mode is automatic and my attitudes-standby. Wait a minute, I have a problem in.
- Scott Carpenter
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I have an ASCS problem here. I think ASCS is not operating properly. Let me— Emergency retrosequence is armed and retro manual is armed. I've got to evaluate this retro—this ASCS problem, Jim, before we go any further.
- Scott Carpenter
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Roger. They are. Okay, I'm going now to fly-by-wire, to Aux Damp, and now—attitudes do not agree. Five minutes to retrograde; light is on. I have a rate of descent, too, of about 10, 12 feet per second.
- CAPCOM
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Scott, let's try and get some of this retrosequence list checked off before you get to California.
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Roger. Squib switch armed; auto retrojettison switch off; gyros normal; manual handle out; roll, yaw and pitch handles in.
- CAPCOM
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Retroattitude auto; retract scope auto; maneuver switch off; periscope lever up; UHF-Hi power; transmit on UHF; beacon continuous; VOX power on transmit and record; all batteries checked. Do you copy?
- Scott Carpenter
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Roger. It's complete.
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Transmitting in the blind. We have LOS. Ground elapsed time is on my mark, 4 hours 29 minutes and 30 seconds. Transmitting in the blind to Aurora Seven. Make sure all your tone switches are on; your warning lights are bright; the retro manual fuse switch is on; the retrojettison fuse switch is off. Check your faceplate and make sure that it is closed.
- Scott Carpenter
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Roger. Copied all; I think we're in good shape. I'm not sure just what the status of the ASCS is at this time.
- Comm Tech
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Aurora Seven, Aurora Seven, this is California Com Tech, California Com Tech. Do you hear? Over.
- Scott Carpenter
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Yes, I don't have agreement with ASCS in the window, Al. I think I'm going to have to go to fly-by-wire and use the window and the scope. ASCS is bad. I'm on fly-by-wire and manual.
- Scott Carpenter
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Okay. Fire 1, fire 2, and fire 3. I had to punch off manually. I have a little bit of smoke in the capsule.
Spoken on May 24, 1962, 5:13 p.m. UTC (62 years, 6 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet