Orbit one
00:05:12 Glenn: Roger. Zero g and I feel fine. Capsule is turning around.
00:05:18 Glenn: Oh, that view is tremendous!
00:05:21 CAPCOM: Roger. Turnaround has started.
00:05:23 Glenn: Roger. The capsule is turning around and I can see the booster during turnaround just a couple hundred yards behind me. It was beautiful.
00:05:30 CAPCOM: Roger, Seven. You have a go, at least seven orbits.
00:05:35 Glenn: Roger, understand. Go for at least seven orbits.
00:05:44 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Can see clear back; a big cloud pattern way back across toward the Cape. Beautiful sight.
00:05:54 CAPCOM: Roger, still reading you loud and clear. Next transmission, Bermuda.
00:05:58 Glenn: Roger. Understand next transmission, Bermuda. Capsule did damp OK and turned around. Scope has extended, OK. Taking off the filter I had on it before launch.
Project Mercury communications between the ground and the spacecraft were rather limited. Tracking stations were built around the world, but significant gaps in coverage between stations existed. Those gaps would not be filled completely until the launch of Tracking and Data Relay Systems Satellites (TDRSS) in the 1980s. A tape recorder ran continuously inside the spacecraft, providing additional commentary by the pilot while between stations.
00:06:02 Glenn: Making electrical check.
00:06:18 Glenn: All batteries 25 or above, on main. Going through orbit checklist.
Begin communication through Bermuda tracking station
00:06:25 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Orbit checklist.
00:06:27 Glenn: Landing bag is off. Emergency retrosequence off. Emergency drogue deploy is off.
00:06:38 CAPCOM: Emergency landing bag is next.
00:06:40 Glenn: Roger. Landing bag was already off. I got it first and reported it. Retromanual is off, and we're all set. This is very comfortable at zero-g. I have nothing but very fine feeling. It just feels very normal and very good.
00:06:58 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven. Standby for retrosequence times.
00:07:00 Glenn: Roger. Ready to copy.
00:07:08 CAPCOM: Roger. 1B, 00 17 50.
00:07:08 Glenn: Roger. One Bravo is 00 plus 17 plus 50.
00:07:14 CAPCOM: End of orbit, 01 28 54.
00:07:19 Glenn: Roger, 01 plus 28 plus 54.
00:07:22 CAPCOM: Roger. End of mission is 04 32 47.
00:07:28 Glenn: Roger. 04 plus 32 plus 47. Do I have OK for resetting clock, over?
00:07:36 CAPCOM: Negative, don't reset the clock. Your V over Vr is unity, your apogee altitude is 138 [miles]. And, are you starting your control systems check?
00:07:45 Glenn: Roger. As soon as we get done with this transmission. I understand I am cleared to control systems check.
00:07:51 Glenn: Roger. Starting controls check.
00:08:01 Glenn: Starting controls check.
00:08:09 CAPCOM: Your attitudes look good here.
00:08:32 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven. Anything to report on control systems check?
00:08:34 Glenn: Not yet, everything appears to be going OK. Am now on the yaw part of the check. Going off right on schedule.
00:08:42 CAPCOM: Very good, very good.
00:08:50 Glenn: Control so far is excellent. Very good, no problems at all. Go far on control.
00:08:55 CAPCOM: Roger.
00:09:01 Glenn: Aux damp pulls it right every time. No problems.
00:09:04 CAPCOM: Very good.
00:09:24 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Bermuda. Do you read?
00:09:26 Glenn: Roger, Bermuda. Still read you loud and clear. Still completing control check. Having no problem at all so far.
00:09:32 CAPCOM: Roger. You're still loud and clear.
00:09:35 Glenn: Roger.
00:09:46 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Working like clockwork on the control check, and it went through just about like the Procedures Trainer runs. It's very smooth and I checked...
00:09:58 CAPCOM: On UHF, if you read, go to HF.
00:10:00 Glenn: Roger. Going.
00:10:24 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Bermuda CAPCOM on HF.
00:10:27 Glenn: Hello, hello, Bermuda. Read you loud and clear. How me?
00:10:38 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, Bermuda CAPCOM on HF.
00:10:40 Glenn: Hello Bermuda, hello Bermuda CAPCOM. Friendship Seven reads you loud and clear. Hello, Bermuda, Friendship Seven. How me?
00:10:53 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Bermuda CAPCOM on HF.
00:10:56 Glenn: Hello, Bermuda CAPCOM, this is Friendship Seven. Read you loud and clear, how me?
Begin communication through Canary Island Tracking Station
00:11:16 Glenn: Hello, Canary, Friendship Seven. Over.
00:11:20 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Canary CAPCOM. Hear you loud and clear. Over.
00:11:26 Glenn: Canary, Friendship Seven. Roger. Control check complete. Capsule in ASCS and holding. I have booster in sight out the window. It's probably about one mile away and going down under my position and a little bit under my left. Over.
00:11:46 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Everything is still go. Capsule is in fine shape. Holding pressure at 5.8 [psi]. Over.
00:12:18 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Canary CAPCOM. Do you read? Over.
00:12:21 Glenn: Hello, Canary CAPCOM, loud and clear on HF. How me? Over.
00:12:26 CAPCOM: I read you loud and clear. Would you give me your fuel on your control systems check?
00:12:34 Glenn: Roger. This is Friendship Seven. Control systems check was perfect. Control systems check perfect. Over.
00:12:42 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven, understand control system check was perfect. Over.
00:12:47 Glenn: That's affirmative.
00:12:52 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this Canary CAPCOM. Could you get started on the station report? Over.
00:13:00 Glenn: Hello, Canary, Friend Seven. Repeat please. Over.
00:13:05 CAPCOM: What is your space, spacecraft station, status report?
00:13:10 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Standby. I'm getting out some equipment. Over.
00:14:03 Glenn: Hello, Canary, Friendship Seven, switching to UHF. Over.
00:14:09 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, Canary CAPCOM. Say again.
00:14:23 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, Canary CAPCOM. Read you.
00:14:32 Glenn: Hello, Canary, Friendship Seven on UHF. How now? Over.
00:14:37 CAPCOM: I read you loud and clear.
00:14:39 Glenn: Roger, understand loud and clear. I read you much better also, than I did on HF. Over
00:14:46 CAPCOM: Same here.
00:14:48 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Everything is going fine.
00:14:55 Glenn: Getting, getting some of the equipment together. Over.
00:14:59 CAPCOM: Roger.
00:15:12 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven. What is your spacecraft status report? Over.
00:15:17 Glenn: Roger. Standby, will give status report. I am in orbit attitude for your tracking. Status report follows: Fuses all number one except Tower Sep number two. Emergency Retrosequence, Emergency Retrojettison, and Emergency Drogue are in the center-off position. Squib is armed. Auto Retrojettison is off. ASCS is normal, auto, gyro normal. All T handles are in the "in" position. Retro Delay is normal. Cabin lights are on both. Photo lights are still on. Telemetry Low Frequency is on. Rescue aids are on automatic. Ah, Jettison Tower and Sep Capsule lights are out. The pressure regulator is still in the "in" position. Launch Control is on. All Sequence Panel positions are normal, except Landing Bag is off. Are you receiving? Over.
00:16:19 CAPCOM: Understand. We have telemetry solid.
00:16:25 Glenn: Roger, you have telemetry solid. Control fuel is 90-98 [percent], I repeat, 90-98 [percent].
00:16:32 CAPCOM: Automatic fuel is 90 [percent], 98 [percent].
00:16:35 Glenn: That is affirmative. Attitude: roll 0 [degrees], yaw 2 [degrees] right, pitch -33 [degrees]. Rates are all indicating zero. I am on ASCS at present time. The clock is still set for time to ret, for retrograde time of 04 plus 32 plus 28. I have retrograde times OK from Bermuda. Cabin pressure holding steady at 5.7 [psi]. Cabin air 90 [degrees] Relative humidity, 30 [percent]. Coolant quantity is 68 [percent]. Suit environment is 65 [degrees]. Suit pressure is indicating 5.8 [psi]. Steam temperature 60 [degrees] on the suit. I am very comfortable. However, I do not want to turn it down just yet. Primary oxygen is 78 [percent]; secondary, 102 [percent]. Main bus is 24. Number one is 25, 25, 25. Standby One is 26; Standby Two is 25; isolated, 29, and back on main. Ammeter is indicating 23. ASCS is 112. Fans are 11. Over.
00:17:58 CAPCOM: I understand, I understand your retrosequence time is 04 32 08. Over.
00:18:04 Glenn: That is affirmative. That's what's set in the clock. The horizon is a brilliant, brilliant blue. There, I have the mainland in sight at present time coming up on the scope, and have Canaries in sight out the window and picked them up on the scope just before I saw them out the window. Over.
00:18:26 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. This is Canary CAPCOM. Repeat blood pressure check, repeat blood pressure check.
00:18:32 Glenn: Roger. Repeating blood pressure check now. Starting, pumping up.
00:18:41 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Have beautiful view of the African coast, both in the scope and out the window. Out the window is by far the best view.
00:18:56 Glenn: Part of the Canaries was hidden by clouds.
00:19:09 CAPCOM: Roger. I read you. We're getting the blood pressure now.
00:19:12 Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven.
00:19:18 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Canary CAPCOM. Your, your medical status is green. It looks OK.
00:19:24 Glenn: Roger. This is Friendship Seven. What is blood pressure? Over.
00:19:30 CAPCOM: Stand by.
00:19:33 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven. Your blood pressure is 120 over 80, repeat 120 over 80.
00:19:38 Glenn: Roger.
00:19:40 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Canary CAPCOM. Your 150 volt-amp inverter is 175 degrees [Fahrenheit] and holding.
00:19:49 Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven.
00:19:52 CAPCOM: Your 250 volt-amp inverter temperature is 150 [degrees Fahrenheit] and holding.
00:20:02 Glenn: Friendship Seven. Roger.
00:20:04 CAPCOM: Your auto fuel line temperature is 70 degrees [Fahrenheit], your manual fuel line temperature is 100 degrees [Fahrenheit].
00:20:12 Glenn: Say again fuel temperatures. Over.
00:20:15 CAPCOM: Negative, your automatic fuel line was 70 degrees, 70 degrees.
00:20:22 Glenn: Roger. Very good.
00:20:25 CAPCOM: 100 degrees [Fahrenheit].
00:20:28 Glenn: Roger.
00:20:33 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven standing by. I am slightly behind on my checklist at present time. Will get caught up.
00:20:42 CAPCOM: Roger. This is Canary CAPCOM standing by.
00:21:16 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven still on ASCS. I can see dust storms down there blowing across the desert, a lot of dust. It's difficult to see the ground in some areas. Over.
00:21:29 CAPCOM: Seven, you are fading. How me? Over.
Begin communication through Kano, Nigeria Tracking Station
00:21:33 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Kano CAPCOM, I read you loud and clear? How do you read me? Over.
00:21:37 Glenn: Roger, Kano. Loud and clear. How me?
00:21:40 CAPCOM: Roger, loud and clear. What is your status? Over.
00:21:44 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. My status is excellent. I feel fine. Over.
00:21:49 CAPCOM: Roger. I monitored part of your conversation over Canary and heard your comments on the weather over Africa. Will you give us a status report? Over.
00:21:59 Glenn: Roger. This is Friendship Seven. Fuel 90-98 [percent]. Oxygen 78-100 [percent]. Cabin pressure holding 5.6 [psi] at the present time. Have very little dirt floating around in the capsule, just a little bit. Preparing to take xylose pill at this time. Unsealing the, going to unseal the faceplate. Over.
00:22:27 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Your exhaust temperature please. Over.
00:22:32 Glenn: Say again. Standby one, taking xylose.
00:22:41 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Kano CAPCOM. Can you give us the reading on your exhaust temperature?
00:22:49 Glenn: Say again, Kano. Over.
00:22:51 CAPCOM: Reading on your exhaust temperature.
00:22:56 Glenn: Roger. Steam temperature is 59 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Over.
00:23:00 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. You have TM solid. If you want, we will standby while you do your yaw maneuver and check your systems.
00:23:11 Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven. I am taking xylose pill now.
00:23:19 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Understand.
00:23:22 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven, going to UHF low for check. Over.
00:23:29 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven.
00:23:48 Glenn: Hello, Kano. Friendship Seven. UHF low. How now? Over.
00:23:53 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Kano CAPCOM, Say again.
00:23:56 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven on UHF low. How do you receive me? Over.
00:24:00 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Kano. Read you loud and clear.
00:24:04 Glenn: Roger, Kano. Going back to UHF high. Over.
00:24:11 CAPCOM: Roger.
00:24:16 CAPCOM: We have a temperature of 189 [degrees Fahrenheit] on your 150 volt inverter and 150 [degrees Fahrenheit] on your 250 volt inverter.
00:24:28 Glenn: Roger. This is Friendship Seven on UHF high again. Understand inverter temperatures.
00:24:38 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. We will stand by while you do your yaw maneuver. Over.
00:24:43 Glenn: Roger. This is Friendship Seven, starting in yaw maneuver. I am about 40 seconds late on that one. Starting yaw maneuver at present time. Over.
00:24:54 CAPCOM: Roger, understand.
00:24:56 Glenn: Going to manual control.
00:25:02 Glenn: Correction, going to fly-by-wire. Over.
00:25:06 CAPCOM: Roger. Understand on fly-by-wire for yaw maneuver.
00:25:09 Glenn: That's affirmative.
00:25:30 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Having no trouble controlling on fly-by-wire. Drift is coming around at one degree per second, and holding attitude OK in other axes. Over.
00:25:46 CAPCOM: Roger. Check drift at one degree per second and holding attitude OK in other axes. I have your retrosequence time for Area 1 Charlie.
00:25:57 Glenn: Standby. Will get it later; I'm in the middle of yaw maneuver at present time. Over.
00:26:02 CAPCOM: Standing by.
00:26:18 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven at 60 degrees right yaw and holding temporarily. Over.
00:26:25 CAPCOM: Roger, 60 degrees right yaw and holding.
00:26:34 Glenn: Attitudes all well within limits. I have no problem holding attitude with fly-by-wire at all. Very easy. Over.
00:26:42 CAPCOM: Roger. Check fly-by-wire is very easy. Our telemetry checks all your systems out OK. Are you ready for retrosequence time?
00:26:52 Glenn: Negative, not yet. I'll pick it up possibly at next station if I lose contact with you. I am still on manual control here on fly-by-wire. Over.
00:27:01 CAPCOM: Understand.
00:27:24 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven, returning on fly-by-wire to orbit attitude. Over.
00:27:30 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. I check your returning to orbit attitude.
00:27:34 Glenn: Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Out the window, can see some fires down on the ground, long smoke trails right on the edge of the desert. Over.
00:27:44 CAPCOM: Roger. We've had dusty weather here, and as far as we can see, a lot of this part of Africa is covered with dust.
00:27:50 Glenn: That's just exactly what it looks like from up here, too.
00:27:55 CAPCOM: Roger. You want to stand by for retrosequence time, Area One Charlie?
00:28:01 Glenn: Roger. Going back on ASCS. Yaw check OK. Can pick up yaw fairly well in the scope. It's a little different display than I had really anticipated, but it checks OK, and and I can pick up yaw. I have to be about five degrees or so in yaw before I really start picking it up. Over.
00:28:26 CAPCOM: Seven, you are fading rapidly. I will broadcast this time in the blind for Area One Charlie, 00 32 12, 00 32 12.
00:28:40 Glenn: 00 32 22, is that affirm? Over.
Begin communication through Zanzibar, Africa Tracking Station
00:29:25 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Hello, Zanzibar, Friendship Seven. Do you receive? Over.
00:29:39 Communications Technician: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Comm Tech transmitting on HF, UHF, do you copy? Over.
00:29:45 Glenn: Roger, Zanzibar Comm Tech, read you loud and clear. Control fuel is 90-98 [percent]; cabin pressure, 5.6 [psi] and holding; oxygen 75-100 [percent]. Over.
00:30:13 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven in the blind for recording. Much of eastern Africa is covered by clouds, sort of wispy high cirrus-looking clouds. Cannot see too much down there except the cloud decks themselves. Catch a sight of the ground once in a while.
00:30:32 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar CAPCOM. Reading you loud and clear.
00:30:37 Glenn: Roger, Zanzibar.
00:30:39 CAPCOM: Message from IOS CAPCOM, that he will not release balloon flare this orbit. Will fire parachute flares instead. Did you copy? Over.
00:30:47 Glenn: Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Understand.
00:30:52 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar CAPCOM. We have solid telemetry contact, report your status. Over.
00:30:58 Glenn: Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Fuel 90-98 [percent], cabin pressure 5.5 [psi] and holding, oxygen 75-100 [percent], amps 24. Over.
00:31:12 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar CAPCOM. Proceed with the 30 minute report. Over.
00:31:18: Glenn: Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Standby one.
00:31:34 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven, blood pressure.
00:32:04 SURGEON: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is SURGEON Zanzibar. You've got good blood pressure trace. It shows the systolic and diastolic. If there's no necessity to repeat, you do not need to.
00:32:15 Glenn: Roger, this is Friendship Seven, going through exercise.
00:32:48 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Exercise completed, repeating blood pressure.
00:32:54 SURGEON: Friendship Seven, this is SURGEON Zanzibar. Your blood pressure was 136 over 80 before exercise. We have good electrocardiographic trace during the time of exercise and you are now in a good level coming down on your blood pressure. Over.
00:33:08 Glenn: Roger, this is Friendship Seven.
00:33:23 SURGEON: Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar SURGEON. Blood pressure 136 systolic after exercise, recording well and coming down to just under 90 for the diastolic. Both traces are of excellent quality. Your electrocardiogram is excellent also. Everything on the dials indicates excellent aeromedical status. Over.
00:33:43 Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven running through 30 minute check.
00:33:52 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. The head movements caused no sensations whatsoever. Feel fine. Reach test, I can hit directly to any spot I want to hit. I have no problem reaching for knobs and have adjusted to zero g very easily, much easier than I really thought I would. I have excellent vision of the charts. No astigmatism or any malfunctions at all.
00:34:15 Unknown: Undecipherable transmission.
00:34:20 Glenn: Roger. You should get it now, OK.
00:34:23 CAPCOM: Now, thank you.
00:34:26 SURGEON: Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar SURGEON. Received your report indicating good reach accuracy. No disturbances on head motion, good visual acuity including astigmatism test and good response to exercise. Over. Could you...?
00:34:39 Glenn: Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Are you ready to copy panel rundown? Over.
00:34:44 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. This is Zanzibar CAPCOM. Proceed.
00:34:48 Glenn: Ah, roger, Zanzibar CAPCOM. Friendship Seven. All fuses remain the same as previously reported. Have not changed any of them. Squib is armed. Auto Retrojettison is off. ASCS is on normal, auto, gyro normal. All "T" handles are in. Retro Delay is normal. The sequence panel is normal. Landing bag is off. Fuel is 90-98 [percent]. The EPI is indicating just about right on schedule. My attitude is five [degrees] left, three [degrees] right, -33 [degrees] in pitch. Retrograde time is still set for 04 plus 32 plus 28. Are you receiving? Over.
00:35:37 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Continue with the report.
00:35:40 Glenn: Roger. This is Friendship Seven. The window, attitude indications, and periscope all check right together in good shape. I can see the dark side coming up in the periscope back behind me at present time. Cabin pressure is 5.5 [psi] and holding. Cabin temperature is 95 [degrees]. Relative humidity is 28 [percent]. I have turned the cabin - my suit temperature onto the increased water position for more cooling. Steam temperature is presently indicating 61 [degrees]. Oxygen is 75-100 [percent]. I didn't give suit temperature. Suit inlet temperature is 65 [degrees] and pressure is 5.8 [psi]. Over.
00:36:28 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Continue with the report.
00:36:31 Glenn: Roger. All other switches on right panel are normal except for Retrojettison and Retromanual fuse switches in the off position. Over.
00:36:42 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Could you give me suit exhaust temperature? Over.
00:36:45 Glenn: Roger. Suit exhaust temperature, steam temperature is 61 [degrees]. I just turned it down. Over.
00:36:54 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Continue with battery voltages. Over.
00:36:58 Glenn: Roger. Battery voltages: Main is 24, Number One is 25, Two is 25, Three is 25, Standby One 25, Standby Two 25, Isolated 29. Ammeter is 22. ASCS 112. Fans 113. Over.
00:37:20 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Are you ready to copy your Contingency Area One Delta retrosequence time? Over.
00:37:28 Glenn: Roger. Say One Delta.
00:37:30 CAPCOM: Roger. One Delta is 00 50 24. Did you copy? Over.
00:37:35 Glenn: Roger. 00 50 24 for One Delta.
00:37:40 CAPCOM: Roger. Your inverter temperatures: 150 volt inverter is 188 degrees, 250 volt inverter 158 degrees.
00:37:50 Glenn: Roger, roger. I copy inverter temperatures OK.
00:37:59 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar CAPCOM. Telemetry indicates all systems go. Medical status go, [transmission drops out] ...reports same. We have a bit of a telemetry drop out. Standby to pick up IOS in about three minutes. Zanzibar CAPCOM out.
00:38:22 Glenn: Roger, Zanzibar.
Begin transmission through Indian Ocean Ship (IOS)
00:38:29 Comm Tech: Hello, Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven. This is Indian Comm Tech.
00:38:41 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven, going on to eye patch.
00:39:01 Comm Tech: Hello Friendship Seven. Friendship Seven, IOS Comm Tech. Over.
00:39:09 Glenn: Hello, IOS Comm Tech, Friendship Seven. Go ahead.
00:39:28 Comm Tech: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven. This is Indian Comm Tech on HF UHF. How do you read? Over.
00:39:36 Glenn: IOS, this is Friendship Seven. Do you read? Over.
00:39:49 Comm Tech: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven. This is Indian Comm Tech on HF UHF. How do you read? Over.
00:39:55 Glenn: Indian Comm Tech. Read you loud and clear on HF. Over.
00:40:08 Comm Tech: Hello Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven. This is Indian Comm Tech on HF UHF. How do you read? Over.
00:40:16 Glenn: Indian Comm Tech, Friendship Seven. Loud and clear, how me?
00:40:19 Comm Tech: Roger, Friendship Seven, reading you loud and clear -
00:40:28 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Had a beautiful sunset and can see the light way out almost up to the northern horizon.
00:40:38 Comm Tech: Undecipherable transmission.
00:40:57 Comm Tech: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven. Over.
00:41:04 Glenn: Indian CAPCOM, I am receiving you very garbled. Over.
00:41:09 Comm Tech: Roger, [transmission drops out], now. Over.
00:41:44 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Indian Cap. Over.
00:41:48 Glenn: Go ahead Indian CAPCOM. I read you fairly good now. Over.
00:41:51 CAPCOM: Roger. Proceed with the rest of your status, please. Over.
00:41:55 Glenn: Say again, Indian. Over.
00:41:57 CAPCOM: Would you give me your status and consumable readings, please? Over.
00:42:01 Glenn: Roger, this is Friendship Seven. My status is very good. I feel fine. Fuel is 90-98 [percent], oxygen 75-100 [percent], amps, 21 present time, cabin pressure holding at 5.5 [psi]. Over.
00:42:20 CAPCOM: Roger, understand, reading you loud and clear now. Over.
00:42:23 Glenn: Roger, loud and clear.
00:42:31 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. At this, mark, at this present time, I still have some clouds visible below me, the sunset was beautiful. It went down very rapidly. I still have a brilliant blue band clear across the horizon almost covering my whole window. The redness of the sunset I can still see through some of the clouds way over to the left of my course. Over.
00:43:03 CAPCOM: Roger, under...
00:43:06 Glenn: The sky above is absolutely black, completely black. I can see stars through up above. I do not have any of the constellations identified as yet. Over.
00:43:CAPCOM: Roger, understand Friendship Seven.
00:43:27 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, would you confirm you received retrosequence time one Delta from Zanzibar? Over.
00:43:34 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Roger, one Delta is 00 54 24.
00:43:42 CAPCOM: Roger. I have areas one Echo, Foxtrot, and Hotel. Are you prepared to copy? Over.
00:43:47 Glenn: Standby one.
00:43:49 CAPCOM: Roger. Let me know.
00:43:54 Glenn: All right, go ahead with retro times. Over.
00:43:57 CAPCOM: Roger. Area one Echo is one hour, fifteen minutes, forty-two seconds. I say again,
one hour, fifteen minutes, forty-two seconds. Over.
00:44:07: Glenn: Roger. One Echo is 01 plus 15 plus 42.
00:44:13 CAPCOM: Roger. Area Foxtrot is one hour, twenty-eight minutes, fifty seconds. I say again one hour, twenty-eight minutes, fifty seconds.
00:44:22 Glenn: Roger. Foxtrot is 01 plus 28 plus 50.
00:44:26 CAPCOM: That is affirmative. Area Hotel is four hours, thirty-two minutes, forty-two seconds. Four hours, thirty-two minutes, forty-two seconds. Over.
00:44:36 Glenn: Roger. 04 plus 32 plus 42.
00:44:40 CAPCOM: Roger. That is affirmative. Over.
00:44:42 Glenn: Roger. This is Friendship Seven. I am having no trouble at all seeing the night horizon. I think the moon is probably coming up behind me. Yes, I can see it in the scope back here and it's making a very white light on the clouds below. Over.
00:45:01 CAPCOM: Roger, understand.
00:45:08 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, we have launched our flare. You understand it is... Over.
00:45:12 Glenn: That is affirmative.
00:45:20 CAPCOM: We have been advised that it has been ignited. Do you see anything? Over.
00:45:25 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Negative. I don't have anything in the scope or out the window.
00:45:35 CAPCOM: Roger. Understand.
00:45:49 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Indian CAPCOM. Do you have any feelings from weightlessness? Over.
00:45:54 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Negative, I feel fine so far. Over.
00:45:59 CAPCOM: Roger, understand.
00:46:03 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Turning suit water to increase position. I am still running steam temperature of about 60 [degrees]. Over.
00:46:13 CAPCOM: Roger, understand.
00:46:15 Glenn: I am now on suit temperature setting of 1.7. Over.
00:46:21 CAPCOM: Roger, understand. What is your control mode? Over.
00:46:24 Glenn: Control mode is ASCS automatic. Over.
00:46:28 CAPCOM: Roger, understand.
00:46:32 Glenn: Roger. The night side is light enough; I can even see the horizon OK out through the periscope. Over.
00:46:40 CAPCOM: Roger. Over.
00:46:42 Glenn: Friendship Seven. Roger.
00:46:59 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Indian CAPCOM. We now have IOS. Over.
00:47:02 Glenn: Roger, understand IOS.
00:47:08 CAPCOM: Your voice transmissions are starting to fade very badly. Over.
00:47:11 Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven.
00:47:15 CAPCOM: ...clear, IOS CAPCOM. Out.
00:47:18 Glenn: Roger.
00:48:55 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven broadcasting in the blind. Wait a minute. Friendship Seven, broadcasting in the blind, making observations on night outside. There seems to be a high layer way up above the horizon; much higher than anything I saw on the daylight side. The stars seem to go through it and then go on down to the real horizon. It would appear to be possibly seven or eight degrees wide. I can see the clouds down below it; then a dark band, then a lighter band that the stars shine right through as they come down toward the horizon. I can identify Aries and Triangulum.
Begin transmission at Muchea, Australia
00:49:49 Comm Tech: Friendship Seven, Muchea Comm Tech. We read you. Would you...
00:49:55 Glenn: Hello, Muchea Comm Tech. This is Friendship Seven, reading you loud and clear. How me?
00:50:01 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Muchea CAPCOM. How me?
00:50:05 Glenn: Roger. How are you doing Gordo? We're doing real fine up here. Everything is going very well. Over.
00:50:10 CAPCOM: John, you sound real good.
00:50:12 Glenn: Roger. Control fuel is 90-100 [percent], oxygen is 75-100 [percent], amps are 22, all systems are still go. Having no problems at all. Control system operating fine. Over.
00:50:25 CAPCOM: Roger. Do you have any star or weather or landmark observations as yet? Over.
00:50:29 Glenn: Roger. I was just making some to the recorder. The only unusual thing I have noticed is a rather high, what would appear to be a haze layer some seven or eight degrees above the horizon on the night side. The stars I can see through it as they go down to the real horizon, but it is a very visible single band or layer pretty well up above the normal horizon. Over.
00:50:58 CAPCOM: Roger, very interesting.
00:51:00 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I had a lot of cloud cover coming off of Africa. It has thinned out considerably now and although I can't definitely see the ocean, there is a lot of moonlight here that does reflect off what clouds there are. Over.
00:51:16 CAPCOM: Roger. You had an excellent cutoff, John. Your velocity was eight feet per second low. V over Vr 1.0002. Can you confirm your retrosequence One Easy, Foxtrot, and Hotel from Indian Ocean Ship? Over.
00:51:29 Glenn: That is affirmative. I did.
00:51:32 CAPCOM: Roger. Your yaw check over ATS was good. Your yaw when you were on fly-by-wire over IOS was excellent.
00:51:38 Glenn: Roger.
00:51:40 CAPCOM: Are we clear to send you a Z and R Cal? Over.
00:51:44 Glenn: Roger.
00:51:46 CAPCOM: Z Cal coming through now.
00:51:51 CAPCOM: Roger. Shortly you may observe some lights down there. You want to take a check on that to your right? Over.
00:51:56 Glenn: Roger. I'm all set to see if I can't get them in sight.
00:52:00 CAPCOM: Roger. You do have your visor closed at this time. Over.
00:52:03 Glenn: This is affirmative. I had it open for a little while; it's closed now. Cabin pressure is holding in good shape. Over.
00:52:10 CAPCOM: Roger. Z Cal is on. R Cal is coming through now.
00:52:13 Glenn: Roger.
00:52:16 CAPCOM: Any symptoms of vertigo or nausea at all? Over.
00:52:19 Glenn: Negative. No symptoms whatsoever. I feel fine. Over.
00:52:23 CAPCOM: Very well.
00:52:31 CAPCOM: Roger. Your 150 VA inverter is 180 degrees [Fahrenheit]. Looks like it's doing pretty well.
00:52:36 Glenn: Roger. Looks like it is holding up fine.
00:52:46 CAPCOM: R Cal is off.
00:52:48 Glenn: Roger.
00:53:01 Glenn: That was sure a short day.
00:53:04 CAPCOM: Say again, Friendship Seven.
00:53:05 Glenn: That was about the shortest day I've ever run into.
00:53:08 CAPCOM: Kinda passes rapidly, huh.
00:53:10 Glenn: Yes sir.
00:53:12 CAPCOM: Fine.
00:53:15 CAPCOM: Do you have any landmark, any other landmark observations to make? Over.
00:53:20 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I have the Pleiades in sight out here, very clear. Picking up some of these star patterns now. Little better than I was just off Africa.
00:53:33 CAPCOM: Roger, understand you have the Pleiades in sight. Have you sighted Orion yet? Over.
00:53:38 Glenn: Negative. Do not have Orion in sight yet.
00:53:41 CAPCOM: Within a few seconds, you should have Orion and Sirius probably in sight shortly thereafter. The moon will be off...
00:53:50 Glenn: Roger.
00:53:56 CAPCOM: Do you have time to send us a blood pressure reading? Over.
00:53:59 Glenn: Roger. Standby.
00:54:03 CAPCOM: Roger.
00:54:20 CAPCOM: Roger. The SURGEONs are standing by for your blood pressure whenever you're ready.
00:54:25 Glenn: Roger. I'm already sending it. Did they pick it up? Over.
00:54:28 CAPCOM: Roger. They have it in good shape.
00:54:31 Glenn: Roger. I do have the lights in sight on the ground. Over.
00:54:36 CAPCOM: Roger. Is it just off to your right there?
00:54:39 Glenn: That's affirmative. Just to my right I can see a big pattern of lights apparently right on the coast. I can see the outline of a town and a very bright light just to the south of it. On down...
00:54:52 CAPCOM: Perth and Rockingham, you're seeing there.
00:54:54 Glenn: Roger. The lights show up very well and thank everybody for turning them on, will you?
00:55:00 CAPCOM: We sure will, John.
00:55:02 Glenn: Very fine. On down farther to the south and inland, I can see more lights. There are two, actually four patterns in that area. And also, coming into sight in the window now is another one almost down under me. The lights are very clear from up here.
00:55:19 CAPCOM: Roger, sounds good.
Begin transmission at Woomera, Australia
00:55:26 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven. This is Woomera CAPCOM, reading you loud and clear. We have TM solid. Woomera standing by.
00:55:33 Glenn: Roger, Woomera.
00:55:40 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, we have your blood pressure readout, reading 126 over 90. What kind of results from your physiological tests? Over.
00:55:49 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I have had no ill effects as yet from any zero-g. It's very pleasant, in fact. Visual acuity is still excellent. No astigmatic effects. Head movements caused no nausea or discomfort whatsoever. Over.
00:56:11 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Let's go ahead with this 30-minute report, starting with the fuse panel positions. Over.
00:56:17 Glenn: Roger. This is 30-minute report coming up. Have gone through head movements and I get no effect from that. Have gone through the reach test and have no problem with that at all. My orientation is good, vision is clear. My moving target, looking at a lighted spot back and forth causes no ill effects whatsoever. Running the light test at present time and all lights do check OK in the capsule. I am over a large cloud bank at present time, almost extending to the left of my course which would be to the south. Over.
00:57:04 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Let's continue on with this 30-minute report.
00:57:07 Glenn: Roger. Panel rundown follows: The fuse switches on the left panel are all as previously reported, without repeating them again. Squib is armed. Auto retrojetttison is off. ASCS Mode Select is normal, auto, gyro normal. All "T" handles are in. The Retro Delay is normal, cabin lights are on both. I have the red filters on, of course. The telem low frequency is on. Rescue Aids is auto. All sequence panel items are normal except the landing bag to the center - off position. Fuel is 90-100 [percent]. Attitude indications are five [degrees] right, three [degrees] left, 36 [degrees] down. EPI is indicating fairly well, indicating almost over Woomera at present time. Time from launch at my mark will be 58 plus 15. Standby - MARK. Retrograde time is still set at 04 plus 32 plus 28.
00:57:23 Glenn: Cabin pressure is holding steady at 5.5 [psi]. Temperature in the cabin is 100 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Cabin humidity is 25 percent, coolant quantity is 67 percent. Suit environment is 62 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Inlet pressure. Inlet temperature,...pressure is 5.8 [psi] on the suit. Steam temperature is 57 [degrees Fahrenheit] and dropping since I turned it down. Oxygen is 74-101 [percent]. Amps 23. Are you still copying? Over.
00:58:59 CAPCOM: Affirmative, Friendship Seven. Go ahead.
00:59:07 Glenn: Roger. Main bus is 24, One is 15, 25, 25. Standby One is 25, 25. Isolated 29, and Main 24 again. Fans 113, ASCS 113. All switch fuses on the right are on except Retrojettison and Retromanual in the center - off position. All other switches normal. Over.
00:59:32 CAPCOM: Hello. Roger, Friendship Seven. Read you loud and clear. All systems appear go at this time. Your clocks are in synch. We have the Woomera airport lights on. Do you, do you see? Over.
00:59:44 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Negative, I do not. There's too much cloud cover in this area. I had the lights at Perth in good shape. They were very clear, but I do not have the lights at Woomera. Sorry. Over.
00:59:58 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven.
01:00:01 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, let's have another blood pressure check please. Over.
01:00:05 Glenn: Friendship Seven, roger.
01:00:24 CAPCOM: Hello, Friendship Seven, Woomera CAPCOM. 150 volt inverter temperature reading 195 [degrees Fahrenheit]. 250 inverter temperature reading 172 degrees [Fahrenheit].
01:00:34 Glenn: Roger.
01:00:45 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Woomera CAPCOM. What's your cabin temperature reading? Over.
01:00:50 Glenn: Woomera, standby just a minute, please.
01:00:58 Glenn: Say again. You wanted cabin temperature?
01:01:01 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven.
01:01:02 Glenn: Cabin temperature is 100 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Over.
01:01:06 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Your roll auto line temperature is reading 110 [degrees Fahrenheit].
01:01:12 Glenn: Roger.
01:01:14 CAPCOM: Temperature is reading 95 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Over.
01:01:16 Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven.
01:01:19 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Getting some pictures of star. Over.
01:01:26 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven.
01:02:00 CAPCOM: Hello, Friendship Seven, Woomera CAPCOM. Do you read me, over?
01:02:04 Glenn: Roger, Woomera CAPCOM. Still read you loud and clear. How me?
01:02:08 CAPCOM: Weak, but readable, Friendship Seven. All systems appear go at this time. Blood pressure reading 125 over 90. You have an HF check coming up in about 2 minutes and 30 seconds, and Canton acquisition approximately seven minutes. Over.
01:02:22 Glenn: Roger, Friendship Seven. Thank you very much. All systems are still go at this time. Switching to HF. Over.
01:02:31 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. This is Woomera CAPCOM. Out.
01:03:17 Glenn: Hello, Woomera, Friendship Seven on HF. Do you receive me? Over.
01:04:00 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. This is Friendship Seven, broadcasting in the blind to the Mercury network. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. This is Mercury Friendship Seven. Out.
01:04:16 Cape CAPCOM: This is Canaveral CAPCOM, testing the HF. GMT 15:52:05, mark. I did not read the capsule. Cape, out.
01:05:17 Kano CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this Kano. GMT 15:53:02. I did not read your transmission. Kano, out.
01:05:32 Zanzibar CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar CAPCOM... This is Zanzibar CAPCOM, out.
Begin transmission from Canton tracking station
01:09:44 Comm Tech: Friendship Seven, this is Canton Comm Tech. Do you read? Over.
01:09:53 Glenn: Hello, Canton. Hello, Canton. This is Friendship Seven. Read you loud and clear, how me? Over.
01:10:00 Glenn: Hello, Canton. Hello, Canton. This is Friendship Seven. Read you loud and clear, how me? Over.
01:10:08 Comm Tech: Friendship Seven, Canton Comm Tech. Read you loud and clear, also. Standby for CAPCOM.
01:10:14 Glenn: Roger. This is Friendship Seven. Comm Tech Canton. Fuel 90-100 [percent], oxygen 73-100 [percent].
01:10:28 CAPCOM: Seven, this is Canton CAPCOM. Go ahead. Over.
01:10:32 Glenn: Roger, Canton CAPCOM. My report follows: fuel 90-100 [percent], oxygen 73-100 [percent], amps 22, cabin pressure holding steady at 5.5 [psi]. Over.
01:10:50 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Canton CAPCOM. Would you repeat that, please?
01:10:55 Glenn: Roger, Canton. Friendship Seven repeating. First, do you have TM solid? Over.
01:11:02 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Canton. Affirmative, we do have TM solid.
01:11:07 Glenn: Roger, message follows: Control fuel 90-100 [percent], oxygen 73-100 [percent], amps 22, cabin pressure 5.5 [psi] and holding steady. Over.
01:11:21 CAPCOM: Ah, roger, Friendship Seven. What control mode are you in at the present time? Over.
01:11:26 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Still automatic, automatic. Over.
01:11:32 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Canton standing by.
01:11:35 Glenn: Roger, Friendship Seven.
01:12:06 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven. This is Canton CAPCOM. All systems on the ground appear go. Your 150 volt-amp inverter temperature is presently 188 degrees [Fahrenheit], repeat 188 degrees. Your clocks are in sync. Over.
01:12:23 Glenn: Roger, Friendship Seven. Thank you.
01:12:29 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven, preparing to eat. Over.
01:12:35 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven.
01:12:42 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I had a big storm in sight off to the south, of course, for a little while and had lightning flashes going around the top of the clouds. I could see it very clearly. Over.
01:12:53 CAPCOM: Roger.
01:13:09 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Opening visor, going to eat. Over.
01:13:13 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven.
01:14:00 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Having no trouble at all eating, very good. In the periscope, I can see the brilliant blue horizon coming up behind me; approaching sunrise. Over.
01:14:15 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. You are very lucky.
01:14:19 Glenn: You're right. Man, this is beautiful.
01:14:30 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Have eaten one tube of food, shutting the visor. I've had no problem at all eating. Oh, the sun is coming up behind me in the periscope, a brilliant, brilliant red. Over.
01:14:48 CAPCOM: Roger.
01:14:53 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. It's blinding through the scope on clear. It's started up just as I gave you that mark; I'm going to the dark filter to watch it come on up.
01:15:06 CAPCOM: Roger.
01:15:24 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I'll try to describe what I am in here. I am in a big mass of some very small particles, that are brilliantly lit up like they're luminescent. I never saw anything like it. They round a little; they're coming by the capsule, and they look like little stars. A whole shower of them coming by.
01:15:57 Glenn: They swirl around the capsule and go in front of the window and they're all brilliantly lighted. They probably average maybe seven or eight feet apart, but I can see them all down below me, also.
01:16:06 CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. Can you hear any impact with the capsule? Over.
01:16:10 Glenn: Negative, negative. They're very slow; they're not going away from me more than maybe three or four
miles per hour. They're going at the same speed I am approximately. They're only very slightly under my speed. Over.
01:16:33 Glenn: They do, they do have a different motion, though, from me because they swirl around the capsule and
then depart back the way I am looking.
01:16:46 Glenn: Are you receiving? Over.
01:16:55 Glenn: There are literally thousands of them.
01:17:16 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Am I in contact with anyone? Over.
01:17:30 Glenn: This has been going on since about 1 plus 15. Over. Just after I remarked about the sunset. I looked back up and out over the window, and all the little swirls of particles was going by. Over.
01:19:24 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. This is Friendship Seven, broadcasting in the blind again on HF.
01:19:38 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven, broadcasting in the blind. Sunrise has come up behind in the periscope. It was brilliant in the scope, a brilliant red as it approached the horizon and came up. And, just as the -- I looked back up out the window, I had literally thousands of small, luminous particles swirling around the capsule and going away from me at maybe three to five miles per hour. Now that I am out in the bright sun, they seem to have disappeared. It was just as the sun was coming up. I can still see just a few of them now, even though the sun is up some 20 degrees above the horizon.
Begin transmission from Guaymas tracking station
01:20:44 Comm Tech: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven. This is Guaymas Comm Tech, Guaymas Comm Tech, transmitting on HF-UHF. Do you read? Over.
01:20:51 Glenn: Hello, Guaymas Comm Tech, Guaymas Comm Tech. This is Friendship Seven. Receive you HF loud and clear. How me? Over.
01:21:00 CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven. This is Guaymas CAPCOM. You are a little garbled right now, but understandable. What is, what is your status? Over.