Mercury Redstone 3 (MR-3) Freedom 7
All times in Mission Elapsed Time (MET)
- 00:01:00 CAPCOM [Donald K. "Deke" Slayton]: One minute and counting. Mark.
- 00:00:50 Shepard: Roger.
- 00:00:45 CAPCOM: Forty five and counting. Mark.
- 00:00:40 Shepard: Roger.
- 00:00:30 CAPCOM: Firing command, 30, Mark.
- 00:00:25 Shepard: Roger. Periscope has retracted.
- XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: That is the best periscope we've got.
- 00:00:20 Shepard: Main bus 24 volts, 26 amps.
- 00:00:15 CAPCOM: 15, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, zero. Liftoff.
00:00:02 Shepard: Ah, roger. Liftoff and the clock has started.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Okay, Jose, you're on your way.
00:00:08 Shepard: Roger. Reading you loud and clear.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: So can I you.
00:00:25 Shepard: This is Freedom 7. The fuel is go, 1.2 g, cabin at 14 psi, oxygen is go.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Understand.
00:00:48 Shepard: Freedom 7 is still go.
00:00:58 Shepard: This is Seven. Fuel is go, 1.8 g. 8 psi cabin, and the oxygen is go.
00:01:21 Shepard: Cabin pressure is holding at 5.5. Cabin holding at 5.5.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: I can understand, Cabin holding at 5.5.
00:01:33 Shepard: Fuel is go, 2.5 g, Cabin 5.5. Oxygen is go, the main bus is 24, and the isolated battery is 29.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Rog. Reading 5.5. Trajectory looks good.
00:01:50 Shepard: OK, it's a lot smoother now. A lot smoother.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Very good.
00:02:01 Shepard: Seven here. Fuel is go, 4 g, 5.5 cabin, oxygen go. All systems are go.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: All systems go. Trajectory OK.
00:02:15 Shepard: 5 g.
00:02:22 Shepard: Cut-off. Tower jettison green.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger.
00:02:27 Shepard: Disarm.
00:02:32 Shepard: Cap sep is green.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Cap Sep comes up.
00:02:35 Shepard: Periscope is coming out and the turn-around has started.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger.
00:02:50 Shepard: ASCS is OK.
00:02:53 Shepard: Control movements.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger.
00:03:04 Shepard: OK, switching to manual pitch.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Manual pitch.
00:03:21 Shepard: Pitch is OK.
00:03:24 Shepard: Switching to manual yaw.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: I can understand. Manual yaw.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: OK.
00:03:42 Shepard: Yaw is OK. Switching to manual roll.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Manual roll.
00:03:55 Shepard: Roll is OK.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roll OK. Looks good here.
00:03:59 Shepard: On the periscope. What a beautiful view.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: I'll bet it is.
00:04:05 Shepard: Cloud cover over Florida. Three to four tenths near the eastern coast. Obscured up to Hatteras.
00:04:20 Shepard: I can see Okeechobee. Identify Andros Island. Identify the reefs.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger. Down to retro: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, retro-angle.
00:04:44 Shepard: Start retro-sequence. Retro-attitude on green.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger.
00:04:56 Shepard: Control is smooth.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger. Understand all going smooth.
00:05:13 Shepard: There's ... Retro one, very smooth.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger, roger.
00:05:16 Shepard: Retro two.
00:05:23 Shepard: Retro three.
00:05:31 Shepard: All three retros are fired.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: All right on the button.
00:05:35 Shepard: OK. Three retros have fired. Retro-jettison is back to arm.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger. Do you see the booster?
00:05:45 Shepard: No, negative.
00:05:55 Shepard: Switching to fly-by-wire.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Fly-by-wire. Understand.
00:06:11 Shepard: Roll is okay.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger.
00:06:16 Shepard: Roger; do not have a light.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Understand you do not have a light.
00:06:25 Shepard: I do not have a light. I see the straps falling away. I heard a noise. I will use override.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger.
00:06:30 Shepard: Override used, the light is green.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: ...retrojet.
00:06:36 Shepard: Ahh, roger. Periscope is retracting.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Periscope retracting.
00:06:49 Shepard: I'm on fly-by-wire. Going to reentry attitude.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Reentry attitude. Roger. Trajectory is right on the button.
00:07:04 Shepard: OK, Buster. Reentry attitude, switching to ASCS normal.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger.
00:07:14 Shepard: ASCS is okay.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Understand.
00:07:25 Shepard: Switching HF for radio check.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Freedom 7, CAPCOM. How do you read HF?
00:07:39 Shepard: Ahh, roger. Reading you loud and clear HF, Deke. How me?
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Back to UHF.
00:08:04 Shepard: OK. This is Freedom 7.
00:08:10 Shepard: g buildup 3, 6, 9.
00:08:21 Shepard: OK, OK.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Coming through loud and clear.
00:08:27 Shepard: Okay.
00:08:36 Shepard: Okay.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: ...Capcom, your impact will be right on the button.
00:08:44 Shepard: This is Seven. Okay.
00:08:51 Shepard: 45,000 feet now.
00:08:56 Shepard: Ahh, 40,000 feet.
00:08:58 Shepard: I'm back on ASCS.
00:09:05 Shepard: 35,000.
00:09:14 Shepard: 30,000 feet.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: CAPCOM. How do you read now?
XX:XX:XX Shepard: Loud and clear. 25,000.
00:09:20 Shepard: Ahh, roger, Deke, read you loud and clear. How me?
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Switching over to GBI.
00:09:35 Shepard: Ahh, roger.
00:09:39 Shepard: The drogue is green at 21[,000]. The periscope is out. The drogue is out.
00:09:48 Shepard: Okay at drogue deploy. I've got seven zero percent auto - nine zero percent manual. Oxygen is still OK.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: CAPCOM. Can you read?
XX:XX:XX Shepard: Thirty-five. Sixty seconds.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: CAPCOM. Can you read?
00:10:02 Shepard: I read. And the snorkels [out] at about 15,000 feet.
00:10:06 Shepard: Emergency flow rate is on.
00:10:08 Shepard: Standing by for main.
00:10:15 Shepard: Main on green.
00:10:18 Shepard: Main chute is reefed.
00:10:22 Shepard: Main chute is green. Main chute is coming unreefed and it looks good.
00:10:28 Shepard: Main chute is good. Rate of descent is reading about 35 feet per second.
00:10:40 Shepard: Hello CAPCOM. Freedom Seven. How do you read?
00:10:55 Shepard: Hello, Cardfile 23, this is Freedom Seven. How do you read?
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Freedom Seven, this is Indian CAPCOM. Do you read me?
00:11:03 Shepard: Affirmative, Indian CAPCOM, let me give you a report. I'm at 7.000 feet, the main chute is good, the landing bag is on green, my peroxide has dumped, my condition is good.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger, Freedom Seven. I understand you're 7,000 feet. Your main chute is open. Your... is OK.
00:11:29 Shepard: That is affirmative. Please relay.
00:12:36 Shepard: Hello Cardfile 23, Cardfile 23, Freedom Seven. Over.
XX:XX:XX Cardfile 23: Ah, Freedom Seven, Freedom Seven. This is Cardfile 23. Over.
00:12:49 Shepard: Ahh, this is Seven. Relay back to CAPCOM, please. My altitude now 4,000 feet. condition as before, the main chute is good, the landing bag has deployed, the peroxide has dumped.
XX:XX:XX Cardfile 23: Ahh, rog. Understand...relay.
XX:XX:XX Cardfile 23: CAPCOM, this is Cardfile 23.
00:14:03 Shepard: Ahh, Cardfile 23, Freedom Seven.
XX:XX:XX Cardfile 23: Cardfile, This is 23.
00:14:09 Shepard: I'm about 1,500 feet now. The main chute still looks good. The rate of descent is indicating 30 feet per second.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM [Slayton] : Ahh, rog.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Freedom Seven, this is... Transmission from... ah... Cape CAPCOM.
00:14:52 Shepard: Ahh, roger.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Freedom Seven. This is Cape CAPCOM. Over.
00:14:59 Shepard: This is Seven. Go ahead.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: ...transmitted this time.
00:15:05 Shepard: Negative. Just relaying my condition is still good. I'm getting ready for impact.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Oh, roger.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Impact. Capsule is in the water. Looks good.
XX:XX:XX Shepard: CAPCOM... 3... Everything A-okay. Over.
XX:XX:XX Shepard: Dye marker out.
XX:XX:XX Shepard: CAPCOM... is alongside. ...now. Over.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Astronaut now on board.
- 00:00:50 Shepard: Roger.
- 00:00:45 CAPCOM: Forty five and counting. Mark.
- 00:00:40 Shepard: Roger.
- 00:00:30 CAPCOM: Firing command, 30, Mark.
- 00:00:25 Shepard: Roger. Periscope has retracted.
- XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: That is the best periscope we've got.
- 00:00:20 Shepard: Main bus 24 volts, 26 amps.
- 00:00:15 CAPCOM: 15, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, zero. Liftoff.
00:00:02 Shepard: Ah, roger. Liftoff and the clock has started.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Okay, Jose, you're on your way.
00:00:08 Shepard: Roger. Reading you loud and clear.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: So can I you.
00:00:25 Shepard: This is Freedom 7. The fuel is go, 1.2 g, cabin at 14 psi, oxygen is go.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Understand.
00:00:48 Shepard: Freedom 7 is still go.
00:00:58 Shepard: This is Seven. Fuel is go, 1.8 g. 8 psi cabin, and the oxygen is go.
00:01:21 Shepard: Cabin pressure is holding at 5.5. Cabin holding at 5.5.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: I can understand, Cabin holding at 5.5.
00:01:33 Shepard: Fuel is go, 2.5 g, Cabin 5.5. Oxygen is go, the main bus is 24, and the isolated battery is 29.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Rog. Reading 5.5. Trajectory looks good.
00:01:50 Shepard: OK, it's a lot smoother now. A lot smoother.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Very good.
00:02:01 Shepard: Seven here. Fuel is go, 4 g, 5.5 cabin, oxygen go. All systems are go.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: All systems go. Trajectory OK.
00:02:15 Shepard: 5 g.
00:02:22 Shepard: Cut-off. Tower jettison green.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger.
00:02:27 Shepard: Disarm.
00:02:32 Shepard: Cap sep is green.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Cap Sep comes up.
00:02:35 Shepard: Periscope is coming out and the turn-around has started.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger.
00:02:50 Shepard: ASCS is OK.
00:02:53 Shepard: Control movements.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger.
00:03:04 Shepard: OK, switching to manual pitch.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Manual pitch.
00:03:21 Shepard: Pitch is OK.
00:03:24 Shepard: Switching to manual yaw.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: I can understand. Manual yaw.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: OK.
00:03:42 Shepard: Yaw is OK. Switching to manual roll.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Manual roll.
00:03:55 Shepard: Roll is OK.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roll OK. Looks good here.
00:03:59 Shepard: On the periscope. What a beautiful view.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: I'll bet it is.
00:04:05 Shepard: Cloud cover over Florida. Three to four tenths near the eastern coast. Obscured up to Hatteras.
00:04:20 Shepard: I can see Okeechobee. Identify Andros Island. Identify the reefs.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger. Down to retro: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, retro-angle.
00:04:44 Shepard: Start retro-sequence. Retro-attitude on green.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger.
00:04:56 Shepard: Control is smooth.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger. Understand all going smooth.
00:05:13 Shepard: There's ... Retro one, very smooth.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger, roger.
00:05:16 Shepard: Retro two.
00:05:23 Shepard: Retro three.
00:05:31 Shepard: All three retros are fired.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: All right on the button.
00:05:35 Shepard: OK. Three retros have fired. Retro-jettison is back to arm.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger. Do you see the booster?
00:05:45 Shepard: No, negative.
00:05:55 Shepard: Switching to fly-by-wire.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Fly-by-wire. Understand.
00:06:11 Shepard: Roll is okay.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger.
00:06:16 Shepard: Roger; do not have a light.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Understand you do not have a light.
00:06:25 Shepard: I do not have a light. I see the straps falling away. I heard a noise. I will use override.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger.
00:06:30 Shepard: Override used, the light is green.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: ...retrojet.
00:06:36 Shepard: Ahh, roger. Periscope is retracting.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Periscope retracting.
00:06:49 Shepard: I'm on fly-by-wire. Going to reentry attitude.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Reentry attitude. Roger. Trajectory is right on the button.
00:07:04 Shepard: OK, Buster. Reentry attitude, switching to ASCS normal.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger.
00:07:14 Shepard: ASCS is okay.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Understand.
00:07:25 Shepard: Switching HF for radio check.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Freedom 7, CAPCOM. How do you read HF?
00:07:39 Shepard: Ahh, roger. Reading you loud and clear HF, Deke. How me?
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Back to UHF.
00:08:04 Shepard: OK. This is Freedom 7.
00:08:10 Shepard: g buildup 3, 6, 9.
00:08:21 Shepard: OK, OK.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Coming through loud and clear.
00:08:27 Shepard: Okay.
00:08:36 Shepard: Okay.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: ...Capcom, your impact will be right on the button.
00:08:44 Shepard: This is Seven. Okay.
00:08:51 Shepard: 45,000 feet now.
00:08:56 Shepard: Ahh, 40,000 feet.
00:08:58 Shepard: I'm back on ASCS.
00:09:05 Shepard: 35,000.
00:09:14 Shepard: 30,000 feet.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: CAPCOM. How do you read now?
XX:XX:XX Shepard: Loud and clear. 25,000.
00:09:20 Shepard: Ahh, roger, Deke, read you loud and clear. How me?
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Switching over to GBI.
00:09:35 Shepard: Ahh, roger.
00:09:39 Shepard: The drogue is green at 21[,000]. The periscope is out. The drogue is out.
00:09:48 Shepard: Okay at drogue deploy. I've got seven zero percent auto - nine zero percent manual. Oxygen is still OK.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: CAPCOM. Can you read?
XX:XX:XX Shepard: Thirty-five. Sixty seconds.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: CAPCOM. Can you read?
00:10:02 Shepard: I read. And the snorkels [out] at about 15,000 feet.
00:10:06 Shepard: Emergency flow rate is on.
00:10:08 Shepard: Standing by for main.
00:10:15 Shepard: Main on green.
00:10:18 Shepard: Main chute is reefed.
00:10:22 Shepard: Main chute is green. Main chute is coming unreefed and it looks good.
00:10:28 Shepard: Main chute is good. Rate of descent is reading about 35 feet per second.
00:10:40 Shepard: Hello CAPCOM. Freedom Seven. How do you read?
00:10:55 Shepard: Hello, Cardfile 23, this is Freedom Seven. How do you read?
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Freedom Seven, this is Indian CAPCOM. Do you read me?
00:11:03 Shepard: Affirmative, Indian CAPCOM, let me give you a report. I'm at 7.000 feet, the main chute is good, the landing bag is on green, my peroxide has dumped, my condition is good.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Roger, Freedom Seven. I understand you're 7,000 feet. Your main chute is open. Your... is OK.
00:11:29 Shepard: That is affirmative. Please relay.
00:12:36 Shepard: Hello Cardfile 23, Cardfile 23, Freedom Seven. Over.
XX:XX:XX Cardfile 23: Ah, Freedom Seven, Freedom Seven. This is Cardfile 23. Over.
00:12:49 Shepard: Ahh, this is Seven. Relay back to CAPCOM, please. My altitude now 4,000 feet. condition as before, the main chute is good, the landing bag has deployed, the peroxide has dumped.
XX:XX:XX Cardfile 23: Ahh, rog. Understand...relay.
XX:XX:XX Cardfile 23: CAPCOM, this is Cardfile 23.
00:14:03 Shepard: Ahh, Cardfile 23, Freedom Seven.
XX:XX:XX Cardfile 23: Cardfile, This is 23.
00:14:09 Shepard: I'm about 1,500 feet now. The main chute still looks good. The rate of descent is indicating 30 feet per second.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM [Slayton] : Ahh, rog.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Freedom Seven, this is... Transmission from... ah... Cape CAPCOM.
00:14:52 Shepard: Ahh, roger.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Freedom Seven. This is Cape CAPCOM. Over.
00:14:59 Shepard: This is Seven. Go ahead.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: ...transmitted this time.
00:15:05 Shepard: Negative. Just relaying my condition is still good. I'm getting ready for impact.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Oh, roger.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Impact. Capsule is in the water. Looks good.
XX:XX:XX Shepard: CAPCOM... 3... Everything A-okay. Over.
XX:XX:XX Shepard: Dye marker out.
XX:XX:XX Shepard: CAPCOM... is alongside. ...now. Over.
XX:XX:XX CAPCOM: Astronaut now on board.