Gus Grissom

It wants to keep yawing us all the time.

Gus Grissom

It wants to keep yawing us all the time.

Gus Grissom

We must have a leak.

John Young

What kind of leak?

Gus Grissom

You want the plotboard?

Gus Grissom

If I can get it out.

John Young

The intercom is noisy, isn't it?

Gus Grissom

I can't get the plotboard out of there.

Gus Grissom

I can't get it out, John.

John Young

Can't get the plotboard out?

Gus Grissom

I'll darn sure never get it in. Oh yes, there it comes.

Canary CapCom

Molly Brown, Canary CAP COM. How do you read?

Gus Grissom

Canary CAP COM, this is Molly Brown. how do you read?

Canary CapCom

Roger. Read you loud and clear, Molly Brown.

Gus Grissom

I read you the same.

Canary CapCom

We have your T/M solid and all systems look good on the ground.

Gus Grissom

Okay, we look pretty good up here.

Canary CapCom

I have your 2-1 time if you are ready to copy. Do you copy, Molly Brown?

Gus Grissom

Okay. Ready with 2-1.

Canary CapCom

Roger. ΔV139. GMTRC 15 55 47. GETRC 01 31 47. Roll left 55°. GMTRB 16 05 31. Roll right 65. Did you copy?

Gus Grissom

Did you get 'em?

Gus Grissom

There goes a planet up there.

Gus Grissom

Did you get 'em?

Canary CapCom

Molly Brown, Canary CAP COM.

Gus Grissom

We're getting ready to read them back to you.

Canary CapCom

Roger.

John Young

Roger. ΔV of 139. GMT of 16-belay that—15 55 47.

Canary CapCom

Molly Brown, Canary CAP COM. Request you place your radiator switch to the FLOW position.

John Young

Roger. Radiator is in FLOW position. Has been the whole pass.

John Young

It's cooling us right down too. It's working.

John Young

Reading back a GMT of 2-1—15 55 47 GMTRC. GMTRB is 16 05 31. Bank angle 55° left and right 65°.

Canary CapCom

Molly Brown, Canary CAP COM. We are standing by for your UHF Com Check. Do you copy?

John Young

Roger. We are on UHF #2. Have been the whole pass. Over.

Canary CapCom

Molly Brown, Canary CAP COM.

Gus Grissom

Go ahead.

John Young

I don't think they read me.

Canary CapCom

Roger. We are standing by for your UHF Com Check, and would you place your radiator switch to your FLOW position?

Gus Grissom

Roger. John has been answering all of those. He's just in RECORD.

John Young

Roger. The radiator has been in FLOW the whole pass. The UHF has been on No. 2 the whole pass. over.

Canary CapCom

Roger. Copy you loud and clear, Molly Brown. We are standing by for your blood pressure.

John Young

Roger. Blood pressure is coming down.

Canary CapCom

Molly Brown, Canary CAP COM. Be advised, on your 15 second burn you achieved a 12.6 ft/sec. Did you copy?

Gus Grissom

Key moment Problem with one of the OAMS thrusters, possibly similar to problems experienced later on Gemini VIII: Roger. Understand. I seem to have a leak. There must be a leak in one of the thrusters, because I get a continuous yaw left.

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Canary CapCom

Roger. Understand that you get a continuous yaw left.

Gus Grissom

Very slight. Very slow drift.

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Canary CapCom

Roger.

Canary CapCom

Molly Brown, Canary CAP COM. I have your radiator temperatures, if you are ready to copy.

Canary CapCom

Roger. your radiator outlet temperature if off-scale high. Your radiator inlet is 74.

Gus Grissom

Roger. Off-scale high. Going back to BY-PASS on radiator.

Canary CapCom

Roger. Understand.

Canary CapCom

Molly Brown, Canary CAP COM. Stand by to start your clock at 20 minutes ground elapsed time. On my mark.

Canary CapCom

MARK! Did you copy, Molly Brown?

Gus Grissom

Roger. I copied, and sea urchin eggs activated.

Canary CapCom

Roger.

Canary CapCom

Be advised we have received your blood pressure, Molly Brown.

Gus Grissom

Radiator outlet temperature is off-scale high and Greenwich Mean Time is 1445.

Gus Grissom

Rate Command looks good.

Gus Grissom

Okay. The control checks are completed.

Gus Grissom

Do you still read, Canaries?

Canary CapCom

Molly Brown, Canary CAP COM.

Gus Grissom

Roger. Control checks are completed and insertion checklist is completed too.

Canary CapCom

Roger. Understand.

Canary CapCom

I've been advised from the Cape you might put your prop switch off and recycle a couple of times, and it might stop your leak.

John Young

It's not leaking.

Canary CapCom

Did you copy Molly Brown?

John Young

Here, Gus, let me get your drogue pin in.

Canary CapCom

Molly Brown, Canary CAP COM. Do you copy?

Canary CapCom

Roger. Can we have your sea urchin egg time again, please?

Gus Grissom

Roger. 20 minutes elapsed.

Canary CapCom

Roger. Understand.

Gus Grissom

We are over Africa, John.

John Young

I knew I wouldn't get these pins stowed until we were over Kano.

Gus Grissom

There's all kinds of junk floating around in here.

Gus Grissom

If you'll give me the camera, I'll take a couple of pictures.

John Young

Okay. The waste valve is in NORMAL.

Gus Grissom

We've got a scanner ignore. Wonder what caused that. Hey, we're pitching over and there's nothing I can do about it.

John Young

Scanner ignore is driving you?

John Young

Oh, I know what it was. My knee was hitting the control stick, wasn't it?

Gus Grissom

No, I don't think so. That would only be in Pulse anyway.

John Young

We've got to get this pressure back up.

Gus Grissom

Do we have a leak?

John Young

It's this event they were talking about.

John Young

Key moment Problems with the primary DC-DC converter: Look at the cabin pressure!

John Young

We've lost the —.