Spacelog Gemini 3

We'll cross the east coast of Africa here before long.

Hand me one of those towels over there in your box, will you?

Okay. Are they on top?

No, they're back in the back.

Hey! We're coming in on the night side.

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM.

Look at that night come up.

Molly Brown, Cap CAP COM.

I ready you okay, Gordo. How do you read Molly Brown?

Roger. How's your control system?

Cape CAP COM. How do you read Molly Brown?

I'm reading you weak but readable.

Yes, you are almost unreadable.

Say again, Molly Brown.

I said I can read you, Gordo.

Roger, I'm barely reading you also.

How—is—your—control—system? Over.

That stuff goes right on by us.

Yes.

Okay. That's right. Now I've got the suit closed.

There is lightning out there.

Yep.

Look at that stuff going by. Oh boy! Really does sparkle doesn't it?

Yes.

Now you can see those thrusters firing back there.

Now you give this blood pressure, don't you?

I'll give it. You want me to give it?

It says you do.

It says Command—Oh! Oral temperature.

Oh, I mean oral temp, John. Can you get the thermometer out?

Yes.

I can't get the blood pressure bulb in.

Maybe you are pushing it in the wrong end.

Oh.

Okay. We're back to NORMAL on the waste valve.

How can you tell the difference between the ends?

All I know is it won't insert in one end, and it does insert with the other. I never saw a blood pressure bulb like that before this flight.

Look at that! It's beautiful!

There's the Southern Cross and Alpha and Beta Centuri.

Are those thrusters firing?

Yes.

I'm doing it.

Oh, you doing it?

Yes, we are yawing. I've got to keep it from yawing so far around.

Going to do this O₂ —

Want me to put it back in and give them a blood pressure?

If you can get it in. I can't.

What time is it?

41 elapsed. I get CSQ at 42:19.

Going back to No. 1 on the UHF.

Going back to No. 1 on the UHF at elapsed time of 42.

There's no horizon out there at all.

Molly Brown, Molly Brown, CSQ CAP COM.

CSQ, this is Molly Brown.

Roger. how is your control system working?

Well, the control system is working fine. It's just that I have a very slight yaw to the left.

Molly Brown, I copy you very weak. Would you say again?

All the control system is working fine. We just have a very slight drift to the left.

Roger. Understand. Would you confirm that you are on secondary dc-to-dc converter?

Affirmative.

Are you on secondary ACME yaw logic?

Should we try that?

Yes.

Molly Brown, CSQ CAP COM. Are you in the FLOW position on the radiator?

Radiator is in FLOW position. We're trying secondary ACME yaw logic now.

Roger.

I don't know where I'm going to put this.

Does it have urine in it?

No, there isn't anything in it. it's air in it. I'm supposed to fit it into the aft food box.

Puncture it if it's just air.

Well, that's a thought.

CSQ, Molly Brown.

Molly Brown, CSQ CAP COM.

Roger. Unable to send a blood pressure. The bulb won't fit in the suit hole anymore.

Roger. Cape recommends that you place the driver switch to SECONDARY.

Roger.

Molly Brown, CSQ CAP COM.

Go ahead CSQ.

Your inlet temp: 76°. Your outlet temp: 42°.

Roger.

We'll stay in FLOW.

That secondary driver may have stopped the drift.

Molly Brown, CSQ.

Go ahead.

We have not received a blood pressure or an oral temp.

Roger. I told you the blood pressure bulb won't fit in the hole anymore. I think the “O” Ring is jammed, or something.

Roger. We're standing by for respirator maneuver.

Okay. Here it comes.

Okay. How about this? No. 2 audio in UHF and T/M CALIBRATE —

Molly Brown, CSQ. Stand by for a GMT time hack.

Roger.

On my mark GMT will be 15 11 10.

MARK!

Molly Brown, CSQ.

Roger your mark. My watch is 10 seconds fast.

Roger.

Have you received oral temp yet?

Molly Brown, CSQ.