CSQ CapCom

We copied your respiratory maneuver, and we have your oral temp. All systems appear GO from the ground.

Pete Conrad (CapCom)

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

Gus Grissom

Loud and clear. How me?

Pete Conrad (CapCom)

Roger. Read you the same. Could you give us your status please? And the cape would like to know if any of the remedies helped your yaw problem.

Gus Grissom

No. None of the remedies helped and we are GO.

Pete Conrad (CapCom)

Okay. You have a GO from down here for the second orbit, and, if you'll stand by, I'll send you a 2-1 TR and a Gemini load.

Pete Conrad (CapCom)

Okay, Molly Brown. We got your Gemini load. We could not get TR in. We got a spacecraft reject on TR, and it did go in at this time. I'd like to give you a hack on TR at 39:30, in about 10 seconds.

Gus Grissom

You're going to punch it, aren't you?

Pete Conrad (CapCom)

MARK! 39:30 is your TR. Your TR clock is synched with all on the ground, and your spacecraft elapsed time is synched.

John Young

Okay. We have computer time of 39:28. That's close enough.

Gus Grissom

Roger, and I believe I see a light from Perth.

Pete Conrad (CapCom)

Roger. I understand you see light from Perth. We'll have a radiator status for you in a minute, and anytime you can give your GMT for your experiment, I'd appreciate it.

John Young

Roger. The GMT of that Blood Experiment —

Gus Grissom

The elapsed time of the Blood Experiment was 50 minutes and 18 seconds. That was elapsed time.

Pete Conrad (CapCom)

Roger. 50 minutes and 18 seconds. Your radiator—in is 73, your rad-out is 38. You're looking pretty good.

Pete Conrad (CapCom)

And if John is ready to copy any of this maneuver load, I have it for you.

Gus Grissom

He's ready to copy.

Pete Conrad (CapCom)

Okay. GMTB 15 43 23. ΔV of 139. Duration of burn—2 minutes 39 seconds. Your GMTRC 15 55 24. Roll left 55. GMTRB 16 05 28. Roll right 65. GMT 400 K 15 58 23. Your maneuver load: 6344257, 0444775, 0533348, 664903.3, 676628.4, 082244.4, 09120.50, 10031.38, 11302.00.

John Young

Roger. Copied your parameters. Over.

Pete Conrad (CapCom)

Molly Brown, Carnarvon here. You can go secondary coolant loop OFF, and you can go evaporator to NORMAL.

Gus Grissom

Roger. Secondary coolant loop OFF and evaporator to NORMAL.

Pete Conrad (CapCom)

Roger. Your Texas burn will be 48 ft/sec for 73 seconds.

Gus Grissom

Okay, 48 ft/sec for 73 seconds.

Pete Conrad (CapCom)

That's affirmative. We got your TR and Gemini load in. Your clocks look good on the ground, and everything is GO here. See you next trip.

Gus Grissom

Let's get back on RECORD.

Gus Grissom

On the OAMS thruster check, the fire is red in streaks. When the yaw thrusters fire it definitely wipes out the horizon. Can see the horizon all right through the pitch thrusters.

John Young

Oh, that's lovely.

John Young

I wouldn't believe it if it hadn't happened.

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John Young

I got my left shoulder harness tangled up in the backboard.

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John Young

Had to turn around to get it out.

Gus Grissom

Hey, I think our yaw drift has stopped.

John Young

We're down to 2400. That's pretty good.

John Young

Yes, that's fine. It means we haven't used any OAMS fuel.