Spacelog Gemini 3

Go ahead CSQ.

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

Loud and clear. How me?

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.

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

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 T_R and a Gemini load.

Roger.

Stand by for T_R.

You ready?

Yes.

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

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

Yes.

Molly Brown, stand by on my mark.

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

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

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

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.

Roger. The GMT of that Blood Experiment —

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

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

Roger.

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

All set.

He's ready to copy.

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.

Roger. Copied your parameters. Over.

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

Roger. Secondary coolant loop OFF and evaporator to NORMAL.

Molly Brown, Carnarvon CAP COM.

Go ahead.

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

Okay, 48 ft/sec for 73 seconds.

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

Let's get back on RECORD.

Okay.

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.

Oh, that's lovely.

Huh?

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

What?

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

Oh, Oh.

Had to turn around to get it out.

Hey, I think our yaw drift has stopped.

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

Is that okay?

70.

Right now?

1:10. Yes.

Okay, at 70:18 give it to me.

MARK!

Okay, Blood Experiment deactivated.

Okay, that's exactly — that's 39° pitched down.

Okay, and you've got the sea urchin eggs coming up at 1:15, too.

Okay.

Pulse control is real good.

Yes.

It sure lights up all around though, doesn't it?

Sure does.

Okay, we're just about to get it all in one window.

Okay.

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM.

Okay, reading on the Catch-Up mode Check was 69 000 00.

Cape CAP COM, Molly Brown. Go ahead.

Roger, Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. We're going to have you leave your propellant switch on and do the Texas burn, and we will watch your fuel usage then across the States. If it continues, we'll have you turn your propellant switches off, then, when you're over the Cape next time, except when you need to use the fuel.

Leave the propellant switch on for the Texas burn, and then watch for leakage?

Roger. Leave it on till after the Texas burn, and then we will watch your leakage. If it continues to leak, we will have you turn them off over the Cape.

Roger. We can't tell that we're using any fuel.

Okay, fine. We are not overly concerned. It's just that we'd like to get a handle on what is causing it here.

Your O₂ pressure is off the scale on the high side by telemetry.

Say again, Gordo.

Your oxygen pressure, your O₂ pressure, is off the high side of the scale. You may have had that switch failure in there. you may have had a telemetry failure in there that failed to the high side.

Roger. We'll go to High Rate and see if it comes down, Gordo.

Roger, and Gordo we have lost our primary scanners.

Roger. Did you say primary scanners?

Affirmative.

Okay. Can you give us a helium source pressure?

Say again.

What is your helium source pressure?

Roger. It's 2350, Gordo.

Look at the sunrise.

Yes.

Our source pressure is 2350, Gordo.

Let's see if I can bring that pressure down, using O₂ High Rate, if it is all right with you, Gus.

Okay.

We can try manual actuation of O₂ High Rate. I never did the Suit Integrity Check.

We probably drove it overboard using that heater switch when we thought the pressure was down.