Spacelog Gemini 3

That son-of-a-gun is relieving at 5.8, isn't it?

Okay, 2 minutes and 30 seconds O₂ High Rate.

And the Greenwich mean time is 1707.

Hey, give me that sight down there.

Okay.

I'll miss my tracking task.

You know what they did, they turned the sight around.

Really?

Yes.

Okay, that's three minutes and ten seconds of O₂ High Rate. Don't want to stay on it five minutes. I think that is more than a guy can stand. The suit inlet temperature is up to 64 and pressure is down to 825. We will shoot it a shot of manual heaters here when it gets to 800.

Okay, MARK. Four minutes on the O₂ High Rate Check. Now we will go to the first shot of manual heaters.

Man! It's almost impossible to see out with the sight in front of you.

Pressure is still dropping. Now it's coming up. Okay.

When you get that scanner light it pitches you right down.

Yeah. That's what they said it'd do, didn't they? Okay, 10 seconds to go, and been holding the manual heater switch in for the last minute. It's keeping the pressure up to 825.

Oh, man! That ball is staying way off —

Okay, MARK. O₂ High Rate recocked.

Give me the mark when you think I've got zero yaw.

Okay.

Oh, man! I don't know about this.

Turning the auto heater off.

Can't see a thing, Gus. The quantity at the end of the O₂ High Rate Check was down to 62 percent. Started at 66 and ended 62. I can't see a thing out the window, Gus, because of the sun.

This is about zero yaw.

Go a little bit left.

That looks pretty good, although —

That's about what we had in pitch attitude for zero before, wasn't it?

Yes.

Okay. At 2:40 in the flight plan —

That shows 30° off on the ball.

Started out at 66 and ended at 62, at 2:40.

Hey, what time do we come across the coast here?

We come across the coast at 3:04. What time is it?

That's too much pitch-up for zero attitude, don't you think?

Huh?

Is this too much pitch-up for zero attitude?

Yep.

Okay, the OAMS propellant at 2:50 is 62 percent.

You going to leave those mains on?

No.

It's dropping down pretty good.

No, no it didn't, see?

Coming up?

Yes. Well, I'm going to turn them off now and see what happens. Okay. The mains are off. Been on seven minutes while we were on O₂ High Rate. Okay, we are down to 62 percent at three hours. We are two percent under what we should be. That ought to be good enough for a couple of orbits.

I really can't tell whether I have zero yaw or not. What do you think?

Get off some and then I can tell.

I'll take this sight down out of here a second.

I have to get the 8-ball caged.

Now I can tell you have — haven't.

Do I have to go to the right?

You have to go back to the right. You are going the right way.

Yes.

Now, let's see what T_R is.

How does that look to you? Is that enough?

It looks pretty good to me, Gus.

Hello, Molly Brown. This is Hawaii CAP COM.

Hello, Hawaii. This is Molly Brown.

Confirm your telemetry in REAL-TIME and ACQUISITION.

Telemetry is in REAL-TIME and ACQ. Neil —

I thought they told us to put it in COMMAND over Carnarvon.

Yeah. Go ahead, Molly Brown.

I have a problem with the 8-ball here, keeping it alined, or Orbit Rate control is not right.

Say again, Molly Brown. I didn't understand.

The attitude on the 8-ball is drifting badly. I'm trying to get it alined right now.

Okay. Understand the 8-ball attitude is drifting badly. You have a GO from the ground. We are ready to up-line a 4-1 T_R to you.