John Young

Yeah, not bad, is it? See, the O2 pressure is coming down now. Okay, the mains coming on the line, in case we need the heaters.

Gus Grissom

Got the scanners again, I guess. That's what I got the last time.

John Young

Yeah. Okay, the O2 pressure is now down to 925 and we have been on O2 High Rate two minutes. Coming up on two minutes.

John Young

Cabin pressure relief valve. Cabin pressure relief valve relieves with a loud shhh!

Gus Grissom

Still don't have that scanner light out. There it goes. That's what caused that thing to go out the last time—when you turned those mains on.

John Young

The horizon scanner?

Gus Grissom

Yes, but it came back on again, though.

John Young

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

John Young

Okay, 2 minutes and 30 seconds O2 High Rate.

John Young

And the Greenwich mean time is 1707.

Gus Grissom

Hey, give me that sight down there.

Gus Grissom

I'll miss my tracking task.

John Young

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

John Young

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.

John Young

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

Gus Grissom

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

John Young

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

Gus Grissom

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

John Young

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.

Gus Grissom

Oh, man! That ball is staying way off —

John Young

Okay, MARK. O2 High Rate recocked.

Gus Grissom

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

Gus Grissom

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

John Young

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.

Gus Grissom

This is about zero yaw.

John Young

Go a little bit left.

John Young

That looks pretty good, although —

Gus Grissom

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

John Young

Okay. At 2:40 in the flight plan —

Gus Grissom

That shows 30° off on the ball.

John Young

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

Gus Grissom

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

John Young

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

Gus Grissom

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

Gus Grissom

Is this too much pitch-up for zero attitude?

John Young

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

Gus Grissom

You going to leave those mains on?

Gus Grissom

It's dropping down pretty good.

John Young

No, no it didn't, see?

John Young

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.

Gus Grissom

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

John Young

Get off some and then I can tell.

Gus Grissom

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

Gus Grissom

I have to get the 8-ball caged.

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John Young

Now I can tell you have — haven't.

Gus Grissom

Do I have to go to the right?

John Young

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

John Young

Now, let's see what TR is.

Gus Grissom

How does that look to you? Is that enough?

John Young

It looks pretty good to me, Gus.

Hawaii CapCom

Hello, Molly Brown. This is Hawaii CAP COM.

Gus Grissom

Hello, Hawaii. This is Molly Brown.

Hawaii CapCom

Confirm your telemetry in REAL-TIME and ACQUISITION.

Gus Grissom

Telemetry is in REAL-TIME and ACQ. Neil —

John Young

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

Hawaii CapCom

Yeah. Go ahead, Molly Brown.

Gus Grissom

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

Hawaii CapCom

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

Gus Grissom

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

Hawaii CapCom

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 TR to you.

Gus Grissom

John, do you think I've got too much right yaw?

Gus Grissom

Ready to copy it?

John Young

Tell them to send it.

Gus Grissom

Go ahead and send it.

Hawaii CapCom

Okay, sending now.

John Young

Roger, 4-1 time received and verified.

Hawaii CapCom

And we would like to send you a TX as soon as you are ready.

John Young

Roger. Send TX.

Hawaii CapCom

Right, sending TX now. And we confirm your TR — in synch.

Hawaii CapCom

Give us a hack when you start your Gage Correlation Check.

John Young

Okay, Roger. Mark the Gage Correlation Check.

Hawaii CapCom

Roger. Got it.

John Young

Okay. Gage Correlation Check at 1816, and away we go.

Note

Pilot misread 24-hour clock. It should have been 1716.

Gus Grissom

What do you thin, John? Do you think that's about it?

Note

Reference to yaw alinement

John Young

—and the propellant quantity is 60 percent.

Gus Grissom

That should be about zero, shouldn't it?

Hawaii CapCom

Molly Brown, Hawaii CAP COM. Are both your attitude indicators drifting together?

Hawaii CapCom

Okay.

John Young

Natch. Cabin temperature — 92. Suit temperature — 58. Cabin pressure is 5.6. Suit CO2 is 3/4. Left bottle is 5100. Right bottle is 5050. O2 quantity 62. Pressure is 840. Source temperature is 55. Source pressure is 2000. OAMS fuel —

Hawaii CapCom

Molly Brown, Hawaii CAP COM. Everything looks good on the ground. We will see you on the next time around. Aloha.

John Young

Roger. We are in the middle of the Gage Correlation Report.

John Young

OAMS fuel temperature — 68. RCS A temperature — Gee! A temperature is 87.

Gus Grissom

Look at the ball. It immediately goes out in roll.