Spacelog Gemini 3

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.

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

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.

What was that?

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

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.

The horizon scanner?

Yes, but it came back on again, though.

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?

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.

Roger.

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

Ready to copy it?

Tell them to send it.

Go ahead and send it.

Okay, sending now.

Roger, 4-1 time received and verified.

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

Roger. Send T_X.

Right, sending T_X now. And we confirm your T_R — in synch.

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

Okay, Roger. Mark the Gage Correlation Check.

Roger. Got it.

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

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

Yes.

—and the propellant quantity is 60 percent.

That should be about zero, shouldn't it?

Yes.

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

Affirmative.

Okay.

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 —

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

Roger.

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

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

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