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04 12 07
John Young: Okay.
04 12 23
John Young: T_R-5 circuit breaker is closed.
04 12 26
Gus Grissom: Yes.
04 12 27
John Young: Okay. All equipment is stowed. Secondary B pump is on.
04 12 33
Gus Grissom: There comes the sun.
04 12 35
John Young: And that old suit temp down there at 55°, S-band-CONTINUOUS, C-band-CONTINUOUS, T/M in REAL-TIME and ACQ.
04 12 44
John Young: Main batteries—we tested them. They checked good. C is way up there at 29, S2 —
04 12 53
Gus Grissom: Man! With that sun shining on the nose, I can't see anything now.
04 12 57
John Young: Every time you fire those RCS thrusters S1 and S2 drop voltage. Well, that's not unusual.
04 13 00
Gus Grissom: Hey, I can see the shadow of the scanner working now.
04 13 03
John Young: 23.5 on the main bus.
04 13 07
John Young: Okay, right circuit breakers all closed.
04 13 12
Gus Grissom: Man! I hope the 8-ball is right, because there's no horizon.
04 13 24
John Young: Okay. Now 4:06 after retrofire is 400K, and 11 minutes after retrofire is reverse.
04 13 33
Gus Grissom: What's that again, now, John?
04 13 35
John Young: 4:06 after retrofire is -
04 13 38
Gus Grissom: Let me write that down.
04 13 39
John Young: I'll tell you. I won't forget it.
04 13 45
Gus Grissom: 4:06
04 13 51
Gus Grissom: And what is reverse?
04 13 52
John Young: Eleven minutes flat. That sounds about right, because it was 10 minutes and 51 seconds from our nominal data.
04 14 00
Gus Grissom: There is still no horizon.
04 14 03
John Young: Okay. Give me a mark, and let me check T_R one more time.
04 14 09
Gus Grissom: Okay, I'll give it to you at 19:08.
04 14 12
John Young: Okay.
04 14 14
Gus Grissom: Got about 10 seconds. Could give it to you anytime, couldn't I?
04 14 16
John Young: Yep.
Gus Grissom: I'll give it to you at 05.
04 14 17
John Young: Okay.
04 14 18
Gus Grissom: One, MARK.
Expand selection up Contract selection down Close
04 14 21
Gus Grissom: You're going to be a little late. I think you punched a little late.
04 14 27
John Young: 19:04. That's a good T_R check.
04 14 35
Gus Grissom: Hope the sun doesn't get that scanner right here.
04 14 45
John Young: The last burn we received was 96 feet a second and a minute and 49 seconds of burn. Right?
04 14 51
Gus Grissom: Yeah, we're going to aline.
04 15 00
John Young: Okay. Ready for this burn.
04 15 02
Gus Grissom: Okay. Six minutes.
04 15 20
Gus Grissom: I've got to start that computer.
04 15 23
Gus Grissom: Man! There's the horizon and it is beautiful.
04 15 39
John Young: Okay. Better pitch over and check yaw.
04 15 41
Gus Grissom: Huh?
04 15 42
John Young: Better check yaw, for sure.
04 15 44
Gus Grissom: Okay. We have it. It's lying good now and the scanner —
04 15 48
John Young: Feels like it. Looks like it.
04 16 33
Gus Grissom: Got everything but start computer.
04 16 35
John Young: Okay, well —
04 16 38
Gus Grissom: I'm not going to start until later.
04 16 47
John Young: Wait a second.
04 16 50
Gus Grissom: Is it in?
04 16 52
John Young: No.
04 16 53
Gus Grissom: Well, get it in!
04 17 09
Gus Grissom: 96.
04 17 11
John Young: 96?
John Young: I'm in Catch-Up mode.
04 17 13
John Young: Okay.
04 17 29
Gus Grissom: Says to put in 2590960.
04 17 33
John Young: Okay.
04 17 38
Gus Grissom: You have about 2 minutes.
04 17 39
John Young: Hawaii CAP COM, Molly Brown.
04 17 41
Gus Grissom: 2—5—9—0—9—6—0
04 17 52
John Young: Okay, but — that's what we're going to shoot for.
04 18 27
John Young: Okay. At the start of this we'll be about 52 percent.
04 18 33
Gus Grissom: Hawaii, Molly Brown.
04 18 46
Gus Grissom: Man! I mean we start to burn just as we come over there.
04 18 50
John Young: Let's go ahead and hit the Catch-Up thing and see what it says.
04 18 56
Gus Grissom: Nothing.
04 18 58
John Young: Well, let's do it — put it back in. Okay. Now try it.
04 19 05
John Young: Okay. Now.
04 19 07
Gus Grissom: There she goes. 6—5—4 — how did it get in there? My attitudes are not 0, 0, 180.
04 19 15
John Young: That's how.
04 19 19
Gus Grissom: 96.
04 19 20
John Young: Okay.
04 19 32
Gus Grissom: …
04 19 34
John Young: Yes, sir!
04 19 59
Gus Grissom: The IVI's keep counting up, though.
04 20 04
John Young: Yes.
04 20 10
John Young: It does keep changing, doesn't it?
04 20 14
Hawaii CapCom: Hello, Molly Brown. Hawaii CAP COM.
04 20 17
Gus Grissom: Hawaii, Molly Brown is all ready for burn.
04 20 20
Hawaii CapCom: Roger. Give us a hack on your event timer.
04 20 23
Gus Grissom: Okay, it'll be 12:55 on my mark.
04 20 28
Gus Grissom: MARK.
Hawaii CapCom: Right, we are right on.
04 20 42
Gus Grissom: Okay. On my IVI's, I have 97 ft/sec forward and the others are zips.
04 20 49
Hawaii CapCom: Roger, and give us a mark for the start of burn.
04 20 53
Gus Grissom: Roger. We've got about 25 seconds to go.
04 20 56
Hawaii CapCom: Roger.
04 20 59
John Young: That's perfect out-the-window alinement.
04 21 01
Gus Grissom: Yes.
Expand selection down Contract selection up
04 21 12
Gus Grissom: 10 seconds.
04 21 17
Gus Grissom: We have 50 percent propellant quantity indicated. Getting ready to fire —
04 21 23
Gus Grissom: Key moment Third orbital maneuvre, lowering perigee to enable re-entry even if the retrorockets failed: MARK!
04 21 28
Hawaii CapCom: We got your start of burn.
04 21 30
Gus Grissom: Yes, it's burning.
04 21 32
Gus Grissom: There's 90 —
04 21 43
Gus Grissom: There's 80 —
04 21 54
Gus Grissom: 70 —
04 21 57
Gus Grissom: You know, you can't hear those big thrusters.
04 21 58
John Young: No.
04 22 05
Gus Grissom: 60 —

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