Gemini 3 transcript starting at 04 32 49 on Spacelog

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04 32 49
John Young: T_R-30.
RKV CapCom: Roger.
04 32 52
John Young: Arm auto-retro.
04 32 56
Gus Grissom: Auto-retro armed. Squibs armed.
04 32 58
RKV CapCom: Roger, Molly Brown.
04 33 07
Gus Grissom: 16 seconds, 15 seconds.
04 33 08
John Young: Okay.
04 33 13
RKV CapCom: 10—9—8—7—6—5—4—3—2—1—Retrofire.
04 33 23
Gus Grissom: Auto-retro.
04 33 25
RKV CapCom: Manual retro.
04 33 29
RKV CapCom: Rocket 3.
04 33 33
RKV CapCom: Rocket 2.
04 33 38
Gus Grissom: Three of them.
RKV CapCom: Rocket 4.
04 33 40
RKV CapCom: Molly Brown, do you confirm all rockets firing normally?
04 33 44
Gus Grissom: All rockets fired normally and attitudes were right in the center.
04 33 48
RKV CapCom: Roger. Pass your IVI readouts on to Guaymas. RKV out.
04 33 49
John Young: Roger.
04 33 55
Guaymas CapCom: Molly Brown, Guaymas CAP COM. Do you copy?
04 33 57
John Young: Roger, Guaymas. The IVI's readings were 331 Aft, 105 Right, and 4 Up. Right in the center. An automatic superfine retrofire down the line.
04 34 07
Guaymas CapCom: Roger. I copy. 331 Aft, Right 105, Down 04.
04 34 15
John Young: Roger, and retropack has jettisoned.
04 34 17
Guaymas CapCom: Roger.
04 34 48
Guaymas CapCom: Molly Brown, Guaymas CAP COM.
04 34 51
Gus Grissom: Go.
04 34 52
Guaymas CapCom: I'm prepared to give you a T_R + 3 minute time hack if you need it?
04 35 00
John Young: That would be good.
04 35 01
Guaymas CapCom: Okay, and I have some event times for reentry: 400K feet 19 10 29 — stand by, Molly Brown.
04 35 24
Guaymas CapCom: Molly ?Brown, correct that 400K feet. That's 19 01 29.
04 35 32
Gus Grissom: Roger.
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04 35 54
Guaymas CapCom: Molly Brown, I'll give you a time hack in approximately 30 seconds.
04 36 09
Guaymas CapCom: Molly Brown, Guaymas. Stand by for a T_R + 3 minute time hack.
04 36 18
Guaymas CapCom: 5—4—3—2—1 -
04 36 23
Guaymas CapCom: MARK!
04 36 25
Guaymas CapCom: Do you copy?
04 36 26
Gus Grissom: Roger. We got it.
04 37 19
Guaymas CapCom: Molly Brown, stand by for Texas.
04 37 24
Gus Grissom: Roger.
04 37 40
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM.
04 37 44
Gus Grissom: Molly Brown here, go ahead.
04 37 46
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Roger. I'm getting your bank angle times momentarily. Your start of Communications Experiment is 19 05 14.
04 37 59
Gus Grissom: Roger. I have steering on the computer.
04 38 05
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): I didn't read you on that.
04 38 08
Gus Grissom: I'm getting initial bank angle commands from the computer.
04 38 12
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Okay.
04 38 41
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, I have your backup times on the bank angles and time to reverse bank angle.
04 38 47
Gus Grissom: Go ahead.
04 38 49
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Bank left 45°. Bank right 55°. Time to reverse bank angle 19 08 17.
04 39 02
Gus Grissom: Give me an elapsed time after retro.
04 39 10
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Stand by one.
04 39 21
Gus Grissom: I'm rolling to 60° left now.
04 39 27
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Roger, bank left 45.
04 39 29
Gus Grissom: I mean 45.
04 39 36
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): 10 + 54 after retro is reverse bank angle.
04 39 42
Gus Grissom: Say again, Gordo.
04 39 48
Gus Grissom: What did you say, Gordo?
04 39 50
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Time from retro fire to reverse bank angle is 10:54. Ten minutes, 54 seconds.
04 40 10
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Transmitting to you in blackout for Communications Experiment. Over.
04 41 16
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Transmitting to you for communications test. Over.
04 41 48
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Transmitting on Communications Experiment. Over.
04 42 05
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1—2—3—4—5—4—3—2—1. Over.
04 42 25
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1—2—3—4—5—4—3—2—1.
04 42 51
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1—2—3—4—5—4—3—2—1.
04 43 25
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1—2—3—4—5—4—3—2—1.
04 43 55
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): This is Cape CAP COM transmitting for Communications Experiment 1—2—3—4—5—4—3—2—1. Over.
04 44 28
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1—2—3—4—5—4—3—2—1.
04 44 44
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Over.
04 44 54
Gus Grissom: …
04 45 02
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cap CAP COM.
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04 45 15
John Young: …end of that.
04 45 20
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Over.
04 45 26
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Go ahead, Molly Brown.
04 45 40
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, are you reading Cape CAP COM now? Over.
04 45 58
John Young: Black Dog …
04 46 05
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Hello there!
04 46 15
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM.
04 46 17
Gus Grissom: Roger. We're down to 80 000 feet. My needles show us about 25 miles short.
04 46 23
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Roger, indicating about 25 miles short on your computer. Very good.
04 46 33
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): I have a drogue time 19 10 42. What is your altimeter reading?
04 46 38
Gus Grissom: Reading 60 000.
04 46 43
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): You say 70 000?
04 46 48
Gus Grissom: There goes the drogue.
04 46 49
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Roger.
04 46 52
Gus Grissom: Okay, we have a drogue.
04 46 54
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Roger, drogue.
04 46 59
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Looks pretty good, doesn't it?
04 47 01
Gus Grissom: Our propellant valves are shut off. We've got a 40K light. Really oscillating.
04 47 11
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Roger.
04 47 18
Gus Grissom: Passing through 30 000 feet.
04 47 21
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Roger.
04 47 31
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Approximately one minute to the main.
04 47 42
Gus Grissom: Intrepid, this is Molly Brown.
04 47 44
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Roger. Go ahead.
04 48 08
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. How is your main?
04 48 12
Gus Grissom: We don't have a main yet. Passing through 13 000.
04 48 16
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Roger.
04 48 40
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, how is your main. Over?
04 48 47
Gus Grissom: Key moment In going to landing attitude, the change is so sudden that Gus Grissom cracks his helmet faceplate: Okay. We have a good stable chute. Going to landing attitude.
04 48 54
John Young: Oh, man! That was the roughest one of the whole bunch, wasn't it!?
04 48 55
Gus Grissom: Oh man!

Spacelog Gemini 3