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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.
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.
Expand selection up Contract selection down Close
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.
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!
04 49 01
Gus Grissom: Okay. We all set?
04 49 02
John Young: Yes. Now we go through the post-main checklist.
04 49 13
Gus Grissom: Let's see, can they read us now?
04 49 16
John Young: Yes.
04 49 17
Gus Grissom: Cape CAP COM, this is Molly Brown.
04 49 19
Gordon Cooper (CapCom): Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM.
04 49 22
Gus Grissom: Intrepid, this is Molly Brown.
04 49 26
USS Intrepid: Roger. We are reading you now and then. How us?
04 49 28
Gus Grissom: Loud and clear. I have 30 ft/sec rate of descent. Passing through 5500.
04 49 34
John Young: You never took your D-Ring out, huh?
USS Intrepid: Roger, 5500.
04 49 36
Gus Grissom: Yes I did, too!
04 49 37
John Young: Oh, did you?
Gus Grissom: You better believe it!
04 49 38
John Young: Face plate open?
04 49 40
Gus Grissom: Open?
04 49 41
John Young: That's what the checklist says. Indicate Landing Control circuit breaker open.
04 49 48
Gus Grissom: What?
Expand selection down Contract selection up
04 49 50
John Young: Indicate Landing Attitude Control circuit breaker open. That's that second one over on your panel. There you go.
04 49 56
John Young: ACME bias power off.
04 49 57
USS Intrepid: Molly Brown, this is Intrepid. It appears you will land 5 miles ahead of me. Over.
04 50 03
Gus Grissom: Roger. Thank you.
04 50 04
John Young: That'll be nice. Rescue beacon is on.
04 50 08
Gus Grissom: Do you have us in sight, Intrepid?
04 50 11
USS Intrepid: Not yet. Over.
04 50 13
Gus Grissom: Roger.
04 50 14
John Young: I'll turn the rescue beacon on, then.
04 50 16
Gus Grissom: Rescue beacon coming on.
04 50 19
Gus Grissom: Passing through 4000.
04 50 21
John Young: Suit fan to No. 2.
04 50 28
Gus Grissom: That drogue chute is right above us, or the pilot chute.
04 50 31
USS Intrepid: I understand the drogue is just above you, or the pilot chute.
04 50 35
Gus Grissom: Say again.
04 50 40
John Young: RCS heater's off. We did not do that heater check. Oh, well. We didn't need it anyways. RCS temperature was way up. Scanner Heater circuit breaker open.
04 50 46
Gus Grissom: Do you smell that fuel? Fumes from that stuff?
04 50 47
John Young: Yes. Let's close up.
04 50 52
Gus Grissom: Yes. I can see 'em smoking out there.
04 50 54
John Young: Suit flow increase.
04 50 55
Gus Grissom: They'll get quenched in a minute.
04 51 02
John Young: Reentry Antenna Experiment off.
04 51 05
John Young: Okay. Manual O₂ High Rate—PULL. I don't think we want to do that yet, do you?
04 51 09
Gus Grissom: No.
04 51 19
Gus Grissom: I imagine it is pretty bad in here.
04 51 21
John Young: The water seal is closed. AC power off.
04 51 26
Gus Grissom: Okay.
04 51 29
Gus Grissom: We're coming through the lower layer, John. You better get ready to hit. We're at 2000. No telling how far the altimeter is off.
04 51 33
John Young: Okay.
04 51 35
John Young: I'm as ready as I'll ever be.
04 51 37
Gus Grissom: You can put your head back.
04 51 39
John Young: Landing attitude was a bump, wasn't it?

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