Spacelog Gemini 3

T_R-30.

Roger.

Arm auto-retro.

Auto-retro armed. Squibs armed.

Roger, Molly Brown.

16 seconds, 15 seconds.

Okay.

10—9—8—7—6—5—4—3—2—1—Retrofire.

Auto-retro.

Manual retro.

Rocket 3.

Rocket 2.

Three of them.

Rocket 4.

Molly Brown, do you confirm all rockets firing normally?

All rockets fired normally and attitudes were right in the center.

Roger. Pass your IVI readouts on to Guaymas. RKV out.

Roger.

Molly Brown, Guaymas CAP COM. Do you copy?

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.

Roger. I copy. 331 Aft, Right 105, Down 04.

Roger, and retropack has jettisoned.

Roger.

Molly Brown, Guaymas CAP COM.

Go.

I'm prepared to give you a T_R + 3 minute time hack if you need it?

That would be good.

Okay, and I have some event times for reentry: 400K feet 19 10 29 — stand by, Molly Brown.

Molly ?Brown, correct that 400K feet. That's 19 01 29.

Roger.

Molly Brown, I'll give you a time hack in approximately 30 seconds.

Molly Brown, Guaymas. Stand by for a T_R + 3 minute time hack.

5—4—3—2—1 -

MARK!

Do you copy?

Roger. We got it.

Molly Brown, stand by for Texas.

Roger.

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM.

Molly Brown here, go ahead.

Roger. I'm getting your bank angle times momentarily. Your start of Communications Experiment is 19 05 14.

Roger. I have steering on the computer.

I didn't read you on that.

I'm getting initial bank angle commands from the computer.

Okay.

Molly Brown, I have your backup times on the bank angles and time to reverse bank angle.

Go ahead.

Bank left 45°. Bank right 55°. Time to reverse bank angle 19 08 17.

Give me an elapsed time after retro.

Roger, bank left 45.

I mean 45.

10 + 54 after retro is reverse bank angle.

Say again, Gordo.

What did you say, Gordo?

Time from retro fire to reverse bank angle is 10:54. Ten minutes, 54 seconds.

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Transmitting to you in blackout for Communications Experiment. Over.

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Transmitting to you for communications test. Over.

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Transmitting on Communications Experiment. Over.

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1—2—3—4—5—4—3—2—1. Over.

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1—2—3—4—5—4—3—2—1.

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1—2—3—4—5—4—3—2—1.

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1—2—3—4—5—4—3—2—1.

This is Cape CAP COM transmitting for Communications Experiment 1—2—3—4—5—4—3—2—1. Over.

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1—2—3—4—5—4—3—2—1.

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Over.

…

Molly Brown, Cap CAP COM.

…end of that.

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Over.

Go ahead, Molly Brown.

Molly Brown, are you reading Cape CAP COM now? Over.

Black Dog …

Hello there!

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM.

Roger. We're down to 80 000 feet. My needles show us about 25 miles short.

Roger, indicating about 25 miles short on your computer. Very good.

I have a drogue time 19 10 42. What is your altimeter reading?

Reading 60 000.

You say 70 000?

There goes the drogue.

Roger.

Okay, we have a drogue.

Roger, drogue.

Looks pretty good, doesn't it?

Our propellant valves are shut off. We've got a 40K light. Really oscillating.

Roger.

Passing through 30 000 feet.

Roger.

Approximately one minute to the main.

Intrepid, this is Molly Brown.

Roger. Go ahead.

Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. How is your main?

We don't have a main yet. Passing through 13 000.

Roger.

Molly Brown, how is your main. Over?

Oh, man! That was the roughest one of the whole bunch, wasn't it!?

Oh man!