Mercury 4 transcript starting at 00 00 02 33 on Spacelog

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00 00 02 33
Gus Grissom: There went posigrades, capsule has separated. We are at zero g and turning around and the sun is really bright.
00 00 02 42
Alan Shepard: Roger, cap sep is green, turnaround started, manual handle out.
00 00 02 47
Gus Grissom: Oh boy! Manual handle is out; the sky is very, very black; the capsule is coming around into orbit attitude; the roll is a little bit slow.
00 00 03 01
Alan Shepard: Roger.
00 00 03 02
Gus Grissom: I haven't seen a booster anyplace. OK, rate command is coming on. I'm in orbit attitude, I'm pitching up. OK, 40 … Wait, I've lost some roll here someplace.
00 00 03 10
Alan Shepard: Roger, rate command is coming on. You're trying manual pitch.
00 00 03 15
Gus Grissom: OK, I got roll back. OK, I'm at 24 in pitch.
00 00 03 20
Alan Shepard: Roger, your IP is right on, Gus, right on.
00 00 03 24
Gus Grissom: OK. I'm having a little trouble with rate, ah, with the manual control.
00 00 03 28
Alan Shepard: Roger.
00 00 03 31
Gus Grissom: If I can get her stabilized here, all axes are working all right.
00 00 03 36
Alan Shepard: Roger. Understand manual control is good.
00 00 03 40
Gus Grissom: Roger, it's – it's sort of sluggish, more than I expected.
00 00 03 45
Gus Grissom: OK, I'm yawing.
00 00 03 47
Alan Shepard: Roger, yaw.
00 00 03 50
Gus Grissom: Left, ah.
00 00 03 51
Gus Grissom: OK, coming back in yaw. I'm a little bit late there.
00 00 03 57
Alan Shepard: Roger. Reading you loud and clear, Gus.
00 00 03 59
Gus Grissom: Lot of stuff – there's a lot of stuff floating around up here.
00 00 04 02
Gus Grissom: OK, I'm going to skip the yaw, ah, or roll because I'm a little bit late and I'm going to try this rough yaw maneuver. About all I can really see is clouds. I haven't seen any land anyplace yet.
00 00 04 15
Alan Shepard: Roger, you're on the window. Are you trying a yaw maneuver?
00 00 04 18
Gus Grissom: I'm trying the yaw maneuver and I'm on the window. It's such a fascinating view out the window you just can't help but look out that way.
00 00 04 25
Alan Shepard: I understand.
00 00 04 29
Gus Grissom: You su-, ah, really. There I see the coast, I see.
00 00 04 30
Alan Shepard: 4 plus 30 Gus.
00 00 04 33
Unknown: 4 plus 30, he's looking out the window. A-OK.
00 00 04 37
Gus Grissom: I can see the coast but I can't identify anything.
00 00 04 42
Alan Shepard: Roger, 4 plus 30 Gus.
00 00 04 44
Gus Grissom: OK, let me get back here to retro attitude, retro sequence has started.
00 00 04 48
Alan Shepard: Roger, retro sequence has started. Go to retro attitude.
00 00 04 52
Gus Grissom: Right, we'll see if I'm bad, not in very good shape here.
00 00 04 57
Alan Shepard: Got 15 seconds, plenty of time, I'll give you a mark at 5:10.
00 00 05 01
Gus Grissom: OK, retro attitude is still green.
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00 00 05 05
Alan Shepard: Retros on my mark, 3, 2, 1, mark.
Unknown: He's in limits.
00 00 05 11
Gus Grissom: OK, there's 1 firing, there's 1 firing.
00 00 05 12
Alan Shepard: Retro 1 (Cuts off Bell 7).
00 00 05 13
Alan Shepard: Roger, retro 1.
00 00 05 19
Gus Grissom: There's 2 firing, nice little boost. There went 3.
00 00 05 21
Alan Shepard: Roger, 3, all retros are fired.
00 00 05 23
Gus Grissom: Roger, roger.
00 00 05 25
Gus Grissom: OK, yeah, they're fired out right there.
00 00 05 29
Alan Shepard: Roger, retrojettison armed.
00 00 05 33
Gus Grissom: Retrojettison is armed, retrojettison is armed, going to rate command.
00 00 05 36
Gus Grissom: OK, I'm going to switch.
00 00 05 38
Alan Shepard: Roger, understand manual fuel handle is in.
00 00 05 41
Gus Grissom: Manual fuel handle is in, mark, going to HF.
00 00 05 44
Alan Shepard: Roger, HF.
00 00 05 52
Alan Shepard: Liberty Bell 7, this is Cap Com on HF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. How do you read 7?
Unknown: I got you.
00 00 06 05
Alan Shepard: …This is Cap Com on HF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. How do you read 7?
00 00 06 08
Gus Grissom: … Here, do you read me, do you read me on HF? … Going back to U … Boy is that … Retro, I'm back on UHF, and, ah, the jett … the retros have jettisoned. Now I can see the Cape and, oh boy, that is some sight. I can't see too much.
00 00 06 34
Gus Grissom: Roger, I am on UHF high, do you read me?
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00 00 06 38
Alan Shepard: Roger, reading you loud and clear on UHF high, can you confirm retrojettison?
00 00 06 41
Gus Grissom: OK, periscope is retracting, going to reentry attitude.
00 00 06 47
Alan Shepard: Roger. Retros are jettisoned, scope has retracted, you're going to reentry attitude.
00 00 06 51
Gus Grissom: Affirmative.
00 00 06 56
Alan Shepard: Bell 7 from Cap Com, your IP is right on.

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