Alan Shepard

…This is Cap Com on HF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. How do you read 7?

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.

Alan Shepard

Roger, reading you loud and clear on UHF high, can you confirm retrojettison?

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Spoken on July 21, 1961, 12:27 p.m. UTC (63 years, 3 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet

Gus Grissom

OK, periscope is retracting, going to reentry attitude.

Alan Shepard

Roger. Retros are jettisoned, scope has retracted, you're going to reentry attitude.

Alan Shepard

Bell 7 from Cap Com, your IP is right on.