The following is a transcript of the MA-9 flight communications derived from both the spacecraft onboard recordings and the Mercury network station recordings to form a single text. It is, therefore, a complete transcript of the air-to-ground and ground-to-air communications during station passes and inflight comments made by the pilot between stations. A few nonflight-related transmissions and an occasional repetitive word or partial sentence were removed by the astronauts and the editors to improve the clarity. Instances of this type are noted by an asterisk at the beginning of the altered transmission. Where a whole transmission has been deleted because of lack of confirmation or nonflight-relationship, the asterisk appears where the transmission was removed. The text is otherwise verbatim.

The format used for presentation is as follows, from left to right: The first column contains the spacecraft elapsed time (c.e.t) from lift-off in hours, minutes, and seconds at which each communication was initiated. The second column identifies the communicator and the third column contains the text of the communication. The station in communication with the astronaut is designated at the initiation of communications. When no station contact was made for a complete orbital pass the text is headed with the orbital pass number only.

The c.e.t. was reduced from the recording of the spacecraft-clock commutated time segments on both the onboard tape and the network station tapes. These c.e.t. times are accurate to ± 0.8 second. Timing of a few communications was not obtained because of either weak noisy signals on the network tapes, or the short sampling of onboard commutated time segments resulting from commutator sampling interruptions when the pilot was recording in the vox-record programed mode and paused longer than 1/2 second. When timing was not obtained for either of these reasons, the first column contains the notation "unreadable" for that communication.

The communicators are identified as follows:

P - Pilot.

CC - Spacecraft communicator at the range station.

SY - Systems monitor at the range station.

F - Flight director at Mercury Control Center.

R1 - Pilot of primary recovery helicopter.

R2 - Pilot of backup recovery helicopter.

Stony - Blockhouse communicator at launch complex 14.

K - Communicator onboard the USS Kearsarge.

At various times throughout the flight, the pilot or network station communicator would indicate a precise time, event, or action by the use of a significant word, such as "MARK", or "NOW". The transcript editors also selected a few significant words or events for timing. The timing of these words or events was accomplished by the same process at that used to determine the c.e.t. times for column one and is indicated by the time enclosed in brackets followed by the superscript T.

All temperatures are given in °F; all cabin and suit pressures are in pounds per square inch, absolute (psia); fuel and coolant quantities are expressed in remaining percent of total nominal capacities; retrosequence times are expressed as ground elapsed time (g.e.t) in hours, minutes, and seconds.

Within the test, a series of dots is used to designate communications or portions of communications which could not be deciphered. A single dash indicates a pause during a communication. Information contained within unmarked parentheses indicates editorial insertions for clarification.

 Cape Canaveral (First Pass)

Time	Coms	Transcript
	Stony	10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.
00 00 00	CC	Lift-off.
00 00 02	P	Roger. I have a lift-off and the clock is operating.
00 00 05	CC	Roger, clock.
00 00 07	P	Sigma Seven. Faith Seven on the way.
00 00 14	P	Standing by to start the backup clock.
00 00 16	CC	Roger.
00 00 18	CC	3, 2, 1, MARK. [00 00 20]T
00 00 23	P	Roger. And the backup clock is running.
00 00 25	CC	Roger. You look good here, Gordo.
00 00 27	P	Roger. Feels good, buddy.
00 00 20	CC	Good sport.
00 00 31	P	Thirty seconds, and fuel is go. Oxygen is go. Cabin pressure on the top peg. Altimeter is working.
00 00 38	CC	Roger. You're looking beautiful.
00 00 48	P	What an afterburner!
00 00 51	CC	That's a beauty, and your clocks are in sync.
00 01 01	P	One minute and fuel is go. Oxygen is go. Cabin pressure, 10 psi on schedule. All systems go.
00 01 09	CC	Roger. We have a good go here, and pitch, 50 [degrees].
00 01 29	CC	Still looks go.
00 01 30	P	Roger. One minute 30 seconds. Fuel is go. Oxygen is go. Cabin pressure is 6 psi.
00 01 37	CC	Roger. Pitch 32 [degrees], looks good.
00 01 41	P	Roger. The Sun is coming in the window now.
00 01 46	CC	Roger. Standing by for your BECO.
00 01 50	P	Roger.
00 01 58	P	Running pretty smooth now.
00 01 59	CC	Good show.
00 02 02	P	Two minutes. Standing by on BECO.
00 02 03	CC	Roger. Time out good.
00 02 14	P	Roger. Have BECO.
00 02 15	CC	Roger. Your BECO. Confirm staging. *[Undetermined transmission omitted]
00 02 22	P	And you can feel the staging - waiting on tower.
00 02 27	CC	Very good on BECO time; SECO should be nominal.
00 02 29	P	Roger.
00 02 38	P	And there goes the tower. Does she take off!
00 02 41	CC	Roger. Confirm your tower.
00 02 43	P	Roger. Retrojettison switch to off.
00 02 45	CC	Retrojettison switch off.
00 02 55	P	*Okay. Fuel is go; oxygen is go; cabin pressure sealed at 5.6 [psi] and holding.
00 03 03	CC	Roger. Sealed on 5.6 [psi] and holding. Very good. Pitch -4 [degrees].
00 03 10	P	Roger. I agree on pitch.
00 03 12	CC	You look real pretty here.
00 03 14	P	She felt real pretty. *[Nonflight-related transmission omitted.]
00 03 24	P	All electrical is go. Pressure is go. Oxygen is go. Sigma. Faith Seven is all go.
00 03 34	CC	We have a full go here for you, Gordo.
00 03 36	P	Roger.
00 03 38	CC	This is Sigma Seven down here, buddy.
00 03 40	P	That's what I said. Sigma, Faith Seven is go.
00 03 44	CC	Roger, Faith Seven.
00 04 00	P	Four minutes and fuel is still go. Oxygen go. Pressure holding. All systems look good.
00 04 08	CC	Roger. Your pitch indication is -4 [degrees]; we concur.
00 04 11	P	Roger.
00 04 13	CC	Trajectory looks real good, Gordo. I'll give you a mark on 0.8 [V/Vr].
00 04 17	P	Roger.
00 04 32	P	Four plus 30 [seconds]. All systems still go.
00 04 35	CC	Roger. We're still go here. Coming up on 0.8 [V/Vr]. Stand by.
00 04 38	P	Roger.
00 04 40	CC	We have 0.8 V/Vr.
00 04 42	P	Good deal.
00 04 48	CC	You have a real sweet trajectory, Gordo.
00 04 50	P	Excellent.
00 04 58	CC	Go.
00 04 59	P	Roger.
00 05 04	P	Roger. I have SECO, sep cap. Going to aux damp.
00 05 09	CC	Right in there, baby.
00 05 12	P	Have sep cap green. SECO. I'm on aux damp. Going fly-by-wire.
00 05 24	P	Everything is green here.
00 05 30	CC	Seven, we're right smack dab in the middle of the plot.
00 05 34	P	Say again.
00 05 35	CC	Smack dab in the middle of the "go" plot. Beautiful.
00 05 45	CC	Seven. Your turnaround looks beautiful.
00 05 47	P	Roger. She's yawing around very nicely. What a view. Boy, oh boy!
00 05 59	P	And there's the booster.
00 06 03	CC	Real pretty.
00 06 04	P	Boy, oh boy, is it ever close, too.
00 06 08	CC	Fun, isn't it?
00 06 10	P	Yeah.
00 06 18	P	Fly-by-wire is working just like advertised.
00 06 21	CC	*We have good indications on systems here. You did a real good job of it.
00 06 44	P	Booster is still smoking. It looks silver, Wally.
00 06 48	CC	Good.
00 07 06	CC	Hello. Cape Cap Com.
00 07 17	CC	Faith Seven, Cape Cap Com. Seven, Cape Cap Com.
00 07 19	P	I'm in retroattitude or in orbit attitude.
00 07 23	CC	Faith Seven, Cape Cap Com. How do you read?
00 07 25	P	Roger, Cape Cap Com. Faith Seven reading you loud and clear.
00 07 29	CC	Roger. You're on Bermuda relay, and you're coming in real sweet, and everything looks perfect here.
00 07 33	P	Roger. Looks mighty good here. Booster is really in sight.
00 07 37	CC	Very good. What color is she?
00 07 39	P	*Silver. Silvery as can be with a white frosty band right around the middle.
00 07 45	CC	Roger. Understand.
00 07 53	CC	Faith Seven, this is Cape. Your 1-Alpha [contigency recovery area retrosequence] time is nominal.
00 07 57	P	Roger. Thank you.
00 08 05	P	Yaw shows up very well.
00 08 07	CC	Roger. Are you ready to copy [recovery area] 2-1 [retrosequence] time?
00 08 10	P	Negative. Stand by and let me get on auto here.
00 08 35	P	Going to auto control.
00 08 37	CC	Roger. How is she hitting in auto?
00 08 39	P	Roger. No quiver at all on the rates. I'm in auto. She seems to be holding so far.
00 08 45	CC	Very good. Let me know when you're ready for 2-1.
00 08 48	P	Roger.
00 08 51	CC	Pretty nice equipment, isn't it?
00 08 54	P	Very nice.
00 09 00	CC	Faith Seven, Cape. We had a cabin [heat exchanger] dome [temperature] of 65 [degrees] at Bermuda.
00 09 08	P	Roger. I have a cabin dome of 65 [degrees] and a suit dome of about 64 [degrees].
00 09 13	CC	Roger.
00 09 15	P	I'm increasing flow very slightly.
00 09 17	CC	Roger. You're increasing flow slightly.
00 09 23	CC	I'll give you your 2-1 [recovery area retrosequence] time, and you can write it later. It's 01+27+52. Over.
00 09 31	P	Roger. 01 27 52.
00 09 34	CC	Roger. And [contingency recovery area] 1-Alpha [retrosequence time] is nominal. Have a good ride, boy.
00 09 38	P	Thank you, buddy.
00 10 26	P	Roger. My Ts +314.5 lights have gone out. Squib switch to off. [A dome-temperature warning tone occurs at 00 11 00]T
00 12 43	P	And the booster is still following me along at 12 minutes 45 seconds. It's coming down into the bottom of the window. ASCS is working nicely. It is diverging [drifting] off, to the 11 degrees...
00 13 06	P	*Seems to be correcting properly. I have both suit and cabin dome temps on bottom peg. I'm going back to my initial setting. *[Nonflight-related transmission omitted.]

Canary Islands (First Pass)

Time	Coms	Transcript
00 14 53	CC	Faith Seven. Faith Seven, this is Canary Cap Com. We have T/M solid. We would like a temperature readout, our segment is very low. That's dome temperature, Faith Seven, suit dome.
00 15 07	P	Roger, Canary Cap Com. Faith Seven reading you loud and clear. What temperatures would you like? Over.
00 15 14	CC	I would like a readout of suit [heat exchanger] dome temperature. Over.
00 15 19	P	Roger. My suit dome temp warning light is on. I have gone back to my initial suit setting. My cabin dome was on, and I have gone back to my initial setting on it. Cabin dome temperature is normal, about 52 degrees. Suit dome is still setting down rather low. I think it is coming back up though. Over.
00 15 45	CC	*Roger. Understand. I have a message from the Cape. [Contingency recovery] area 1-Bravo [retrosequence time] is nominal. Your apogee is 144.6 [nautical miles]. You will have no problems with nighttime. Also the Cape would like a blood pressure at this time. They missed it at Bermuda. Over.
00 16 08	P	Roger. Sending you blood pressure now.
00 18 31	P	Canary Cap Com.
00 18 35	CC	This is Canary Cap Com. Have you started your Ts +5 second check? Over.
00 18 39	P	I'm getting ready to start it right now.
00 18 43	CC	Roger.
00 19 47	CC	This is Canary Cap Com. Would you confirm your 16-millimeter camera is off? Over.
00 19 56	P	Roger. 16-millimeter camera is off.
00 19 58	CC	Roger.
00 21 12	CC	This is Canary Cap Com. Could you give us another readout on suit dome temp? We have lost T/M on that segment. Over.
00 21 20	P	Roger. Suit dome temp is slowly coming up here. It's still reading about 40 [degrees], but it's easing back up now.
00 21 31	CC	Roger.
00 21 35	CC	We are having T/M LOS. Could you give us a reading on cabin dome. It's going back down at LOS here.
00 21 44	P	Roger. At 50 [degrees], cabin dome.
00 21 53	CC	Faith Seven, this is Canary Cap Com. Do you read? Over.
00 21 58	P	Roger, Canary, Faith Seven. Still reading you.
00 22 11	CC	Faith Seven, this is Canary Cap Com. Do you read? Over.

Kano (First Pass)

Time	Coms	Transcript
00 22 16	CC	Faith Seven, this is Kano Cap Com. We have T/M solid. We request the suit-dome temperature reading. We have no reading on the ground. Over.
00 22 28	P	Roger, Kano Cap Com. I have about 42 degrees. The suit-dome temp is easing back up now. Over.
00 22 36	CC	Roger. You are 42 degrees.
00 22 39	P	That is affirm.
00 22 44	CC	Kano, Roger.
00 22 49	CC	Faith Seven, this is Kano Cap Com. We have an indication that your TV is still on. Will you confirm? Over.
00 22 58	P	TV is off now.
00 23 01	CC	Kano, Roger.
00 23 09	P	Thank you.
00 23 13	CC	We request a cabin-dome temperature reading. Over.
00 23 21	P	Roger. Cabin-dome temp is bouncing around a little. It now reads 42 [degrees]. I've decreased my setting here slightly on it.
00 23 35	CC	Kano, Roger. We're reading 40 [degrees] on the ground.
00 26 46	CC	Faith Seven. Give us another cabin-dome temperature, please.
00 26 50	P	Roger. Cabin-dome temperature is 54 degrees.
00 26 57	CC	Please give us suit dome.
00 26 58	P	Roger. Suit dome is 40 [degrees]. I have decreased my setting a little more to ease it on up. Over.
00 27 07	CC	*Thank you. What is your present setting?
00 27 10	P	Roger. I am down below my nominal setting now.
00 27 13	CC	Roger.
00 27 43	CC	Faith Seven. We had a roll scanner ignore. Are you orienting the capsule at all? Over.
00 27 49	P	Negative.
00 27 51	CC	Roger.

Zanzibar (First Pass)

Time	Coms	Transcript
00 30 47	CC	Faith Seven, Faith Seven, this is Zanzibar Cap Com. How do you read?
00 30 54	P	Roger, Zanzibar. Reading you loud and clear. Faith Seven here.
00 30 57	CC	Faith Seven. Our telemetry on the ground looks like you have a very good capsule at this time. We would like to confirm the suit-dome temperature, however.
00 31 07	P	Roger. The suit-dome temperature is still down low. I'm easing up on it.
00 31 12	CC	We're reading approximately 40 degrees on the ground.
00 31 15	P	Roger. I'm indicating about 42 [degrees] here, and I have decreased my setting. It should be coming up momentarily.
00 31 27	CC	Could you give me auto fuel, manual fuel, and oxygen readings?
00 31 32	P	Roger. Auto is still 101 [percent]. Manual is 102 [percent]. Oxygen is 196 [percent] on primary and 100 [percent] on secondary.
00 31 44	CC	Roger.
00 32 20	CC	Faith Seven, Zanzibar Cap Com.
00 32 24	P	Go ahead, Zanzibar.
00 32 25	CC	*We just had a report from the Cape. Based on Smithsonian 2, you have approximately 20 over 25 orbits. This gives you approximately three times as much on more conservative estimates.
00 32 45	P	Roger. I understand I have at least 25 then. Is that affirm?
00 32 51	CC	Faith Seven. Zanzibar Cap Com.
00 32 55	P	Go ahead, Zanzibar. Faith Seven.
00 32 58	CC	Have you confirmed your Ts +5 check and that the TV is off?
00 33 03	P	That is affirm. TV is off. I have confirmed my Ts +5 second check.
00 33 10	CC	Roger.
00 33 26	CC	Faith Seven, Zanzibar Cap Com.
00 33 28	P	Go ahead Zanzibar, Faith Seven.
00 33 31	CC	We've had a slight rise on both cabin and suit-dome temperature.
00 33 39	P	Roger. I have a cabin [heat exchanger] dome [temperature] up to 60 [degrees]. Suit [heat exchanger] dome is still about 42 [degrees]. Over.
00 33 45	CC	Cabin-dome 60 [degrees]. Suit-dome temp, 42 [degrees].
00 33 48	P	That's affirm.
00 33 51	CC	Roger. You received that [contingency recovery area] 1-B [retrosequence time] was nominal. Is that correct?
00 33 52	P	Roger. Understand it is nominal.
00 33 56	CC	Okay, do you have anything else for this time for us?
00 34 02	P	Negative. Not this trip, I don't believe.
00 34 05	CC	Please repeat.
00 34 07	P	Negative. Not this time.
00 34 09	CC	Roger. We'll leave you alone then.
00 34 11	P	Roger. Thank you.
00 36 46	CC	Zanzibar Cap Com. Do you read?
00 36 48	P	Roger.
00 36 50	CC	Negative. We had a small problem on T/M on the ground. What is your ASCS bus reading?
00 36 59	P	ASCS bus reading. 121 [volts].
00 37 02	CC	We confirm. We had a small T/M problem.
00 37 05	P	Roger.
00 37 06	CC	Zanzibar, out.
00 37 30	CC	Faith Seven, Zanzibar Cap Com. How about giving me a suit and dome right now? It'll be LOS time.
00 37 36	P	Roger. Suit dome is about 45 degrees. Cabin dome is about 61 degrees.
00 37 43	CC	Roger. Thank you very much. See you next time.
00 37 46	P	Roger. Will do.
00 38 35	P	Okay. I finally have my dome temps - fairly good handle on them. I have about 62 [degrees] on the cabin dome. I have approximately 45 [degrees] on the suit dome. These temperatures have taken a setting of 2.0 [comfort control valve setting] on the suit and about 3.8 [comfort control valve setting] on the cabin. I have checked my control wire low. The sun is very hot coming in the window. I have the Sun directly in the window. I have from fairly midway through the launch. Lost it at the top of the trajectory. And then picked it up again when I yawed back around to orbit attitude.
00 39 50	P	My cabin pressure has slowly dropped to the advertised value of 5.2 [psia] and appears to be holding. My suit dome has dropped down again now to about 42 [degrees] and seems to be oscillating about this point area. Body temperature is good, not quite as cool as I would prefer, but good. My suit inlet temperature indicates 60 degrees, however, so the sun is probably the biggest factor heating me up. I have drunk some water.
00 40 56	P	Time for my short status report. My N2 low pressures, auto is 475 [psi]; manual is about 480 [psi]. B-nut temperatures: retro temp, 60 degrees; pitch down, 85 [degrees]; pitch up, 84 [degrees]; yaw left, 78 [degrees]; yaw right, 89 [degrees]; roll counterclockwise, 90 [degrees]; roll clockwise, 90 [degrees].
00 41 57	P	Peroxide reserve tank temperature, 68 [degrees]; peroxide manual tank temp, 69 [degrees]; peroxide auto fuel tank temp is 72 [degrees].
00 42 30	P	Isolated bus voltage is 28 [volts].
00 43 22	P	*First night side and I have a bright blue band. A thick diffused band of blue color. A bright blue band. The Sun is spread out very widely. It's setting now. And there it goes. A very bright blue band all the way around the earth.
00 44 03	P	Captured another washer. That's my second one.
00 45 16	P	*I believe I have the dome temps somewhat under control now. My face plate is open. Cabin air is indicating 100 degrees. Suit inlet temp is 60 degrees. Dome temperature has stabilized pretty well. There is a very pronounced band - a bright blue band - around the Earth. ASCS is building attitude very well on this night side. *[Non-flight-related transmission omitted.]
00 47 14	P	Taking my pilot light out, NOW [00 47 15]T - very good.
00 47 43	P	Turning my warning lights off - to dim.
00 47 58	P	And I have the haze layer that Wally was talking about. I can see the stars down in it. But it is - up and around the Earth - to a number of degrees. It is several degrees thick, perhaps 12 to 15 degrees thick. I can see the stars above it, I can see the stars down in it.
00 48 35	P	*I have seen several lightning flashes on the Earth, now. I see them on the Earth, now.
00 49 19	P	*Water squeezers are working.
00 49 53	P	Closing my face plate.
00 50 05	P	And there is Orion, Betelgeuse. What a beautiful night tonight.

Muchea (First Pass)

Time	Coms	Transcript
00 51 02	CC	Faith Seven, Faith Seven, Muchea Cap Com. Over.
00 51 06	P	Roger, Muchea Cap Com, Faith Seven.
00 51 10	CC	Roger. Reading you loud and clear.
00 51 11	P	Roger. Likewise here. How are things down there?
00 51 12	CC	Very fine, very fine.
00 51 16	P	Roger.
00 51 21	P	You appear to have a little lightning and thunderstorms down there.
00 51 26	CC	Looks clear from here.
00 51 29	P	Roger. Back out to the west of you there are some.
00 51 33	CC	Aeromed is standing by for your blood pressure.
00 51 41	P	Roger. Blood pressure coming now.
00 52 01	CC	Faith Seven. How does your cabin dome and suit dome temp look now?
00 52 17	P	Roger. I was waiting until the blood pressure got finished there.
00 52 25	CC	How does your suit and cabin [heat exchanger] dome [temperature] look now?
00 52 26	P	*Roger. My cabin dome and suit dome [temperatures] have been fluctuating somewhat.
00 52 36	CC	Stand by for emergency voice check.
00 52 38	P	Roger.
00 52 45	CC	This is Muchea Cap Com, transmitting on emergency voice for a short count. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Do you copy?
00 52 58	P	Roger, Muchea Cap Com. Reading you load and clear on emergency voice.
00 53 02	CC	Roger.
00 53 07	P	Roger. On these dome temps. I have decreased my setting again, and my cabin dome is running about 48 degrees. My suit dome is back on the bottom, 40 degrees now. I've decreased it: It should be coming back up momentarily.
00 53 25	CC	Roger. Stand by for an astro alarm check.
00 53 31	P	Roger.
00 53 34	CC	Command is on the way. [Command tone occurs at 00 53 35]T.
00 53 36	P	Roger. I have retro reset light and the tone.
00 53 40	CC	Roger.
00 53 56	CC	Faith Seven, would you give me a reading on your cabin temperature please?
00 54 00	P	Roger. Cabin temperature is running 100 degrees.
00 54 04	CC	Roger.
00 54 12	CC	Faith Seven. Perth has their lights on tonight; you might look for them and see if they're visible.
00 54 19	P	Roger.
00 54 21	CC	They should be just slightly off to the right of your flight path.
00 54 27	P	Roger. I'll watch for them.
00 54 28	CC	Roger.
00 55 03	P	Roger. I have the lights of Perth in sight. Loud and clear.
00 55 08	CC	Roger, Faith Seven. People here will be glad to hear that.
00 55 11	P	Roger. Looks good.
00 55 23	P	Looks like the refinery down to the south is burning again too.
00 55 27	CC	*That's affirmative.
00 55 29	P	Roger. I can see that separately.
00 55 32	CC	Cape Flight would like to know how your ASCS is working now after selecting gyro slave.
00 55 37	P	Roger. ASCS appears to be operating as advertised. Over.
00 55 42	CC	Roger.
00 55 52	CC	This is Muchea Cap Com. We have about 1 minute to LOS.
00 55 56	P	Roger.
00 56 47	CC	Faith Seven, Muchea Cap Com. Could you give us your [comfort] control valve setting?
00 56 57	P	Roger. I'll give you my heat exchanger dome temps here.
00 57 00	CC	Roger.
00 57 03	P	Roger. I'm reading 52 degrees on cabin dome, and I'm reading 40 degrees on suit. I have decreased suit again, slightly. And it should be coming up again.
00 57 15	CC	Roger.
00 58 45	P	*This haze layer. I'm describing as light in color. It's a white haze, does not appear to have any color at all to it.
01 04 08	P	I now have the suit coolant valve set to 1.5, cabin valve set to launch mark, about 3.6, and cabin [dome temperature] reads 50 degrees, and suit [dome temperature] is coming up slowly, now reads about 45 degrees. Suit inlet temp is about 58 degrees.
01 05 18	P	There is considerable cloud cover over the Earth now. This haze layer is still up above that. I can see a dark hazy sky above the Earth, and then this haze layer appears to be sitting several degrees - it's hard to estimate the number of degrees - above the Earth. The stars are in the background. The stars are above the haze layer, and they're quite clear, of course, above it.
01 06 07	P	Long status report. B-nut temperature: Pitch down is 90 [degrees]; pitch up is 85 [degrees]; Yaw left is 82 [degrees]; yaw right is 95 [degrees]; roll counterclockwise is 92 [degrees]; roll clockwise is 92 [degrees]. Cabin outlet, 40 degrees; 250 inverter, 110 degrees; 150 inverter, 112 degrees; standby inverter, 90 [degrees]; Cabin temperature, 102 degrees; suit temp 58 degrees. Heat exchange dome temps; cabin is now 50 [degrees]; suit is now 46 [degrees].
01 08 04	P	I'm reading 18 amps on current. Main bus reads 24 [volts]; isolated [bus], 28 [volts]; number one battery, 24 [volts]; number two battery, 24 [volts]; number three battery, 24 [volts], standby [battery] one, 25 [volts]; standby [battery] two, 25 [volts]; isolated [battery], 28 [volts].
01 08 36	P	I'm now opening my face plate to take an oral temp.

Canton Islands (First Pass)

Time	Coms	Transcript
01 10 02	CC	Faith Seven, this is Canton Cap Com. Over.
01 10 14	CC	Faith Seven, we have a valid body temp.
01 10 18	P	Roger, I'll talk to you then. Ha, ha! Faith Seven here, reading you loud and clear.
01 10 24	CC	Roger. Would you give me a readout on your cabin heat exchanger dome temp, please.
01 10 31	P	*Roger, standby one second. Roger. Cabin heat exchanger dome temperature is 50 degrees; suit heat exchanger dome temp is 45 degrees; the suit inlet temperature is 58 degrees; and cabin outlet temperature is about 40 degrees.
01 11 03	CC	Understand, 43.
01 11 05	P	40.
01 11 07	CC	40.
01 11 35	CC	Seven, Canton.
01 11 37	P	Go ahead Canton, Faith Seven.
01 11 41	CC	[Recovery] area 2-1 retrosequence time is 14 32 03. Over.
01 11 49	P	14 32 03. Roger.
01 11 52	CC	Affirmative.
01 11 54	P	Roger.
01 12 25	CC	Seven, Canton. Your c.e.t. [capsule elapsed] time on the 2-1 retrosequence time is 01 27 50. Over.
01 12 39	P	Roger. 01 27 50. That's on 2-1. Is that affirm?
01 12 45	CC	Affirmative.
01 12 47	P	Roger.
01 13 02	CC	*Seven, Canton. All readouts are in the green.
01 13 06	P	Roger, they all look green here, thank you.
01 18 01	P	*I have transferred the urine from the internal suit bag to the number one bag at this time.
01 19 27	P	Alpha and Beta Centauri. *[Non-flight-related transmission omitted].
01 20 52	P	Sweet little baby.
01 21 15	P	*At this time, I now have 1 hour and 21 minutes and I am observing John's fireflies frifting away from me. I can observe them - appear to be departing from the spacecraft and drifting out to the rear. I then can see some of them a considerable distance out to the rear.
01 22 02	P	The Sun is coming up behind me; I'm beginning to get the glow on the clouds.
01 22 22	P	*The fireflies appear to be white, very whitish, almost a green, like real fireflies.
01 23 01	P	The clouds on the Earth below are changing color, are getting quite light.
01 23 54	P	*I am now on the day side; the Sun is not yet quite up and I am observing stars. The Earth is light below me. The Sun is still behind me, the sky looks dark above me, and I can see stars very distinctly.
01 24 41	P	I am decreasing cabin dome [comfort control valve setting] now to about 3.4.

Guaymas (First Pass)

Time	Coms	Transcript
01 27 13	CC	Faith Seven, Guaymas Cap Com.
01 27 16	P	Roger, Guaymas Cap Com. Faith Seven here.
01 27 19	CC	Hey, Gordo, give me your heat exchanger outlet temperatures, please.
01 27 24	P	Roger. I've got 50 [degrees] on the cabin, and 50 [degrees] on the suit.
01 27 31	CC	Roger. Are you comfortable?
01 27 24	P	Roger. Just slightly warmer than absolutely ideal, but well within a very comfortable range. My suit inlet temperature is 58 degrees. Over.
01 27 43	CC	Very good. Everything looks good down here. We give you a go for seven more.
01 27 48	CC	We are giving you a go for seven orbits.
01 27 51	P	Roger, for 30 how many?
01 27 55	CC	As many as you want.
01 27 56	P	Ha, ha! Roger.
01 27 58	CC	And Gemini sends you their regards.
01 28 03	P	Roger. Thank you.
01 28 08	CC	Will you give me a short report?
01 28 12	P	Roger. It's great.
01 28 19	CC	That's good enough.
01 28 22	P	It's pretty hard to describe, but it really is. I've seen the haze layer that Wally talked about, and I've seen John's fireflies, saw the lights of Perth, and it's been quite a full night. Quite impressive. Everything appears very nominal on board here.
01 28 40	CC	How was the sunrise?
01 28 42	P	Quite impressive.
01 28 49	P	Everything seems very nominal on board here.
01 28 53	CC	Excellent.
01 29 11	P	How's the fishing?

Cape Canaveral (Second Pass)

Time	Coms	Transcript
01 33 50	CC	Faith Seven, Cape Cap Com.
01 33 52	P	Roger, Cape Cap Com. Faith Seven here.
01 33 55	CC	Roger. You look real good. I'm going to send you a T/M command.
01 33 59	P	Roger.
01 34 05	CC	I will wait for your TV camera.
01 34 08	P	Roger.
01 34 14	CC	Gordo, could you give me a readout on your H2O2 pressures, please?
01 34 20	P	Pressure?
01 34 22	CC	Pressure.
01 34 23	P	I have 475 [psi] auto and I have 490 [psi] in manual.
01 34 29	CC	Roger. You're getting kind of chinchy on this fuel up there.
01 34 32	P	Roger. FQI [fuel quantity indicator]: I'm indicating 101 [percent] on auto and 102 [percent] on manual.
01 34 41	CC	You son-of-a-gun, I haven't got anything to talk about.
01 34 42	P	Ha, ha, ha!
01 34 46	CC	How's your H2O separator lights working?
01 34 51	P	Fine. They're just beating their little hearts out every 10 minutes.
01 35 00	Stony	Faith Seven, this is Stony. Maybe, maybe the FQI is stuck. Why don't you try the hammer?
01 35 07	P	Ha, ha! I'll save that for later. I'm thinking of using the hammer on the dome temp, however. On the dome temp light.
01 35 20	CC	We're starting to pick a picture up now. You look pretty casual.
01 35 27	P	Oh, I am.
01 35 41	CC	Do you want to do your KK experiment over us, please?
01 35 45	P	Roger. Opening the KK clamp.
01 35 52	CC	Roger.
01 36 42	P	Roger. I'm getting ready to power down.
01 36 46	CC	Roger. I would like to have you open up your TV about one stop.
01 36 51	P	Roger. Is that any better? It's already wide open.
01 37 08	CC	Roger. I still see that fly on your nose.
01 37 13	P	Ha, ha, ha!
01 37 17	CC	Okay, Gordo. I guess you can shut your power down.
01 37 19	P	Roger. Going to fly-by-wire low. On fly-by-wire low.
01 37 22	CC	Roger.
01 37 30	P	Going to fly-by-wire low. Going to gyros caged, and they caged just as advertised. And ASCS a-c bus off.
01 37 50	CC	Roger. Checking volts down, and amps down.
01 37 54	P	Roger.
01 38 28	P	*Apparently the heat exchanger dome temps have stabilized pretty well now.
01 38 36	CC	Roger. It takes quite a while to get a grasp on it.
01 38 38	P	Roger.
01 38 43	CC	Before LOS, don't forget your TV camera. We're still reading you very well now.
01 38 50	P	Roger.
01 39 01	CC	The other item to check is your tape recorder on program.
01 39 05	P	Roger. Tape recorder going to program.
01 39 08	CC	You are program.
01 39 10	P	Are you still receiving the TV picture?
01 39 13	CC	That's affirm.
01 39 19	P	Roger. I'll hold. Turning it off for a moment.
01 39 21	CC	Okay.
01 39 30	P	Mode select switches to off.
01 39 33	CC	Roger. Mode, off.
01 39 35	P	Manual fuel is off.
01 39 38	CC	Manual off.
01 39 44	CC	Frank [Samonski] says you can stop holding your breath any time and use some oxygen if you'd like.
01 39 49	P	Okay. You set such a good example; I've got to equal you here.
01 40 01	CC	Yeah, you son-of-a-gun. I'm still higher and faster, but I have an idea you're gonna go farther.
01 40 09	P	Al, what is my apogee height?
01 40 15	CC	It's about 146 nautical [miles].
01 40 19	P	Roger.
01 40 20	CC	You can kill your TV, Gordo.
01 40 22	P	Roger, TV off.
01 40 24	CC	Roger. And put your C-band to ground command.
01 40 31	P	Roger. C-band's on ground command. S-band's on ground command.
01 40 37	CC	Roger.
01 40 40	P	Recorder on program; I'm leaving telemetry on continuous.
01 40 50	CC	All of our monitors down here are overjoyed. Everything looks beautiful.
01 40 54	P	Very good. Looks mighty good up here, too.
01 41 02	CC	There's LOS on your T/M. Bermuda may have picked up, but I don't think they'll discover anything we haven't.
01 41 09	P	Roger.
01 41 43	CC	Faith Seven. This is Sigma Seven. Do you read?
01 41 46	P	Roger. Sigma Seven. Faith Seven reading you loud and clear.
01 41 49	CC	Roger. We have no messages for you. We'll let you have some quiet time. Have a good ball.
01 41 54	P	Roger. Thank you.
01 42 03	P	Might tell Bob Graham I've found a couple of those items that we were discussing. I can see the smudge layer on the window that Wally was discussing. It looks just like road grease splashed on a car. It also has spreckledy, streakedy, dots on it, smudged in with it. The smudge - the added smudges - run length of the window. Closing my visor now at 01 44 38.

Canary Islands (Second Pass)

Time	Coms	Transcript
01 48 26	CC	Faith Seven, this is Canary Cap Com. We have T/M solid, all systems look green. Over.
01 48 35	P	Roger, Canary Cap Com. I'm turning TV on here for you.
01 48 41	CC	Roger.
01 48 45	P	All systems are green here.
01 48 48	CC	Roger. Your [contingency recovery area] 2-Bravo [retrosequence] time is nominal.
01 48 52	P	Roger. Nominal, thank you.
01 50 19	CC	Faith Seven, this is Canary Cap Com. We're having T/M LOS. Turn off your TV. Over.
01 50 26	P	TV control to off.
01 50 28	CC	Roger.
01 50 38	P	Drifting now; I was upside down in roll attitude. Just passed over Canaries. Everything appears nominal.
01 51 09	P	I'm now receiving a Z and R cal apparently from program.
01 52 22	P	*Coming in over the coast of Africa. It's very clear here; no clouds, no haze. I'm drifting through an ideal location here. I'll try and snap off the 16 millimeter. Just took a 16-millimeter blurb coming over the Atlas Mountains in Africa. Coming over the coast. It's very dry, very clear over Africa. I'm drifting window down, ideal attitude. I'm now increasing my suit flow by just a hair. I'm opening my visor now. Cabin still appears drier than the suit. Apparently suit is running a little moist, although it doesn't feel it at all. Had six or seven large sips of water from the drinking-water container. I have put a little liquid into this little experimental ball and find that the liquid adheres to the surface just near as good as it should. Try a little bit more later on here.

Kano (Second Pass)

Time	Coms	Transcript
01 55 02	CC	Kano, has solid T/M.
01 55 09	P	Roger, Kano, Faith Seven. Everything's nominal here.
01 55 14	CC	Faith Seven, this is Kano Cap Com. Everything looks nominal on the ground. Have a good trip.
01 55 19	P	Roger. Thank you very much.
02 00 36	P	*At 2 hours, recording light is on; so I'll slip something on the tape. All systems appear nominal. My ... cabin dome temp is 48 degrees; suit temp is about 56 degrees. Oxygen is still on the top peg on both systems. So is the fuel. Cabin temp, 98 [degrees]. ... 2 hours and 3 minutes ... 2 hours and 4 minutes. MARK [Unreadable]T. Rate indicators are on, and I am drifting at this point; I have left roll rate of about half a degree/sec. I have a pitch down rate of about one-quarter of a degree/sec and a right yaw rate of about one-half of a degree, and relatively constant. They're all considerably different than nominal. I don't feel that it's worth going into all the settings. I think the dome temp is the important thing.

Zanzibar (Second Pass)

Time	Coms	Transcript
02 05 20	CC	Faith Seven, Zanzibar Cap Com.
02 05 23	P	Roger, Zanzibar. Faith Seven reading you loud and clear.
02 05 26	CC	Reading you loud and clear, also. I have your [contingency recovery area] 2-B [retrosequence] time. It is nominal. Do you need it?
02 05 34	P	Negative, I have it. Understand nominal.
02 05 37	CC	That is affirmative. Would you give me readout of your cabin heat exchanger dome temperature?
02 05 45	P	Roger. It is sitting on 40 [degrees]. It has just gone down here; It's bobbing around, and I am decreasing my flow to it.
02 05 54	CC	Roger.
02 06 02	CC	Can you give me fuel and oxygen readouts, please?
02 06 06	P	Roger. I am still indicating 101 percent on auto, 102 percent on manual. I'm reading 196 percent on primary oxygen, and 100 percent on secondary. Over.
02 06 22	CC	Roger.
02 06 28	CC	How do you feel about this heat situation?
02 06 34	P	What, the heat exchanger?
02 06 35	CC	No, how is your comfort?
02 06 38	P	Roger. My comfort is good.
02 06 43	CC	Your comfort is good.
02 06 44	P	That's affirmative.
02 06 54	P	My cabin heat exchanger [dome temperature] is easing back up now to about 42 [degrees]. Slowly coming back up.
02 07 00	CC	Roger.
02 07 02	P	I have about 42 [degrees], and it's coming back up slowly now.
02 07 05	CC	Roger.
02 07 07	P	... dome temp.
02 07 08	CC	T/M confirms your systems go. Your clock is in sync.
02 07 14	P	Roger.
02 07 23	CC	T/M indicates you are getting a rise in your cabin [heat exchanger] dome temperature, also.
02 07 29	P	Roger.
02 09 12	CC	Faith