!

-'-

A_'R TO GROUND _!:

/- _ _ _/i

/

TRANSMISSION

1

-

(liftoff)

(;ap Corn:

Bolts and liftoff.

Grissom:

The clock

Grissom:

There's

1

x

('.apCorn: Roger, Grlssom:

has started.

roll program. roll0

OK your roll

is completed.

(;ap Corn: Roger t roll complete. Grissom:

There goes the pitch.

(;ap Com:

Roger,

Grissom:

Yah, man o

Cap Com:

Plus fifty seconds

Grissom:

Roger

pitch.

You_e

in Mode

on your

way Molly

Brown.

II delay.

Cap Corn: Roger .__=-_: ....

Cabin pressure

Young:

Pressure

holding

relieved

at 60.

at 6.5.

,2ap Corn: 1+_0 Grissom:

RogeA-, Mode

Cap Com'

Roger.

Grissom:

DCS update

Cap Corn: Roger,

II.

received.

update

Cap Com:

We are a little

Gmissom'

OK Molly

Cap Com:

Roger looks

Grissom:

Rogem

Grissom:

o o . update

Cap Corn: Roger,

Brown

bit high

in the flight

plan but no problem

is go for staging.

good from

here.

received

update

Grlssom:

OK there

is staging.

Cap Corn:

Roger,

Grissom:

and we are thrusting.

stage

I i

:

Molly

Brown.

j 4

AIR TO GROUND

TRANSMISSION

2 Cap Corn:

OK thrust

looks good

_-_,_:;z

i assume

Grissom:

OK we are starting

Grissom:

Horizon's

full

from here.

scale attitude

error.

to steer.

about right

in view.

Cap Corn; Roger. Young:

Our G$ is go.

Cap Comg Grissom

Looks

or Young:

Zap Com: Srissom

good from here. ?????

Steering or Young:

is good

frcm here.

777777

Cap Com:

Pretty

big problem

Grissom:

Yah

Cap Com:

Roger Molly

Grissom:

Roger,

Cap Com:

Roger.

Grissom:

OK

Cap Corn:

Stand

Cap Com:

Mark

Grissom:

Good show.

you got there

Brown you are go from here.

Mollv

Brown

Steering

is go.

right down

the old line.

???????7??7 by for my mark

on point

point 8.

Cap Corn: Roger Cap Com_

Roger,

Grissom:

777?7?

Cap Corn:

Roger

Grissom:

??77?

Cap Corn: Roger,

huh

you are ko Molly 30 seconds

farings.

Brown.

8.

AIR TO C_ROUSq]TRANSMISSION

3 Cap Corn: OK faz'ings. Cap Corn:

Do you have the IVIs

Young:

I have 29 now.

Cap Corn: Young_

Roger,

3 down, 7 right

Cap C_:;m: Roger, Young:

and

Cap Corn: Voice:

23 down.

3 down,7rJRht

23 _ft

and 23 aft ok.

Bermuda

command

carrier

Cap Com:

Roger,

Cap Corn:

Molly

Grissom:

Go, Cape.

Cap Corn:

You have an eighty shortly.

Cap Corn:

Roger, new one Alpha 12 seconds.

Youn_:

we have _n e'lghtyseven by125 Brown,

Roger)

1812.

Cap Corn: Roger,

right

CHo Corn: Molly Astronaut: Cap Corn: Astronaut:

Molly

Brogan,

Cape Cap Com.

seven

by 125 orbit

time

is a lapse

and I'll get you one Alpha

time

of 1812.

18 minutes,

fast John. Cape Cap Corn.

Cap Com.

it look

better

from there

than on a ball!stic

flight.

it look bette_

from there

than on a ballistic

flight,

???7777

Cap Corn:

Roger,

Grissom:

It look nice.

Cap Com:

Rog,

Voice:

orbit,

Say again.

Cap Corn: Does Grissom:

Brown,

Go, Cape Does

on.

Canary

How do it look?

Cap Corn) Cape

Flight.

AIR TO GROUND

TRANSMISSION

4 Voice:

Cape

Kraft:

Have you been copyings

Voice:

Affirmative.

k'_aft;

Roger,

Voice:

Roger,

Cap Com: CC:

Canary Kraft:

Canary Kraft: Canary Kraft: Canary Kraft:

Canary Kraft: Canary Kraft:

Cana?y

We have copied

Brown,

Flight°

Go ahead,

It looks like from his burn Cap Com:

he got about 13 feet per second. Actually akout 12.6, of about 15 secords_ You might report that to him.

He got 12 feet per second? He had 15 seconds

of burn.

Cap Corn: Roger. All other Cap Corn:

systems Roger,

look very good.

Suit temperature

The surgeon reported the astronauts All other reports from MCC are GO. Cap Corn: Roger, Stand by to copy Cap Com:

86.

were

both

in good

013147,

roll

left

condition.

understand. 21.

Roger.

Delta V 139 t GMTRC roll right 65.

Canary Cap Com:

Roger.

Canary

Canary

Cap Com:

was 56, cabin

copying.

1555_7_

(Repeated)

Kraft:

by.

of signal).

Cap Com, Cape

Cap Corn:

12,6,

Stand

all the way.

Cape Cap Com_

has LOS (loss

Canary

Cap Corn go ahead.

looks good,

Molly

Bermuda

K_aft_

Flight,

Roger I Canary.

contact.

GETRC

55, GMTRB

160531g

7 AIR TO GROUND

TRANSMISSION 5

Canary:

Roger read you loud and clear° We have your TM solid all systems look good on the ground° I have yo_ 2-? _'me if you are ready to copy. Do you copy "Molly Brown"° Grissom o_

Canary:

Roger, Delta V 153 niner GMTRC 15547, 160531, rollright 65 did you copy°

Canary: Grissom:

"molly Brown"

Canary

Canary:

Request

Canary:

"Molly

Canary:

Cap Corn

Canary:

Roger we are standing

by for your

Canary:

Would you place your

radio switch

Grissom: Canary:

Grissom: Grissom: Canary: Grissom:

Brown:

that you place you__ radio Brown:

Rogeroo_

UHF is still

St_,nd by for new blood Blood pressure

on number

Canary:

to 'the flow position°

by for your UHF Corem check,

UHF Comm_ to the flow position, 2

going down

"Molly Brown" Canary, Cap Com_ be advised on your achieved a 12_6 fro per second° Did you copy. Roger,

15 second

burn

your

understand

I seem to have a pressure Roger,

Do you copy?

pressure°

understand

I_ is very

leakin

my

,o ° beca_ase I get a continaous

that you get a continuous

slight,

"Molly Brown: Canary ready to copy°

yaw le_z_

yaw left.

very slow drift.

Affirmative o

Grissom:

GMTRB

,?Zs_.3m_ g_' ahead°

Kraft:

Canary:

wWitch

Cap Corn We are standing

Ro:gero Did you copy Cape°

Grissom:

55degrees

Cap Como

Canary:

Canary:

roll left

Roger _ "Molly

Canary:

013147,

Cap Corn o.o hack to you.

Canary:

Grissom:

GETRC

Cap Com_

I have your

radiator

temperature

if you are

Roger0 Roger 9 your is. 74_ Hoger9

radiator

off=scaie

outlet

high

Roger _ understand o

temperature

going back

is off-scale

to back

_o,

high.

Radiator

inlet

is

AIR

TO GROUND TRANSMISSION 6

CANARY:

"Molly Brown: , Cap Com. Standby to start your clock at 20 minutes ground elapsed time on my mark. MARK. Did you copy "Molly Brown"?

Grissom:

,,._

Canary:

Be advised

Canary:

received

your blood

pressure_

"Molly

B_own:"

Been advised from the Cape you might put your prop switch a couple of time and it might stop your leak. Did you copy

Grissom:

off and re-cycle "Molly Brown"?

Copy°

Canary:

"Molly

Grissom_

Brown"

Cap

Com.

Do you copy?

Say again.

Canary:

Roger,

Grissom:

can we have your

20 minutes

Canary:

Roger,

Canary:

sea-urchin

time again,

please?

elapsed o

understand°

LOSt

Cape:

"Molly

Grissom: CaRe;

Roger,

Cape:

Cap Com.

"Molly Brown"

bow's your status

Grissom:

lost your

Grissom:

DC to DC.

your circuit

breaker,

Gus, on that.

your

breaker

to Cut off that

Yea, we have_ Have your tried

Grissom: Cape:

primary

Roger. Have your tried

Cape:

on that thruster?

We're still drifting alittle bit, Gordo, it's not bad_ I can hold it with pulse with no problem° We did loose our primary DC to DC convertors. Roger,

Cape:

Brown,

Cap Com,

Grissom:

circuit

... "Molly Brown:"

Grissom: Cape:

we have

I read you OoK. Gordo.

0_K_ How's your

Grissom_

Cap Com_

_

control

system

one eratic

thruster?

AIR TO GROUND

TRANSMISSION 7

Cape:

Roger,

Grissom: Cape:

I'm reading

"Molly

Roger,

Cape:

How's your control "Molly

Grissom: CSQ:

CSQ:

CSQ: CSQ:

CSQ:

"molly

CSQ:

how is your system

Brown:

control

system workirg?

working

fine.

systems

working

yaw to the left.

Would you say again.

fine.

Have a very slight

drift

to the left.

understand. that you are on a secondary

Brown"

DC to DC conver%er?

ACME? Yaw logic.

CSQ, Cap Com0

Brown,

Are you in the flow position

Cape recommends

send a blood

Go ahead,

we are trying

CSQ Cap com. CSQ

pressure

the ACME yaw logic.

the bulb won't

that you place the driver's

Roger_

Molly Brown"

and

oo the radia%or?

CSQ, cap eom.

Roger, unable to hole anymore°

Roger,

Grissom:

Have a very slight

I copy you very weak,

We are on the flow position Switching to yaw logic now°

Roger.

Grissom:

CSQ, Cap Com.

Negative_

CSQ:

CSQ:

also.

Affirmative°

"Molly

Grissom:

you

system s Over.

Are you on secondary

Grissom:

Gordo.

is "Molly Brown"

Would you confirm

Grissom: CSQ:

reading

Molly Brown"

All control

Rogerj

Grissom: CSQ:

Brown"

Control

"Molly

Grissom:

I'm bearly

CSQ, this

Roger,

Grissom:

Brown".

I say, we can't read you,

Capel

CSQ:

but readable

.._

Say again,

Grissom:

you weak,

switch

fit in the plug

to secondary.

o

AIR TO GROUND

TRANSMISSION 8

CSQ: CSQ:

Your inlet tem_ "Molly

Brown"

Grissom:

Go ahead,

CSQ:

have

We

Grissom: CSQ o

we're

Here

CSQ:

On my mark, "Molly

Grissom:

Roger o

CSQ:

"Molly

Grissom:

CSQ_

pressure

bulb won_

or an oral

fit in the hole

is jammd

temp, anymore,

or something.

by for...

Stancby

GMT will

Brown:"

Brown"

for a GMTtime

be 151110

pack.

MARK.

CSQ_

your

Go ahead,

Mark

CSQ CSQ_ mamever

and we have

your oral

Brown_

"this

Loud and clear,

Carnarvon.

Pete_ How me?

Nc% none

of the remedies

helped_

and we're

And the Cape would

to know

go.

Okay, you have a go from down h_e for the second I will send you a 2_1 TR in a Gemini orbit.

Grissom:

All systems

cap com, Do you read?

Read you sam_ Can you give us your status please? if any of the remedies helped your yaw problem

Grissom:

temp.

Roger _

"Molly

Grissom:

CRO:

a blood

We copied your respiratory appear go from the ground.

Grissom:

CRO:

standing

Brown"

Roger,

CSQ:

CRO:

42 degrees

it comes.

"Molly

Crc:

received

I think the "0" ring

CSQ:

CSQ:

temp,

CSQ_

The blood pressure

Roger,

Grissom:

CSQ:

Your outlet

Roger o

Grissom: CSQ:

not

is 76 degrees,

orbit

and if you will

standby

Roger.

Standby for TR_ Okay, "Molly Brown" we got your Gemini load,we could not get TR ino We got a spacecraft reject on TR and it did go in at this time. I would to give you a hack on TR at 3930 in about 10 seconds.

AiR TO GROUND

TRANSMISSIONS 9

CRO:

Standby on my mark_ Mark_ 3_30 for TR0 Your TR clock is synced on the ground and your spacecraft elapse time is synced.

Grissom: CRO:

Roger, Understand you in a minute° appreciate ito

Grissom: CRO:

Coolant

inlettemp

is 72 and radiator

out

word

I have it for you°

loop off

and evaporator

to mormal.

CRO Cap Como

Go ahead° Your Texas burn will

48 feet per second

be 48 feet per secund

for 73 seconds°

for 73 seco_so look good on the ground

and everything

Roger° Brown"

CRO_ Cap Com.

"Molly Brown'

Grissom:

Cape:

Secondary

"Molly

Cape:

Cape:

and 18 seconds

radiator

We got your TR Gemini load in and your clocks is go here° See you next trip.

Grissom: CRO:

50 minute

He's ready to copy.

Roger_

Grissom: CRO:

of the blood

Alright_

"Molly Brown"

Grissom: CRO:

time

Okay, GMT B 154323° Delta V of 139 duration of burn 2 minutes and 39 seconds your GMTRC 15524 roll left 55 GMTRB 164528 roll right 65° GMT 400 °.°155823 vo,,_ _omputer load _.. and "Molly Brown" Cararnon here you can go secondary coo]a_t loop off and you can go evaporator to normal.

Grissom: CRO:

you see the lights of Perth, I will have a rediator status for And anytime you can give me your GMT blood experiment I would

And if John is ready to copy any of this manuever

Grissom: CRO_

The elapsed

of Perth0

I read 50 minutes and 18 seconds your is 38, your looking pretty good_

Grissom: CRO:

Roge_r _ I see the lights

with those

Cape, "Molly

Cap Como Brown"

Go ahead°

Rog=r_ "Molly Brown_ Cape 9 cap Com_ Now we're going to have you leave your propellant switch on and do the Texas burn and we will watch your fuel usage across the States_ if it continues we will have you turn your propellant switches off when you are over the Cape next time_ except when you need to use fuel_ ._ we will leave the propellant switch on for the Texas burn and then watch the depletion° Roger° Leave it on until after the Texas burn and then we will watch your leakage° If it continues to leak we will have you turn them off over the Cape o

_!R TO GROUND

TSANSMZSSION i0

Grissom_ Capet

We can't

Say again9

Cape_,

Ro:_er¢ and Gordo

The primary

Did y,_u say_

Grissom_

o

scanner_

"_Primary scamers"'?

_ffirmative0

Okay°

Grissom_ Cape_

Can you give us a helium

What is your helium

is your

source

sta_:us_ Molly

My status

RKV: Roger

I have

RKV: Confirm Grissom_

is

_ressure?

Brown?

goo We did drain

transmitted

you are in catch

Affirmative°

RKVo: Roger°

a

RKV_ Are you ready to S'Cand by_

Roger,

load for your

upo Oven

We are in

IQll re-transmit

the ECS 02 ....

TR on the Gemini

catch up now_

the loado

RKV_ Roger_ You have a loa_ _ _he catch You are go for the next orbit_ Grissom_ Ro_er0

Grissom_

pmssure?

oo.

RKV_ What Grissom_

source

Say again°

Grissom_

RKV_

You may have failure in there_

Go ahead0

Grissomt

Cape:

Gordo0

Your oxygen your 02 press_,e is off the high side of the scale° had that switch failure in there° You may have had a telemetry that failed off to the high side°

Grissom:

Capet

or not°

Okay_ fine we're not overly cornerned9 its just that we would like to get a handle on what is causing it here. Your o2 pressure is off the scale on the hlgh side by telemetry°

Grissomt Capet

tell if we a_e usi_g any fuel out of this thing

copy your

up for your maneuver°

maneuvertime?

maneuver

over

Ccrp_so

AIR GROUND

TRANSMISSION 11

Grissom_ RKV_

We are

ready to copy_

Roger, you are GMTB, 155700,_ Your grou_d elapsc;d time tobu_n Your Delta V of the burn 048_ the length of burn 01140

Pd

(Sound of breathing)

Carnarvon

has it loud and clear°

o . o

This is Carnarvon_

Grissom_

of 3400 in approximately

TR 3400°

CRO_ Molly _r_>w_, Carnarvono when you ?:t a chance° Grissom:

by for TR mark

Roger°

5_ _

Grissom_

Grissom_:

20.

What's this

Molly Brown,

GMT retro_fire

say again. you gave us?

Say again° What

is the GMT retro=fire

you just gave us?

CRO_ Roger_ the GMTRC is 185723 for a GTTRC 043323° Molly Brown_ Carnarvono Do _:u want the rest of _he quantities_ the Cape said it wasn"t necessary unless you want t_mo Grissom_ CRO_

0 o o

Molly Brown,

this

is Carnarvono L' '=

Grissom_

Go ahead°

CRO_ Cape recommends left 55_ GMTRB 190823 _issom_

CRO_

HAW_

Pete to GT=3o

I_ll see you next

pass next

OK

Hello Molly Brcwn_

Grissom_ HAW_

We got it_ Pete°

_

Grissom_

I give you your backup quantities for GMTRC _il right 85, and GMT _00K 190129°

Hawaii_

Hawaii

Molly Brown°

Cap Com. All ready _o burn°

Rcger give us a hack on your

event

timer.

year.

185723

will

be a z-oli

t

·

AIR-GROUND TRANSMISSION Grissom: HAW:

OiK,_t will be ,::t_?:b!_,_ My m,r!_

Right°

We're right on.

p¢9 c ? ?

,

Hawaii 'h=a _,_i_a_ c_t_ct_

Grissom: . _ . HAW:

Roger and give us a start when you burn°

G_'is:_om:iioger° . o Grissom: HAW:

° o °

That's good.

Grissom:..

. There's 80, 70, 60, 50, u0_ that °= i _

Hawaii command carrier off°

Grissom:

Mark°

End of burn.

HAW:

That's mark end of burn.

HAW:

Give "_ your IVI reading,

Grissom: IlkW:

IVI reads ,..

OK and how did

Grissom: HAW:

.A.ttitu'te OK,

Grissom: HAW:

Right,

and up For two°

your

looked

You looked

Good showo

_ood

attitude right

!_._ok? on plus

on the

. . . indicated

There's the end of burn_

or minus

two ,_r _:_r_;_ _:5?eeSo

ground_ 22 percent_

You got

Twenl:ypercent, right7

Grissom:

No, 22.

HAW:

OK.

RKV:

Moll),Brown, RKV Cap Com.

grissom: RKV:

Mark°

We've got your start of burn.

Grissom:

HAW:

getting ready to fire°

Say again,

Molly Brown, RKV Cap Com,

Grissom: RKV: Grissom:

How do you read?

{leadyou loud and clear RKV,

Roge:r,have you completed your TR-5 check list? Roger,

that

Nell?

,.

AiR GROUND

TRANSMISSION

Page 28 RKV Cap Corn: _1ol.tyBrown, Grissom: RKV:

Roger,

Grissom: RKV:

we confirm

on the ground_

I could feel

sop,

it kick off.

Looks like you had a good

I am over

Roger,

Grissom:

Grissom:

Grlssom: center.

on adapter

Sepo

confirm.

I get a retro,

All rocket

Roger,

Guaymas:

kick-off

_ . o

RKV: Rocket 'i'f_ree,rocket all rocket firing normally?

RKV:

Adapter

.....

Roger0

Grissom_ RKV:

separated.

Coay again.

Grissom: RKV._

The adapter's

RKV,

two _ rocket

fired timely

and attitudets

pass your ZVI readout

Molly Brown.

Guaymas

number

to Guaymas.

Cap Com.

40

Molly

right

Brown_ do you confirm

in the center°

RKV out°

Do you copy?

Roger, the IVI reads to a 331 amps_ 105 right and 4 upo An automatice superfine retrofine do_T.ths llneo

Guaymas:

Roger,

I copy.

Grissom:

Roger,

retropack

Guaymas:

Roger.

Guaymas:

Molly

Grissom:

Go, Itm ready.

Guaymas: it.

Itm prepared

Grissom:

Thattd

Brown,

331 amps,

right

Right

in the

105 down 040

is jettisoned.

Guaymas

Cap Corn°

to give you a TR plus

3 n_inute time _hack if you need

be good.

Guaymas: OK, Now I haw Stand by, Molly Brown.

some

in de[,th times

for reentry_

400 K feet,

19 10 29,

AIR GROUND Guaymas:

Molly

Grissom:

Roger°

Guaymas:

Molly

Guaymas: 1, mark.

Molly Brown, stand by for a TR plus 3 minute Do you copy?

Grissom:

Yes 9 we got it.

Guaymas:

Molly

Brown,

stand by for Texas.

Cap Com:

Molly

Brown,

Cape Cap Com.

Grissom:

Molly

Brown,

here. Go ahead.

Cape: Roger° communications Grissom: Cape:

Brown,

I didn't

in approximately time

hack.

momentarily.

30 seconds. 5, 4, 3, 2,

Your start

of

. . .

read you on that. initial

Brown,

bank angle

I have your

command°

Grissom:

backup

times

on bank angle

Give me

the left

back right

55 degrees

. . . .

Stand by one.

Grissom:

I am hauling

Roger,

Grissom:

to the 60 degrees

lefto

hank left 45.

I mean

10 plus

Grissom:

and times

Coop, go ahead.

Cape: Bank left 45 degrees, bank angle 19 08 17.

Cape:

times

19 01 29,

OK.

Grissom:

Cape;

That's

I'll give you a time hack

I have

I'm getting

Cape: Molly bank angle.

Cape:

my 400 K feet,

I'm getting your bank angle experiment 19 05 14.

Roger.

Grissom: Cape:

Brown, correct

Page 29

TRANSMISSION

54

45. after retro.

Say again,

Coop°

Reverse

bank angle°

- time to reverse

reverse

AIR GAOUND

TRANSMISSION. Page

Cape: Time from retrofire 54 s_conds 0

to reverse

bank angle

__3

is 10 54 _ ten minutes,

Cape_ Cape Cap Com_ Molly Brown_ transmitting communications experiment 0 Over 0

to you in blackout

Capeo° over o

for

Molly Bmown_

Cape Cap Cornt transmittin8

to you for communications

Cape_ Molly Brown_ experiment - over 0

Cape Cap Corns transmitting

to you for communications

Cape_

Molly

Br_own_ Cape Cap Com_ with a 1_ '2_ 3_ 4_ 5_ _g 3_ :2_10

Capa. _

[,!cl!y

Brown_

Cape

Cap

Corn,

with

a

1_

'.?__...'_..._'_ _.,_ t,., ::_" 2,

Cape_ Molly Br:;wn_ Cape Cap Com_ transmitting i, 2_ 3_ 4_ 'z, 4, 3_ 2_ 10 Over_ Cape=

Molly' Brown_

Cape_

Molly

Grissom_

foz

corr, nur, icat

Over°

i o experiment

Cape Cap Corn, with a 1, 2_ 3_ il_ 5_ 4_ 39 2_ !0

Bro_vn, Cape Cap Com_ over,

0 0 0

Cape;.

,.::,pe

Cape_

'_,1 .-i... _;.. kz-c'_'r,_ ara you readin E Cape Cap Corn now°

Cape_

}tell_ dere_

Grissom_ 25 miles

ions

test

':ap

_':._4'0 . ,,_,L,./

Roge'_0 shorto

Br.own_

We copy you iou