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POSTLAUNCH REPORTFORMERCURY-REDSTONE NO. 3 (Mn-a) [

NASA

Project

Mercury

Working

Paper

No.

192

Editors:

Jerome Norman

B. Hammack, F. Smittl

Senior

Editor

J. D. Hodge Major Donald K. Stayton Dr. William Augerson Paul C. Donnelly

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Walter Associate

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Robelt' R. Gllruth Director NATIONAL AERONAUTICS SPACE Langley June AND TASK Field, 16, SPACE GROUP Va. 1961 ADMINISTRATION

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FIGURE

7.3-2

PILOT

VOICE DURATION SECONDS 3

COMMUNICATIONS

DURING

MR-3

FLIGHT

NUMBER 1

TIME MIN:SEC 00:02.3

VOICE Ahh, clock Roger; lift-off is started reading you and the

2 3

00:08.3 00:25.5

2 8.5

Yes sir, clear This is fuel is 14 psi, Freedom

loud

and The at

Freedom Seven. go, 1.2 g, cabin oxygen is go Seven is still is and

4 5

00:48.5 00:58.5

2.5 8.5

go go, the

This is Seven. Fuel 1.8 g, 8 psi cabin, oxygen is go Cabin 5.5. pressure Cabin is holding

01:21.5

2.6

holding at at 5.5

01:33

10

Fuel is go, 2.5 g, cabin 5.5, oxygen is go, the main bus 24, and the isolated battery is 29 Okay, A lot it's a smoother lot smoother is go, go, all 4 now. g,

8 9

01:50.5 02i0i

3 9

Seven here. 5.5 cabin, systems go 5 g

Fuel oxygen

l0 11 12 13 14

02:15 02:22 02:27.5 02:32.5 02:35.5

1.5 2.5 1.5 2 6

Cut-off. Disarm Capsule

Tower

jettison

green

separation coming has

is

green out and started

Periscope is the turn-around ASCS Control is okay

15 16

02:50 02:53.5

3 2.5

movements

73

FIGURE NUMBER 17 18 19 20

5.3-2

(Cont'd) DURATION SECONDS 4.5 2.5 4.5 5 Okay, Pitch Switching Yaw is manual Roll On the beautiful is okay. roll okay periscope. view What a switching is okay to manual Switching yaw to

TIME MIN: SEC 03:04 03:21 03:24 03:42

VOICE to manual pitch

21 22

03:55.5 03:59.5

2.5 4.5

23

04:05.5

9.5

Cloud cover over Florida. 3 to 4 tenths near the eastern coast. Obscured up to Hatteras I can Identify Identify Start attitude Control Retro Retro Retro All see Okeechobee. Andros Island the Reefs Retro-

24

04:20.5

8.5

25

04:44.5

retro-sequence. on green is one, two three smooth very smooth

26 27 28 29 30 31

04:56.5 05:13 05:16.5 05:23.5 05:31 05:35

2.5 3 1.5 2.5 2.5 6

three

retros Three retros Retro-jettison

are

fired have is back

Okay. fired. to arm.

33 34 32

05:55 06:11 05:45.5

3 2.5 1.5 74

Switching

to

fly-by-wire

Roll is okay Negative

FIGURE

7.3-2

(Cont'd) DURATION SECONDS 4.5 6 Roger_ do not

NUMBER 35 36

TIME MIN:SEC 06:16.5 06:25

VOICE have a light

I do not have a light. I see the straps falling away. I heard a noise. I will use override Override green Ahh, Roger is retracting Going to reused, the ligh_ is

37

06:30.5

38 39 40

06:36_5 06:44.5 06:49

2 2 4.5

Periscope

I'm on FBW. entry at{itude Okay, attitude, normal ASCS Buster.

41

07:04.5

Re-entry switching to

ASCS

42 43 44

07:14 07:25 07:39

2 3

is

okay HF for radio check you lou_ How me? _ and Seven 9

Switching

Ahh, Roger, reading and clear HF, Deke, Ahh, clear 3 7.5 4 2 2 4 Okay. "G" Okay Okay Okay This is Seven Okay

45 46 47 48 49 50 51

07:48 08:04 08:10 08:21 08:27.5 08:36.5 08:44

Reading you %oud HF, How me? _ This build-up Okay is 3, Freedom 6,

1HF

was

not

received. 75

FIGURE

7.3-2

(Cont'd) DURATION SECONDS 3 1.5 4 2 2 6 45,000 40,000 I'm 35,000 30,000 back feet feet reading How me? feet feet on ASCS

NUMBER 52 53 54 55 56 57

TIME MIN:SEC O8:51 08:56 08:58 09:05 09:14 09:20

VOICE now

Ahh, Roger, Deke, you loud and clear. Ahh, Roger

58 59

09:35 09:39

1 6

The drogue is The periscope drogue is out. Okay at drogue got 70 percent percent manual. still okay

green at is out.

21,000. The

60

09:48

deploy. I've auto - 90 Oxygen is

61

10:02

And the snorkels about 15,000 feet Emergency Standing Main Main on chute flow by green is reefed for rate

(out)

at

62 63 64 65 66

10:06 10:08 10:15 10:18 10:22

2 2 2 2 4

is

on

main

Main chute is green. Main chute is coming unreefed and it looks good Main chute of descent 35 ft/sec. is is good. reading Rate about

67

10:28

68

10:40

2 76

Hello Cap Com. How do you read?

Freedom

Seven

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FICUP7.3-2 (Cont'd> TIME UP TION

NUMBER 69 MIN:SEC 10:55 SECONDS 3 Hello CARDFILE Freedom Seven. VOICE 23, this Do you is read?

, , 70 11:03 14

Affirmative Indian Cap Com, let me give you a report. I'm at 7,000 feet, the main chute is good, the landing bag is on green, my peroxide has dumped, my condition is good That relay is affirmative -please

71 ' 72

11:29

12:36

Hello CARDFILE Freedom Seven.

23, CARDFILE Over.

23,

73

12:49

13

Ahh, this is Seven. Relay back to Cap Com please. My altitude now 4,000 feet, condition as before, the main chute is good, the landing bag has deployed, the peroxide has dumped Ahh, Seven CARDFILE 23, Freedom

74

14:03

75

14:09

I'm about 1,500 feet now. The main chute still looks good. The rate of descent is indicating 30 ft/sec. Ahh, This Roger is Seven. Go ahead my

76 77 78

14:52 14:59 15:05

I 3 4

Negative. condition I'm getting impact (Landing)

Just relaying is still good. ready for

15:22

77