European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 3 Irp enter meets fhe press space easy As a bus ride9 to roster off Spac Cryor Lofas easy space acted any idea tliat1 he Waso fused on the he acknowledge with the1 Many the sights pm Vai officer apologized end of inv Mosston tuesday we lie vanished or Lutcs and was found life raft in the Fer shoot Puzzle he could not explain mixed the Aurora 7, space Corbit. If my opinion is Worth no to you 1 would say this True. I was or occupied. The. Third orbit South of Micro worn six filings at onto \ Ter said he was trying Tomedy for the Retro rocket firing Bee. He was looking for the bes which astronaut John . Reported during hts night last feb-20. He Wang the Aurora to attitude gluon in which it was soaring " space. And he was trying graph tie Sunrise report that Jie May have3, or possibly confused an official tracking i Fenter said in answer t his jumping ace., to i t enter was presented wished f service medal a aeronautics and and. Then d Teu his h saying he was r explained i Here were so Many things to do that l at time some tilings would slip. The automatic control system that electronically senses and re positions the spacecraft was acting up from the first orbit on he said. A tither problem was the lows a a state. Carpenter Sald bit be cause he was anxious to do All tie experiments and perhaps a Lille jump Bulent r he contributed Totie problem he continued a the fuel Supply was not in tilt of Tib capsule Only the fault of n. Impatient Man Carpenter acknowledged that he noticed the problem1/? improper operation of the control system of his capsule at the beginning of the first orbit but the lit did t concern Hin at the nie.,he referred a number of times to the tasks he had to perform an the amount of Allenton he had to devote to the control problem in speaking of the control sys tem problem Carpenter sold "1 did not a Aly. It through Lien my of tie press of Tho other it ins we wanted to Saccom Plumi on turning to other subjects car Penter said thai when weightless Ness first occurred he had a temporary feeling of floating Felt that l something wifi not he realized la s impression Camo from the fact hews weightless and from thai Point on the flight was easier. Xxx by function Iii the capsule is Jailer because nothing Buswel Erht it was the Only time i Wui comfortable in 4 he restrictive suit he also no led that silence de Sueji Dkl suddenly As soon As the capsule and rocket said that with his Liand Cir Rich camera lie got pictures of1he so called space fireflies. He said that on the third orbit approaching Hawaii he accidentally trapped the Wall o the capsule and a Shower of part Clos appeared a tremendous Cloud of before that he i. And seen particles not Only at each Sunrise but at each Sunset and throughout each orbit he said it seemed to him the capsule must beco in to by Frost rap on the Wair would Knock the pal Ricles off. During weightlessness econ ducted some movements with both his eyes closed and open and was Happy to report no bail effects through capsule drifted for some time during his Orbital Mission. Carpenter allowed the capsule to Drift without Contro and said i can guarantee Drifting flight offers no problem.1 he also asserted he brought Back Good information dealing with intensity measurements Ofsars. Among other things he gathered data on the Haze layer first noted by Glenn and he clocked the time it took to pass through Tho layer As Well As other data on the Phenomena. The Haze layer he sold extends 3go degrees around the general he said Glenn s flight and his follow up voyage provides two reference Points on the study of the various Phenomena. His flight1 confirmed mine landmine confirms Lite cur Ion Tor Sui let. We have a much More solid background now As for hire entry into the atmosphere he described it As very easy. There. Was to and afr i Tbs in Tho water the boat in the capsule rend 103."the Only Ouier problem was the suit temperature control he about in hour and n half Tho report from the ground that my body temper Tiric was 102. I Don t believe this. This May Hove been due to being nimble to control the ult. 1 finally found n setting and the tem pc Acturo responded pros july after wards. What i m trying to say is that there were mistakes and i m glad because we Vel amid a great Deal. Concerning the stabilizing Para Chute he said the reason for operating tic Drogue Chute Manu ally was because i was feel ing oscillations of the capsule. Punched the a Royric at 2fl,Floo feet it normally comes out automatically at 21,000. Tie main Chute normally goes at 10,000. I wanted mid vet Ami when it did t r be i punched i manually fit 9,500. When he landed in the Atlantic 250 Miles beyond his target he saw some Drois of water on the face of the tape recorder near his feet. That fuel and Glenn s report of a hot Cabin temperature let i int i the decision to Ocil through the neck of the capsule. Raft inverted he got his raft into the water and four i h who upside Down. He could t find Iny of the equipment but he turned it Over set up his radio Beacon and Timon relaxed mandate and Dronk a lot of water. He said he Stew he Tilting navyp2v plane and waved. Then Thorf were of her phys an i then All Ofa sudden the Fri was a Man falling to him Fiona the water. Ii was i lie fir to paramedic Anil he Lind not soon him Parachute Down pretty soon no the r Panunto dicer Onrod and they were a party of Throe Tho cup mile lie said the flotation Collar attached by the paramedics solved that prob Lem. Then came Ilie helicopters fro the Carrier intrepid. Carpenter Liati taken lie camera out of the in Pule with him to save it from pelting wet and left it on top of the recovery Nurt of then Suie now lie Hod to fro Back to get it he said. He grabbed the camera and put on he Collar lowered rom the helicopter and waited for theline to Sci taut so he would not step off and fall into the water and get the in Infra but something happened to said. Either the helicopter dropped or the Man operating the line pushed the Down Button. At any rate. Carpenter went Down into the water. There is a Short time when nil that could be seen of me was a hum in the water with n in ingrain it Carpenter said. He Learned later thai despite his efforts the film and gotten wet but Tho pictures came out Okay. Confetti released asked about the confetti the tiny circular plastic disks released when a towed balloon was inflated car nobler said they became in visible shortly after deployment with regard to the concern Felt Over his safely during the flight Carpenter said he wanted to apolo Gize for worrying the people in the control Center and others. The problem who communications my status was Good through out he commented. To an observation that his account made the flight seem like bus ride Carpenter said in Many respects it was a easy As Abus he said that aside from the fail ure to in pc others understand that he was All right the capsule worked beautifully. After the customary communications blackout during the i Venn was Loo far Awny for inv the control Center. However he still continued to receive radio broadcasts 1 though lie could not reach the Mercury network i. /. Asked about. His cookies Crum bling Carpenter Saiid "ve.s, j the cookie to i l find the Mirty earlier in the talking of the Tay or of glowing Haze around the a Irth. Carpenter said lie took Pic Tures with special film through a special filter and we Hope Toi Cairn from it about lunar rockets.". "1 understand this film turned out Well and if True we a vip taken another Large step in learning More about i Ace s us his pictures of the Sun rises and sunsets should be very Good although. They will Havethe realism of the sights he saw. The. Astronaut added that unlike sunsets on the Earth no. Two of which Are alike it is Bis belief that every Sunset seen from space is. With rept a to the firefly Liko pall clips in of Picicc it Sui that when he first saw Ithem he. Thought they glowed. Witly their own. Light. site ii in arc. I. Believe that is not. True lie sail they look Elk Siou Mill inf a t Iii Sli in an i currents. He snid Ioir Moye Mehl is ran Dom Anil they arc More Brilliant Titan star.". 1 Cloud of particles at the end of the third orbit Hough of Hii Wah he Happ Enert to a e a particularly. Bright and larger particle. He1reactedfor his Phoulom pts a to get a Reading and his hand hit tie Hatch. A Troni Emilous Cloudo parti passed by to Etc he i took tin photometer and nipped the Vii urn a. Each time aloud of Peri Iclet s inti wild Fly out. Some Ere it Irke some Small Saint i Rukhl some i could hit the Wip sule any where and Thi so Sparks to n us Fly . A 0 Carprnter described How he had difficulty1 with a Washer that go Loose in the capsule. The Washer floated past his face he plucked it out of the air and put it inthe Glove Corn part Merit. Several times after that u Man aged to find us Way out of the Glove compartment and go float ing around again., Ono Carpenter stud i stayed right before my fic for a very i on period " " the astronaut said that prior to lie flight h weighed 154 pounds. In his first pos flight examination he weighed in at 147.early in the news conference Carpenter said hts capsule per formed like a i a i throughout. He. Acknowledged there were some exceptions to this As for the balloon he tossed to test drag and conduct visibility experiments he said it deploy Edall right but did hot inflate properly.--.-, a it inflated Only partially into an Odd shape a i cinch sphere wit two a rec cars on either Side in of Ciul of a 30-Inch sphere. Balloon motions motions of the balloon were ran Dom not Oscillatory As predicted. It trailed out to the Ehul of the100-foot Nylon Tow Cord much More slowly and loops in Tho Tow Lino would remain As Longas 10 to 15 minutes. The loops were random and when the balloon rame to the end of theline it would Bounce Back and the line would wrap around itself again. Carpenter said the balloon Experiment was largely a Success even though it did not Jettison properly in the third orbit As had been planned. Unable to Cut it Loose he saw it pass the window shortly before he fired the Retro rockets. Even so. The balloon Wasno problem when he entered the atmosphere. He added he believed he got measurements from a tensiometer us to the drag on the Bat Loon. He said he found no difference Between visibility in space and on Earth. As for depth perception he snid that in space there is Noc Munifo in your ability to perceive at one stage from about100 Miles up he looked Down and saw four different layers of Clouds. He cited this is evidence of the ease of depth perception. Puff of smoke at one Point in his flight a put of smoke appeared unexpectedly in the capsule Over his left shoulder he said it smelted something like hot Copper and that it disappeared almost immediately. The astronaut said the Atla which bracketed him into orbit Norfo Niril As Hose to perfect Ashe have kor Carpenter Stifil the prelaunch countdown and preparations were Complete without any concern Only he Ioctl that had it not Bee for a. Hane generated by swamp fires in the Everglades Hig could have been the first . Manned space launch to go through a perfect countdown and go off right on the Button he snid he was the first of this country s four spice pilots to have blasted off tie first time he got into the capsule. Alan b. Shepardjr., Virgil l Grissom and Glenn Al entered their spacecraft Only Mohave their missions postponed to later Days. As for Iii sensations in space a arpent i said i think the most arresting right i saw during the flight was the Sunset or Sunrise. U s a Beauty beyond Carpenter said he believes if a were to see the dark Side of the Earth from the Moon i think it would App ii r is it Bright Blue ring in the sky.1 working astronaut As his news conference opened Carpenter said what you Are about to Bear is a report of n working astronaut to the people of the nation who paid for his flight and for whom the flight was said he Felt no tension waiting to his Aurora 7 spacecraft top the tall Atlas Booster during the final minutes of the count Down. The launch was much Cosier than t had own. Led to believe he said. I might add that the five minutes during the launch was the fastest five minutes i be Ever experienced and the five hours of the flight were Tho fastest five hours i be Ever he said the first time he saw his escape Tower after it had been jettisoned it was travelling so fast it already is two or three mites of War from his capsule right on the horizon. He said the sustainer rocket Othis Atlas Cut off on schedule and the turn a round of his capsule was a Grant thrill largely because he turned it manually rather than Ltd automatic controls it was thrill
