European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Pungi 4 the stars and stripes saturday May 18, 1963 like hiding a bus then came the Challenge by John tue Moitre Cape canaveral. Fin. A for some 29 hours astronaut Gordon Cooper was n Mart Wall ing or a chill pure. It enc in the met to . This in the Atory of n relaxed Man a Man who can catch n ent nip a Hundred mlle above the Tarth Between Job and the glory of that Man in Treu. It web indeed n magnificent performance. Ordo was on top of the flight All the time. He Wax acting perfectly As a human com Puter that was the statement of Cooper s fellow astronaut Alan b. Shepard jr., As set inter inthe Glare of a Mem Lar Hafl and tried o put into words Junt what Cooper had done. It Imp finn with a scrub that everyone agreed was n Winfut dress Wrhen Rajil. Than on the next any. Wren Many. Cooper had a perfect Blastoff one of the bust Inu chrs so for n a per Penfro insertion into orbit. Cooper rec act to to Etc his Boot Fortune in stride. He was i Rob Obly the most the most nonce Munnt Man in since tar world hns Hod a Opportunity to Witni a it turned out Hli Dor lord tuft from radioed med tall eld pm a that May have dozed off in his Spizee Craft waiting for beast. Of. Cooper admit Ted n cat Nap on hta second orbit. I Fel Low astronaut i on the ground sup posed might take other Catnap when had nothing to do. Fantilly set pm for j hours Dur ing a pm Nam cd rest period on awoke . It rcom cd almost is Dull it Rnic Hanft Iho bits to go to Workon to n tiny morning. Rut turn it happened. Cooper of Tow it on Inspru Manl in nil. Tim Groen Light wanon indicating his Nance Craft and the of nit emf Deon of Shivlly Forror. Some in r that Shoutd not have hip pred until in was Rcck Torng the Earth s at . And Cooper still and about two Orhlyn of his 22-Orhlt flight it. He reported the trouble to Hawell on his 10th orbit and be Low him n world Ltd network of Man Roc trondle machine and experience looked for the answer. The dec won in five nil Ules Shepard sold later. But there still was Limo and the non on the ground could a hark and be sure. Opium Atlon director Walter c. Williams wild space Icahn finns went into n Han intr. the Dir Riculfy with the Eletr Lenl system and Ting nosed the trouble what the trouble did was limit the Onyx Cooper and to control and to sense the position or nil etude of bin space Craft. It knocked out the Auto Matic control system s Tim full Ai Minim us Gordon Cooper dramatically took the control of i filth 1 spacecraft during the cruel Retro fir and reentry period received comforting words and from two vet Enni of space flight John Glenn and Scott Carpenter. Glenn who pioneered . Or Altal of let Lait rear five Coope instructions on orbit 21 and then the 10-Iewnd countdown to fire hug three revert rockets from hit poet aboard the tracking Phlp coastal sentry Louth of Japan. Ouenan and Confes Wen in t for several minute until pm tuft entered a Coro Ilea Honi blackout created by beat banter ,1 " when Cooper passed through the approximately four minute blackout started conversation with Carpenter at Theka Ual Hawaii nation. Carpen Ter Aleo was forced to use Manu Al control on his three orbit ride Tut year Whan the automatic sys tem failed. Ren is a text of Cooper s con venation with Glenn and car Penter Glenn you re sounding s that checklist Oil com plete Cooper Roger All Complete except for Kulb. Explosive bolts or blowing escape hitch Glen Haw the window attitude Check Okay Cooper Roger. Right on the id of nowt thana the Way. Boy. Okay on procedure Cordo Iii Glt you a a Manta Mark to fore Nora for and the ill give Yon if Means countdown to what Widd mrm Allt be Retro be Futnie. Tua ten of Cherall Juet be a m a a eee end Point. And then � a be Road you Iowa to nor Smitn and at the fir Point to eema n and Tell you to Arm Ejna Kow. Cooper Roger. Tint s Fin. Cooper til be entering now. Re leave the Retro on manual and Iii reenter on i a Roger. Okay. Cooper i m looking for lot of experience on this night Glenn you re Gonna get Tokay. Sixty seconds to Retro sequence. Okay got the beginning of the one smut period in about co seconds Here. . Offer Cooper tic car tap Para to new Yob a moment after Aat Ronau Gordon Cooper bad Hla Sale Landing in the pm Flo Ocean. Mayor Bobert f. Wagnor offend to Welcome him and Hla fellow astronauts to the City with a traditional ticker tape Parade. Cooper Okay. Glenn Oky one minute to go on my Mark. Okay. One minute logo on my Mark. Stand by. Thirty seconds to Retro sequence co that. Cooper Roger. Got it. Glenn Roger. And i la give you Down to the 30-second Point. 10,�. 8, 7. 6, s. 4. 3. A. 1, Retro sequence. Glenn Koity. Your next 10 Sec Ond count will be a countdown to your manual Retro. Over. Cooper Roger. I got Yah a. Glenn 10, 9. 8. 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. 1. Retro ire. Cooper Roger. A Green Here. Glenn Roger How s your attitude old Gordo. Cooper All great Glenn Good show boy. Or a inc. Looked like you come affright on the Money on time. Cooper Roger. 1 think Roger. Real Good. On your next Mark 60 seconds from that Retro you should Jettison Retro. And you la do that Ono manually right Cooper Roger Glenn got any estimate on your attitude hold 7 and any Axuk on How fur you drifted off on Rel Rof no i sure Don to garble could t guess More garble. Glenn Good hit both laughed and off goes Johnny. Glenn Roger. We have you signal. Okay dealer s Choice on re entry. Fly by were manual. What did you say you re coming Back in ? Cooper Roger. 1 think i Ellcome Back in Fly by Werc. Glenn Roger Okay you can hold Retro Altitude now for awhile Here. If you wanted to hold your attitude More close beholding Retro attitude until you get a Little closer to org Gravity or acceleration forces. Your to was 34 08 10 just be Tore you get directed to come up to your Xor re entry . Cooper garble Glenn and you can establish Roll at that time a. Roger. Capo canaveral rate is Ontero. John. Glenn 34 09 19. Over. Thai your Gog time. Cooper Roger garble Glenn it s been a real Fin night Gordo. Beautiful All the Way. Everything. Cooper i thank you. Cape will you turn org fuse switch to Oft Cooper Roger. .05g fuse switching off position. Glenn Roger. Cone control fall i 7. Did you have any Retro Tell Light Indica Tion Glenn lip looks Reu Good. He held it very close very tight. They were Luht on Lime on our Murks Here and it Rome out. They looked Good sounded Good and was Rood. Corp enter Faith t. Hawaii cup com. Say your status. Over. Cooper Roger. Faith 7 garble. Carpenter Roger. Is your altimeter off Peg yet Yea. Its s off the Peg. Carpenters a your Altitude. Cooper garble Carpenter Roger. Understand. Eight five and standing by for Lite Drogue device to limit Yaw it 40.000. You should have tops of Clouds in the recovery area at about .16.000 feel. You have Cloud coverage at 1.soo feel. Waves. Surface wind 15 knots from 065 degree. Standby for your recovery time. Did you copy Cooper garble Carpenter Roger. Faith 7. Say Oral. Your taut. Cooper nothing recorded on tape Carpon or Roger. is out. Cooper 40.000.unlclcmlflpd voice is Drogue deployed Carpenter i think we got an Oral report of Drogue out. Standby. Faith 7. Hawell Cap com. Is your Drogue out at this Lime Cooper garbled Hawaii Okay. Post Drogue checklist follows. Knuckle ring ill 20.000 feel. Cooper garbled Carpenter Landing bag switch o Auto. Recovery Arm switch manual. Fuel Jettison fuse switch no. 1. Fuel Craft Speed handle push on. Roll Yaw Pilch handles push on. Uhf vhf i watch you option. Your ass automatic control system switch should be Oft Obj give ii a status on your fuel dump. Over. Cooper garbled Carpenter Roger. is dumped. Pressure Reg handle should be pulled. Carpenter Faith 7. Say again please. Cooper Good main Chute. Carpenter Roger. Understand Good main Chute. Good show. Rate of descent please. Cooper Landing bag is Green. Carpenter Roger. Understand Landing bag is Green. What is your rate of descent garble Carpenter Row. Every thing looks Good. Preparation for impart. Drone shutoff valve closed. Transfer Hose Dan connect. Wood pleasure Hose do Wonnett. Blo med connector Deon act. Helmet outlet Hose disconnect took Are you staying with me. Cooper Roger. Carpenter garble should be unlocked and open. Temperature probe should be disconnected. Unlock helmet neck ring Seal. Tighten your straps. Lock the shoulder harness. Stand by for Impact. Garble Cape control do you have an recovery aircraft on air to ground now. Carpenter this is Hawaii Cap com. Understand you Are in communication with the recovery air Craft. Is that Correct Cape Roger. Cark Nekr Roger. Well stay with you then. Carrier Kearsarge Hae radio Contact Cor rect. Kearsarge has visual Contact Itea Narge has visual con tact Roger. Fall 7, Hawaii Cap Corn. Kea Narge has visual Contact with you at this time. Over. Garble Carpenter fall 7. Hawaii Caucom. Say your no allude. Cooper Roger. 12.000 feet Cor Penler Roger. 12.000. Your pm flight Check is Complete. I that Correct Cooper Roger. Check is Complete. Garble unidentified voice spacecrafts about five Miles away. Wind is Southwest at about 12 knots. The successful pickup followed. Could Usi in for Lamping Down the Ali Ildi Ruffi cts on the space in Tel it Ali Rcd the denser at mob Fri a. But it could l be used nor Rould the position instr mrnes for the critical Job of con troll or the a me ital s position when the a Claro or slow Down Rock Els fired Pippiin Story Lola space Iii frs a lunch to North. Later As this problem a Proncy ctr solution More trouble appeared. The inverter which changes direct current to alternating current to run the Auto in tic system failed a Back up inverter was pressed into serv ice. But it. Too failed. No one knows Why. So Cooper had to do the whole Job himself. He had to use Manu it Means All hip Way to Earth for almost every Job firing the slow Down rockets controlling the spacecraft position jettisoning this Penl Retro rockets and did it Well. Of position uld fellow astronaut it. Glenn or. Who talked non Down through the Early reentry. Glenn counted out the alow Doft rocket countdown for him Tad monitored the petition by a Mew from the Pacific Ocean ship coastal sentry. Cooper and to rely on Marks on his window lining them up with references such As the Earth horizon to set his hellcat poll lion. The Landing was Beautiful about 4 Miles from the prime Reco Vacy Carrier Kearsarge. Robert r. Gilruth. Director of the manned space flight Center called the automatic system which Cooper lost the Chimp mod. It was built into the system because of Early flights with chimpanzees said to brine them and the spacecraft Down to Earth safely and automatically. It is very accurate when u to working held. But added some of us old air plane people had Confidence n the human race and put in a Way for a Man to override the automatic system and land the spacecraft was the first flight agreed operations director Williams where the Man was absolutely essential. If Cooper had not been a Leto perform the Landing task. If Fie had been unconscious would be still in orbit. A utopian pm is Doway t. With. Uia m Manv aka n sin Lenl Ahi in Iho Laho h., a. 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