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First Steps into Space: Projects Mercury and Gemini
(C) AN INTERMITTENT INDICATION THAT THE LANDING BAG
WAS DEPLOYED WAS EVIDENT FROM CAPSULE INSTUMENTATION, AND
THE STATUS OF THE LANDING BAG COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. THIS
PROBLEM RESULTED IN A DECISION TO REENTER WITHOUT JETTISONING
THE RETROROCKET PACKAGE. EXTENSIVE EVALUATION OF CAPSULE [6]
SYSTEMS DATA WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONFIRM THE EXISTENCE AND
ESTABLISH THE NATURE OF THE INDICATED MALFUNCTIONS.
8.0 ASTRONAUT PERFORMANCE
ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN PERFORMED WELL AND REPORTED
FEELING WELL THOUGHOUT THE MISSION. NORMAL VALUES OF HEART
RATE, RESPIRATION RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE WERE REPORTED
BY THE [7] MONITORING STATIONS FOR MOST OF THE FLIGHT. ALL
PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS OPERATED PROPERLY AND DATA WERE OF
GOOD QUALITY.
9.0 THE MONITORING OF THE FLIGHT FROM TELEMETRY AND AIR/
GROUND
VOICE INFORMATION WAS EXCELLENT, PROVIDING THE MERCURY
CONTROL CENTER WITH ALL THE INFORMATION REQUIRED TO GIVE
THE PILOT TECHNICAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE. DURING ALL PHASES
OF THE FLIGHT THE FLOW OF DATA TO AND FROM THE NETWORK
SITES AND THE CONTROL CENTER WAS RAPID AND ADEQUATE, SO THAT
BOTH GROUND PERSONNEL AND FLIGHT CREW WERE CONTINUALLY
IN AGREEMENT AS TO STATUS OF TRAJECTORY, CAPSULE, SYSTEMS,
AND PILOT. OF PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE IN PROVIDING REAL TIME
INFORMATION TO THE CONTROL CENTER WAS THE RELAYING OF AIR/