Flight Controller: Launch commit lights are correct at this time
Minus 10 seconds. Mark.
CAPCOM: Infinity 7, how do you read?
Four plus three zero. My status is good.
John you were right, this thing can really move.
CAPCOM: Roger. You're looking right on the money, Seven.
Roger. My oxygen and fuel are go. Power is go at 25 amps.
CAPCOM: Roger, understand.
Astronaut: Tower sep is green!
CAPCOM: Roger, Infinity 7, understand--- (STATIC)
Uh, still reading you. You're breaking up a little bit.
CAPCOM: Infinity 7, 20 seconds to SECO.
Picking you up much better on the Bermuda antennas.
CAPCOM: Roger. Hold tight, you're about to reach max Gs in a few.
Approaching 8 Gs.
(THUD - SHAKING STOPS)
Okay. Okay...
Okay, we have SECO.
We have capsule sep. Posigrade's fired.
CAPCOM: Roger, you look good down here.
CAPCOM: Infinity 7, Tracking says you’re go for at least 12 orbits.
Roger that.
Turnaround is complete.
I've got the moon in the middle of my window.
It's absolutely incredible.
CAPCOM: Roger.
(CAMERA SHUTTER)
CAPCOM: (DISTORTED) Infinity 7, how-- (STATIC) your rates--
Starting to lose you a little bit...
(HEAVY STATIC)
I do not copy, repeat. Do not copy.
I'll try to catch you when we're over the Grand Canaries.
(RADIO STATIC)
CAPCOM: Infinity 7, this is Grand Canary CAPCOM.
How do you read?
Grand Canary CAPCOM, this is Infinity 7.
Read you loud and clear.
(ELECTRICAL NOISE)
Hmm.
Switching to fly-by-wire for better control.
(ELECTRICAL NOISE)
Hey CAPCOM, I've got a drop in DC volts and amps.
(RELAYS CLICKING)
I've got every red light in the world coming on.
CAPCOM: Is this just instrumentation or are we Looking at a real problem here?
I don't know, but it looks like I may have a complete loss of powe--
(RADIO STATIC)
CAPCOM?
CAPCOM, do you read? I think I lost you a little early.
Switching to UHF to try to get you over Zanzibar.
Zanzibar, this is Infinity 7. Emergency. Do you read?
(FLIPPING SWITCHES)
Do you read? Hawaii do you read?
Anybody do you read? Emergency!
CAPCOM: Infinity 7— (STATIC)— Abort…
CAPCOM: Infinity 7, I say again: Abort!
Copy abort.
(FLIPPING SWITCHES)
Alright, going to try to aim for the secondary landing zone...
6B in the South Pacific.
Securing abort light.
Manual retrograde is armed.
Retrograde in 10 seconds.
I'm not in agreement with my ASCS.
The attitude is all wrong.
Switching back to fly-by-wire.
Retrograde failed. Retrograde is red.
Manually firing retrograde.
Come on. Come on...
Retrograde is no go.
Retrograde is no go!
Retro--
(INHALES DEEPLY)
I guess we're stuck out here.
(SOBBING)
Good as place as any, I guess.
(MELONCOLY MUSIC)
(NO AUDIO)
(ELECTRICAL CRACKLE)
(RELAY CLICKS)
(ENGINES FIRE)
(RATTLING AND SHAKING)
(PARACHUTES OPENING)
(SPLASH)
(OCEAN WAVES)
(BABY COOING)
CAPCOM: Infinity 7?
Infinity 7, do you read??