about 4:30
They did n't talk much , and keenly felt the terrible frustration of their enforced silence on the ship-to-shore . They heard several more news reports and several analyses of the news , but nothing new was added throughout the night . The radio only reiterated that the ejection unit had been recovered , that hope had faded for Joy 's survival and that the chamber was to be opened in the morning as soon as scientists had convened in Washington . * * * * * Dawn , long in coming , broke about 4:30 . With the lifting of the dark , the sun spots which interfered with radio reception miraculously lifted also . Bill and Carol sat next to the ship-to-shore and turned it on . This time they heard the reassuring hum of the transmitter , not drowned out by the awful static of the night before .