In the 48 minutes of each orbit when he was out of radio contact with the Earth while Columbia passed round the far side of the Moon, the feeling he reported was not fear or loneliness, but rather "awareness, anticipation, satisfaction, confidence, almost exultation".
ɪnðə fˈoːɹɾi ˈeɪt mˈɪnɪts ʌv ˈiːtʃ ˈɔːɹbɪt wɛn hiː wʌz ˌaʊɾəv ɹˈeɪdɪˌoʊ kˈɑːntækt wɪððɪ ˈɜːθ wˌaɪl kəlˈʌmbiə pˈæst ɹˈaʊnd ðə fˈɑːɹ sˈaɪd ʌvðə mˈuːn, ðə fˈiːlɪŋ hiː ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻd wʌz nˌɑːt fˈɪɹ ɔːɹ lˈoʊnlinəs, bˌʌt ɹˈæðɚ "ɐwˈɛɹnəs, æntˈɪsɪpˈeɪʃən, sˌæɾɪsfˈækʃən, kˈɑːnfɪdəns, ˈɔːlmoʊst ɛɡzəltˈeɪʃən".