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Gemini VII Air-to-Ground Transcript Volume I: 5011500_VolumeI

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This is Volume I of III of the Gemini VII voice communications transcript, covering pages 1 to 337 and marked Confidential. It records air-to-ground, ground-to-air and on-board exchanges beginning at lift-off. Early passages cover staging, orbit insertion and stationkeeping with the booster, which the crew reports is venting heavily, and they photograph it. Later passages near 116 hours hold the crew's detailed descriptions of airglow, stars and a sunrise seen from orbit.

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“Borman”20 pages

  • p. 51 …This is Borman dumping urination. Right now. 04:56:06 C It's not dumping. 04…
  • p. 65 …P ... Ha! 13:59:09 P Okay. Borman urination at 13 ... SC O₂ on at 16…
  • p. 72 …That last dump was the courtesy of Borman. In a minute, we will have Lovell. Stand…
  • p. 93 …I copy Borman at 06 plus 53 was a minus 4, Borman at a minus 10…
  • p. 94 …That's Borman. I couldn't see them this time.
  • p. 95 …13.3 Borman. Is that correct? 27:05:18 P Roger. Frank caught that out about…
  • p. 104 …30:57:18 C This is Borman urinating. Document urination. 30:57:20 P My! 30…
  • p. 127 …It says: "Astronauts Borman and Lovell report all is well aboard their Gemini VII." You know…
  • p. 149 …48:07:29 C This is Borman about to make a urine dump. Turn on the…
  • p. 169 …53:38:56 C On the S-8/D-13, Lovell missed 8 and Borman missed…
  • p. 187 …68:31:02 C This is Borman dumping urine also. 68:33:10 P Urine, dump…
  • p. 234 …13 before, but here they are again. Borman missed 7, Lovell missed 11 this morning. 77…
  • p. 240 …89:09:34 C Borman's dumping urine. Urine's approximately 1 minute. P Standing by…
  • p. 254 …92:38:18 CC The Gemini - Gemini VII story today says: "Borman Hitches GT-VII to…
  • p. 274 …94:43:04 C Borman about to dump urine. 94:46. 94:52:53 C Okay…
  • p. 302 …58 C S-8/D-13 score: Borman was -8, Lovell -7. 100:49:04 CC…
  • p. 307 …Colonel Frank Borman on the pulled muscle of his leg. 101:49:24 C ... my left…
  • p. 311 …102:19:52 P Borman dumps here. 102:19:59 P Borman dumping here. You have…
  • p. 320 …They want to discuss Lovell getting back into the suit and Borman getting out. Did you…
  • p. 332 …115:58:59 C Okay, it's also Borman's. 115:59:01 CC Roger. Concerning…
## CONFIDENTIAL

43:16:11	CC	Time: 47:08:00; purge fuel cells. D-4/D-7: 47:55:31; Sequence 430; Mode 04; pitch 35 degrees down, yaw 10 degrees right; 30 miles east of Cape Lighthouse. Do you copy?
43:16:49	C	Roger.
43:16:51	CC	Time: 48:00:00; eat period. S-5: 48:51:00; Sequence 07; Mode 01. S-8/D-13: 49:25:46; Sequence 02; pitch 30 degrees down, yaw 11 degrees right; closest approach, 49:26:41. Do you copy?
43:17:35	C	Roger. Go ahead.
43:17:38	CC	Right after that S-8/D-13, you'll have another chance to catch a picture of Houston. The closest approach time is 49:27:42, and we figure you'll have to yaw 28 degrees left from where you end up on S-8 and then pitch up to acquire Houston. Do you copy?
43:18:09	C	We'll give it a try.
43:18:10	CC	Roger. Time: 49:28:00; critical tape dump at the Cape. We're probably going to lose contact here shortly. I'll just keep going. Do you read?
43:18:24	C	Go ahead.
43:18:26	CC	MSC-2 and 3: 49:50:00; Sequence 02 off at 66:00:00. D-4/D-7: 49:46:00. Have we lost you?
43:18:51	C	Negative.
43:18:53	CC	Roger. How do you feel about taking your suit off now, Jim? Would you turn your transponder off?
CANARY ISLAND
43:23:37	CC	Gemini VII, Canary CAP COM. Com check. How do you read?

43:23:40 C You're loud and clear, Canary.

## CONFIDENTIAL

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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 341 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.