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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.
“Lovell”20 pages
- p. 57 …The crew status report from the Lovell house remains at three.
06:19:40 C Thank…
- p. 72 …In a minute, we will have Lovell. Stand by.
21:42:05 C Ready.
21:42…
- p. 73 …That last urine dump was the courtesy of Lovell, at about 21:40.
21:44:48…
- p. 93 …26:23:53 C Lovell at 06 plus 53 with minus 4; Borman was minus 10…
- p. 127 …It says: "Astronauts Borman and Lovell report all is well aboard their Gemini VII." You know…
- p. 139 …08:14 C Negative, because the CM2, Jim Lovell, is going to be doing them both.
- p. 149 …48:26:38 P Lovell dumping urine this time. Not too much of it; most of…
- p. 167 …The signal ceased at 4:51 pm Eastern Standard Time and Sir Bernard Lovell, Observatory Director…
- p. 169 …53:38:56 C On the S-8/D-13, Lovell missed 8 and Borman missed…
- p. 172 …getting in preparation for a urine dump. Lovell will be dumping first.
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- p. 184 …The headline over the Gemini VII story today says, "Lovell orbits in underwear".
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- p. 187 …68:30:03 P This is Lovell dumping urine ...
68:30:23 P There she goes…
- p. 226 …Boreman mis sed 7 and Lovell missed 11.
75:15:41 CC Roger.
75:15:43…
- p. 234 …Borman missed 7, Lovell missed 11 this morning.
77:34:32 CC Repeat that last again…
- p. 240 …s approximately 1 minute.
P Standing by. Lovell's going to dump urine.
P There's…
- p. 302 …Borman was -8, Lovell -7.
100:49:04 CC Roger.
100:49:06 C Okay. We…
- p. 307 …That's right.
101:49:31 P And I will authenticate same. Lovell dumping urine.
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- p. 311 …Borman minus 11, Lovell minus 6.
103:00:16 C Borman dumping here.
CANARY
112:05…
- p. 320 …They want to discuss Lovell getting back into the suit and Borman getting out. Did you…
- p. 330 …Does he have first of all, is he thirsty?
115:54:18 P This is Lovell…
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00:16:16 P Yes.
00:16:17 C We're too close to that thing now, aren't we?
00:16:18 P Yes.
00:16:19 C What?
00:16:20 P Yes.
00:16:23 CC The latest on Bermuda data indicates your orbit as 87 by 177.
00:16:40 CC We'd like to change the time when you put your radiators to FLOW.
00:16:45 C Go ahead.
00:16:46 CC At 37 minutes.
00:16:48 C Go ahead. Right 37.
00:16:49 C Roger. 37.
00:16:50 CC Roger.
00:16:51 P Hey, we're right where ... it's continually venting. That's why stationkeeping is costing more fuel than anticipated. We're within fifty feet of it though. The aft nozzle is venting slightly, but not bad.
00:16:52 CC Do you happen to have your IVI's at cutoff?
00:16:54 C ... more fuel flow is indicated.
00:16:59 CC Roger.
00:17:00 C We're within 50 feet on the ball. The aft console is settled slowly, but not much.
00:17:07 CC Roger.
00:17:14 C All right, Jim.
00:17:19 P Okay. Stand by. I have flight plan update - -
00:17:21 C I have 18 minutes.
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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.