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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.
“M. Bois”5 pages
## CONFIDENTIAL 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. ## CONFIDENTIAL
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.