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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.

  • 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…

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## CONFIDENTIAL

67:06:59	CC	Just because you are eating Day 5, don't think you only have nine days to go.
67:07:02	P	It keeps us happy that way.
67:07:07	CC	Are you so busy eating you can't talk to me for a few minutes?
67:07:12	P	Roger. Frank is doing the S-8/D-13. I'm available.
67:07:16	CC	Okay. Is it handy for you to give us a water report at this time? We are trying to calculate your weight distributions pretty accurately.
67:07:27	P	Roger. Stand by.
67:07:42	P	The Command Pilot, as of this morning, 271 ounces.
67:07:48	CC	Roger.
67:07:50	P	Day 5, Meal A was eaten this morning. He did not eat the sausage patties.
67:07:56	CC	I don't need that part, Jim. Just the water.
67:08:03	P	Pilot was 216 ounces. 216 ounces.
67:08:09	CC	Roger.
67:08:11	CC	Also, I would like to ask you about the 16mm camera film magazine stowage. Specifically, did you stow them in individual bags or several in one bag, and specifically when you stowed them as best you can remember; that is, how soon after launch?
67:08:33	P	We stowed them in two bags, splitting them up evenly. I'm sorry, three bags. We put them in three different bags and we did it about, I'd say, about 5 or 6 hours after launch.
67:08:48	CC	Roger. 5 to 6 hours after launch. We are still chasing that one around.
67:08:59	CC	Okay, Jim. I'd like to brief you on a possible - on a definite maneuver plan that we are working on. Did they brief you on this at all last night?

## CONFIDENTIAL

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