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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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  • 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

68:38:51	P	Roger. Understand.
68:38:53	CC	Let me know when you're ready to copy flight plan update.
68:39:07	P	VII's ready to copy.
68:39:09	CC	Roger.
68:39:14	CC	Okay. Time: 68:43:00; Sequence 01; transponder check at Bermuda. This is on this pass if you want to be setting up for that.
68:39:33	P	Roger.
68:39:35	CC	Time: 68:54:00; crew status report at Canary. This is on the Pilot.
68:39:50	P	Roger.
68:39:52	CC	At Time 69:43:19 will be the forward burn, translation for the Perigee-Adjust. We'll have a direct update on that for you here in a minute.
68:40:10	P	Roger. Understand.
68:40:13	CC	Would you like to take that now or get the rest of the flight plan update?
68:40:18	P	Let's get the rest of the flight plan update, then we'll get that separately.
68:40:21	CC	Roger. Apollo Landmark: 70:10:32; Sequence 311; Mode 01; pitch 30 degrees down, yaw five degrees left. Time: 70:15:00; crew status report on the Command Pilot over the US. Do you copy?
68:41:00	P	Have copied.
68:41:07	CC	30; Sequence 01; Mode 01. Time: 71:32:00; purge fuel cells. S-8/D-13: 71:47:26; Sequence 02; pitch 30 degrees down, yaw 8 degrees right; closest approach, 71:48:22. Do you copy?
68:41:49	P	Roger. I have copied.

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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.