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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

73:25:20	P	I say, you can really see the new airport.
73:25:23	CC	Oh ... Roger.
73:25:25	P	...
73:25:27	P	Okay, Jim. It's 74:10:00. Cabin temperature survey. S-6: 74:36:00, Sequence Numbers 4, 10 and 11; jet stream cirrus south of track. Do you copy?
73:26:00	P	Roger.
73:26:02	CC	Time: 74:41:00; purge fuel cells; that will be at Hawaii. D-9: Time, 75:11:00; Sequence 01; Mode 02. Time: 76:16:00; crew status report on the Command Pilot at Hawaii. Time: 76:28:00; crew status report on the Pilot at Guaymas. MSC-2 and 3: Time, 76:40:00; Sequence 04; stop at 77:00:00. Do you copy?
73:27:06	P	Roger.
73:27:09	CC	D-4/D-7: 77:09:00; Sequence 412; Mode 02; use air-glow, measure for 2 minutes. 77:33:00: flight plan report at CSQ. 78:24:00: PLA update at the RKV. 79:08:00: purge fuel cells at the CSQ. Did you copy?
73:28:05	P	Roger.
73:28:08	CC	Okay. That's the end of the message.
73:28:12	C	Elliot, I think the flight plan is going real well. You're keeping us busy but not too busy - looks just about right.
73:28:19	CC	Very good. Glad to hear that and sorry we had to cancel so many of them today due to the weather.
73:28:26	C	Roger. Did Mike and Ed get back all right?
73:28:28	CC	Oh yes. They've been in and out - kibitzing - and one thing and another.
73:28:33	C	Did they have to stop at Brookley?
73:28:36	CC	I didn't ask them. I'll check with them when I see them.

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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.