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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. 123 …Can you give us a report on what the projected mission completion Cryo quantities will be…
  • p. 222 …This is your Panel Controller standing by. You need not acknowledge. 74:47:07 P Thank…

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## CONFIDENTIAL

range from 55 degrees to 65 degrees. In summary, the system works beautifully.

76:50:13 P Sounds good to us.

76:50:14 CC Your RCS source pressure has stabilized at 3000 psi and the temperature has stabilized at 65 to 75 degrees.

76:50:28 P They seem to be in pretty good form now.

76:50:30 CC Roger. As far as the computer goes - every time we have seen the computer run it looks completely normal. All updates have been verified on the ground by reading out the memory.

76:50:41 P Roger.

76:50:44 CC Your fuel cell water pressures indicate your consumption of water is equal to the amount produced. All your collant loop temperatures are nominal. Your radiator outlet temps are running 0 to plus 10 degrees. And your suit heat exchanger inlet temp is constant at 47 to 48 degrees.

76:51:04 P Sounds like we're serious about that two weeks.

76:51:07 CC That's affirm.

76:51:16 CC Oh, by the way, the next hour and a half of uninterrupted mood music on HF will be brought to you by the compliments of Station WRKV. Among the selections are the excerpts of "LA Boheme" by Puccini, "Symphony Number Three, The Rennish" by Schumann, "Try to Remember Broadway" by the Fantastics, "Symphony Number Two" by Rachmaninoff, "The Lawrence of Arabia Overture" and "Water Music" by Handel.

76:51:45 P Outstanding!

76:51:55 CC We're sorry but there will be no in-flight movies tonight.

76:52:00 P ...

76:59:45 P Right.

## CONFIDENTIAL

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