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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

92:36:29	CC	Roger.
92:36:32	CC	Have a flight plan item for you here. We'd like you to run a D-4/D-7, Sequence 417. We're not going to schedule a specific time because we feel you can pick that the best. This is one of clouds illuminated by lightning, so we'd like you to just pick that one up whenever you think you have a good opportunity. Do you copy?
92:37:01	C	Roger. Will do.
92:37:04	CC	Are you ready for the day's version of the Haney-See Managed News?
92:37:09	C	Roger. We're just - we're just starting on this S-5 run.
92:37:14	CC	That's at the Atlantic Coast isn't it?
92:37:17	C	It's coming up 92:40 here in a minute. Three minutes. Go ahead.
92:37:23	CC	Roger. Interrupt me if you need to.
92:37:27	C	Roger. Looks okay.
92:37:29	CC	They reported an important capture in Vietnam. The First Infantry Division troops found a major Viet Cong training camp on the outskirts of the Michelin Rubber Plantation, including underground command bunker and complete classrooms.
92:37:53	P	Sounds good.
92:37:57	CC	Jim, Surgeon has requested if you could check your external ECG leadings. Getting some spurious signals.
92:38:10	P	I'll press down on the belly and see if he gets any better signals.
92:38:13	CC	Okay.
92:38:18	CC	The Gemini - Gemini VII story today says: "Borman Hitches GT-VII to a Star." He talked about your burn yesterday, primarily. In the sports area,

## 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.