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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.
## CONFIDENTIAL 93:31:51 P Following the water? 93:31:55 C Yes, I'm trying to follow water right now. I'm on water now. 93:31:59 C It's not quite straight down. ... 93:32:03 P Okay. I think the sea ... Wait, here comes some good water. Here comes an island. 93:32:11 C All right. 93:32:19 P Here comes an island with a light on it. And we're going to go right over it. At 93:32:23 - 93:22:33 - :34, an island has a white-looking spire on it. And we should go straight over it. Do you get it now, Frank? 93:32:34 C Clear water now. 93:32:36 P With the island. 93:32:39 C Land. Coming up on land now; right by the fire. 93:32:41 C We're now over land. 93:32:46 C 4 minutes over land. 93:32:51 C Land is also cloudy but not as much as the water. 93:33:05 P You covered a great cloud bank back there. 93:33:10 C ... Came over a great cloud bank right now. 93:33:12 P Got your UHF ... 93:33:32 C ... 93:33:39 P No, let's - well - 93:33:41 C ... 93:33:43 P Okay. We're over a great cloud bank now. White clouds. Hey! They want us to get lightning too, tonight? 93:33:49 C Yes, but I don't see any. Do you? CONFIDENTIAL
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