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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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Time	Command	Description
93:40:43	P	Have a good hack. I have the filter right down; just barely visible now. That lamp should go out like a sore thumb.
93:40:58	P	Stand by for ...
93:41:03	C	...
93:44:42	C	Coming up on an S-5 ... Mississippi mouth, time 94:06:21.
93:45:12	P	I'm going to take one shot of the delta Mississippi in blue water.
TEXAS
93:53:21	CC	Gemini VII, Gemini VII, Houston CAP COM.
93:54:14	CC	Gemini VII, Gemini VII, Houston CAP COM.
93:54:39	C	Houston, Gemini VII. Go ahead.
93:54:42	CC	Roger. VII. Would you turn your DCS circuit breaker off and leave it off until further notice?
93:55:00	C	VII.
93:55:02	CC	Roger. Did you copy?
93:55:04	C	Roger. DCS circuit breaker is off.
93:55:08	CC	Roger. And we'll be doing a manual tape dump when you come through the US.
93:55:18	C	Houston, how do you read Gemini VII?
93:55:21	CC	Loud and - weak but clear. Go ahead.
93:55:30	CC	Gemini VII, did you copy?
93:55:42	CC	Gemini VII, Houston CAP COM. Did you copy?
93:55:46	P	DCS Power circuit breaker is off ...
93:55:49	CC	Roger.

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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.