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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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115:06:01	CC	Roger. Copy. 6, 7 hours.
115:06:04	C	Sure would like to have some sort of petroleum jelly or Vicks to put in your nose up here.
115:06:11	CC	Is it getting pretty dry, Frank?
115:06:19	C	Houston, do you read?
115:06:21	CC	Roger. Gemini VII. I read. Frank, you could use some of that ointment that you have there, that cream. You could use some of that for your nose. I suggest that you do that if you are getting dry.
115:06:42	CC	Gemini VII, did you copy?
115:06:49	CC	Gemini VII, do you read?
115:06:55	P	Houston, Gemini VII.
115:06:59	CC	Did you read the transmission about going ahead and using the ointment that is available there, Jim? I would suggest you use that for your nose.
115:07:09	P	Roger, understand that. And also it looked like the cuff did slip down. I could see the microphone just half way out of the cuff. Do you want me to try?
115:07:20	CC	Jim, I think we ought to get this suit discussion here. Let's hold this one and we'll get a recheck on your pressure and exercise later. Let's let them go on to the suit discussion now and make sure that your cuff is all right and we'll check you later. All right?
115:07:33	P	Roger.
115:07:35	CC	Gemini VII. We are working on that suit situation. We would like to ask for a report on the orbital flight suit at this time.
115:07:48	P	Roger. I put on the orbital flight suit last night to wear it to go to bed but it's just too hot, so I removed it about 15 minutes later and stowed it. I'm very comfortable just the way I am.

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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.