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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.

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  • 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

03:10:38	C	Negative. Can't tell; it's been on all the time.
03:10:43	CC	Did you get the Section 1 light on during the hydrogen purging?
03:10:47	C	Negative.
03:10:48	CC	Roger.
03:10:52	C	Fuel cell purge is complete.
03:10:54	CC	Roger. Fuel cell purge complete. Any change in the light?
03:10:58	C	Negative. We have reported that it did blink off once. Did you get that information?
03:11:02	CC	Yes, that was back at 2 plus 22.
03:11:06	C	That's affirmative.
03:11:07	CC	Roger. No change during the purge then?
03:11:10	C	No change at all.
03:11:11	CC	Roger.
03:11:18	CC	Okay, Gemini VII. I have some other information here for you if you're ready to copy.
03:11:24	C	Stand by a minute.
03:11:34	C	Roger. Go ahead.
03:11:39	C	This is Gemini VII. Give us the information.
03:11:43	CC	Okay, VII. You're ready to copy?
03:11:46	C	Roger.
03:11:48	CC	Okay. We have observed that your fuel usage is running a little high. You're running about 10 to 15 pounds high on the fuel usage, so minimize the fuel consumption as best you can. It looks like Spica is a good pointing star for your Perigee Adjustment and we are double-checking that now. I have an MSC-2 and 3 update. Are you ready to copy?

## 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.