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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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27:05:14	CC	This is Houston. Roger. Got that. 13.3 Borman. Is that correct?
27:05:18	P	Roger. Frank caught that out about - we got it - Frank got it on his side and I picked it up and I couldn't read it. Frank got those readings.
27:05:27	CC	Roger. We understand. We have some football scores if you'd like them.
27:05:32	P	How's the Army-Navy game?
27:05:36	CC	The Army-Navy game! You haven't been up there that long! Green Bay beat Minnesota 24 to 19. The Bears beat Baltimore 13 to 0, and Buffalo slipped by the Oilers 29 to 18.
27:05:59	C	Roger.
27:06:14	CC	Gemini VII, those football scores were the courtesy of your other ever-vigilant WHITE TEAM.
27:06:21	C	Thank you, Ever Ready.
27:06:31	P	... you can tell the invest - look there, look there - the investigators on that - the stripes are as plain as day but the numbers aren't quite so plain.
27:06:49	CC	Am I to understand the stripes are as plain as day but the numbers aren't quite as clear?
27:06:54	C	Roger. The markers that they have out there for identifying are as plain as day.
27:07:00	CC	Roger. Understand the markers are as plain as day.
27:07:30	CC	Gemini VII, Houston CAP COM. Did you ever get a chance to snap a picture of Houston this time?
27:07:36	P	I - we're too far north.
27:07:38	CC	Roger.
27:07:45	C	Gene, we do get to see this strap and stuff that we've got hanging, again - just briefly. It's some light - looks like white, rubbery material.

## 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.