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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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“Marks”34 pages

  • p. 2 …00:00:50 CC MARK. 50 seconds. 00:00:53 C ... 00:00:54 CC Roger…
  • p. 4 …00:05:12 CC MARK. Point 8. V/VR.
  • p. 5 …5, 2, - 00:06:07 C MARK. ... 00:06:14 C Okay. Cameras running. 00:06…
  • p. 18 …On my Mark - 00:21:13 C MARK. 00:21:14 P Okay. 26 seconds. 00…
  • p. 30 …01:20:00 CC MARK. 01:20:01 C Roger. Understand. 80 minutes, we're right…
  • p. 45 …03:46:58 CC Mark 1 minute till burn. 03:47:02 C Roger. 03:49…
  • p. 55 …Standing by for your exercise on your Mark. 06:02:29 C Roger. Commencing exercise at…
  • p. 65 …Would you give us your Quantity Read switch in the ECS O₂ position until my Mark…
  • p. 71 …27 CC Do you have the times marked down of the final - the last water entries…
  • p. 77 …22:26:48 CC MARK. 22:26:45. 22:26:53 C Roger. The elapsed timer…
  • p. 82 …Standing by for your Mark when you start your exercise. 23:12:28 C Starting exercise…
  • p. 86 …edge there, so it should be well marked. 24:02:15 P Roger. We'll be…
  • p. 98 …Standing by for exercise on your Mark. 28:38:13 P MARK. 28:38:17 P…
  • p. 101 …Standing by for exercise on your Mark. 30:02:25 CC Gemini VII, your cuff is…
  • p. 131 …45:38:56 CC 3, 2, 1 45:38:59 CC MARK. 45:39:00 CC…
  • p. 140 …Would you give us your Mark when you begin your exercise? 47:09:51 C Will…
  • p. 146 …47:54:37 CC MARK. One minute. 47:54:40 C Roger. 47:55:28 CC…
  • p. 166 …Standing by for exercise on your Mark. 52:36:17 P ... exercising ... blood pressure. 52:36…
  • p. 171 …On your Mark. 53:56:01 P Roger. Stand by. 53:56:05 C MARK. 53…
  • p. 179 …Number 1 - we are using a small piece of tape to mark our next activity in…
  • p. 192 …We have a valid blood pressure; we'll stand by for exercise on your Mark. 68…
  • p. 195 …SGET time hack will be 69 hours 32 minutes and 35 seconds on my Mark. 69…
  • p. 221 …Take a pencil and mark "used", or something like that. 74:43:27 P Okay. We…
  • p. 227 …76:19:32 P MARK. On the exercise. 76:20:02 P Blood pressure coming down…
  • p. 229 …Standing by for your exercise Mark. 76:31:26 P MARK. 76:31:59 CC Cuff…
  • p. 233 …77:14:31 C Mark at the end of it at 77:14:31. 77:14…
  • p. 234 …GET time hack 77:37 on my Mark. 20 seconds to Mark. 77:36:55 CC…
  • p. 235 ## CONFIDENTIAL 77:37:00 CC MARK. 77 hours, 37 minutes and 00 seconds. 77:37:04…
  • p. 249 …Begin exercise on your Mark. 91:19:25 C Roger. Canary. 91:19:52 P Blood…
  • p. 252 …Will you give us a short test count, please? We want to mark the squib bus…
  • p. 299 …Standing by for your exercise on your Mark. 100:17:44 C Roger. 100:17:48…
  • p. 319 …Give us a Mark before you start exercising, please. 114:17:59 P MARK. 114:18…
  • p. 329 …Give us a Mark before you start your exercises, please. 115:52:19 C MARK. 115…
  • p. 333 …we see as a - as a navigation mark, since it is too fuzzy. A much better…
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# (TITLE UNCLASSIFIED)

# GEMINI VII VOICE COMMUNICATIONS

# (AIR-TO-GROUND, GROUND-TO-AIR AND ON-BOARD TRANSCRIPTION)

VOLUME I of III

Pages 1-337

THIS MATERIAL CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE LAWS. TITLE 18. U.S.C. SECTION 793 AND 794. THE TRANSMISSION OR REVELATION OF WHICH IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.

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