Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
CC: I have a purge procedure for you. those cabin survey- temperature survey ... is closing it off. But the cabin temperature's about the same this morning, but he notices a little lack of circulation. We've got quality and descriptions. I hope we're getting everything they want now. We've been doing it for about 4 days so I think we've got it covered. procedure. And we'd like to have some qualita- tive evaluations of w_at you think you can do in the experiments today. I'd like to start off with the purge procedure, when it's convenient for you. purge of Section 1. T/M T/M purge Section 1. CONFIDENTIAL 899 eating Meal C twice .... I think that we did have Meal C, Day 10 last night and the other one must have been long gone. We can, I think, determine it by checking back on the other Meal C's we've eaten. Some of these meals are logged on the tape that surrounds them and it gets lost after we take them off. They're all deletions, Frank. For cloud cover and equipment failure. First - S-8/D-13 307:_8:37; delete, please. And place Fuel Cell Control Number 2 circuit breaker on. at 308:12:30; delete for equipment failure. and now you're coming in very, very weak. of the flight plan update? 307:48:37; same problem. equipment failure. we only - we'11 attempt to provide you with the information. You're the best judge of whether you can do it or not. We do feel, however, D-4/D-7 that of primary importance is the Sun Measurement and the S-8/D-13 Window Measurement. another nature that you feel you could do, we'd be happy to know about it and work up information for you in this line. Charlie. CONFIDENTIAL 9Ol B_MUDA Number 2 circuit breaker off.
P: It's off. 2A and 2C position, then back to C. Give readouts on 2A and 2C. activity this morning? ·.. - check the stars for Retro. board propellant quantity, please? D-4/D-7 the sun. We don't have any of that here - written down here. afternoon update, Frank. D-4/D-7's Hunt, sends his best congratulations. He had previously held new world endurance - world endurance record for unrefueled flight of 264 hours and 14 mluutes. lighter-than-air craft. could start using up the rest of the film that you've not yet used on-board. We'11 continue. We want to get it all used before the day is up. and Wally and Tom are Just airborne. CONFIDENTIAL 903 any tracking tests at all or would you prefer to avoid them completely? The only thing I 'd like to know - Just how much fuel you think we ought to save for this final I'd like to save about 5 percent - 4 to 5 percent. we've arrived at the same figure. set it up properly and do it all in pitch. very much. your breakfast and have updated water data. didn't eat all his gingerbread and I only ate two of them. micrometeorite data that you could from the dim-lights phenomona photographs. from the dim-light photographs on the micro- meteorite section. flight plan, we would like to get micrometeorite information. night passes on it. CONFIDENTIAL 905 S-8/D-13, the bracket and its up full ... I can not tell ... normal reads, because I can not get down there and look at it. Am I ready? information ....
C: ... supposed to receive ... 3045 ...
P: That's right ...
C: ..e taking some high-contrast black-and-white pictures of clouds, land, ... hope we got the telemetry. that T/M as soon as we can get it. clouds over the Atlantic Ocean between South America and Africa. High-contrast - - CARNARVON good on the ground. We have nothing for you. We'11 be standing by. picture of a small island out in the Atlantic, possibly Ascension, using Magazine F, Exposure 14. black-and-white film. They were taken at 305:35, Magazine J, Exposures 28 and 29 - 27, 28 and 29. They were taken wide-open in 1/4 second. were taken at 1/4 second, an M-28. What was your ... t_me? day here, and we observed the night sky without a moon, we both agree that there are many more stars visible from space than there are from a high-flying airplane. We were deceived the first few days of the flight because of the bright moon .... moon does not have the definite banding ... a little lighter ... horizon to use for sextant sightings is probably the upper airglow layer; whereas, on full-moon nights the best horizon is the earth itself, or the upper cloud layer. At 305:51, noticed a meteoroid in the atmosphere below us. I was the first one to sight that.
CC: The time is Do you copy? It is variable and changes rapidly, Hawaii CAP COM tells us, so we're going to keep you posted on it at Carnarvon and Canton, and then again in Hawaii, and we'11 cancel you out at the last minute if the weather goes bad; otherwise, plan on it.
P: Tell him we've got to start attitude control earlier. attitude control early and be ready for you anyway. alternate circulation - shirt-sleeve circulation in the cabin for a longer period than 30 minutes. What do you think about that? suit fan - the cabin fan any longer than that though, Elliot.
P: I could tell them what the story is right now. It's hotter over here ... CONFIDENTIAL 917 evaluation with the cabin fan on and off. That does not mean you have to run it for a very, very long time. we have ample data now at 30 minutes. Jim says he can tell you exactly what it feels like. nation that Jim reported, whether that might tend to clear up in another - in a little longer time, or can you confirm that it would definitely be that bad, or get worse? over on one side and have the suit hoses up above, the circulation goes to one side and you get a stagnant area. The best way to have circulation in the cockpit is to have an exhaust hose on either side and that's how we have it right now. situation, or really not particularly help? You just have to have the exhaust on each side. When we turn the fan on, we get a lot of circu- lation on both sides. However, the fan uses electricity and that's why we're reluctant to use it. up electricity; that's why we're reluctant to use it.
P: Well, what have we got here? I think we've got your favorite.
C: Sausage?
P: ... I thought they were cheese sandwiches. .e.
P: There really in the ...
C: ..,
P: That's right ... a ... control. All we do is pitch down and yaw them the way we're supposed to. battery voltages were on the GO/NO-GO this morning. It's not recorded; it Just says it's okay. Do you remember what the voltages were, or could you check them now? they were running around 22.5. CARNARVON Hawaii due to weather. Houston will update you again over Cantc_. The weather keeps changing. T/Non We have your the ground. You're looking real good. We'11 be standing by. CONFIDENTIAL 919 standing by for the word at Canton. Experiment this pass - you copy, VI - VII? weather changes. from Houston - they've checked the landing point of GT-VI. It's 2 miles long and 12 miles right and Flight advises that he thinks you're going to have trouble collecting. raining. CANTON still bad. We're pretty well shot down after this revolution. We'11 continue to watch for another one. the HF now or get some music going on the HF. You should have it fairly soon. HAWAII
CC: Gemini VII, Hawaii CAP COM. question. Did one of your Delta-P lights go out between Carnarvon and here? sailor never gets separated from his baggage. troops on the RKV. here. We'11 be standing by if you need us. GUAYMAS good here on the ground. We'11 be standing by if you need us. TEXAS copy. right ascension, 7:26:45. D-4/D-7: 309:22:00; Sequence 432; Mode 02; do this over Texas, that is, when we have acquisition. 309:39:00: begin working on stowage; 310:03:OO' cabin temp survey; 310:44:00: crew status report on the CommaridPilot at Hawaii; 311:16:OO: crew status report on the Pilot at RKV. Do you copy? the cabin temp before we start the stowage because the thermometer stows in the farthest part of the spacecraft. started on it. We realize there'11 be a few items that you'11 have to finish up at a different time. sprung during launch and it's very difficult to close it. We have to pry it and everything else, so once we get it locked we don't want to get back into it again, i that's Mode 03 or 04 whichever is easier, and that will be done at the RKV. 312:17:00: flight plan report. 312:50:00: fuel cell purge and PLA update at the RKV. TX coming up. 313:10:OO BIO MED Recorder Number 2, CONTINUOUS. 323:16:00: BIO MED Recorder Number 2, OFF. 324:02:00: fuel cell purge at Antigua. Do you copy? want to power-up for the platform alinement for tomorrow? that ready yet, Gemini VII. write-up on G_mini VI and VII. We think you're pretty well up-to-date on that. One other item on the news here I'd like to read you. It's a quotation: "It's too late to mail early, so please mail now. Reports from around the country indicate the public is waiting longer than it should to mail Christmas gifts and greetings", signed Postmaster General Lawrence F. 0 'Brien. find a post office. shown here in the Center today, of the GT-VI pictures that they took of you. We're really looking forward to seeing thosel section, of course, will be in the way. tell you that:
P: Well, that's the end ... we - you mean the darkness ?
C: eJ.
P: Oh, that's not right.
P: ... Bob. No ... in any of the packages. Quality control of the food area is poor. 307:53, memo to Doc LeChamps: my last egg bite meal, I hope, and boy are they poor! television pictures of Gpmini VI coming on the carrier and they were relayed by a satellite; really good pictures. Wally and Tom looked very fresh and looked like they'd Just been up for a local flight in a T-38. A couple of short t_mers. T/M, WLlliot? I just found a connector off. fool with it. ASCENSION repeat on your window scan, and the reason we are doing it is because the data did not appear to come out properly on the previous one, so we want to try it again. We seemed to have gotten essentially no signal the last time. today, and the fuel status: you are probably already aware of this, but just in case, we want you to know that the dim-lights assignments are of lower priority, and if the fuel is marginal they are what you should cut out. stack of stuff you said you have in the space- craft, that you are ready to mail, we'd like you to know that the post office won't accept that stuff.
P: Lovell dumping urine at 308:26.
P: Ether? What's the matter? Getting sick? CARNARVON You can start it whenever you like. way, has come back on. came on. That affirm? States and then it went on about - oh - about 10 minutes ago. the ECS 02, please?
C: Going up now. Approximate lag down, ... left up. Down.
P: No. tape. CONFIDENTIAL 933 The connectors with the knurl bases are too small to get a good mount on if your hands are sweaty. You just can't get them on. America. What magazine? ROSE KNOT VICTOR We're standing by.
P: What do you think? blowing a lot of air back there. I think we ought to leave them the way they are. there and Just have to ... some pictures - -
P: Yes, I know, but I'm going ...
P: Can I trust you? Ocean, of the clouds. High-speed interior shots
P: Yes. I've got it over here.
P: Did you say that the Medic had w_nted to ...
C: What ?
P: Looks like ...
C: Why don't we exercise? ... 312.17.
C: ... coming up on South America, we're going to take some scenic pass weather photograph. We took some last pass .... One problem is of course, I - we're drifting, Flight, so it will be pretty tough to pinpoint the same areas. second pass showing cloud and ground. Notice that every time we turn off ACME Power, or the Primary ACME, the system gets two short bursts in order to give us a yaw left. Along with ... which gives the yaw left, we should kind of right that or we're going to have two short bursts with it. With our thrusters to the ... yaws complete right ... COASTAL S_TRY QUEBEC We have nothing for you this pass. Standing by. to stow everything tonight, we're going to stow that exerciser you asked for, will they start it in the morning? I don't think they'11 m_ke it in the morning, will they? the exerciser. little rough. one. the desirable time. Send the ... to get me, CSQ. next trip. I volunteer. Flight Controllers on the network and the M and O Technicians for the beautiful Job you both are doing. help. HAWAII to get this flight plan report if I could. that we have no more film left. It's all been expended. And the only purge experiments or ... experiments we were able to accomplish, because of fuel or weather, was the S-5 pass over North Africa, the D-&/D-7 calibration on the sun, and twice we did the S-8/D-13 calibration on the window. Yesterday on the Retrofire of GeminiVI, the crew had a delay between 1 and 2 Retro and between 2 and 3. They then depressed the Manual. We suggest that you use the normal procedure and depress Manual i second after your Retro. to copy. weather in all areas good. Area 199-Bravo: 318:18:10; 200-Delta: 319:00:15; 201-Delta: 320:35:24; 202-Delta: 322:11:59; 203-2: 323:42:30; 204-1: 325:12:11; 205-1: 326:47:58; 206-1: 328:23:25. The Cryo rules for bedtime. Fuel Cell H2 Heater, AUTO. Gemini VII. We're standing by. ROSE KNOT VICTOR are. tomorrow and they'11 give you a - - activities and they're going to give you a general briefing on it over Tananarive this revolution. be for you if you kept the exerciser out and stowed it tomorrow? to get the ... out and all the - although we could probably stow it for reentry someplace else instead of the cockpit. could. ROSE KNOT VICTOR TANANARIVE and you, when you're ready to copy. following: power-up and alinement check list; elapsed time, 327:35; that should be about TR 223. minus We'11 refine these times in the morning. This is 25 minutes prior to Carnation on Rev 205. Do you copy so far?
CC: Roger, Frank. 329:58:05, and we'11 give you later updates based on new tracking information. 329:58:05. l_ne, you can expect to see about a 2-volt drop in your voltages. It'11 stabilize out a little bit, then wander slightly as each shares its part of the load. cells are GO for 311-1.
CC: Okay. We'11 tell him that. CANARY ISLANDS CARNARVON temperature. We're standing by for blood pressure. ing by for your exercise.
CC: Thank you. Carnarvon Surgeon out. GUAYMAS ing good here on the ground. We'11 be standing by if you need us. TEXAS CONFIDENTIAL 959 please? I'm going to ... the RCAS ring. Ring for platform Altuement. clear to start your power-up and alinement check list up to and including PlAtform Cage BEF. morning to you. the Skipper of the Carrier. I asked him to move off just a little bit to the left of the spot so you wouldn't put him in Jeopardy. it! alinement check list'.,' Houston. It really ... north and south latitudes pretty well about now, don't you? CONFIDENTIAL 96 - guided tour. hold for starting the platform warm-up? you're clear to start into that 20 to 25-mtuute delay now. and Jim, there's a great picture in color of Gemini VII Spacecraft. BERMUDA and see if we can get anything else out of them for fine alinement. can get any impulse at all out of them when I'm fine alining. vidually, putting 3 on the line, and attempt a minimum 3-second pulse if you can, and then take it off-line and then try 4 individually, in the same method. We'd appreciate it if you'd do it on the next - well, over a site so we can get T/M on it. Bermuda? going in pulse. you? I'11 be able to use it for alining the platform. CANARY ISLANDS Standing by. here. KANO antenna? turn your computer on, or when you did turn your computer on? me a hack when you do turn it on? CARNARVON RN m_nus RP curve for Area 207-1, when you're ready to copy. G_ Bank angle, 49.5; RN minus RP, zero. Bank angle, 90 degrees; RN minus RP, minus 192.5. go ahead and proceed with the check list if it is okay with you, or do you want us to wait some more? your computer on, please. and g making out? the _euver Thruster for thrust control and when I get in close, I can use 3 and 4 for fine adjustment. CONFIDENTIAL 965 CALIFORNIA advisory message. if we can copy. zero. The GET RC is 329:58:0&. plus 26. 60. formation.
P: You' re looking real good. is reading 23.8. Real fine. horizon. real fine. We'11 be seeing you. it up, lift it up, pitch your nose up to the sky a little bit more. to 50. cee mi get ... for this ... Maybe, I'd say ....50 or 25 - 25 degrees, 5 miles short. stead of up at the top where I can get to it.... ee® through on us. I may pitch it a little more. A'I1 CONFIDENTIAL 989 when to stop it. You're about, you're about three quarters of the way · ·. have a 60-degree bank angle, lqominnl. can s1most see it now, myself. J this console too. I wasn't about to ... that big argument we had? a little bit - pitch up in the sky a little bit more. We're coming to light now. Now put your CONFIDENTIAL 99 - window. Jupiter. GUAYMAS Pilot's blood pressure. should occur at 22 minutes elapsed time from Retrofire. altitude at that time. for the blood pressure on this pass. CONFIDENTIAL 993 it? though, wasn't it? what to do with it. I couldn't ... TEXAS read? 50; RET RB, 27 plus 53; bank left 35, bank right 45. RET drogue, 31 plus 32; RET main, 32 plus 52. Do you copy? plus 53. Elliot? CONFIDENTIAL 995 from this ... ®ee
C: ... 1/2. heating up. TEXAS read? read?
P: ···
CC: Roger. Could you give us your guidance indication? across range to the right - pardon me - to the left. main time. Be ready to copy.
C: Why? 26; your main time, 32 plus _6.
P: Right. report. report. " CONFIDENTIAL zooz Al] 4,500feet. flew ... landings ... hit the ground, right? circuit breaker closed. CONFIDENTIAL .oo3 Thank post-landing really. Come on. circuit breaker open? open. Flag. I have you in sight. PP_&UNCH, Computer Power off, Platform off, ... off, AC Power is off, RCS circuit breakers are open. We're got those open, right? VII. transported by "he]o" back to us? CONFIDENTIAL lOO5 around Just a little bit down there, Gemini VII. Not too bad, though. do not have the R and I Section at this time. Over. sti11 riding okay? with that collar, doesn't it? with that collar a_tached, doesn't it? CONFIDENTIAL loo7 POST LANDING ON-BOARD (No Time Available)
P: See anything ...
C: ... do anything else.
P: Go back a little ways.
C: Let's get up that HF antenna.
P: Okay, up.
P: She going up? Yes, sure is.
P: Just fine. How do you read?
P: Okay. Hey, you want to ... through that. I have to get the blood pressure out.
C: Turn off two mA_u batteries and that squib battery.
P: 1 and 2.
C: Shoot: We must have missed it further than Wally did.
C: There she is right there.
C: The '_¢hatchamica]]_t".
C: The ...
P: Give them a call. Okay.
C: We're just fine here, Buzz. How are you?
C: How far away from the carrier?
C: That's correct. How far away is the Wasp?
P: You son of a gun: We beat them, or didn't we?
C: Okay, go through tlhecheck list and let's get this thing sq_,_ed away now ... We did that ...
P: Act_lly they go on over our flight suits?
C: A]] right, Jim, they're going to be here in a m_nute. Let's not change yet.
C: Once they do ...
C: cee
P: ... reentry ...
P: Do you feel any - do you feel any dizziness?
C: Just a little, not bad though.
P: I mean I don't feel any dizziness at all.
C: ... Stand by, VII.
C: You don't need this HF DF on do you?
C: ... practice to keep ...
C: ..e anything
P: Yes. We got else here? I think I did that stuff. We got anything else? CONFIDENTIAL lo.
C: That was the first thing we did this morning.
C: ... closed, ... closed, ... closed.
P: Okay, what else?
C: ..e
C: Ali switches off except C-Bands 1 and 2.
P: Okay. What else?
C: ce.
C: Rescue beacon without light.
P: Okay, we've got it on.
C: DC-DC ... converter closed.
C: DC-DC converter closed. It's all right.
C: ... closed.
C: Tape Recorder Power circuit breaker closed.
C: BIO-MED Recorders 1 and 2, CONTINUOUS.
C: Ma_n Battery switches on.
P: They're on.
C: The ... changes with the waves.
C: But it's not on the other one, is it ...
C: lie
C: Steel Batbery 3 on.
C: Okay, we're on the ground recording ...
C: Thank you. You wmlt to take off the suits.... trouble?
C: Let's take off the suits.
P: I want to take some pictures, but I can't get anything out of here.
P: Okay. Let's try for a ... This picture's home- made.
C: ... circuit breakers on except on your lead.
P: Okay. Let's make :rare ... good. What do you leave on, Frank?
C: Only thing you leave on is a Main Battery switch. Rescue Beacon circlLitbreaker closed and Rescue Beacon without lights.
P: Okay. Rescue ...
P: You want to leave these on?
P: Let's make sure you've got everything in it.
C: ... get ready to go to the helicopter.
P: Okay. That looks good. Now what?
P: I th_nk we'd better put this on. All
C: right, Jim.
P: ... how'd they get up here?
P: That so.
P: Hey, your lights are on ...
P: Boy, it feels good to be down on that old aqua firma:
P: Can you hear this?
P: UDT 21.
C: What's that?
P: Underwater demolition team.
P: That happens when we both see things ...
C: Sounds good ... open hatch.
C: Roger. 3 minutes. Sounds great: Can I open the hatch now?
C: Say ag_ u.
C: There's a heck of a lot of them, friend:
P: ... aqua firma 1
C: Right. I'm sure glad to be out of here:
P: Yes .... on now. She's riding pretty nicely. Look at that weather out there' It's beautiful:
P: ... youmre do luck out on weather. Look at that l ...
P: Well, if we'd flown out you'd know we'd been up too long.
C: That 's our innovation, Jim, that repro 's got.
P: It doesn't look like it'11 last long, though.
P: It's not going to last long.
C: ... don't forget your- your '_hatchamica]]it".
C: You know, your survival ...
C: Roger. Yes it does ... We're sure glad you're all here!
C: I don't mean daisy about that, I'm pooped! I haven't slept well in two weeks.
P: Recorder tape' s off.
C: Okay. Thank you. ANT IGUA TIME and ACQ and your Tape Playback switch to CC$giA_ND? CO_gdAND. And to ECS 02? Section 2. FUEL CELL 02? Qnmntity switch to _3EL CFTT _. The Crossover is on. and Cryogenic Quantity switch then to OFF, please. ready to copy. 22; yaw zero, pitch 23 degrees down; Core 25, 00567; Core 26, 00240; Core 27, all zeros; thrusters aft; Posigrade Down. Did you read? degrees down ... ROSE KNOT VICTOR maneuver update - - pitch 23 degrees down; 25, 00567; 26, 00240; 27, 0000; thruster aft; Posigrade Down. Stand Delta-V, 61.2; Delta-T, I plus 22; yaw, zero degrees; pitch, 21 degrees down; Core 25, 00570; Core 26, 00224; Core 27, all zeros; thrusters aft; Maneuver Posigrade Down. Do you copy? yaw zero, pitch 21 degrees down; 25, 00570; 26, 00224; 27 all zeros; aft thrusters; Posigrade Down. would Encoder off. We like to update the Agena with a fresh load. and ACQ lights ON to the Agena from the ground here. time. TANANARIVE Agena? Over. Agena? Over. Just a minute and I'11 give you our current range. about 4 degrees. and 9 seconds to your burn. let us know about your burn.
UNKNOWN: burn is complete and the residuals are null. null. Did not get the rest. boresighted at something like 156; and the needles are relatively steady; they look pretty good. The yaw needle is wavering back and forth, perhaps plus or minus i degree. And a note here that the trouble we've had is getting rid of the residuals. We bring the residuals down to a sm_l l number, and next and then the res_tng they would increase, the next reading they would decrease. It would be difficult to tell when we got to act,_al zero any. residual. The Ground said we didn't have The aeeelerometer bias had looked good, but it looks like something is getting to us here. minutes. The stars are disappearing and I have ... underneath. COASTAL SENTRY QUEBEC Over. are GO. Encoder off. We'd like to send the Agena load to clear out all the Agena memory.
UNKNOWN: by. like we're about 5 minutes late. on at this time. HAWAII We're going to reconfigure the beacons and get a tape dump. T/M REAL-TIME/ D_T_Y-TIME position, please? Propellant readout when you have a minute. T/M back to t{EAL-TIME/ACQ-AIDposition. GUAYMAS the ground. We are standing by. TEXAS ground TPI backup when you're ready to copy. that looks like it could be the Agena. 32.6; forward, 32.0; up, 1.7; left, 5.7; RB, 32.5; Delta RB, 131; azimuth 27.4; elevation O. it back to you. left, 32.5, 131, 27.4 on the elevation, and 0 on the azimuth. How's that? and 0 on the elevation. be the Agena, and also we have a visual on another object which, this time, 56 minutes, is _oproximate- ly 12 degrees above the Agena and appears to be in plane with it. It's possible it could be a planet.
P: Houston, Gemini VIII. and 13 seconds. a half mn hour from now. back up. Okay. Attitude Control, PLAT; pitch down to 0 °, 0% 0°; aline for 10 minutes. little better alinement on the Platform. I'm going to hold it right on. Out-Of-Plane that's pretty healthy. doesn't look too bad. 56 miles. I'm taking a second look at it with the sextant. see. to try. Unable to get a horizon there. _' ROSE KNOT VICTOR did copy correctly with the elevation at 27.4 up and azimuth as 0 degrees. Thank
UNKNOWN: show on the ground that the L-Band Coder is not locked. How are your readings going? approximately 9 minutes late. on ? lost a vis_,al on the Agena and I had the ACQ light right away. Range was 45 miles. It's very hard to see, but it looks like a sixth-magnitude star, I'd s_y. Controller, ON. Dave. I can't really be sure. I was - as best I could - in the middle of the oscillation. Nell.
UNKNOWN: I mean does it look like - - I'm sorry, old Buddy. I really have to look at this. it' have a tremendous ellipticity. COMe,IND.
UNKNOWN: tLme. 30 - 34 - 36, as a matter of fact. Control, PULSE. Set your ET to 3 minutes and stand by. 20 seconds from now. do that? ANTENNAS to the Agena. TANANAiRIVE here to catch up with you. We're standing by for information.
UNKNOWN: to a readout and then 4 minutes. minute from now. Is that correct? did that. per-second down. is corningup in 15 seconds. we're - swinging into it. 2-1/2 the old slot. COASTAL SENTRY QUEBEC be standing by. second. almost nominal for this range. very shortly here because we're at 15K. We're in- side 15K and I'd like to - - of 20 seconds. on that.
P: Ready. and probably the sun in our eyes. In case that happens, I'11 have to go to _WJLL-BRIGHT on the in- str-ments. I get.
P: Okay. f:16. have plenty of time to do that. Standing by for any Rendezvous remarks. Over. keeping on the Agena at about 150 feet. We'11 be around for a long time yet. We will stand by for Hawaii acquisition. to STANDBY. by 5:58, so we're late - by gosh' 16 minutes. HAWAII .150feet. CC U_F ENABLE it, please? bit here. STANDBY It's Rigidized. The whiskers are sticking out as expected on the TDA. The dipole is up. The engine looks good. And we 'ye turned the ACQ lights off. reading. Panel readings. ready to copy.
CC: Also, when you are at plus 96 degree heading, the Agena will go to Flight Control Mode 7 for 30 seconds. Agena clock reset. We're very anxious for it to be executed even if it cuts short the Platform Paral- lelism. a clock reset for the Agena. means cutting the Platform Parallelism test short. Platform Parallelism. Platform Parallelism 06:50 to 07:10. They're giv- ing us the SPC loaded Yaw Maneuver. It looks like at nominal time. So they're going to give you that time. down. but - - rm_. when - - we ,11 be able to see something. Let me check the systems. Cabin pressure, that's good. popped. Stationkeeping attitude for EDA. Boy ... Secondary HI, ON; Secondary LO, ON; Power and Attitude, ON. away now. tion lights as you approached. on the tape. if you have them now. still. And we have a MAiU Red, OFF; Main Green, ON; OFF: Armed, Secondary HI, ON; Secondary LO, ON; Attitu4e, ON; Rigid, OFF; Power, ON; and can't quite see the dock yet. here is to Aline the Platform. then. I wonder where the heck it is? Can you get it out? and I'd like to get some good ones. back off and aline it here. here. trol Mode 6, at O6:15 to 06:25. Stationkeeping is ]_We. close. Let's say I wanted to fire a little forward thruster and wanted to tell you I'm going to fire a little forward thruster and then I wait a little bit and you say okay, and then I'11 say okay, now. 1/200 1/200 ROSE KNOT VICTOR looking good on the ground. Go ahead and dock. ground. We're showing CONE RIGID. Everything looks good for the docking. RIGID/STOP no-w. have up here. stable and at the present time we are having no noticeable oscillations at all. oscillations. Very good' did not get in correctly. Could you give us UHF Enable and the Encoder OFF, please? Encoder ourselves? rectly over Hawaii, and we want to finish the SPC load from here. bit. and want you to make double sure that you get the right load. time is Disabled, so regardless of what your load does, we'11 still be okay. set the Reset Timer, and you may have control back again. word. Would you turn the Encoder off, please? looking real good from the ground. Congratulations on Rendezvous and Docking. was at precisely i _2 degrees per second on the Yaw Maneuver, and it took ... seconds to go 90 degrees. The Gemini Platform has - may have drifted excessively since the last time we alined it; see, it was almost an hour ago. we contend that it was the Agena and control systems. TANANARIVE some information for you. Ready to copy? ver. I have some dope for you to follow. like to have you ENABLE the SPC's and let the Agena start coming through. If you run into trouble and the Attitude Control System in the Agena goes wild, Just send in Command 400 to turn it off and take control with the Spacecraft. Did you copy that? 52, right ascension. east; 15 plus 52, right ascension. the L-Band radar is off, please? to do it again? heater off?
P: Okay. Going off. T/M Cell 02 and H2 Heater circuit breaker had opened up during the Pacific pass and we would like to know if Dave found that circuit breaker open, and did he reset it after Hawaii? reset it after Hawaii. readout, please? Check. It's gone real well. ism Check. COASTAL SENTRY QUEBEC CAP read? tnmbling end over end up here. We're disengaged from the Agena. time and we can't turn the RCS's off, and we can't fire it, and we certainly have a roll .... stuck hand control. slowly, in RCS DIRECT. don't control roll right. We're trying to kill our roll rate. just on one ring? the other ring. We started with two rings, but now we are on one ring. RCS B. and roll, and we had ACS OFF and affirmative 7 hours. to stabilize, and in so doing we may have burned out our lower left thrusters. sighting of the Agena right now? a little while ago. The ... - HAWAII and OAMS, and on-board reading of your OAMS remain- ing. Over. don't have any yaw or roll control, and cannot re- gain control of the yaw thrusters, apparently none of them. We do have - apparently the pitch thrus- ters are operative. And also, we're slowly getting back to the proper attitude here. planning to come into a -3 area. They're looking into 6 or 7-3 at this time. They would like you to enter Module 4 and the ATM computer. Over. possible. Over.
CC: Gemini VIII, Hawaii. RCS? the RCS control? checked out the RCS. That's the only way we got it to fire a while ago. beacon to CONTINUOUS and Flight advises they per- sonally prefer 7-3. That will give you approxi- mately 1 1/2 more hours. the present time. We're in slowly drifting flight- do have a slight amount of control. We have - 1550 pounds showing on RCS B and 2400 on A.
C: 1550.
CC: Copy. present? Over. a mile or so underneath us. REAL- TIME/ACQ-AI D, please? what happened? Over. bination of 0°, 180°, 0° and we were stabilized there. We had the Attitude Control Power off in the Spacecraft, 0A_Attitude Control Power off and we sent 041 Command to Agena to turn the re- corder on. The Spacecraft-Agena combination started a violent roll. ROSE KNOT VICTOR you were giving us your switch positions. We copied as far as you had sent Commmnd O41 RECORDER ON, and at that time the Spacecraft started to roll. Would you continue from there, specifically what your on-board switch positions were and what you did with it? COMMAND.
CC: Roger. the Agena control system. power on, OA_ power on, and tried to regain con- trol of the combination. the rates were too excessive for an undocking, so we continued to attempt to send an ACS OFF-cycle ... and at the same time we checked our OAMS switch position. craft Control System off and the combination con- tinued to wind up, so we had to go back on before the rates became intolerable. felt we could safely undock, we did so, and man- euvered away from the Agena at several feet per second as quickly as possible. We had been watching our propellant quantity go down from 50 to below 30 percent. After turning the OAMS off and still in bias power and everything - motor valves off, we were still rolling; we ectivated the RCS. Did not have any ACME, and we regained control of the Spacecraft in DIRECT, slowly. found whole Thrust Control System and that we had no yaw or roll control - or we had no yaw control of the yaw thrusters since our roll was in the yaw jets, and after that - -
C: - - we had - vision; we could see the ACS thrusters firing on the Agena when we had ACS off, so we felt that something was definitely wrong. Thruster Number 8 apparently failed OPEN at the present time and this could have been true at the time of the incident, although we can't - cannot verify that at this time. Load and TR. an hour and 15 minutes from now. 52 minutes. don't need to yet, I guess. I've got to put the TV monitor in, too. cells. correction, that's 8 hours, 18 minutes. COASTAL SENTRY QUEBEC and Load for you. got is counting down, so don't sweat it. Verify that Module 4A is loaded. dure. that it is open. Load. of all let's see the ... message.
CC: Roger. plus 02; RET RB, 28 plus 15; bank left 50, bank right 60. Did you copy? RET 4OOK, 22 plus 02; RET RB, 28 plus 15; bank left 50, right 60. 66,65460; Core 07,34726; Core 08,40866; Core 09,31745; Core 10,02510; Core 11,136OO. Do you copy? 65, 01059; ..., 07,34726; 08,40866; 09,31745; lO, O2510; 11, 136OO.
UNKNOWN: 669? is closed? Attitude Control Mode you'd prefer at Retrofire. try the ACME and if that works we'11 go to RATE CO_9_%ND on the RCS. Okay. We'11 Aline the Plat- form. RCS in the ACME position? is essentially completed at this time. It will be, for ell practical purposes, the same as the launch configuration, or et least ... minutes and RKV will get a counting for you. IDS. channel and all that jazz fram REV. HAWAII turned on and if you happen to see it we'd like an estimate on its position. the Rate Command Mode. Over. ready to copy. 100. Thet's by Flight, that it is down. nominal; correction, 4OOK foot nominal; RET 4OOK feet, 22 plus 02; beginning of blackout, 24 plus 43; end of blackout, 30 plus O1; Drogue Chute, 31 plus 37; Main Chute, 32 plus 58. And I have your recovery area weather and so forth for you, if you're ready to copy. 77; pitch for 40OK, nominal; RET 4OOK, 22 plus 02; ETO, 24 plus 43; end blackout, 30 plus O1; Drogue, 31 plus 37; Main, 32 plus 58. angle of 50. height 3 feet; alt_ter 2986; recovery forces call sign: Naha RESCUE l, GMT 02:58; Nahe SEARCH l, GMT 03:44; USS Mason destroyer, no ETA; Spacecraft sunrise at elapsed time of 10:08:40; dark horizon at Retrofire. A light horizon at 4OOK. And your on-board - correction - your on-board curve for computing backup bank angles and your initial down- range deflection are valid. Do you copy? 10:O8:40. And understand copy the weather, the altimeter 2986, Recovery Naha RESCUE i at a GM_ of 02:58; Neha SEARCH i at a GMT of 03:44; Destroyer Mason, no ETA. Mason. good. Over.
CC: Gemini VIII, we have nothing further. We are standing by. just regained Yaw Mode Rate Command and Reentry Rate Comm-ud. Platform with? affirm? this ?
P: We don't want to hit the adapter. ATTITUI_ CONTROL, HORIZON-SCAN. Chart.
UNKNOWN: 's closed.
UNKNOWN: closed. that already? RCS Pressure, Attitude Control back on, Platform BEF. The BIT time is 15 minutes - the BIT time on the steam valve. Got that? closed? want and BIAS power all that jazz? pop.' _NTRY. same
UNKNOWN: 30 plus O1; Drogue, 31 plus 37; Main, 32 plus 58; and sunrise 1 n_nute after Retl_ofire.
P: couldn't. those coordinates for the landing point? areas. scheduled. hmue, but I don't know how we can. ROSE KNOT VICTOR you. Number i is drink water before and after Retrofire. Item 2, tad_e one tablet Merazine. Code Alpha prior to Retrofire. If you leave Spacecraft, leave the medical kit alone. Do you copy? RATE CO_d_D? if you do leave the Spacecraft, you should take the medical kit along with you. Ascension. Ascension acquisition time is 09:52:10. pressure remains approximately 200 pounds. Agena as yet? picked up a lock-on. We haven't seen anything, Flight. craft is in sync. minutes ? a try. HOUSTON You ready to copy? down with paraJ_,mp_ersand a flotation collar. The USS MR_on will be on site about 3 hours after splash. And a reminder that Core 86 is for lati- tude and 87 is for longitude for your check between 80 and 5OK. fire minus 4 minutes. Sirius will be 4 degrees right of track. for your Retrofire. with us after Retrofire. We mtghr pick you up through the CSQ after blackout. We '11 be stand- lng by for HF after splash. minute to IDS. We'11 be standing by to hear your TR minus i check.
P: ..e Gemini VIII, CAP CON. Verify your TR minus 4:16 complete and we are standing by for you SEP ADAPT. is in sync. seconds - 60 seconds. aft 000 and ll4 down. OPEN. System A. to pull the pins. at a time. breaker, OPEN. CALT_ CONTROL, OPEN. roll. _ill be close.
C: Okay. 400K is TR plus 22. know about, but I don't what it is. close to where the Rescue ... how about that? RATE count ... ee® -]most COASTAL SENTRY QImmEC
CC: Gemini VIII, CAP COM on UHF. Over.
P: Yes .... can't see. Over.
P: Pitch look good? Over. you read? Over. a certain Rmnunt of fuel. you read? Over. Drogue. reefed; we have the single-point release. Attitude Indicator T_nding circuit breaker - OPEN. sign. water' breaker is open. Ccamputer'soff. Platform - - good shape, down very fast, 1,OOO feet. COming again, wouldn't it? but press on' HF on? ... ·.. arm restraints stowed, Lap Belt - Release and Stow. Shoulder fittings stowed. Helmet
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CC: Gemini IX, this is Houston reading you loud and clear. Like to advise you that the Address 72 that we'11 be looking for is 25743.
P: Okay. Got it, Neil. 257&3. Thank you.
C: Hello, Tanks. This is Gemini IX. How do you read on UHF?
CC: Roger. Tank is reading you loud and clear, Gemini IX. How me?
C: Roger, Gordo. Loud and clear.
C: Hello, Flight° Gemini IX. How do you read on the UHF?
CC: Read you loud and clear, Gemini IX.
C: Roger. Loud and clear.
CC: Okay. Good luck.
CC: Gemini IX. How do you read on your UHF?
C: ... Gemlni IX. I read loud and clear ... the final count down.
CC: Roger. Have a good flight.
C: Okay, Bill. Thanks for the support.
C: The plan is check. Guess everything's good. Lock, lock.
P: Everything's locked here.
C: Roger. Chair up.
P: I still hook up.
CC: I pick up T minus 3 in 2 m_utes.
C: Looks like the clouds are going away, Gene.
P: Yes. It's beautiful out there. Cot the count
P: Houston CAP COM, Gemini IX.
CC: Go ahead, IX. Houston reads you loud and clear.
P: That 7 - 25743 was post-IVAR burn. Is that
CC: That 's right.
CC: Pick up the count in 20 seconds.
CC: Gemini IX. How do you read ... ?
C: Gordo, Gemini IX reads you loud and clear.
CC: Very fine.
C: Roger. Thanks a lot.
CC: ... count on my Mark.
CC: T minus 3.
P: Come on light'
CC: GemuiniSupport SPC. Do you verify tran_m4ssion?
P: No light in here.
C: Wowee !
CC: Minus 2 minutes, Gem4ui IX. CONFIDENTIAL --
CC: DCS, STC. Sequence _3.
C: And I think we're going to make it, _ene.
C: That's why they worked up that new procedure.
CC: Gemini IX, PC. Launch vehicle is transferring ihterr_l power.
CC: Stand by for engine gimbaling. You copy, Gemini IX?
C: (Laughter)
P: What do you know?
P: Okay, TP. Let's get him.
C: We'11 have a good one, Gene.
C: Stand by for the power.
CC: Stage 2-P valves coming open in 5 seconds.
CC: Minus _O seconds.
P: Wow'
C: That was good one.
CC: T m_nus 20.
CC: T minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, _, 3, 2, 1
P: Look at that thingJ Darn it! What a What's hanging from it, too. Okay. It's rolling our way, Tom; there's the dipole extended. HAWAII here. still on, but they are open wide. The front re- lease has let go, the back closing bolts attached to the ATDA have both fired and it appears that one of the bolts from the band has fired. What's keeping it together is the slip disconnect for a small electrical connector that fires the bolt on the band. at 25 to 30 degrees. Both the piston springs look like they are fully extended. ated from the ATDA and it looks like it's just held on by some inconceivable force there. Everything looks good. got? HOw bad is it tumbling? to keep it out here between lO and 30 feet from it. The body axis right nOw is merely horizontal. Very slight bit of yaw technically inconceivable and the big rates are in roll. bility of breaking the cone or shaking it loose by going through a few Unrigidizing-to-Rigidizing Sequences? that the back explosive bolts connected to the ATDA have fired? Also, it is very evident that one of the strap bolts has fired, but also there is a small quick-disconnect from the pyros that fired the bolts from the strap. Those are still attached. open 3 to 4 inches at the back on both sides. It's gone out in a 30-degree angle and the strap is around it. where you could watch the Unrigidizing-to Rigidiz- lng? springs, the back small spring, the little 30-pound springs. We're up to about 5 to 10 feet and jockeying it into position here. And the back bolt is definitely fired. I can see the spring. It's got the two shells apart about 2 inches. The two halves are 2 inches - you can see that the ... and the pyros - the cables on the pyros - the front el-m_hell against the strap has fired. You can see the black smudge marks on it. I 'm now about 3 feet from it and those electrical connectors - the quick- disconnect did not connect on either one of them. and Stand by one let me give you a distance on this other one. can't see the cable disconnect. OC course, it would be taut. Okay, the other one. The spring is gone from the back of the other half one and ~ no, pardon me_ it's still there. It's separated from - the back is completely separated 3 to 4 inches and I'11 give you another good check. Oh, wait. What's holding the whole mass on there is the band. And half the time these pyro disconnects will work. like to go through one Rigidizing and Unrigidizing Sequence and have you watch it, if you'11 get into position where you could watch it for them. those things cut loose. on the band have fired; the band is held intact by all four of those electrical pyros that fired the bolts. Looks like somebody did not hook up a dis- connect cable. only thing that's holding the whole mass intact. States? getting too close to LOS. bolts have fired and it is basically free from the ATDA but just barely held on by those four little pyro wires there.
C: It looks like an angry alligator out rotating around. quite awhile, and ,Lqo have a suggestion that we might put out our docking bar and go tap it. start cycling the Adapter over the States. on to them that all four explosive bolts have fired and it's basically the three of the ... resting on it. ATDA adapter - four little pyro wires on the adapter that are holding the whole thing. Okay. TEXAS guess you got the word that all four explosive bolts did fire. The back separation devices have separated from the ATDA, just hanging loosely on it. It's the four small pyro wires that go to the strap bolts that are holding it together. The two - the strap bolts have fired.
CC: Roger. Understand, and the wire bundle disconnects- can you see anything about those? can't see it. inches apart. Those little coil springs, one of them is kind of deployed; the other one is still attached. The basic nose cone has detached from the ATDA ring. The only thing holding it together are those four wires that go - that went to the initiation on the explosive bolts of the strap. cannot disconnects have pulled? Is that correct? The wire bundle disconnects? quick- the four small plugs that should have disconnects on the pyros on the strap. The whole thing is just loosely hanging on there. We're standing by for an Unrigidized Sequencing. If you can give it right now, it wOuld be great. now when we're over - when wa get in Canaveral acquisition. Unrigidize. Radial Sep when you're ready to copy. here and talk this thing over for a minute and see if we can't possibly - I'd like to look at the idea of possibly extending the docking bar and going up and tapping it and maybe the whole thing may fall apart.
CC: Okay. We've got about 23 minutes to Radial Sep. I'd like to give you that dope first. 35 seconds; pitch it 90 down; Address 25, zeros; Address 26, 90200; 27, zero; forward thrusters; Up Maneuver. 25, 6 and 7 again, please. That Delta-V is 20 feet per second. 20; 25-second burn time; 25, all zeros; 26 is 90200; 27 is zero and forward thrusters, Up. the disconnects to the wire bundles, in which case we would definitely have to wait until - with the Contingency Plan B - wait until later to look at that. We will go ahead and exercise that ATDA as soon as we get acquisition at the Cape. Your Platform Alinement prior to this SEP will be here about 5 minutes from now, so you've got that much time to see what you like. possible that the wire bundles could have separated but it's real hard to see. Again, has everybody squared away what's holding the thing together? convinced by your description of the situation. we have twO big umbilicals that go to the ATDA. I can't tell whether those are still attached or not, but it's the four little wires that go into each end of the explosive bolts on the strap that's supposed to have a disconnect on it, and those are all intact. All four explosive bolts are fired so it's just the little disconnect umbilicals on the strap that have not pulled. All four of them are still intact. And all four should have pulled. IX. forward, i up - which was not quite Closed-Loop. The computer then, however, did fUnction properly to give us our proper corrections and it appears that it is working all right on all modes at the present time. are off. of your START COMP light when you're in CATCH-UP? apprears to be normal. guess. After we once accepted its solution, things went real well.
CC: Good. that - - in a position for Platform Aline as soon as this is over? ment time here. so we'11 have probably a little shorter alinement time. We'11 be okay.
CC: Roger. about extending the docking bar and giving it a tap? signals from the cables, that they are still plugged in. barely - that's right, the big cables may still be there, but once that strap goes, the whole thing should deploy. to send the commands now.
C: Okay. command.
CC: Roger. jaws came closed slightly. plan to go ahead with Separation Burn at this point. Burn so - guide your Platform Aline in positioning accordingly.
C: Roger. the shroud situation during the EVA preparation period. How does it look as far as being able to make that Separation time? Platform and we're moving around in position. getting into position for the burn. ROSE KNOT VICTOR your maneuver in approximately i minute.
P: Go into RENDEZVOUS with _ minutes and see what happens. time. here. CARNARVON circuit breaker OFF? switch is OFF? and and was about two tenths. you're ready to copy. burn time, 0 plus 21; Core 25, 90147; Core 26, 00075; Core 27, 00020; 16.5&; 0.3 up and 2.5 right; range 16.3 nautical miles; Range-Rate 6A feet per second; azimuth, 178.5 right; elevation, 27.A down; range and Range-Rate are 2 minutea and 10 seconds prior to TPI. Thank you.
CC: Gemini IX, Carnarvon. We're one minute to LOS.
C: Roger ...
P: Carnarvon. Gemini IX is at 51.9 miles, 88 feet per second. Address 8A is not reading out pro- perly, so negative angle at this time.
CC: Gemini IX, Houston.
CC: Roger. We,re thirty seconds to LOS and we did get good data at Antigua on D-IA.
P: Say you did get good data?
UNKNOWN: Stop. ridiculous. load trying to get under this thing, gymnastic here with S-ii. for 5 seconds. Alined with the ... on the Spacecraft ... data, beautiful data ... am? I'm down sitting on that attitude controller, trying to do this and it Just doesn't work ... operation. I think people orginally thought, because of the attitude the camera's mounted in ... what we have to do to get ... Okay, coming up ... roll is good. Another one. COASTAL SENTRY QUEBEC