Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
UNKNOWN: Will go. you'11 put it right in the sun. water appears beyond the water boiler? HAWAii or left and _o ge'_ that bi_ of ice in tae sun. ready to copy. vehicles. Okay. We're showing you GO here on the ground. And here we go: GET B; 1] plus 14 plus 29; Delta-V, 9 feet per second; burn time, 0 plus 15; yaw 00, pitch OO; Core 25, 90090; Cores 26 and 27 are all zeros; and it will be a forward firing thruster burn; Retrograde Maneuver. Delta-V, 9.0 feet per second; duration, O plus 15; yaw O, pitch O; Core 25, 90090; 26 and 27, all zeros; thruster is forward-firing; retrograde burn. like you to do prior to ,_,Wingthe burn. We'd like you to move 5 to 10 feet north of Spacecraft VII and about 50 feet behind. This is prior to making the burn. Now the reason for this is to keep the Spacecraft VII D-4/D-7 instrument away from the sun. and him? just prior to making the burn. Okay: ali this time. over the RKV. Wally. I think they just did not wan_ the IR sensor pointing into the sun. looks like a small .o. about the size of a tube. remaining. cent propellant remaznzng. ROSE VICTOR KNOT COASTAL SENTRY QL_BEC ascension, 08:15:27. east; right ascension, 08 plus 15 plus 27. remaining ia 148 pounds; oxidizer remaining, 193 pounds. Our calculations show that to be an actual 43 percent remaining on propellant, and that was calculated prior to your last sep burn. quantity? percent. about 32. last sep burn. CANT0_ read? 0ver. your PIA updates. Over. Are you ready to copy your update? Over. Area 9-Bravo: GET RC, 13:19:36; 4OOK is 20 plus 25; reverse bank is 26 plus 13; all of these bank angles, for all these updates, will be 90 degrees: 90 degrees. Area 10-Delta: GET RC, 14:17:O5; 4OOK, 20 plus 32; reverse b,nk, 25 plus 54. 11-2: GET RC, 15:52:02; 4OOK,20 plus 11; reverse b-nW, 25 plus 40. 12-2 GET RC, 17:25:40; 4OOE,20 plus 03; reverse benk,25 plus 35; Area 13-2: GET RC, 19:01:21; 4OOK is 19 plus 58; reverse bRnk, 25 plus 28. Did you copy Gemini VI? 25 plus 15, that's 25 plus 15. ROSE KNOT VICTOR I 'm transmitting you a TX. for you as soon as we finish with Gemini VII crew status report. second; burn time, 0 plus il; 0 yaw, 0 pitch; Core 25, 00090; Core 26 and Core 27, all O's; aft thrus- ters; the maneuver is posigrade. feet per second; OO plus 11 seconds; yaw O, pitch O; Core 25, 00090; 26 and 27 all O's; thrusters aft, posigrade. complete block-update? and night station ... no difficulty at all. around looking at ... lO3 that thing. rol_R of color about 50 ·.. Hasselblad. a baby sitter. I tuck you in every night, and now I 'm baby sitting for four of you. COASTAL SENTRY QUEBEC Command Pilot's blood pressure. Pilot's blood pressure. a food and water report. report. inlet tamp reading. have consumed two meals. We'11 add up the water for you in a minute. Cabin temperature, 84. The suit temperature was 58. OAF,S remaining and an source pressure. source temperature is 70 degrees; psi is 1650.
CC: Copy. 1650. cabin temp survey and just record it in your log book for post-flight. We'd like the cabin's ambient dry and wet bulb, suit inlet dry and wet bulb. blue Remove the nozzle and check directly in the 0 2 flow. If possible, we'd like a hatch surface temperature and side wall surface temperature. You'11 get that jazz sometime tomorrow. C_d{i_ARVON lO5 And could we have an update on our node and for ·.. check? one - - form. percent· Did you get At? Gemini
CC: We're trying to keep the down as much possible ... as for - until one more revolution end sleep of period. CARNAHVON recorder. We would like to have you place your reentry C-Band to CONTINIX)US, please. position, momentarily, then beck to CO_R_%ND. aame problem with your tape recorder as we had on VII. If you can reach it, try to tap it. Maybe we can get the tape motion. be fore. and get a purge. can power up. I would l_We to bring your computer up, arm bring you up to power, and bring your radar up to standby; after 5 minutes turn radar on and copy radar readings every 10 minutes, between Carnarvon and UB. range, Turned radar on at 42 minutes elapsed time. j range and pitch.
UNKNOWN: %riI? on. purging. you're ready to copy. Carnarvon. That completes the update; it was just a short item. Can you position your Cryo Gaging switch to ECS 02, please? Carnarvon. pill at 35 minutes past 21 hours. That's from nasal congestion. at 21 hours 35 minutes. Gaging switch back to OFF, VI. Houston.
CC: _ Roger, Gemini VI. Request that you kick the tape recorder. We feel that the tape might be out of the limits which, by kicking it, we might get good tape operation. that you may have gotten by now from the line of sight to Gemini VII. had a range of 22.24 nautical miles ... at 22 plus OO we had a range of 17.63 nautical miles and we still have a positive lock-on. At 51 we have a range of 16.0 nautical miles. miles; at 22:00, we have a range of 17.63 nautical miles. TEXAS Command Pilot to put bbc oral temp probe in his mouth at this time.
CC: Sorry. lO9 food and sleep reports. dri_W_ and three meals, Pilot has 113 half-ounce drinks and three meals. ounce drink_ and one with 113 half-ounce drinkA for the Command Pilot and Pilot, respectively. Can you give us a report on your sleep? us a blood pressure while we're waiting for the Co_d Pilot's oral te_? are all off-scale high, about 32 volts. still on. Pilot blood pressure. We're standing by. circuit breaker off. Recorder Control circuit breaker off. lights again for me, please? p,_]]ed your bulb off. time, range and_ if possible, Address 59 _neta reaaouts, between you and Vii. Houston we have the range. _ne range ay 22!_Zas Z2 olus C© was lo. _ ?ne range at 22 plus 20 plus OO was 19.55. _ne range lll at 22 plus 30, range was 26.31. VII is above your altitude or below your altitude? with reflected lights here. angle - -? here; to track him only proves that we're able to rendezvous and we 'ye done that. We'd like to get the cockpit stowed fairly soon here. You want to give us an update on what the real retro time is? non-nominal stowage? right aft box and not changing them to the left- hand box; otherwise,they will be identical. the left aft box. for launch. I 'd like to reveri/%jthat, at the _ime these readings were %aken, Gemini Vii was above you. can
UNKNOWN: 5 degrees above _ thank you very much. 17-1 retrofire time, just so we can prep up to it? Did you copy? RC at 25 plus 15 plus 55. BERMUDA Power circuit breaker on. Tape Recorder Control circuit breaker off. on, Control is off. effect from the Actyfed yet? able to ... during the early morning reveille. 1i3 elevator. ground stations. CANARY ISIAND_ PRELAUNCH. CARNARVON Area 17-1, if you're prepared to copy. 107; bank angle 44 degrees; RN minus RP, O; bank angle 90 degrees; P_ RP, minus 197. Do you copy? on us. Could you say again_ please? receive that. How abo_t going real slow with _. Okay? Ll5 OO degrees; the RN minus BP will be a plus 107; second reading - bank angle, 44 degrees; the KN, RP will be O; third one - at 90 degrees bank angle, minus RP will be a minus 197. Do you copy? RN minus RP, plus 107; bank angle of 44 degrees; RN minus RP, O; 90-degree bank angle; RN, RP, minus 197. stowage jobs. HAWAII I don't have anything for you, Gemini VI. the States. m_ a shout. can't. looking at. TEXAS -VI, looks like a satellite going from north to south, probably in a polar orbit. He's in a very low trajectory traveling from north to south and has a very high climbing ratio. It looks like it might even be a ... Very low. Looks like he mlght be going to reenter soon. Stand by one ... You might just let me try to pick up that thing. for a retro. Are you ready to accept it? il? PRELAUNCH to CATCH-UP and then back to PREL_UNCH. MDIU quantities so that you can check them. Are you ready to copy? O7513; Core 66, 65384; Core 07, 35999; Core 08, 4OO14. Are you copying, VI? for 7 on. You faded out. 09, 12421; Core lO, 02346; Core 11, 29217. Do you copy? Tom? Core 66, 65384; 07, 35999; 08, 4OO14; 09, 12421; Core 10, 02346; Core 11, 29217. this, and we have run out a solution and it looks good. Would you read 03 back? I was interrupted. I did not get your read-back. I think it was cor- rect.
UNKNOWN: 'il give her a go. 26 plus 38, bank left 55. Do you copy? reverse b_nk, 26 plus 38; bank left 55 degrees. just one more try. Would you place your Tape Recorder Control circuit breaker on, and verify the Tape Recorder Power circuit on? are on. preparatior_? Get_£ng everything stowed away? down in the box when we're all finished up. you. like you to place the Tape Recorder Power circuit breaker off and leave _he Control circuit breaker oI1. 1!9 readouts for the nominal? with the readouts? 308 number. ... stowed. stowage. Something about doesn't look right. -mps- TANANARIVE it will be 14:14:30. understand again. CARNARVON ready to copy. cover, 10 miles visibility, 3 knots wind, 360 degrees from the north. Seas 3 feet, very light. Barometer 30.06. vis, 3 knots and 360 degrees from the north, seas are 3 feet and very light, barometer 30.06. close the Tape Recorder Power circuit breaker and make sure that the Tape Playback switch is in the CO_ND position. postion. Could you give us a hack on our GET? and approximately 35 minu_es, 35 seconds. m_krk on your event %i_er. After retrofire turn Ring B off and do not use it, only Ring A, unless both rings are required for attitude ccntrol. drogue deploy. leave the motor valves off. This is Gemini Vi. shortly. You are looking good here on the ground. We'11 see you back at the ranch. good day. good-bye. CANTON read? list complete? HAWAII GenminiVI, CAP COM. can counting-up test. Plus 3 minutes and about 15 seconds. had no hack time at tha_ point. good. COIMi_._ .I
CC: That's affirm. nothing seeing you. CALI_ORNIA time at this point. s_,-_-tion looks real good from here. TEXAS initial neeaie deflection shows a 12-mile overshoot. degrees, roll right 47; initial ... shows 12-miie overshoot.
CC: Roger. ing you in at 43 miiss. Over. carrier, Gemini VI. 29 plus 45; main time as 31 plus 06. to how the reentry looked on the needles? How do you read? reading you. We believe we are 30 miles away, on_ the way. Over.
CC: Roger. until estimates of ... volume. We ,11 wait for that a later time. Do you think that this is helpful? Do you think you're going to be able to do that? If so, Just say yes or no and we can try and get it on a later pass. any accurate volume. and try it then. working very well and the ... unit also is function- lng all right. the water gun was working very well. I didn't get the last unit that was functioning. tf,_ hack on the elapsed time, please? 22:26:45. We haven't gained or lost a second on you. Frank. convenient tt,_. on the radar transponder. I hope you're reading it. CONFIDENTIAL 77 h_'3rT,, about yo_zr launch. _neir theme song is: q _ Be Home For Christmas". Next news item is we had - vwo airliners had a collision up near New York yesterday. Fortunately most of the people did survive. There were six lost but 106 survived. One airplane landed with about a 30-foot section of wing off. The headlines in the Post today say, "GT-VII and Spent Rocket Playing Tag". They've got very nice pictures of both Saran and Marilyn on the cover. And down at the Cape things are going real good setting up Gemini VI. They're running about four hours ahead of schedule. Tennessee beat UCLA 37 to 34. The Buffaloes play the Oilers here today and Minnesota is at Green Bay today. That's all we have right now. hanging on the back of the spacecraft, we sort of surmised yesterday that the report that you gave us hitting the front end was caused when it perhaps fell over in front of one of the aft thrusters during your Perigee-Adjust Maneuver and that caused it to flop up in the front. You probably deduced the same thing by now. stopped thrusting, ... up forward was it probably drifted over in front of the thruster at the time you were firing and that threw it up there.
P: Okay ... D-4/D-7, 309, 09. Right? BERMUDA ponder off at this time? D-4/D-7. We'11 get your flight plan report on the next pass. ACQ-AID beacon off for D-4/D-7. CANARY read? Over. CONFIDENTIAL 79 15 plus 15. 19-4: 29:42:38; 14 plus 34. 20-3: 30:57:47; 17 plus 02. 21-3: 32:34:02; 15 plus 45. These are for a rolling reentry and the weather in all areas is good. the transmission; just the right speed. the fuel cells, especially in the hydrogen? notice any Delta-P light on the first section. you didn't get any sort of venting at all?
P: Not to my knowledge. food box unstowed. figuration and everything is in good shape. having to put those magazines in plastic containers. CARNARVON are receiving a valid temperature from the Pilot. Stand by and I'il hand you over to the Surgeon. the things that we get done. Okay? Just write okay after them. Okay? blood pressure. 2 minutes. 2300. Concerning D-5: Experiment is approximately 24 hours. Could not get the ... because of not enought time for dark ... and it was ... before we could get a good fix on it, and we could not get ... because the sunlight was coming up before that, before we could get a good fix on ..., and we would not be able to follow it down. The moon was out very bright and it might have some effect on the star ... photometer. The photometer could never go RED, it stayed GREEN all the time, and we had to use it through a green reticle. The calibrate - the gain wheel was all the way in the DOWN position. blood pressure. Standing by for your Mark when you start your exercise. you have any change in your food or water intake to report? exercise program about ... but we will be starting our exercise program. We're still having a GO on the ground. We '11 be standing by. CA.N'_N you read? you read? instead of Guaymas. Do you read? near Texas. TEXAS you read? receive a TR update. CONFIDENTIAL 83 that, Jim? of the Houston area on this pass. It's not real close but if you have - if you're able to, you might take one. And on the next pass we have an S-8/D-13. Laredo - the weather is very good and very clear. We have smoke pots set up along the north edge of the pattern. The wind is coming from the south and you should have a real good opportunity there. And it will be an even better opportunity to take a picture of Houston on that pass if you can manage to do it after the Laredo S-8/D-13 pass. Of course, the has top priority. thought it was in California. Houston is we have unusually clear weather here at the present time. We thought it would be a good opportunity to take a picture. pass so I'm not too surprised, but the next pass should be real good. Brookley. You know he always stops there for gas. today. would like fuel cell quantity Cryo readouts for approximately 20 to 30 seconds on each position. the way of a flight plan report at this time? flight plan detail in general up to this point, plus one humidity transfer reading. ECS 02 quantity? CONFIDENTIAL 85 S-8/D-13 or scores that you could give us? would be REAL-TIME ... put away. will be good on the future sight. We hope you'11 have good luck on that's-8/D-13 on that next pass. It's very clear weather and, as I said, the smoke pots are all set up on the north edge, and they're trying to get a smoke generator set up on the north- west corner. They're not sure they'11 have that_ but there are a lot of smoke pots along the north edge there, so it should be well marked. fuel cells for you. 2C, 4.5. ture 75. Left-hand secondary 02: 5400; right-hand secondary 02: 5200. All main batteries are 22 over and above.
P: you. CONFIDENTIAL 99 at 29:20 ...
CC: Okay. and his status. time, or rather two people to help. One person to get out of the tubes ... and various pieces. beautiful. I 'm leaving spare parts, ..., gloves, everything in the suit; two rolls of movie film ... plug on the BIO MED read now. able to get the HF okay. much. suit? Does he plan to put the orbital flight suit on? pretty warm in here.
CC: Roger. 'itWe pleased with the OANS quantity progress. You're finally being very stingy with the fuel and it looks real good. you'd like, I could start giving you some of these news items or we can wait till your next US pass. of the vote, pushing him into a run-off election for the French presidency. He is expected to win in a run-off, however. In Vietnam, the US troops had a clash with the Communists in an estimated regiment strength in a new battle at Michelin Rubber Plantation. The Soviet scientists are to attempt a soft landing on the moon with Luna 8 this afternoon. Here's an item about Gemini VII. It says: "Astronauts Borman and Lovell report all is well aboard their Gemini VII." You know anything about that? And Gemini VI launch preparations are still running ahead of schedule and the crew is ready for their launch - for their rendezvous attempt. Local news is that Secret Service agents arrested a former printer in Houston and seized i 1/4 million dollars in counterfeit 20-dollar bi]]_. How did you read? got all that money down at the Cape. is getting all his clothes off and so on now. CONFIDENTIAL 127 EF? If not, could you tell us where you lost it? turned it off. TANANARI_ you read? to pick up the HF again. We may have Just had a skip in the Kano area and you might try it again if you're interested. NED lead and the blood pressure lead now. dressed space pilot will wear. all right.... by turning his way down and mine up I get some flow in my suit also. orbital flight suit or not? Both the electronic and event timer circuit breakers were p,_lledand we got a digital elapse time hack from Carnarvon. Okay. Cuff's actuated reconnected again; at 45:42. CARNARVON run ponder. Would you turn it to the ON position, please? revolution. Carnarvon again on the next pass. one of these days. Just a minute. CONFIDENTIAL 129 during the GO/NO-GO over the States and that's the one that occurs at 46 hours, 14 minutes. They'11 also tell you when they want you to turn the computer to the ON position.
CC: Roger. on the Pilot. Medical data. Would you check the plug, please? fixed in a minute. the clocks counting here on the ground. Would you check to make sure that the ttm_ reference system is on? removing the suit. now. 55 seconds. You'11 probably drift, so they can update your ... there. set mv digital elapsed timer? hours 45 38 minutes and that '.Ilbe in approximately 40 minutes or 40 seconds after the hack. That's 45 hoUrs,38 minutes. LOS. plug in as yet? elapsed time 45:47. rm.]_S down now so that Jim can do a series of sequences every 10 seconds, shots over Mexico. Time is 46:14:09. Starting the sequence now of S-5, 46:15:38. you read? up at this time, Frank, in preparation for this 46-1 load. That would be A.C. power to IGS and then computer on in PRELAUNCH. GO for 46-1 at this time. circuit breakers off while Jim was taking the suit out. Will you check out our TRS for us? be updated now. Did you get the light, Gemini VII? anyway. It's too big. We'11 have to wait until a later pass, I guess. that's all I was worried about. 46-1 update. left 40OK, 15 plus O1. RET RB: 20 plus 36; bank 50, bank right 60. Do you copy? 4OOK, 15 plus O1. RET EB: 20 plus 36, bank left to 50, bank right to 60. GO/NO-GO for me? can. are happy with your results in your check. We do not understand why it's doing that but we feel you made a good check. We would like to have you put that inst_,_nt aside for the time being and we're getting another one in here to do some analysis on. We are going to try to figure out just what is happening in it. We will not give you any more assignments on it for the time being. the 46-1 while we can work it in. We don't want to miss the Cape ... this time. both Sue and Marilyn last night and this morning. A] 1 families are doing fine and all the kids are back in school. Sue said the boys have promised to try to buckle down to their school work and Marilyn's particular message was that your mother's doing real fine, Jim. She talked to her on the phone. my suit on. still comfortable. the Cape. Let's have our radar test. you want to tune it back in. few more minutes, VIZ. track. It was very easy to acquire and very easy to stay on. data are coming in very good. We have been very pleased with the results on it so far. we anticipated. electrical power and electrical power uses cryogenics and we're not going to be long on it? we want to check your computer. there about 20 days. mV suit off though, to stand myself up here now. on the left side. 23 volts. Do you want individual stack readouts? 2B, 4.0; 2C, 5.0 amps. Main bus voltage 27.0. turn off your computer at any time now. in good shape now. future you about possibly reinstslliug the EEG lead. Are you going to be able to get at that kit which has the special glue in it? CANARY Carnarvon. I'11 give you elapsed time. 47:08:00.
CC: Roger. D-4/D-7 experiment. The one you have listed as 47:55:31. We'd like you to change that time to 47:55:37. the transponder worked out over the Cape? momentarily. You can turn off the Quantity Read switch if you like. soon now. We'11 probably give you a report over Carnarvon on that transponder test over the Cape. D-4/D-7. lining up on 414 lining on Betelgeuse in a RAD position for 3 minutes. CONFIDENTIAL 137 pull down on ... filter's down and photoce]]_ are protected from any light till they get this posi- tion. Calibrate switch is now pressed down, Betelgeuse has a green light on it and we'11 rotate D-wheel all the way out. No red light at all. Sirius. Calibrate one that is depressed rotating. GRF.k_N. completely blacked out, I don't have an accurate time hack on this one, but I've had a stand on Betelgeuse now with a max_mllmEAR of 3 minutes. on Betelgeuse still. 3 minutes max RAD position. Time 46:57. Still on Rigel. Time 47: ... correction, 47:20 experimenting completed; Sequences 414 and 413; D-4/D-7 completed at 47:02:18; firing down. light c_m_ back on again; has been gone for some time and decided to come back. CARNARVON Medical Data Pass.
P: Have copied. CONFIDENTIAL 155 you noted that the D-4 - the next thing you have - the D-4 had a note, cold IR off. Do you understand that? It just means you are to do that without using the cold IR. essentially been reported correctly to you. You are right on your flight plan profile as far as OAMS usage. Doing real well. quite drastically lately. the reason. give us an estimate, for flight planning purposes, on the ttm- required for eating? extra for exercising. functions that take time too. islands. to have a brief discussion with you at this time regarding the EEG leads.
C: Roger. checked with the expertw_nter and we would like to get the answer to one question, Frank. Did the electrode come off with your helmets on all the tt-_, or did you have it on so that it came off during sleep with your helmet on, or after you were taking your heist off? was loose when I had my helm-t on. It caught on the back of my neck. The lead between my helmet and the harness caught on something and pulled very badly, and one of them came off while I had the he]m-t still on. reapply this if he can. And here are some in- structions that you can use for trying it with the kit that you have there for applying the electrocardiogram electrode. If he can clean the area with a wet wipe and then dry it. Clean the electrode flange, being careful not to put any tension on the other electrode. Then slightly underfill the electrode with paste. Take one of the Dermical tapes, cut it to size to that elec- trode, and then apply the electrode. Then cut a small square of Dermical tape and cover the elec- trode with that square of tape. Jim will have to hold his hand for a little while over that to just heat-seal the tape as we did when applying the electrocardiogram electrode. but I'11 do it. give you a job when you come back, Jim. readings on the S-8/D-13 were m_de at point of closest approach? were made at point of closest approach? closest approach? approach? little bit of this thing off. stick it away from the bottle so that you could break it. this so I'd better do this first. going on. before you - - chances. CONFIDENTIAL 129 thing. Well, let's Just get a position corrected here. of pil1_? we 'ye got to get out the sextant. CARNARVON ground. I would l_We an on-board 0A_ propellant quantity readout, please. We'11 be standing by. had ... Hang on. Hang on ... HAWAII We have you GO. through. around? Twist over. ... Just about 14 minutes ... we can't get it on the sextant. TEXAS have anything for you here. You're solid GO. 0-¥0-7. here. that's enough ...
C: Well, that's it: Okay, let's go to ...
C: Okay ... right now. It's the lower one, right?
C: Got you.
P: 5 degrees.
C: Okay. Good show'
P: Okay. Here we go.
P: Okay. See what you read.
P: It's on the horizon up here.
P: Okay.... 21.
P: 22, 22.
P: Is that better?
C: .,,
P: 7.o61.
P: Okay. We're Just about through now.... Why don't we Just let it go ... then because ...?
C: That 's fine.
P: ... up a little, please.
UNKNOWN: VII, do you still copy? 30 degrees down, yaw 10 degrees right - correction - 10 degrees left. This may be scrubbed due to equip- ment problems. We'11 let you know later. D-4/D-7: 74:00:00; Sequences 415 and 416; Mode 02; pitch 90 degrees down. Do you copy? We'11 be giving you a systems review status of all your syst_ma and quantities and so forth - if you want to have your systems book out - either on the next pass or the following one, depending on how long the crew status report takes on the next pass.
UNKNOWN: that. ably won't have time to finish them here. Let me cc,.._,_utone thing. After you leave our station here you might tune in your HF. We've got same special music for you. Okay. On the D-9, we're wondering about the green filter cc-.-.entsthat you made on the airglow measurements. Does the filter 8ira the CONFIDENTIAL 191 BEi:_ID])A It ellm_uated the airglow and the horizon campletely. tions, Jim. We'11 see you the next time around. CANARY for a blood pressure. pressure; we'11 stand by for exercise on your Mark. by for your food and water and sleep report. D-5, M-A at 66 hours. on the food. hours sleep at about 3 or 4 periods last night. sleep, please? Thank you very much. wish. KANO read? CONFIDENTIAL 193 emitted one update. Did I give you D-9 at 70:41:307 insure that you're not using the blue filter in- stead of green. If it still is unsatisfactory, use Mode 02.
UNKNOWN: ready?
UNKNOWN: your picture. right over Houston now. The Astrodome sticks out like a sore thumb. We can see the whole works. the day-night cycles at all, or has it been generally good all the way around? CONFIDENTIAL 2o7 the estimated propellant usage. If you adjust the curve down for the maneuvers we've made ahead of time here, raising the perigee, we feel you're run- ning about 12 pounds ahead on that curve. That's at approximately 70 hours. ending up with about a 38 percent at the completion of the mission. We show you're running about 4 percent ahead of that at the present time. expecting about 15 percent at completion of mission. We show you're running about 2 percent ahead of that on oxygen and about 4 percent ahead on hydrogen. the line for water usage, based on the equipment adapter water only. Of course, in addition to that you have your retro water, so looks like you're in real good shape on that.
UNKNOWN: to the ... are. Understand you didn't have to pump any of them up during the night. They all held very well. The ECS 02 usage appears to drop substantially dur- ing the sleep period, and so it's holding very con- stant at about 700 pounds_we show here. The fuel cell oxygen pressure dropped the most of all of them and apparently we have a real good bottle there. It's very well insulated and the pressure came down. You had pumped it up about, up to about 870 or so, and our pressure here and that came down during the night, back down to about 500 on our gages. gen came down a little bit. I think it dropped about 50 pounds or so during the night. It looks like we're in real good shape on everything. for your Cryo temperature controls or pressure con- trols? We have a set of readings here which are good until about 80 hours, if you would like to use them. range of 500 to 582. These are your on-board gage readings. Fuel cell 02: MAnfmum 208, nmm_nal 333 to 500. Fuel cell H2: Minimum 333, n_m_ual 445 to 500. Did you copy? it se_mlng to hold all the way around or do you get fadeouts in certain areas? here. at all? busy, we turn it off. It would be difficult to CONFIDENTIAL 2o9 relate it to anything while we're working. to see that you were able to do that well with the platform down. any - do you feel that's any problem at all? problem? even pick up ... at night on the clouds below. time left on your D-4 recorder is? want to we can play it back. ses? Africa and a lot of thunderstorms over the Amazon. CARNARVON to delete because of weather, whenever you're ready.
UNKNOWN: ahead, please.
UNKNOWN: first one is the Apollo Landmark at Time, 73:08:40; Sequence 234. Second item is the D-4/D-7: 73:08:40; Sequence Number 420. The final item is MSC-4: 73:45:35; and these are deleted due to weather. have nothing further for you. We're standing by. pressure please? you keep it between 445 and 500. me the mio_m,_n on 333.
UNKNOWN: just said he would like for you to CONFIDENTIAL 2:.]. keep it between 445 and 500. Would you run it up, please? HAWAII by. they must have changed it. Thank you. We'11 de- lete it. adapter C-Band, please? been changed. adapter C-Band to CONTINUOUS for a mnment? D-13 experiment on your next pass?
CC: Roger. your adapter C-Band - your ACQ-AID? TEXAS me when to stop? We have several items on a con- tinued flight plan update. S-8. for this S-8. Tim_ is now 73:23:41. D-4/D-7: quences 415 and 416; Mode 02; cancel, weather. You tell me if I need to stop talking. over the coast. We'11 be there shortly. wards, Roger. coast, but we just mig_ht luck out, Frank. high cloud cover and we missed it. over the site, so we tho_ght you n_ght be able to have some luck on that. where else but right over there. burn? here so we're taking some pictures of the unusual cloud formations here. Down there ... We ought to came up with some. Roll them this way so I can get a shot ... Jet stream ... nr_inal stowage that you could mention? We're look- ing into the weight distribution.
UNKNOWN: also. time account on this_ but what we're going to like you to do, or want you to do_ is go to the AUTO po- sition on your heater, probably about one revolu- tion prior to your sleep period. This will give us a chance to monitor the heater and the temperatures and watch them stabilize out. to go to the AUTO position on the 02 .
UNKNOWN: I was trying to record that hack. empty. If there's anything I can pass on hnme for you, I'd be glad to. If not, your WHITE TEAM will be watching while you're sleeping tonight. very happy down here. Okay. Ran into cloud trouble, ceasing at 74:59:15. the flying underwear" now. How many did we take?
UNKNOWN: ... That's a Number i priority. Yes.
C: Time, sequen ce, mode. zine Number M; Shot Numbers 2 to 9; Frames 2 to 9; Sequence 01; Mode O1 on S-5. We have taken_ approx- imately 74:36, cloud pictures over the Pacific. About 5 frames_ M_gazine A. We've taken 2 frames of Magazine M, fll, at 250. we've also taken, over southern Mexico, about O1 stipped photos of Mexico. Approximately 74: 59. Do you hold the position now? Mode 02. Just started with ... and presently now to ... I am having trouble with this D-9 measure- ment because the moon is so bright that it makes a little difficult trying ... star, Jtm_ ROSE KNOT VICTOR All your system_ are GO. We're standing by. S-8/D-13 sed 7 and Lovell missed 11. for S-6 over the Pacific and also a Sequence l, S-5 over southern Mexico. Sequence l, Mode i on S-5. eee COASTAL SENTE_ QUEBEC We have you GO on the ground. You need not acknow- ledge this transmission. HAWAII it's still rising - we're showing you GO on the ground. ing by for your blood pressure. your exercise. food, water and sleep report. 298 ounces. He had one meal, Day 7, Meal C, at which time he had with it about 15 ounces of water. one meal, Day 7, Meal C_ 12 ounces of water with the meal. sumption at the time of your Meal 7-C? around 15 ounces during that time. ber l? ing his meal time. over the RKV this pass. GUAYMAS conduct the crew status report over Texas. Your temperature is up real well. minutes. after all. We have a valid oral temperature. Stand by for the Surgeon. Standing your exercise Mark. Okay_ let it off. can of your food status and your water status. good on the ground. ROSE _NOT VICTOR 3; Sequence 04; ... Also, Jim just took a picture of a sunset. 76:59:36 ... IR off. C systems. Your OA_ meters seem to be working well. Your thruster temperature ranges from 60 to 80 de- grees when the ACME is powered down. Your thruster temperature ranges are from 80 degrees to 105 degrees during use of the pulse mode. Your source tamp and other systems temperature have stabilized in the range frc_ 55 degrees to 65 degrees. In s-,_u,_ry, the system works beautif-lly. and the temperature has stabilized at 65 to 75 de- grees. have seen the computer run it looks completely nor- m_l. All updates have been verified on the ground by reading out the memory. sumption of water is eq,ml to the _mount produced. All your collant loop temperatures are nominal. Your radiator outlet temps are running 0 to plus 10 degrees. And your suit heat exchanger inlet temp is constant at 47 to 48 degrees.
P: Standing by. Lovell's going to dump urine.
P: There's a sight to behold'
P: Frank.
C: ... what?
P: Oh' CANARY ISLANDS you read? Over. morning? you're ready. to flight plans. Heater switch to the AUTO position. ground, right? We're reading 680. go to the Quantity Read switch ECS 02. just wanted it there for the sleep period. CARNARVON flight plan update, a brief one, and also your PLA update for you when you are ready to copy. Crossing: Time, 92:25:19; Remarks, Rev 58; 137 degrees west; right ascension 11:56:08. Second item: Time 90:50:00; that will be a cabin temper- ature survey. Third item: Time, 91:O3:OO; that's a crew status report over the Cape. Time: 19:17:08; that will be a crew status report on the Pilot at Canaries. you will be updated with a complete flight plan at 90 hours and 10 minutes. the time line has changed by 10 minutes as of 90 hours. PLA's? Ready. 60-1: 93:56:40; 17 plus 15. Area 61-1: 95:32:44; 17 plus 16. Area 62-4: 98:22:44; 17 plus 56. Area 63-4: 99:58:51; 16 plus 53. Area 64-3: 101:11:54; 20 plus O1. Area 65-3: 102:48:40; 18 plus 45. That's it. not too good today; however, from the Mississippi River to Florida it is clear. It will be cloudy in southern Florida. There is a frontal system in the -1 areas, so it's not very good. The -2 areas have high waves. Areas 3 and 4 are good. this morning. They have replaced the computer in GT-VI. It now has the same math flow as GT-VII. There is still a chance to launch GT-VI on Day 8.
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C: ... Meal A, Day 4 ...
C: Roger. We're Just - we're Just starting on this S-5 run. minutes. Go ahead. The First Infantry Division troops found a major Viet Cong training camp on the outskirts of the Michelin Rubber Plantation, including underground command bunker and complete classrooms. external ECG leadings. Getting some spurious signals. any better signals. Hitches GT-VII to a Star." He talked about your burn yesterday, prAm_rily. In the sports area, the Oilers' Billy Fraxier is out for the season with a shoulder separation and it looks like the Oilers ma_ sign Tommy Nobis. Okay. till Christmas. We gave you a wrong number yester- day. will you? right after this pass, to work with the sim flight. I've got another item. BERMUDA picture? times from that special test we asked for? get the Polaroids and sunglasses out to get it - to look into it. convenient get thpm- Any sunrise or sunset would be -_1 right. night? We noticed you adjusted it up a little better. Does it seem comfortable to both of you? we didn't touch the temperature. night? before we go to bed it gets real hot, and then after we settle down in here it cools off, and you're cold in the morning. Hot at night when you go to bed, and cold when you wake up. to try out that orbital flight suit, Just to get another data point working toward the ultimate flight suit here. on it° I'd have to turn the hydrogen heater on last night and I had to. goodies around here. here that we could turn on the auto heater on the h_drogen and forget it. and then they told me to turn it off over Australia, or somewhere. ready to do the hydrogen one, but I'm pretty certain you could. The spacecraft seems to be getting bigger and bigger. Either we're losing weight or we're getting used to it. I don't know which. comment to you - to - to you - about this external lead again. carefully if you're going to put on that other garment? It looks like it probably was loose. I don't know if - it has been going somewhat erratic still. It looks pretty good most of the CONFIDENTIAL 257 time now, but it was - it looked like it was completely loose there for a while, so you better check that pretty thoroughly as you're putting on that other garment. Would you do that? ... Mode O1; completed 92:42:52. the moon .... on the moon now. 4 minutes on the moon. Was it fl6? fl6? f8 not ... There she is right on the ... The time,93:lS. lens in conjunction with the moon. Our measure- ments, f8 and 250. Taking a series of source sequences at 6 frames per second. Next sequence.
P: This is ...
C: ®.e which are night land and night water measurpm_uts. We're over the water now. There's quite a bit of clouds down here. CARNAEVON G_,m']ni We have one message for you. We'd like to move your purge back from Bermuda to Texas. The Texas CAP CQM will advise when to start the purge. Did you copy? Texas and CAP COM will tell us when to start the purge. D-4/D-7 land measurements. Quite a few clouds down here and I don't know whether you'11 get good results from this. We should be passing over water, not land. with the clOl_d_. Water now. appear much brighter than the water. The water is dark. No, I know I'm not straight down. I'm practically on water now. comes good water. Here an island.
P: Here comes an island with a light on it. And going we're to go right over it. At 93:32:23 - 93:22:33 - :34, an island has a white-looking spire on it. And we should go straight over it. Do you get it now, Frank?
P: No, let's well clo_,a_. Hey' They want us to get lightning too, tonight?
C: Yes, but I don't see any. Do you? CONFIDENTIAL 261 You better power-down at this time.
C: ... and 45 seconds left on the tape recorder. Next right there. We're looking right at it. to be able to see it.
C: Go ahead, Hawaii. for the sun now? get the first strike of the ... cnm_ug up. filters. CONFIDENTIAL 263 o$$
C: ... we SEF or BEF? We're SEF. Right? angle She should be ccming at an off to our right. the right where that orange is. see it. just barely visible now. That lamp should go out like a sore thumb. Stand 94:06:21. in blue water. TEXAS __mt_j. turn breaker off and leave it off until further notice? when you came through the US. CONFIDENTIAL 265 G_ and REAL-TINE AEQ-AID. Gemini VII. We have nothing else for you. We'11 be standing by. 2 and the c...... on control bus, please. the present ttme. 25.7. Thank TEXAS standing by for your fuel cell purge. fuel cell purge. We'd like some Cryo qu_utity readouts at this time. Would you select ECS 02 please?
C: ... 02 now please? CONFIDENTIAL 267 ... W_lly. FUEL C_TT H2 now? you turn your switch to OFF position? We are standing by. cloudy over the Mississippi Delta. a mszm_,.1tape damp here? Would you place your Standby T/M switch to DwT,&¥TI_E? I've got two it_m_ for you. is underway. telescope we could see them working on 19. 96:il:35 is deleted. same area is D-5: 96:13:OO; Test N_nber 2. I have the instructions for that test when you're ready to copy. if calibration successful, release the Cal button, track to occultation and report number of gain wheel turns to _m,mt fram the calibration setting. Do you copy? CONFIDENTIAL 269 repeat c_llbration without depressing Cal button. Track Venus for 15 seconds. Move and count gain wheel turns to maxim_,_ Continue tracking to occultation and report results. Do you copy? light on the photo tube can have an adverse effect even with the power off. So we'd like to advise you to keep the unit out of the sunlight at all times, or any bright light. for your MSC-4 pass on White Sands on the next revolution. We hope to try to get you a weather update on this at Carnarvon so you - we might be able to tell you just not to unstow the gear. to that one. for a cnmpletion of the m,m,_ tape dump. I'11 call you on that in just a minute. have you? How's that? CO_?
CC: Standby switch to OFF. morn_g? you're doing great. VI com_s out. down, apparently c_ by the Control Center here last night and watched fram VIP room and nobody knew she was here. we 'ye got over there and they are both very happy about that. this DC circuit breaker left off because of the Spacecraft VI tests that are going on. we eat? CANARY We'Il have to turn the switches off in about a m_uuteo switch to CC_? CARNARVON switch to EEAL-TIME and ACQ-A_IDposition, please.
C: EEAL-TI_E and ACQ. turn C-Band to CO_INUOUS, please? OO seconds we would Like you to turn your ad_pter C-Band switch to CG_. This will s11ow ... to track you. Understand Is that correct? MSC-4. up their equipment and track you. If you see it, go ahead, but don't use a lot of fuel because it's a good long way away from you on this pass. be-m: look for the we'11 have E]]_ot come up, tell you when to turn your T/M switch back to COMMAND. the ground. You can turn your T/M switch to CC_ position. Okay. We have you and we're standing by. We'11 have a couple more miuutes in acquisition. Carnarvon, the following times. The sunset, the lower end across the horizon, 93:10:57.5; the upper end, 93:11:15.5. Did you get that? 93:42:34.5; the lower end, 93:43:22.0.
C: Thank you. a beef and gravy pacw-ge for at least the last 15 minutes, Serial Number SC596, and it just doesn't come out. You put water in one end and it doesn't get to the dry m_terial on the other end. No matter what you do, you can't mix it and then you try to force it out of the eating end, and it takes an awful long time. HAWAII
CC: COF_ T/M T/M EEAL-TIME your Control switch to and ACQ-A_, and your adapter C-Band to CONTINUOUS.
P: Tananarive, C_ui VII. T/M have ... adapter CONTINUOUS. acknowledge. adapter C-Band to CC_dID? T/M Control T/M switch to C(_vIMA_NDo CALIFORNIA T/M ACQ-AID? Elliot. on this pass but we don't want to interrupt the possible _,SC-4_so let m_ know on that one. we don't want to interrupt the MSC-4, so keep me posted. and out. Say once more, please. want to interrupt the MSC-4. Keep me posted. VII? TEXAS TIME. ready to copy. Spacecraft VI wants to try to t_lk to you. We'11 try to work that in. Node: 96:54:45; Rev 61; 154.2 degrees east; right ascension, 11:50:56. Do you copy? down, yaw 0 degrees. MSC-2 and 3: 97:40:00; Sequence 02; off at 112:00:00. D-9: 97:41:34; Sequence O1; Mode 02. Time: 98:14:00; purge fuel cells at Carnarvon. Do you copy? Cc.._ud Time: 98:54:00; crew status report on the Plavback Pilot at Texas. Place your Tape switch to CONTINUOUS. that was stop at 99:50:00? 100:lS:OO; crew status report on the Pilot at Hawaii. Time: 101:32:00; PLA update at CSQ. Time: lOl:50:OO; fuel cell purge at Hawaii. Time: 102:00:OO; BIO _ Recorder Number 2 CONT/AwJOUS;off at 117-00:00. Do you copy? can c-]1 G_mini VI you in here if they n_ it brief. 96:27 this is at a Time - place your adapter C- Band to C_. CO_94AND. Do you read? Over. ahead. ahead. come up and look her over and see how we hear you then. and CAP C_. time. HOUSTGN Brookley on the way back. is by 170.7. Band adapter back to CC$fl4AND,please? That's 96 plus 27. today? T/M screen. CAlibrating button went down and ... gain wheel from full-le_t rotated clockwise. The reticle stays free. It will not switch. Stays free. CONFIDENTIAL 281 and button ... cal not successful. Repeat cai without depressing Cal button. Try doing it without depressing the Cai button. no filter - to be. GRR_N. remove and count gain wheel constant m_x. Okay, it doesn't matter ... count. It just stays GRRRN. or from - - davlight, I'11 go into daM. This shouldn't hurt it at all. $$. side. the C_l_brate button - you know, just - -
C: Okay, we're going back to our HF test then, if you don't hare anything else for us. HF test_ and it appears that if you're going to talk over the station HF, Frank, you're going to HF/VF have to go fram the position to the HF position. ing by all night. See you tamorrow. ROSE KNOT VICTOR
CC: Gemtni VIZ, If you read me, I've got a tone on HF. Beep me on UHF. 4, 5 - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. GemtniVII. GET 30:30. CONFIDENTIAL 295 4, 3, 2, 1.... GET ... 1. T_ 5, 4, 3, 2, i ... 2, 1. Gemini VII. GET 40:20. 5 - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Gemini VrT .... COASTAL SENTRY QUEBEC please. mission. We didn't get any reception. be _ U}[FNumber 6. COASTAL SENTRY QUEBEC selection of HF music for the next series of HF music? am caming in with a request about taking my suit off also, please. Flight said they would make same selections for you on the HF and surprise you. We're standing by. our Section 2 fuel cell and Section 2C ... fuel cell? Stack 2C. Is that affirm? all along. have the 2A and 2B. reading 2.19 on the ground. got a short flight plan update for you. by for your blood pressure. your exercise on your Na_k. your food_ water and sleep report. CONFIDENTIAL 299 ready to copy. At 10 - correction - at 100 plus 40_ transponder on; at 100 plus 55, transponder off. GUAYMAS real good here on the ground. We have nothing else for you at this time. We'11 be standing by.
CC: G_-min.i.VTT, G_S CAP C(_ made over the CSQ should be taken to the maaag_m,nt level? Deke t_nrrow or sr_pthing and tell h_ that I was thinking about both of us might as well be oc_fortable. ... OO. Stand by ... ... 0075, 3400. Stop watch, 200; sextant, 44.116. ROSE KNOT VICTOR Did not measure the ... too close to the moon. It was f,,11,very bright to try to verify ... 430. Stop watch, 41.3; sextant, 32.19. ... sextant, 37.09. Stop watch, 33.92; ... 0530. Stop watch, 14.6; sextant, 16.265 ... ing when you're ready. C-_-m-_=_i flight plan activities with the exception of the following: Number D-4/D-7 at 93:28 burn. We tracked, but there was m great deal of cloud cover over both the land and the water. weather. CONFIDENTIAL 3ol our _mer on more than one measurement on the other two passes. We selected Marfik and Alm=k in place of Marfik and Aldebaran. Aldebaran and Narfik are both very close to the moon and it's _lmost impossible to measure them with the sextant. and with a Hasselblad; 10 feet of 16mm film two cartridges. tape recorder off. TANANARIVE off I would like to advise you that we're working on that suit request; we don't yet have an answer. As soon as we get it, we'11 shoot it up. I might say we're working quite hard on it at the time. like to answer tb_m: We'd like - this concerns Photometer the results of that Test. Were you able to c_11brate? to do that the very next today. If you could hold off a little bit we would appreciate it. yet. Question concerning the film report. Was th_ used auring the last 24 hours or is that the total of the flight? fuel purge for after you're awake. 112:05 elapsed time. lll, Rev 71, Canary 1/_:05. Is that correct? like to pass one more item about this water thing which would help us a great deal to pin down your intakes here. If you give us - give a last report on the water- your water intake at the last station contact before you go to sleep, which tonight will be Hawaii. If you'd just give them the total water, ounces of water that each of you have had at that tim_. And eau you also then give us a total tnmnrrow morning from Col_u 6 - Columns 5 and 6 on your M-7 log? Just totals. tonight end t_nrrow we'11 give you Col_--Ls5 and 6 of the M-?. Hope you ... much. CONFIDENTIAL 303 Frank. a big deal. I'm very ccmfortable. I've got it and unzipped everything. So don't nm.keout like it 's an emergency,will you? now. I didn't want him to think it was an emergency but I thought since we 'ye had the good success with him he might change his mind. But I'm cnm_ortable the way I west; right ascension at 11:37:16. ascension. We've missed that. here. It sounds like it's going real fine up there. Islands. to find out how. Okav. and and sa_ hallo. Will you_ maybe the last pass over the States, we have a special request for a song fram your 1R-year-old dmughter, Jim, that we '11 play on up to you. aren't they? extremely COASTAL SENTRY QUEBEC