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cc Ts Oy 5, 4 35°25 4; 0. cc Ignition. 00:00:01 cc lift-off. 7 00:00:02 cc lift-off 19:30:03. Lift-off 19:30:03. 00:00:07 P We're on our way, Frank! : 00:00:08 Cc oe. Right! 00:00:12 CC Plus 13 Seconds. 90:00319 cc Looking real good. 00:00:21 Cc Roli initiate. 00:00:22 Cc oo. Yaw. 00:00:23 cc Roger. Roll. 00:00:24 Cc Pitch initiate. 20200326 cc Roger. Pitch. 00:00:50 cc MARK. 50 seconds. 00:00:53 Cc eee 00:00:54 cc Roger. 00:00:59 P eee 00:01:02 ce Roger. 5.6 on the cabin. 00:01:24 Cc eee 00:01:41 cc MARK. One plus 40. 00:01:43 Cc oa 00:01:44 P Okay. 00:01:45 cc Roger. Mode 2. 00:01:48 Cc eee …

00:01:49 00:01:50 00:02:02 00:02:05 00:02:07 00:02:12 00:02:13 00:02:14 00:02:16 00:02:21 00:02:28 00:02:29 00:02:30 00:02:38 00:02:39 00:02:48 00:02:53 00:03:05 00:03:08 00:03:11 00:03:14 00:03:29 00:03:31 CC cc cc cc cc cc cc cc I'm Navy ... Roger. Update. Guidance is looking real good here, Gemini VII. Roger. Stage 2... Roger. Stage 2 GO. Attitudes are looking good, Frank. Roger. Is flight book out? Stage 2 GO? Delta-P light is on, and off. RKV ... stand by for staging. Roger. Update. ee. Staging. Roger. Staging. Going to INITIATE and second Delta-P light on. Roger. Guidance INITIATE, Fuel …

CONFIDENTIAE 00 :03 :36 C Did you see that staging? 00:03 337 ie Right. 00:03:38 9} Look at the moon, Jim! . 00:03 339 Pp Right. 00:03:41 P How's it going? 00:03:45 Cc Good. 00:03:50 P Right on. 20 minutes. 00:03:55 C Fine. 00:04:19 cc Gemini VII, Houston. You're GO from the ground. 00:04:21 P Roger. Gemini VII is GO. 00:04:24 cc Roger. 00:04:31 cc Guidance is right on. 00:04:36 Cc What did you say? 00:04:36 ec Your guidance is right on, Gemini VII. 00:04:37 eC Roger. 00:04:45 P Look at the moon, Frank! 00:04 46 Cc Yes. 00:04:50 P That's really pretty, isn't it? ; 00:04:51 P Yes. 00:04:52 P ee…

00:05:14 00:05:17 00:05:20 00:05:26 00:05 333 00:05:34 00:05:35 00:05:38 00:05 :4o 00:05:41 00:05:45 00:05:50 00:05:53 00:05:55 00:05:57 00:05:59 00:06:00 00:06:01 00:06:02 00:06:07 00:06:14 00:06:17 00:06:19 CONFIDENTIAL _ Okay. Oh, we've got a Delta-P light again. You're right down the slot, Gemini VII. Two Delta-P lights. We're just pushing up there now. What are the g's? Seven. SECO. Roger. SECO. Bingo: It's a good one. Stand by for ... ee. Seven. Seven and up 17. Stand by. Gemini VII, Houston. You are GO. Roger. Thank you. Okay. That's the best sim we've had. Stand by, Jim. 5, 2, - MARK, …

% 00:06:19 P And ... reads 27, 2580, 00:06:24 Cc --. this is Gemini VII. 25:08:0h. 00:06:29 C Got it. 00:06:33 P Boy, it's going to be - give them a Roger. 00:06:34 Cc Gemini VII, Houston. Your 1-Alpha time is 10 plus 29. 00:06:40 G Roger. 00:06:43 Cc There she is, Jim! There she is! 00:06:48 Cc We have booster in sight. It looks pretty. 00:06:49 cc Roger. Booster in sight. 00:06:56 c The booster is venting drastically. 00 :07 :00 C I say, the booster is really venting. 00:07 :02 cc Say again, Gemini VII. 00:07 :04 Cc I say the booster is really venting. 00:07 :07 CC The booster is slowly vent…

00:07:35 cc Gemini VII, your orbit is 87 by 178. 00:07 :41 Cc ... orbit is 87 by 178. Roger. 00:07:44 fol Roger. 00:07 :45 P Oh, good. ; 00:07 353 P Now. Booster's third phase. 00:07 355 C Would you get it over here so we could? . 00 :07 :57 C Yes, go ahead. Booster's in third phase. 00 :08 :03 P Right. Retro rockets 2 4 6. 00:08 :04 c Safe. 00:08 :05 P Okay. Now it's on vertical, but I can't see it just yet. 00:08 :07 Cc I know it. 00:08:12 C Roger. I have it. We're going to have to go off at the - I'm going to DIRECT and ORB RATE. 00:08:13 P Okay. 00:08 :14 C So you can take pictures of the …

00:08 :42 00 :08 :43 00:08 : 4 00 :08 45 00:08 :47 00:08 :57 00:09:00 00:09:01 00:09:02 00:09:12 00:09:13 00:09:14 00:09:21 00:09:22 00:09:24 00:09:25 00:09:26 00:09:29 00:09:33 00:09:35 00:09:36 00:09 337 00:09:38 CONFIDENTIAL _ 7 Just a minute. I'll put the main batteries off first. Okay. I turned the main batteries off. eee very well. Roger. Understand. Going very well. Okay - going to get the other things. eee Oh, there. Now I can see it better. How about you? Okay -- What a fantastic sight, isn't it? Fantastic! Great! Are you getting pictures of that? I'll get the whole thing if I can get…