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This is a preliminary transcript of the Gemini 7 technical debriefing, dated December 23, 1965, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It was made from tape recordings of the crew debriefing held December 19 to 21, 1965 at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida. In it, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell go through countdown, powered flight, insertion, station keeping with the booster, systems, experiments and training. The table of contents also lists a section on visual sightings during orbital flight.
From the source: Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: December 19-21, 1965, Cape Kennedy, Florida. This document is a preliminary transcript derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 7 flight crew debriefing conducted December 19-21, 1965, at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida. Lights and flashes are mentioned and there is discussion about having proper illumination for vehicle docking. Borman and Lovell discuss celestial and terrestrial observational anomalies and note sightings of Mercury, meteors, aurora, and lightning. They also discuss not being able to see any stars once the Sun comes up.
.... 1.0 COUNTDOWN 1.1 Crew Insertion Borman I have no comment. I thought it went ve~y well. Lovell Likewise, no comment on crew insertion. I think we got quite a. bit done. It was very orderly. Borman Timing was good and it was done properly. 1.2 Communications Borman Communications were good. I had no troubl e at all. Lovell I had no trouble with communications in the cockpit or the spacecraft, but the communications in the va.n from the suiting area t o the other area a.re rather poor. Maybe we should try to get that improved sometime. 1.3 Crew Participation in Countdown Borman Again, I think they have been used on 4 or 5 l aunches, and I thought they were fine. Lovell Right. Countdown procedure and crew participation is just what you expect now. 1.4 Comfort Borma.n Comfort was fine. No problems? Lovell No problems for comfort , but I was surprised when I got in the cockP i t, because there was a lot more there than there was when I got in it for the stowage review. But, it all turned out for t he best. No problems.
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