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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.
“space dandruff,”1 page
114 Lovell That i s right . :Sorman We took an actual meal and ate i t and got the refuse . Lovell It was very fortunate that we did this . It caused us to l ook for new places to s tow t hi ngs. :Sorman As it was it worked out real f i ne. The cockpit was cleaner when we reeentered t han when we left . Another i t em that was very helpful from the cockpit cleanliness standpoint were these by-pass hoses with the screens on them. They acted as vacumn cleaners on the whole flight. All the gar bage and refuse would get collected on them. We could clean them off and put them in the bag and it worked great. Lovell We never had any l arge amounts of dandruff or anything floating around. Borman The harness we took off. All you can say about the harness i s it is a necessary evil . Once you get it off , it is tough to stow. J i m, you sat on yours , didn't you? Lovell I stowed mine between the seat and the back of the ejection seat because it was a dead space for me . :Sorman I stowed mine on the outboard si de of t he seat. We never took the life vests off the harness. :Sorman Waste disposal and stowage. We used the aft food boxes for the defecation gloves and the urine sample bags. J i m filled up his first and then I started filling up mine. We ended up putti ng one day of food and s ome other refuse in the t
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