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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.
--- .. 3 Lovell The windows were heated previousl y as a result of 51s pro bl ems, and our windows, I t hought , were perfectly clean. Didn 1 t you? Borm8J'l Right. 1.9 Crew Stati on Control s a.nd Displays Lovel l No comment . Exactly how we had pl anned it for months. Borma.n Exactl y t he way that we had seen it, and no probl ems. 2 .0 POWERED FLIGHT 2.1 Liftoff Cues Borman Stoney came in loud e.nd c l ea.r, counting the countdown. Lovell Cs.me in loud and c l ear. :Borman We lmew exactly when i t was, and I for one had absolutely no question in my mind when we lifted off. It felt like I had been t ied back, a.nd someone cut the string a.nd there was a slow but definite acceleration at lift-off. Lovell I thought you could just about put 01P COMM, V1bration, and noise together, because the motion, vibrati on , and noise all contributed to a definite knowledge that you were going somepl ace. Borman In other words, what you are saying is that you had no pro blems determining lift-off. Lovell No, it went. Borma.n Okay vibration wa.s nominal during l ift-off. Again, perhaps
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