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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.
“Frank Borman”10 pages
4 it is because we were so well briefed on the simulations we have run, but I had no problems. Lovell There was a little more noise than I expected, but a little less vibration. Borman Jim said there was a little more noise than he expected. Even so,, it was not oppressive, or a problem at all. Visual. I did not have any visual cues. I was watching the instru ments. 1What about you, Jim. Did you pick up any? Lovell I had the clouds, end there was a visual cue. Just normal cloud cues . Borman Cockpit displays were good. The fuel pressure and oxidizer pressure were nominal the whole flight. Just perfect. 2.2 Roll Program Borman The roll program, was so short it was almost like a spike• We hardly even noticed the roll program. Did you Jim? Lovell I did not notice it at all. I heard you call it out, but I did not notice it. Borman I called it out , but we only rolled,I think,about 2 or 3°. 2.3 Pitch Program Borman The pitch program started just as in the simulator, which is very accurate on this. It looked exactly the same on the ball, and there wae no problem. Lovell The pitch program for the RGS followed exactly what the IGS -~' ..... -- -... , .
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