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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
5 was giving for the entire l aunch. The needles were just matched perfectly--nulled. I did not see any unusual attitudes that some of the other people commented on. 2.4 Aerodynamic Borman Age.in, we had had this described to us ma.ny times, and it seemed to follow right along. In the maximum q region we got some vibration and noise, but after we got through maximum q it was just like going supersonic in a fighter. You just slip through, and from then on it was just l ike riding on a train. Lovell I don't think it was bad either. 2.5 :ms Lovell Pressure went up to 5.5 in the initial stoppage, and it slowly leaked down to 5.1, and stayed there. Borman I was cool during lift-off. Lovell I was too. Comfortable. Borman Comfortable. I mean cool in the sense that it means comfor table. Of course we can not very well comment on the cabin atmosphere because we were sealed. 2. 6 Maximum q Borman We ha.ve already discussed this. There was some noise build up and some vibration, but nothing to worry at all about or even discuss .
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