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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.
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142 The Void was very easy t o pick out a~d to take the readings. The Zodiacal ligh t test was deleted in real time. We substituted Sirius for the Zodiacal light. Borman The star measurements were done with no problem. Night l and measurements are noted on the tape and in the log book. We did ~ave some problem with t hese because t he night land was covered with clouds. So we were trying t o skew the spacecraft al ong and avoid clouds. I'm afraid that we may not have always miss ed the clouds. The same situation exis ted with t he night water measurem,~nts. We had very good luck on the Pola.:~is . We had good luck on the Polaris a~d good luck on the booster. We should h,i ve had pretty good luck on Gemini 6. We were abl e t o t rack it . We had good luck on the sled. Lovell We hope we had good luck on the sled. Borman They called us up from the ground and said they had a thousand percent on t hat.
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