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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.
7 Lovell Borman Borman Lovell Borma.n Borman Lovell I did not notice any POGO. 2,10 Engine 2 Status It seemed to me that from about 3 minutes and 30 seconds to a.round 4 minutes, the noise and the feel was a little bit different than it was a.fter that, as if it was vibrating & little bit more. But this was sort of, a.gain, a sensing type thing, The inatrwnents were all nominal, a.nd it may have just been me, I certainly ca.n not complain about the operation, 2.11 Acceleration g's J.ny- problems, Jim? No problems. They were pretty nominal, weren I t they? I could not see the g meter. They were right on the money. And, of course, the g's we ha.ve are all experienced in the centri.fuge , and so on. One thing, when the g's dropped a t staging and at SECO I had no sensation of tumbling and no sensation of disorientation. Nothing at all. 2.12 POGO I 've mentioned that I detected a slight hint of one tha.t was so small we cannot even really discuss it. 2.13 Guidance Initiation We had a guidance initiation. It was in the form of booster
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