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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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160 Indian Ocean but we never did see it. Lovell We had an S- 6 weather to get that too, but we never did see it. Borman Air to ground relay of data was good. Voice recorder usage , this is one area where we are not r edundant. If we had time t o record all t he photographs we put in th8 log book and not on the voice recorder in an effort to save tape. Everyt hing tha t was done, though, was logged either S-5, S- 6, or in general photography. Now, another item that is going to degrade this was the scum on your window. Lovell Yes. The window is an area which we are going to have to work on. Borman As it got worse and worse, we shifted so that I was taking t he pictures, but I had scum on my window also. The major problem t hough, here was just l ack of fue l . We could not orient t he spacecraft t o cont rol it t he way we wanted t o. 11.6 Protron El ectron Spectrometer , Tri-Axis Flux-Gate Magnetometer. Borman We turned the switch on and l eft it on. I t hink we should have reruns and reains of data, although unfortunately wit h the t ape r ecorder being shot , I do not know what good it is go i ng t o do. Lovell Well, they got real time telemetry over the station. Borman Right.
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