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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.
9 Eorma.n Lovell :Borman :Borman Lovell :Borman Borman Lovell :Borman that particul ar time. 2.16 Engine 2 Ignition Again, it is so well simulated that- It is very smooth. It is ve:ry smooth, a.nd away you go. 2.17 RGS Initiate We l l, we have talked about that. Yes, that is what I was talking about back p.!'eviously. 2.18 GO/NO GO GO/NO GO. Houston, on the ground, came through great. We got a GO/NO GO before the 30 seconds we were waiting £or spacecraft separate. So, we knew we were in good shape before we ever had the possibility we would have to burn. Of course, we also had the IVI's onboa.rd and they are very good also. 2.19 Systems Status The systems were all great. No problem, during powered flight. We got two delt a Plights. Oh, yes, that is right. We are talking about spacecraft systems. We got delta P light on BECO in the first stage that went off at staging, then came back on during second stage flight, and then the
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