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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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14 a velocity correction. Lovell As a matter of fact, right now would be a good time to men tion that address 72 read -- Borman Nominal was 25 804 and address 72 read 25 804. Lovell Can you imagine that? Right t o th~ · foot! 25 804. I could not believe it when I punched it up. Borman The orbit quantities were given to us, I think,by Bermuda.. 0£ course, at this time we really were not interested in them , although they were sort of nice in.formation. We had a GO/NO GO. Lovell It was 87-178 the initial forward quantity that was called up to ue. Borman Tha l'!1JU readouts : Jim read 72 and when he saw it was 25, 804, we had a GO/NO GO from the ground. I do not believe you even rea4 the rest of them out, did you? Lovell No, I did not bother reading out the rest of the addresses 94, 97, 52, or 73, because I saw the 72 nominal. I saw the IVI's were right in there so we did not bother reading out anything else. Borman Debris • I did not notice a:ny debris. Lovell I noti-od debris. I was looking out at Spacecraft SEP and Jet Fairing, and noticed debris. I also noticed debris be t ween the spacecraft and booster when we first turned around.
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