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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.
21 Lovell Yes , but we did not do it then,did we? Did not we wait until we powered down and then waited two hours? :Borman Tha t is right . This is one of the things t h&t they had in the f light plan that we asked them to change because Lovell Yes, we did not purge the f'uel cells then. :Borman Originally, this came right after power down e.nd all of the f'uel cell people recommended that you purge before power down , or wait until two hours after power down . So we did not do it at this t i me in the flight. This was changed. D-4, D-7 star measurements. There was no probl em. The eta.rs were well selected, and we were right on them. Right Jim? Jim copied down, on the procedures book, a check where we got the maximum return on the needle. Lovell D-4 , D- 7 was a well organized experiment as far as :Brentnall keeping us hopping about what to do . I will have to admit th.at .
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