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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.
“Frank Borman”10 pages
32 inches in diameter at the exit from the water boiler vent. Lovell There were only two problems that we really had. There were the Fuel Cella and the two thrusters. We also had a cold Spacecraft. Borman Yes, that is when we had that water boiler problem. Lovell Before that; the first time we woke up, it was 20 degrees oolder inside. Borma.n Oh yes, I'm sure what had happened du.ri ng the night was that we vented the water boiler, used the water boiler. This is the day when we woke up and had such high rates o.n the S/C. We have all that in the cabin temperature survey. The wall temperature was 20 degrees lower. Lovell It was just freezing in there. 5.0 REIBOFIRE 5.1 TR-2:00 Power Up and Alignment Checklist Borman We had a slightl y different procedure as far as retrofire goes. Powering up for i t took two hours. The power up and alignment checklist was called up from the ground since we had open circuited two stacks. We turned our ma.in batteries on and the squib batteries back on at TR minus two hours. Lovell During the flight they had powered us down on the squib batteries and put in the bus ties about the l ast week of the
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