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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.
. 34 :Borman Lovell :Borman Lovell :Sorms..n Lovel l :Borm&n :Sorman Lovell :Sorman Lovell 5.3 TR-5 GMT Stop Cl ock At TR-5 Jim got the bug on the ei ght minutes , no probl em. Yes , I got tha t okay. 5,4 TR-256 TR-256 Sequence light came on exa.ctl y on schedul e. ;;, The digital clock never lost a second during the entire fl i ght. We didn't touch it. We di dn't touch that digital cl ock one time during the enti re f l ight. That i s the best instrument i n the whol e s/c, especial ly f or this type of f l i ght when you have a lot of updates a.nd everything. Electri ca l was no problem. Control system, the RCS worked perfectly. It just worked beautifull y. 5.5 .Tii::1. Retro a ttitude minus 20 degrees pi tch. The ball had been a l igned for two revolutions and it was perfect. I f we had not had the bal l , I would have been happier if we had retro fired in the dayl i ght. SEP OAMS, as advertised. You hear i t. Yes! You feel it sli ghtl y. That is right, a.nd you even f eel SEP ELECT.
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