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Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1965 · 222 pages · text from the file's own layer

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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1.1 Crew Insertion . ...................... ............. . 1
1.2 Comm:un.ications . .......•.•.. .......•...........•..• . 1
l.3 Crew Participation in Countdown ....................l
l.4 Comfort . .................. .......................• . 1
l.5 Environmental Control System...............•..•....2
l.6 Sounds . ..•...•••.••..•.••• •••..•••••••••••••••••••• 2
l.7 Vibrations ........................ .................2
1.8 Visual . .................... ........................2
l.9 Crew Station Controls and Displays .................3
POWERED FLIGHT
2.1 Lift-Off cues·••·••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••3
2.2 Roll Program . .................. ....................4
2.3 Pitch Program. . .........•............. ..............4
2.4 Aerod.y"namics • ••••••••••••.•.• •••••••••••••• •••• •••• 5
2.5 Environmental Control System ....... .•...........••.5
2.6 Maximum q . ........................... ..............5
2.7 Windsheaz- ......•......•.....••......• •....•...••.••6
2.8 DCS Upd.ates • •••.•.••..•......••.. ••.•••.•••••••. • ••6
2.9 :Engine 1 Operation . . . ........... ...................6
2.10 :Engine 2 Status . ..................... ...... ..... ...7
2.11 Acceleration g's••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••7
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2.13 Guidance Initiation............. ... .. ..............7
2 .14 BECO • •.•.•••..••...•..•...........•...••..•. •...••.8
2 .15 Stagi.ng' . ..... . .......... . ,. ... o ••• ••••••••••••••••••8
2 . 16 E]ngin.e 2 Ignition . ................ .................9
2.17 RGS Initiate.•••••••••••••••••• ••••••••• •••••• •••• • 9
2.18 GO/NO GO e1 • •• • • •• •• • • •• • •••••••••••• • • ••••••••••••••9
2.19 Systems Status•••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••9
2.20 Acceleration o• •••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••lO
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