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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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62 Lovel l I wouldn't want to sit in there with our suits on. 13onnan Plus , I thought the visibility of that suit during re entry left a l ot to be desired. That is why I had to pu1 1 my hood back to find out where we were end what position we were in. I think the suit is an exceJ.lent one , but i t is going t o have to be improved. We better grab it and start working, modifying it ; to make it acceptab l e for Apoll o. The sea condition was very goon ; 2 to ,1. foot waves . We bobbed around, although I got a 1ittl e queasy, I did not get nauseated, Jim didn't either. Lovell The sea condition was outstanding for landing. 7. 6 Postlanding Activity Borman Postlanding act ivity was well organized. We were a li t t l e busy. We did not get t hru until about 10 o'clock that night. Is that right ? Lovell Yes, that is right . Borman He harl a little misunderstanding about riding a bicycl e. We understood we were not supposed to rirle until 18 hours after impact. They wanted us to ride it thA.t night after we had been through a full day of medical exams, and finally had a good supper. So , we told them they would have to hold off until 18 hours after impact. FCSD Rep You are still in the spacecraft for this part.
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