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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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72 Lovell No. I did not hear the thrust ers. One reason why we didn't hea.r the thrusters in t h.at particular case, whereas we did later on, was the fact t ha.t we ha.d our hoods on and the air was blowing in and making a l ot of noise. It Wl!.S strictly by feel and by sight. No sound. Borman Right. Peri gee Adjuat Translati on. Accel erometer bias was what they thought it was prelaunch, and it remained that way throughout the f light. This was a. no platform Perigee Adjust, so, really that doesn' t have any meaning there. The timing on the first Peri get Adjust Maneuver was off, thanks to me. Jim ma.de the maneuver. We did it without a platform on a. star. And, as I mentioned earlier, about this time we were in cl ose proximity to the booster, and we started fly ing through some particles, but I wa.s not sure exactly what it was, so I told him to stop thrusting as we approached this. Then, when we got in there, when we stopped th.rusting, this wire came forward, hi t the hatch, and I lost the timing again. We thrusted, I guess , a little too l ong. I a.m not sure exactly how l ong i t was. I think we were aiming for a. perigee of about 102, and ended up with about 120. M.&¥be they changed their minds and went for a perigee of 120. don't know. Lovell Well, that time which they gave us was not consistent with I
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