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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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77 during tape dumps. We h&d no evidence of co2• Com.fort in ~ pressure suit is compromised. It restricts mobility and the Gemini cockpit is just not th.at big for long dura tion flights where you can live with the suit. Suit con trols were very a.dequate. no problems there. We bad abso lutely no problems with the o2 demand regulator. The elec trical umbilical is unga.inly a.nd heavy. The connection right angle sticks out in the cockpit. It could be better designed. We did not have fingertip lights. Our mode of operation. with the suit on, was pr:1.ma.rily with the hood off, the cover visor on, and the gloves off. Maey' times we also unzipped the big zipper through the crotch and up the back, and left that zipper open. We found that the big opening in the neck, with the crotch zipper closed, most of . the air would go out through the neck and would not adequate ly vent the lower stoma.ch area. We had planned in our flighl; plan to try going suitless. As per plan, about the second cl&y, I got out of my suit and found after settling down to the environment that the skin became drier. There were no wet spots or dampness in the underwear area. I put my suit inlet hose along side of me on the center stowage area with the opening facing aft blowing air do-wn alongside the seat blowing &ft. The exhaust hose was put back into its stowage
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