Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965
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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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…l0.3 Orbital Flight Borman As for .man-made objects sighted, we took sightings of the booster. p. 142
…through the burn the booster venting that was still occurring suddenly lit up, became lit up. It looked like we were flying through a lot of foreign objects or debris. I was afraid that we were going to hit so.mething. p. 32
It resulted in a left yaw rate and this continued periodi cally throughout the mission. It certainly would not be objectiona.l if we had fuel to counteract it. During a night period, in which we didn't do any attitude control at all, I timed… p. 39
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