Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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Ameri ca. About the only area that stayed clear was North­
west Africa. A lot of the experiments a.nd a lot of the
Apollo landmarks were shot because of clouds.
Borman
On the 6 launcht the second ti.met we were abl e t o track
it. We were not able to pick up lift-off because of cl ouds
again, but whe.n i t got t o the con l evel t above the cl ouds,
we were able to pick i t up a.nd we tracked it using IR until
we coul dn't see anymore.
Even above the con l evel I
think we were tracking the exhaust from the stage two en­
gines using PULSE mode. I hope we got some good data on
that.
Borman
At 2661 16 we really got col d; the sui t i nl et t emperature
dropped below 40 degrees a.nd we started squirting.water
out of t he sui t inlet hoses.
We informed Houston about thi s
a.nd they determined that the water boi l er had frozen up
a.nd they recommended a procedure t o cl ear it. We did thi s
with Gemini 6 watching; esse.ntially i t involved putting the
radiator t o BYPASS and changing some switches.
Lovell
Evaporator heat on.
Borman
Put the evaporator heat on and setting up to 10 degree per
second r ol l rate.
Lovel l
That's the picture you saw in the movies.
Borman
It actually threw a lot of fuel out a.nd a lot of water out.
It l eft a glob of ice on the side of the S/ C, about 10