Summary
This is a preliminary transcript from voice recordings of the Gemini 7 crew debriefing, conducted by NASA in December 1965 at Cape Kennedy, Florida. Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell discussed lights and flashes, docking illumination, and various celestial and terrestrial observations including Mercury, meteors, aurora, and lightning.
Detail
This NASA document is a preliminary transcript derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 7 flight crew debriefing, held December 19-21, 1965, at the Crew Quarters in Cape Kennedy, Florida.
The transcript notes references to lights and flashes and a discussion of having adequate illumination for vehicle docking. Astronauts Borman and Lovell described a range of celestial and terrestrial observational anomalies, including sightings of Mercury, meteors, aurora, and lightning, and remarked that no stars were visible once the Sun rose. The record was released through the PURSUE declassification.
