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This is a preliminary transcript of the Gemini V (GT-5) flight crew debriefing, prepared by NASA's Spacecraft Operations Branch, Flight Crew Support Division, and dated September 1, 1965. It records Cooper and Conrad's operational account from the debriefing held August 30 to September 1, 1965 at Cape Kennedy. Topics include countdown, window fogging, POGO vibration, fairing jettison debris, radio loss, reentry and recovery. Visual sightings are left for a later part of the debriefing.
From the source: Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: August 2 - September 2, 1965, Cape Kennedy, Florida. This document is a preliminary transcript (Part I) derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 5 flight crew technical debriefing. NASA conducted this debriefing between August 30, 1965, and September 2, 1965, at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida.
5 FCSD REP Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad,. Okay , how about the time you spent in there on prelaunch . Do you think that this is about right? Yes , yes , I think that this is just about right . I think that if you cut it down too much more than that you are going to be....you could cut it down some more , there's no doubt . .. . It ' s that cabin purge cycles when you ' re not doing anything really , and that ' s excellent time . ... that you can cut it down, but that ' s the thing that takes the time for both the ground crews ... and that ' s lost time. I don ' t know . ... I don ' t think you want to rush the crew and now our count that second day went by the clock, boy. We got in there at the right time . We counted down and lifted off on, and I didn ' t feel that I was rushed , and I didn ' t feel that I sat in there for an excessive amount of time . No , I didn ' t either. I thought that it went just about right , time wise . Long as there ' s no holds in the count everything' s great .
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