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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.
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99 got the S- 7 again, or you got it , at 3 days 06 hours and 32 minutes. We del eted an S- 7 at 3 days 05 hours for some reason . I just have "delete" in here . Cooper What was that? An S- 7? Conrad Yes. Cooper Yes . I don ' t know ; they just told us to delete that one at 3 days 05 hours . Let ' s see ; we deleted a Cabin Lighting Survey because Pete was asleep. That was one time when you were asleep and I didn ' t want to disturb you . You hadn ' t had any sleep in awhile . Conrad You have the note down here that at 3 days 6 hours and 33 minutes you found the OAMS Control Propellant circuit breaker open and OAMS Control Regulator No . 1 circuit breaker open ; and you don't know when they were opened, and I don ' t know when they opened, but we know what did it . We had been parking the water gun up there like you are supposed to be able to do and then pulling i t off . You tend to pull down thi s way , which would cock the gun barrel up into the circuit breaker panel ; and I think I probably knocked them off , but when
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