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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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103 Cooper Let ' s see . Day 3, 14 hours and 18 minutes , we did that Zodiacal Light . Conrad That ' s right. Gordo really had it on there . I think he got some good dope out of that Zodiacal Light . The pictures should be good . Gordo held it right on the money. Cooper Let ' s see; and then we did D- 6 . Conrad On the D-6 134, we looked for the ship again but didn't see it that day , and that was one thing we didn ' t get . Cooper I have here now a D-6 . We did it . This is El Centro. No , no. Conrad 021 is Dallas , I think , or something like that . Cooper That's right . And then day 3, 15 hours 8 minutes .
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