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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.
6 2.1 Lif t Off Cues Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper FtE>ENTI L 2. 0 POWERED FLIGHT Okay , lift- off cues , CAP COM . CAP CO~ didn ' t come into the act until later . Stoney counted us down thru ignition and lift-off and then CAP COM picked us up at l ift- off . Motion is an excellent clue . There ' s doubt in your mind when you ljft- off . You know, the second you lift- off that yot .' ve lifted . Vibration was very low. It had dropped out almost completely a.t lift- off, felt that shaking was very l i ght. There was very little vibrati on at all . Okay, vibration , very l ow. Noise I thought, was quite low . I was particularl y aware of the noises of goi ng through the max Q regionar y thing. Oh , t his is lift-off again . I thought the noises were very well at l iftoff . You know the engines were running from the outside before , you know, and man they really make a racket , but from where you are it's pretty quite . You know there running. You can here them , there's no doubt about that , but .. . Okay , on visual I don ' t . . . . We had a very cl ear day. There weren't even any clouds in sight on ~ IDENTI~
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