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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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@NflDi~TIAL • 105 FCSD Rep Conrad Cooper Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad FCSD rep . Conrad FCSD rep. Cooper Conrad Cooper Yes . Well, do you feel better? No-- At 16 hours and 24 minutes we had a medical pass . At 16 hours and 15 minutes we alined SEF, powered up the radar, rate gyros, etc . At 16 hours and 37 minutes we had a D- 4 pass 423a, . That was the first missile . And we saw it . Saw it come up thru the clouds--or right at the edge of the clouds. Which one was this--out of here- No--we didn't get any missiles out of here. It was out of Vandenburg. It was the Minuteman out of Vandenburg. You got it as soon as you came out of the clouds? Yes. Yeah- -just as plain as day. Right on it . Should have gotten some good readings on that . We powered up the computer then at day 3 , 16 hours
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