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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.
109 C Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Coop:er Conrad Cooper cyclone off Japan which has been added into there. And then you start on that HF test number 1 starting at 22 hours , 55 minutes . Oh, yeah, 425a was Hawaii , Maui. Oh, yeah, you got that one. Maunakea was the volcano--it ' s not active--but anyhow-- Wait a minute--oh--213 is what-- Huh? That's Apollo landmark--this was the D- 4 D- 7--let 1 s see the Apollo land marks--let me look there and see if we got 213 on it . All right , then that was at 22 :48 - the D-4 D- 7 was at 3 days , 22 hours , 48 min utes , and 17 seconds was the 425a--and 416 . You got the Apollo landmark at 03 :21 : 38 : 02: 213, magazine 4 , frame 10 , 1 - 2 pictures you took. Yes . Camera 11. Then--day 4 start at day 4 , 00 hours ,
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