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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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141 stars going by , and we were just going through the world every which way , and we were supposed to hold it that way f or ten minutes and we were--okay , we were well aware .. . . Cooper Where were you? This day 7? Conrad Yes , and I just got to this big set of procedures on that test and it didn ' t work . Cooper I have a note here at Day 7 , 3 hours and 19 minutes only 22 more r evolutions to go . Same length as MA- 9 . Conrad Okay, now , here are the comments of the degregation of the other thruster s . Now left roll only with the roll logic switch in pitch. We had no right yaw . Right yaw only with the roll logic switch in yaw position. No left roll. Then if you had the roll logic in yaw , pitch up and down were okay in yaw right gave right roll also . Pitch up , right roll , pitch down you a lso got a right roll . You ' ve got to figure out which thruster s were weaker than the other ones . Cooper Roll right gave yaw right . Conrad Right , and then r oll logic and pitch rolled right okay. Roll left okay . No left yaw. So and the
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