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Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1965 · 223 pages · text from the file's own layer

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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that went in behind my ejection seat. I managed
to work around the side and get clear down around
to the back and manage to shove it down in behind
the seat.
Conrad Then I had a little bit of miscellaneous trash like
that in the right lower wrap around reel pouch that
was over the seat for reentry. It connisted of
several things which we hadn't planned t o stow any
place . The cardiovascular cuffs that :: cut off were
one of them. Some loose paper trash Lke the top
round paper ring off the defecation bags. This
was j ust a convenient place to put light trash and
I saw no reason to remove it from there . And that
was about it. I forget--they'll have a list of
the other items that were in there but they were all
minor paper things .
Cooper Yes, I had a few pieces of paper and things in the
outboard back wing.
Conrad But we pretty well had everything s towed in its
proper place before reentry. Very l i t-;le
exception. Well, let me look right now. I marked
what we had stowed in the right place. Okay, in the
two left--they ' re called left and right food box
extensions . The back ones that had thEi rubber coveTs
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