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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.
oscil lations or anything. The rings were f iring -all the time . Cooper I ~ never was out of f uel before we put the other one on , 1 1 11 guarant ee . I know because I was sitting there controlling with it and I know that we had control . Conrad I know that both thrusters were physically burning inside - - you know , the throats were burning when I shut the propellant off. In other words, t he pro pellant was shut off and there was no fuel f low going to them, but both Ring A and Ring· B thrusters t hat I could see had throat f lames i n them. Cooper That ' s just from residual fue l . Conrad Yes , that ' s what I mean. So , I had the impression that t hey r an al l the way down , and then i f Ring A did run out of fuel at all , it did it a.t the very end , you know . I think that you ' ll find that there was f uel in both RCS rings and there sr.ould have been plenty of RCS B fuel left , because we didn ' t even turn on RCS B until l ess than 70 000 . We wer e at 50 because Cooper Yes . Conrad - - Gordo put the drogue out instead of turning the ring on. 0Nft9ENTt'A~
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