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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.
13 Cooper BECO was right on the money . .. 2 . 14 Staging Conrad Boy, that staging was smooth too . Cooper They told us that BECO was going to occur early , but it was Conrad We did loft a little bit apparently like they said we woul d because, right after staging .... 2. 15 Engine 2 I gnition Conrad Well , Engine 2 ignition, I wasn't even hardly aware of that other than we jus t started to get a little , yc,11 know, we just sort of went off the peg at 6 g's and Gordo said s t aging OK and Engine 2 is good and I wasn ' t even aware that Engine 2 had lit . You can ' t hear it, to speak of, but you can feel the acceleration slowly building up . FCSD REP Did you see anything visually? Conrad No , I didn't see anything. I heard the other guys talking about s ee the flash at the brig. Never saw a thing and I wasn't aware of any flash out there either . I\ Cooper J didn ' t see anything at all at BEDO. The best clue that I have on my side , is that I see the Fuel and Oxidizer needles start coming down as the engine
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