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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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Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad FCSD Rep Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper ., 175 Number 1 was firing and it was just tailing off when number 2 took in . It had the proper sequence on i t . Number 2 had completely stopped and there was an interval ther e of , it seemed like , several seconds . It wasn 1 t , but it seemed like there was a definite distinct -- Between 3 and 4 was the one that. really seemed l ike an eternity. There was a definite distinct separate interval there where there was no firing going on. Then 3 fired . Then there was an even longer interval in there involved and then 4 fired . Yes . That was long enough between 3 and 4 fo r me to think maybe the fourth one wasn ' t going to f ire at all. I think we ought to get some comments on the night Oh , we weren ' t even aware of it . We had the lights up bright in the cockpit - We went with the lights bright We decided we ' d play it just like we did in the simulator , just like we were going to be in the simu lator , you know , with all the lights up br ight and not even worry about what was going on out the wi ndow. However, I did sneak a little peaky or t wo and you fJBfNIIAL
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