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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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178 .. €>MFl0ENflA~ Cooper Conrad FCSD Rep Conrad Cooper · Conrad FCSD Rep Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper FCSD Rep Cooper Yes . There was no horizon. The black part of the ball was gone. It was gone for the rest of reentry. We l ost it awful earl y. Do you remember a point, say 400 000 .feet, •:,at what pitch angle you were on the ball? 400 000 feet - - the trim hadn ' t begun to affect you too much and Gordo was at about 30 degrees. About 30 degrees . Yes. Yes. But he was still flying the spa~ecraft, just holding attitude there . Okay , how about when you hit the atmosphere? 280 K. At 280 K we were -- It seemed to me that's when t hings started to steepen up. We started to really trim up. We were beginning to get g -- By the time we got to 280 K, we were at about 50 degrees pitch, roughly -- 50 or 60 degrees on t he ball. We were quite a way down. From there on, we were moving :: right on around on the ball. Were you able after retrofire to roll i t up and put the horizon on the top of the window and hold that? Yes , on the ball, but we couldn't see t he horizon. FtOEM
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