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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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18 1 Cooper FCSD Rep Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper Col').rad Cooper Conrad Cooper We had the drogue out before we went on dual- rings. Was there any problem? The thing was steady as a rock all the way. Yes, it was beautiful. I ' ve been hearing 40-degree oscillations on the drogue and all that sort of stuff . The only oscallations we had on the drogue were high ~requency low- amplitude oscillations, where the drogue was stable, sitting above us steady as a rock, pulsing longitudinally like this It squidded super-sonically for we were about 112 - And then the shrouds -- Did you hear about the Mercury tests where the drogue was a few times? The shrouds on the spacecraft had a high frequency 1·ow amplitude oscillation, but the nose was like 5 degrees , it seemed to me . It ' s just surprising. We were as steady as a rock as far as I was concerned. Well , I think the whole The oscillation was there, but I think the I think the whole retrofire and reentry is so much easier than Mercury that I can ' t believe it. It is really a piece of cake . L •
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