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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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182 Conrad At 30 000 we shut off the propellant valves to the RCS. It was still working away merrily there trying to steady it down on the drogue. As :: ar as I know, there was propellant in both Ring A and Ring B when we shut them down. 5. 5 1 Retropack Jettison Cooper We jettisoned the retropack right in retro attitude - FCSD Rep You didn't see the retropack burning up or anything? Conrad Yes, I saw it reenter behind us but nowhere near like those guys did. It was miles behind us when I saw i t . Cooper I thought I saw something way back thEire burning. I guess that was it. Conrad Yes. Up and on the left side of where? I was looking . I saw it burn up behind us . But it was miles behind us by then. You see, it had been chaf:ing us in the dark so we never did see it close up. We never saw anything like pump packages blowing O\;.t when we set the retros. •
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