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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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204 Cooper It was a real pretty main, and we wer,~ very stable on the main . We weren't oscillating a.t all , I mean obviously. It looked like we were ju:3t coming straight down. Conrad Yes, the whole thing damped out. That is another reason the water landing was so smooth . Cooper And when we touched in the water, as :: said, we went to the 2000, we went to -- 6 . 10 Single Point Release FCSD Rep Okay, single point release . How about that? Cooper Single point release. It ' s there . I mean it's really a jolt when you go to single point release, but being aware of it we were both brc,ced like this when I hit it, it oscillated us a couple of t imes and then that is all there is to it . Conrad You hit the end of the strap and then you see-saw a couple of oscillations . That ' s exactly what it felt like.... . Cooper As long as you lmow what to expect there is no prob lem. I can see why Gus and John woul d lmock the heck out of themselves . Conrad Not expecting it. 6.11 Blood Pressure Measurements Cooper Okay, we gave a blood pressure at Guaymas after r etrofire and I told them I wouldn' t put the programer O~F-IDENT.IA
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