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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.
17 moved it up there anyhow, because they weren't .... Cooper No , the reason they moved it up there was because they didn ' t have strong enough propulsion on those squibs and spring combinations or whatever they use . We never did get a reading on that, but whatever the total propulsive expulsion system wasn't kick ing, the scanner fairing wide enough but what they would come back into the booster. But didn't you have the distinct impression that the nose fairing broke into j illions of pieces when it blast . Conrad I certainly, I certainly , yes . That ' s why wh~n I say askew , I mean something didn't look right. I can't put my finger on it, but -- Cooper It came off in many pieces anyway. There were many, many pieces and the whole area was just filled with debris . Conrad Yes, and then , I 'm not sure that that's when we got all that gl op on our windshiel d, the spots ... Cooper Well, I noted exactly at that time immediately after the fairing went, I noted about 5 or 6 , I saw them hit , 5 or 6 gray splots, just small ones , very small little gray- type splots and I was distinctly looking for that and watching for it and
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