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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.
22 Conrad Cooper 2. 21 Steering Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper FCSD REP Conrad Cooper I think we burned out at, Gordo, 7 anc. 1/4 g's. Right. SECO was exactly on time, just exactly on time and IVI's read 002 AFT. Almost ierfect. Steering was ... there was no steerine· accelerations or velocities that we could tell. Steering was just smooth as silk , apparently they :t.ad us going right down the slot . And when we came off, apparently we were lined up well because there weren ' t any rates because when we came off and wajted our 20 seconds there were no rates whatsoever and it was just setting there just . . . . as smootr.. as As stable as a rock . As smooth as silk so that and when we started thrusting and separating we came off :ust right straight forward . No deviation , no skidding around or anything. Just right straight off, I thought the IVI's were plus 2 . That ' s what I haVle written down here. Plus 28 right , 3 t.p. I guess that's what it was. This velocity you read? I was going to cover that in your ... , Your right, plus 2, it was -- that's :r·ight . Plus
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