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Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1965 · 223 pages · text from the file's own layer

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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26 CONF:10ENT-IA
Cooper We separated as smooth as silk just r i ,5ht straight .;;
ahead
Conrad Well, we counted down and Gordo said h? was
ready and I SEP spacecraft and he thru3ted and I
went back to RATE COMMAND for them and we came
straight off . I didn't even feel it . The first
t hing we felt was thrust .
Cooper And rolled upright and went to 000 00 - 15 which
happened to be right on the horizon. As it
t urned out that 15 figure was good . It read out
the IVI•s .
FCSD REP That's, you know on 4 . . . they thought they came
off the booster.
Conrad Yes, that's why I mentioned that because
Cooper That's what we were looking for, too,
3.2 SEGO Plus 20 Seconds
Cooper We've already mentioned the IVI displays . Space
craft separation occurred very smoothly. Thrusting
was smooth , nothing wrong at all . Attitude rates
were good.
Conrad Yes, I don't understand this! I don't understand
this guy saying that they can't hear them or they
can ' t sense them. Boy, I was easily aware . . . .

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