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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.
32 Cooper Conrad were never up . to reenter lready decided t hat I was not going to launch with th£~ They " are just useless as far as I am concerr..ed, and I as delighted I did not have them; and I didn ' t miss I don't think, I think could remove th€m and - The arm restraints are there for the pressurized case and high altitude ejection . I did go with mine up . I would prefer to go with thEim down, but there wasn't any reason , I didn ' t need to get my hands on the hand control or anything ~.o I left them as they were, but I don' t think tr.ey were necessary. •
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