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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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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.0 COUNTDOWN
1.1 Crew Insertion. . . . . . . . . . ,1
1.2 Communications . . . . . . . . . . . .1
1. 3 Crew Participation and Countdown . .1
1.4 Comfort . . . . . . . . . . .1
1.5 Environmental Control System .2
1.6 Sounds . . . . . . 2
1.7 Vibrations . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.8 Visual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1. 9 Crew Station Controls and Displays 4
2. 0 POWER.ED FLIGHT
2.1 Lift- Off Cues . . . . . 6
2. 2 Roll Pr ogram 7
2.3 Pitch Program . 8
2. 4 Aerodyna.mci.cs. . . . . 8
2. 5 Environmental Control System . . 9
2. 6 Maximum q . . . . . . . . . . 9
2. 7 Windshear . . . . 9
2. 8 DCS Update . . . . . . . . . 9
2. 9 Engine 1 Operati on. . 9
2. 10 POGO . . . . . 10
2. 11 Engine 2 Status . . . 12
2. 12 Acceleration g ' s . . . . 12
2,13 BEXJO . . . . . . 12
2. 14 Staging . . . . . . . 13
2. 15 Engine 2 Ignition 13
2. 16 RGS Initia t~ . . ~4
2. 17 Fairing Jettison . 15
2,18 GO/ NO GO . . 20
2, 19 Systems Sta tus 21
2. 20 SECO . 21
2. 21 Steeri11g , . 22
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3. 1 Post- SEXJO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3. 2 SEXJO + 20 Seconds . . . 26
3.3 Inser tion Activities . . . . 30
4 . 0 ORBITAL FLIGHT 38
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