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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.
could do it and he coul d . That worked real well . Cooper Okay. Fuel Cell o and Fuel Cell Hydrogen Quantity Read . 2 Yes , we read them at least a million times . Fuel Cell • Power Readings . Yes , everything checked out fine on t hose. Bermuda 2- 1 update : fine . Orbital Flight . FCSD Rep You ' d better get out your flight plan on this because t his is the original stuff I was telling you about . Conrad Well , that ' s all right . This probably will go fairly.... FCSD Rep All three , if you go the way you did it. 4.0 Orbital Flight Cooper Okay, on 4 . 0 Orbital Fli ht . Platform Alinement. Conrad There ' s our first problem . Cooper There ' s our first problem. Our plat orm mode did not work and I don ' t lmow what ' s wrong wit but the darn thing does not zero out on the space I craft. It allows a good e to sit in there and won ' t zero it out and it is ex remely s l oppy ·n pitch . The whole thing, I think tb7:r was something ~rong with the whole thing because it d esn ' t work at I a \ 1 like the ones in the simulator, an the whole thing ... plu's or minus a half a degree a very, ver y system lucky to be plus or thing really wrong with it . I personall y think that
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