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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.
Cooper .. Conrad FCSD Rep Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper 41• Or more . In other words , it continued to try to aline t he platform at about fifteen degrees . It tried to put the nose on t he horizon is what it did. It tried to aline the platform up at fifteen degrees nose down? Or more . I figured it was about somewhere around- Well , one time it alined us at about 40 degrees nose down and it still was indicating in scanner limits . The scanner got worse as the flight went on, but I don ' t think it ever worked correctly . No . I don't think it did , now I look back . That ' s the thi ng right there and I think that this- - I 'd l i ke to know what they decided from tracking the REP on how we put the REP out because we put the REP out in the proper position, but I don ' t think the platform was alined correctly . We had trouble with that scanner in the sunlight on the horizon and this was right when we were using it to aline - j ust before we put the REP out . Just as we were using it to aline and put t he REP out , the Scanner began to skew all the platform needles off and it skewed off and , --went to ORBIT RATE.
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