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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.
r ~ ENTI~ - 61 Cooper So we said okay and we ' re stopping it right here and of course about this time we were in the boondocks area away from everybody as always occurs. Conrad We were between Carnarvon and Hawaii . Cooper And--so we just started powering down everything and holding on. Conrad So from there on we were off the Flight Plan. Cooper From here on to the next twenty orbits the REP was right with us. Ha, Ha, Ha ! Conrad That ' s what I cam't figure out . How did it get 375 miles from us when it hung around f or 5 orbits? That darned thing. Everytime we went on the night side- Cooper It was so-- Conrad As a matter of fact, I didn't see it for a time or two and then all of a sudden, the nose of the spacecraft was lighting up ! Cooper We even saw it in the day side . It was so near we could even see it in the day side and at the transit areas when the light woul d be shining on it we ' d be just going into the darkness we could look back and you could even see i; the dipole on it as it tumbled. The tumble rate was very, .. very slow. Conrad And then you guys called up and told us it was 375 miles
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