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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 It was close enough so that almost any attitude you were in you could see i t shining on the spacecraft. Even if it was clear back out here you could see the nose just lighting up from it. Conrad So I know it couldn ' t have been too darn far away. I mean maybe up to five miles or something l ike that , but it didn ' t get that far away from us . I don ' t understand the 375. I was really surprised that those guys called up and said it was 375 miles away. 1 Cooper Yes. Well , I don't believe that figure. Conrad It will be real interesting to see what they dig out f r om it . Well, all the radar and everything we had is on the tape , isn't it? Cooper Well, that was our first big heart breaker . Conrad We ought to be able to put that all together . Cooper After all the work we did on t he REP , then not to pull the rendezvous out , we sure-- Conrad Well , from there until we got the GO to 6- 4 we just were along for the ride . We just stayed-- Cooper I knew that--I was just so sure of all the time we .. put in simulating that darn thing I just had a queasy , uneasy feel i ng that maybe we better put
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