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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.
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77 Cooper Conrad Cooper FCSD Rep Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper Cooper Conrad Cooper we did we can tell you at any point in time whether we got a certain experiment done or not. If they want to know if we got something done or not and if there's a reason why we didn ' t do it why we usually had that recorded somewhere. Either in here or in the flight plan. Why don 1 t we go through this one? Okay. When we get to a point of the experiment or s ome thing we can check in here . We did the UHF test . Why don't you read off those days . Okay. One day and 8 hours--let1 s see 1 day 10 hours 49 minutes . Sequence 03 UHF test 3. Right . We did that . We had--were supposed to do an Apollo a t 01 12 36 17 , Now I don't think we got that one. I think that was sequence 208 . Why don't you check that one real quick--yes. I think that was the one we couldn ' t get because- We had weather over that one . Covered by clouds . Okay, we had UHF test number 3 at 10 hours 49 minutes .
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