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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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78 FCSD Rep Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad One day? :: We've al l ready mentioned that one . We did get that one. We have that one written up here actually i t occurred around down here. Flight plan up- date . Yes, we had lots of those. Now, here was the D-4, D-7,421 . D- 4, D- 7 421 occuring at 1 day 12 hours and 7 minutes . I ' ll tell you whether we got it done or not . No. We didn ' t do that one . I don't know why we didn't do it . We were in drifting fl±ght by then, I guess . Then we have a note right here. The D- 6 number 19 scrubbed for the State side pass . They scrubbed that one . There was a weather problem on that one . Yes. Yes . Okay now this is an interesti ng thing at 01 days 14 hours , completely different than GT 4, we started getting these RCS hea ter lights. Those guys--the only time they got an RCS heater : light was something like day 3. Ed said. it was in ring A and he turned on the heater a.r.d he got
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