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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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84 Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper Yes, we had a great day . That third da~r was a goody . Man we had everythi ng right on the button. We got good shots of it and everything just worked ou t right on the money. Okay, let ' s se,3. This is 15 hours 40 minutes, that's still with everything powered up . Then we had this D-1 and D-4 and we got those . Those were photographs . We got the photographs of the moon and the IR measurements of the moon and with the IR film and I think they're probably pretty good. Of course the Air Force has tha t film . We found that the I R and the retical and the radar and everything were pretty well right on the money. Everything seemed to be boresighted pretty well, and Pete could look thr ough his questar lense at a s t ar and be boresighted right in the mi ddl e of the darn camera. I'd have it right in the middle of the ret icle. Yes , I ' ve got to eat crow on that . I Fas the @J.Y that was complaining about did they reE,lly have this stuff boresighted. Everything was extremely well boresighted. : Yes, it sure was . Can ' t complain about i t at all. •
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