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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.
every time he was supposed to be asleep when the fuel cells were purged . Well, I could get to them , but I had to crawl right over in his lap to do it, so he was awake then . After that I learned to wake him up early and let him get awake before he purged them. Conrad Scared the heck out of that guy at Carnarvon , too , I ' ll bet you -- We were going to purge the fuel cells for the first time and I was sound asleep. Gordo said, ''Wake up , wake up, we ' ve got to purge the fuel cells!" I reached over there and turned on everything and all the Delta- Plights came on . Cooper He hadn ' t put the crossover -- Conrad The crossover valve on. I said , "The Delta- P lights are on!" The guy at Carnarvon said, "Stop purging! Stop purging!" He must have thought the cells were going to go right then and there so Cooper And then Pete woke up . Conrad Then finally I woke up and got to thinking about what was going on there and found out that I'd fouled up, slightly. Cooper All right, let 's see. We deleted on day 2, 6 hours, and 35 minutes, we deleted that Philippines S-7 and they
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