NASA-UAP-D019, Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965
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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- RELEASE-03-FILE-065-NASA-UAP-D019-GEMINI-5-TECHNICAL-DEBRIEFING-PART-I-1965
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- 2026-06-12
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The crew insertion went very well.
The crew insertion, I thought, went very well.
Communications were good with no problems.
Communications, I thought were good and no problem at all on communications, and everything went real well.
The crew participation in the countdown was good.
Crew participation in the countdown was good. I didn’t see anything at all wrong.
Comfort was real fine during the countdown.
Comfort was real fine. We went on to two suit fans right away.
The Environmental Control System (ECS) was good with no problems.
ECS was good. Never any problem with it.
There were abnormal sounds during the countdown.
Sounds, I thought the only sounds that we had that were abnormal we’d been warned about.
The windows were fogged and filthy before liftoff.
Each window was filthy. Just fogged completely over, and it was on the inside of the outer pane of glass.
The Gemini cockpit is a pretty good cockpit.
I think the Gemini cockpit is a pretty good cockpit.
Lift-off cues were excellent.
Motion is an excellent clue. There’s doubt in your mind when you lift-off.
The engine 1 operation was perfect.
The engine 1 operation couldn’t have been better.
POGO was experienced during the flight.
At 2 minutes and 5 seconds we started picking up POGO and I got a fairly good amount of POGO on through.
Acceleration g's were right on the profile.
Acceleration g's were right on the profile, were certainly very pleasant.
Fairing jettison added a lot of debris.
Beside the scanner fairing and the nose fairing go and when the nose fairing went it went with all kinds of debris.
The system status was as expected except for the radio.
Systems status in addition to that I don’t think we had any systems that were exactly right, except the radio.
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Expected Publication of Remaining Debriefing
A preliminary transcript of the remainder of the debriefing will be published.
End of Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing Part I
The preliminary transcript was prepared by the Spacecraft Operations Branch.
Start of Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing
The debriefing was conducted at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida.
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