Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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2. 13 Staging
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2. 14 Engine 2 Ignition
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light OFF, Stage 1 lights OFF.
At that time I realized that we were going to
feel the pyros and stuf'f--feel the separation. It
was a very distinct feeling when we sepa rated.
Of
course, we immediately dropped in the thrust .
There wasn't any question,we had a good separation,
in my mind.
This is just the way it was for all
of our separations.
Ev-erytime we separated, it
was very clear that was what had happened.
Oh, yes, there wasn't a:ny doubt about it when
that first stage shut off--Voom!
Staging was just as it should have been.
Engine 2 started right on up.
Like I mentioned
earlier~the light went out and the tank pressure
went down just a tad, but it stayed way up there,
about two or three times as high as was necessary
for staging.
It never really did decrease. It
stayed up around 45 or 50 psi, and we need 20 for
staging, so-­
I couldn' t hear anything.
Didn't you hear the engine?
No.
I was listening but it still was quiet.
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