Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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Yes.
There was no horizon.
The black part of the ball was
gone. It was gone for the rest of reentry.
We l ost
it awful early.
Do you remember a point, say 400 000 .feet, •:,at what
pitch angle you were on the ball?
400 000 feet - - the trim hadn' t begun to affect you
too much and Gordo was at about 30 degrees.
About 30 degrees.
Yes.
Yes.
But he was still flying the spa~ecraft, just
holding attitude there.
Okay, how about when you hit the atmosphere?
280 K.
At 280 K we were -­
It seemed to me that's when t hings started to steepen
up.
We started to really trim up.
We were beginning
to get g -­
By the time we got to 280 K, we were at about 50 degrees
pitch, roughly -- 50 or 60 degrees on t he ball.
We
were quite a way down.
From there on, we were moving
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right on around on the ball.
Were you able after retrofire to roll i t up and put
the horizon on the top of the window and hold that?
Yes, on the ball, but we couldn't see t he horizon.
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