John Company

Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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Then we sat there in the water, very leisurely. It
was still building up.
I went and cy~led the o2
HIGH RATE handle OFF.
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6.6 35K Checklist Items
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6.7 Communications
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6.8 10,6K Barostat
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Before you leave that let's just say that at
35 000 feet for the check off list we uncovered
our D-rings. At 30 000 feet we turneci off the RCS
propellant A and Band they ran out
I shortly there­
after.
We
We . . . communicated with the recovery forces .
Tal ked
to them at that point twice on the wa;)' down and they
asked us for a short count.
We gave this here.
We gave this a short count,
reading you loud and clear. "
at 270 degrees at .....
289, I think i t was.
They sai6. "Roger,
and they had us fixed
289, was it? Well, some .... ,I know you had a degree
and a bearing and a range on us at that point,
We managed to get all the way through our post main
check off list, too,
Then at . . ...the barost at came on, deployed the