Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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There's no doubt in your mind that they are firing.
Yes . I think it's almost more a matter of-­
Did you fire t hem before you separated?
We fired them just as we separated.
We hit SEP-­
the spacecraft just as we--
Gordo counted them down 1, 2 SEP and I hit the
SEP button and I don't know when he started firing.
I fired just as you hit SEP.
Yes.
We came out clean as a whistle, I'll tell
you that boy.
We fired at the same second that we hit SEP.
There wasn't any pitch or yaw of anything- -we
just separated as smooth as a bell.
And what I did, I--we held that on in there
in direct and then switched over to rate command
then a couple to 3 seconds later.
Okay, how about the--why don't you describe the
plumes a little bit here on the different thrusters
and what you saw.
Okay. Well, the only really-­
You don ' t see any plumes.
You don't see any plumes off the OAMS and all you
do is get the glow from them back there--you see
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