Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965
NASA-UAP-D020 · page 199 of 325
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188 Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad FCSD Rep going through the terminator. Okay, r~tro-pack jettison, we covered . Reentry--our re~ntry was exactly like we had planned it. We f l :w single ring pul se down to 400K. At 400K- 400K came on the time that Houston gav: us, the computer 400K guidance came in wit hin a second or two- The roll bug came in right on the second. Right on the money. At 400K, then, I switched the attitude control sel ector to Rate Command. The RCS Ring B came already off and Ring A I took to Direct- -so it gave me singl e- ring Direct . I flew single- ring Direct then on down through the- I think we covered the horizon adequatdy. Let's see- Spacecraft was--boy, I never even saw-• What do you recall on visual sight rings? co~~FlllEt~IIM: