Gemini 5 Launch - Flight Director Loop

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Gemini 5 Launch - The Flight Director Loop
August 21st 1965, Gemini 5 launches with astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad aboard, for the first long duration mission of the Gemini program.
Here is the Flight Director Loop audio with the Air-to- Ground. Two channel audio is used so headphones are advised.
Audio/Film/Photos courtesy NASA and the NARA
Simulator sequences using KSP and Blue Dog add-ons
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@ToddVogeHome 5 ай бұрын

Hey LM5! It's Todd Voge back. My other channel got taken down because of videos of the Queen + Adam Lambert concert got copyright struck. So this is my new one! Glad to see this new video. I was always amazed with the Gemini program. Being trapped in that tin can for a week at a time would break most normal people. Amazing how the crews put up with that.

@andybillnewstime 5 ай бұрын

you should have added some disney cartoons and beatles songs to your channel then you definitely wouldn’t be in trouble for copyright

@bubwal23xifan 5 ай бұрын

This is the golden age of space travel and by far my favorite. To do what they were able to do with the technology available is beyond amazing

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

Totally agree

@JPMadden 5 ай бұрын

Especially the primitive computers they had.

@RideAcrossTheRiver 5 ай бұрын

Piloting skill outclasses any computer

@tsr207 5 ай бұрын

The definitive space channel on KZfaq ! - The coverage of the Gemini flights is a remarkable addition to the already comprehensive collection of space history that LM5 excels at !

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

Thankyou! That means a lot!

@cecilchilders7698 5 ай бұрын

Intersting to hear The crew mention the POGO,,may have been why they were not responding for a bit after takeoff

@dandeprop 5 ай бұрын

Hi LM5: Regarding the crew talking about POGO The POGO Standpipes and Accumulators had been installed as per usual on this flight, but they were inadvertently mis-tuned. For this flight, they tended to induce POGO rather than damp it. Thank you very much.

@IanValentine147 5 ай бұрын

As a life long space fan, its wonderful to be able to re-live this history, from a few years before my memories start as a child. Thank you for posting, and finding what looks like an original tape recording!

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

You are more than welcome Ian

@MrDoneboy 5 ай бұрын

Man, I love these Gemini flights...thanks so much, Lunarmodule5!

@moclips1 5 ай бұрын

Love your posts!...Gordo & Pete are probably my favorite astronauts and would have enjoyed flying with them.

@jamesm.3967 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for your hard work Mr. Lunar. 😊

@stevej-lakecountyspaceport7478 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful work. Saw pad GSE work images at LC-19 I've not seen before!

@lunarmodule5 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@moboutmen 5 ай бұрын

How they managed to sit like that for hours prior to liftoff is beyond me.

@braiderdave 5 ай бұрын

Love this stuff😊

@Cais_man 5 ай бұрын

Yay, another quality material that you made! I love any material related to FDL recordings. Thanks LM5!

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

Welcome! I love this stuff too.

@ricardohectorgrumberg9807 5 ай бұрын

Excellent. Thanks!!!

@jeffjeff4477 5 ай бұрын

Well my day just got better! Thanks again LM5!

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

Welcome, hope you like it

@jeffjeff4477 5 ай бұрын

@@lunarmodule5 Gemini footage is super cool, the film, cameras, were way better than Mercury in my opinion. All the footage is clear and colorful, and the amount of audio they recorded is equally impressive. Gemini is my oldest memory of Space as a child, then Apollo. Again, Awesome !!

@kevinmcgovern5110 4 ай бұрын

Great animation! Second stage very realistic with what we know now. Thank you for keeping up!😊

@wadewilson524 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, as always, for keeping this history alive!

@greggherdlitchka1055 5 ай бұрын

Another Gem from LM5. Thanks for all you do.

@RideAcrossTheRiver 5 ай бұрын

It's strange to see Pete as a co-pilot here, but he went on to great feats and great places!

@Chatta-Ortega 4 ай бұрын

What a shame Gordon Cooper never had an Apollo mission.

@vaitripleseven 5 ай бұрын

Another gem from LM5! Made my day, thanks, LM5! ;-)

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

Welcome as always

@ricky-6657believe 2 ай бұрын

One of the things i always loved about the space program was that it proves that there will always be men and women willing to give the ultimate sacrifice for the greater good. Seeing the disastrous results that can happen and still be willing to strap a rocket to their asses is the ultimate proof that good will always conquer bad.

@basfinnis 5 ай бұрын

Nice one. Thanks mate 😘

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

Welcome as always Bas

@charliewartelle6720 5 ай бұрын

Gordo Cooper was so cool, the original hot dog. The Gemini program was a massive peak for NASA, while they were gearing up for Apollo they were going from one space first to another. The NASA budget was at its peak at this time, before Vietnam, the Great Society and Nixon budget cuts brought them down. Many of the fathers of the kids I grew up with worked at the Michoud test facility near New Orleans, where they tested the engines that went into the Saturn V. Forget the Beatles, the kids in my neck of the woods were pumped up over space, the moon, and the stars beyond.

@briansmith2125 5 ай бұрын

Sure wonder what Deke was saying to them starting at 2:43 in the vid.

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

Probably "are you sure you can do 7 days in that thing!"

@briansmith2125 5 ай бұрын

@@lunarmodule5 "......so yeah boys.....about that 7 days.....we forgot to pack diapers".

@ClausB252 5 ай бұрын

"What a beautiful view!" Sounded like Shepard? SLF and Complex 39 in the background?

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

Just the way the SIM renders it...I liked the top down view so left it in..

@josephstevens9888 5 ай бұрын

I noticed in the launch simulation the Shuttle Landing strip appears near VAB. Gemini 5 flew in 1965. The Shuttle Landing strip was at least 12 years in the future.

@jaxparrothead 5 ай бұрын

Was it possibly the old Skip Strip you saw? There has been a runway there since the 50's. The old Snarks used to land there if they didn't crash somewhere during their mission. (I listened to the video so I haven't watched it yet)

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, the SIM isn't always historically accurate. I don't usually use a shot looking down to the ground, I just liked the angle of that shot and decided to put it in....

@josephstevens9888 5 ай бұрын

The skid strip was located on Cape Canaveral, not too far from LC-19 were the Gemini missions were launched. The Shuttle Landing Facility is located on Merritt Island not far from the VAB. The simulation clearly shows the Shuttle Landing Facility.

@thehaughtcorner 5 ай бұрын

Interesting that they are using the "Long I" pronunciation of "Gemini" rather than the "Long E" version so common then.

@ultrametric9317 5 ай бұрын

LM5 you are a national treasure!

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

Is that a UK or USA national treasure?

@ultrametric9317 5 ай бұрын

@@lunarmodule5 :)

@F-Man 5 ай бұрын

@@lunarmodule5Forget that - you are a global treasure!

@therealkustomizer 5 ай бұрын

This is a time when you can hear the earliest US astronauts as CAPCOMs. I wonder who was the CAPCOM for this flight.

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

Jim McDivitt..

@tedpeterson1156 5 ай бұрын

6:35 “Please send up another carton of Chesterfields when you get a chance”

@dalethelander3781 5 ай бұрын

This 8-day mission wasn't without its' share of problems. This was the first manned spacecraft with APUs, and they didn't want to work properly. And Gordo worked his magic to get himself and Pete home. They should've let Gordo command Apollo 13.

@shellramsey1273 5 ай бұрын

Hi Simon, great to hear anything from the Gemini missions. Are you considering continuing this mission?? If possible. Keep searching for the oldies but goodies :) Take care and as always great job! Please keep them coming. -Jim

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

Hi Jim, not thinking about continuing this one as of yet, just loved the flight director loop and this was all there was

@JPMadden 5 ай бұрын

The Gemini-Titan II was derived from the Titan II ICBM, which was designed to be fueled long-term with its hypergolic propellants. But that's not safe for the ground crew for a manned flight. Do you know at what point during the countdown that the propellants were loaded?

@thomasthomas2418 5 ай бұрын

Do we know who the CAPCOM was?

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

We think it was Jim McDivitt..

@scottenglert4083 5 ай бұрын

*SO* cool to hear this (as someone *born* several years after the mission). NASA should hire you as their archivist and be done with it ! haha edit: who was the FD for the launch ?

@lunarmodule5 5 ай бұрын

I believe it was Chris Kraft

@mtlreiner 4 ай бұрын

Did they close the doors and open them again?

@lunarmodule5 4 ай бұрын

Yeah I realised after that there was some film that showed the pre closing of the doors, after I had put in the doors closing!! Sack the editor!!

@mtlreiner 4 ай бұрын

No! Don’t do that! This is a great channel!

@lunarmodule5 4 ай бұрын

Thanks @@mtlreiner

@jaypharmon 5 ай бұрын

Did Coop tick off the Powers That Be on Gemini 5? Because he didn’t fly a single Apollo mission.

@tedpeterson1156 5 ай бұрын

“Some say” he didn’t show enough enthusiasm or somesuch

@richardvernon317 5 ай бұрын

@@tedpeterson1156 Gordo loved racing cars and other high risk sporting activities like Hydroplane and speed boat racing. He was ordered to withdraw from a 24 hour race at Daytona the night before a race, which He then complained about to the Press. Apparently he did something to piss off Deke Slayton before he did the Apollo 10 Back Up commander's slot and when Al Shepperd got the Apollo 13 Commander slot after he got back to flight status with should have been Copper's seat, Gordo banged out of NASA and the USAF.

@jaypharmon 5 ай бұрын

I imagine you mean Apollo 14. Thank you for the info, that sounds just like Gordo

@T_Mo271 5 ай бұрын

Shepard was originally scheduled for Apollo 13, but was moved to A14 for additional training time (since he'd been on the beach since Mercury).

@bigdrew565 4 ай бұрын

@richardvernon317 Walt Williams, the Mercury director almost removed him and replaced him with Al Shepherd from his Mercury flight after he buzzed the launch tower in an F104 shortly before he was supposed to go on his flight. Supposedly, Deke went to bat for him and he wasn't replaced, but he was on management's shit list for that stunt and never really got off it. The 24 Hours of Daytona incident just added to the pile.