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This is a preliminary Part II transcript of the Gemini 5 (GT-5) flight crew debriefing, prepared by the Spacecraft Operations Branch of NASA's Flight Crew Support Division and dated September 2, 1965. It records astronauts Cooper and Conrad at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy. They discuss how the spacecraft systems worked, including the platform and the OAMS thruster failures. The transcript also covers operational checks, visual sightings, experiments, training, premission planning, and medical aspects. It was originally classified Confidential.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: August 30 - September 2, 1965, Cape Kennedy, Florida. This document is a preliminary transcript (Part II) derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 5 flight crew technical debriefing. NASA conducted this debriefing between August 30, 1965, and September 2, 1965, at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida. Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper and Charles “Pete” Conrad described observing debris and “snow” and “all sorts of glittering pieces of this, that and the other thing” in the “Visual Sightings” section of the document (pages 157-220).
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97 Cooper Okay-, radar. Warm up time -- we don't have any comment on that? Conrad No. That was straightforward. Cooper Acquisi tion range -- Conrad It acquired in excess of 250 miles and read at 250 miles. Cooper That's that. Acquisition attitude -- well, at one ti.me I thought we were out of attitude, and it still was reading right on, locked up. Conrad Yes. Cooper Ease of lock on -- good. Capability of holding lock -- it seemed to hold lock very well. Flight display Conrad I t was fine. All you needed. Cooper Radar tests generally -- from our point of view it went very well. We never had any false lock problems at all . We didn I t really give these a fair shake, however. Conrad Yes. Cooper But, from the testing that we did, we encountered no false locks. Conrad We didn't get a false lock when we turned around and looked at the REP. Cooper No, we didn't .
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