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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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100 Conrad I had already busted my au.xiliary light a.nd if I would have burned out the light on the right i :'.lstrument panel, we would have had to rtm that center light a lot, and I don ' t think that center light would have lasted either. Cooper No . I think that whole center console area is a very weakly lit area. It could certainly stand a very, very faint soft light. When you are rtmning 1mder night light conditions you'd be able to see thn radio swit ches and this type of thing. Let ' s see, indicators and instruments--well t of course t a pet peeVE! of mine is that we couldn' t get EL in the 8- balls . I still think the 8- balls could certainly be lit a lot better, al though they are satisfactory for what we ' ve got. I think the-- Conrad We really didn't use that except during lift- off and reentry, but it does shine. Mine shines in your eyes, doesn ' t it? Cooper Yes , there is a real bad f eature in the cockpit in that a:ny lighting at all, either one of the right or the left lights- say Pete turns his right light on, particularly--if I'm trying to look through the reti cle, it just zaps. It's gone. Can't see a thing in
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