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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).
6 , Cooper And i t takes t ime to do it and do a job on it . r ~ally good Modes . The only thing I can say about that it takes an excessively long tim1; Cage is to Cage . Conrad I 'll comment on this even though we d:i. dn't get a chance to do the rendezvous , but even in simula tion, it was apparent and the l i ttl e bit t hat we did in flight caging the ~latform, getting ready for alinements and t hings l ike -;hat, it was very time consuming . I think tha ·; you could find use for a f ast slave cycle . Cooper Very much so. Conrad Fast Cage cycle is what I should say. I 'll say it's a luxury item but it sure could be helpful . Cooper SEF and BEF worked j ust like advertisEid . SEF for fine aline and small- end- forward, BEF for reYersing your phase angles so that you ' re still steering to and fine alining blunt en cl forward . Conrad J i m and Ed made the comment that t hey never alined BEF, that t hey a lways alined SEF. We alined SEF normally through the flight and when ,:e were ready 60 ►◄~ ~
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